The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-25
BAPTIST MEETING
NEAR COLUMBIA
Executive Board Of Three
Bodies-Bulk Of Busi-
ness Transacted
Great Session.

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May 1Sth.-After completing a pro.
gram for the Missionary Baptist
State Convention and doing much
other important business, the Execu-
tive Boards of the Convention proper
and its auxiliaries adjourned here to-
night. The three Boards in session
consisted Of the Executive Board of
the Convention proper, with Rev. ].
l.. Harding, ID. d., as president, and
Rev. H. M. Burns. d. d.. as secreta-
ry; the Executive Board of the Won.
ems Auxiliary, with Mrs. Ferguson of
Murfreesboro as chairman, and Mrs.
Harding Of Nashville as secretary,
and the Executive Board of the Stone
River Association, with Mrs. Genie
Patterson as president, and Mrs.
Harding as secretary. Two full days
and two nights were given over en-
tirely to executive sessions, wherein
a bulk Of business was transacted.
There was enough intermission, how
ever, to sandwich in fervent devo-
ton. 1t was said that the spiritual
ity of the meeting far exceeded that
Of most general sessions. The OPEN
ing sermon was preached by Rev. e.
H. Clark, D. D., on Thursday night,
while on Friday at IL o'clock Rev.
s. S. Cumby, D. D., delivered a SER
mon, and on tonight Rev. e. W.
Hawthorne, d. D., delivered anothe-.
sermon.
President Harding said tonight just
before leaving for Nashville, 1--WE
have had a most interesting and in
spring session, we have been able to
do some real work, the result Of
which will be seen ere our convention
co1venes at Smyrna, Tenn, July 18th.
One Of the first things that we did IN
the convention was to pay our respect
to the missionary and educational
work. The election OF three mission
aries to operate under the Mission
Board, which Board is to be located
in Nashville, with Rev. H. M. Burns
as chairman; Rev. 8. 3. Cumby, as
superintendent of missions, assisted
by Rev. M. d. Batson. d. D., who
will serve in East Tennessee, and
Rev. j. T. Tunstall, Jr., who will
operate in West Tennessee, solving a
perplexing problem. Then in addi.
tion to this, our plan for bringing up
the educational feature of our de.
nominational work will bring salts
factory results. The women of our
, convention have their shoulders to
the wheel and they are working in
harmony with our well-laid plans
They expect through their local mis-.
sionary organization, to not only help
in the state work in general, but to
do something for Panama In com.
pleting our program for the State
Convention, a place was given for
representation of every department of
our work. While it is true that
there will be a number of meetings
in Tennessee during the year, none
will attract more attention than this
meeting at Smyrna"
The Duck River Baptist Church.
under the pastorate Of Rev. NJ D.
Batson, D. D., had made great prepa,
rations for the meeting. The largest
delegation that has ever attacked a
Board meeting was present. They
were met at the station and the ell
tire community for miles around WED
with each other in their entertain
ment. Perhaps the busiest man in
Middle Tennessee was the Rev. DR.
BatsOn, the pastor of the church. On
Thursday a regular basket dinner
feast was served, the women of the
church bringing in the eatables Of
the season On Friday this program
was changed and the delegates were
sent to the homes. One of the fea
lures of the Board meeting was the
conference with the farmers for the
purpose Of discussing "The Worlds
Crisis" 1t was a meeting in which
the army in the burrows met anC
made up a part of the religious army
where they prayerfully and tearfully
considered the condition confronting
the people at this particular crisis
A near revival broke out, and spirit
ualism was at its height. The ole
and the young participated, and thu
echoes Of the meeting with its in
fluence or results therefrom are sale
by the well-versed members in tn,
convention to already be felt, notwith
standing the meeting only closed to
night. Columbia ana Nashville, will
scattered delegates from other por
tions of the state, were largely in at
tendance. This quarterly meeting il
the last one that will he held befor,
the opening Of the state convention
The financial part OF the session
was one of the pleasing features.
seems that the churches throug1
their pastors felt the need of libera
response and sent up their donations
according to the notice and the taxa
tion.