Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-07
BAPTIST WORLD
ALLIANCE MEET
Great Session to be Held in
Philadelphia This Month.

list convention of this country, the
General Convention of the Baptists
OF North America, and the Baptist
World Alliance will meet in June,
the first bodies beginning June 13,
and the Worlds Alliance June 10
rs. The Baptist Temple, of which
the Rev. DR.. Russell H. Conwell Is
pastor, will be the headquarters.
The president of the Baptist
World Alliance, who will be present
and preside until a new president is
chosen, is the Rev. DR.. John Clifford,
Of England, n of the foremost men
of Great Britain, not alone as a Bap-
fist, but as a publicist. He has been
pastor of one London church since
1858. His history is also that of
late Free Church development in
England. There comes also from
England Sir George w. McAlpine,
president Of the Baptist Union of
Great Britain, chairman of the Bap-
fist Missionary Society.
Exceptional interest centers in the
delegates who come to Philadelphia
from Russia and southeastern
Europe. Against almost medieval
prosecutions, Baptist ministers have
won their way in Greek and Russian
Catholic lands. The Rev. w. Fetler
Is pastor of the largest Baptist
church in St. Petersburg, and the
founder of eleven other churches in
the same city, chiefly worshlpp1ng In
halls. On several occasions he has
been granted the use Of the hall of
the City Douma for his services.
Other pioneers of Baptist work in
eastern Europe who are to be in the
Alliance are the Rev. Peter Doychoff,
a prominent religious leader In the
Balkans, who was educated at Ped
die Institute, Hightstown, where he
was a student nearly thirty years
ago; the Rev. V. Pouloff, a Russian,
who has been exiled to Siberia, and
Norbert F. Capek, a descendant of
the followers of John Huss and a
Czech, leader of Bohemia. American
Baptists have subscribed $40, 900
with which the travel expense of
these European pioneers is paid that
they may visit the Alliance.
Concerning a proposed European
College, the Rev. F. B.. Meyer, of
London, will speak, and other Eng
fish Baptist leaders will be the Rev.
]. II. Shakespeare, who is secretary
of the Baptist Missionary Society of
London, and the Rev. J.. e. Roberts,
who is pastor of the most important
Baptist church of Scotland.
Mission Interests.
At Philadelphia will be considered
the great missionary and publication
interests Of Bapttsts. These run in
to the millions of dollars each year.
The foreign societies, one with head
quarters in Boston and another. with
the same in London, have work in
Burma, China, Japan and India that
requires ar outlay Of $4,000, 900
year.
In the IRIS Of the meetings at
tention will be given to the coming
centennial of Adoniram Judson's
mission 100 years 6 to Burmah,
out Of which has come all American
Baptist missionary effort. The son
Of this pioneer, Rev. DR.. Edward
Judson, is a former pastor of the
First Baptist church of East Orange
and now Of the -Judsen Memorial
church, New York city.
This Baptist World Alliance,
meeting for the second time only
since its organization, represents
about $500, 900 actual members, at
a conservative estimate, 100000 900
people, Baptists of the United
States are now claiming the largest
membership Of Protestant denomi-
nations.
There are 100000 Baptists in
Europe. OF course, the largest num-
Der are in Great Britain. but in
Italy, Sweden, Germany, and espec-
Tally In Russia and the Balkan
states, they are spreading rapidly
through missionary efforts largely
backed by Baptists of the United
States and Canada. While there are
in the United States several small
Baptist bodies, they are, for all prac-
teal purposes of enumeration, di-
vided into three large bodies. These
are the Baptists North, the Baptists
South, the Baptists Colored. The
largest single body Is the first
named.
AS a result Of this Philadelphia
meeting, Baptist leaders in America
and Europe expect to see a closer
bond established between Baptists.
Baptists like the Rev. F. B. Meyer,
of London; the Rev. Dr.. R. s. Mac
Arthur, the Rev. Dr.. H. L. More
house, the Rev. DR.. A. @. Dixon, now
going from Chicago to London to
fill the Spurgeon pulpit permanent
ly, and others, are leading In educa-
ton, in missions, In world peace, in
social service.
In the opinion of Rev. DR.. r. S.
Macarthur, the Baptist World ALI
ance may be expected to emphasize
anew "the distinctive principles of
Baptist faith and demonstrate the
new Baptist consciousness"
Baptists are taking steps to es-
tablish better relations between
their bodies North and South. The
Southern Convention, just meeting
In Jacksonville, named a committee
on comfy, headed by Joshut Lever
ing, Esq, the we'll known layman of
Baltimore, and having as other
members the Rev. DR.. e. Y. Mullens,
of Kentucky; the Rev. Dr.. Carter
Helm Jones, of Oklahoma; the Rev.
DR.. Lansing Burrows, of Georgia
formerly a minister in this state, and
the Messrs, George H. Taylor, oil
North Carolina, and w. H. Smith
OF Virginia. The Northern Conven.
ton at Philadelphia will name
committee of conference on the same
subject. During the last half doser
years conflicts have occurred ovel
extension matters, the latest betns
In Oklahoma and New Mexico. There
are differences over the transfer OF
ministers, and also over education
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