The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-22

It was d most Impressive moment
when under the spell of Or. Willing
hams call there were ~twcnty-efght
men and women who rose and there
by declared their readiness to go to
the foreign field if the way should
open. The fourteen missionaries pres
cnt were introduced to the body. No
subject is quite so near the I'VE
TONS heart as Foreign Missions.
Medals for Service.
j For twenty-five consecutive years
Drs. Burrows and Gregory have been
the secretaries of the convention. and
their like is not in all the laL.d. \
graceful ribute to their fidelity and
efficiency was the presentation to each
of q handsome medal, Dr. Eaton
speaking gracefully for the donors.
Out of Il Country Church.
! 1t CHANGED that Professors Carver
and Dement,. of the Seminary. adj
dressed the convention in succession.
When the second had finished Dr.
Folk, of Nashville. told how both had
come out of the same country church
in Davidson county Tennessee, and
We're baptized by the same man; and
how DR.. Dement,, as a boy, in a mem
DRY contest in the Sunday-school there
had learned by heart the entire New
Testament.
Johnnie Strikc-Axc.
I As trophies Of Home Mission work
OH the Western frontier there were
some of the Usage Indians in attend
ance at Chattanooga. One Of these
bore the singular name of Johnnie
Strike-AXe and he was a unique figure
in the passing throng, though he did
not appear on the platform.
y Baptist Baron.
An especially striking parsonage was
Baron NiXkull. of Russia. The baroness
accompanied him. They are Jealous
Baptists, having passed through the
fires of religion persecution in their
native land. The baron uses fair
English and spoke two or three times,
receiving quite an ovation. He is treas
urer of the Russian Baptist convention
and was Il Vice-president of the Bap-
fist Congress in London last year.
For the Brother in Black.
I In an interesting discussion Of mis-
siOnS among the negroes DIR. j. William
Jones spoke of the work done in the
past: How the good women of the
South instructed in the Bible the saw
ages imported hither by New England
ships in colonial days: how DR.. James
p. BOyce conducted q negro Sunday
school in Charleston; and how n in
Lychburg was under the fostering care
of StOneWaIl Jackson.
Seven X in One Speech.
Seven is the symbol of perfection;
but perhaps there is perfection mega
tive as we'll as positive. At any rate.
a religious body, While hOspitable to
occasional flashes of humOr does we'll
to refrain from side-splitting anecdOte
on the platform or noisy applause in
the pew. Seven jokes in one speech
that was the highest record during
the convention; all were enjoyed n
applauded. but -
! The Silent Announcer.
An innovation with both its advan-
tages and disadvantages was the silent
announcer; that is a blackboard to the
rear of the platform on which was
written and turned to view various
announcements, calls for committees
kilograms received, etc. The design
was to save the time required to make
these announcements verbally.
The Growing South.
In his interesting speech on Home
Missions Er. Richard H. E~dmonds,
editor of Manufacturers Record, Bal
timore. gave some telling facts. For
instance. he declared that every riS-
ing sun looks upon 100000 of prop
erty accumulated in the South since
the sun rose the morning before. And
again: "In the next five years the pro-
81thSS III III 90 VII o-NS1-A NANtN 1A
this section since 1880 to the pres
emit
\ Woman Oh
one of the reporters asked q lady
stenographCr for an original para
craDh ON the convention and here is
the response: al Of the handsome
voncn in the audience are wearing
gray and the old maids are IN white
with giddy hats
Bic Enough to Think In.
DR.. J. Il. Gambrell, the great secre-
tarv of Texan Baptists and one of the
prominent men in the c~onFenl!oh
porks i'm probably the smallest office
=, tho south. When tWitted about it he
said, yes. it is 12x7 feet-bis enough
to think n"
4 Verse from BrouSllton.
Ono of Dr Len G. Broughton's hits
vokinc applause was at the expense
of the obstreperous deacon: me
ecrinture saws. Resist the deNli ana
he viii flee from YOU but say, resist
the deacon and he'll jump on you.
OrdcaIs for Auditors.
To bear one great speech Il day or
,yaek or month. would give exercise
=, mind and life; but to hear tWenty
or more q day. from mld-1ncVhi6 10
nearly midnight. many OF thehl Sopa
and some of them epochal-thlS Is eA-