The Detroit times., 1911-05-29
bAPT|STS OUT To
LAND CONVENTION
Will Try To Bring Big Northern
Meeting, With Over 5000 Dele
gates Here in 1918.

Steps to secure the Northern Bap-
tist convention for Detroit in 1913.
were taken In the weekly meeting or
the Detroit Baptist Ministers confer
ence, Monday morning. The conven-
tion Is usually attended by upwards
Of 5000 delegates, clergymen and lay.
men. This years meeting Is TO be
held In Philadelphia, next month. The
sessions generally last over week.
Detroit stood a good chance OF
| landing" the convention for 1912, but
gave way to Des Moines, Ia, the dele
gates from the latter place intimatine
that they would pull" for Detroit in
the 1911 convention. With Des
Moines support, the Detroit Baptist
| clergymen feel that there Will be no
difficulty In convincing the convention
that Detroit Is the proper place for
the 1918 gathering. The Rev. Frederic
Tower Galpin, Of the First Baptist
church, was appointed chairman OF a
committee to promote the plan OF Sc
curing the convention. 1t Is under
stood that the Chicago delegation ia
vors Detroit as the meeting place for
1918 Chicago had the convention last
year. The Detroit delegates expect
to have special car hitched 20 a
special train which is to carry the
Chicago and other western delega-
tions. The special will pass through
Detroit, June IL. bound for Philadel-
phia.
II was expected by some in attend
ance, Monday morning, that more air
ing would be given the trouble be
tween the North Woodward Baptist
congregation and the Highland Park
Baptist mission, but no public state
ments were made. Developments,
however, have taken place since the
Rev. T. w. Young. pastor of the North
Woodward church, intimated in the
meeting, last Monday, that he intend
led-to- fight the mission by filing a
formal protest with the Baptist City
union against the mission, because II
was, he alleged, drawing support from
his congregation.
"The members of the mission held
meeting. Friday night" said the
Rev. E Bond Griffith, In charge OF the
mission, to The Times, "and they de-
cided to continue the work. In spite
of what DIR. Young says or threatens
to do. There are people in that mis-
sion who would never go to the
North Woodward church, In view OF
what has taken place. DR.. Young Is
simply fighting for his life-that's all
there Is to the interference. Why,
we are too far away to hurt his
church, as he represents we do.
II understand that the North Wood
ward church has filed its protest, but
I haven't heard whether any action
has been taken. We are not worry
ing. however"
Miss Evaline Gardner, head OF the
Children's bureau, of the Associated
Charities. delivered an address on her
work. She said the duties of the
bureau were largely those OF caring
for children who became homeless
through the separation Of their par
ents: also looking after children af.
fected by the child labor laws. In
describing the manner in which the
work was carried on, Miss Gardner
told of a number of reoonciliations
which had been effected between sep
arated parents, by which means chill
dren who were left practically home
less we're again placed in comfortable
anu, ndppy hOmCb. hC d5oOSidtiOh
didn't like to place children In orphan
asylums, because statistics had shown
that institutional life was not as
wholesome and effective for good as
the average family home, Miss Gard
ner said She also told OF helping
girls as old as 21 and %.
In the discussion which followed
her paper. the Rev. c. G. Morse, OF
the Scotten-ave. Baptist church,
brought up the question OF enforcing
the anti-cigarette law. He said he
had seen young boys smoking cigar
cites. Sunday, and he was In hopes
that the Children's bureau Of the AS
ISOLATED Charities, or some institu-
ton Of the kind, might take the mat.
ter up. Miss Gardner said she would
have the question brought before tie
bureau. She was given hearty vote
of thanks.
This was the last meeting until the
fall.