The Washington herald., 1913-05-24
BAPTIST.

The Southern Baptist convention, repre-
senttng considerably more than 100000
members, has concluded its session in ST.
Louis. The Northern Baptist convention,
representing 25o0.0 members, is meeting
in Detroit and will continue until next
Thursday. This. Detroit meeting marks
the close of the first FIVE years of the
| convention. a body formed for the pur-
pose of co-ordinating and co-relating all
Baptist effort. In this effort home and
foreign missions are the largest single
factor, although Baptist literature forms
a much larger place in the work than in
the economy Of most religious bodies, the
Methodist probably excepted. Recently
Free VIII Baptists united with the Bap-
fists North, and unlike many unions. 1t
has proved happy and successful mer-
ger.
Features OF the convention at Detroit
will be the union of the two Women's
Foreign Societies, with former headquar-
tiers in Boston and Chicago, and the
mapping out of plans for larger efficiency
of organizations of men. This efficiency
has been sought in the past by making
common district secretaries. something
more than twenty in number, and au-
thortzing them to represent, not one in
terest, but all. Still farther amalgama-
ton is to come in the great task of re-
ducfng the machinery and its cost and In
increasing the product Of each district. A
campaign is on TO increase the benevolent
gifts of Northern Baptists TO s3,ooo.e0o .
year. Steady progress is making toward
that figure. although it is expected TO
take another tive years to reach II The
Baptist foreign board will report at De-
troit a debt OF SllsO0o, an increase OF
$4,000 the past year. Baptists report
themselves happily free from all party
strifes. Rev. DR.. J. ]. Muir. Rev. Hugh
7. Stevenson, and Rev. H. S. Pinkham
are clergy delegates to the Detroit con-
vention.
The Baptist year book, just published,
shows moderate gains in all departments
OF church activity. Gifts total 81, 01S 81.
against s26,374,624 last year, of which for
eign missions had 81. $780, against s,1li.-
81 last year. and home missions Sss7, l79.
against sSs4.0l7 last year. World Baptists
number 6,5l6,4S3, OF whom 5,529. SO are in
the United Staes.
Rev John E. Briggs, pastor of Fifth
Baptist Church, will preach on The
Lads Loaves" in the morning, and
conduct evangelistic services with special
music at night. There will be baptism
at the opening of the morning worship.
At Metropolitan Baptist Church tomor-
row morning Pastor J. Compton Ball
will preach on The Central Thought Of
the Ten Commandments" His theme for
the evening will be. The Two Person
alities." An entertainment WIN be given
by the Baracca class of the Sunday
school on Wednesday evening at s
o'clock.
THE Secret of Baptist Success" is the
theme upon which Rev. E. Hez SweEi
will address his congregation at Centen-
NAL Church tomorrow evening. In the
morning he will preach on the subjec.
Jesus Signing"
The pulpit at Emmanuel Church will be
supplied tomorrow morning and evening
by DR.. Charles E. Barker, formerly
physical adviser to ex-President Taft
His theme for the morning will be "A
Prescription for Happiness" In the even
ing he will speak on Three Witnesses.
Pastor Stevenson's place at Bethany
will be taken tomorrow by DIR. C. F.
Winbigler. formerly pastor of the First
Baptist Church. DR.. Winbgler will
preach in the morning and in the evening.
DR.. A. D. Louthan, of Virginia, for
seven years a medical Missionary in China
at Chang-Sha, Honan province, will speak
at the First Baptist Church, Avenue of
the Presidents and o Street. tomorrow
morning. DR.. Louthan is taking a post
graduate course in medicine and surgery
at Johns Hopkins, prior to his return to
China