The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-08
BAPT|STS' WORK
FOR THE ORPHANS
An Encouraging Report from
ThomasviIle.
AN OFFERING is MADE
Central. Committee on Twentieth Cen
tury Movement.
A SESSION DEVOTED TO W0MAk's WORK
Their Generous Contributions 10 Missions. The
Closing Exercises Of The Convention Will
Be Held Tonight. Conducted by
Or. Skinner Of Raleigh
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Winston Salem, N. c., Dec. 1.-THE
next session of the Baptist State Con-
vention will be held with the First
Baptist church in Durham. The opening
sermon will be preached by Rev. DR..
Blackwell, of Wilmington.
Soon after opening this mornings ses-
sion convention was delighted over
the receipt of telegram from DR.. Sykes
announcing that Wake Forest won the
cup IN the debate with Trinity College.
Last night a telegram was also read
from the faculty Of the Baptist Female
University, of Raleigh, expressing JOY
over the conventions raising last night
the big debt hanging over that institu-
tion.
Rev. f. M. Jordan. who is old and
quite feeble made a touching address in
which he referred to the organization of
the First Baptist church in Winston in
1871. He said this was the last conven-
tion be ever expected to attend, unless
it came beyond the Blue Ridge.
On motion of Prof Hobgood, of Ok
ford DR.. w. G. Tyree, of Durham, and
Rev. w. G. Newton. of Greensboro, We're
appointed committee to visit the Ban-
tist schools not directly connected with
the convention.
Rev. C. A. G. Thomas made an encou..-
aging report on Thomasville Orphanage
and it's work. Nearly $500 was raised
for the institution w. N Jones. N. B
Broughton, c. j. Hunter, J. T. Pullen, r.
N Simms We're appointed to constitute
central committee on the Twentieth Cen
tury movement
AT the afternoon session of the con-
vention the committee on monument to
the late Columbus Durham reported that
fo~ various reasons it had not succeeded
The time of work of the committee was
extended for another year. The reIoIt on
obituaries included sketches OF late Chief
Justice Faircloth and Mrs Virginia
Swepson, who left large bequests to Bap-
tist institutions
Tonight's session was devoted to .'wo-,
mans work" Fine addresses were made
by Rev. ]. w. Jones, of Chapel Hill, and
DR.. Mcconnell, Of Atlanta. The report
made on this department showed that
during the past year women lad con-
tributed S9,766.36 for home, foreign anG
State missions. During the past summer
the secretary sent forty-six of its num-
Der as teachers into desolate sections of
the State. Into these schools were gath
cred 2,111 pupils
The pulpits of the city churches will
be filled tomorrow by members of the
convention.
President Marsh announced tonight that
the closing exercises of the convention
will be held Sunday might, conducted by
DR.. Skinner, of Raleigh.
Rev. C. e. Murchison, discussing the
problem of the factory church named as
the three big obstacles to the work:
l. Ungodly superintendents.
2 Loafing fathers who live like vaIn-
pres upon the work of their children.
g. Tramp preachers" who go among
the people without authority or respon-
sibility to destroy the work done by the
ministers of the regular denominations
"The greatest need" said Rev j. ~
Tolar. of Beaufort, lis in the Atlanti.
Association. Twenty-tw of the twenty
three churches are aided by the board
and of the five churches in tho Neuse
Association only five receive no aid"
Referring to the work OF the year. Rev
l.. johnson, Corresponding Secretary, PAID
this tribute to a devoted band of work
ers: Brethren have congra sulared nc
but l do not deserve it. 1t belongs large
ly to the members of the denomination
who are not here today--most of them
are too poor TO come.
For years one of the men most talked
about at Baptist State Conventions has
been Diaz, who established fiourishng
Baptist church in Havana and was perse-
cuted for conscience sake. SINCE the
Spanish American War nothing has been
heard from him. Secretary Mcconnell in
his speech yesterday referred to him and
said
What has become of DaI you ask.
Everybody asks that. Well, he Is no lon
ger missionary of our board. There is
nothing against his personal character.
The same hot Cuban blood that caused
him to preach against the Spanish priests
and Spanish oppression made him such
politician that he could not longer &c
pastor of our church there. He saw the
appropriateness Of being leading poll
tician and the pastor of the First BaI-
tist church, and SO resigned. He is an
intense anti-American and our work
there could not be welded to any politi-
cal theory"
The time has come when we must co