Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-10
DR.. JOHN D. NELL
ELECTED PRESIDENT
At BAPTIST MEET

| SAVANNAH, Ca Dec. 9.-The
committee probing the affairs of the
Georgia Baptist hospital last night
reported that it was impossible to
sift the mas sof evidence on hand
and recommended that the trustees
| be permitted to handle the situation
| This amounted to an eXOneration OF
DR.. J. NJ. Long, superintendent.
Organization Of the convention
was perfected in less than fifteer
minutes, with the election Of the
following officers:
DR.. John D. Nell, Athens; presi
dent; Rev. r. D. Ragsdale, Macon
secretary, vice presidents; Rev. l.. A
| Henderson, LaWrenceville; Rev. Ora
ham Forester Montezuma; Frank M
Oliver, Savannah, and Judge w. a
! Evans, Sandersville.
Mayor Murray NJ. Stewart, in be
| half of the city, and Colonel F. M
! Oliver, in behalf OF the Baptists, OIL
the city, welcomed the visitors. Col
onel Oliver stated that the Baptists
were the strongest Protestant demon
ination in the city with a member
ship around 5000, and urged the
convention to look into the%advisa
bility of providing for the religious
needs of the attendants at Tybee
who number over 100000 annually
He laughingly stated that Savan
nah's mayor probably was not as
good as he imagined himself to be
but he was infinitely better than
some of his enemies had painted him
The mayors address was cheered
loudly. He stated that he had beer
a class-mate in college Of the presi
dent. DR.. Nell, and that he was one
Of the "finest, cleanest, purest ano
best men / ever knew"
Annual Sermon
| The annual sermon was preached
by Dr. w. T. Smith, of Waynesboro
He was at his best.
DR.. B. D. Gray, of Atlanta, csrre
spending secretary of the home mis-
sion board of the southern Baptist
convention, then spoke in his own
inimitable way, on the home mission
work throughout the south. He said
that the trees about historic Savan
nah held in their hoary white MOSES
the spirit Of the men whose children
have made Georgia the Empire State
of the South. That the homogenei
ty and solidarity of the 75-millior
campaign had startled and shaker
the world into a state Of miraculous
admiration and that the by-products
were even greater than the 92-mil
lion dollars pledged.
1t is against the law of the conven
ton to cheer, but President Nell hat
a hard time to keep the delegates
quiet during his impassioned ant
fiery appeal. wv
"Texas," he said, "is a trophy o.
home mission work. Dallas alone
has over twenty churches and the
great First church of that city is
one of the greatest churches in the
! world and pastored by DR.. George
w. Truett. the 'prelate of the south
ern Baptist pulpit.
The educational report came up il
the afternoon for consideration, DR.
Rufus Weaver, the brilliant and gift
ed chancellor of the Georgia Baptis
schools, presided. DR.. H. D. John
son, Of Valdosta. read the report
DR.. J. Ellis Sammons, of the FRS
Baptist church of Rome, made 6
great appeal for the secondary
schools. Locust Grove, Brewtos
Parker, Gibson, Mercer, Norman
Park, Hiawassee. Hearn academy ant
Chattahoochee High school ant
Bleckley Memorial institute. These
institutions are filled to overflow
ing this year AMI are each doing the
best work in it's history.
Plea for Mercer.
Prof. O.. w. Macon, of Bessie Tiff
college, spoke on womanS place il
the education world, saying "mel
are mere monkeys in the societ!
organized by women. We ma.
gloat over their prinacy, but maj
occupies a secondary place in Cod
divine comedy. We always hav'
made a mistake by giving the pri
macy in educational advantages t.
our boys in preference to our girls
Every great man had a great moth
err. 1t is not always true that h
had great father"
DIR. H. A. Porter, of the Second
Baptist church of Atlanta, followed
Professor Macon and in his clio
! quent and gifted way lifted woman
to her place of supremacy in the
present day world, and showed the
marvellous influence in shaping
present world politics, and espe
cially religious tendencies.
He said: "Unless the custom o.
educating our girls and working oul
boys stop, Pauls Injunction will bt
changed to If any man would learr
anything let him ask his wife al
home"
DR.. C. B. Williams, of Mercer uni
versity, formerly professor of New
Testament in the Southwestern The
illogical seminary, spoke on "The
Greater Mercer Campaign" urging
upon Georgia BaDtists the neces
sity of doing their utmost to have
located at Macon in connection
with Mercer, the proposed South
eastern Theological seminary. The
convention is heartily and enthusi'
astically backing up the movement.
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