Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-26
BAPTIST SCHOOL on THE COAST.
Convention Considers Founding In
stitution on Pacific Clope.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 25.-The second
session of the American Baptist Educational
society was occupied by a conference and
free discussion on the subject us the Es-
tablishment of a Baptist Theological School
on the Pacific Coast Desirable and Feast
ble?" The discussion was led by Rev. Rob-
ert Whitaker Of California, Rev. Alex Black
burn, d. D., of Oregon; Rev. c. NJ. Hill OF
California and Rev. A. P. Brown of Cali
fornia. THE Aims and Methods OF Theo-
logical Education" was presented by Rev.
A. S. Hobart, d. D., OF Yonkers, N. Y.
Tue American Baptist Publication So
ciety opened it's first session of the seventy
fifth anniversary this afternoon. The re-
port of the board was read by A. j. Row.
land, u. D., and presented the following
statements and facts
In the publishing department we have
sought to meet the needs of the denomina-
ton and age by the issue of books. tracts
and periodicals fitted not only to counteract
the influence of the pernicious literature
which everywhere abounds, but also to give
young and old uplifting views of the truth.
The force of workers in the missionary de-
partment has been considerably increased.
The aggregate of sales for the year is
s643, ,4O6.26; merchandise. $35S,s56.37 peri
odicals, 1884, ,569S9.
The publishing department shows the fol-
lowing facts:
The publications of the year, including
tracts, have been eighty-one in number. OF
these 1,10S, ,250 copies have been printed. The
entire number Of books, pamphlets, peri
odicals, tracts, etc.. new and old. printed
during the year is 46,5221O4 copies. an In
| crease Of 1,499, 1886 copies over the previous
year. The total number Of pages printed
during the year, reduced to 16-mo size, Is
1,44S ,107, sos, being an increase over the year
ending March 81, 1898, of 6O,2S1,564 16-mo
pages. ... -, .. ... ..r.
| The total issues since the organization Of
| the society is 767, ,534 copies Of books,
periodicals. pamphlets, tracts etc., equal to
| 17,271 ,629, 14S 16-mo pages and equivalent to
| 57,572, 097 books of 300 pages each
The report further shows the enormous
quantity of over 44,206,000 copies of peri
odicals as the output of the year.
The missionary department shows 120 mis-
sionaries and workers in the field
| Financially, the net assets Of the society
| show 1864 169.4S.
A review OF three-quarters OF century
was presented by A. j. Rowland, D. D., gen.
| eral secretary. The receipts in the publish
| ing department for the first fifty years of the
| socety's history were $3,062, ,03S.S5. For the
| last twenty years they have been $11,291,-
| 351.69. The total amount received through
| the publishing department from the begin
ming is, therefore. s14,353, 39O54.
| Three thousand seven hundred and nine
agents, Sunday school missionaries and
chapel car workers have been engaged in
| the service of the society. These workers
| have sold 770,275 books and given away 175,-
592 more, besides 5,657 ,O06 pages of tracts.
| They have visited 1,174,1O6 families, held
142,263 prayer meetings and 1,462 Sunday
| schools, baptized 27.231 persons and constl-
tuted 1900 churches. Never, apparently
was there more need for the distinctive mis-
| sionary work of the society than today.
| Rev. Y. "A. Woods, d. D., pestcr of the
| First Baptist church, San Francisco, well
coined the officers and delegates of the dif-
| ferent societies in speech reviewing the
last fifty years of the history of the denom-
ination in San Francisco and the country at
large.
Rev. L. C. Barnes of Pennsylvania re-
sponded to the address OF welcome.
The following were elected officers OF the
American society for the year 1899: Pres
ident. A. H. Strong, d. D., LII. D., New
York; vice presidents, A. P. Montague, Phi.
D., LII D., South Carolina; j. f. Forbes,
Phi. d. Florida; recording secretary, e. NJ.
Poteat, D. D.. Pennsylvania; corresponding
secretary, H. l.. Morehouee, d. D., New
York; treasurer, E. V. Carey, esq, Mont
clair, N j.; auditor, G. w. Murray, esq.,
| New York
! Members Of the executive board from 1899
to 1902: Eugene Levering, Baltimore; Rev.
e. T. Tomlnson, Elizabeth, N. j.; Rev.
Fred T, Gates, New York; H. X. Porter,
Pittsburg; w. C. Biting. d. d., New York
City; Joshua Levering, Baltimore; G. w,
Murray, New York City; Colonel ]. A. Herit,
Greenville, s. c.; e. w. Stephens, Columbia.
Mo-; Henry Mcdonald, d. D., Atlanta, Ca;
]. B. Gambrell d. d., Waco Tex. To fill
vacancies in class expiring 1901, occas!oned
by the death Of Rev. II. c. Woods, d. D.,
Rev. Robert Mcdonald, Brooklyn, N. Y.