The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-09
.EVENTFULWE ] FOR BAPTISTS Silver Jubilee of 1heo- logical Seminary. 5.ooo DELEGATES EXPECTED Fourteen Southern States to Be
 Represented. O.e ef the Features of the Meeting win be rnveilins of New Por-
 trait of Dr. James l Royce.
5000 DELEGATES EXPECTED

Louisville, Ky. May s.--Coincident with the silver jubilee of the Southern baptist Theological Seminary of Louis lville. May II. convention of all the Baptists of the South will begin here, the session to cover a period of one week.
 The occasion of the convention will be made the medium for a sort of stock taking of the faith in the States of the Union below the Ohio and the Po- itonac and pr. EL Y. Mullins, Presi- [dsnt of the seminary and ex-omcio Ehead of the Organization. which IS known as the southern Baptist conven- ton, estimates that 5000 delegates will be In Louisyille during the eventful week.
 The Southern Baptist Convention is I in no sense legislative body. Alabama, Arkansas. Florida. Georgia, Kentucky. Louisiana. Maryland, North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee, Texas. sir- 1 ginia and portion of the Bapistry or the District of Columbia will be rep resented with a total membership tn 1908 of 2,015.0s0, in which Texas, Geor- | gia and Kentucky hold the hrst three places in point of numbers.
 The convention / was organized at Augusta, Ga, in IS45, and this is the fifth time it has met in Louisville. r Several DepartEnents-
 Fourteen Southern States will have representatives from the prominent citizen Baptists, and many Northern ones will send speakers and those de- sirous of learning what progress the creed named for John has made since its last meeting,
 There win be several distinct de- partmants of the convention: The Laynien,s Movement. the Baptist Edu- cational Society Of ' the South: the Church as Whole; the Baptist foung Peoples Union and the Southern Zap fist Theological Seminary. Separate n,eetinesy win be field, the entire field in each case gone over, and then a general meeting Is expected to solidlly ana make uniform the several inter ests in the South as well as to estao- fish a line of communication ana cV- work with the membefs of the church north of the ohio River. ...
 Joshua Levering of Baltimore MO, is head of the Boerd Of Trustees .ox. tne ne Saminarv and this board VIII meet ana ,afacuss the value and scope of the work of that institution since its foun- u'1 The Proadway Baptipt Church of Yo,,ssvilie for fonK time presided ovar hy Rev Carter Helm Jones' whose father was Chaplain General soL ssle e united Confederate Veterans, NoILon ', HaIl. and the ist regiment Armosys VIII ..ll ths central meeting places. and here oSaressea hy well-known men from ali .srts og the country will be heard. A-,oro those scheduled to speak are |: pbr T1r F Y Mullins, of Louisviiie' ,s.,.,,a r.evering of Baltimore; ex- Governor w. J. Northen. Georera' G Csovernor Longino, Mississippi; T Iowery, Blue Mountain, M.ssi5s.nr1 9sles,h N shenstone. toronto; J. II. Tucker Asbvfile. A North Carolina; J. H. Henoer- son Bristol. virginiai s. Pasco, Monti- celto Florida; Rev B, D. Gray. Atlanta. E Georgia: w. w. Hamilton, Atlanta Georgia: Rev, pr. cabel A. Ridley, Beaumont, Texas; Rev. JIM. FrosS Nashville, tennessee; Rev pr. Q. '. 5. Wallace. Baltimore; W. E. Ssepnens' Columbia, Missouri; pr. John R. sam uev. Louisyille Rev. Dr. T. B. Ray. Richmond, Virginia; R. H. Coleman. Dallas. Texas: Rev. C.. w. Duke, Tampa Florida: and Arthur Yager, George town Kentucky s-
 The general convention will meet on Thursday night. May IS. Joshua Lev ering who s president, VII organize the convention for the election of of ficers and 1t Is probable that Mir. Lew er.ag will be reelected. President E. Y. Mullins. of Louisville, will welcome the delegates; and the Rev. Dr. E. c. DarRan, of Macon. Georgia, will preach the Introductory sermon.
 On the morning of May t4. the re- parts of the following three conven- tion boards will be received: Home Mission Board. Rev Dr. B. D. Gray. Att lanta. Georgia. corresponding secretary Foreign Mission Board. Rev. pr. R. J. Willingham. Richmond, Virginia. cor vile, Tennessee A committee on the order of exercises will then be appoint ed because the convention does not prepare a program beforehand
 One of the features of the conven- ton will be the unyeiling of new DOT