The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-12-13
TEpORTs GREAT MEET
''0F GEORGIA BAPTISTS
=, LOWE SAYS RECENT CON-
rev. .,rrON ONE OF BEST IN DE-
VEN CARNATIONS HISTORY.

NOMINATIONS no IN
{ F Lowe, who attended the
N'J NJ meeting of the Georgia Baptist
lu' ntion at Savannah, reports that
'p ,,,l characteristics marked the
eaheriog' ,,,os+ attendance
l ors which reflected the times in
- we are living. The spirit of OPP
sDs n, which pervaded the entire ses-
aHi'n r,S positively refreshing to all
SOL nod "d come in from the fields OF
gbe , 9@' sweat The spiritual tide was
In'l bS;gbcst enjoyed by the body IN
th D'7Thi This was due largely to the
y'al Sr.' conference held just prior to
?a'U Oolrnvention proper, the one note OF
~ ' Ia;ng prayer and thanksgiving to
|5n5 There were only two principal
Su a,ons preached, the remainder OF
sfl t;,nr being occupied by short talks,
,'.monials OF Gods goodness and
s arer These hours OF supphcatiion
lsal,J the business of the convention
any, s the plane of ordinary routine to
ION 90. 81 reporting about and planning
t ia.' Gods kingdom work fostered by
NE Baptists. o,.o
o,tber gratifying in many, ways. Geor-
SB a0tists paid in cash over one
sg Gsr dollars on the IS million dol
Y. an' oledges. this being surprise to
~ ,o r. 4 report covering the first two
l@rs II the IS million campaign IN the
jail territory of the Southern Bap-
sa', convention revealed the fact that
Y " million dollars were paid i'll during
1,t period. Many at first feared that
% @s campaign would cut down repairs
md building by the local churches but
1ur the first two years OF the cam
a ~, southern Baptists expended y
r sf dollars in church repairs and
S%Idjng. Reports are verified by the
g,ding men that literally millions OF
% saI are to be expended within the
ssyf year for the same purpose. j.,
The boards realize the financial
t+,;n through which the country IS
'ow passing, and accordingly are cut
+ 4og qvDenses in every possible place to
,reyent deficits in current eXpendl-
rres The success Of their efforts IS
Tatifying. e -,
The most encouraging report OF all
hat we're made about the work OF the
reyious wear was the fact that more
han fwentv-seven thousand had been
,aotised into the Baptist churches OF
GEORGIA on profession of faith the past
rear Not all the associations have been
hard from as yet. Possibly more than
1000 have been received by baptism
lone, Georgia Baptists usually do
bolt one-tenth as much as the entire
;opthern Baptist convention territory
oes and at this rate southern Bap-
Ms this wear have received more than
Vo hundred and seventy-fve thous-
md into their churches by baptism
hone. e.,
The Georgia Baptist hospital was
he problem of the convention and the
rav the guns were fired on the hrst
M OF the convention made many
jfrad of destructive war, but after
lIgent investigation of the charges
against Superintendent Long as to the
of the same the conVen-
t6r sustained the trustees OF the hos
Nal in their decision to eXonerate
he Superintendent from the charges
sie against him. Immediately after
4 was done Superintendent Long
mounced to the convention that ne
ID already rendered his resignation to
e board of trustees of the hospital.
pmors at the convention were to the:
feet that he will become the head OF
hospital in Birmingham, Ala, I'M
ediate1v after his connection with the
eorgia Baptist hospital is severed;
he convention authorized the board
trustees to sell the present site OF
e hospital along with the large apart
ent house opposite it on the same
rect in order to take care OF some
cunbrances on the hospital property
lie TO financial depression checking
ie plans to finance the building OF
e handsome and commodious nurses
ONE. The large home will be used as
hospital with $50 beds as well as a
ONE for nurses until conditions justify
eorgia Baptists in constructing the
rge hospital planned. One OF the most
reports about the hospital
as the statement that it has been
laced in class A by the American
ollege of Surgeons, only two others
ljoying this distinction in the entire
ate Of Georgia. -,
The most far-reaching acton OF the
in years was that rendering
the Southern Baptist convention
)ntrol OF Mercer University on con-
ition that southern Baptists shall es-
lbIish a great university at Mercer, a
cpartment of which shall be the new
sminary of the southeast, which IS
anned by that convention. This mat
ar will be further discussed IN the