The news & observer., 1905-12-07

| EuuCdllOH, fld- -elSn fiTSl, with SlbZ,-
35; for Aged Ministers, Durham First,
with $50; for Sunday School Mis-
sions, Raleigh Tabernacle, with
$42.47. In number of baptisms
| Buie's Creek led with IS.
| Per Capita COntributiOns-In five
associations the average benevolent
contribution per member was more
| than 81. The Neuse stands first at
| s1.59; the Mecklenburg- Cabarrus,
| second, at $1.31; the Central third at
| $1.15; the Piedmont fourth, at S1.06;
| and the Buncombe fifth, at $1.03.
| The average contribution of our
| membership as here reported for the
seven regular conventional objects
was 46 cents.
B!ankS--As reported, there are 1873
churches taht are pastorless; 592 had
no baptisms; while of "a the number
of members has not been obtainable.
And there are 327 churches that re-
port no benevolent contributions.
Two associations (Elkin and New
Found) are blank in all benevo!ence.
In addition to these, the Alleghany
Grayson, Stone Mountain and Stony
Fork reported nothing for State Mis-
sions; Alexander, Allegheny -Grayson,
Brier Creek, Brushy Mountain, Stony
Fork and Tennessee River, nothing
Sor Home Missions: and the Allie
ghany-Gr2yson nothing for Foreign
Missions; while all except these two,
gave to the Orphanage. Twenty-Five
associations are blank in the column
for Ministerial Education; eighteen
in that for Aged Ministers, and thirty
five in that for Sunday School Mis-
sons.
Sunday School Status-From the
cutie incomp.ete data at hand we
find that 343 of the 1,741 churches
named are not known to have Sum
day schools; while in connection with
the remaining 1908 churches there
are reported 1900 Sunday Schools
with an enrolment of 10f, ,534 and Il
teaching force OF 1881. AS to bap-
tisins from the Sunday School there
are reports from q associations, the
total being 2.251. Forty-three branch
schools are reported in eighteen as
sociations, the total being 2,251.
Forty-three branch schools are re-
ported in IS associations. There are
SO evergreen Sunday schools in 80
associations. In number Of Sunday
Schools the Tar River leads with "a.
Only the Carolina and the Macon re-
port more Sunday Schools than
churches, while the same number of
both Sunday Schools and churches is
reported from Catawba River, Kings
Mountain and Sandy Run. The
Mecf!cnburg-C -Cabarrus alone reports
the Sunday School enrolment, larger
than church membership. The
Chowan leads in number of branch
schools G0) and IN number of otfl-
GERS and teachers CAD. The Robe
son leads with 4 46 i'm number ever
green Sunday Schools and with 2I0
in number of baptisms from schools.
With an offering of $133.2SN the -
Zion stands first in it's contributions
to Sunday School Missions. For in
e1iration and instruction general
Sunday School meetings Chat Is.
either SUNDAY School conventions, Or
ifth Sunday meetings devoted to
Sunday School topics, or institutes)
are reported from every ASSOCIATION
except Brunswick and Catawba River.
Dcnominational ROsters-F'ive lists
are herewith given, embracing more
than $500 names and addresses; CD
The fifteen foreign missionaries from
North Carolina, eleven of whom are
at work under the auspices of our
Foreign Mission Board; CD the fifteen
North Carolina students in the South
arn Baptist Theological Seminary,
eight Of whom, as indicated, will be
ready for permanent pastoral work
next spring; CD the 1,100 ordained
ministers. 593 of whm are reported
school superintendent, whose names
are in hand; and (5) the moderators
and clerks of the various associations.
together with the place and time of
she next annual meetings.
North Carolina BaptistS Compare
tveIy-In the Southern Baptist Con-
vantion (fourteen States and Indian
Territory, oklahoma, and District of |
Columbia) North Carolina Baptists, |
tnJa GrCt in n
Der of Sunday Schools; first in Sun
day School enrolment; third in
bapt SINS, and in miscellaneous benev-
olences; fourth in membership; fifth
in number of churches; sixth in num-
Der of associations, in salaries and
home expense, in missionary offer !
ings, and in aggregate contributions;
and eighth in value of church prop
erty. The constituency of this con-
vention embraces a little more than |
one-tenth of Southern Baptists /
(white), about one-twenty-sxth of all |
the Baptists in the United States, On
cluding colored), and about one |
thirtieth of the total Baptist MEM |
bership of the world Adding the |
membership of both white and col
ored It is seen that nearly one seven |
teenth of the Bapt;sts of the earth |
are in North Carolina.
Questions TO be Discussed.
Among some of the questions that
may be discussed by the convention |
are the following
" /. Is it advisable for our churches |
to go into the recently formed Inter |
Federation?
2. Should the Convention receive |
delegates from churches that coun- !
open communion?
8. Should the Convention receive |
delegates from churches that en-
courage women to speak and pray in |
mixed assemblies?
De we need a General Baptist |
Education Board?
5. What is the proper attitude for |
Baptist churches with regard to re- |
ligious instruction in public schools? |
g. What is the best policy for our
representative bodies to pursue with
regard to churches that practice Alien
Immersion?
IaSNBE-TOWNSEND
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