The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-05-25
BAPTIST CONVENTION
ELECTS OFFICERS

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.-Special-
To the great surprise Of many of the
delegates attending the Southern Bap-
tist Convention here, DR.. b. c. Dar-
gan. pastor of First Baptist Church.
macon, Ca. yesterday afternoon was
elected to the presidency Of this great
religious body over the incumbent.
joshua Levering, president of the
Board of Trustees of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
Officers of the contention were
CHOSEN at the afternoon session when
LOO delegates gathered in the hall
OF the new Shriners Temple Mr..
Levering was proposed for reelection
ana has admirers fancied that the
honor would certainly go to him The
nomination of DR.. Dargan, therefore.
came somewhat unexpectedly to them.
and they were still more astonished
when final count Of the votes show
ed that the minister had been elected.
Vice presidents were chosen as fol-
lows; Rev. John d. Nell. of Georgia:
II. 5. D. Mallory, of Alabama; G. A
Carson, of Florida. State Senator. and
w: Nj. Whcttington, Of Greenwood.
Miss
Dr. Lansing Burrows. of Americus.
Ca, and DR.. Oliver +. Gregory. OF
Staunton. Va, were reelected SeCre
taries. George w. Norton. Of Louis
vile, Ky, was reelected treasur,I
and William II. Harvey also OF Louis
VILE was reelected auditor
{. a. Carson, of KiSsimmee. Fla.
delivered the address OF welcome.
which was responded TO by DR.. II. \.
Sumral, of Shreveport, Ia.
\ resolution calling attention TO the
| fact that new trustees of the Theoiug-
ical Seminary were To Ne elected from
the States of South Carolina. VIRGINIA
| Texas. North Carolina. Tennessee. Mis-
souri, Maryland and the District of
| Columbia. was offered by Joshua Lev
| ering on behalf of the Louisville in
stitution. At his instance a commit
tee was appointed to nominate men
who could be elected by the conven-
ton.
The report of the Sunday School
! Board-Or. rather. a digest OF it
was submitted by Dr. J. NJ. Frost.
while the foreign and home mission
! reports were respectively made by DR..
| +. J. Willingham and Dr l.. B. Gray.
! According TO the report of the sun
| day School Board. that body. during
| the past year. has given in cash TO
| the different departments OF the work
/ the total sum OF $6O.S21. and in gifts
| of periodicals and books. $S.S21 ad-
ditOnal OF this amount $2.50O was
| gwen to the Home Mission Board.
| S2. 500 to the Foreign Mission Board.
land $4,000 toward the endowment
fund for a Southern Baptist Theolog-
| ical Seminary
The growth OF the work is shown
! bN the statement that the total re-
ceipts i'm 1892 were but $4,000. Dur
/ ling the past year they were S21S.446.
Since 1892 the board has given away
/ tp various departments of the ConVen-
| uon $424.692.
Foreign Mission Work.
In the report OF the Foreign Mis-
/ work i'm Italy is urged in forcetul
language.
The convention is carrying ON for
/ ci2n mission work i'm two sections.
onc is known MS the pagan field. en-
| lbrlciuG Africa. China and Japan.
( icouutricS where Christ is not known.
land the other is designated as the
pupal neld. embracing Italy. Mexico.
EraZi and ArGentine. countries in
which the BAPTIST claim that Christ
/ is not fully known and the gospel is
not fully preached.
Missionary work I'M foreign lands
Was begun by southern BapustS in
1875. Now there are 291 Baptist
churches on alien soil. Connected with
them are 600 out stations. where
preaching is regularly carried on
In China there are eleven churches
which are self-supporung. in Africa
one and in Brazil SEVEN continues
the report. There are today seas
/ Cinnamon who are members Of Bap-
tist churches, 610 Africans. 57S Jap
ancse. 1.011 Italians. 2,O43 MeNicans.
Nll62 RraZilianS and 24S natives OF
Argentina. During the past year there
have been l,512 boptisms i'm the Chi
ncsc churches. 6N iu Africa. So IN
Japan. 1O9 i'm Italy 500 in MeNiCo.
l,414 i'm Brazil and So iu ArEcuuna-
a total OF $,61S. This IS the LARGEST
number of baptsms ever reported
from the fDrciEU field i'm 1 SiE1lN year.