The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-15
Convention Will be Great
est in Their History.
A BIG ATTENDANCE.
Meets in Raleigh December, 9th. Edu.
cational Institutions in Splendid
Conditions. Mission Nork En-
couraging. Sunday School
Work Progressing.

Rev. Livingston Johnson, CORE
spending secretary of the State Bap-
fist convention. yesterday stated that
the Baptist convention, which is to
be held in Raleigh early in Decem-
Der. will be the greatest. with the lar
gest attendance in the history of the
Baptists in North Carolina. Every
part of the work is IN excellent con-
dition. and the reports from each in
dictate healthy progress.
There are sixty associations in the
State. All these, with one exception.
meet between the last of July and
the sixteenth of November. There are
twenty three asSociational meetings in
October-eight of them meeting in
one week. Mr. Johnson has attended
twenty associations to date and
leaves this week for the Stanly, which
is the last to be held this year. To
reach these thirty associations MIR
Johnson has travelled six thousand
miles. He has spoken from one TO
four times at each association, and
preached twice almost every Sunday.
He has broken the record this year.
twenty-four being the highest num-
Der of meetings reached during any
previous year.
Rev Hight G. Moore. Sunday-School
secretary. has also been on the go. In
speaking of the work Mr. Johnson
said: This has been the best year L
have ever known in Baptist affairs in
the State Our people are solidly uni
ted and are aggressively pressing the
work along all lines. kicker or
obstructioniSt would have lonesome
time in the State. as the people are
in no mood to fool away time with
that class. OF course, the brethren
feel free to offer any criticism or Sug-
IL
be an evil day when such is not the
case; but for the destructive critic
there is no place in our denomina-
tional work.
Our educational institutions are in
fine condition. Wake Forest College
has the largest enrolment in its his
tory. The Alumni building-the
handsomest on the campuS-will soon
be completed, and material is being
put on the ground for the infirmary.
The University for Women is full,and
is doing the best work in its history.
The same is true of the Chowan Fee
male Institute, over which John Z.
scarborough preSides. and oxford
Seminary for Girls. of which F. +.
Hobgood is president. The denomina-
tional secondary schOols-of which
there are twenty-are doing fine foun-
dation work The aggregate value of
the property of these secondary
schools. is something over 100000.
1.-The mission work is very encour-
aging There are three departments
of mission work. known as State,
Home and Foreign missions. State
missions means the supplying of des
titution in our own State. Home mis-
Sions has as its field the destitute sec
tons of the South and the island of
Cuba. Foreign missions, as its name
indicates. means missions TO papal and
pagan foreign countries. We are I'M
dertaking to raise this year S3O,O0O
for State missions $4,000 for Foreign
missions and $4,000 for Home mis-
sions
The reports from the State mission
aries show very gratifying progress.
There has been a large number of ac-
cessions TO the churches, several new
churches have been organized, and
many houses of worship have been
built, some OF which are costly ana
handsome edifices.
1.-The Sunday-scho work. under the
leadership of High c. Moore. has
made fine progress. Mr.. Moore has
done a vast amount of work this
year. In the spring he and Rev. b.
W. Spilman made a tour OF the state,
holding institutes and lecturing on
improved methods of teaching. etc.
The fruits of this tour are plainly viSi-
ble.s The office work done by Mr..
Moore is as valuable as his field work.
As statistical secretary of the conVen-
ton. he is gathering and tabulatlnS
facts and figures for the forthcoming
minutes, which will make them the
most valuable minutes ever published
by the convention.
The Thomasville Orphanage is en-
shrined in the hearts of the people
and they are giving to it loyal support.
Rev. j. B. Boone. who recently retired