The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
CHURCHES CONSIDER
GENERAL MISSIONS
senator West, of suffolk, Before
Southern Christian
Convention.
FIELD SECRETARY
is RECOMMENDED
Rev. c. II. Rowland, of Franklin, De-
iivers Address on Home Mission
Work-Other Important Discus
sions.

| Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
| Burlington, n. c., May Emissions.
home and foreign. consumed the en-
tire day of the Southern Christian
conventions sessions here yesterday.
The morning was given to the con-
sideration of home missions. the re-
port being presented through Senator
J. T. West of Suffolk. Senator West
| had prepared the way for his report
| by a magnificent address of the even
ing before on the 'Laymans Finan
cial Obligations and being himself
one of the most liberal laymen of the
| church, his utterances and recommen-
| dations had great weight with the
convention.
/ The chief feature of the home mis-
sion report was the recommendation
| that mission secretary be placed in
| the field for all his time to engage in
a campaign of education for missions
and to institute methods for raising
vastly increased sums OF money for
/ missions
| Rev c. II. Rowland. of Franklin,
! Va. delivered magnificent address
on Home Mission Work for Christ"
| in which he made clear that ii is not
! a secular spirit that induces the
church TO propagate itself in the
! homeland, but rather an application
of the spirit of brotherhood and ser
vice taught and lived by the Master.
( Rev. II. w. Elder. Richland. Ga,
! spoke of the opportunities for home
mission wcfk in Georgia, Ala hama
and Louisiana. Mr.. Elder Is one of
! the greatest church builders OF tha4
convention, and spoke opt of an album
/ dant experience and full possession of
the splendid opportunity for service
! in that section.
| The following persons were elected
! for two years members of the rome
/ mission board: Senator J. f. West,
| Rev. ]. O. Atkinson, Rev. H w Elder.
X B. Johnson and Mrs. c. II. Row
| land.
! The afternoon session was given TO
/ the consideration OF foreign missions, |
which was presented by Rev. Warren
/ H Denison, of Norfolk Va, The re-
! port concurred with the recornen-
dation of the home mission committe F..
J in recommending that a mission sec
rotary be placed in the field for the
conventions missionary interests.
DIR. Rnuland,s Address.
| DR.. c. II. Rowland was heard again
under this report in another splendid
address, which he entitled Offending
the Next Generation" He said that
the refusal of the church of this gen
Grafton to do its full duty by the king
dom and Jesus Christ and to make the
way OF salvation plain to the rext
generation in its infancy was the
greatest omense- which could be corn
mitted by the church of God.
Rev W. T. Walters. of Winchester,
Va. gave a vivid account OF the mis-
sion congress held in Washington. d.
/ c., for the entire nation. April 26-30
Rev NJ. r Morrill,. d D.. foreign
missionary secretary. told OF the re-
cent conference in Panama and Porto
Rico and explained in detail the plans
entertained for Latin America.
! DR.. w. II. Denison then outlined
the missionary needs of the Christian
Church in n very masterful address,
He said that perhaps the greatest
need was a vital interest In missions
to be had only through the prayer
life. When the church has learned
how to pray for missions there will be
no difficulty about its joy to pay for
them.
Womcn's Board Reports.
The women's board. which held its !
biennial rally Wednesday morning and |
afternoon in the Presbyterian Church. |
submitted its report to the conve L.
ton through its chairman. Mrs c.
Fl. Rowland Under this report an
address was presented by Mrs. w A.
Harper. Elon College. n. c. Mrs
Harper's subject was Women and inc
Kingdom" She showed that WON Al
fought to be especially devoted to Jesus
Christ because he had done more ror
them than he had for men. Christ
had taught men brotherhood, she said
but had given to women the sense of
personality with all its sacred pre-
negatives She told of the wonderful
work of the women for the kingdom
and Jesus Christ in foreign lands end
lin America. and In conclusion called
upon the women to show their APP
probation for the blessings Christ had
brought them by serving, instructing
and inspiring all whom they sh6ali
come in contact with, and especially
I the young, for efficient service in the
mission cause.