The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-15
THOUSANDS IhR0NG /.
CHURCH n BAPTIST
C0NVENTl0nOPEN|NG
Election Of Officers Show
But Little Change in
Personnel
VIRGINIA DEL EGATES
SUFFER FROM HEAT
Forty-6ve Are Pres ent---Meet
ing Opens in Third Baptist
Church Of St.
Louis
rs REV. !. y. CAa6sxACK.

ST. LOUIS. NO. May l4.--.At :
o'clock this afternoon the hfty-etghth
session OF the Southern Baptist con-
yention was called TO order by =. c.
Dargan, d. D.. Of Macon. Ga Two
thousand people crowded the Third
Baptist church OF this city. At
o'clock 1.155 delegates had been en-
rolled. and many have not yet ar
rived.
Or. Darkan read the thirteenth
chapter OF First Corinthians, and Rev.
j. b. Peary. Of Arkansas. led the
prayer.
There was no contest for the once
az president, and Rev. e. 6. DArgan
was unanimously elected to that place
for the third time. For the four vice.
presidents. DIR. w. w. Landrum NOM
mated William Eilyson, Of Rich
mond.. and others nominated Isaac
Tfgrett. Tennessee: A. g. Washburn,
oklahoma; NJ. Fl. Wolf. Texas; c. A.
smith, South Carolina, and J. T. Hen
derson. of Virginia The first four
were elected. Lansing Burrows, OF
Georgia, and Oliver Gregory. Of
Maryland. were elected secretaries
for the thirty-third consecutive year.
Address OF Welcome.
The address OF welcome was de-
liyered by Hon. e. w. stephens, OF
Missouri. and the response was by
Rev. j. c. s. Wallace. of Baltimore.
DIR. Wallace warned against natural
ism as the tendency of the day. and
urged caution In Sunday school teach
nigs. go that they shall include the
need OF spiritual regeneration" He
told hts audience to guard against
taking up so many enterprises. that
their loyalty to the church itself
might be forgotten. This last stric-
ture brought out a chorus Of
'.Amens"
The report Of the foreign mission
board was read by Secretary X. ].
WininSham. OF Richmond: home
board. by Secretary b. ID. Gray. OF
Atlanta. Sunday-school board. by
Secretary J. N. Frost. OF Nashville:
women's work. by Professor w. g.
Carver, OF Louisville. -,
The Virginia delegates. about forty
Ave lin number. are oppressed with
the hot weather they md In st. Louis.
The dry weather prevails here rs In
Virginia
At the evening session. several hum
dreds OF people were turned away
long before the hour for opening the
session, and overflow meetings were
held in nearby church. The con-
vention annual sermon WAS preached
in the Third Baptist church by Rev.
Thomas W. O'Keily, d. D.. of RAJ
leigh. N c.. the text beinE That
there may be equality" First CO.
rinthians. 8: IL.
Nashville. Tenn. and Asheville, N.
c.. are making strong bids for the
convention Of 1914. Nashville Is like
ly to win
The home and foreign missions and
the Sunday school board reports were
as follows:
Foreign Mission Board Report
The report shows total receipts for
the year $541.44e.29. OF this amount
Virginia gave $7S.513.s3. The present
Indebtedness Of the board Ii $751;
4N0.27. This covers only the current
operations of the board. The fund
known AZ the Judson centennial 10
kept separate and distinct. The re-
port Of this fund shows total recetpts
OF $s7,37s.S1 I'm cash. with pledges of
1914, 40l.s2.
In 1879, for the first time, the for
eign contributions OF Southern Bap-
fists wentlbeyond 100000: In 1850, for
the frst time. they vent beyond $780,
00r: In 1919 they reached $200.0O0s In
In 1919 beyond $4,000. The prop
er.y OF the board on foreign fields in
the form OF churches. schools. hos.
pitfalls. Publishing planta ana homes
for missionaries u valued At $500, coo.
The report makes Z comparison be-
tween the present year and 1874.
twenty years agc. H tnat year there
held: this year there A. thirteen. with
seven hospitals ana nlne dlspensariee.
ana they report ISL people treAsed.
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