The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-12
AFTER CATHOLICS
MOTION OF BAPTIST PREACHER IN
 CONVENTION.
Denomination Promptly Vote Down His Res0lution-Presiden F. w.
 Stephens Is Reelected.


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 Chattanooga, Tenn, May 1.-The first day of the Southern Baptist Con- vention consisted of three sessions. For mai welcoming addresses were deliv- cred at the morning session by Mayor W. L. Ericsson and pr. Luther Freeman of the First Methodist Church, respond ed to by numerous members of the convention.
 Election of officers and delivering of the Presidents annual address ocfu- pied the afternoon session. F. WV. Stephens of Columbia, Mo-. was re- elected President by exclamation. In the evening the feature of an interest ing business session was an impas- stoned plea by Dr. L. G. Broughton, the noted Atlanta evangelist, for the set ting aside of s25.000 per year for special evangelistic work. This question will be the subject of deliberation tomor- row.
 sensation was created when Rev. Nancy J. Breaker introduced reso- lution directed at the Roman Cathalics. in which he sought to have the conven- tion protest against any suggestion by President Roosevelt as to papal ap- pointments in America.
 The convention voted the resolution down.
 Rev. Mir. Breaker stood entirely alone in its support.
 The convention will probably adopt a strong expression in denunciation of lynching. A committee has been ap- pointed to, draft resolutions on that subject.
 The President in his address said:
 President Stephens's Address.
 President F. W. Stephens, in his an- nual address. declared that the past year had been the greatest in the his- pects t @ of i the si denomination M S were e heVer so bright. He suggested the name oi Lookout Mountain as the key. note of tefms tes ao se ef liberty for which Baptists stand. and claimed that denomination to have been the pioneers Of that principle ln Ameriaa ne ths are in America. 4.o06,o00 of them in tists ths s0rspi represented mt by the Convention tIsss ss esSt of the SSV south Own E sss. 5eeooo Of hSsa n Psdasgao smd TSsre Sre ssS
 Special attention was called to the BsPst BsPDs hs gsarN cf 1905, and the Worlds Congress held the R 1 asO n various States during the year. This all indicates, he said growtts in num- bers and organizations and fraternal- The convention comprised FBaptists from fourteen Southern States. cover ing an area of million square miles. with a population of over 30.000.000 :. When the convention was organized in 1S45 the population was S,000,000 and the denomination 25o.0oo. The popu- lation is four times what it was then and the membership of the denomina- : tion eight times or double the ratio of the population.
 sions during the sixty-one years by the churches represented In the con vention have been over $4.250.00O. and to Home Missions over $3,250,000. The contributions to missions and the value of church property are four times what they were forty years ago and twice much has been contributed to missions within the past fifteen years as for the whole forty-five years preceding, $si5, 5,ooo. were more than they were from 1850 to 1860. There are now 1S7 missionaries in the employ of the of the Home Board and about 2.000 engaged in the State. district and city mission work. The foreign mission gil, Argentine, Italy and Africa. The domestic mission work Is all over the South and Southwest. He recommend :
 
 Japan. and that half a million dollars be raised for foreign missions Daxs year. Mission work in the large man 1strefs snS among the mmigraats was strongly urged, and also that viz orous work be done among the ne- ministry and a general evangelical work among them. Attention was called to the rapid growth of the South and to the urgent Osft a ment in that section. To this end 1t was suggested that an evangelical fund be provided for , the support Of n an the people. It was also recommended that missionary enlistment fund be established whereby missionaries may more churches may be brougt into CO., Operation with missionary work.
 There are under inn ere the noG control of white Baptsts. Of them ffty-two are uni versailles and colleges, and ffty-one academies and institutions; twenty s3,0s6,01S. The total value of buildings and grounds and equipment Is $6.660.- as Oyer 1000 ttand teashefS fbess and aI9nt ionst He recommended that an edu- cational commission be organized to strengthen wesk colleges Ran9st 19d esta6 tntions teach Baptist principles and he distinctly Baptistlc in their intiu- ence The federatlOn OI cOlleSeS WdS Recommended as feasible in many The southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville has an endow- ment of S55O0O0 and an attendance of ssa students, and an income of $34.- 6oS If was suggested that this endow- .oent UvU he Increased to $1,0O0,000 by the .,n,e of the celebration of the Semi rnarv's Semi Centennial in 1909. It was mrqsd that all colleges claiming to be pssgtist he careful to eliminate all of tna bereticaI tendencies af the times and that the Bible be taught in It's pu- rity. .,io, was directed to .bs sunday School Board located at tne vile. esta ablished in 1892. and do ing an annual business of nearly $13O,- nn6 its patronage was warmly urged VV|b chair of Sunday School Pedagogy In the Seminary was nn adobtsd aSq for tns Establishment of more Sunday sEbools and the improvement of ex- lStshS Since 1888 when the Womnanss Ms. lis. .ianarv Union was organized, tt mas enntributed $fOO0O00 to missions e0msIlv divided between home and Tor eIgn missions. and 1t was urged that shans for the training of women In