The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-17
THREE SESSIONS
OF CONVENTION
MORE DELEGATES ARRIVE
n,srIAN CHURCH GATHERING
PERFECTs ORGANIZATION.

panOrts of treasurer tAhu SSSES'trS
s,,v Large Increase Over Work
Done Last Year-Baptist Minister
called on for Address and Ex-
ended Greetings to Visitors.
c.aeting from Alabama COnven-
e,-.Home Missions" Theme at
Night.
,rsrea sessions of the Christian
ctnrcb convention were held yester-
soy and the same interest was man
Tod as on the opening night.
The trains brought in number of
..aitional delegates, making the at
tendance satisfactory to the leaders,
osnacially in view of the fact that the
Invention is being held in the extreme
o,etarn portion of the state.
telegram of greeting was received
-, The convention from the Alabama
ctote Convention of the Christian
church now in session in Oxford. The
message was received with thanks and
rraver and Secretary Bowers was d.
racted to frame a suitable reply.
The two day sessions were devoted
70 business and the discussions of top
ics of vital interest to the church,
while at night the central theme was
that of Home Missions"
To-day's sessions promise to be of
unusual interest to the delegates and
visitors. The usual Bible study serv-
ice will be conducted at the opening
of the morning sessions by Rev. w.
Cooke. An address, Opportunity
and Responsibility, will be delivered
bv Mr.. ]. Cronenberger. The conven-
tion sermon will be delivered by Rev.
Howard T. Cree of Augusta, beginning
at 11:15 o'clock His subject will be
''Jesus and the Religious life" A
number of very interesting topics will
he discussed in the afternoon and at
night.
Rev. Mr.. Made Conducted Services.
Last night the devotional service
was conducted by Rev. A. B. Made, of
Hazel Green, Ky. Numerous re-
sponses were made to the call for
scriptural quotations, showing the ia
miliarity of the delegates with the
bible. which the church makes its only
rule of faith.
Home Missions" was the subject Of
the clleI ADDRESS VI lllS CNCllAiSS
was delivered by DIR. George B. Ran
shaw of Cincinnati, one of the secre-
taries of the American Christian Mis-
sin7arv Society. For an hour and
half the speaker held the attention of
his audience while he discoursed of
subject so near to his heart.
One reason for home missionary
work. as expressed by DR.. Ranshaw,
was the immigration of foreigners, 80
tod CT
being iliterate From such as these
comes the anarchy which threatens
the life of the nation" he said. THE
Influence of Christian teaching has
been the life of the nation, all OF the
Presidents except two being processing
church members, and these two being
often found in prayer.
All Eyes ON America.
'"The eyes of the world are on Amer
lea. and the prime concern 10 all ma
tions is not, what of China, Japan or
Russia. but what of America. Amer
lea is TO become the ruling power not
by right of might, but as compact
welded and saved nation. On lnls
point the Disciples of Christ nave peeh
the early pioneers.
By agreement Rev. j. H. ward pre-
scented the needs of the educational
work in Georgia and contributions lot
the aid of the young men at collese
were called for. The sum OF $lo4.oV
was raised.
Tomorrow will be devoted largely 10
the women, the C. w. B. M. ana tne
w. S. G. M. occupying the mornlns
and afternoon hours. Coiii mn az
were announced last night lot eno
Woman's Board of Missions.
The convention was adjourned Win
prayer.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was opened by
devotional exercises, conducted by Rev.
B. H. Morris.
A SYMPOSIUM was conducted on Ihe
Evangelization of Georgia" A as
cussion of 1.-THE Plea was had by Dr.
Mclean and Revs. Cree and Chastalh'
Living the Plea" was discussed by
Rev. A. ]. Edmondson. Training the
Young" was discussed, by Rev. w. b.
Shaw. "Aggressiveness" was ols-
cussed by Rev. r. l. Hinely.
At this point President Roper stated
he saw in the audience Rev. w b.
Horton of the Baptist Church, and ex-
tended to him a warm invitation 10
say word. The gentleman responded,
and welcomed the visitors, some OF
whom he knew personally, as well as
entertaining kindly feelings for many
Of the members of the local church.
His remarks were applauded.
Rev. w. A. Chastain, treasurer Of
the Educational Society, presented his
report. which was read and referred
to the Auditing Committee. The re-
port of the state treasurer of the
church was read by Rev. w. !. Cooke
and referred. The report showed that
subscriptions had nearly tripled since
last year.
Our Plea" wass discussed by Rev.
J. H. Hughes of Macon. He took the
position that the plea of the Christian
Church was that Jesus Christ should
be restored to His place in authority
over the church. The results of such
restoration by all the churches were
pointed out, among them being Chris
tan unity. DR.. Mclean and Rev. Mr..
Cree took issue with the speaker as
70 the plea, claiming 1t was a return
10 the Bible as the source of authority
IN all matters.