The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-10
SOUTHERN BAPTIST
!. CONVENTION MEETS
GREAT GATHERING WILL ASSEM-
BILE IN ST. LOUIS, MO-. ON
WEDNESDAY,, MAY Hath.
REPORTS OF BOARDS
FOREIGN MISSIONS SHOWS BIG
DEFICIT, BUT GREAT WORK.
WHILE THE OTHERS
ARE PROSPEROUS.


The Southern Baptist convention
VIII open its sessions in st. Louis May
18th. Richmond and Virginia dele
gates will leave for the convention
Monday. May 18th. A special sleeper
has been provided which will be at
tAched to the Chesapeake and Ohio
train leaving at 2:15 p. NJ. Monday.
: Louisville. At Louisville this sleeper
viii form q part Of a special conven-
ton train. which Ia scheduled to
reach St Louis at p. M. Tuesday,
May I2th. This will give the dele
gates ample opportunity to secure a
the auxiliary meetings Wednesday
morning and to be on hand at the
opening of the session
From Richmond and the region
around about the following are al
ready listed to 60 In this special Pull
mack, r. J. wHlingham, J. r. John
son. W.: II: Smith. George w. Nc
Daniel, T. Clagxett Skinner, l. T. WILL
son, w. q, Gibson, ]. ]. Hurt and Mr..
William Ellyson. Quite o company
OF ladies also viii be OF the party. in
Miss Foster. Miss Taylor, Mrs
Hutchison. Miss Savage and Mrs. Ely
son.
The main work Of tho convention
proper IL conducted by three boards
the foreign mission board. located at
located at Atlanta. and the Sunday
school board. located at Nashville.
Full reports Of the work committed
to these boards will not be available
for publication until they have been
presented to tho convention. Ad-
to-
:, given out which enables The virginian
!. to give the substantial facts
Sunday School Board.
IN Tho Sunday school board. OF which
Elr. J. NJ. Frost Ia the efiicient secre-
,uthsy. and which has its headquarters
Ise &c Nashville, has had a year OF AL
'erapst unprecedented prosperity. Its
= publication work--it prints practically
all the Sunday school periodicals used
IN the white Southern Baptist
churches and q good deal OF other
Sunday-school literature-has been
growing in gratifying way. The
volume OF this business Is greater
than that OF the preceding year by
something like s35. 900 This board
has now under erection at Nashville
magnificent building thoroughly
equipped and admirably adapted to its
needs.
The chief feature, however, OF the
report will probably be In the direc-
ton OF the development of Sunday
school teaching through a system of
institutes and encampments held over
the whole Southern territory. The
board has a large force of trained
and expert men and women who go
10 the various centers OF population
TO aid In this educational aspect of
the sunday school word Thoughtful
members of the denomination declare
that this aspect bf the work of the
Nashville board is in many respects
the most important item in the cur
rent life OF the great denomination.
The Sunday-school board will close its
year not only free from debt but with
a comfortable balance on the right
side OF the ledger.
Foreign Missions
The reports from the foreign mis-
sion fields are full of encouraging
facts They show a larger number
OF baptisms than during any previous
year in the long history of that work,
the total going beyond $500 On the
financial side the report In not SO en-
eouraging, The board closed last year
with a debt OF something over s5e.-
600. In view Of this debt the opera
lions of the board during the year
were carefully restricted: nevertheless
It closes the convention yeare which
ended May lstl with debt OF s76.-
GEO.
Some Of the strongest States in the
south fell behind last year In con-
tributions to this great cause. The
reason Is found in crop failures. which
extended over a considerable South
ern area The total receipts from
all sources for the year ending May
LIST were $543.44s.29. The gifts from
Virginia amounted TO SIS. 5l3.S3.
None OF these figures include any OF
the money collected for the Judson
memorial fund, a special enterprise
begun last year and which is to con-
tinue for several years to come. This
special fund 10 kept as an entirely
separate account.
Home Missions.
A telegram from Atlanta where
the home board Ia located. says Re
ceipts from Virginia. $34.2se. Total
receipts, &3s9.55& Small debt prob
able Final balance not completed.
These arc all the facts in hand con-
corning the home board report. They
seem to show that the board had
year OF unusual prosperity in fnan-
ciAl way. and It Is the general i'm
preston that its report in other re-
spects will be equally encouraging.
The annual sermon will be preach
ed this year by Rev. t. w. Okelly.
Of Raleigh. N. c.
Tho president Of the convention Is
DR.. e. C. Dargan, of Macon. Ca. and
the secretaries arc Dr. Lansing Bur
rows, OF Americas Ga. and DR.. Q. r.
Gregory, OF Baltimore. Onicers of the
foreign mission board. located at
Richmond. are J. B. Hutson. presi-
dent; r. J. Willingham, secretary;
william H. Smith, editorial secretary;
r. b. Ray, educational secretary; w.
A. Harris. recording secretary: r. r.
,-wathmey, treas..ier, and j. -
Crump auditor, who together with
thirteen other local Baptists consti-
tute the board.
The chief officers Of the home board
are j. f. Purser president: b. D.
Gray, secretary, and Walker Dunson.
treasurer. all Of Atlanta. The presi-
dent OF the Sunday-school board at
f,AshvilIe Is f. f. Folk. and the cor
responding secretary and treasurer,
j. M. Frost.
Theological Seminary Prospcrs.
The foregoing sketch does not In
clude one Of the great interests
which the convention fosters and TO a
certain degree Directs namely, the
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