The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-14
CONVENTION WEEK
IN RICHMOND BEGINS
Thousands Of Baptists Will Soon
Pour Into City from
All Points.

The Southern Baptit Convention will !
assemble for It's fifty second annual
session IN tho city auditorium on
evening OF this week, with
an attendance that bids fair to eclipse
81 previous records. 4
rho welcoming address Will be de-
lvered by Mayor Carltv., Mccarthy,
who will be d member OF tho convon-
ton, and will be responded to by Hon.
Il. w. Stephens, of Missouri. the presl-
dent Of the body. The election OF off,
cers will cnsuc, and 1t Is not antici-
pated that there will be any change,
the present officers having served with |
success for several years. Following
these business preliminarics, the an
nual sermon will be preached by Rev.
a. j. Dickinson, D. D., of Alabama. who
was selected by the last convention.
After the opeirng exercises, the con-
vention Will appoint committee on
who will have charge Of tho fur.
thor schedule Of meetings, and al
though several sessions have been fore
the convention Is law to itself. and
fixes its own time Of meeting and ad-
.journment. Certainly the body will DO
here five or six days.
Educational Conference.
RI IA nuIUDoT OIL fol SIcdI
importance to tho Baptist denomina-
ton are scheduled for tho Same time
or Just previously. Perhaps the most
important Of these, both in It's interest
and in results, will be tho Educational
Conference. gathering which will
emphasize the wonderful strides made
by the Baptist denomination In the
South during the past fcw years The
first session of this conference will be
held on Wednesday evening at s:15
O'clock in the Grace-Strect Baptist
Church., at Foushee and Grace streets.
The principal feature OF the opening
meeting, and in fact Of the conference,
Will be an address by DR.. w. II. B.
Faunce president Of Brown Univcr-
sty. Dr. Taunce, who Is widely known
as an able and polished speaker, was
for many years the pastor of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church. New York City,
and as such was the pastor Of Mr..
Rockefeller and other prominent Bap-
list laymen. The sessions OF the Edu-
cation Conference will continue on
Thursday morning and evening at the
Grace-Street Church.
Young Peoples Union.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union
also meets on "Wednesday evening Of
this week ut S15 o'clock, holding it's
sessions at the First Baptist Church,
at Twelfth and Broad streets. The
opening session will be addressed by
the Rev Len G. Broughton. Of Atlanta,
| Ga, q man whose name is well known
In Richmond and who will no doubt
attract large attendance. The Young
Peoples Conference will continue it's
sessions on Thursday morning and af-
| ternoon.
Woman's Missionary Union.
What promises to be a largely ut
tended gathering this year will bo the
! Woman's Missionary, Union, whose ses-
sions will be held at the new Second
Baptist Church, Adams and Franklin
streets. beginning on Thursday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. The sessions of the
Union will be q business nature. and
Will last through Thursday and Friday.
Laynen's Conference.
The new feature of the great Bap-
fist gathering this year is a Laymen' S
1 Conference, which has been called to
meet at Calvary Baptist Church, Pine
! and Grace streets, on Thursday at 8
P. NJ. The call for this conference is
signed by, Hon. Joshua lowering, OF
Baltimore, once candidate for Pres-
dent Of the United States, and Hon
w. ]. Northern, Of Atlanta Ex-Governor
OF Georgia. There will probably be
but the one meeting Of this body, an6
It's success will be watched with great
Interest on account Of the development
or the laymen's movement III other de-
nominations during the past year.
The only gathering during the conven.
ton. whose sessions are held behinl
4 closed doors, Is that of the trustees O.
the Southern Baptist Theological Semi
4 nary. body of about nifty men, mos
! Of whom are members Of the convention
Their meeting will be at Grove Avenu,
l Baptist Church on Thursday at 10 A. NJ.
and will continue possibly through Fri
day. the sessions being entirely devote,
to consideration of business matters i,
connection with the affairs OF the semi
nary
Sunday-School Workers.
A gathering which will perhaps at
tract as much popular attention as an,
OF the simultaneous meetings will be tn
annual conference of Sunday-school work
ers Of tho Southern Baptist ConventlCr
The sessions Of this body will be held ii
the parlors Of the First Baptist Church
beginning at $3.50 A. NJ. on Wednesday
Rev. ]. NJ Frost D. D., corresponding
secretary OF the Sunday-school board Q
Nashville, Tenn, will open the confer
ence, and number of prominent Sun
day-school workers from all parts OF tn
South arc scheduled to take part
There will DO morning and after
noon sessions, the conference adjourn
ing on Wednesday evening.
$50