Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-07
GATHERINGS
Raleigh to Have Two Church Con-
ventions in a Month.
The Presbyterian Synod Will Convene on
the 18th Instant. and tho Baptist State
Convention on December 9th Great
Century Day Celebration.

meetings III tne near future. On No
vember 18th, which will be next week.
the Presbyterian Synod will convene in
this city, and next month, on December
9Th, the Baptist State Convention will
come together for its annual session.
Both Of those great convocations are
generally very largely attended and
bring in their train countless visitors
TO the city from all parts of the State
The indications are that this year will
prove no exception to the rule. Ra-
leigh people always welcome strangers
on occasions of this kind, and their
hospitality is we'll known.
These meetings always insure the
presence in the city of distinguished
speakers from this and ather States.
and thus afford opportunity OF hearing
country.
The Synod of the Presbyterian
Church of North Carolina will meet on
Tuesday. November 18Th. in the First
Presbyterian Church. IL will probably
continue until the following Friday
night. 1t is expected that quite a num-
Der of the visiting ministers will re-
main over Sunday in Raleigh. About
250 or 800 members are expected to be
present at this Synod. The moderator
Will be elected on the night of the first
meeting, and, according to the usual
custom, will remain in the city and
preach on the following Sabbath in the
church where the meeting takes place.
So far as has yet been indicated,
there is no matter of unusual import
ance to come before the body. The
time of the Synod will doubtless be oc-
cupied in considering the various large
interests of the church, such as home
missions, foreign missions. education
OF the ministry, the Barium Springs
Orphanage, evangelistic work, and
IN q ~ iratn
mention. Two general secretaries have
already signifed their intention to be
present, Rancl! Rev. DR.. S II. Ches-
ter. of Nashvi!.-. Tenn. and Rev. DR..
II. Lumkin. OF Memphis, Tenn. II is
also expected that Rev. DIR. John w.
Davis, n notable missionary of China.
Will be present nd deliver an address
on Wednesday night. 1t is not impro-
bable that DR.. i4azen, the assemby's
secretary of pit ication, will attend.
Church services u be held during the
session, with pr hing under the APP
pointment of H. synod. Wednesday
and Thursday nisnts are usually given
TO popular meetings in the interest of
foreign and home missions respec-
lively.
The lay delegates to the Synod from
Raleigh will be elected on Monday
night AS is we'll known, each church
is entitled to its pastor and one lay
delegate.
A committee of the First Presbyte-
rian Church is now theoretically at
work securing homes for the delegates
from the out OF town churches. The
hospitality of the people of Raleigh is.
as usual being found cheerfully equal
to the emergency The committee will
be glad TO receive any offer to enter
tain members of the Synod. not only
from those belonging to the Presbyte-
rian Church. but also from citizens
generally. who now have an oppor-
tunity to reciprocate similar courtesies
shown TO them by this church during
former meetings of similar bodies of
other denominations. The canvass for
homes Will continue actively during the
week
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION.
The Baptist State Convention is to
meet in Raleigh this year, and the first
meeting will he on December 5th, at
the First Baptist Church y very large
and representative attendance of North
Carolina Raptsts is looked for by rea-
son of several facts. some OF which are
the following: The central location of
the city. making 1t easy of access from
all parts OF the State; because this is
the last meeting OF the nineteenth CEN
fury which fact is to be fittingly cele-
brated: because the general interest of
the BaptistS in their work throughout
the states at q point of unusual en-
thuslasm, atta-tAe fact-ttTdt- me Zap
list Female University is located here,
and that Wake Forest College is with
In easy distance. since in both of these
institutions much interest is felt by
Baptists all over the State.
Many distinguished speakers are eX-
pected to be present from other States
representatives of general boards. such
as DR.. f. II. Kerfoot. of Atlanta. of the
Home Mission Board; DIR. r.. J. VIII
lngham, of the Foreign Mission Board.
Richmond. Va: DR.. j. NJ. Frost. of the
Southern Sunday School Board. Nash
vile. Tenn; DIR. e. T. Chivcrs. general
secretary of the Baptist Young Peoples
Union of America. Besides these. there
VIII be many other visitors of note.
among them DR.. ]. w. Miller, pastor of
the Eutaw Place Church, Baltimore.
who is well-known North Carolinian,
and DR.. r. II. Pitt, editor of the Reli-
giouS Herald.
One matter OF Importance to come be-
fore the convention is the election OF a
corresponding secretary to fill the place
of Rev. DR.. John e. White. OF this city.
who will tender his resignation of the
Office to the convention.
On Sunday, December 9th, there will.
be n Century Day celebration. for
which splendid and elaborate pro-
gram has been arranged There is no
doubt that on TINT day Raleigh will he
thronged with Baptists from all parts
OF the State.
There are $4,000 white Baptists in
North Carolina and .S53 churches or
ganized into Sc district associations.
The total contributions to missions thfs
year will reach $4,000 and no less than
one hundred missionaries have been
employed in State missionary work
alone.