The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-21
CHURCHES COMING
CLOSER TOGETHER
Step Toward Better Relations
Between North and South
Taken.
coNFEREEs ARE APPOINTED
Christianization of World Is Dis
cussed at Meeting OF
Baptists.
coNFEREEs ARE APPOINTED

Jacksonville, Fla. May o0.--A step
toward the establishment of better re-
lations etwee the Northern and
southern branches of the Baptist
Church was taken OF the afternoon ses-
sion of the Southern Baptist Conven-
lion to-day. when a committee or six
headed by Joshua lowering, of Mary
land. was named to confer with a sim
Her committee from the Northern
church. The other members OF the com
mittee ere e. Y. Mullins, Kentucky:
Carter Helm Jones. OF oklahoma; Ian
sing Burrows, OF Georgia: George 3.
Taylor and W. II. Smith, of Virginia.
Another committee also was appoint
cd to confer with the Worlds Baptist
Alliance to ecu the cooperation Of
different Baptist mission bodies in a
combined effort for the christianiza-
tion or the world. The members are:
E. Y. Mullins. chairman. and j. n.
Prestridge. Kentucky; F. c. Mcconnell,
Texas; g.. W. Mcdaniel, Virginia, and
C. ". Daniel. Georgia.
A committee was appointed to con-
fer with other denominations to see il
some arrangement could not be reached
en- doctrinal differences. 1t is as fol-
lows: e. c. Dargan. Georgia.: Joshua
lowering, Maryland; George W. Truett,
Texas; John R Gampey, Kentucky; J..
P. Greene. Missouri; E. E. Folk. Ten
nessee, and c. e. Burts. OF South Caro-
lima.
The report of the committee on de-
nominational education was read by
E.. E. Folk. of Tennessee.
DR., D. NJ. Ramsey. of Greenville Fee
male college, South Carolina, and r.
T. Vann OF Meredith College, North
Carolina. addressed the convention on
the report.
The report OF the committee or the
Baptist World Alliance, as presented by
DR.. Prestridge. was adopted. 1t report
ed that $4,000 was subscribed at Bal
timore to bring European preachers
To the meeting of the alliance in Phil
adelphia.
Need Of University.
DR.. A. J. Winning, of Canada, ad-
dressed the convention on the need OF
a. great Baptist university on the Con
tinent of Europe.
The report OF the committee o n
vice-presidents OF the home n for
eign mission boards. showing what
they had done. was read by Rev. W. D.
Powell, D. D., OF Kentucky.
Rev. a.. J. Holt. in his speech. de-
clared that twenty-four years ago. at
the convention in Richmond, he made
the prophecy that in twenty years
Texas would be giving to missions as
much as the Who'll South was then
giving.
This prophecy has been fulfilled. He
also told OF the work among the In
dians. He has known the Indians since
1858: He speaks the language OF the
Creoles and Seminoles. He was years
ago a missionary among them. and now
keeps in touch with the Creoles who
are a Christion nation. Last year the
best attended association in Oklahoma
was that OF the Indians.
Rev. NJ. z. Dodd. D. D, of Louisville
spoke about the work of mission
schools in the mountain region In
North Carolina and othor Southern
States. From this section a large pro.
portion OF preachers do and must come
Row. b. c. Mcconnell. D.: d. also
spoke on the subject OF the mission
mountain schools. Tho devotional
hour, led by DR.. Truott. coming In the
midst of she discussion OF home mis-.
slons, did not interrupt. but helped the
interest and power OF the meeting.
Tho ext speakers considered the
foreign population a few years ago