The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-23
REV. IL. ROBERTS
WRITES Of THE
LATE CONVENTION

Rev. l. I. Roberts, pastor of the
Gonzalez Baptist Church, who was
among those who attended the Bap-
list convention which has Just ended
at New Orleans, submits this inter
esting resume Of the gathering of
Baptists from all over the country.
Letter of Rev. Mr.. Roberts.
The Southern Baptist convention
just closed one of the most success
full session in the city of New Or
leans, La, ever held in recent years
This was held n the Athenaeum
building on St. Charles avenue, and
this great building was taxed to it's
capacity at ever session. 1t was es-
| timated that there was between six
and seven thousand delegates in at
tendance, besides the number Of viSi-
tors who attended the meeting.
One of the most interesting items
of the convention was the election
| of a president to preside over the
| meeting. DIR. J. B. Gambrell, of
! Texas, was chosen to succeed the re
| firing president, DIR. Lansing Bur
rows, of Americas, Ga. Dr. Gambrtsl
| is an able man and made a good Off
Ger for the convention in every re-
spect.
All of the reports from the va
! rious boards showed a good gain for
| the past year, and a greater work
was undertaken for the ensuing year.
| The foreign mission board made a
splendid report through its cor
! responding secretary, DIR. J. f. Love,
! of Richmond, Va. DR.. Love reported
| 1851, 970.48 spent by the foreign
mission board for the past year. Hg
! also urged that the board increase
! its work il possible for the coming
year. His aim was a one million for
! 1918. The home board also made a
! splendid report through its secre-
tary, DR.. 3. d. Gray, of Atlanta
/ Ga. Other reports were made from
the Sunday School board and the wo-
mans work. The report Of the wo-
| mans work proved to be of unusual
interest to all in attendance. The aim
Of the women for the past year was
to raise S188, 10000 for missions, ant
/ to the surprise of every one they
went far beyond their expectations
and raised for all purposes $780,
/ 686.9S.. Other items of interest was
the desire on the part of the con-
/ vention to raise, as soon as possible
four million dollars to be used II
caring for the aged ministers in the
bounds of the Southern Baptist con
vention.
The Sunday School board of Nash
vile, Tenn, agreed to raise 100000
of this amount to be used in caring
for the aged ministers.
One of the Florida pastors, DIR
Duke, of the First Baptist Church
Of Tampa, had the honor of preach
ing the annual convention sermon
! DR.. Duke made a splendid address
that was we'll received by all those
who heard him,
Quite a number of Florida minis
! ters were in attendance at the con-
vention. Among the Pensacola pas
! tors who attended the convention
were Rev. A. ]. Ansley, of the First
| Baptist Church; Rev. R. J. O'Bryant
of the East Hill Baptist Church;
| Rev. F.. F.. Rice of the West Hill
! Baptist Church, and Rev. l. |. Rob
! arts. from the Gonzalez and Moline
| Baptist Churches; also Rev. J. 7
/ Fillinglm, of Bluff Springs, and Rev,
J. J. Nelson, of Century.
Among the noted speakers who
were in attendance at the convention
were: DR.. Len G. Broughton, of Tenn.
and DR.. Geo. w. Truett, Of Texas;
D.. W. G. Upshaw, of Georgia; DR.
F. Y Mullins, president of the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary of
! Louisville, Ky, and many others from
| all of the southern states.
The next session of the convention
will be held at Hot Springs, Ark.
in 1918