The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-18
DECISIVE STAND
ON PROHIBITION
Baptists Pass Resolutions Of
Striking Character
CONVENTION is ADJOURNED
Appointments Are Made on Mission
Boards and AIotments For Each
State-Generous contribu-
tions Made For Church.

Louisville, May 17.-Firmly for pro-
hibition. the Southern Baptist conven-
tlon adjourned in this city tonight
after a meeting of five days. Almost
the final act of the thousands of dele
gates from every state in the south
was the passage of set of strong res
olutions indorsing the south's fight
against whisky prepared by E. Z. Folk
of Nash vile, Tenn, and offered by him
as the report of the temperance com
mittee. There was not dissenting
VOTE
An address was made by Clinton NJ
Howard, prosecuting attorney of
Rochester, N. Y, entitled, "A Ride on
the Water Wagon" after which funds
temperance.
Appointments were made during the
day session to complete the home and
foreign mission boards and the report
of the committee on estimates increas-
ing the appointments for these
boards was adopted after its reading
by DIR. ]. G. Gambrell of Texas, chair
man. The states are assigned the fol-
lowing allotments:
Mission AIlotments.
Alabama: Home Missions, $4,000; for
eign missions, $35, 900.
Arkansas; Home missions, $4,000;
foreign missions, $4,000.
District of Columbia Home mis-
sions. $4,000; foreign missions, $4,000.
Florida: Home missions, $500; for
eign missions, $500.
Georgia Home missions. $4,000; for
| eign missions, $4,000.
Kentucky: Home missions, $4,000
foreign missions, $4,000.
louisiana Home missions, $4,000; for
eign missions, $4,000.
Maryland: Home missions, $500; for
eign uassians, 81 2. soc.
Mississippi: Home missions, $26.O0i
| foreign missions, $4,000
Missouri: Home missions, $21, 600; for
elgn missions, $780, 900.
North Carolina: Home missions, $21.-
900; foreign missions, $4,000
South Carolina: Home missions, $25,-
000 foreign missions, $4,000.
oklahoma: Home missions, $500; for
eign missions, $500.
Tennessee: Home missions, $40, 900
foreign missions, $4,000.
Texas: Home missions, $50, 900; for
eign missions $4,000.
Virginia: Home missions, $S2 900; for
eign missions, $6S,000
Perhaps in addition to the powerful
anti-liquor resolutions the convention
has been notable for the following
accomplishments:
Raising the endowment of the South
ern Baptist Theological seminary at
Louisville, 100000 being pledged.
Contributing generously to home and
foreign missions.
Inducing Joseph N. Shenstone of To-
ronto, Canada, to devote his great for
tune to religious and laymen missionary
work
Fostering the organization of the South
ern Baptist Educational society.
Choosing two years ahead its convention
city, for after Baltimore was chosen for
1910 the convention recognized the brave
fight of st. Joseph, Mo-, and will meet
there in 1911.
Prohibition Resolutions.
Following is the report of the committee
on temperance, which was read by E. E.
Folk of Nashville, Tenn:
There Is expended in the country every
year for strong drinks something over
/ 81, 900, 900, 900. Among the results of this
traffic in Intoxicating liquors are the loss
of 900 lives each year, 95 per cent of
the murders in the country, rs per cent
of all crimes, rs per cent OF divorces,
and 40 per cent of insanity. With such
results, can anyone expect the followers
of Christ to sit by and see this traf
continuing without offering any protest
against that traffic, and doing everything
possible to destroy it? Whosoever may
so expect simply does not understand
the genius of Christianity, whose funda-
mental policy is extirpation of the bad,
as well as the upbuilding of the good
ITO the task of destroying this traffic
that it may no longer be, as it has been
the greatest obstacle to the progress OF
the kingdom of our Lord, the churches
of Christ have consecrated themselves
and will never cease their efforts until
every vestige of the accursed traffic is
abolished from our land.
Six States Dry.
I'VE are glad to report that six of the
Is states comprising the territory of this
convention have already abolished the
traffic entirely from their borders, while
all the others have abolished it from
large proportion of their territory. We
confidently expect the time to come soon
when every vestige of this liquor traffic
shall be abolished from every part OF
every state in the bounds of the conyen-
ton.
That traffic and especially its concrete
representative, the saloon, has no place
in civilized community, no business
in Christian country 1t Is an anachron-
ISM barbarism. From a moral, re-
ligious, scientific. economic and political
standpoint the saloon has not one redeem
Ing feature. 1t is an incubus, a para
site nuisance, the center of all vice,
the radiatng point of all evil influences,
the breathing hole OF the devil, mon
ster of injustice, iniquity and impurity.
'rrhe saloon has sinned away Its day
of grace, If it ever had any, and now the
time has come when the saloon must go.
But how? Temperance means three
things: First the moderate use of that
which is good; second, total abstinence
from that which is bad; third. helping
others to abstain. We may help others
in two days-by lnoral suasion and by
legal suasion. Moral suasion means
keeping temptation out of the way of the
boy While 1t is a good thing to keep the
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