The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-11

them some valuable information on that
matter. Printing Press and Christian
Literature as Missionary Agencies will
be the title Of his address.
There will be careful avoidance OF
topics calculated to awaken acrimont-
Gus discussion. 1t has not escaped COM
ment that nearly all the American dele
gates are doctors Of divinity. That de-
gree when conferred in America Is
lightly esteemed here because OF the
general notion that 1T is so easily OBJ
tanned that 1T affords no guarantee OF
theological scholarship. Some OF the
English delegates wished to bring the
matter before the conference. but their
suggestion has been secuted on the
ground that frank discussion on the
subject might wound the sensitive feel
ings of some Of the American visitors.
Some of the American delegates wished
to discuss the attitude OF the Baptist
church on the subject OF divorce. That
was set aside because 1t Is far from
being a burning question here and IL
was thought it would be best to let
American Bapists thrash IL out among
themselves in their own land
To MEET IN FAMOUS HALL.
The congress will be held in Exeter
Hall in the Strand. appropriately
enough. too, as that famous Baptist,
the late C. H. Sturgeon, engaged the
registered IL as a Baptist chapel That
still remains it's legal designation. al
though 1t has long been owned by the
Young Mems Christian Association and
Is free field for all denomin atoms en-
gagged in evan gelical work One OF the
most interesting events of the congress
will be the unwilling IN Exeter Hall
of statue OF Sturgeon. II will sub
seQuent1y be placed In the new London
headquarters OF the Baptist Union In
Southampton Row, which already con-
tains a statue OF Bunyan.
The venerable Rev. DIR. Alexander
McLaren OF Manchester. now in his
eightieth year, will preside over the
congress. His task will be an easy
one. He will have no knotty points Of
order to decide. His chief exercise of
authority will consist in maintaining a
check on the speakers and seeing that
none Of them steals too much OF an
other orators time. The congress will
decide nothing. It's functions will be
purely deliberative. 1t Is invested with
no legislative powers. Baptist churches
acknowledge no central authority.
Each one is a law unto itself and would
scorn to sacrifice one jot OF it's dearly
priced independence even at the bid
ding of a worlds congress. So no res
olutions will be passed beyond those
that are mere expressions Of courtesy
A committee Will be appointed 10 ar
range for another worlds congress Of
Baptists to be held within the next
decade, probably in the United States
The conference will conclude with
monster meeting in Albert Hall. the
largest in London. where Torrey and
Alexander. the American evangelists.
conducted their revival meetings for
the conversion Of the rich in the West
End 1t will be species Of internal
tionaI love feast
In connection with the congress
meetings will be held at various Bap-
fist churches in London. at which
American ministers will deliver adj
dresses. But there will be only one Of
fetal sermon That will be delivered
by the Rev DIR. Strong, president OF
the Rochester Theological Seminary. In
the great Metropolitan Tabernacle.
whose pulpit was long occupied By
Sturgeon