The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-21
THE RICHMOND vIRa1NIAN-sUNDAY, NAY q. 1915.

willingness to make such day q sue
cess. -
m addition to giving us an agency
for adequate cooperation with other
boards Oh the convention In carrying
out our large tasks, an education
board would provide clearing house
for ali our educational institutions.
Baptist schools In Kentucky. Texas
and Florida and elsewhere have re-
lations and interests in common which
they do not have with any other
schools. What, an education commits
sion does for the Baptist schools In
one state. in properly relating them
one to another. and In establishing
better understanding in the field Of
their mutual interests. an education
commission Of the Southern Baptist
Convention may do for all our educa-
tional work.
There can be no question, certainly,
that Christian education is an i'm
portant object connected with the
Kingdoms progress. A proper Of
fetal recognition by the Southern
Baptist Convention of the importance
of Christian education will stimulate
this work in every Southern State.
This is properly part of the work
of the convention, since It was desig-
mated TO promote foreign and domes-
tic missions and other important OBJ
jeets connected with the RedeeHer's
Kingdom" The strong should help
the weak Here Is an opportunity for
cooperation, and for doing missionary
educational work. Educated people
are going to control. in shaping IDEALS
in States and nations and the school in
which they are educated will nave
l.
attitude towards all matters of i'm
portance. Measured by our member
ship and by our wealth, we are not
nearly so well equipped for carry
ing on our school work as we should
be in order to make a commanding
appeal on those seeking education. IT
Is also true that we have not sue
ceeded in arousing among our people
sufficiently strong desire to become
educated in large numbers supply
ing a remedy for these conditions is
promoting the Redeemer's Kingdom"
and should have the attention of the
Southern Baptist Convention.
We. therefore, recommend that the
convention appoint an education cont
mission composed of one member
from each State.
In our judgment the activities OF
the said commission when appointed.
should be directed at once; first, to a
persistent effort to arouse the rising
generation of Baptists TO the import
ance of education in general and
Christian education in particular. and
to arouse the main body OF our people
to the Importance of maintaining
schools under Baptist control and the
conditions necessary to their continu-
ance. Second. to creating and dis
seminating a literature suitable for
use by the various State education
boards and commissions. Third, to CO.
operating with the Sunday School
board In the matter OF making effec-
tive an education day in the Sunday
schools of the South: and fourth, the
gathering OF adequate statistics of our
educational institutions
When these suggestions have been
carried forward, other and larger
tasks will open UP before this COM
mission as 1t undertakes to express
the will Of the convention from year
10 year. We have delayed In our
recognition OF this phase of our work
too long We should not go back, nor
stand still. We must move forward
nightly.
If the convention approves our
recommendation, then we have the
following suggestion to make about
methods of meeting the necessary ex-
pense of doing a telling work along
the lines pointed out. We do not
think that an additional object for
collections should be presented to the
churches and hence. the following
nhaSos have heen considered for rails