The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-21
.DAPT|STS DISCUSS CHURCH PROBLEMS Home Mission Board Does
 Interesting Work PLEA FOR HOWARD Churches Are Urged to Complete Endowment - Seminary Educa-
 ton Is Discussed Phil
 lips Makes Big Hit
By F. W. STANLEY

By F. W. STANLEY
 Greenville. July a0.-(Special) )-Dr. A
 P Montague opened the service of the i State Baptist convention Wednesday night with prayer. Mrs. F.. A. Beeland l delighted the audience with beauti- ] ful solo, after which the regular bust ness of the evening was entered into The meeting was presided over by H S. D. Mallory of Selma. who is the first vice president of the convention, owing to the indisposition of the president. Reports were called for and a splendid report on home missions was made by pr. W. F. Marlborough. The home mis- sion board has under its direction 3 | splendid rural school at Pisgah near 1 Scottsboro in the mountainous district l and a report was called for from the president of this school.
 pr. B. D. Gray, cores bonding secre- tary of the home mission board of the l Southern Baptist convention. from At lanta. talked about an hour. He de- l lighted the assembly with one of the
 most entertaining and interesting ad- dresses that has yet been heard by the convention.
 The Thursday morning session opened i at o'clock with President R. E. Pettus
 in the chair. 1 President Pettus introduced Dr. P. 1z Hale. representing the Baptist seminal& l at Louisville, Ky. pr. Hale madeA i splendid address of perhaps half an hdW
 on the needs and work of the seminary l Dr. Hale is lecturer on evangelism and l financial secretary of the Southern Bap- l tist seminary. At the conclusion of Dr. Hale's address H. s. D. Mallory came for ward with resolution for the convention, which read as follows: "Appreciating the | debt that we owe to the Southern Bap- I tst Theological seminary, realizing the importance of this great institution to l all our progress we earnestly hope that our church will promptly complete the lapportionment of the state toward the en- dowment' The resolution was unani- mously adopted.
 l call was made for all seminary men 10 stand and nearly all the great conven- ton sprang 10 their feet. Dr. Hale was called on after a discussion by the Rev. l w. N Lee of East Lake on ministerial leducation MT. Lee treated his subjec- in a most able manner. Showing the need of education that a preacher feels and how much good education does for him. Dr. w. NJ. Blackwelder of West End, Birmingham, conducted short de- votional service. The chair was given to ] DT. w. J. COX, WHO pTeSlucu lHtOuSH II this part of the session.
 The Rev. w A Davis, treasurer of
 Howard college endowment fund, was | called 10 the rostrum and he made a 1 plea that the churches give the remain l ing si5, GOO that they had promised to the l fund. The Rev. R. s. Gavin, pastor of | the First Baptist church of Huntsville,
 was then called and made a short speech | on the subject.
 af Ipav tist church of Mobile was introduced anc he made one of the hits of the conven
 tion. He is a recent conner to the stat'
 and he made a most favorable impres
 sion this morning.
 l Five or six others were called to tht rcstrum and all made splendid speeches The Rev. R. S. Gavin. the second speak
 CT, made quite a sensation when he re
 buked the state board of education fo
 dismissing one of Alabama's promnen educators. Although he gave no name
 everyone knew it to be pr. Abercrombie
 and he paid high compliment to the gifted - man. As he was speaking. there was al C attempt at a cheer, but the speaker dis
 couraged it. Dr. A. Montague, presden of Howard college, at Birmingham, spok' briefly of the great work being done b. Howard college.
 Dr. R. c. Patrick president of Jud son cellege. Marion, touching on thu ! influence of the Judson in the making } of wives and mothers. pr. B. F. Giles l president of the Southern Femal, college, Tuscaloosa, and Rev. pr
 Barber of Tuscaloosa, made a shor
 address on the work being done b!
 that institution. President Tate wht is at the head of the Baptist collegiat, at Newton, spoke briefly on the worl : that was being carried on. Carte Wright, president of the Baptist edu cational commission, spoke for half al } hour on the needs of "Education il | Alabama" q had rather a boy O
 mine would blow an OK three SCOT years and receive the riches in tn
 great beyond than see him Presiden , of the United States" he said. pr. ". J. Cox, secretary of the edu
 cational commission, spoke of the ia
 eaching effect of Christian schools
 impresslng the necessity of havinj
 courses in the Bible in every denom
 national school Unless we stand b.
 our Christian schools we will see tn
 sad effect upon our. churches of tn
 future. The commission must hay
 something solid to work on'' The cal
 was made for annual pledges am
 s433o was subscribed. Carter Wrigh
 and w. W. Campbell of Tuskegee eacl
 subscribed 5000 per year for the re , mainder of their lives. Mir. Wrigh
 stated that he hoped that when h,
 had gone to the great beyond that h,
 would have left sufficient means tt
 carry on certain amount of educa tional work
 The afternoon session of the Alabama State Baptist convention opened with al
 most full auditorium of delegates Pres
 ident R. E. Pettus occupied the chair
 Miscellaneous business was taken up ant Chairman Conner of the nominating com mttee of the place of meeting of ths
 next convention, time of meeting and preacher, read the report of the com mittee. The committee submitted tho report recommending Jasper as the nexI mee ting place. time of year, July ana
 the preacher Dr. Preston Blake of Bi- mrgham and T, L. Mosely of Ozark a. alternate. Chairman Conner had hardly i finished reading the report of the com n1ittee before the Rev O. P Bentle,
 of Enterprise was on his feet with I;
 motion to substitute Enterprise in tn,
 report instead of Jasper. The Rev. Bent
 ley's resolution aroused a heated dis cussion. The Rev. J. II. Longcrier O Jasper was recognized by the chair an. made a ringing addfes, pleading for tn, convention vote for Jasper The Rev
 Bentley of Enterprise was recognized b, tse president, and he, too made an earn est argument for the convention to mee at Enterprise in 1912.
 The president called for the vote. whicl 5 was: Eufaula 9, Enterprise 59, Jasper Si I Dr. Dickinson of Birmingham and tn , Rev. Stakely of Montgomery voted fo
 Enterprise, while H. S. D. Mallory vote,
 for Jasper. The Rev. F. D. Farrior o
 Pineapple made an address in which h
 endeaVored to have submitted in the re port the time of meeting of July unti n November at this time. Miscellaneou