Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-07
STORY TOLD ON
bob BURDETTE
EXPRESSION OF IGNORANCE BY
CONDUCTOR
Baptist Convention Continues, with
the Full Pressure of the Al
lotted Work and Time
Before Ii

child in Los Angeles, created much
amusement at the Baptist convention
yesterday afternoon, when the follow
ing dialogue was told, which occurred
between a delegate from the north and
a street car conductor of Los Angeles;
Delegate: Do you know where the
Baptist convention is being held?
Conductor: No.
Delegate: Do you know where the
Temple auditorium is? .l.
Conductor: No.
Delegate: Do you know Bob Bur-
dette"?
Conductor: No, don't know Bob
Burdette.
Rev. c. B. Brnstad of Oakland is
responsible for this statement, and he
did little home missionary work on
the spot and secured the promise Of
the conductor to attend the Temple
church and listen to sermon by its
pastor. Altogether the little dialogue
furnished one of the most amusing in
cidents OF the sessions.
Many Addresses Delivered
Yesterday, the third day of the con-
vention, like the preceding one, was
busy ones, with the multitude of adj
dresses and short talks crowding into
The devotional exercises of the
morning session were led by Rev. w.
D. White, who is the leader Of the
music of the convention, in place of
Rev. r. A. Henck, who was absent.
Rev. Mr.. White spoke on Different
Degrees of Knowledge" He said in
part: There are six classes of men,,
divided as follows: ay
First: He who knows not and knows
not that he knows not, is a fool. y
Second: He who knows not and
thinks he knows, the conceited one
who is ignorant of his ignorance, be-
longs to a large class.
Third: He who knows not, and
knows that he knows not, the simple
minded man, ready to learn. Teach
him.
Fourth: He who knows and knows
not that he knows, he is, as it were,
asleep. Awake him.
Fifth: He who knows, knows that
he knows and acts upon his knowl-
edge. The wise man. Copy him.
sixth: He who knows, knows that
he knows and acts not upon his
knowledge, according to James 4:17,
commits sin.
"How many Of us at times belong to
the last class? Let us act upon the
will of God revealed to us and do our
whole duty and not commit this sin
of neglect or omission
To Form an Assembly
Prof. M. Dozier presided at the
morning session. David p Ward
spoke on the advisability of forming
Southern California Baptist assembly
and a resolution was adopted to that
effect.
Rev. A. G. Wadsworth spoke on
1.-THE Genius of the Denominational
Newspaper Rev. Mr.. Wadsworth is
the field secretary and is working hard
in the interest Of the Baptist paper,
the Pacific Baptist
Rev. II. Russell Greaves made a
foreign mission report He said that
during the past year 1921 baptismal
ceremonies had been performed which
were more than any one year for
ninety years, and that 5000 had been
baptized in Canton, China.
Rev. Herman r. Powell made an in
teresting address on "The Making of
a Missionary Church." which was fol-
lowed by Rev. Truman johnson, on
Thorough knowledge of Worldwide
Needs" Rev. A. w. Rider on
Through Careful Organization of the
Mission Campaign" symposium on
work in the local church was consid-
cred by Revs. j. o. Burroughs, H. r.
Greaves, F.. C. Cressey, A. Fl. Smith
and j. Lewis Smith
The devotional exercises of the after
noon were led by Rev. H. B. Turner,
on "The Conquest of the World for
Jesus Christ"
Sunday School Workers Meet -
Preceding this service the Southern
California Baptist Sunday School con-
vention was organized with the fol-
lowing officers: r. T. Woodruff, presi-
dent, and Mrs. Grace Van Zandt, as
secretary. This organization will affili-
ate with the next convention.
Rev. j. Herndon Garnett presided at
the first part of the afternoon service.
the president taking the chair later.
Rev. A. M. Petty gave an exhaustive
business report Of the board, following
which Rev. C. d. Brinstad gave greet
ings from the northern California con-
Vention.
Three-minute speeches were made by
the following missionary pastors: Rev.
j. b. Thomas, Rivera; Rev. s. ID. Mil
lin, Oxnard Rev. G. j. Banks, Paso
Robles: Rev. S. p. Dexter Hueneme:
II. Tetrault, French mission of Los
Angeles; Rev. ID. S. McClashan, San
Pedro; Rev. T. M. German, Garden
Grove; Rev. f. w. Gage, Covina; Rev.
r. McKillop. Chino; Rev. ]. f. Jen-
kins, Bakersfield; Rev. II. b. Turned,
San Luis Obispo.
Judge j. II. Merriam gave the prin-
cipal points of the treasurer's report.
giving the totals OF the figures for the
churches of the convention for the past
year.
Three ten-minute addresses were
made on Los Angeles Baptist City
Mission Society" by Reys. w III
Walker Mattison B. Jones and Edward