The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
PREACHERS SHOULD
 BE MORE WORLDLY
Have Reached the Age of
 Practical Christianity
DEFEAT NEWSPAPER
Paul Bonner, w. w. Campbell and R. E. Pettus of Alabama Are Among Nominees for Semin-
 ary Board of Trustees

Oklahoma City. Okla. May 16.--Baptist ministers should be just little bit more worldly. or more properly, they need a better understanding Of economy and sociological problems, according tp the views of President E. Y. Mullins of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary at Louisville. That students of the seminary may gain such knowledge President Null lins and the board of trustees today petl- toned the convention to establish a chair of sociology in the seminary, according to their views, expressed before the con- ventlon today. it is as much the duty of the church to help those outside the church solve the problem of earning a living as well as in aiding them to live cleaner and better lives
 The Rev. Mullins explained to the con- Vention that the institution is in need of q permanent ministerial educational fund, and an authorized board for its ad- ministration.
 He declared the seminary could have enrolled more than 312 students last year lao 1t had sufficient funds to aid those wlio made application.
 Dr George E. Edgar member of the seminary faculty, pleaded for the estab- lishment of a chair of sociology He out llned certain sociological phenomena of the present day and connected the same witk the urgent need of an educated mln- istry to cope with them. He discussed the movement of the urban population of the nation toward great cities and social certers. Two Vicious Elements
 ''The two vicious elements that flock to the city from the country" he said, are. first the insolent. wealthy class and. second the illiterate, ignorant class who, by the laws of hereditary are pos sessed of criminal or semi-crimnal ten- dencies. The most obvious immediate step to take to meet this condition is to train up ministry capable, intellectually as well as morally, to do it's part in the Way of leadership and correlary to this is that the denomination should begin at once to provide sufficient material means to effect this object"
 We have reached the age of practical Christianity" said pr. J. L. White of Memphis, in discussing the proposed chair oe sociology in the seminary "The church can no longer divorce itself from the social and economic problems that press for solution at the hands of conse- crated, intelligent men,"
 The recommendation of the committee yesterday that board of journalism be named whose business would be to pub lish a religious newspaper under the aus pices of the Southern Baptist convention. was unanimously voted down by the convention this afternoon.
 List of Nominees
 Rev Dr. R. Hanks, chairman, read the list of nominees to fill the nine vacan- eies on the board of trustees of the South- ern Baptist Theological Seminary:
 Ihe nominees are:
 Alabama-Paul A Bonner, w. w. Camp hel., R. D. Pettus.
 Gibson.
 Jchn R. Stratton, Charles T. Bagby, H. s. Pinkham.
 Mississippi-James B. Ievell, w. E. Bar ton, Martin Ball.
 Louisiana--L. E. Thomas, c. E. Jenkins, W. II. Brengle.
 North Carolina-Livingston Johnson, w. c. Tyree, w. c. Barrett.
 Tennessee-J w. billiard, W. H. Major, I. N. Penick, J. Pike Powers, J. J. Tay- To-, Spencer Tunnel, Norman Smith, R. H. Hunt, E. w. Weaver.
 Texas-Howard Ardrey, O. l.. Haley, s. J. Porter, F. c. Mcconnell, R. T. Hanks and Forrest Smith.
 Prof. John T. Henderson of Bristol, Tenn, read the report on the laymens missionary movement. The committee srent during the year si,63S.3S of which the Sunday school board paid $l2364 and Ss5.17 was raised by field contributions. A laymen's convention to be held in some central southern city was called for by the report and later was more specific ally asked for by the convention itself.