Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-06
ANNUAL CONVENTION FILLS A
BUSY DAY
Prompt Act Of Leaders Paves the Way
for Many Addresses and Re-
sponses on Appointed
Time

discussed and the latest methods and
ideas introduced into the various ad-
dresses.
At the morning session Rev. w. M.
Collins led the devotional exercises,
taking for his topic peace and
Power" following which was the APP
pointments of the committees. Rev.
w. b. Hiuson, president of the conven-
tion, presided. The committees were:
Enrollment-Rev. A. S. Phelps, Rev.
w. j. Beaven, Rev. w. w. Catherwood.
Resolutions--Rev. c.. c. Pierce, Rev.
r. e. Whittemore, Rev. Alex. Grant.
Temperance-Rev. 6. ]. Hall, Rev.
M. B. Shaw.
State of religion-Rev DR.. c. c.
Willett, Rev. ]. N. Field, Rev. George
c. Wright.
National and state evans nselism-Rev.
w. l.. Tucker, Rev. Dr. j. Herndon
Garnett, Rev. w. C. Clatworthy.
Nominating committae-Rev. A. s.
Phelps, e. E. Selph, Rev. j. H. Samp-
son, Rev. w. w. Catherv'ood. Another
member of this committee will be
named later in the convention.
Rev. c. c. Pierce lave 6 welcome
address to the new pastors and
churches. He said:
lone great principle Of advantage to
new pastors is to be united in their
efforts and organize themselves for
the work of humanity.
MANY pastors come to this sunny
climate and at once look ior pastorates,
and it frequently takes some time to
adjust all the conditions"
Rev. w. L. Tucker made the re-
sponse. He said:
'It is said that nearly everybody has
had his nose pointed westward. The
broad Pacific and beautiful climate
have called many here. We like your
eccentricities and freaks and your
mighty, rolling rivers without any
water in them. We have caught
glimpses of many beautiful things here,
and in behalf of the new pastors, Of
which I am one, L will say that we are
grateful for all we receive at the hands
of the pastors and churches here"
Rev. Robert J. Burdette delivered the
address of welcome.
The Sunday school session in the
afternoon was led by David p. Ward,
who also had charge of the devotional
exercises in the absence of Rev. w. w.
Catherwood.
Reports of Sunday school work and
the publication society were given by
Rev. w. D. White and A. H. Smith re-
spectively, which were followed by a
stirring address by Rev. George G.
Wright on the Sunday school work.
Miss Jennie Butler spoke on "The
Teaching Training Problems" and Mrs.
c. A. Baskerville on "The Graded Sun
day School"
David p. Ward conducted "The Round
Table, Glass Organization" and Rev.
Mr.. Rider made brief remarks and in
troduced Miss Julia Austin, who spoke
on Missionary Sunday School Work"
with model illustrations of Japanese
home lift.
Rev. j. F. Watson made an eloquent
address on the Sunday school work.
A resolution was adopted to organize
a Southern California Baptist Sunday
school convention.
The evening devotional exercises were
conducted by Rev. B. F. McClashan.
Leonard Merrill made q report on
1.-THE Young Peoples Work" He said:
81 have been in politics now for three
weeks and am somewhat disfigured"
Mr.. Merrill asked pointed questions
which brought out the sense of the dele
gates in the young peoples work.
"The Doctrine of the Organism
Some Religious Teaching from the
Analogy of the Human Body was the
topic of the convention sermon preach
ed by Rev. ]. Herndon Garnett, the
newly elected president of the pastors
convention. He said in part:
"The Bible knows but one problem
and that is the problem of right rela-
tionship. Some one has said:
God and one man could have made
other religions, but it took God and two
men to make the Christian religion.r
Fright relationship between God and
man and between man and man occu-
pies the attention Of the Bible from
first to last. In its first book there are
two questions. The one addressed to
Adam and the other asked by Cain,
which suggests the entire regime of the
Christian religion. To Adam. God said:
Where art thou" That is, locate thy
self; and Cain asked, Am 1 my broth
er's keeper?' These two questions and
the correct answer to them would con-
stitute true Christian relationship
"The apostle Paul rises into pre-
eminence in the discussion of this sub
ject, because of his famous analogy of
the human body. 1t is the teaching OF
this analogy that the church is the
body of Christ and there are five i'm
portant truths herewith connected
First: The Christian church is a sys-
tenn of life. 1t is not so much an or
ganization as it is an organism.
Second: 1t is a unity in diversity
There are many members but one
body Christianity Is after all wonder
fully united in spirit and purpose.
Third: II is fellowship of suffer-
ing. If one member suffer they all
suffer with him.
Fourth: 1t is a ministry of love,
That the members should have the
same care one for another in love
serving one another
Fifth: The church is the instrument
of execution of the Christian religion.
but the most important thing about
the organism is the head in its relation
to the body. Christ is the head of the
church and as such is:
First: The glory of the church as
the head is the glory Of the body.
Second: He is the authority Of the
church.
Third: He is the unifier of the
church, as the head is the unifier Of the
growing body.
Fourth: He Is the burden bearer OF
the body. The head suffers every pair
OF the body and is in closest sympathy
with it. even as the head is with thu
body
"Finally: Christ is the all in all Of the
church as the body could not subsist
without the head, neither can the
church survive or flourish without
Christ.
'|rhe application is: What can the
church with its divine head undertake
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