The Twin City star., 1913-06-27
ThIrty-nlnth Annual Session
Held In Washington.
COVERS LARGE TERRITORY.
Reports From Many States Show Wis
dom Of President w. 12Ghop John.
sons Plan Of EnIarsement-virgi
Maryland and the District of CO.
lumbia Become Members.
By N. BARNETT DODsON.

By N. BARNETT DODsON.
Washington. - With an address by
former United States Senator Henry
w. Blair, a visit to President Wilson
at the White House and reception to
the delegates by the Cosmopolitan
Baptist church, the New England Bap-
tist missionary convention closed its
thirty-ninth annual meeting here on
Monday evening, June 16. The con-
vention was in session for five days at
the Cosmopolitan Baptist church, pas
tored by the Rev. DR.. Simon p. w.
Drew.
Addresses Of welcome following the
formal opening Of the convention were
delivered by the Rev. DR.. l. N. Ross,
representing the Evangelical Ministers
alliance; Rev. Dr. Alexander Wilbanks,
for the Mount Bethel Baptist associa-
ton; Miss Mamie Helen Burroughs,
president of the National Training
School For Women and Girls, and a
speech by United States Senator Moses
e. Clapp of Minnesota. The response
was made by Rev. DR.. John G. Love
Of Montclair. N. J.
At the session Of the convention held
in Orange, N. j., in June, 1912, the
convention adopted the plans for en-
larging its territory, which were pre-
sented by DR.. w. Bishop Johnson. The
reports from the various churches and
the new organizations which united
with the convention at this session
oh fho fc1n ~
ment. Under the new plans the work
for education, home and foreign mis-
sions takes on new life.
Among the larger organizations CO.
operating with the New England con-
vention on the enlargement plan are
the Mount Bethel Baptist association,
which is composed of churches and
their auxliaries in the District of Co.
lumbia and Maryland, extending into
Virginia; the Virginia Baptist state con-
vention and the woman's convention
Of Maryland, cooperating through the
woman's convention Of the New Eng
land Baptist convention.
The new movement recently started
for the purpose Of establishing q de-
nominational college in the north to
meet the growing demands Of the con-
vention and its auxiliaries for better
and more convenient educational IA
cilities for higher learning within the
bounds of the convention was 1ndors-
ed. Methods for raising funds for the
erection Of buildings and for the gen.
eral support Of such a school have been
devised, and the convention has pledg-
ed the sum of $4,000 toward the move
ment.
Notable among the features of the
program were the special sermons and
address. The annual sermon by the
Rev. DR.. w. P. Hayes, pastor Of the
Mount Olivet Baptist church, New
York; the educational sermon by DR..
r. J. Henderson of New Jersey; the
doctrinal sermon by the Rev. e. w.
Johnson, D. D., Of Philadelphia; the
missionary sermon by the Rev. D. ].
Deskins; educational greetings by
President r. G. Woods Of the Virginia
seminary and college, Lynchburg, Va;
DR.. w. A. Credit, president Of the
Downingtown Pa.) Industrial school;
President Page Beverly Of the Alpha
Industrial institute at Crawford, N. j..
and the conventions editorial address
to the country by the Rev. w. B.
Reed and committee reflected high in
tellectual ability and scholarship.
The newly elected officers are: Presi-
dent, Rev. w. Bishop Johnson, LII. D..
Washington; vice president. Rev. w.
p. Lawrence, D. D.. New Jersey; re-
cording secretary. Rev. T. J. King, d.
D.. New York; corresponding secretary,
DR.. William A. Harod. Connecticut;
treasurer, DR.. r. D. Wynn, New Jer-
sey; field agent, DR.. Granville Hunt,
Mount Vernon, N. Y. The next annual
meeting will be held in Bridgeport,
Conn.