The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-24
BAP T|STS HERE
To ATTEND THE
BIC CONVENTION
Hundred and Fifty in
the Party.

The two special trains from Boston and
Chicago, scheduled to arrive in this city
last evening at $50 o'clock with dele
gates to the convention of National Bap-
fist Societies to be held in this city for
the next eight days, did not arrive at the
Mole till midnight. Nearly all the dele
gates remained in the cars over night,
and will be brought to this side early this
morning.
There are $50 people in the party, and
half of them will go to the Occidental,
while the other half will take quarters
at the Pleasanton. The rest of the dele
gates from the southern part of the State,
Oregon and Washington will arrive to-
day.
This is the first time the Baptist Soci-
cites have celebrated their anniversaries
west of the Rockies, and the sixty-sev-
enth celebration promises to be notable
one in the history of the church Ihe
First Church of this city has been select
ed as the place of meeting the seating
capacity of the church is eight hundred
The edifce has been decorated in ever
greens. flowers and flags by w. q.
Tbompson, and presents a pleasing ap-
naarance The Sunday school rooms have
heen fitted up for exhibits from the vari-
ous churches Arrangements have been
made at the different hotels and boarding
houses for three thousand people who will
be here during the convention.
The meetings will commence at 10 a. m:
today. when the Woman's Baptist
Home Mission Society Will G ceienra ate, It's It's
another session of the same society at
o. m. Both will be held in the large au-
dience room OF the cnuIcn; on tne uHlIn
the ladies are celebrating their annlVeF-
sarv at the church there will be a Paclnc
Coast conference In me interest," Oh W,lrel
TIT he auditorium
Mems Christian Association, corner OF
Mason and Ellis streets, at ~ a. m. ana
40 p. m: These meetings and those 10 De
and are free to all. This evening
at the church the American Baptist Edu-
cational Society will celebrate its eleventh
anniversary with an address by DR.. Gam
brell of Texas, report by, DR.. Morehouse
of New York and an address by Or,
Brownson of California College.
The following delegates are at the oc-
General w. F. Barrows and wife, Ban
COR Me-; l.. B. Philbuck and wife, Salem,
Mass; T. S. Roberts and wife: Wake
field, Mass. B. II. Steele and wife; Cam
Mrs. & E. Wilmington, Mrs R. T. Lin
coin, Mrs. J.. r. Holbrook, Jamaica
Plain, Mass; A. G. Walworth and wife;
three daughters. H. 3. Hopper, A. J.
Rowland, D. D., and wife, Mrs L. A. Nc
Kinney. Miss Helen Mckinney, MISS S.
G. Dunham Mrs. c. H. Banes, H. Brad
dock. Rev X b. Topper, DR.. r. G. Sey-
mour, Philadelphia, Pa; Mrs Robert
P. Faunce, DR.. H. l.. Morehouse, DR.. A.
S. Hobart and wife, New York, N. Y;
Miss Emma Bates, Miss c. E. Frink, Hol-
woke Mass; Mrs. George Russell, Rev.
&. W. Quick, Rev. G. C. Baldwin, Spring
field, Mass: DR.. H. C. Mabie, Ernest
Main, Rev. J. A. McElwain, w. w. Main
and wife, H. H Amidon, Boston, Mass. :;
DIR. L. c. Barnes, Pittsburg, Pa; Mrs. j.
A. Wood, Miss S. P. Wood. Mrs. A. J.
Wood, Rev. /. Grimes, Cambridge, Mass ;
DIR. w. H. Allen, Mansfield, Mass; Miss
Deming, Savoy, Mass; Miss G. H King,
B. r. Arnold, e. r. Stark. Rev. H. NJ.