Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-06
TO HEAR REPORT
FROM EFFICIENCY COMMISSION


One of the matters of Interest and
! Importance to come before this session
/ OF the convention is the report OF the
commission on efficiency. Two years
ago. when the convention met at ST.
Louis. Rev. John Il. White, D. D., of
Atlanta. offered a resolution calling for
! a consideration OF the matter of the
! need for a greater effort OH the part
/ OF the denomination to meet the grow
ins problems OF the time. 1t was
adopted. and under it there was APP
pointed what is known as the efficiency
commission. This commission made
partial report last year when the con-
! rention met at Nashville, Tenn, but
iinal action on all the matters involved
was not taken. and the commission
was continued with the addition Of
| three members.
Inc enlarged commission Is composed
OF Rev. E. G. Dargan, D. D., pastor OF
tho First Baptist Church, OF Macon,
Ga: Rev. John f. White. D. D., pastor
OF the Second Baptist Church, Atlanta,
Ga; Rev. j. p. Gambrell, D. D.. corre-
spending secretary Of the Texas State
Mission Board; Rev w w Landrum
d; D.. pastor of Broadway Baptist
Church, of Louisville, Ky: William FL
tyson OF Richmond: DR.. G. C. Savage.
or Nashville. Tenn. c. p. Senter. of St
Louis: DR.. j. ~ Frost, secretary Of
| the Sunday school board Of the South
| ern Baptist Conventions: Rev j. f.
Love, ID. d. of Richmond, home secre-
tary OF the foreign mission board:'Rev.
B. d. Gray, y. D, of Atlanta CORE
spending secretary OF the home mis-
sion board; Rev f. Y. Mullins, d. D..
president OF the Southern BAPTIST
Theological Seminary at Louisville, XIV:
Rev: Livingston johnson, D. D., OF Ra-
leigh. corresponding secretary of the
North Carolina state mission board:
! Rev. F. c. Mcconnell, D. b., pastor OF
Druid Hill Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga,
and Rev. W. D. Powell. d. n, CORE
spending secretary OF the Kentucky
State mission board.
| CONSOLIDATION OF BOARDS To
DE SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION
The commission at the Nashville
meeting of the convention made GER
tain recommendations that were ac-
copied. but perhaps the matter OF the
most far-reaching significance was left
ior consideration at the coming meet
Ing In Houston. This was the proposed
consolidation OF the boards.
There is a feeling on the part of
some of the leading men of the con-
vention that better results would be
had If the work of all the boards were
consolidated instead of the activities
being prosecuted under different boards
as now, these including the Sunday
school board. the foreign mission board
and the home mission board. The eff
ficiency commission at Nashville re-
p'i hS' az avn VI lettlllS the DOaT0S re-
main as now. but this portion of the
report OF the commission was not ac-
cepted, the convention adding three
members TO the commission with in
structions to report in Houston.
SOME OF THOSE WHO WILL
ATTEND FROM RICHMOND
Among those who will attend the
convention from Richmond are Rev.
George w. Mcdaniel. D. d., Rev. T.
Claggett Skinner p. n, Rev. T. b.
Ray, ID. D.. foreign secretary OF the
foreign mission board; Rev. j. F. Love.
ID. D., home secretary of the foreign
mission board; Rev. William II. Smith,
editorial secretary Of the foreign mis-
sion board; William Ellyson and r. d.
Garland.
Meeting also in Houston next week
on the same days that the Southern
Baptist Convention will meet, will be
the Womans Missionary Union Aux
iliary TO the convention. Miss Fannie
f. S. Heck is president of the union.
and Miss Kathleen Mallory. secretary.
II will be the twenty seventh annual
session OF this body.