The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14
are hundreds Of visitors and then tho
woman attending the Womon'a Mia

HoIlo. HttSho''b W. P" $3.50 Wis
Between its annual sessions the
work OF tho convention is, carried on
board. located In Richmond: the lIoms
| Mission Board. located In Atlanta, Ga.
and the Sunday School Board. located
Esshye tenn SeT Shssd the
ut Louisville DO omitted from this
count The seminary board Of trus-
tees flls its vacancies from lists OF
1t also reports to the convention year
by year. II should he understood that
besides the mission work done In the
South by the Home Mission Board OF
the convention. In almost every South (
ern State Baptists have State boards
that arc doing local missionary. Sun
day school and colnorser work
Therefore the figures OF gifts to
home missions through the convention
by no means represent the sum total Of
he gifts of Southern Baptists TO what
might be called home mission work
Works Along Many Lines.
The Home Mission Board OF the
southern Baptist Convention. WORKS
aionS q number Of dineren, lines, II
~ the south: tor the negroes. for iii,
western frontier: in what Is known
as the. "nOuntain section: in Cuba in
our sFeat cities; II has also u greal
cNangelistic department.. The foreign
mission board is doing work in Mexico.
Brazii. Argentine Republic. Italy.
1nina; Airlca and Japan. The sunday
school board is engaged in publication
OF lesson papers and TO A limited de-
gree, OF books. The Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary has this year an
attendance. Of Isl students
The work of the convention consists
IN the discussion OF the reports OF
.nese three boards aud of the work
81 ne seminary, The report of each
pages. is referred to convention com.
mit,ees- rhe discussion Of the reports
q q 4, these hess committees brings up in de
AS TO the speeches al the convention,
some are prepared beforehand. but
mere is fun SCOPE for free discussion
RICH. . the floor As q matter Of fact.
hundreds and hundreds OF delegates.
ministers anu laynIen never speak The
convention is So. large and usually
meets IN such a large auditorium thu [
only those who have strong voices can
make themselves heard No one can
hreaic, when Very interesting. even
eH S.,i or drama tic moments may
The set speech may prove iininterest-
iHE. and the story of some missionary
rom the mountains or the. Plains 81
the foreign field MAY electrify the vast
audience. To hear thousand men
sins one of the old songs of Zion. with
out organ or choir is full of inspira
ton and power
This year az Jacksonville the conven-
ION sermon is to he preached b. Rev
=. !. Gardner. U. y, professor Of hom-
,ietics In the Louisville Seminary. a
or inc Grace street Baptist Church.
Richmond. The officers Of the conyen-
non last year were: President Hon
Joshua l.everine, Maryland; Secretaries
rev Lansing BURROWS. -. D.. of AIneri-
Gus, Ga, and Rev. O. +, Gregory. D. D.,
Stannton, Va Mr.. lowering has been
psesideni Tor three years. prS, Bur
lows ana Gregory have been the secre-
or
nine years. The committee appointed
last year 10 arrange an order OF bust.
ness Tor the session Al jacksonville IS
as ioiioWs: Hon. Joshua lowering. Dr
> Willinghain: pr. y. - Gray. pr
= NJ; Frost, pr. T.. Y. Mullins, Or, j. L
Cnlnr session Predicted.
There are no questions or situa-
,ions which promise TO provoke cxcit-
ing debate at Jacksonvine and the
regnlar routine will probably be pnr-
resolution Will bring on an animated
debate; There will be rejoicing this
year that the foreign and home boards
report more money raised than durin..
last year, ana sorrow that the forei..ni
board reports Il debt of $4,000 An cf
TORI may be made to provide FOR THIS
uebt, but usually in The last few years
nigh pressure collections at the con
Nenton have not often take place.
In 1915, when the convention was
organized in Augusta Ga. a party Of
'1'il'c toI " iNclcSnteS' from MArNluu u
ana virginia Travelled together pr.
Letter wrote of this trip as follows
The Journey was one OF marked inter-
est II was performed by rail 10
Wilmington. y, c.. and thence bv
steamer down the Cape Fear River and
along the Atlantic coast to Charleston.
~. {. In our trip down the river ali
we're cheerful, bright and sociable. but
we had scarcely reached the ocean be-
lore we were in "A dreadful storm One
after another the passengers were seiz
ed with that most unpleasant disease
seasickness. Rev u. Witt wittiIv said
hres. We can carry on the boat by
flea wing" The tempest became OK
! cecdinEly heavy. the boat was forced
10 scud before the wind, and very So
rieus fears Of a disastrous termination
of the voyage were entertained bv the
lneXperienced landlubbers. The de-
sstrhction of that living cargo would
nave heen great calamity TO the Ban
! lists of Virginia.
The Virginia and Maryland delcea.
llon this year will be able 10 90
straight through 10 IacksonviIle. ali
the way by rail. Some will 20 bv The
Scaboard and some by the Atlantic
Coast Line and some by the South
ern II Is to- be hoped that ali will
have n safe trip.