The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
.lAPIIsTS To HOLD
GREAT RALLY Meeting
City auditorium Tomorrow Afternoon
VIII Be Scene OF Wonderful Out
pouring of Members of Church.
DIR. MULLINS WILL SPEAK
Head Of Southern Baptist Seminary,
Author and Scholar, VIII Discuss
4. "A Worthy Baptist Program
Mass Meeting Under Baptist Coun-
ellis Auspices.

ellis Auspices.
The Baptist churches of the city
OF Richmoni are planning IL great
day for Sunday. Special themes have
been announced from all the pulpits
and great mass meeting is being ar
ranged for the City Auditorium at
3:30 p. NJ
AT the mass meeting In the after
noon all the Baptist choirs of the
city, with many other leading sing
ers. will form a great chorus, which
Will be led by Prof Walter c. Mer-
GER The First Baptist Baraca or
chestra will accompany In the song
service with Mr.. Shepherd Webb as
pianist. The special music of this
occasion will consist OF a selection
from the quartette of the First Bap-
list church and solo by Mr.. Howard
! d. Bryant
The president of the Southern Bap-
list Theological seminary, of Louis
Vile, Ky the largest seminary in
the world. will be the speaker. His
theme will be "a Worthy Baptist
Program. This address was recent
~ delivered at the great Laymen's
convention at Atlanta. Ga. and II is
said by many who heard il to be
The greatest address of modern times,
DIR. Mullins is n scholar recognized
The world over and author of many
great text books among which are
found Why Is christianity True ?"
and "Axioms of Religion" This
meeting will afford an unusual op-
portunity for the people Of Richmond
TO hear a great man on great
theme
The mass meeting il being held UNI
der the auspices OF the Baptist coun-
ell of Richmond. an organization
composed or all the Baptist churches
Of Richmond and vicinity. Hon. A.
W. Patterson, president OF the Bap
list council, will preside. DR.. !. r,
Love. secretary of the foreign mission
7 board. will present the speaker.
There will be no charge for admis-
sion and the public generally is most
cordially invited Ia attend this meet
ing
Review OF Baptist Progress.
The following history and review
OF Baptist progress is furnished by
Or, w. i. McGlothijn. of the chair
~ church history. in the Southern
Baptist seminary, Louisville. Ky.
Seven million two hundred thou
sard commandments. free men and
women who have voluntarily and for
ft9EinuS reasons requested baptism,
associated themselves together for
worship ana service. Not one draft
80. Hot one baptized in unconscious
n"'> ar against his wishes. A votun-
's7F army chiefly IN the United
"'Ha, EaGlaud and the British colo
nt"s. bus with wcmbers IN all ianGs
~ speaking all languages. Russia
.#efls1. Hungary and Germany have
laFs" CaNtuscuts. while the mission
Af'de OF china, nurmu and South
3oota together have ono hundred and
seventy iNe Thousand The BAPTIST
Population al the world is between
In emily aad twenty-five millions. be-
/ tween one-twenty-lfth and one
3t%eUtietA c} the total Christian popu-
ation az the world these probably
H1orc tnte!igently and firmly at
iachrd to their principles than any
@theT similar religious group in the
world because they freely entered
eat" their church relations Millions
moro IN other cnmmnniops agree with
Bapt,stS- in many ~ their distinctive
beliefs and practices. The tendencies
nf modern times sw inEinE swiftly and
nightly towards the essentials of the
baptist position, the world open and
opening 10 Baptist propaganda and
service pretudices and fears melting
and vanishing. democracy calling. the
4 accumulated political and ccclesiasti-
cal auiocraCies and nristocracies OF
\
whole social order becoming fluid II
Is A Baptist opportunity Negro Bap-
lists SO per cent, Northern Ba ntists
as per cent and Southern Baptfsts III
per lent in the last twenty five wears.
all Baptists in the United States made
net gain Of 2.5Ss.oss in the same
period
Prom 100000 10 Nearly 5000, 900.
In a century and a quarter the
from about 100000 to nearly s,ooo.
geo, gain of nearly 5000 per cent
They have created all their general and
state organizations in this time: found
ed and SO far endowed all their educa-
tional institutions: founded. supported
and so far equipped their missionary
undertakings: done their full share in
temperance and other reforms; given
10 the world such preachers as Robert
Hall. c. II. Spurgeon and Alexander
Maclaren in England. Richard Fuller
I and John A. Breadus in America;
such missionaries as William Carey
and Timothy Richards i'm England
and Adoniram and Anne Hazeltine
Judson. NJ T. Yates and VIM Ash
more in America; such hymn writer's
as Robert Robinson. Samuel stem
nett. Anne Steele and John Fawcett
in England S. +. Smith, Robert Low
cry. +. +. Bliss and others IN Amer
lea: educators like Francis Wayiand.
William Rainy Harper. H. H.. Harris
and many others. governors, senators
and congressman in great numbers
Are We'll Equipped.
american Baptists are now we'll
equipped with educational institu-
tons. some OF the most important or
which are among theological semi
naries. the Southern Baptist Theo-
logical seminary al Louisville. KY,
the most largely attended seminary In
fhe wcrld. Colgate, Grocer Newton,
Rochester. Southwestern and the d.
Unity school OF the University OF
Chicago. In all there are fourteen
seminaries. which had at their last
report LAT students, property valued
&, 81 266s73 and endowment of So
425.5s9. One hundred and one uni
versities and colleges are reported
some of the most important of which
are Baylor. Brown. University of Chi
cago. Colgate. Rochester, Bucknell,
1Denison Franklin. Furman. George
4town. Hollins. Howard. Stetsoa. Mer-
GER. Meredith. Mississippi Richmond.
vassar Wake Forest, Westhampton