The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION.
WILL CONVENE WITH SAVANNAH
BAPTIST CHURCH THIS WEEK.

An Unusually Large Attendance Ex-
pected, About $50 Delegates Hhv-
ing Already SigniGied Their In
tentiOn of Attending-MOre Homes
Needed for the DeIeEates-The Ses-
sion of the Convention to Begin
Friday Morning and to Conclude
MOnday-Many Distinguished Wis
itOrs Expected-Woman's Mission
airy Union TO Convene with the
Duffy Street Baptist Church Thurs
day.
The event of the week in religious cir
cles will be the annual session Of the
state Baptist Convention with the Savan-
nah Baptist Church, commonly known as
the First Baptist Church.
1t has been number of years since
the convention met in Savannah, and it is
expected that the attendance will be un-
usually large. The officers of the con-
yentlon estimated an attendance of about
300 delegates, and so notified Rev. John
D. Jordan, pastor of the First Church.
That the attendance will be much larger
IMAM inns Is ENlutut LlOlLl the TACT ILdl
about $50 delegates have already given
notice of their intention to be present and
1t is likely that few more Will be heard
from before the convention opens
Homes were readily secured by the
committee having the matter in charge
for the 300 delegates originally expected,
but the excess has not yet been provided
for, and the members of the First Church
will be obliged to any of their friends who
VIII aid them in this matter. Besides the
members of the convention committee pre-
viopsly announced, information of such
hospitabe intentiOns viii be gladly recelv-
ed by Messrs. A. NJ. West, c. w West,
G. S. Ellis, c. d. Baldwin W. C. Powell,
d. b. Morgan, w. F. McCauley, Norton
F'rierson and other members of the Sa-
vannah and Duffy Street Baptist
Churches. Among the delegates who
have not been provided for are twenty la
dies, the same number of gentlemen, and
five couples. Some of the delegates win
be provided for at hotels and boarding
houses by members and friends of the
churches, whose accommodations at home
are limited.
Those delegates who will attend the ses-
sion of the Womaus Missionary Union
viii arrive Wednesday night and Thurs
day morning, but the large majority of
the delegates are expected Thursday aft
ernoon and night and Friday morning.
Committees have been selected to meet
the delegates as they arrive at the depots
and direct them to the homes which have
already been assigned them. The deacons
Of the two churches have been constituted
a general reception committee to meet
the delegates at the church each day
make them acquainted with each other
and the local people, and TO furnish in
formation as to matters and points of in
terest In and about the city of general
as well as religious interest.
The convention viii begin it's session in
the First Baptist Church at 10 O'Clock
Friday morning. After the welcome ad
dress and reply the work of organizat tor
| will at once he gone into and the worl
| OF the convention begun as promptly q!
| possible. Missionary and educational mat
! ters will demand the attention of tht
body during the greater portion of tn,
| convention.
| Friday night the convention sermon will
be preached at the First Baptist Churcl
| by Rev. w. w. Landrum, pastor of tn,
FIRST Baptist Church of Atlanta. Mr.
Landrum is a native of Savannah, and
son of former beloved pastor of tn
| church., Rev. Sylvanus Landrum.
Saturday will be given up to business
but on Sunday the pulpits of the Baptis
churches and of a number of the othe
churches of the city will be filed by tn
visiting ministers. The business OF tn
convention will probably be concluded a
| the Monday mornings session, and tn
afternoon will be devoted to an excursion
to Tybee, which courtesy has been ex
tended TO the convention by the Contra
of Georgia Railway Company.
Among other distinguished visitors VIII
will be in attendance upon the conventio
are DR.. A. e. Dickinson and DIR. r. II
Pitt, editors of the Religious Herald, 0
Richmond, Va, and DR.. ]. n. Prestridge
editor of the Baptist Argus, of Louisville
Ky.