The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-10

desire OF the body To carry on the
business sessions in the spirit OF the
! opening sermon of Rev. W. r. Brad
shaw, in the spirit that is dominated
by the Holy Ghost
This convention is noted for inter
esting animated discussions on vital
points, and the first of these took
place just before the adjournment OF
the morning session yesterday. II oc-
Cured as a result of the reading OF the
report of the directors of the Biblical
Recorder by Rev. Livingston John
ston.
In this report the recommendation
| was made shat seven members OF the
convention be appointed at this session
! to cooperate with the directors In the
| editorial management of the paper
without financial obligation. A dis
, cussion was at once precipitate. Among
| the speakers who took part in the
some was Mr.. W. F. Beasley, Of Mon
roc, a layman who has had experience
| in secular newspaper work. He claim
! ed if the convention acted in accord
ance with the suggestion made in the
| report, it would be committing a
blunder that would be a discredit TO
a blind man. He strongly opposed
| in his remarks the idea of an organ
| for the Baptist denomination in North
Carolina claiming that to consider the
paper in the light Of an organ would
| be the means of hampering the edi-
! tor Of the paper instead of leaving
! him free to express whatever pOliticaI
or other views he desires and to stand
for them himself instead of being un
Gerstood to be the expression of the
Baptists OF the state. He said further
that when a paper was recognized as
a denOminatiOnal organ the members
were placed under obligation to SUBJ
scribe for the same, and in too many
instances they simply subscribed and
stopped with that, without reading the
same.
Rev B. w. N. Simms also opposed
the suggestion of the report saying
that it's adoption would cause North
Carolina to be threatened with the
stormy period of newspaperdom which
had visited the Baptists denomination
Of Texas.
Mr.. #. M. Pittman, another layman,
stated that for the Biblical Recorder
to be recognized as the organ of the
Baptist denomination in North Car
clina would mean division rather than
unification Of the Baptist forces of the
a censored paped but IN independent
paper. He said that he did not want
to stand for the Recorders views, nor
did he want the Recorder to stand for
his views
Upon the motion of Mr.. E. E. BOmar
the recommendation Of the report sub
mitted by Mr. Johnston was amended
so as to read that of the members OF
the convention to be appointed to CO.
operate with the directors of the Bib
lical Recorder none Of them be stock
holders in the paper, and the sugges-
tlon with this amendment was adopt
ed
RECOMMENDATION CHANGED
At the afternoon session Mr.. John
ston brought up this subject again
and asked the privilege of changing
the recommendation Of the board OF d.
rectOrs by striking out the expression
that the committee to be appointed
shall have part in thC editorial man
agement Of the paper. This change
met with the hearty approval of the
convention and the change was
} made.
President Carlyle appointed a COM
mittee on nomination of seven mem
bers of the convention to cooperate
with the directors Of the Biblical Rec
order.
OTHER INTERESTS DISCUSSED
!, The report Of the orphanage was
read at the morning session by Rev.
Baxter craig and Rev. NJ. L. Kesler
superintendent, made an earnest plea
for funds to erect more buildings and
to equip all the buildings for the prop
er training of the 365 children at the
Crphanage. Inc 1ntlrmary DulldlnS Is
now being erected, and the Baptist wo
men OF the state have contributed $3,-
600 to this building. This orphanage al
lThOmasville is the largest in North
Carolina and one Of the largest in the
south.
Rev J. R. Sampey of the Theological
Seminary at Louisville, addressed tbs
convention in the interest of the sem
mary He stated that this year there
are % North Carolina students in the
seminary, of these being volunteers
: as foreign missionaries; that foul
young women from North carolina ar<
students in the training school, all O
these being candidates for work in th'