The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-26
ALABAMA BAPTISTS WILL
 MEET NEXT AT ROANOKE
Busy Day is Spent in Disposing of Reports on Various Church Institutions Through
 out the State.

1 Bruner, . long time faithful friend of 1 the institution. It has been 8 year of 1 advancement. Mrs. Garret. Miss Susie l Bevis, and Mrs. Jones, during the year
 have left us. MT; c: E' Garter Garter has ,n taken ,ssa | seventy-two have come to the home. making now 172. The family has in l creased 45 per cent and the gifts only 1 one per cent. Thlrty-three children have professed conversion and been bap- l tized. Friends in the Tenpessee River | Association sent car load of corn
 which was much appreciated. The re- penditures of 319.10l.1S. hence $6.1S06l borrowed money. Some of this was paid for the new building. The new build-
 nEs are repora ' was read by J. M. Shellourne. It showed fifty-nine ministerial students at How. ard and seven at Louisville. Most Of these remained all the year. but some ed. Most of the men were possessed
 with a strong purpose to do ms Dest. li The reports of missions by secti?ns
 were series of short speeches which
 set forth the needs of all the sections. of the State. at the same time show
 ing the unlimited resources % ana %@pr @pr
 p1rtTnities t; na M Sanal'n SPSxs PSrHmpton ton for Monroe and wilcox; J. E. Holly for Escambia, Connecuh and Covington; J;
 J. Hagoed for Covington; J; B. Byrd
 tin for Henry and H custom: J; H; Rife
 for Henry county; W. J. Elliott for
 Montgomsry: Autauga: piSa naiias sarnanr anr
 a%S waaee faf rekf for
 Russell and Lee; D. s. Martin for Ei, more, Chiffon and Coosa: C. Benily for Talladega. Clay, Calhoun and Gle
 burne. St. Clair. Etowah ana ,.she1i cherokee fee
 for Tuscaioosa and Pickens; J: E. Herring for Marengo. Greene ana sum, walker; R. E. Pettus for Limestone, Madison and Morgan; c. T. starkey for Jackson and Marshal: A. N. Reeves for Lamar, Fayette. Marion and Winston
 Many reported deploraDle conditions | Many churches pastorless. many who give nothing to missions. Stress was | laid upon the fact that the preachers
 were too poorly paid and urged nt larger The following is the address or Judge | Tyson delivered on the first day In re- sponse to the address of welcome:
 | 'Ladies and Gentlemen:
 "Fhe distinguished honor has been conferred upon me by our most WoT
 thy president of responding. in penal.
 of the members of this convention. to
 extended to us by the good people of
 this Magic City of the Wiregrass. II
 is. indeed, Jan act of graciousness on
 the part of your people to make us us l
 the privileges of your firesldes and the bounty of your boards. in man.
 ner that is in vogue only among ara
 peculiar to the people of the south
 every member of the convention keen
 sense of appreciation of your warm
 welcome and inimitable hospitality
 which we are enjoying and which we will enjoy during our stay among you. May be pardoned on this occasion, for expressing the hope that our visit
 to you may be replete with results of
 inestimable benefit to you, to us t to the
 sent. and to the people at large of this | great commonwealth.
 Catch Inspiration.
 'If We can, each of us, catch the in-
 spiration from the example you nave greatest curse of the American people and carry back that inspiration to cur homes and firesides. our friends and
 worthy of the cause. imbue our con
 stituency with a proper appreciation
 of its importance to the well-being
 of the body politic to ths individual
 and to the churches. our assembling
 here if nothing more be accomplished.
 cannot be accounted a failure And
 should we be prompted to actively aid
 soon possess the strongholds of the liquor traffic in this State, and to as- | sist in impressing the people with the | importance of not Surrendering, after victory, a foot of territory won. which can only be held by an uncompromising and rigorous enforcement of the law, | when violated. our meeting with YOU | must indeed be counted blessing. Works of Baptists.
 | "On the other hand, if this conven-
 minds of the people of your city and of the State some of the principles for | which Baptists have always stood. our
 coming among you will be of benefit l to you From the apostolic period they | have been the persistent champions of | Christian missions. They were the l first of the English speaking churches,
 in the year 17S4. to undertake the work gospel to the heather. They have been
 the advance guard in the battle for the supremacy of civilization. educH ton and religious doctrines and ran ciples, operating under what they hSvc | always regarded as the greatest of all commissions All power is given unto
 me in Heaven and in earth. Go ye, | therefore. and teach all nations, bap- | tizing them in the name of the Father. and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost | teaching them to observe all things
 whatsoever I have commanded you; | and To. I am with you always, even
 unto the end of the world
 How well they have executed this
 commission will readily appear from the man11eSt results or tnelr laDOrS Tn foreign fields and from the fact that
 in this country the Baptists. on an emu
 meration confined to persons baptized
 on a profession of faith in Christ. out | number any other evangelistic denomi- l nation though pressed closely in this | respect. (but without jealousy) by the | great Methodist, brotherhood. These | two denominations, in this Southland | of ours, have been the pioneers in | Christian evangelism. Hand in hand. | they have stormed and carried many | citadels of ignorance and vice and planted upon their ramparts the flag of | joy, peace and good will to men.
 Religious Liberty.
 Another principle unquestionably
 owes its existence and establishment
 to the efforts of the Baptists. It is | that of religious liberty-the right to | worship God according to the dictates | of the conscience; the striking down | of municipal authority to supervise or | interfere with the full and free right | to entertain any religious belief. to practice any religious principle. and to teach any religious doctrine. which
 does not violate the laws of morality
 and property and which does not in | fringe personal rights; and the corre- | lative principle that the law knows no | heresy and Is committed to the sup | port of no dogma, the establishment of | no sect;' thus establishing nou merely | religious toleration. but religious equal ity.
 For more than a century previous | to the recognition of this principle by any municipal government, the Baptist | stood alone as its advocate and suf- fered persecution, even unto death, for