The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-15

Savannah, Ga. May 11.-Amid scenes
of enthusiasm and to the strains of
God be With You Till We Meet Again"
the 5Sth nnu session of the Southern
Baptist convention adjourned tonIght.
The next convention will meet in Nash
vile, Tenn. on the second Friday in
| May, 1904.
Notwithstanding the prevalence of
extremely Indictment weather during
three of the -four days Of the
! tons session. Ex-Governor Eagle, of
Arkansas, who presided over the meet
ings, said it was the largest and one OF
| the most harmonious and enthusiastic
conventions he had ever tende
Today there vas on the floor of the
auditorium by actual count. one hun
wred more delegates than attended the
convention of last year at Asheville,
N. c.
The closing hours of the convention
were made lively by a controversy over
the Cuban situation. Parliamentary
procedure was in a tangle when DR..
WhltSett broke in and said in a SON.
orouS voice, Brethren, let US pray"
n prayer was for peace and amity.
AT It's conclusion. a spirit of compro-
mise pre- vailed and the matter in hand
was disposed of. The ffnal adjourn
ment was at 11:30 tonight, and was in
the nature of q love feast.
The matter of changing the basis of
representation in the convention from
a financial to a per capita standard was
carried over to the next meeting. The
proposition to change the name of the
convention to the Baptist Convention
Of the United States also went over.
Much of the time of the convention
today was given to the consideration
Of the Cuban missions question:, in
vOlVing the claims of Rev. A j. Dlaz
and the suit against the church re-
Gently instituted in the courts of "a
Vana. A repOr to the convention re-
commended the appointment of n COM
mittee to Investigate the matter and
report the full facts to the convention.
The report said ia part:
LAS a result of our Investigation we
are convinced that DR. DiaZ's resigna-
ton was accepted only after he insisted
upon 1t by offering it a second time. We
also are convinced that the title to the
boards property in Havana is secure
and cannot be disturbed, and that the
board is taking all practical steps to
protect said title. We are further con-
WINGED that representatives of the board
proposed to DR.. DiaZ to arbitrate the
differences between the board and him.
self and that he declined the PROPOSE
ton. We recommend that a special
committee of as many as three be ap-
pointed by the convention during the
present session whose duty it shall be
to carefully amin the documents
and other sources of information and
to prepare for publication as early as
practicable q statement of the facts IN
regard to the course pursued by the
board in dealing with the havana Situ-
ation.'
For the home mission board the con-
vention this morning pledged 5000, 600
for the coming years work. Last year
$146,0O0 were devoted to this work.
DR.. J. B, Gambell. of Texas, made a
telling speech on the negro work. 1.-The
negroes are not the great problem of
the day." he said, but the white man.
On white shoulders pre-eminently rests
all burdens. If you solve the white
man problem; if you get all white mon
good, they will solve the negro ques-
ton and all Others"
Livingston Jackson, of North Caro-
lima spoke of the schools
established and the thousands of chill
dren now attending them. I'm all the
years that have gone" he said, Il be-
lieve God has had the south IN training
to serve the world. The purest faith
In the world, l believe, is in the South
ern Baptist Church. Give that faith to
all the world"
At a meeting Of the alumni assocla-
ton of the Southern Theological Sem
mary, the question of endowing a chair
at the seminary was taken up and a
committee appointed to ~inaugurate an
educational campaign and solicit funds
for the rpOse. 1t is the intention to
endew the chair with $50 900.
You Know VIVA. You are Taking
When you take Groves Tsssteless Chill
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