Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
CHINESE BAPTIST
BIBLE CRITICISED
SPEAKER AT CONVENTION HAS
FAULT TO FIND
DELEGATES AT PORTLAND HEAR
IMPORTANT ADDRESS
Modern Church and Its EVaneeIistic
Ideals Is Theme of Lecture by
Rev. Pattison of st.
Louis
Try Associated Press.l

PORTLAND, June 26.-The sessions
of the Northern Baptist convention,
which opened in this city at White
temple last night, were resumed today.
The attendance was large.
The decision yesterday of the Amer
lean Woman's Baptist Home Mission
ary society to refer to the Northern
Baptist convention the proposal that
the womans society become part OIL
the convention was introduced by Re-
cording Secretary Biting and was the
signal for vigorous applause from the
floor.
On a rising vote the proposal was
referred to a committee consisting OF
one member from each delegation.
Rev. r. E. Chambers of the China
Baptist Publication society took the
Baptists to task in a brief address in
which he criticised the work done by
the publication society in China. He
said it was impossible to find Bible
in that country in which immersion"
was substituted for baptism"
Rev. Harold Pattison, pastor of the
First Baptist church of ST. Paul, Mimi.
was speaker at today's session of
the Northern Baptist convention. His
subject was 1.-The Modern Church-lts
Evangelistic Ideals"
The speaker said the model church
is the church in touch with the CEN
tury in WHICH it lives, and giving to
that century and receiving from that
century the life in which it lives and
moves and has its being.
Has Three Ideals
whatever form evangelism may
take, whether personal pastoral or
professional" he said, "it must aim
toward three ideals at least, as it is
applied to the modern church-it must
be seasonable, reasonable and durable.
1.-THE Bible is our model in season.
able methods and messages.
This is an age that loves fair play
1t demands that all sides shall be
heard. 1t recognizes absolute infalli-
bility in no one and no absolute ig-
norance in no one either. The best
spirit In our age will not stand for any
railing at science, any blind attacks on
evolution, any damning of higher crit
icism without hearing it in its own
defense.
'aThe evangelism of today recognizes
the right of every man to fearlessly
face the facts of life and to discuss
those facts in manner which, while
II does not conceal ones own convic-
tions, does not discount either anoth-
er's convictions, however radically
those convictions may differ"
Personal evangelism was declared to
be the most important of all. All
evangelism must begin here, said he,
but there must be pastoral evangelism
also
Reports of Committees
Reports from committees occupied the
afternoon session of the Baptists' con-
vention at the White Temple.
The report of the executive commit
tee was adopted with little comment,
with the exception that the recon-
mendation that the resolution adopted
last year advising the executive COM
mittee to consider whether it was de-
sirable to make the executive commit
tee more Representative of the churches
be not adhered to.
. This action was laid on the table for
future consideration.
The report of the finance committee,
recommending that a unified budget
be provided for the three missionary
societies was approved.
The committee also recommended
that $t,OOO,0OO be asked from the
churches and that any amount over
$3.50 900 be considered as a contingent
fund.
Dangers Cited
Fred P. Haggard of Boston spoke
on the danger of spasmodic effort in
missionary work and pointed out the
benefits derived from single budget.
The motion by L. A. CrandaH or
Minnesota that the convention go on
record as expressing confidence in fl.
7. Morehouse, corresponding secretary
of the Home Mission society, and their
delight that the veteran Baptist was
with them, brought the convention to
it's feet.
The committee to which had been
referred the question of permitting the
Woman's Home Mission society to be-
come a part of the convention did not
report 1t is understood majority or
the committee are in favor or the
nroposition. The committee Will re-
port later.
At the night session of the American
Baptist Missionary union the following
officers were elected:
President, S. w. Woodward, Distrlct
Of Columbia vice president, l. W.
Parker of Nebraska and George G.
whitney of Massachusetts,; recording
secretary II. A. Wilbur, Ohio; foreign
SECRETARY, Rev Thomas S. Barbour,
u. d.: home secretary, Rev. Frederick
D Hoggard. South Dakota; treasurer,
Charles w. Perkins.
A hoard of managers, consisting or
eleven minister's eight laymen and SIX
women, was elected.
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