The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-27
| BAPTISTS
II
CHOOSE BOND
ONCE MORE
Vermont Business Man is Unani.
NOUS Selection as President
of the Northern
q Convention
S3,0OO,OOO CAMPAIGN
WILL BE PUSHED HARD
Delegates Urged to Keep Goal
in Sight-MissiOnary Coop.
Grafton Plan Endorsed
$4,000, 900 CAMPAIGN
WILL BE PUSHED HARD


Monday morning program OF the
Northern Baptist convention, causing
II to run far behind schedule for the
first time since its opening, were the
! report OF the general apportionmen,
committee and the election of officers
I. Henry Bond, a retired business man
OF Brattleboro. VT, who has given his
services TO the denomination for sew
eral years. was enthusiastically cheer
ed when his name was presented for
reelection, as president Of the con.
ventiOn. No nominations we're made
from the floor in addition to those sug
gested by the committee, whose
choices will be selected Its report
was us follows: President. Henry
Bond. Battleboro. Vt: first vice.presi
dent. r. x. Griffith, Grand Forks. ~
D.: second vice-president, f. Way.
land Aver. Camden. y. j.. correspond
ing secretary, Rev. VIM. c. Biting,
St Louis. Mo-: recording secretary
Rev. Maurice A. Levey. Newton Cen
ter, Mass. treasurer. Frank l.. Miner
Des Moines, Ia: members OF executive
committee. r.. s. Clinch. New York
city: Frank j. Martin, Seattle, Wash. !:
Dean Smaller Mathews, Chicago, H.:
the Rev. G.. A. Hagstrom, St Paul
MINI. Pres. +. A. Hanley, Franklin.
Ind; the Rev. @. w. Cassidy. Wichita.
Kae.; the Rev Geo H. Ferris, Phila.
delphia. Pa; the Rev. NJ. j. Twomey,
Portland. Me: |. w. Carpenter. Omaha
Neb.. and the Rev w II. Geistweit.
Los Angeles, Cal
An effort was made 10 substitute
for the name OF the Rev. G. A. Hag.
strom that OF the Rev Nathan A.
Crandall. of Minneapolis. who is d
retiring member. II was insisted.
however. that Mr.. Hagstrom would
be valuable member as represen.
tative or the Swedish Baptists. and
Mr.. Crandall withdrew his name
In making its report the apportion-
ment committee recommended the
continued emphasis on the three mil
lion dollar campaign which the de-
nomination has BEEN conducting for
the last SIX months. which means an
aim TO raise the annual budget OF the
convention to $3.0O0000. This year
It was 81 .SSS.S50.
II further recommended heartily
that the Baptists cooperate In an in
REORGANIZATION missionary cam
paign OF all home and foreign mission
societies in the United States and
Canada, and that a committee be ap-
pointed to act under the guidance o.
the apportionment committee. the
Baptist laymen's missionary move
ment and the Department Of Mission
airy Education. A motion was adopt
ed instructing that committee when
formed, to choose as It's executive
secretary, the Rev. w. T. Stackhouse,
who IL secretary of the Baptist Lay
mems Missionary movement And as
It's director Of missionary education,
John NJ. Moore. who Is secretary OF
the apportionment committee.
DR.. Smaller Mathews, dean OF the
Divinity School Of the University OF
Chicago. who is chairman OF the three
million dollar campaign committee.
spoke In Endorsement both OF that
campaign and the wider one OF mis-
sionary cooperation.
these are the great vivifying con
cepts which will inspire our local
churches to renewed life and stronger
Christian devotion, he said. I'VE are
not working merely for a financial
goal, but to win the souls OF men. We
are looking TO the day when the
knowledge Of God will cover the
earth as the waters cover the sea. y
In view OF the fact that il was his
hftieth birthday, DR.. Mathews was
presented with a large boquet OF car.
nations and ferns. The Rev w.
Biting, OF st. Louis. made the pres
entation speech.
Following the election Of officers In
the convention proper some OF the
other societies proceeded TO select
their officers. For the American Bap-
fist Home Missionary society, the fol-
lowing ticket was presented by the
nominating committee, and no other
names were added from the floor:
President, D. X. Edwards. Los An
geles, CAL; first vice-president, Her.
bert F. Stillwell. Cleveland, o.: Sec
ond vice-president, w. II. Gay. Grand
Rapids, Mich: third vice-president,
Howard Baldridge. Omaha. Neb.; cor
responding secretary. II. l.. More
house. d. d., New York city. treas
urer. Frank l.. Moulton. Yonkers. n.
r. and recording secretary, NJ. l..
Wood, Huntington. w. Va.
Board OF Managers, F. J. Brockett.
East Orange, y. j.; William b. Hale,
Rochester, n. Y; A. S. Hobart, ID.
d., Chester, Pa; X. NJ. Vaughan.
Newton Center. Mass: j. n. Case.
Plainneld, n. j.: d. G.. Garabrant,
Bloomfield, y. j.: w. b. Riley. Min.
neapolis, Mimi; James A. Dear
monds. Cincinnati, o., and w. w.
Frye, Camden. y. j.
To the report OF the nominating
committee for the American Baptist
Publication society, was added from
| the floor, the name OF q. NJ. Phillips.
Of Westchester, Pa. as one Of the
Hoard OF managers. The. result OF
1.-THE vote was to be announced In the
afternoon meeting. Those suggested
by the committee are: President, j.
Whitcomb Brougher. Los Angeles,
Cal; first vice president. Joseph w.
Mauch. ID. d., Hillsdale. Mich. Sec
ond vice-president. w. j. Williamson.
d. d.. st. Louis. Mo-; secretary. A.
]. Rowland. ID. d., IL. :, Philadelphia,
Pa: recording secretary, Rev. Bergen
STEELE, Upland, Pa; treasurer. II.
8. Hopper, Philadelphia, Pa.
Board Of managers. term expiring
1915: George ID. Adams. ID. D.. Phil
adelphia. Pa: Horace G. Drake. Gin
cfnanti, o.; Joseph r. Sagebeer, Phi.
d.. Philadelphia. Pa; George X. Kro-
ger. Philadelphia, Pa: David p. Lease,
Philadelphia. Pa: Miss Grace Dick
ersOn Newton Center Mass and Rob