The log cabin Democrat., 1915-11-18
BAPTIST HOSTS OF ARKANSAS GATHER MINISTER'S CONFERENCE HOLDS SESSION, PRECEDING ANNUAL CONVENTION ON
 THURSDAY.

The Baptist hosts of Arkansas are beginning to gather at Conway. With about 200 already here, the majority of whom are attending the annual ministers conference today, between 500 and 700 delegates and visitors are expected on three trains tonight and three tomorrow morning. The sixty second annual session of the Arkan- sas State Baptist Convention will be called to order at 10 o'clock Thursday morning by President P. c. Barton of Jonesboro, and will continue in session until Monday.
 As prelude to the convention, the annual conference of Baptist minis ters of Arkansas was convened last night and will be in session until a late hour this evening.
 Attended by more than 100 dele gates, the conference was organized at the First Baptist church at 8 o'clock last evening by the reelection of Rev. J. T. Howell of Malvern as president and the election of Rev. w. M. WIlSHC Ol SdHiucil oS oCSAOeeAAJ and press correspondent. President Howell delivered a short address and introduced Rev. J. R. c. White of For rest City, who delivered sermon on "The Spirit of Christ. Taking his text from Romans 8:9, "He that hath not the Spirit of Christ is none of His" Rev. White delivered an able discourse He said that the spirit of Christ is the spirit of progress and of obedience; that it is sacrificial and op- tomistic.
 Dr. J. B. Moody, author and pub fisher, of Waterton, Tenn, and Dr. F. M. Mcconnell, superintendent of evangelism of the Southwestern Bap- tist Theological Seminary, were intro duced to the conference and each de- livered a short address, concluding the evenings program.
 A spirited discussion on the feasl- bility of establishing a junior church featured this mornings session of the conference. Rev. w. M. Wright ot Camden read a paper on this subject
 in which he urged the need ot a church organization for members be- tween the ages of 10 and 21. The junior church, he said, should be mod eled exactly like that of the present church, but it's programs, sermons and activities should be designed to meet the needs and enlist the interest es- pecially of the youth of the church
 It would not supplant the Sunday school. he said, but would remove the necessity of such auxiliary organlza- tions as the Baptist Young People Union, Sunbeam Band, etc. A Zo- minute round-table discussion follow ed the reading of Rev. Wrights pa per. in which some of the speakers took issue with him as to the need of such a junior organization, while oth- CTS endorsed the plan. ! Devotional exercises opening the morning session were led by Rev. A. I. Aulick of Little Rock. Rev. Allen H. Autrv of Nashville, Ark, spoke on ..The Needs and Value of Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching and Rev IT. NJ. Geren of Helena discussed "Ihe Efficient Church." Both of these ad- dresses were followed by open dis- cussion in which several of the minis ters took part.
 The conference will conclude its ses- sion tonight with a discussion ot "A New Testament Program for Arkan- sas Baptists," by Dr. J. s. Rogers or Little Rock.
 J. J. Livingston returned this morn :.e. f.o.,a n h,1cinecS trin to Little