The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-03-29
GOLDEN JUBILEE OF A
GREAT WORK OF
American Baptist
Missionary Society
President johnson Reviews History of
sooiety-Thcusands Have Been
Helped Through its Efforts
Many Prominent Speakers on
Piatform-TimeIy Remarks.


The golden jubilee of the beginning
of work of the American Baptist
Home Mission Society in the South
was celebrated last Sunday afternoon
at Roger Williams University.
In opening the meeting President
Johnson stated the purpose of the
celebration, giving a historical state.
ment Of the beginning of missionary
work by the American Baptist Home
Mission Society He said under in.
structions OF the boards, Rev. How.
ard Osgood visited Fortress Monroe
and vicinity and reported the result
OF his Investigations February 27
1862. This report was referred to
the committee on missions and at
the annual meeting in Providence
May 20, 1862, committee of five
was appointed. The committee re-
sentee report which was unanimous
ly adopted, as follows:
Resolved, That we recommend the
society to take immediate steps to
supply with Christian instruction, by
means of missionaries and teachers.
the emancipated slaves, whether in
the District of Columbia or in other
places held by our forces, and also
10 lnapgurate system of operations
for carrying the gospel alike to free
and bond throughout the whole South
ern section CT our country, so fast and
so far as the progress of our arms
and the restoration Of order and law
shall open the way"
June rs, 1862, the board voted chat
immediate measures be adopted for
tie occupation by our missionaries of
such Southern fields as in the provi-
dence of God may be opened tc our
operations"
On the same day Rev. Isaac w.
Brinkencf and Rev. Jonathan w.
Horton were commissioned to labor
among Negroes on the island of St
Helena, S. c., and September 16 DR..
Solomon Peck, for many years Core
spending Secretary of the Missionary
Union, volunteered his services and
was commissioned to Bufort, S. G.
From the first the work prospered
and the church in Bufort in 1867 re-
ported 1000 members, divided into
four parishes each having a preach
er who co-operated with a pastor
Fresh Impulse Given.
Fresh impulse was given to the
work by President Lincoln's announce
meDt September %, 1852, that he
would recommend to Congress the
passage Of a bill for emancipation in
all portions of the country.
The Emancipation Proclamation
was issued January 1, 1868.
After emancipation the work took
en- new life and grew rapidly.
Miss Linella Long sang "The
Palms." by Faure.
Prof. O. A. Jackson read a paper on
the life and character of DR. George
Sale, who, he said, was to be revered
in the highest degree for his faith
fulness and devotion to the cause of
education. His name is a household
word among white and colored peo-
pie throughout the South. His six
teen years work at the Atlanta Bap-
tist Seminary produced most re-
markable influence. upon the Society
of Atlanta.
Scarcity of Educated Men.
Rev. VIM. Haynes, pastor the Syl-
7an Street Baptist Church, deplored
the scarcity of educated ministers and
expressed deep regret at the death
of DR.. George Sale, who was working
so strenuously to correct this evil
condition when he passed into the
other world.
Prof: ]. d. Crenshaw spoke of the
necessity of uniting the industrial
with the spiritual educational life and
his remarks by references
to the life and work of the Lord
Jesus.
Miss Grace Eaton gave very inter
esting talk on the life and character
of DR. Phillips, a former president of
Roger Williams.
DR.. c, L. White sent a telegram of
regret.
The choir sang, "a Mighty Fortress
is Our Lord" which was DR.. Sales
favorite hymn, which closed the ex-
eroises Of a great day in the history
of this noted educational institution
President Johnson stated that the
Negro population of the South at the
time of emanpipation was nearly :
100000, but it is now over 10000 900.
Or an increase Of nearly 100 per cent.
He said the board spent on South
ern Negro education last year $132,-
300 and in the past fifty years S6OOO,-
200, which had been transmitted into
The work has taken
wide scope, embracing every state.
He said the Southern white Baptists
also contribute largely to the relig-
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