Evening journal., 1913-10-17
.BAPTISTS In
CONVENTION
Sixth Anniversary Of Penn
SyIVanla Association to be
Held in Chester
WILMINGTON CHURCHES
TO Be REPRESENTED

The sixth anniversary of the Penn
sylvania Baptist General Convention.
which includes Wilmington, will be
held at the First Baptist Church,
Chester. October 20 to %. The three
boards that form the convention, the
State Mission Board. of which the
Rev. A. c. Scars. Philadelphia, is
secretary; the Education Board, Of
which the Rev. lie Roy Stephens,
Lewisburg. is secretary, and the
Young Peoples Board will hold their
sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. The Pennsylvania Baptist
Minister'S Union will meet Monday
evening. The Rev John B. Barbour,
Erie, will speak on THE Problem Of
an Efficient Church"
The Woman's Baptist Home Mis-
sion Society will hold its sessions
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday af-
ternoons. Mrs. George Coleman. Bos-
ton, vice-president of the Woman's 3
American Baptist Home Mission So
ciety will speak Wednesday on Con
servation and Progress"
An especially attractive program has
characterized as "denominational con-
Yention, in the sense that the more eX-
tended issues to which the 10000 Bap-
fists of the State are committed will
have a prominent place. The president
of the Northern Baptist convention
Henry Bond. Battleboro, VT, will be
present Thursday. He is a vigorous and
convincing speaker He is one of several
leading laymen who have been called
forth bv the recent efforts of the de-
nomination to attempt something large
to cope with the world need for the
Gospel.
The Rev. Emory w. Hunt, D. D., who
resigned as president of Granville Col
/ lepe Ohio. last June to become the gen.
/ eral secretary of the American Baptist
Foreign Missionary Society, will be
present Wednesday and speak on the
tWorId Missionary Conquest He Is
man of keen insight and close discrimi.
nation He returned last spring from
a trip around the world, visiting the
prominent missionary stations. H'
speaks, therefore, from first-hand knowl
edge
The Rev. Cortland Myers, D. d.
pastor of fremont Temple, Boston
+ will give the closing address Thurs
day evening. He is always heard 10y
crowds in his own city and is re-
garded as one Of the strongest mel
! in the denomination.
! The Rev. F. w. Padelford D. d
will represent the education work
HE has recently resigned as genera
secretary of the Massachusetts, Bap
tist Missionary Society to become
secretary of the new Educationa
Board of the Northern Baptist Con
lvention.
The Rev. F. L. Anderson. d. D., CHI
cago. the new president of the Bapui
Young Peoples Union of America, vi
I represent the young peoples work.
On Tuesday afternoon the stewart
shin luncheon will be held, when ii
Rev. H. e. Fosdick. d. D., Montclai
n. j.. will speak on "Layman's RI
hgion."
The devotional meeting of the morr
ling and evening sessions will
under the supervision of the Rev.
b. Pollard. d. d., professor at Croze
Theological Seminary. This is
new arrangement and is suficieT
guarantee of their helpfulness.
When it is realized that among th
loo Baptist churches of Philadelphi
and the 772 of the State there az
found some of the very ablest men i
, the denomination, it is readily see
, that the combined talent on the pre-
. gram of this annual convention Z
/ chester will be an engine of powe
, that will stimulate to action in a ne
advance. It is hoped that at leai
! 500 delegates will attend and matur
{ plans for the new crusade in demon
national consciousness. state-wid
evangelism and social uplift