The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-16
BAPTISTS WILL
PETITION CAR
Ex-Mayor Davidson Selected as Per-
sOOaI Representative.
ELECT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Rumors That DIR. Greene Would De
cline or Withhold His Answer I'm
I'll He could Lay the Matter Be
fore the Colleges in Missouri

LOUISVILLE. KY, May l5.-Special.-
Rev. Dr. J. u. Greene will not give any
answe. concerning his acceptance Of the
presidency of The Southern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary until after his return 20
his home.
Rev 81. ". Tribble and DR.. W. r. J..
Smith have been elected trustees Of the
Seminary.
Mrs c.. A. Staley. Of Washington City.
has been elected president of the W0-
nuns Missionary Union.
Tho convention Will arrange 20 cele-
brate AN through the South the year 1909
win thauhsgiyings 10 God and I'm PLAN
ming for larger work in the future.
Ex-AIaycr r.. O.. Davidson. Of Balti-
moro. VIII represent the southern Baptists
on a commission from the Bautists of
the world &C. the Gar Of Russia in be-
hair Of the prosecuted Stundists, the Bap-
lists % Russia.
Ashcyilc. y. c., and Hot Springs. Ark.
fought for the convention next year. Hot
Spr."gs winning. The pay plan Will OBJ
tain. ana Rev. DR.. J. j. Taylor. Of Ala
bama. VIII Dee the preacher.
Drs. Gambrcll. Campbell and Carroll
have been appointed fraternal delegates
10 Northern Baptist anniversaries soon
to meet In san Francisco.
A WC pOsiti0n 90 elect Rev. Drs. Tiche.
nor ara Mcconnell associate secretaries
of the Home Mission Board. I'm Atlanta.
was referred 10 the board.
Tho convention adjourned with devo-
tiOnai exercises conducted by DR.. Acrec.
DIR FROST'S REPORT.
Saturday Rev. J. VI. Frost. D.. D.. OF
Nashville. Tenn. presented an abstract
~ the report OF the sunday School Board.
Tho report IS the best the board has
ever made The total income has been
l6i13. There are no unpaid obligations.
Appropriations for Bibles. Testamcnts.
tracts &c. have had a money value Of
over 81. GEO.
The board IS soon to publish a book
witt this title: "Banfist Why and why
Not" There are articles IN this book hv
D-. W. r.. Hatcher. Y. s. Dunaway. r. b.
Pollard. j. j. Taylor. d. VI. Ramsey and
others. The board may In the coming
year. undertake the publication OF a new
hymn book.
Recently the board has published a
tract entitled. Mormon Doctrine OF
Heaven and He'll"
The board has a system for the endow-
ment of books. Such an endowment is
established by the gift OF $50. Each fund
Will be used TO publish a book, and when
reimbursed by sales Of the book. will be-
used % publish another book. BY this
system a giver may establish a source
OF permanent and ever-increasing useful
ness. Each fund bears some name. as
the g.ver may select. One such fund
has been established this last year by 3
+. Garvey, OF Kentucky. and named after
hts wife.
CARROLL RESOLUTION.
The report Of the committee on the
Carroll and Kentucky resolutions. which
resolutions had 10 do with the question
Of the ~severing Of the tie between the
seminary and convention. and concern
ing the appointment Of trustees was
next offered. Two reports were offered.
The majority report made no recommen-
dations and asked that the committee
be discharged. This report was signed
by Joshua Levering. j. T.. Eagle. w. T..
Hatcher. J.. s. Coleman, J. X. Pace. A.
NJ. Vardeman, l.. d. Geiger. Lansing
Burrows. c.. ). Gardner. 9. a. Stakley,
@ Y. Eager. W. T. Campbell and b.
II. Carroll with the statement from him
that ne would not offer. according 70 MS
announcement last year AT Norfolk. his
resolutions The minority report, signed
hv l. r. Hawthorne and c. +. Taylor,
desired that no change be made I'm the
resolution between the convention and
the seminary save. that a committee
Re appointed 20 strengthen the ties be-
tween his body and tire seminary. And
az to the Kentucky resolutions. that no
change be made in the charter OF the
seminary except by the advice Of the at
tornevs of the seminary. and that no
change IN the method OF appointing trus-
tees be made. A rising vote waI taken
hut was so close that the secretaries
could not certify to II, and the vote was
,sken again. this time by the several
hlscl,s OF pews as formed by the aisles.
The vote on the minority report stood
FOR aeo; against. $50. The majority re-
nort was then unanimously adopted.
Foreign missions was next considereA