Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-06-29
NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST
Convention HOLDS
GREAT SESSION
GREAT GATHERING OF BAPTISTS
IN ASBURI PARK, y. j. -.a..

Jackson ID. ID. elected President over
100000 Raised. DR.. G.. a. Ward Of
Boston who became Intcrem al the .
death Of Dr.. ~. Bishop johnson call !
cd tnat great body to order II, o
clock Thursday June 18th 1918. |,
! Tho New England Convention has
FOR 40 years mould Il the sentiment
! aid shaped tht character of Negro
| '..pt.St i'll the North and has kept pcne
wuh all forward movements which
| concerned the Negroes.
| TAe Conventions stand on Nation
.l questions has become proycrbiol
| AS III the political world used 10 be:
as goes New York so goes the United
| STATES. Just SO is the New ENGLAND
convention today. AS goes The Now
| thGland Convention SO goes the coun
| try. Speaking from The Negroes view
point. The late DR.. w. Bishop John
son, ID. D., l.. l.. d.. the honorc;l
president of the New England Con
Ventlon Was one OF the ripest scholars
OF tao race. He was preacher. teach
or, orator and author. 1t was largely
through his efforts that the Convcn
| lion was able to achieve the great
tAingS which it has done.
| AS empires westward tend thcir
way. Just so does all human life lend
toward the grave. Hence Dr.. John
son lay down to rest and an Angel
| kissed hhl 70 &CCD. rho news was
flashed over the wires and the whole
It"t!un WAS sorry and wcpr. the brother
MOOD had lost Il friend 4 bro her;
companion and an executor OF no mean
ability. When conditions became norm
al ana everyone WAS again at h.& post
the question would naturally arise:
who Will be elected 10 fill tie yacan
cy caused by the death of DR.. w. b.
Johnson?
LII answer to this CUES ion First a
man must be man OF caliber, acumen
|stamania and influence; the equal to
or the superior OF DIR. Johnson must
be elected. TO this question it Is but
ialr t4 say that There are u great mum
Der OF men in this section who can
comply to these requirements.
Second man must be elected who
jGlas been In this section long enough
to know tho Conventions vans needs
"A good number of men who have been
members Of tho convention and would
meet it annually but lived in the South
or West until very recently could by
no means be considered as presidential
timber.
hlic loNcu OH With somewhat OF
an unrest until the convention met
In Asbury Park, N. j., June 10, 1918.
There was naturally lull a con
vcntion was assembling which was a
sovereign body within itself composed
or delegates who knew we'll the mean
ing of body being it's own sovereign
to do piece Of work that would be
the major act OF It's existence (the
elccting OF a president.)
Never In all the world was there so
much dependent upon the men who
lead as is today.
The convention proper had no foes
TO furnish or friends to reward. Hence
inc vote Will he one to determine who
Is the most popular the most efficient
ana safest man to trust with the
leadership OF the Negro Baptist in the
North.
Tnese are perilous times and men
want no foolishness. The committee
on nomination did not want Dr.. J.
= Z. jackson as president and they re
sorted TO some OF tho old conventional
{ TRICKS. By the CONVENTION proper
showed Tie committee that this was
no time for packing committees; stamp
icdlng Or camouflagc
Alter the Committee dealt at length
Trying TO, suppress, hold insuspense
ana reject the name of DR.. jackson his
i name linaaiy got before tho convcn
ton from the floor. And like a Gre.
can marathon his name swept
the convention off its feet. There was
ovation after ovation, popular cord
had been struck The name which was
held back by The committee, rejected
cast aside like the stone which the
builders rejected is become the head
or the corner. Dr.. Jackson was elect
cd overwhelmingly. PENNSYLVANIA,
Philadelphia. The Philadelphia min
=, listers conference AID the Second Bapt
ist Church which he pastors all should
DC proud OF this great man. The
O., election only bespeaks his honor.
. When you remember THAT Dr. Jack
son won this laurel over the heads OF
such men as DR.. G. A. Ward Of Bos
ton; Dr. W. Il. Graham Of Philadel-
phia; DR.. A. G.. Powell OF New York
Dr.. w. W. Brown of New York.
! In such defeats there may not be
! any disgrace, but in such victories
| their certainly is some honor.
| everyone may rest assure that un
der j. G. Jackson the convention will
continue hhe work so we'll begun and
.build wisely upon the foundation so
"cii idiu ny the predecessors. TO the
| casual observer it has been evident
| for sometime that DR.. J. G. jackson
/ is the most popular churchman in the
4 North.
J He pastors tho Great Second Bapt
! list Church, Nicetown philadelphia;
is Vice President of the National Con
vention; he is Chairman OF Negro
Work Of the Philadelphia Baptist
Union (white) and wbhaH he is a,
man whom tho socalled small preach
| CIR can touch. Ho breaches this year
I the Annual sermon OF the North Phil
Sadelphia Association (whitc) Truly
/ the New England Convention mado no
mistake in Its election.
~ 81 j. n. PHILPOT,
1888 North Smedley St., Phil. !,