The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-17
LOUISVILLE
 IS SELECTED Gets Next Convention of
 Baptists. ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOOL Southern Baptist Theological Semi
 nary Gets Big Sum. Stirring Sessions Held in the Tnaug- uration of Laymsn's Movement To Aid in work of sunday
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ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOOL

Hot Springs, Ark, May 1s-The Southern Baptist Convention next year will meet in Louisville. Ky. Musl<o- gee. Ok, was also a contestant for the honor. but the convention decided on Louisville by an overwhelming viva yoce vote tonight.
 At tonight's session, Secretary R. J.. wfllingham, of the Foreign Mission Board who. with President Johusa Lowering toured the old world since the last convention, told of thoir visit to the various missions of Europe. Speaking of China and Japan. Secre- tary Wiliingham declared that nation alism is such a deep rooted principle of the races as to make imperative their taking an important pace place in the future of the world.
 "we think in this country" said he that our people are patriots but there is unequalled in all the world that spirit of love of country that has it's home In Japan. Passing through Chi- na I was most impressed with her cemeteries. About the homes are bu- ried their loved dead. Ancestry wor- ship-there in that beniBhted country. where millions have never heard the Gospel, demonstrated more than any where in nll Christendom that iniunc- ton, Honor thy father and thy mo- .ther.' Give that Kind of a. country the enlightenment Of Christianity and then wonder what the answer to the future will be. Give Japan, with its deep rooted patriotism the enlightenment We enjoy and what will Japan do?"
 The speaker dweit at length on the tortures inflicted upon the Christian ized natives of China, especially rectt- ing incidents where Boxers had cut on heads. cut out tongues and murdered with wanton hand.
 Tomorrow will be devoted to devc- tional exercises. the first service of the day to be at sunrise at the sum- init of Hot Sprtngs mountain.
 Following an earnest appeal to the Southern Baptist Convention on the part of the men most prespipettiy idenf- ifed with It's edWcatiuual work. a per- rflariefit endowntent of x60o.ono tor the benefit of the Southern Bartist Theo- logical Seminary, Louisville. Ky, the largest institution of It's class in the world. was pledged by the deIesates
 George W McDaniei. of Richmond. va: W. w. LandruTl. Atlanta; B, D. cray, Atlanta; Secretary T. c. Frost of the Sunday School Board, and other spsakers' followed the lead of Pfesi- dent E. Y. Mullins, of the seminary. in the earnest appeal for this substans tiai support Of school. the reports of which showed 1t had turned into foreign mission fields hundreds of the most prominent workers now in heath en lan6s.
 ..Fop ten years I have been coming to this convention asking for suhatan- tiai aid," said President Mullins.. in his appeal. "one time have been asked to step aside for home missions. Next yeas, told foreign missions needed all the contributions Then was told the Sunday School Board needed the money we had to offer. Then found that this trio of exigencies went round and round again and believed 1t would never come my time. Throughout all this period the seminary was groping along as best it could and all the while supplying home mission fields, foreign mission fields and the Sunday School work with the benefit of It's field forces"
 The report of the faculty was made to a board of trustees held tmmedl- ately after the convention, showing g that PIT students are now enrolled and that forty of these have already an- nounced their intention of offering themselves immediately to enter for eIrn posts of the mission fields.
 Stirring sessions were held in the inaueiirafion of a layman's movement to aid in the work of the Sunday School both at home and abroad.
 Dr. E. O. Taylor, of Boston. de- livered his address on Science vs. the Saloon" to a large audience In the convention hall just after the noon ad- iournment Tennessee. Arkansas and other States under the domain of the convention were pointed to as fields for special efforts during the coming year.
 feature that attracted many of the delegaes during the afternoon was a field drill by a corps of cadets from the ouachita Baptist College of Arka- ,ielphia, Ark The cadets marched over land thirty miles to attend the con- ference.
 An informal conference was held by the Womans' Missionary Union, which was conducted by Mrs. J. IT. Snow of Tennessee. President of the Sun- beam organizations of that State. Miss Edith c. Crane of Maryland, of the Youpe womens' Auxiliaries, received reports from her department They adjourned to participate in formal reception as guests of the Baptist Wo- mens' Union of Hot SpringA
 AIabamIans VIII Speak.
 Hot Springs. Ark. May l6.-(Special) Tine following Alabama preachers will