The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25


 report on the Judson Instttute. The en- rollment of pupils the past year was 2zo. and the report was exceedingly encourag- ing
 The first report of the trustees of the S6 cttsboro Baptist Institute. declared that greater success than the most san guine had ever anticipated. More than 12O girls had been enrolled the first year.
 No meeting of the Board of Directors of the Convention was held the past year except a short one at Asheville IN. C.
 The Statistical Secretary of the Con- yontion, M M Wood of Avondale. read his report, showing an expense of oni! $1.l2.
 B. l.. Malone. Chairman of the Enter tainment Committee, reported that the business men of New Decatur desired to give the convention an excursion upon the Tennessee River. and the Convention: will act upon the invitation in afternoon session. The Chairman also stated that inc reason so many members had been nlaced in homes at a distance from the Convention hall, it was the members own fault as many of them had failed to send in their names.
 At Il o'clock the Convention seSmon was delivered by Dr. l.. O. Dawson or Tuscaloosa.
 Afternoon Session.
 The afternoon session was opened by devotional exercises lead by E. M stew art of Sheffield. The following commit tees were appointed and read by the sec retary: On collections, F. H. Watkins' C. s. Ellis. J. F. Gable, R. H. Hudson. On nominations, J. l.. Thompson, Paul Carson, J. w Sandlin, H. H. Shell, Ii. c. Risner, w. w. Lee, Arnold g. smith On time and place, P. H. Nell, J. K. Curry, R. B. Kelly, James Hilton. J. b. Ellis, J. w. Hammer. D. J. Meador' J. M Shelburne.
 Dr. A.B Campbell, pastor of the Troy Church, addressed the convention on State mission work. The principal topic was the factory population of the cities, which had been found to be largely or wholly country Baptists moved to town It had been found impossible to get them to attend city churches or to send their children to the city Sunday Schools. It had been demonstrated thoroughly to the workers in this particular field that the factory people would go to church II | they had their own church and their own pastor. but they would not attend the city churches where they felt the bars of society up against them
 Dr. P. H. Nell addressed the conven- | ton and said the way was to get some of those people interested in the work | and put them to work among their own people
 J. w. Sandiin of Albertville thought the Baptists all waited until the Metho- l dists got in on the ground floor first and then there was no chance to get holi. | Dr. M B. Wharton. pastor of the First
 Baptist Church at Eufaula, was deeply l impressed with the discussion. He cited various instances in Columbus, Augusta and other cities, and said the factory people will not mix with others. They i feel that the contrast Is too great. ] A. J. Preston of Prattville, spoke on ! the subject He thought much good could be done with outdoor work. Let | the preacher go out under the trees and talk to the people as Christ did, he said; W. F. Mccain of Anniston spoke on the | work at that place. Thirty-five new members had been received in new | factory church.
 Rev. H. H. She'll of Mobile addressed the convention on Bleaching the City Baptists." Some one had said not long ago "the country Baptlsts gave their | time to the Lord and their money to the devil: the city Baptists gave their money | to the Lord, and their time to the devil"
 The trouble, he had found, was there are too many Trunk Baptists''-peoplc who
 keep their church letters in their trunks at home, receive the benefits of the church and give nothing in return. 1 Speaking of the factory element, Dr. Shell said they were the easiest people
 on earth to reach If they were ap- preached in the right way and that way
 is to give them churches of their own with their own pastors and teachers. | Rev. J. II. Longcrier of Jasper. who | was alluded to as one of the most useful | men in the State church. spoke on The l way to bring about cooperation among | Baptists." His address was impassioned and full of rugged eloquence. Rev. s. o. Y Ray of Northport. spoke on the country BaptiEts I know | them" His remarks were extremely wit ty and kept The convention in roar of | laughter This event in the convention | proceedings demonst ated that the Rap l lists are a happy heartel people; they know how to appreciate and enjoy a | joke, a witty remark or a brightly turned period and tEe shots of this rugged old specimen of the | Alabama Baptlsts. though he hit | right and left, were enjoyed by them to the fullest.
 MT. Ray said that three-fourths of all
 the good Baptists are in the country any
 way. His father had raised seventeen of l them. and from that seventeen hc could | count nearly 800 good Baptists. Most all | of the good city Eaptists were once coun- | try people. He said he would guarantee l that the pastor of the Central Baptist Church of New Decatur ODr. Quisen- | berry) was from the country; he looked l like country fellow anyhow and there | was Provence. poor fellow. He was a l preachers son. and God only knows | where he was raised: he could not tell
 himself. Go over to Tuscaloosa. he said, | where we take in all sorts of people. | There is Brothsr Dawson, he came from | Chambers County. one of the very poor est counties away back in the woods. He said the men. the big men of this State. lots of them, had been red necks, " and nearly all of them are Baptists' The speaker here became serious and | deplored the fact that the Baptists had
 been left legacy seventy years ago by the Hardshells. that had been a durse
 and a paralyzing force ever since and | there was the spirit against missionary work and this spirit existed more among | the country Baptists than any other class ! Thousands of people today say they don't | believe in missions and very few of the preachers he knew ever preached on mis | sion work.
 Rev w. E. Crumpton. Corresponding l Secretary, followed in a general address ! He said the principal thing needed was | money to carry or the work. Four thou ! sand dollars could be spent for Bibles | $50 to each Association would hardly be | drop in the bucket He wanted the preachers to hold some old fashioned | Baptist rallies. He could put his finger | on twenty-five places where chapels were
 needed at once and because the church
 could not raise the money to build them the Baptists were going to lose out in