The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10
NASHVILLE TO BE HOST
OF SOUTHERN BAPTlSTS
Opening Sermon VIII he Preached by
Rev. George w. Mcdaniel. ID. D..
OF Richmond.
FIRST SESSION ON wEDNEspA,
Several Special Committees to Report
This Eenr-Ncu President Likely to
+ Succeed Rev. L. c. Dergan, ID. ID.

Nashville. Tenn. May o,-The South
ern Baptist Convention will meet In
Nashville, Tenn. on May 49, This
VIII be the fifth time In It's history
that the convention has held its ses-
sion in Nashville The other ycnrs Of
,, it's meeting here were 1851, 1873, 1898
aud 1904. ON the first OF these oc-
casions Virginia furnished the pres
idcnt, the secretary and the preach er
of the annual sermon Again at tho
meeting In lS?3 Virginia pastor
preached the sermon. and this year
again the preacher Is from Virginia.
namely. the Rev. George w. Mcdaniel.
ID. d.. pastor OF the First Baptist
Church. Richmond -Four othcr times
has Tennessee entertained tho conven-
tion. III Memphis In 1867 and In 1929.
ana In Chattanooga In 1896 and in 1906
FOR three years the presiding officer
or the convention has been Rev. f. G
Dargan, ID. d.. pastor of the First Bap-
list Church, Macon, Ga. Or. Dnruan
was elected president at the session in
Jacksonville, having been nominated
hE H. II. Seay, OF blackstone Va For
several wears the "unwrittcn lnw', or
the convention has been that no man
should he president more than three
years, and so IL Is probable that Dr
Dargan Will not allow himself 10 bc
nominated this wear. Various predIc-
lions and suggestions have been madc
as to who the president this wear will
be. but very often, in tho convention
!. ~ inc unexpected that happens AS
10 the other officers, for over thirty
Yenrs Drs. Lansing Burrows mud a
T.. GrcGory have been secretaries md
they Will doubtless 10 reelected this
year, unless they should decline IN,
mace, or unless one of them should he
made president; there has been talk of
th,s Tor several years.
DISCUSSION OF REpOHT9
MOST IMPORTANT WORI1
mo main work Of the convention
consists OF tho discussion OF the re-,
ports OF tho three boards OF tho body
ana OF the southern Baptist Thcoloyi-
chi Seminary. These boards ara the
foreign mission boards located nt Rich.
nohd: the home mission board, located
NJ Atlanta, Ga. and tho Sunday school
board, located ut Nashville, Tenn The
roreign mission boards located Mt Rich
mo agent Of :he convention. In these
lands: China, Japan. Africa. italy, Mex
leo. BraZil and the Argentine Repub-
He Last year tho board had $40 work
ers on tho foreign field. and the re-
ceipts from tho churches for the work
were s543.4i6.29. This year tho churches
i,re aslte to give for this work S646-
600. The home board Is at work in
various parts of tho South and in Pan
anna and In Cuba. Last year this board
hnd 1887 missionaries. and received
from the churches for Its work Ss6o.-
b92.SS Last year tho missionaries OF
this board baptized 1887 persons and
built or improved AIS meeting houses
Tho Sunday scnool board is engaged In
the publication OF sunday school III
erature. and In fostering in various
waya tho sunday school work OF the
denomination In the South. This board
was established at the Birmingham
convention In 1891. and has had n
wonderful growth. Tho occasion OF tho
conv ention's meeting In Nashville this
year is TO SEQ tho new building OF the
board. which. will be formally pro-
scnted to tho convention. 1t Is an odI
flee whose erection ctst some $50, ,olo.
This has been paid for out of tho
profits OF tho business. The secretary
CONTINUED On Sixth Pagal