The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-21
ALL THE WAY TO LONDON TOWN.
sosH INTERESTING READING
FROM DIR. C. C. BROWN.
In Which He Tells of the Proposed
Trip Across the Pond, What He
Expects TO Do, and Not to Do

Trip Across the Pond, What he
Expects TO Do, and Not to Do
The omnivorous reporter for The
Daily Item wishes me to report con-
cernins a matter which has not yet
happened, and I have been foolish
enough to agree to do so. The news
reached him in some way that I had
decided to take a trip acros the big
seas to London and beyond, and the
sai5 reporter insists that shall tell
about it at once. It has been a life
long rule with me to keep on the
good side OF newspaper people. I get
out of them a great many favors for
which / make no sort Of payment,
and consequently always take pleas
ure in making some little return for
that which is bestowed upon me IN
abundance. It seems to be a conV1c-
3 ton with many that an editor is at
the head of a great benevolent organ
ization. and it is perfectly legitimate
to get his products free Of all costs II
We can. For this reason many papers
are read which are never paid for,
and the borrower Of a paper from
another fatters himself that he has
rlayed a sharp trick in being able to
use the editors productions without
any cost to himself. IF all the city
papers should at once decide, or be
compelled by the niggarliness OF the
multitude, to go out of business, we
i should awake to realize. that news
paper is an absolute necessity, and is
worthy of a much larger support than
we are giving.
Ten years ago, Baptist paper IN
Virginia suggested that we have a
great Baptist World Council in Lon
don to which messengers should
come from every section Of the world
where Baptists have organizations.
From time to time, the question has
been debated in the papers, and,
year ago, the Baptist Argus, a Ken
lucky paper, set to york to discuss
the question anew. The English pa
pers took. it up, and the result has
been the calling of great council to
meet in Londoz on July II. DR.. w
". Landrum, my old classmate, nov
pastor in Atlanta, has recently WRIT
ten an article for one Of our papers.
in which he says:
.sPaptists have come to world con
sclousness. In London next July they
wiu hold their first Pan-Baptist AS
sembiy. It's members VIII represent
all countries in which Baptisls Fave
established churches. Rapt'sts VIII
serve notice on the world by this
congress that it.ey are no longer an
English segment of our Common
Christian circle, or a large American
denomination, but far flung brother
hood working in two henispheres and
in every one of the continents Of each.
Now that we have found the world
through the missionary movements
begun by Carey in England and Jud-
son in America. the world will find
the Baptists and study with fresh in
terest their doctrines, government,
parties, achievements, genius and his
tory.
"When a review of the conquests
by Baptists at home and abroad Is
presented at the London meeting, l.
will be seen that in no country have
our people succeeded so well as in
America, and in no part Of America,
so far as the acquisition Of converts
IS concerned, as in the Southern
states. It is within the territory Of the
Southern Baptist Convention that the
Gospel as preached by Baptists has
touched the largest number oe heats
and brought them to Christ. And it
is the Home Mission Board Of the
Southern BAPTIST Convention. which,
more than any other agency, has sup
piled the condition necessary for the
accomplishment of the great resui,s
which so cheer our hearts.
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