The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15

cussion in regard to the adyisability of employing an agent.
 A great change in the Sunday school lesson situation among all de. nominations was said to have taken place in the report of the special com mittee on that subject, which was presented by Rev |. J. Van Ness of Nashville. Attention was called to the fact that an agreement recently was reached in a conference at Phila- delphia by which the international lesson committee is to be appointed by the International Sunday School association, the Sunday School coun- cil an organization of deuominational publishers, and by the denominations direct.
 In view of the chaneed conditions the committee asked that the conyen- tion authorize it to assume full re spousbiity for the Sunday school courses of the denomination. By tho adoption of the report the committee was given this power. While the con, ittee probably will work in CO., opera on with the newly formed in ternauonal lesson committee, it will be free to accept or reject the inter- national cssous. Today's action was an echo of the controversy which featured the convention at St. Louis last year
 Other reports adopted today in clude the report of the special com mittee on a proposed negro theologi- cal seminary stating progress had been made, and the report of the SO Cial service commission
 The latter was presented by Rev W. l.. Poteat of Wake Forest, N. C. 1t urged the church to maintain Christian schools and Christian press to spraed Christian influence and regulate business and industrial con ditions."
 The report declared the church" was directly responsible for the solu- ton of social problems. Some dis cussion resulted from the use of the word "church" in this connection. The report finally was amended so as to make it specific that the word was not intended to apply in a theological sense.
 Rev. C. s. Gardner of Louisville, Ky, discussed social service work and urged that evangelism be made the keynote of the activities of the Southern Baptist church in this direc- tion.
 7 Three hundred and eighteen dele gates attended the opening session of the Womans Mission union. at which it was agreed to sell the Margaret home at Greenville, S. c. It was stated the sale was because of changed conditions in foreign fields and the resultant provision of OhrB- tian schools for the children of mis- sionaries.
 It was agreed that the funds de- rived from the sale should be in vested by body known as the Mar garet home commission. Interest from this investment will be devoted to assisting and educating children of foriegn and home missionaries liy- ing outside the United States.
 Tonight's session of the convention was devoted to foreign mission top ics. Several missionaries made brief addresses, including R. w. Hooker. of Mexico, and John Lake of China.
 An interesting feature of the even. ing was the introduction of nine new foreign missionaries. They were a, follows.
 w. w. Stout, of Virginia; ". D. King, Arkansas; David Bryan, Ala. bama, and Dr A. w. Yocum, Virginia, missionaries to China; C. w. Sadder, Virginia, missionary 10 Africa; L. w. Langston. South Carolina; John Mein, Kentucky; s. l.. Watson and M. c White both of South Carolina, mis- sionaries to Brazil