The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-26
IS A CENTURY OLD TO-DAY.
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from Baptist all over the country should
tn free ana generous. though as u ~
rot more than 80 per cent IN any chur n
contributed Without prejudice 20 ~"
great work of the Bnptist- a. foreign hriar,
home missions should Dee uurturci nni
encourage8 The growth ia Souih "nof
sia OF late years has been pher omeual
among the Baptiftf. Dr. Jameson said
instaftcing the church az Tfton as
striking example. bot it should De- ma. Ne'l
in an sections % tho state, felsion ana
education going hand iu hand ia ne
maintenance 81 Georgia IN her high pl'e Q
among the states.
Kerfoot ON Home Missions
t-pon the conclusion Of Dr Jameson's
address. Dr. Jordan announced thsi III
Kerfoct would not DO able e. d'thln VIC
CONGREGATION Ions. even though ne "Ath-
wish. a. he had 20 catch toe Train 10 A.
larta. Dr. kerfcot in beginning ms
marks TO tho cougrcg cation, tod q siory
th-t occurred 10 him as applicable 10 INC
situation. saving that there was an o.d
lady who was loht 20 believe that hcF
beloved pastor was guilty Of so grloVo1@
"a fault as preaching from manusc ip'.
Finally. determined 10 und out TOT h'I-
self she took her place IN the EhH' ~
50 that she might look down upon lhe
rulplt There. sure enough she saw heF
pastor following bis manuscript with on'
rrrer and reading on Ills sermou Turn
irr over the last page. he read what Was
written there the old ady looking on.
Tr,r the preache remarked that ne
vot.Id not ,ietaiu his cong egauon longer
,,a the old lady cried. You can't. you
have read al sou have
This. then. Dr Kerioot said, was the
posision In which he found himself, as h'
could not dstain the congregation even
n he would as the uain would not Na1'
for MIN. Had 81 been otherwise, the de-
Sire 4, do so might have prevailed. Tor
be DECLARED thar ne would as lief try TO
make Niagara run through goose gum
"a. In talk comprehensively OF home ms
slons IN hut few minutes time.
Dr kerfoot also entered upon an e.
posit!on Of the growth OF the ha.usts'
saving that there were scarcely lv'V" ~
me United states in issi ara less man
10000 nny years later Now there arc
about 10000 white ana l..oewo co.ored
R.ptists he the territory Of the southern
paptis. Convention. while the Baptist
churches number about 1900. There
would undoubtedly have been an Increase
had there been 40 home mission pohfhst
Ur Kerfoot said. hat the growth has
been due 10 tho work 81 toe state organ 2
cations and TO the Home Board or the
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Needed Tor the Ne@r"e~'
Ia his appeal 20 the congregation 20
support home missions, Or kerfoot
touched upon the negro question. saying
1.-The aid 81 the board is required and
asked by the negroes OF sne South, DO
you not see evidence 81 90 every day ana
on every siie2 Not so much do the me-
groes of aute-hellum days need the ala
us do younger representativcs OF the race.
10 ls true they have some sort Of culu-
watson. bat there is an element missing
chat figured So such advantage in the re-
llgious instruction 81 slaves Men ana wo-
men % The South felt before the war that
they were responsible FOR the spiritual
welfare 81 thr.r slaves. aud they saw io
90 that the biacks were not deprived OF
Gods word. IL We wans a reliable negro
to-day where 30 We hud him. Among
those Of the new generation2 No. Il Is TO
the Older negroes We turn
"Thc negroes OF tho South have begun
90 appreciate their position and 80 recog-
nize that % b. 80 the white people of The
South fhat tuey must turn. They ore
doing SO and asking our all. can we with