The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-04
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS.
Their Convention in AsheviIIe VIII
Show Great Growth of the Church.

Their Convention in AsheviIIe VIII
Show Great Growth of the Church.
The forty-seventh session of the
Southern Baptist Convention will be
held in Asheville, beginning Thursday.
1t is expected that it will be the larg-
est gathering of representatives of this
great denomination ever held in the
South. Between 1900 and 1900 dele
gates have received credentials, and
these will represent a constituency of
| 1882, $40 members. Within the bounds
of the convention are 1880 churches,
! 1852 associations and 13,473 preachers.
AS many preachers as can possibly
do so attend the annual meetings and
| there are a great many lay delegates
and visitors.
The officers of the convention are
as follows: President the Hon. Will
liam j. Northen of Atlanta, ex-Gov-
ernor of Georgia; vice presidents, Rev.
Jones Philip Eagle of Little Rock, the
Hon. w. w. Heard of Baton Rouge,
the Hon. Andrew H. Longino of jack
son, Miss. and the Hon. Joshua Lev
ering of Baltimore; secretaries, Rev.
| Lancing Burrows, D. D., of Nashville,
and Rev. Oliver Fuller Gregory of Bal
timore; treasurer, Mr.. George H. Nor
ton of Louisville, and auditor, Rev.
William Patrick Harvey D. D., of
Louisville.
| The work of the convention is divid-
ed into three great departments: For
eign Missions, Home Missions and Sun
/ day schools. Each of these depart
ments is represented by a board and
the reception of reports from these
boards will consume most of the time
of the convention. OF the Sunday
school board, which is located in Nash
vile, Dr. E. Z. Folk is the president,
and DR.. j. NJ. Frost the secretary. DR..
w. w. Landrum is president of the
Home Mission Board, which has it's
headquarters in Atlanta, and which
has for its secretary DR.. F. C. Nc
| Connell. The headquarters of the For
| eign Mission Board are in Richmond.
/ Prof. c. H. Winston is the president
/ and DR.. r. j. Willingham the secre-
| tary.
| Reports of the members of the vari-
| Gus boards will show gratifying prog
! ress during the past twelve months
! in the various departments of denomi-
national work. The outlook for foreign
missions, in particular, was never so
/ bright. Heretofore Virginia has been
/ the banner state in regard to the
/ amount of contributions for the foreign
mission field, but this year Kentucky
is in the lead, with Georgia and Texas
| close seconds. The reports show also
| that the year has been one of unusual
activity in the Sunday school depart
ment.
Although the programme will be
largely confined to action on the re-
ports of these three organizations of
| the church, an important feature of the
convention will be the election of a
president to succeed ex-Gov. Northen,
who has declined to allow the use of
his name as a candidate for reelection.
The contest promises to be a spirited
one between the Baptists of the East
and those West of the Mississippi The
former probably will united on Hon.
Joshua lowering Of Baltimore as their
candidate. while the Western men most
prominently mentioned for the honor
are ex-GoY. J. p Eagle Of Arkansas
and Hon. r. c. Bucker Of Dallas
The delegates 10 this convention from
Savannah have already been an
nounced in the Morning News They
viii leave for Ashevlle Wednesday
night going via the Southern Railway.