Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-05-16
BAPTISTS ADJOURN.
TIE Convention Next Year Will b
Held in New Orleans.
REMARKABLE SCENE.
An Address Nade by Negro Mission.
airy cause, Applause aud shower
Of Money ile Pleaded for
Assistance Ia Africa.

Hot Springs. Ark May 70 Southern
Baptist convention adjourned late ye..
tsr.iny evening % meet a, New Orleans
on Friday before ths second Sunday Ia
MAY next y'n' Rev Dr. Mullins was
elected % deliver the convention sermon.
Another Booker Washington appeared
n tho last moments 81 ,hc Southern
Baptist convention llewas Rev. Chas.
$. Morris, tall young man o. brown
skin, aud bis eluquenoe thrilled the biz
as.cmblagn. lie Is a missionary among
The black, ~ Africa, aud had been
gunird few minutes for the purpose
oi making plea for missionary work on
tho dark continent. A half dozen other
missionaries had Just told Of their Ia
bors and while the convention listened
with interest, n romaiued for the negro
g. stir the great gathering. when with
splendid elopucuce he told his hearers
that Carey was not the FIRST modern mis-.
siouary, but that the pioneers were the
Z g0dly women who took charge OF the
slaves when they landed Ia old Virginia
AMI clothed and fod them aud gave
them the gospel
THE thousands IN the audience over
whelmed hmm with their applause and
it was some time before ex.Goyouor
Northern. the president, could obtain
silence. Brethren" Boz .nid. IL au
b. ympathy with your applause bat &c Is
against the hw
Tho crowd SAYS the smile on his griz-
zlei iaco and hro4i forth IN fresh ap.
plau.e. Crowds pressed forward aud
struggled 20 get near enough t. throw
money on the platform" Several
hundred dollars in silver and notes were
at Morris feet. lie said not 10 give
money 10 him, but 10 turn il over 10 the
treasurer ui the convention and have il
used 10 send messengers throughout the
sonth 10 arouse the colorod people to CO.
operate In mission work in Africa. The
outpouring Of money was ~ spontaneous
that even after the eloquent black had
refused to receive IL. It was flung at his
feet.
The last day Of the convention was
crowded with business Tho conyen.
tion adopted resolutions Of Rev. DR..
Crhuill Of Texas 10 report on the rela.
tious 10 the convention sustained by the
UNCONVENTIONAL papers.
There was good sized collection
taken UP for the Southern Baptist Theo.
logical seminary. The finance report
shaved an increase Of moro than % per
cent for foreign missions over the pre-.
ylous year and the increase Of Baptists
IN foreign lands reached 30 per cent.
Raw. w NJ Vines Of Ashville. ". c.,
submitted the report on frontier work,
and Rev T. S. Potts u Memphis, pre-.
senied that IN cities. while Rev J. f.
White Of North Carolina made report
on the work in mountain regions. Rev.
] Breckner u Missouri reported on the
work Ia Cuba, aud Rev DIR. I J. Holt
VI Tennessee submitted n report on the
enlargement II home missions work.
The report RECOMMENDED that $3.50. 900
/ be raised for home missions.
I Rev. DR.. Mcdonnell thanked the PEG.
Pile Of Hot Springs for their courtesy and
DR. 4. U. Williams, on behalf Of the
city, gave the convention 20 year in.
yitatIon TO return to the valley u many
! waters
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