Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-17
BAPTIsTS WILL WORK
IN PAPAL COUNTRIES
Foreign Mission Board so Re-
commends to Convention.
Missionaries Poorly Paid
BY ALEX w. BEALER.

Especial DlSpatcn 10 Inc JOurnal)
BALTIMORE. Md, May H.-There were
a number OF Georgia Baptists honored
with appointments to preach in the Bal
timore pulpits tomorrow. Among them
were DR.. John E. White, DR.. E. c. Dor
gan, w. r. owen, w. L. Pickard, w. II.
Little, ]. VI. Dodd, A. ]. Cheeves, w. NJ.
Wright, DR.. L. G. Broughton. DR.. II
r. Bernard, L. j. Healy, F. Nj. Bla-
lock, j. f. Sammons, B. j. w Graham,
NJ n. Jones, j. NJ Dell, DR.. Lansing
Burrows. NJ II. Masee. j. NJ. Kelly. l..
r.. Christyi Or. S. Y. Jameson, A. Cham
lee, h. j. Smith, j. S. McLemore and A
NJ. Bennett.
The convention considered the work
of the foreign missions board. ". c.
James, of Virginia, read the report OF
the committee on papal missions. The ne
cessity of working in papal countries
was shown. The spirit of modernism and
OF iniquity was abroad in catholic coun-
tries and large numbers of the priests in
Italy, France and Spain were becoming
obedient to the faith. The people needed
10 be freed from the leadership of the
priests, many of whom were malicious
and ignorant and some were immoral
There was a sense in which Christ was
not known in papal countries.
The report Of the committee on ed-
torial and educational work was read by
DR.. George w. Truett, of Texas, who
showed the vast amount OF good that
was being done through the printed page
and the study of books bearing on the
beginning and the progress Of missions.
w. II. Kable read the report of the
committee on fields and forces of the
board, calling attention to the special
points of interest in the work
The report of the committee on pagan
fields was read by John r. Straton, OF
! Baltimore. 1t appealed to the brethren
TO be more liberal with the brethren on
the foreign field. to provide them with
better places of abode and with better
places in which to worship. God had
blessed the work in pagan fields and
there were now SO churches with 9C0J
members. In these churches there had
been l.4O0 baptisms and $4,000 had been
raised Two resolutions were adopted
looking toward the expenses. The con-
Nention last year authorized the foreign
board to advance it's work The money
had not come in on time and money had
to be borrowed. On this there had been
paid out more than $4,000 in interest
CHILDREN KILLED.
One of the resolutions called for tie
state mission secretaries to send eli
funds on as rapidly as possible The
other resolution called for church treas
urers TO be prompt in sending funds to
the state secretaries. j. L. Hart, of
Argentina, spoke to the brethren. He
said before the Baptists went to Argen-
una children who were unblessed by the
priests were no better than cows or
sheep and could be killed with impunity.
Marriages not performed by a priest were
illegal. The graves of those whose funcr-'
al was not conducted by a priest was
the abode of evil spirits.
Bosom, the great Swiss Baptist, and
others had corrected all these evils and
by them the country had been uplifted.
John Fl. Lowe, of China, told of the up-
heaval that was going on in that great
country. People were turning away from,
idols. Recently he was invited to preach
in heather temple. He replied that he
coulo not preach so long as there were
luols IN the house. In about a month
longer messenger came, telling him to
come. that the idols were gone. The peo
pie had broken up a big one and tum-
hled II into we'll. The little ones were
dumped on top OF the big one. The we'll
was filled up and the messenger was
sent for him. He found not few Chris
tians In church building, but temple
tull OF heather, and by the help of the
spirit he preached and prayed as he had
never done before.
GIFT OF 5000. ..
DIR. Willingham announced a gift of
5000 for the Chinese Baptist Theological
seminary from a member of the conven-
tion few months ago a wealthy nor
them Baptist offered to supply money
enough to equip and send out 20 new mis-
sionaries If the board would report out of
debt in coming to the convention. This
had not been done as there was a debt
Of $4,000 on the work. This brother had
sine eoffered to equip and send out ten
new missionaries if the convention would
provide for the support of ten new ones
The convention took up the offer and in
about ten minutes the brethren from the
churches had agreed to raise the money
that was needed. DIR. F. B. Meyer. presi-
dent of the Worlds Sunday School con-
Nention by special invitation, addressed
the convention. He is from London and
is looked up on as one of the greatest
spiritual forces in the world. He stirred
the hearts of the brethren wonderfully by
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