The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-16
PRESIDENCY OF SEMINARY.
QUESTION THAT Is JUST NOW AGI-
TATING BAPTIST S.

Last Day of the Convent ion Marked
by Many Important Discussions.
Hot Springs, Ark, VIII Be the
Next Meeting PIace-PietitiOn to be
sent the Gar in Behs If of Baptists
in Russia-The Celebration Next
Year.
louisville, May 18th last day of the
,ast Southern Baptist convention of the
1qtb century was mar ked by many re-
ports and discussions of signal Importance
IN the history of that denomination.
Hon. Robert C. Davidson of Baltimore
was selected to repr esent Southern Bap-
fists in connection with personal appeal
to be made to the Gar of Russia in be-
half of the persecated stundists of that
empire.
Hot Springs, Ark, was selected as the
meeting place of the convention next year
Its only rival was Asheville, N. c.
Interest in the convention to-day cen
tered about the meeting of the board of
trustees. The business before the board
was to fill vacancies and to receive the
answer of DR.. J. 7. Greene, who was
elected president of the Southern Baptist
Seminary to succeed DR.. Whitsitt
There were many rumors aaoat to the
effect that DR., Greene would either de-
cline the presidency or would withhold
his answer until he could lay the matter
before his colleagues in Mississippi The
committee appointed to nominate candi-
dates for the vacancies on the board of
trustees made three nominations for each
vacancy in each state.
on motion of Joshua LeVerfng of Balti-
more. a resolution was adopted naming
Robert c. Dawson, eX-mayor of Balti-
more, to represent the Southern conven-
ton in the delegation of neutrality-suspicious.
Baptists which will personally petition the
Car to put stop to the persecution of
Russian Bdptists.
President w. ]. Northen was In the
chair to-day when the third day of the
convention was entered upon. Prayer was
offered by Rev. j. B. Hawthorne, and the
minutes of Saturdays session were read
and approved.
Rev II. r. Bernard of Georgia, presi-
dent of the Mercer University, gave notice
that at the convention next year he would
ask a change in one of the sections of the
constitution.
AT the suggestion of DR.. Buckner of
Texas, the chair named ]. b. Gambrell
of Texas; W. T. Campbell, of Georgia,
ana B. II. Carroll of Texas as fraternal
messengers to the Baptist anniversary
celebration at San Francisco.
Celebration in 1900.
The report of the committee on the Gel
ebrauon of 1900 was presented by Mr..
F. II. Kerfoot. 1t recommended that 1900
be observed as a memorial year by all
-
cial effort shall be made for better organi-
cation for the work of the future. 1t also
recommended that every state con-
vention and district association
be requested 10 hold at least
one session during the year and every
church one meeting a quarter, the objects
of these meetings to be, first, giving of
thanks the making of special efforts to
inform Baptists of UNCONVENTIONAL work in
progress. that the Southern Baptist con-
yention arrange for an extra day during
the 1900 convention, which shall be given
to meetings of the character mentioned,
that special arrangements for the year be
made for the accurate enrolment of
churches and pastors, that a committee
of one from each state be appointed whose
duty shall be to take charge of this work,
and that each state convention be re-
quested to appoint a committee of five 10
cooperate WIN the general committee.
Further, it is provided that each state
committee in turn appoint a committee of
five from each district association, and
these in turn a committee of three from
each church in the district
The president announced J. P. Trotter,
Kentucky; ]. II. Boutwell, Georgia, and
B. G. Craig, Tennessee, as the committee
previously provided for, to investigate the
business affairs of the Sunday school
board.
At the afternoon session the discussion
of mountain and frontier missionary work
was resumed, the first speaker being Rev.
James A. Burns, mountaineer from East
ern kentucky. He pleaded for his neigh
bors, contending that they are not nearly
SO lawless as represented, but are lawful
and law-abiding citizens