The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-09
Permanent Meeting Grounds.
NIGHT SESSION.
Report aud Address on the Work of
Home Missions.


The convention met last night al
| 1870 O'Clock. and after beautiful
song service Rev. J. f. Love. cores
ponding secretary of the Arkansas
Baptist State Convention. prayed.
The ministers who had entered the
jurisdiction" president Jones is re-
sponsible for that wordl from other
| States We're called to the platform and
! introduced. They were Rovs Adams
of Union: Gay, of Windsor. Wildeman
| of Chapel Hill: and Mercer. of Wash
| ington, all from Virginia; and Rev. DIR.
Cameron. of Rockingham. of indian
| Territory.
The following committee was APP
pointed to nominate q Board for the
| Relief of Aged Minister'S G. S. Kesh-
we'll A. w. Setter, F. M. Jordan. A.
r. Love, J. II. Stradlev. S. II. Jones
and ]. w. Suttle.
Orphanagc Report.
The orphanage report was submit
ted b Rev. &. w. Scarboro. The re,
port Indicated tho institution in ex.
cellent condition. and was adopted.
The new manager. Rev, M. l.. Kesler,
was commended for his excellent work
at the orphanage.
The report contained tho following
passage: Another thing we have,
perhaps the best of al, debt of $11,-
600. 1t IS to be hoped that when the
returns are all in from Thanksgiving
offering this will be obliterated.'
President Jordan announced the
committee TO advise about the estab-
lishment OF Il permanent assembly
ground for tho Midsummer Baptist
Meeting as follows: ]. III. Tucker. b.
W. SDilm; II. c, Moore, N. B.
|. Broughton. and II, w. Battle.
Home Missions
The report report ON Home. Mis-
>ions, the general mission work of
the Southern Baptists within their ter
rItory and the island of Cuba was sub
mitted by Rev. r. G.sWood of Manteo.
1t called attention to- the fact that in
the South there are -25,0O0.000 peo-
pie 100000 of whom are negroes and
100000 are Foreigners that priest
ridden Cuba has q milan and a half
of souls; that in the mountain section
of the South there are 149 counties,
population of two million, 98 per
cent of whom are BaDtists. that in the
great cities of the south 40 per cent
of our population is congested: and
that rapidly increasing foreign ele-
ment is now pouring into the South.
The various departments of the Board
were then enumerated and touched.
upon: Mountain Missions and SchooIs,
work among the negroes; work III
cities: Cuba. Isle',of Pines, and Pana-
ma and the Church Building and
Loan Fund During the year j the
Board has had 718 missionaries en-
ployed who reported more than 1000
baptisms The receipts were $145.705.
AS to the part of North Carolina i'm,
this movement it was recommended
that the amount be raised during the
coming year be fixed at $40, 900, an
advance of eight thousand over the
year now closing. fs.-.,. ae.-e..
I Rev. B. d. Gray, d, D.. correspond
ing Secretary of the Home Mission
Board, addressed the convention on
Home Missions. He introduced Rev,
j. F. Love, a native North Carolinian
who is at work in Arkansas as Home
Missionary. WI ~
Mr.. Love gave in an interesting adj
dress a vivid description of the religi-
Gus needs of the far west. and the
opportunity of the Baptists to convert
it.
Dr. Gray made an eloquent appeal
for Home Missions. He paid loving
tribute to the South. whose fields had
been furrowed by the cannon, and its
soil enriched by the blood of patriots.
immigration to this country he said,
has greatly increased, and means that
these incomers are brought here from
a radius from Paris to CONSTANT
nopIe. This foreign element threatens
the very vitality of the South. and i'm
perils the institutions of this section.
He said the Southern country is
quickly being subburbanized. and be-
fore it can become towns, the fST-
eigner will have invaded it. He made
an appeal for Home Missions that
was irresistible. and was given the
earnest attention of the congregation.
His address was effective, uplifting
and inspiring.
The report on Home Missions was
adopted.