The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-21
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wero willing to pledge themselves to
SO homo and raise tho money by the
middle Of juno to rise. There WIS n
general response. al, enthusiastic lay
man said "Lct's'rnisc 1t now" and lie
handed In $50. Pledges for amounts
ranging from s25 to $500 cailo IN
| showers, and there was II goodly cash |
collection, the total bcnE S5si2t.G3. Dr.
Gray gave way for the next order OF
business, nnncunoing that lie would
resume this pleasing business later
on, perhaps.
report on l5vnngclism.
DR.. ,rruett, OF Texas, rcnd the report
on evangelism. The report was very
long-so long, IN fact, that, rs u ro-
suit OF the much nbuscd acoustic prop
critics Of the building, tho Delegates
couldn't very we'll take 1t In from the
reading. and member moved that the
home board be requested to have 1t
printed in pan,-.,lct form for clrcu1a-
ton among the churches. The motion
was promptly adopted.
| Tho report goes into much detail con-
corning the work the, corps Of evan
CYCLISTS In the employ Of tho board have
accomplished throughout tho South In
the past fcw years, especially tho past
year. Tho facts and figures brought
out show that tho Bnptists OF the South
are making great strides in response
to the battle cry, Tho South for
| Christ"
Rev w. w. Hamilton. the evangelist,
in charge OF this department OF tho
work of the homo mission board. spoke
to tho report presented by DR.. Truett.
Said Dr.. Hamilton:
IT call your attention to the impor-
lance of making preparation for the
evangelist. I do not mean in painting
tho town red with pictures, but heart
preparation on tho part OF the church.
| like concerted movcment-cach
| church in community holding revival
service ut the same time. believe in
preaching the gospel cverywhcrc-in
the tent, on the strcct--whcrcver mon
| assemble: but tho man never gets over
| the place of his birth. A convert often
gets the characteristics of the man
| under whom he is converted. I believe
In live church. Some persons think
| more of their grandmothcr's grave than
| they do Of the great work Of God"
With this as a kind Of Introductory,
Mr.. Hamilton furnished to the conven-
| ton general review of the methods
|
| board, interspersing his remarks with
accounts Of some OF the thrilling and
| inspiring experiences of the men who
! arc engaged In the work. He laid
stress upon the Importance to the de-
| nomination of the aggressive and pro-
| gressive work of the evangelical de-
pnrtment OF tho home mission board.
Mr.. Hamilton's address aroused the
convention to high pitch Of cnthu-
siasm, and the delegates wanted to
hear more Of the work, and they called
for Dr. Truett, of Texas. who is very
actively identified with the work, being
the vice-presdent Of the board for
| Texas.
/ Caused Il Stir.
| But at this point little f1rebrand
| burst forth in the convention. Rev. DIR.
Il. T. Eaton, of Louisville. arose to q
| point OF personal privilege and an
nouncd that at the next annual meet
/ ing Of the convention to be held at
/ Hot Springs, Ark. he would offer a
resolution providing for change in
the order of business. He said he
| would move the appointment OF a nom
i mating committee, whose duty It
i Ishould be to nominate a year In adj
vance chairman and n vice chairman
! Of each Of the standing committees
He then bluntly stated that tho OBJ
ject of the resolution and the change
in the mode Of procedure was to pre-
vent the secretaries from debating to
J tho president who should be the
Z chairmen OF the various committees
Tho announcement attracted but little
attention at the time. and 4 few min
utes later DR.. Eaton left the platform
= and the building.
When DR.. Truett. who responded to
the call to speak to the report under
consideration, had finished. DR.. Greg
DRY, one of the secretaries OF the con-
vcnticn, arose and explained that nc
Il presumed DIR. Eaton meant the secre-
taries OF the boards and not the sec
y retnrios Of tho convention. for every.
!. body knew that he and his colleague
:. DR.. Burrows, had their hands full ant
: rarely ever held conferences with tho
9 president He said he made the state
: mcnt because since Dr. Eaton hat
spoken and since he had left the build
J. ing several delegates had informed hin
u that it was generally thought that DR.
J, Eaton referred to him and to DIR. Bur
= rows.
g DR.. r. J.. Willingham, secretary 0
: the foreign mission board, then, In
S digniied and at tho same time feelint
manner. denied cmphaticallv the accu
u racy OF the insinuntion Of DR.. Eato
10 that ne or Drs. Gray and Frost, tn
i secretaries OF tho other two boards
n had ever In any way tried to interior
lc with the prerogative3 nnd the dutie
l. of the president. Ha said there wa
r no law and no need for law for
ID bidding the president to confer wit
Dr. the secretaries OF the boards, who, !
y, the nature of the case, were more n
t miliar with the working forces In tn
W churches than he president with refer
r cree to ths formation OF the commit
30 tees. and when he did so they deelne
US 1t their duty to givs him names {
w such persons az in thor Judgment wei
90 suitable for service on thas. commit
tees but tho president was N no wa
bound to follow their suggestions, an
N tho speaker die not knew tEat he cvt
m, had.
,r This little incident created some st
y = in the convention. but it closed at lea
-. ~ for the time being with the statemcl
-, Of Dr.. Willingham, DR.. Eaton not b
~ ~ ing present to reply, and mo one a
o. suming to make answer for him: