The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-10-25
MISSIONARY ANR ERUeAfI0NAL
e0NVENfl0N CL0SE SUCCESS
PpL SESSloN.

Palestine, Texas, Oct 2$. The AaP=
baptist Missionary and Educational
Convention has Just closed the great
est session Ia It's history aAd placed
On the table foG poissioRs aud ed4eas
ton nearly $2&oeQ and with money
still oeIotRg il tss declared BY the
leaders that II will go over that
amount before the end Of the aaoAtA
pg, A. l., Hoo1e Of FoEt WoEths. vas
elected president % the convention
white Mira, Edna Strickland ~ Pitts
burg vas elected president Of the
womeR's BAPTIST Convention aud Miss
Jessie b Holman. dgeetoE n the Y,
W A,
Il vas decided 10 celebrate the 50th
anRlyersaGy " the convention next
October in BeaupaolAt al tbe regular
session az which tt1ae the BaRtists
frogA all parts NJ the Stale Will be nl
yited " take part II will be q
great tEgae, the eoIlilAg toset1eI 81
all the BaRtiats, ~ enc great eeler
bgatiQp, toe addresses delivered the
seEp9QBS preached aud reports made
we've all ~ a high order, pE. l.. *.
WiAliaps, pastor III the largest church
" the co81trw Qliyet BaRtist eAgFeh,
Chicago, vas present conducted Rthle
study each, gloE9ing toE the women,
and RFeached an able, sermon Hh1fsT
9ny night Airs, FFtee was here, from
Chicago, also MrA l. b MAXWELL the
latter is seEging as AiatFoR 40 Bishop
COLLEGE. PE. b. W ID lsaaea 81
Nashville, SeeEetaEg Of b X. n D.
Board Of the National Baptist COR
yeHtioI, delivered a sermon duFiAs
the session.
IN. y. A, Scott Of Rl,llaa was elect
cd presideRt Of the Minister'S Com
terence and Dr. u, y, kealings seo-
rotary This ORGANIZATION ID dQins
a great work alaogg, the. youag Mir
isteEs All qgeatioHs tolehiRg church
goyeranent aud doctrine are diaGassr
cd IN this body.
Tho, FeRoEt OF Prof. ". ". Rockers,
secretary Of the convention showed
that great things were, beins done
BY the Rapiiata thIoughQpt the, state.
Hp is. one, OF tho, most prominent
layInan, in, the RaBtsRt denomination
thpoNghQlt the country and IL ttadltQi
Of the ,satipaal Baptist convention,
he is a maH Of dqtaiil and sysielh
He Was, presented a token by the
women,a COaX, ltipn, Tine RTesantfs-
ton speech was made by pr b b
Knox.
Prof. l. Nj, Terrell, RresidRnt Of
Houatoa College, deiiNeredi an ahla
address. He, spoke, OF the growth Of
the, school and the nped for buildings
He, iss now Rutting fQssth an effort ta
raise ono, hAndred thousand dollars
for a bpildinG
THE, report Of tho suPerintandRAtt Of
naissions. Dr. j, - Knox, showed
that, work Was helms done. The Sir
Rerinsendant had baeEh active dllrsns
The, YEAR and had travelled for BAR
tiaIn 49,, and nut in full S655 days
dissTihutedl 1880 nagss Of religiQuf
tracts. The two, men undeli MIN
had covered as; mnehi gToundi and ths
state. had put into, missionary wQik
over. $80.QO0s Tho, conYentiQn decided
70, increase, the missionaries. hanas
there Will be- tour in the fnsnra ex-
ciuslya, OF tho sunerintendent FtFf
laaI, at, work, in tho, state mems sFeai.
ter mission work fpr thu next u
Mrs. Bdna Strickland. delivered q
ssrnag address to, the woNena. she
had 4. VISION, and did not hesitate e
show the wauaen, what Was raqiliiad
og thezla, In the work OF salvation, feg
tho, race Woman. is To- plAE heAf NIL
naFk in the nature.