The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-16

The article was written, if I may
venture to mention It, in the
house No. Twenty-ninth Street,
which was owned as a pastorium
by the Leigh Street Baptist Church of
Whicht1 was pastor at the time. The
recolections Of that occasion are very
vivid. and come back to mo now In an
ticipation of the assembling of the con-
Vention In Richmond. have in my pos
session postal-card by Brother Joe
Montgomery, OF the Second Church. 1t
came TO me the morning after my article
appeared in the Herald, very brief but
very hearty in It's Endorsement of the
proposition. 1t was the first word that
came, and the card has been kept as a
souvenir.
Great Force. mt Work.
But great forces had been at work for
preceding years. Tho home mission
board had laid out great plans for the
denomination in providing Sunday school
| literature. Dr. 1. r. Tichenor was In
charge, and was ably assisted by DR..
John William Jones. And they had as
their advocate Dr. ]. B. Hawthorne
and In his towering strength he did II,
those days some Of the best service he
ever did for the denomination. There
were struggles and controversies in those
days, but mighty things were being done
| Niau wv No5 Az " way ll11L IlOIlS
Of lis at tho time dreamed.
The board was created in t he conven.
ton at Birmingham, 1901. and It's tinan-
| c1al career has been phenomenal. THE
figures for this must DO retained for the
| report to the convention. In these six.
teen years the board has given over two
hundred thousand (s200.00O) dollars t.
tho denomination, and has nearly two
hundred thousand more invested as thu
i basis of Its operation. recall that wher
the discussion was on about forming thu
Sundayschool board, one argument wa
used which could not answer, Viz.
The American Baptist Publication SO
ciety that year gave tho foreign mission
board two thousand dollars. Somebod
wanted to know how VIC could 1nanag
to save that much money to the foreieI
mission board In future years. Not be
Ing good at prophesyng, could not an
swer but these sixteen years have an
swered. Every pledge made to the de
nomination at that timo has been full
redeemed and far. far beyond.
: Ono OF the Factors.
The great prosperity which has marko
tho progress Of tho Hapt!sts OF til
South, came In about the time the Sun
, day-sclool board was creatcdi and sure
4 ly 1t cannot be claiming too much
; think Of tho Sundayrschoo! board as or
OF the factors in this great onward move
: mont. Certainly 1t has stood In the wa
!, OF nothing, but has given helping han
= SO far as ablo ia every other lnteres
: | almost venture to think that the laal
:. lists of tho South found themselves whe
. creating the Sunday-school board. an
!, deciding to conduct Its own publishlr
), business, to foster Its own Sunday-scho
Y cause and direct Its own Bible wor
!, A people are at their best when direc
y Ing their own affairs. The question w
u once asked Clinton ?. Flsk; TO VIII
does the Methodist Church owe Ats gre
8 succss?'' His ans Ier was ITO min'
J, ips It's own business and doing Its oN
= business" That is To only rule OF su
cess either for an individual or peopl
IS and that Is exactly what the l5nptists !
a tho South have been dolng for the
g years that are past, witt. great earneAa
y ness and In the fear Of God, and 9
a great reports OF this year are 'Ae'F J
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