Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-15
4 PAN CONFERENCE.
CHEAT INTERNATIONAL MEETING
or DAPTIsTs BEING AGITATED.
TIE IDEA AROSE IN RICHMOND.
People All over the Country Are
Taking n Up-PhiIadeiphin Seems
Most Popuinr rs the PInce--Similnr
10 Pnn-Presby tcrinn Assembly.

a movement has been begun towards
great international Baptist conference
Tho conference is suggested for next
,.lr-the closing year Of the nineteenth
..utlry-or. II the time proves too short
. prepare for such a gigantic meeting as
fs ls TO be. then 19Ol-the first year of
,as ucxt century.
10 IS not surprising that the idea Of
such O. meeting should have been born in
l.llmond. called by so many the Dap
-s- jerusalem
Three or four years ago the Religious
Herald OK this city, suggested q pan
Baptist conference. The denomination
ld DOB take readily TO 10. Other denOmi-
national matters were claiming the
a,ttrtan OF the people Of that faith, and
little while the people ceased 10
t.. VI q pan conference. The idea was
we'd 10 slumbor Many people forgot
a. or. at least, did not think Of IT.. 4
-.V weeks ago the Herald urged the idea
again. IL is marvellous now how popular
S. has grown. People ana papers the
recognized voices of the country, north
and south. are writing OF it every week.
Many know that the Presbyterians
have their Pan Presbyterian Assembly.
10 is an international conference or peo-
ple Of the faith. IL Is q fully organized
BODY and meets annually. Several years
ago tho assembly met at Copenhagen.
The late Dr. Moses ID. H0ge was dele
gate. His eloquent address during this
meeting was regarded as one OF the
GROWING efforts of his life stirring up
Copenhagen and caused the Crowned
Head 20 ask for an audience with him.
NEVER SUCH A MEETING BEFORE.
a BAPTIST international meeting has
never been held. There are thousands OF
Baptist ia England, in The countries Of
the Continent in Asia, Japan, and I'm
Australia. The denomination is strong
est in America and weakest on the Euro
rean Continent and in Asia. II is sug-
cested that the Baptists OF the weaker
countries would receive new courage and
new determination IN coming 20 a land
where their people represent wealth, In
t.ucsnce. culture. influence, and num-
Der thousands upon Thousands while
al would gain new and large measure
" inspiration for the great work the de-
nomination has before IL.
The Herald. which viii be issued to-
day. Viii contain a number Of endorse
meuts or the scheme. DR.. j.. Benjamin
Andrews. late president OF the Brown
University. now OF Chicago, writes
thnk that such q conference as You
5000 lu every respect
Very sincerely yours,
J.. BENZ. ANDREWS.
Chicago, JILL. November s. 1899.
Others who in this issue speak I'm favor
au.l tclm oi tho conference are Rev.
N. G.. Betting. D D. New York city;
Ir. o. j. Hail. Norfolk; "Thc Baptist"
Ns s..pp. "Norl a.u Way" Missouri;
AI.lam. Baptist Baptist Chronicle,
Louisiana; Baptist Argus. Louisville;
standard Chicago. aud Baptist and Re
Lauon Of Nashville.
WHAT ONE PAPER SAYS.
Tho Baptist says.
A Far-Dartist conference has been pro-
iy tle Religious Herald IL seems
3D. N. meeting with great favor. Secreta-
f.- Rowland, Wllingham, and Frost are
very cordial lu their approval OF lhe
movement. Rev. Charles H. Small ID. j.,
pastor NJ the First Congregational
CHURCH. ot Springfield, o., suggests that.
lnuol ass these are days Of eNpan-
s. tle proposition be expanded TO en-
l. MOT only Bdpusts. but al churches
or .a- independent form of government.
f- would DE In line with the Pan-Pres-
'..ru Alliance. Being opposed TO GER
f..I kinds OF expansion, we would insist
Dl keeping 10 the original suggestion of
ul- DO a purely Baptist affair We fear
tl.t This one point or agreement, as
s.lnural as IL IS. might not be q sufli-
l.lI bond 20 cement and hold together
fI. heterogeneous compact. Philadelphia
London. Richmond, and Washington have
boon named as suitable places for such
meeting. 10 occurs 20 as that such con-
ference could be made very helpful in
many ways. We all need an enlargement
of our mental and spiritual horizon.
Philadelphia seems the most popular