The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-05
bAPT|STS ANNUAL
STATE CONVENTION
Opening Sessions We're Held at
First Baptist Church
Tuesday.
DELEGATES PRESENT FROM
ALL PARTS OF STATE
Reports Showed Work in Salts
factory COnditiOn-New
Officers Elected.

Utah Baptist State convention opened at
the First Baptist church, Seventh East
and Third South streets. Salt Lake City,
Tuesday morning and will be In session
until Thursday, There is a large attend
ance OF delegates from all parts Of the
State. and the sessions were OF a most
interesting character.
Among the out of town pastors and
delegates present are the following,
Charles C. Stillman, Eureka; James Bry-
son. Mr.. and Mrs. 4, d. Parkhurst, Mrs.
ID. N. Smith. Miss Mabel NJ Charpie.
Mrs D, o. White, Mrs. A. NJ Barrows
Mrs A. A. Crooks, Ogden; David P,
Ward. Pasadena: Miss Frieda A. Dressed
Springville: Emma NJ. Dow, Maud Lellar
Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Barrie, Mrs, Fannie
Moulton, Mr.. and Mrs. H w. Pratt
Provo Minnie A. Polk, Mrs Neils
Thompson. Lawrence Thompson, Eureka;
A. II. Shattuck, Miss Hazel Hart Miss
Marcella Hanna. fremont; Shepherd Tall
man. Tremon:on, Jesse Hyde, A. G..
sandhlom. Murray; Rev ]. II. Franklin,
Colorado Springs.
The morning session opened at 10 a m.
The annual sermon was preached by the
Rev. H. B. Blood Ogden, who toook for
his text Acts l, 8. and the subject was
"Our Supreme Needs" This was fol-
lowed by the report of the committee on
arrangements and the adoption OF the
programme for the session.
Rev. d. A, Brown read the church let
ters from the various parts of the State.
which disclosed the fact that there is
now total church membership In Utah
Of over 1000,
Then followed the appointment OF com
mittees for the ensuing year, as follows; :;
Nominating commttee-D. A Brown.
A B, Parkhurst S. A. Haywortb
Resolutions-H. B. Blood, Miss Maud
Ditmars, Mrs Fl " Pratt
Audting-B. L. Corum. II. L. Herring
ton j, e, Berkeley.
Next anniversary-H w Pratt, Miss
Frieda Dressed, Miss Mabel Charpie.
Afternoon Session
The afternoon session opened with a
service Of song, followed by history of
the Ogden church for quarter OF cen
tury. by Prof. J. A. Smith Rev. Bruce
Kinney submitted his annual report on
general missionary, showing the work
In the entire field TO be In a sat
isfactory condition. Reports from the
field were also made by Rev. A. H. Shat
tuck, Bear River valley; Rev c.. C. still
Springville and Thistle followed by a
general discussion of the State work,
Then came the election of officers. as
follows: Prof j. A. Smith. Ogden, pres
ident: w. c, Orem, Salt Lake City, vice
president: Ben l.. Corum, Salt Lake City.
recording secretary; Rev Bruce Kinney,
Salt Lake City, corresponding secretary;
Eben Brown. Salt Lake City, treasurer,
These officers, together with the follow
ing, form the State board; Rev. H. B.
Blood. ogden: C. J. McNitt, Salt Lake ;
Rev D. A. Brown, Salt Lake; M. B. Hart
Deweyville; c. A. Wing, Eureka; II. l..
Harrington, Ogden.
Evening Session.
At the evening session a choir. under
the leadership OF Mrs c. o. Harris, con-
tributed music and solo, entitled I'm
der His Wing" was rendered by Mrs
Peters, The report on home missions
was read by j. J. Corum. and an address
on the same subject was made by Rev.
j. n. Franklin.
In the course of his address Mr.. Frank
lin stated that the two great problems
which confronted them were the ques-
tion of immigration from Europe, espe-
cially southern Europe: and the negro
question. Immense efforts were being
put forth for the evangeliZatioD or the
emlgrant to our shores; the Baptists
were DGeaCulUP Tue 6OSpei III l"tuty
different tongues; but the Christian
churches are not he said giving this
branch of work the attention that it de-
serves,
The negro question was one OF over
whelmins Importance. The speaker
agreed with Booker T. Washington that
it was not a question What are you go
ing to do with the negro. but what the
negro is going TO do with you?" Some
years ago there were 100000 of them;
tonight there are 10,000, 900. and at the
same ratio Of increase forty years from
now there will be 62000.000. They had
thirty schools established for the benefit
OF these people and yet they had hardly
touched the question, The solution OF
the question was the christanizing of
the negro and while their field Of evan
selization was not confined to North
America, they must first evangelize this
country,
Before the convention adjourned IL was
agreed TO send a telegram OF sympathy
TO the Rev. DR.. Rairdon Of Kansas City,
who is at present seriously indisposed.
The convention will reassemble at a.
m today. AL the afternoon session MISS
Mary G. Burdette. secretary OF the
Women's Baptist Home Missionary So
ciety of Chicago. will deliver an address.
Miss Burdette is sister OF Robert J.
Burdette, the noted writer, and from
here the lady goes direct 10 Memphis,
Tenn. TO attend the National Baptist
convention of colored people, the largest