The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-02

whole convention seemed greatly moved.
Practical work was at once begun. One
| brother said he was going home TO his
| church with the purpose of getting 100
members 10 subscribe 81 a month each in
order to support missionary in the field.
|, Rev. J. L. Gross of Washington said
that he would endeavor to raise $1,000 by
May u.
Dr. ]. L. White of Macon First Church
said that his church would send $500 above
its usual contribution to the approaching
convention.
DR.. J. L Burrows said that he expected
to have to wrestle with the devil, as he
intended to double his own contribution.
Secretary Ragsdale asked for a special
prayer that more boys might be sent from
Georgia to the mission field and that in a
short while not less than a dozen boys
might be sent from Georgia to join DR..
Pruitt in China. DR.. Ragsdale was called
upon to lead in this prayer, and urgently
pettioned the Throne on High that a
number of the young men of Georgia
might be chosen for the mission work, as
a favor deeply coveted by this people
There were numerous echoes and responses
10 Dr. Ragsdale's prayer. At its conclu-
sion the convention sang Praise God,
from Whom All Blessings Flow"
DIT Broughton of Atlanta delivered a
snort talk, telling of his experience with
MS church in holding a week of prayer
previous to taking the annual mission COL
lection and urging the great necessity for
power in prayer for success in religious
work.
Dr. Willingham read note he had just
received from a lady in the audience, Of
ferlng $500 to send a young man, Of whom
Or. Willingham had told, who prayed that
ne might be allowed to go as a Missionary,
but whom the board was unable to send.
The venerable DR.. J. G. Gibson said he
thought he had already given all he was
able to give, but pledged $50 additional
TO each of the three mission boards
The mission question was again made
the subject of prayer led by DR.. Brough-
ton.
The brethren became so engrossed in
their deep interest in missions that the
rest of the programme was neglected and
The hour of adjournment passed unnoticed
Rev A. NJ. Bennett of Greensboro said
ne had only been in the state few months
and only received a small salary but he
would give 500.
Rev. w. D. Upshaw, the crippled boy
from Mercer, pledged 800 to the foreign
mission work, in addition to his work for
Mercer
Rev. ]. A. Poole offered himself as a
missionary to go to China. He had pledged
himself to this work ten years ago, he
said, and had been awaiting the oppor-
tunity ever since.
Dr. Gibson and others of the veteran
members present declared that they had
never before witnessed such a scene In a
Baptist convention. The suggestion that
il was time to adjourn was several times
made by the president, but the members
! seemed unwilling to leave a scene where
| there seemed to have been such an out
pouring of the spirit.
DIR. Lansing Burrows took his hat and of
his own accord went among the brethren,
receiving liberal contributions. One min
lister emptied his pocketbook into the hat
and then threw in the pocketbook. Many
| of those present pledged themselves and
| their churches for various amounts ac-
| cording to their ability.
1t was 1920 o'clock when a recess was
taken until the night session.
The committee appointed at the last ses-
sion of the convention to confer with the
| Georgia Baptist Orphans Home Associa-
ton as to plans for the enlargement of the
| home, and as to an agreement to place
| the home under the fostering care of the
convention, reported at the afternoon ses-
| sion that a satisfactory agreement had
been reached by which the home should
be taken under the fostering care of the
convention, the buildings and real estate
| in Atlanta to be sold and the home to be
moved TO farm of not less than fifty
acres in Fulton county, the proceeds from
the sale of the Atlanta property to be in
! vested Vn improvements at the new site
The present trustees of the home are TO
| continue, but as their terms expire new
trustees are to be selected by the Orphans
Home Association from persons nominated
to them by the convention. Annual re-
ports are to be made to the convention.
and the convention is to cooperate with
the association in carrying on its work.
The report of the committee was favora
bly, received and adopted unanimously.
Mr.. H. A. Wolfsohn of Atlanta, by re-
quest, sang That Sweet and Tender
Story" The song was sweetly sung and
was greatly enjoyed by the convention.