The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-09


| Ina We also need more men pray God
| that he MAY raise them mp for MS.
DIR. Willingham is man Of attractive
personality. and speaks eloquen1iy and
| tenderly He has won the hearts CT
our people all through the South, and
| is. perhaps, the best known man con-
nected with our missionary activity
The reports were adopted by the cen
yention.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
At g D. M. the convention again as
sembled and the Report on Periodicals
was taken ND and read by Rev. j. A.
Muudy, u. d., Of Reidsyille. Pending
its adoption, DIR. Mundy expressed has
pleasure that our people were becoming
reading people He said that he did
not read better AFOREMENTIONED paper
than the Recorder, nor o1phanage paper
than Charity and Children. These re-
marks may be better appreciated When
we remember that DR.. Mundy IS
native of Virginia and therefore they
were made apart from State pride. lie
also recommended warmly the Foreign
Mission journal of Richmond.
Editor Bailey, of the Biblical Reeor-
der. next spoke concerning his paper, tie
organ Of the North Carolina BaptIsts.
The Recorder, he stated, rs not only
Baptist paper, but is the Baptist or
gam He said he was editor OF It be-
cause of a sense of his obligation to his
father and the Baptist people. lie SAID
he was ready to resign his position u
the paper ever became anything else
save the organ of the Baptists. lie
thanked the people for the loyal manner
iii which they had supported HIM IN
the mast. Mr. n. Il. Brought0n, pub
Usher Of the Recorder, said that all
that the Recorder made went back TO
the denomination, being donated to OBJ
iects OF the convention. lie commended
The services of Editor Bailey as being
efficient and satisfactory. Mistakes, he
said. might be made by editor and pub
Usher, but these only needed to be
known to- be corrected. Rev. W, Il.
Gwaltney, ID. D.. of Hickory, also
commended the Recorder warmly.
DR. Hufham commended the Baptist
Historical papers and urged that they
be supported and read. The report on
Periodicals was unanimously adopted.
Rev. T.. johnson introduced resolutions
to the effect that an advisory committee
Of FIVE be appointed to act i'll behalf or
the convention with the proprietors Of
the Biblical Recorder as to the manage
ment Of the paper and means of increas-
ing its circulation The resolution was
passed and the following were appoint
ed: Rev.. Jllo. Il. White, of Raleigh;
Rev. X. f. Yam, of Scotland Neck;
Rev. L. Honeycutt Mars Hill; Rev. w.
r. Gwaltney, Hickory; Prof. W. j. Po-
teat Wake Forest.
Mr. N. b. Broughton commended the
autobiography Of Rev. Il. Ill. Jordan,
veteran Baptist preacher, and urged
that it be read. Mr.. Jordan being pres
ent was called out and made some in
teresting remarks concerning his long
ministry in North Carolina
THE NIGHT SESSION.
The convention again assembled at
1870 D. ID. and was opened by deyo-
floral services, conducted by Rev. A. D.
Thomas.
The Neuse Association, recently form
ed by twenty-five churches from the
Eastern Association, was received into
the fellowship OF the convention and
three delegates from the association
came forward and were given the right
hand of fellowship by the president.
The report Of the committee to nolni-
nate Board of Missions and Sunday
Schools was read and approved.
Mr.. w A. Wolfsohn i a gifted singer
who has consecrated his voice to God.
We neglected to state in our yesterdays
report an appreciation of the beautiful
solos by this gentleman and also by
Mrs. NJ. b. Thomas. Of Kinsfon.
Dir. j. M. Frost. Of Nashville, Sec
rotary Of the Sunday School Board Of
the Southern Baptist Convention adj
dressed the convention on the work OF
that board.
This board carries on Bible work,
as servant Of the Southern Baptist con-
vention. The board also undertakes
the equipment of its own Sunday
Schools with its own literature. 1t is
also work of this board to publish
books If the board had done nothing
else save publish Yates, the Mission
ary," by pr. G. Il. Taylor, its existence
would have been justified.
This board has met all of financial
obligations and owes 10 debt. 1t has
PUT out into denominationaI life nearly
$4,000
This board intends TO send out DIR,
Barton, How Of the Foreign Mission
Beard, as field secretary.
AT the Conclusion OF LII. EF0St du-
dress and the singing Of a hymn, Rev.
!. Il. White introduced resolutions re-
lating TO the appointment of various
committees looking forward to the rails
ing Of a nineteenth century educational
fund. Resolutions were adopted unani-
| mously.
DIR. Blackwell read Report on Home
Missions. The report recommended that
six instead of FIVE thousand dollars he
raised in this State for this work during
| the coming year. Two hundred ana
ninety-one missionaries were employed
last year, the report of whose work is
| most gratifying. This year 1888 con-
versions have been reported and the
organization OF 512 Sunday Schools
TO this report Rev. Il. ri. Kerfoot,
| ID. d., Corresponding Secretary Of the
Home Mission Board Of the Southern
| Baptist Convention spoke.
OF all the Baptists in the world, with
| the exception possibly Of those in Can
ada, those of the South are straightest
all around. The Baptists of the South
stand by the Bible and demand that
| their ministers and missionaries should
do so. This means much for the evan