The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-05-21
BAPTISyS AGAINST
UNION OF CHURCHES
Opposition to Wiping Out Of Denom.
national Lines Voiced at Conyen.
finn

Opposition to Wiping Out Of Denom.
national Lines Voiced ut Conven.
ton.
Atlanta, Ga, May 1G.-Opposition to
any form Of church union or the
"lplnS out of dcnominational limos
was voiced at today's session Of tho
southern Baptist convention in con
ncction with an add. ess by DR.. J.
campbell White, Of New York CITY
one of the active promoters of the
intcr-church project.
Many Southern Bap,ists alrnodv
nave expressed opposition to union
WIN any other organization, among
them being the Rev. Dr. !. B Gam
| ofell OF Fort Worth, president of the
convention, who made clear his opin-
ION IN no uncertain terms during his
annual address.
No formal action was tol;cn Nv .bo
convention as a whole. brt :. wac in
olcatcd that committee would pre-
sent recommendations on tho suhinc.
| polore inc close Of the convention.
While Dir. White disciaircI for tho
movement any idea OF organic chnrr,,
union ana insisted that only cooDera-
tion between the denominations was
aimed at, delegates expressed tho bo
ilef that no support of the movement
should be given by Southern Bautists
until definite restrictions had been
formulated to prevent any drift to-
ward destruction of denominationo1
doctrines.
The Southern Baptist convention in
| i9Zo Will meet in Washington. d. c.
IL the report Of the committee on time
and place is adopted This committee
headed by DR.. John f. Purser of At
anta, today unanimously decided in
iaVor OF the national capital and it is
considered the action of the commit
tee is tantamount to a decision bv the
convention.
Invitations also were extended bv
Birmingham, Ala, and Richmond. Va
The resolution against church un-
lonization introduced by Mrs. w. A.
Hamlctt, of Austin, Texas, was adopt-
ed with only a few opposing votes.
one OF the most important dovel-
oph'eh'S Oh the day was the adoption
or a committee report recommending
the creation Of an executive commit
tee to handle the business affairs of
the convention between annual SOS
|
given power of attorney and can
transact business of any character.
| including the sale Of property.
| inc committee will be cOmpOscd Of
tic president and The secretary of tho
convention, one member from each
board under the jurisdiction of the
convention, and one member from
each of the seventeen states. These
state members arc TO be selected nv
| the respective state Baptist convcn-
ions. The president and the sccro-
tary Of the Southern Baptist convon-
tion Will be cX-olliciO president and
secretary Of the committee.
The creation Of this committee no
''HSi'aled Il cnango in the bylaws Of
the convention and the report which
was presented by Dr.. J. w. Porter. of
Lexington NY, was received with
great interest.
| The morning session Of the convcn-
non was devoted largely TO The con
sid"ration Of home missions. with Or.
Is. ID. Gray, corresponding secretary
OF the Home Mission Board, in charge
of the problem.
The Home Board has planned a
program which cOntcmplatcs the cy-
penditure of $l3,000,000 during the
next five years for religious and cdu-
cational work, and the speakers on
Friday outlined in detail the plans
which the Home Board has formulat-
ed.