The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-14
BaptiStS Convene Next at
Charlotte.
(Continuer from Page Five.)

invitations. The report spoke of the
Oxford Female Seminary, the school
visited, as being in very fine condition.
There are ten teachers and fifteen more
pupils than last year.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Sunday schools were discussed then at
great length, and Rev. T. Neil Johnston.
the Sunday school secretary, described
the work. There are TAO pulpits sup
piled in the mission work. and at present
only 1859 Sunday schools in these
| churches. After his talk there was
running discussion in which Rev. Gwalt-
ney Rev. Butler, Rev. Craig, Rev.
Hunter, Dr. Skinner and others Joined.
| Some were against the work as carried
| on at present. and others thought that
It was just one of the great needs.
Finally a resolution was introduced and
passed, instructing the Sunday School
Committee to raise all the money pos
sible to carry on the work, and that the
deficiency be supplied from the treasury
of the Home Mission Board. The resolu-
tion further provided that at the next
meeting of the convention this be made
a regular convention object, provided no
more than $1.1OO be required.
Rev. Mr.. Spillman was then recognized
and made short talk, telling of visit
to the great Sunday school convention
from which he had just returned.
DR.. E. E. Folk, member of the Sun
day School Board of the Southern Bap-
list Convention, of Louisville. was then
recognized and made an interesting talk
on the work of the Sunday school board
and on Sunday school work in general.
He said that the work of the Sunday
school board was to stimulate the Sun
day school idea and to improve the
ideas now being used. The essential
idea of Sunday schools is to teach religi-
Gus truths. He then said that the Sun
day schools were started back in the
lays of the old prophets. There are now
about twelve million Sunday school
scholars in the United States and of
these two million are Baptists. A
church without a Sunday school is like
Samson shorn of his locks. The pulpit
IS the right arm of the church. he said.
and the Sunday school is the left arm.
DR.. Folk said that about IS per cent of
the church members come from the
Sunday schools, and to prove his idea,
the ages of 80 and so to stand up. There
we're twenty-four. He then asked all
who were converted between the ages of
10 and 20 to stand up, and practically the
entire audience arose.
WAKE FOREST COLLEGE.
The hour for the report of Wake
Forest College having arrived the report
was presented. Rev. j. T. Lynch, pastor
Of the Baptist church at Wake Forest
paid a strong and loving tribute to the
college of which the Baptist denomina-
ton is so justly proud. The report on
he college was an interesting one, and
on this account it is given in full, as
follows:
cit is gratifying to be able to report a
year of faithful work. of increased pat
fonage, of enlarged facilities and of i'm
proved equipments since the last annual
report of the trustees to the convention.
The college now employees sixteen pro-
lessons, besides assistants in some of the
departments Two hundred and eighty
hree students have been matriculated
Turing the fall term. OF these there are
sixty-one young ministers. With rare
Exceptions these young men are all
working and behaving admirably. The
spring session will open on January l.
This will be a favorable opportunity for
entering college by young men who are
prepared for classes already formed. At
the last commencement the alumni as
ISOLATION inaugurated a movement for
the erection of a new building on the
campus. 1t is hoped that now that the
lebt on our Woman's college is practi-
ally provided for, the way will be open
COR the attention of our people to be
called to the needs of Wake Forest Col
,ege in buildings, endowment, library and
apparatus Some of the needs are very
pressing. But under existing circum-
stances, for several years past, it has
not seemed iudicious to urge the claims
Of the college upon the Baptists of the
State. We rejoice that the time has
come when the claims can be urged. 1t
was only two or three weeks before the
opening of the convention that the trus-
tees authorized the establishment of
medical department and elected pro-
lessor for it. But the success of the
new department has already excelled ex-
pectations and we may reasonably antici-
pate for it, the same growth and pros
perity marked the history Of our law
department."
MINISTERIAL EDUCATION.
The report on ministerial education
was then submitted to the convention.
MINISTER'S RELIEF FUND.
The afternoon session was short and
was devoted almost entirely to the re-
port on ministers relief. On account of
the absence of DR.. McDuffie. the report
was presented by DR.. w. c. Tyree. The
report said that the churches have come
nobly to the cause of the ministers re-
lief fund. During the year several of
those who have been receiving aid have
died, while two more have applied for
relief The contribution to this fund
this year amounted to $1,31S. an in
crease of $50 over last year. At the be-
ginning of the closing year there was
s347.22 and during the year received
S1,577.42 This, together with the in
terest in the invested fund made receipts
amount to s1,935.52. All this has been
disbursed, with the exception of 1885,
The invested fund amounts to nearly
$4,000. DR.. Tyree, Mr.. H. A. Reams, Mr.
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