The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-10
MANY BAPTISTS
PURPOSE GOING
TO LOUISVILLE
To Attend Southern Baptist
Convention Which Opens
There Thursday.
Six Thousand People Will be
in Attendance.
FOURTEEN STATES EMBRACED.

Paducah Baptists will be we'll rep
resented at the Southern Baptist con-
yention, which opens at Louisville
next Thursday. Those who are going
from the First church are r. l.. Eley,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.. Puryear, Miss
Courtie Puryear. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L.
Bebout, Mrs Frank VAIL. Mrs. Lena
Bookhammer. sfr. and Mrs. Herman
Graham, A. NJ. Rouse and the Rev.
NJ. E. Dodd.
There are 10000 Baptist churches
in the convention with a membership
OF 2,015,0S0. There will be between
5000 and 5000 messengers and Wis
itors present in Louisville. The mes
sengers are apportioned on a finan-
cial basis, one being allowed for
each $3.50 given to home and for
eign missions. The First church of
Paducah is entitled TO seven mes
sengers.
Hon. Joshua lowering. of Balti-
more, is the president
The Southern Baptist convention
is in no sense legislative body. Ala
bama. Arkansas, Florida, Georgia.
Kentucky. Louisiana, Maryland.
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas. Virginia and a portion
of the Baptistry of the District of
Columbia will be represented with
total membership in 1908 of o.
015.0SO. in which Texas. Georgia
and Kentucky hold the first three
places in point Of numbers.
The convention was organized at
Augusta, Ca, in 1S45. There will
be several distinct departments of
the convention--the Laymen's Move
ment. the Baptist Educational So
ciety of the South; the church as a
whole; the Baptist Young Peoples
Union and the Southern Baptist The
illogical Seminary. Separate meet
ings viii be held, the entire field in
each case gone over. and then a gen.
eral meeting is expected TO solidify
and make uniform the several inter-
ests in the south as well as to estab-
lish line of communication and CO.
work with the members of the
church north of the Ohio river.
The Broadway Baptist church, of
Louisville. for a long time presided
over by the Rev. Carter Helm Jones.
whose father was chaplain general of
the United Confederate Veterans.
Norton hall and the First Regiment
Armory. will be the central meeting
places. and here addresses by well
known men from all parts of the
country will be heard.
Among those scheduled to speak
are: The Rev DR.. T.. Y. Mullins. of
Louisville; Joshua lowering. of Balti
more; ex-Gov. w. ]. Northen. Geor-
gia; ex-Gov. Longino. Mississippi;
B. G.. Lowrey. Blue Mountain. Miss:
III. Campbell Whites. New York; JOS
eph N. Shenstone. Toronto; ]. III.
Tucker, Asheville. N. c.; ]. II. Hen
derson. Bristol, Va; s. Pasco, Month
cello. Fla; the Rev. b. ID. Gray, At
lanta, Ca: w. W. Hamilton, Atlanta.
Ca: the Rev. DR.. Caleb A. Ridley
Beaumont. Texas: the Rev. J. NJ.
Frost, Nashville. Tenn; the Rev. Dr.
o. G. S. Wallace, Baltimore; w. e.
stephens, Columbia, Mo-; DR.. John
| r. sampey. Louisville; the Rev. T. B.
Ray. Richmond, Va; r. II. Coleman.
Dallas. Texas; the Rev. c. w. Duke.
Tampa, Fla, and Arthur wager.
Georgetown, Ky:
President 4. Y. Mullins, of Louis
Vile. will welcome the delegates, and
the Rev. DR.. f. c. Dargan. of Macon.
Ca, will preach the Introductory SER
mon.
On the morning Of May IA the re-
ports of the following three conven-
tion boards will be received: Home
Mission Board. the Rev. DR.. B. ID.
Gray, of Atlanta, Ca, corresponding
secretary; Foreign Mission Board.
the Rev. DR.. r. J. Willingham, OF
Richmond. va. corresponding secre-
tary: sunday School Board. the Rev.
Dr. ]. M. Frost, of Nashville, Tenn.
To Unveil Portrait.
One of the features of the conven-
t,on will be he unveiling OF a new
portrait of DIR. James p. Boyce. first
: president of the Southern Baptist
/ Theological seminary, which has
/ been presented to the seminary by
, the daughters of Or. Boyce. the
E Misses Elizabeth Fannie and Lucy
5 Boyce. ALI of Washington. ID. c.
: Not the least important of the side
a conventions that are to be held dur
r ing the great gathering will be that
: os that 'Womans Missionary Union
Of the south OF which Mrs. w. II.
Matlack of Louisville. is secretary.
The silver Jubilee OF the South
arn 1antist Theological seminary
IN iii no celebrated tomorrow.