The evening times., 1901-05-20

ern Baptist Convention. which has vaTi-
Gus boards for the different parts Of the
work Since the civil war the negro Bap-
lists have by degrees formed societies foT
their own activities. but they are them
selves largely in need of educational and
eyauGelistiC help. for which they look to
their white brethren, chiefly those of the
North
While the majority of the Baptists are
IN the Southland they are giving a good
account of themselves. according to their
means-the greater part 0f the wealth and
of the equipment which wealth directly
and Indirectly brings. is in the North
Here are the great institutions of learn
ing at Chicago. Providence. Newton Cen
ire Mass: Rochester. Hamilton n Y:
Chester and LcwisbUrg. Pa; Granville,
Ohio; Franklin. Ind: WaterviIle. Me. and
elsewhere. Here are the great societies
for missions publications. education, etc.
with headquarters in New York PhHa-
deIDhia, Boston. and Chicago. raising nil
lions Of dollars every year and sending
their agencies throughout the nation and
the world.
/ It is these societies of Northern Bap-
lists that began their annual meetings
at Springfield today. There will be moth
/ ing ecclesiastical about these gatherings
] J here viii be no heTesy trials. no creed
! revision, no official Investigations as to
/ the inroads of the higher criticism and
/ scientific evolution. The Baptists are ex-
/ tTeT1ists in tn matter of soul liberty
/ separation between Church and State vol
untaTism in the support of religion. and
I the complete independence Of the local
/ Church For them there Is no eccIeSias-
/ tical authority superior to the local
/ Church All other religious bodies among
! theIf are purely voluntary. organized for
missionary or philanthropic ACTIVITY and
their action can be binding only on those
! Y 10 freely accept it
! The societies represented at the anniver-
/ saries are the American BaDtist Mission
/ airy Union for Foreign Missions with
! headquarters in Boston,, the American
! Baptist Publication Society lPhiIadeT-
phia), the American Baptist Home Mis-
/ sion Society New York;. the American
! BAPTIST Historical Society tPhiIadeIphia)
and the American Baptist Education So
! cIety New York; There are several wO-
I men 5 societies, officered and managed by
! themselves doing various form of mis-
/ sionary work at home and abroad, auxiI-
lary to the general societies.
! From one point of view these societies
are great business corporations reCeiv-
/ ing and disbursing many hundreds Of
! thousands Of dollars every year having
! large assets in fixed property and invested
I funds and managed by some Of the most
capable business men In the several cities
NlttiC A4ltlE OiliCeS are situated 1leE are
/ more especially great evangelizing and ed
uCatiOnal agencies, carrying Christianity
and its associated inf1Uencies into all parts
} Of the earth There are well equipped mis-
sion stations, with American missionaries,
/ native helpers. Bible women. schools, med
ical diSpenSaries- industrial training etc
in China Japan. India. and Africa Aid
! Is given to churches in Russia. Germany.
/ France. Spain. Denmark. and Sweden.
/ Missionaries. Sunday school organizers.
and chapel car eyangelists are engaged in
the West and Northwest Of this country,
among the foreign immigrants Of all na-
/ tionalities and the Chinese, in Alaska,
/ Cuba. Porto Rico, and Mexico. Large
sums are being expended upon the negroes
| in establishing schools. training teachers
and preachers and otherwise aiding them
III their great necessities More than 81
9Jl-eo9 has thus been invested in the col
oTed people Of the South by the Baptists
OF the North in the last forty years.
! The Baptist Young Peoples Union of
America IS an association for the system
attic training and culture Of its members in
Bible study and other forms Of Christian
+ knowledge in preparation for the duties
/ that viii come upon them when they as
I sumo the responsibilities of directing the
great affairs Of the denomination.