Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-05-17
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY
CHURCH CANNOT RE DIVORCED
FROM SOCIAL AND ECO.
NOMIC PROBLEMS.
TEXAS after Convention
san Antonio l. Seeking 1913 Conven-
tlon OF Southern Baptlsts--
state VIII Vote solid.

OKLAHOMA CITY May 1G.-Bap.
/ tlst ministers should be just little bit
more worldly or more properly, they
need q better understanding Of eco
|nomic and soc.alistlc problems. nc
/ Icording 10 the Views of President IL. Y.
Mullins of the southern Baptist Theo-
/ logical Seminary at Louisville Tho
students of the seminary may gain
such knowledge, said Mullins, in the
next few years.
The Rcv Mr.. Mullins explained to
/ the convention that the institution Is
IN need of "A permanent ministerial ed
ucational fund and an authorized
board for its administration. lie de-
clared the seminary could have en-
rolled more than 3l2 students last
year had It had sufficient funds to aid
those who made application.
Need an Educated Ministry.
Dr George II, Edgar, member Of the
seminary faculty pleaded for the es-
tablishment of chair Of sociology.
/ lie outlined certain sociological phe-
nomena of the present day and con-
nected the same with an urgent
need of an educated ministry to cope
with them. lie discussed the move
ment Of the urbane population OF tho
nation toward the cities.
THE two vicious elements that
| flock to the city from the country"
he said, "arc first the indolent wealthy
class and. secondly the illlterate ignor-
ant class who, by the laws Of heredity
are possessed Of criminal or semi
criminal tendencies The most oD-
Vious step to take TO meet this con-
dltion is to train up Il Christian minis
try capable, intellectually as well as
morally TO do its part In the way or
leadership ana the Corralory to this
is that the denomination should begin
at once to provide sufficient material
means to effect this object"
Age of Practical Christianity.
I'VE have reached the age Of prac-
teal christianity" said Dr j. J.. White
of Memphis, in discussing the pro-
posed chair Of sociology In the SEM
mary The church cannot divorce
itself from the socal and economic
problems"
The Rev. i. p. Faulk of Waco,
Tex, also spoke on the subject. The
request of President Mullins was re-
ferred to a special committee to con-
slider and report.
The recommendation Of the COM
mittee yesterday, reporting that
board of journalism be named, whose
business would be to publish re-
liglous newspaper under the aus
pices of the Southern Baptist conven-
ton, was unanimously voted down by
the convention this afternoon. The
report was read by Milton Riggs
Baptist editor Of st. Louis. 1t pro-
voked some warm discussion.
Vote Down OFFICIAL Paper.
Those opposing the establishment
of an official denominational publ
cation pleaded ernestly for an inde-
pendent religious press and independ-
ent editors. There are now nineteen
Baptist publications In this jurisdic-
ton with a circulation aggregating
100000. An official organ it was do
clared might prove disastrous to some
of them.
Rev. Or. r. T. Hanks, chairman.
read the list Of nominees to fiji the
nine vacancies on the list of trustees
of the Southern Baptist theological
seminary. For each vacancy three
were nominated from the convention
and from this number the trustees
viii select the required number. The
nominations We're: Aabama-Paul
Bonner, w. w. Campbell, r. L. Pettus;
Arkansas-Ben Cox l.. c. BARTON i.
i. Gibson; Maryland and District Of
Columbia - John Roach Stratton,
Charles r. Bagby. II. 5. Pinkham
Mississippi B. LEVEL, NJ NJ
Barton, Martin Bin North Carolina
Livingston Johnson, W. c. Tyree, w.
c. Barrel; Lousana--L. Il. Thomas
C. L. jenkins. W. Il. Jengle; Tennes-
sew. d, Dlllard W. II. Major, l. ~
Ia aNipr
Spencer Tunnel, Norman Smith, r.
II. Hunt r. W. Weaver; Texas
Howard Ardry, Q. L. Haley S. J,
Porter, f. c. Mcconnell X. 7. Hanks
and Forrest Smith,
Favor College in China.
Prof. John r. Henderson, Bristol,
Tenn, read the report on the laymens
movement. The commit
tee had spent during the year $685.
SS, of which the Sunday school board
paid S123.S4 and Sl991i was raised
by field contributions \ laymen's
to be held in some central
southern city, was called for by the
report and the latter motion was spe-
officially asked for by the convention
Itself.
At a meeting Of the Texas delegation
lt the First Christian church imme-
iiately after the adjournment, it was
decided TO hold a conference on Texas
state wide evangelism at the Friday
afternoon session after adjournment
rhe proposition to build the first Bap-
list college In China which has $780,
700, 600 people and no advanced school
vas champloned at the Texas conven-
ion last year and the proposition was
hen made that Texas would give the
irst $50 600 toward a million dollars
or schools on foreign fields. The