The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-24
THE soUTH.s BAPTIsTs.
DIR. JOrdan's Review of the Hot
Springs Convention.

Springs Convention.
At the midweek service at the First
Baptist Church last night the pastor Rev.
John D. Jordan, spoke of the recent con-
vention of the Southern Baptisis at Hot
Springs, Ark.
The convention, DR.. Jordan said, was one
of the most successful as we'll as one Of
the most thoroughly enjoyable that he had
ever attended. The attendance was mot
quite so large as at some previous eonven-
tons there being only CAS- delegates pres
ent but the results were all that could be
asked Hot Springs proved to be TOO far
West to secure record breaking attend
ance.
DR.. Jordan was unsuccessful in his effort
to bring the convention to Savannah next
year One reason for this, he explained,
was that he was the only delegate present
from Southeast Georgia and had 10 make
his fight almost single-handed. Asheville.
N. c., and New Orleans were the chief con-
testants for this honor The railroad and
hotel men of Asheville were present in
force and pushed their claims with great
vigor. aided by the North Carolina dele
gates. The committee TO which this mat
ter was referred was inclined 10 Asheville
and so reported. The Asheville people
thought they had won the fight, but when
abe matter came before the convention
New Orleans won by a large majority.
The advocates Of New Orleans held that
that city had been practically missionary
ground for the Southern Baptists for years
and a great deal of money had been spent
there by the Home Mission Board This
being the case they urged that il was the
GliN of the convention there and
show the people of New Orleans what so.t
of a body the convention is and demon
strate by their presence the earnestness Of
their interests in the work there. The
large representation of the Southwestern
states helped to carry the day for New
Orleans.
The western delegates, Dr. Jordan said,
seemed TO be under the impression that
Savannah was off on one side of the world
with only one railroad, the Central. He
surprised them by telling of the
number of large railroad systems enter
ing here, but being practically unaided,
he was unable to turn the tide this way.
He extended an invitation, however, to
the Southern Baptist editors to meet
here next February, and this will proba-
billy be accepted.
feature of the convention, Dr. Jordan
said, was that it was on the pay system.
Instead Of being entertained by the citi-
zens, most of the delegates paid their
own way. The result was that the major
ity stopped at the leading hotel, and they
were thus brought together in familiar
intercourse in a manner that proved very
beneficial
The marked feature of the convention,
DR.. Jordan said, was its hopefulness He
had never seen the convention so hope
full, so well satisfied with what had been
accomplished, and so well pleased with
the outlook for the future. At. the previ-
Gus convention IL had been decided 20 in
crease the subscriptions 10 missions by
rs per cent, and this had been accom-
plished. Most pleasing still was the report
from the foreign mission field that where
as there had been only $40 converts the
year before, there had been 1.3iO during
the year just ended. an increase Of more
than 50 per cent IN addition to this Is to
20 new missionaries had been sent to the
foreign field. The Sunday School Board
reported its work in excellent shape.
With reference to the negro orator who
had so aroused the interest of the conven-
ticn DR.. Jordan said that the newspapers
had been rather liberal in their reports
OF this feature. At the same time the
= colored man had attracted marked atten-
ton for the reason that he had some
thing TO tell. He had recently returned
from South africa. where he found
entire congregations already organized and
ready to be enlisted under the Baptist
hammer, and as a result OF this he had
baptized some 100 people in few days.
This speakers plea was that there are
10000 negro Baptists in the South who
have never been aroused TO the
importance OF evangelical work among
their brethren in Africa. He urg-
cd that IL the African blacks
are 70 be evangelical that this can
be most successfully accomplished by men
of their own race. lie urged that the
white Baptists of the South should send
out able, discreet white men among the
negro Baptists of the South who should
arouse them 10 the impor ance Of this
work. This aroused a responsive chord in
the convention ana a number of subscrip-
fions We're made at once, the Notal
amount, however being only sos, which
sum was turned over TO the Home Mis-
sion Board to be used in carrying out the
idea advocated by the colored brother
The total con ributions to home and for
eign missions reported by the convention
was 10000 and the members We're 50
well pleased with the work done that they
voted 10 increase the subscriptions for the
ming year by % per cent.
In conclusion DR.. Jordan urged larger
contributions to missions by his owr
Church. While the church had contributed
very literally TO foreign missions during
the year, he said, there was still room
for Improvement lie thought the church
should contribute 5000 10 all missions
during the coming year.
Quiet Min tho pn-Ioo