The morning news., 1899-03-30
DELEGATES BEGIN TO ARRIVE.
wOMAN's MISSIONARY UNION HOLDS
IT'S SESSION TODAY.

VIII Meet With the Duffy street
baptist Church-The Ladies Man
age Their own Affairs and No Men
Are Admitted to the Meetings of
the UniOn-A ChlIdren's Meeting
This Afternoon and Missionary
Church TO-night-Oyer 400 Dele
gates Expected to BE i'm Atten-
dance Upon the Convention.
The Georgia State Baptist Convention
will convene with the Savannah Baptist
Church tomorrow. The Woman's Mis-
sionary Union, an important auxiliary to
the convention, and which always holds its
sessions a day in advance of the conyen-
ton, will meet in annual session with the
Duffy Street Baptist Church to-day.
The session will begin at 10 O'Clock this
morning "A meeting for the children will
be held this afternoon, and tonight a
mass meeting will be held at the Duffy
Street Church, at which missionary sub
jects will be discussed by Ex-Gov. North
en-, DR.. r. ]. Wilhngham of Richmond,
Va, secretary of the foreign mission
board of the Southern Baptist Convention;
White of Macon, and others. Rev. John
d. Jordan, pastor of the Savannah Baptist
Church, will preside at the meeting.
Some seventy or eighty delegates are ex-
pected to be in attendance upon the session
of the union. Attendance upon the busi-
ness meetings of the union is limited
strictly to ladies. the male persuasion be-
ing entirely barred. This is not because
subjects unsuitable to mixed assemblages
are discussed but because the ladies take
a pride in running this important branch
of the church work without the aid of the
brethren. The success with which they
have met in the past fully justifes them
in their belief in their ability to conduct
the work unaided.
Mrs. r. NJ. c. Moore, of Macon is presi-
dent of the union, and Mrs. NJ. B. Barnes
of Atlanta, secretary. A number of the
delegates arrived last night, and the others
are expected this morning.
The convention committee, assisted by
officers and members of the two Baptist
churches, will meet all trains arriving to-
day for the purpose of receiving the dele
gates and directing them 10 the homes
assigned them. The large majority of the
delegates are expected to arrive by tine
afternoon and night trains. Many of those
who nave agreed to entertain delegates
nave arranged TO meet them at the trains
and escort them 10 their homes.
Up TO last night $50 names of delegates
had been received by the committee and
assigned to homes. This far exceeds the
original estimate OF the number which was
expected originally. With The number who
viii be entertained by friends and whose
names are not upon the committees books
the attendance upon the convention will
easily exceed 400. Pastors Chapman and
Jordan have had their hands full for the
last several days securing homes, assign
Ing delegates and 'endeavoring 10 arrange
these assignments so as TO
give satisfaction to both en-
tertainers and entertained. Enter
tanning a convention is no small matter
for the pastors Of the churches which un-
dertake this labor of love.
The convention proper will be called to
order at 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning in
the First Baptist Church by the moder-
ator, Hon. w. j. Northen. The address
of welcome win be delivered in behalf
of the Savannah Baptists by Rev. John
D. Jordan, pastor of the First Church. and
will be responded TO by some member of
the convention The work of calling the
roll and organizing the convention will
then begin. The convention sermon will
be delivered 81 the Savannah Baptist
Church tomorrow night by Rev. w. w.
Landrum, d. D., pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church of Atlanta.