The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-09
THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS.
Their FOrty-seventh Convention
will Open at AshevilIe To-day.
Home and Foreign Mission Boards
to Make Good Reports.


will Open at AshevilIe To-day.
Home and Foreign Mission Boards
TO Make Good Reports.
Asheville, N. c., May S.-The forty
seventh session (fifty-seventh Year, of
the Southern Baptist Convention be-
gins here tomorrow. The attendance
is large.
The first session will be called to
order by Hon. w. ]. Northen of At
lanta, president of the convention.
This convention is the largest organ
lied body of Baptists in the world 1t
embraces 1858 churches in the states
east of the Mississippi river and south
of the Ohio; also in Maryland, the Dis
trict of Columbia, Missouri Arkansas,
Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Texas,
Mexico and China.
The convention is not a legislative,
but an advisory body. Under the de-
nominational teachings of the church
the convention does not make laws
for it's constituency. The delegates
meet for cooperation in missionary
and educational work. The meetings
of societies and bodies auxiliary to the
general convention were held during
the day.
The main questions for consideration
by the convention will be education
and home and foreign missions Both
the home and foreign boards have in
creased greatly their work during the
last year and will report free of debt.
1t is said that the home board, of
which DR. Mcconnell of ATLANTA is
secretary, will report a balance on
hand of something like $4,000 The
report of the foreign board, the head
quarters of which are in Richmond,
viii be made by DR.. r. j. Willingham.
Mr.. Northen having declined re-elec-
ton as PRECEDENT there was much specu-
lation among the delegates as to who
would be the next presiding officer.
Many were of the opinion that Mr..
Northen would yet be induced to serve
another tam.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union
held meeting this morning. Among
the speakers were President John H.
| Chapman. Mr.. Chapman told of the
remarkable growth of the organization
and predicted even larger growth this
year. The association was shown to
be in a highly fiourishing condition.
In the absence of the secretary of
the board, DR.. Norman Fox of New
Jersey was selected as recording sec
rotary pro tenn.
The executive board of the society
submitted it's report showing grants
had been authorized to ten institutions
during the year. The number of high
schools in the South has increased
from 943 in 1900 to 1853 in 1901 The
report of Treasurer E. V. Carey show
| ing receipts for the fiscal year of ST.
0I5.I3 was read by DR.. Moorhouse and
adopted
President Boatright declared there
was great educational revival going
n nd ri "a Of h.
were building up state institutions.
The DcnOminatiOnaI schools.
Loss of UNCONVENTIONAL patronage
may make the weak-hearted think de-
nominational institutions must be Civ
en- up, he continued but the denomina-
! tional schools are bulwarks of the ma
| ton. When the state institutions fos-
ter a sustained Christian citizenship,
| secular schools may be needed, but not
now.
THE demand is for schools which
shall support Christianity, not church
| tenets."
DIR. j. P. Greene addressed the socie-
| ty on THE Bearing of the Modern
Education Revival on UNCONVENTIONAL
| Colleges"
DR.. E. NJ. Poteat of Philadelphia. j.
| NJ. Prestridge of Louisville and others
| also delivered addresses.
The trustees of the Baptist Theolog-
ical Seminary at Louisville were in
session to-day, Hon. Joshua lowering
| of Baltimore presiding. Reports of
| the various committees were read and
the institution was shown to be in
most flourishing condition.
The Woman's Missionary Union Will
hold a two-days' session, beginning to-
morrow.
1t is estimated that 5000 delegates
will be in attendance during the con-
Vention.
The Union was addressed by DIR. j.
P. Greene. president of William Jewel
College of Missouri at the evening
session.
baptist Educational Society.
The American Baptist Educational
Society met this afternoon and elect
ed the following officers:
President. A. Gaylord Slocum LII.
D.. Michigan; vice presidents, John F.
Forbes, Phi. D.. Florida John H. Har-
ris, LII. D., Pennsylvania; recording
secretary, Rev n. B. Crosse, Massa-
chusetts; corresponding secretary, II.
l.. Moorehouse, D. D., Ill Fifth avenue,
New York; treasurer E. V. Carey,
Mont Clair N. j.; auditor, @. w. Muir
ray. New York.
Members of the Executive Board.
1902 05-Eugene lowering, Baltimore;
Rev. F. T. Tomlinson, Elizabeth. N.
j.; Rev Fred T. Gates. New York;
Joshua lowering, Baltimore; G. w.
Murray, New York; Col. J. A. Hoyt,
Greenville, S. G.; e. w. Stephens,