The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-12-08
Repert = Secretary uyi1ssloa
johnson Received
REPORTOF sUHDlYsCA00ls
Twelve Diplomas Presented 20 Me,'
ard wo~sea Who Have Com2lcscsl
Teachers Training Coarse--I.arg'
ga Number Ministerial students
Ever In Wake Forest College.

Winston Salem. Dec. THE first
matter to come before the Baptist
State Convention yesterday after the
devotional service. was considers
fion Of the report Of the board OF
missions and Sunday schools. Rev.
Livingston Johnston read the report
which showed that during the year
3uss closed the Baptists OF North
Carolina have contributed to state
missions. ffs-ssI.es; To foreign
missions. $3s.ssf-2s; to home mis-
xson&. s.z.e75.1S: TO education $6,-
Tae.s.: 10 Sunday school missions.
Sx.scs.a. TO ministerial relief. ST.
eeAs,. and the women's Missionary
Unsoa has given to state. foreign
and home missions. S3s.eos.3s.
Mr. Iohnson complimented the
women and their work highly and
said they always abide BIZ the PAUL.
me teaching 10 keep silence In the
church and never spoke In an aud
~nce where men we're present. not
even TO make An announcement. bnt
sk~y had gone on steadily with their
ucrk. Several women from the
onion we're present as visitors and
they we're recognized By . rising
vote Of the Convention Mr.. John
sxon urged the convention TO make
the crusrsbntscn 80 foreign mission
aries So. eos befSre the next meet
ing of the Southern Baptist Corven-
tIos IN NAY. 1919.
The report Of Sunday schools
showed an enrollmenf OF schools IN
tA~ convention equal 20 IS per cent
% the church membership While he
~nreiinenf 81 schools IN the South
~rn Bap.lkt Convention Is equal 70
81 PER cent Of the church nen-
axrrkip.
= ~ Fr<s and q. w. Spilna,
s1oke 10 the report and Mr.. Spilman
pr~s<nf<1 Il diplomas 20 men and
som<r kasfng conpieted the teach
e. frHinsne cosrs<. He said the frs'
esyscmx rss presented ten years ago
10 Miss Carrie Mclean. Of. Char.
tess~. and since then s.eos had been
Frersrfe<-
A v Brown and c. v. L. Mas
hers spoke II the interest Of home
missions Nr. Brown said Ia as
reznsirz Of the soGfh In the noun
tain cifrfrs. ss5.se0 osf Of a popu-
lxtion Of stf.sso. IN the south are
rspfisss xnz the Bxptists ontnumber
AL ether Denominations In North
Esrolinx. soash csrolina. Georgia,
Alahams and the mountain section
~ Kenfuesy.
TIE interest q the srcsaern Bap-
go Theological Seminary wzs pre-.
s~nted a. the afternoon session and
pledges ~ several hundred dollxrs
wers taken for loan funs for bene.
e. q North Carolina sfudents nos
n the Seminary.
The report on education showed
- students Al wake Forest College
pFsgzrirr for the ministry. three 70
as m~dirzi missionaries. This IL the
largest nuuh*r OF Ministerial stu.
1@nts N the hlHory u the college Al
enc time. Tia report sbored 81 Of
tksA~ receive help from the board.
TIE report - re ssed ministers re-
iief board Showed that neariy three.
tftha % the churches IL the oonsen.
si~s give nashlnF 10 the fund for the
espp1rf 81 aged ministers. one
fourth ~ the associations give moth
ing. a numiner ~ others TITr almost
ngfhlnr ard four associations giving
hefhing have benefclafles on the
koxrd.
y. n 1srdan. one Of the oldest
members ~ fte convention Who or
Ksnlzed The FIrst Baptist church IN
winsfon-satem IN 1871. spoke of bis
work In that connection ard Of the
growth here % the denomination,
shich nov has air churches