The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-11
WOMAN'S WORK is
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Foreign Mission Report.
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churches, S41 out-stations. an aggre-
gate membership of 1884, an increase
! in baptisms last year of over 16 per
cent, 443 Sunday schools, and over
million dollars raised already in the
South on the JudsOn Centennial fund
The report encouraged a committee
in every church in the state for the
purpose of disseminating mission lit
erature and tracts, and Dr. Gillon in
his remarks insisted that missions is
doctrine clearly set forth in the Bi-
| BILE, and that when we all come to
| believe that we and all we have really
/ belongs to God, that we will speedily
evangelize the ends of the earth.
The address on the subject was de-
klivered by the Southern Baptist For
eign Mission Secretary, DR.. ]. F. Love
of Richmond who spoke on one ques
! ton, Can Evangelical Christianity
Utilize its own products for its self
! propagation? These products he
considered the converts themselves of
which there are four million in the
South, their wealth, and their culture
intellectual and Christian. He
stated that Baptists could today send
out IS people well prepared to take
up missionary work and ready to go
! if the board only had the money.
At the conclusion of this address,
DR.. Scarborough was called upon to
lead in prayer; Sam Rayborn, an evan
gelistic singer, present at the cOnven.
ton lead a song and the body turned
to the consideration of the Report on
Home Missions.
Rev. J. P. Williams of Collins read
the report. 1t spoke especially of the
work in mountain schools. and that
J connected with the evangelistic de-
! Fartment In the mountain school,
there are $500 students, and last year
there were 1865 baptisms as a result
of the home mission evangelists 3d.
$50 was spent this year by the board
in Mississippi. With few words
emphasizing the points that especially
appealed to him, Rev Williams yield,
ed the floor to DR.. B. d. Gray, of At
rlanta, Ga, former Mississippian, and
secretary of the Southern Baptist
Home Mission Board.
Or. Gray, in opening his splendid
address, expressed continued love
for his native state and his desire al
ways to touch her soil. He spoke Of
the two greatest statesmen of the
South since the war, J. T. Morgan
and James Z. George, the great Missis
sippian, the wonderful influence on
state affairs of the Democratic idea
in Baptist policy, and the work anG
needs of the Home Mission Board
After the consideration of miscel
laneous and unfinished business the
convention adjourned at 1890 O'Clock
for lunch.
Wednesday Afternoon Session.
With President John l.. Johnson in
the chair the Baptist State Conven-
ton came to order Wednesday after
noon at 2:15 O'Clock and was led by
Rev. J. w. Lee in a devotional cxer-
else
The first work of the afternoon was
the reading of the report of Board of
Ministerial Education. This was read
by DR.. Webb Bronze, of Vicksburg
and formally adopted by the conven-
ton
A motion was offered and carried
that Martin Ball be selected by the
convention to furnish the press of New
Orleans. and Memphis with the pro-
ceedings of this convention
Then came the report on ministerial
education which was read by Bryan
Simmons of Morton. The report noted
with regret the financial situation,
and pointed out that the ministerial
education board is $4,000 in debt, men
tioning the sad condition of the cot
tages at Clinton the ministerial stu
dents must live in. The need was
emphasized of making larger subscrip-
tions and laying the matter on the
hearts of the people back at home.
DR.. Brame stated that the board
could only appeal to the convention
for a free will offering and A. E. Jen,
nings said that the ministerial stu
dent is the greatest asset We have
and offered to give $500 if the debt
was raised. A generous subscription
was at this point taken and a motion
made that half go to present support
and the other half to the liquidation
of the debt.
Report of Hospital Boards.
DR.. w. T. Lowery read the report
on the Tri-State Hospital at Memphis,
showing that this is the best hospital
i in the South, that it has beds for 100
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