The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-21
Final Sessions Of Con
vention Held Yesterday
Amid Enthusiasm.
CLOSING SCENES
IN AUDITORIUM
Singing Hymns, Delegates March
Around Building and Shake
Hands - Missionaries
from Field, Includ
ing Two Natives,
Speak.

Speak. "
1t was a stirring and inspiring scene
which marked tho close of the Fifty "a
second Southern Baptist Convention nt \;
the Auditorium last night, farewell Il
moment which will live in the minds
OF ali who, Irrespective OF creed, were &
privileged to witness It.
After day spent In listening to y
notable addresses from ministers and
laymen eminent In Baptist Church,
work. the night session was devoted to Il
short speeches from missionaries from
tho four corners of the earth, men
who had lived and labored in the
foreign fields and whose stories Of
Christian welfare neld the attention OF :
the vast audience with grip! Of
steel.
Scene ut Night.
As slimax came an o",'. ELOQUENT '.1.ll. ad-
Z; tsay, 81 Mt c'a,ya.g s.aps
E5IsurtsIls Sew I ORR. Nsi:ose aihrds novcyi
3iis heagPFs & pros tsstad applauset ana 4
tia nastnrty and earnesh iftrswelt
isworaAof President StepheeFss
Then fosse$sa, st.iniatlr Faefic:st
sos tiin itRt tstils ~ the ia
of tho time-honored hymn, "Bles'd
Be the Tie That Binds" the right
hand Of fellowship was given while
chanting sole1nnly. the great army o E
delegates and those on attendance at
the convention filed slowly past the
officers and missionaries on tho plat
form, giving them an affectionatc fare-e
well.
AS President Stephens finished his
striking address, which brought the
convention to a close. he said: Move
back the organ and desks. and while
some brother raises song Of praisei
let us give ench other a parting hand
as our fathers and their fathers did
here in Richmond in the good old dayi
ors,'4G."5 i35;
a delegate In the back of the hall
struck up 8 Blcst &c the Tie;,., ana II /, i
to.Sthc platform rnarched men and
wome.tS. singing as they came s8
In tho line were President Stephens
DR.. Burrows DR.. Gregory, Dr. Willing.
ham, Hon. II. r. Pollard. Hon. Joshua
I.evering, Chinaman, two mission
aries from Brazil. two from Japan.E
two from Mexico. and two from the
West Coast Of Africa, one Of whom
was purc-b bred native For a full hal e
hour the farewell greetings continued.
and then. as tho last delegate passed.
down the line, the convention, the
greatest in the annals of the Baptist,
denomination, came to an end
Excitement In Morning.
The morning session was not free
from excitement, for DJ Eaton, OF
Louisville, who earlier in the sessions,
or the convention moved to send q,
somewhat tart telegram to the North
ern Baptists, again provoked discus
sion by his criticism Of the secretaries
OF tho mission boards. expressing 4
belief that they had played too great5 great
a part in the selection OF the standing
committees
Apart from these two occurrences
the sessions have been marked by q
unity which has been no less remark
able than unusual.
At the afternoon meeting the lay
men had exclusive control, and no
minister was allowed tho privilege or
the floor. Many dele ga tes took advan-
tage Of tho opportunity to speak on
missions and to urge that this work
lbe not left entirely in the hands OF
the pastors
! Among the Speakers were Hon.
Joshua Lowering. Of Baltimore, VINO
gave tho church ut Rio, and who has
been a large contributor to misslon
work: Colonel G. c. Slaughter OF Texas.
known as tho Cattle King" who has
| given within tho last ten years no less
than a Quarter Of q million dollars TO
charities connected with the iaaPt1st
denominations: Mr.. M. Q. Treat, OF Penn-5
/ sylyania, who supports In China TWEEN =
~ missionaries and who Is educating
lltifty ministerial students In the South'
Mr.iJ. r. Brownlow. Of Tennessee, VINO
subscribed at this convention sl,OVo q
i year for five years for foreign mission
4 work; Mr.. r. z. Burt of Texas, VINO
pledged to support ten native preaGh-
4 ers for five years In emma. anu -: -:
\ Nlayticld, of st. Louis, who gives S?,ooo
i a year 10 tho foreign mission fund.
1 Raised to high pitch OF ent1uslasm
Inv the earnest tone of the speakers. the
4 convention closed the afternoon session:
i Nv pledging itself to raise S7b0,O0o ator
4 foreign and 100000 for domestic mis-
sions, total Of million ana quar-.
j ter dollars.
Remarkable Session. e
,rhe closing session at night was the
4 most remarkable one OF tho conVan-
j t,on not even excepting the meeting
On Friday night when Sl3b,Ooo was
/ raised for foreign missions,
AS n prelude the audience. which MS
ed tho hall, sang with vim, All Hail.
the Power of Jesus Name. 70 the DIG.
ia shioned time of "Protection," ana
Without tho assistance OF the choir.
"This Is n real convention at last
4 exclaimed DR. Gregory, as the building
4 shook with the volume Of sound,
/ AS the music died away PRESIDENT
! stephens said he had learned that q
(, number Of distinguished Northern
! Baptists were In the Auditorium, and
he invited them to the platform.
I'VE cannot welcome these brethren
by applause" said the president but
4 every one who has handkerchief can
wave 1t and show that we OF the south
oxtend n warm Virginia welcome to
| our visitors.
Then the "Chantaulua salute was
given and tho hall seemed nlled WITH
i Inuttering white handkerchlefs.
After several formal reports were
read. the missionaries present were
introduced and addressed me cohYen-
. ton,
Rev. q. q. Smith spoke Of the work