The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-27
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
CONVENTION NEARs END
DR.. +. L. Lights Is Again Chosen as
President of Negro Baptist
Missionary Convention.

At the conclusion of Rev Murff's
= great lecture at Thursday evening
session of the Texas Negro Baptist
Foreign Missionary convention DR.
e. w. d. Isaac offered a ferYen,
: payer for the united support by the
: Baptist brethren for the missionary
and his wife In their missionary en-
deayors at Cape Town, South Afr
ca.
The announcement that DR.. e. W..
ID. Isaac of Nashville, Tenn, would
!, preach was sufficient to bring to.
gether such large crowd at Thurs
day nights service that standing
room within the church could not
be gained.
Just before beginning the devo-
Eiions President Lights took an offer
ling for the foreign mission work in
lCape Town which amounted to
about $1,000.
Rev. ]. B. Pins of Austin was in
vited to the stand to read the scrip
| ture. The minister read the twenty
second Psalm and kew. A. Barbour |
Eof Galveston offered prayer.
The choir sang HE Has Redeem
ed Our Souls
Rev. ]. B. Pins introduced Dr.
Isaac as the speaker of the evening.
Text, Acts IS. Subject, THE Dy-
manic Energy in Christianity" The
sermon was instructive, helpful and
was well regeived.
The session Friday morning was
opened at 10 o'clock Nearly all
early morning trains brought In 9th 4
er messengers to this meeting. The
number now In attendance will prob
ably reach five hundred. Nearly
every section of the state is well
me devotions were conducted by
fev. H. R. Wilson, Rev H. w. Ben
iy read the twenty-second Psa.ii. II
md led in prayer. II
Rev. A. C. Capers conducted a BIZ II
lie lesson on world Wide Mis-
IONS IN which the discussion
roved both helpful and instructiv11I
. those who are interested in mis-
lonary operations in foreign fields.
Inc committee on enrolment |
lade another partial report of the
nances thus far collected or repoev
! by the churches and other auxil-
lr1es represented in this eonven-
on. IL
AT this point Dr. D. A Scott, state
iperintendent of Sunday school
MISSIONS, Went to the piano and led i
he congregation in singing Where II
esus Is There's Heaven There"
DR.. A. Barbour of Galveston then
n very befitting remarks introduced II
President Lights who read his an.
rlal message to the convention. The
message was d very full and compre-
hensIve document and dealt with
some OF the most vital points con-
aimed in the endeavors of the chris
ian churches to preach the gospel
n foreign fields. DR.. Lights said
among other things that 1t is not /
enough for us to be concerned about
the gospel to the heather
or fear that they might be lost, but
We should fear for the fate of the
'hurch if it should not do its full
iuty in aiding fl the salvation of
he lost,
AT the opening of the evening ses-
sion the time was largely taken dp
in discussing the presidents mes
sage
Rev H R. Wilson conducted the
devotional services.
Prominent among the late arriv-
ais are Profs F. w Cross. NJ, NJ.
Rodgers, S. A. Tillman, r. A Smi- |
ley, f. A. Harris, and G. b. Williams. |
DR. F. T. Lights was reelected |
president for another year,
The secretary's report showed |
that 81 ,225 was collected at the Tex
aFkana meeting last year.
The election of officers resulted
4 as follows:
I President, DR.. F, l.. Lights, Hous
ton; first vice president, Rev w.
H. Hill, Waco second vice presi-
dent, R. B. Francis, Tyler; record
ling secretary. Mrs. l.. A. Brigana,
iNavasota; treasurer, Rev H. r.