The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-21
CONVENTION GIVES
INSTRUCTIONS FOR
RAISING FINANCES
Actual Work Not Expected to
Start Within Two Years I'm
less Finances Justify 1t.
GREATER AID SOUGHT
FOR NEGRO SEMINARY
$4,000 Has Been Raised for the
Conventions Gift and Work
Will Soon Begin.
q rhs Ass0eIasea Pres.1

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. May 20
The Southern Baptist convention to-
night voted in favor OF establishing a
large hospital in New Orleans and In
structed It's home mission board to
proceed 70 finance and build the hos
pital under provision that actual work
may not be started for two years, un-
less the boards finances justify be-
ginning before then.
The women's missionary union con-
trlbuted ss,4sso 900 to the general work
Of the Southern Baptist convention in
the last twelve months. it was an
nouneed at the session here late to-
day as against $4,000 raised in 1888.
the year the auxiliary was formed.
There are now 20,s74 organizations OF
the Union Southern Baptist churches.
gain Of s,7ss since the last conven-
tion, according to the report. prepared
~ Mrs. W. g. James. president. and
Miss Kathleen Mallory, corresponding
secretary. both OF Birmingham. ana
details were given or numbers Of its
other activities
Hospitals were the general subject
tonight and the report Of the hospital
committee showed that the Southern
Baptists operate 10 hospitals With a
total capacity Of 2254 beds and the
total value OF the property is S7.933,S4S.
The convention kept hard at work
despite an unusually warm day and
many, led by Congressman w. ID. Up
shaw Of Georgia, shed their coats so
they could listen In comfort TO reports
OF various Baptist organizations. in
Guiding the laymen's movement, stu
dent activities, the denominatlonal
press and the progress Of the fund f6r
aiding in establishing a negro Bap-
fist theological seminary ct Nashville.
In urging greater aid for the negro
seminary the Rev O. L. Haley of
Nashville, praised the accomplishments
or the negro and begged for greater
cooperation among southern white
people. He said $4,000 had been
raised for the conventions gift and
that work would start as soon as title
to the land had been perfected by the
negro Baptists and Nashville organl-
Nations. The $4,000 fund wit be
completed from the Baptist s75,00O,-
600 fund.
Secretaries OF the various boards
were reappointed today and women
for the first time were made members
OF the boards.
Proposals that Southern Baptists CO..
operate with the Northern Baptists
convention in formulating a new state
ment OF Baptist doctrine and appoint
4 standing committee to work with
the northern convention on matters of
mutual interests were voted down 1t
was declared that the two great Bap-
list organizations already work in
harmony and that there is mo demand
nor necessity for any new statements
Of Baptist faith and policy"
The proposals did not come from the
northern convention but from an un-
official meeting OF members Of both
conventions who assembled recently at
Columbia. Mo. Or. Z. " Mullins. Of
Louisville president Of the Southern
Bapttsts said some Of the Northern
Baptists at that meeting declared their
body wanted the aid OF the Southern
convention in combating certain
radical tendencies" among members OF
the northern convention regarding a
statement OF Baptist principles, but he
opposed the Southern Baptists taking
the initiative.
Praise for the Baptist weekly press
was given by the Rev. c. w. Duke of
Tampa, who said the time might come
when they would be published by the
convention and supplied free to all
Baptist homes s. e. Cody of Green
vile. 5. c.. Baptist editor, urged that
the convention set aside from its next
campaign after the present S75,000,000
find, enough money to endow the
uenominational papers.