The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
EIGHTEENTH SESSION OF THE
AMERICAN BAPTIST CONGRESS
The Opening Exercises OF this Annual Conference
Will Be Held in The First Church Next &
Tuesday Afternoon = he Pro-
eramme For the Occasions
eranne For the Occasion.

So All writer's and speakers shall take
The platform, address only the Chair. and
ccnline themselves 10 the subjecl assigned
for the occasion.
"a. No person Snai speak tMace on INC
same subject.
-. Readers OF papers si1al! be allowed
twenty-five minutes. appointed speakers
twenty minutes and volunteer speak
ers sen minutes. The secretary snail notify
all participants By stroke Of the bell
three minutes before, and also at The.
expiration OF their time, beyond which,
40 one shall be allowed TO proceeo.
SO No paper Shall be read IL the
absence OF its writer. norsshall any paper
be printed in the proceedings except 1t
has been read at che meeting.
- No resolution or motion shall be
entertaind at the public conferences
During the, meeting the doors Of the
church will be thrown upen to all such
rs desire 10 listen 10 the discussion, ana
it is The expectation and the desire Of
the local committee that there be a large
attendance Everything that is done is
done openly, and after the conference
the proceedings of the Body are printed
in book form for the benefit Of those
who dsire a closer Knowledge Of the
addresses.
IT'S MEMBERSHIP.
The Baptist Congress is thus one OF
the most interesting organizations in the
country Ii numbers among its members
the names of some OF the most distin-
euished ministers ard lay.nen Of the
denomination, and the Executive Com
mittec, by which The body is largely
controlled, contains many names familiar
to thermometers. Nearly all the members
of this Executive Committee, which is
as follows, will attend the sessions OF the
Congress: Rev. II. u. Sanders CHAIR
mani. D. D., OF New York: Rev. James
NJ Bruce, Of Judson Memorial church;
J. L. Campbell, D. D.. OF Lexington
Avenue church, New York. Rev Charles
II. Dodd. OF Petty Memorial church,
Newark, y. J.; j. r. Dickinson, D. D.,
of North orange, \. j.; Norman Fox,
d. d. Morristown. y. J., ~ S. Hobart,
D. D.. Yonl1ers, New York: Rev. Howard
l. Jones, Church of Epiphany, New York
city: Robert Macdonald, D d. Wash
ington-Avenue Baptist church, Brooklyn,
N Y: S. Clifford Nelson, y. D., of the
Brooklyn Eagle: Rev. Z. T. Tomlinson,
Phi. D., of Elizabeth. n. Y; w. c. Bit
ting. d. D.. Of New York. treasurer. and
Tbeo A. K. Gessler D. D., of Landing.
y. J., secretary.
or these names three are particularly
well known here. They are those of Rev.
DR.. j. 7. Dickinson Of North Orange,
y, J., a son of Or. A. F. Dickinson. Of
this city: Rev. Howard L Jones. of New
York city, q brother of Rev NJ. Ashby
Jones, OF Richmond and W. C. Biting.
D. D.. OF New York. who was reared in
Richmond. and whose Gather was for
many years pastor Of the Second Baptist
church OF this city
Among the many very distinguished
men who are tn speak a. the meetings
OF the Congress in Professor Gordon e.
Moore, D. D., Of Furman University,
Grecnvi;ie s. c. DR. Moore stands in
the very front rank of southern scholars,
and those who have had an opportunity
20 hear him on other occasions anticipate
a great discussion from him OF 1.-THE Rits-
Gillian Theology
William n. Whitsitt. LII. D., Of Louis
vile, Ky, is q colossal figure among
the scholars Of the world. There is
no higher authority in ecclesiastical his
tory. His subject will he 'Romanist
Survivals in Professionalism. Among the
most accomplished speakers in the Bap-
list pulpitsin America is Kerr Boyce Tlo-
[ per- D. D.. Ii. D., OF Philadelphia.
son OF DR.. II. A. Upper. OF Richmond
college DR.. Upper will engage in the
discussion of the, weak points in the
Baptist position
! PERHAPS the interest in the Congress
will eliminate in the discussion of the
trust problem by Rev. ". Quay Roselle,
PHI. D.. Of Homestead. Pa; Professor
Charles W. Needham. Columbian Uni
versitS. Washington. D. G.: Hon. Henry
r. Pollard, of this city. AM. Hon. Frank
Dickerson, Of New York city. This dis
cussion promises to ne one OF the most
! generally interesting features of the
discussion.