The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-20
BIBLICAL TENTH
RULE FOLLOWED
BY BAPTIST MEN

Jacksonville, May 2O.-(By the AS
sociated Press. )-Three times as
many men among Southern Baptists
have adopted a tenth of their income
as the minimum of their contributions
to religious work as were doing this
a year ago, it was announced in the
annual report of the Laymen's Mis-
sionary Movement committee to the
Southern Baptist convention made
public here today by DR.. j. T. Hen
derson, of Knoxville, secretary of the
movement.
The goal of the organization is
half million tithers among southern
Baptists and to induce business men
to take larger part in church activi-
ties.
The laymen's movement, student re-
ligious studies, women's work, the
negro theological seminary and re-
lated topics took up the greater part
of today's session The question of
establishing a great south-wide Bap-
tist university has been deferred for
another year.
Enrolment of messengers to the
convention from the Baptist churches
throughout the south has now reached
approximately 400, it is announced
by the secretaries and the largest at
tendance of any session was that of
last night when a crowd estimated at
more than 5000 attended the home
mission board services with many
seated on benches on the lawn out
side the tabernacle.
The siXty-sixty convention has been
marked by devotional services during
the luncheon recess conducted by the
Rev. Benjamin Cox, of Memphis, aid
ed by evangelical singers.
The service, started as an expert
ment have drawn large crowds each
day.
Another departure has been the for
nation of an association by ex-serv-
ice men attending the convention.
The convention declined today to
appoint committee to join with one
from the Northern Baptist convention
in drawing up new statement of
Baptist faith or name a standing CON-
mittee to cooperate with the North
ern branch in various activities. 1t
declared that there was no occasion
for new confession of faith and that
relations between the two bodies are
now wholly sympathetic and fraternal.
A resolution requesting congress
sional action to modify the Chinese
exclusion act "and stop the persecu-
tion of Chinese Christians in the
United States by officials of our gov
ernment,' was introduced by Con-
gresham w. D. Upshaw of Georgia,
at the request of F. s. Yager, Of Vine
Grove, KY, a brother of former gov
ernor Arthur Yager, of Porto Rico.
The resolution was referred to a
special committee. Mr.. Yeager, who
has lived for many years on the Pa
cific Coast, explained the resolution
by declaring that many Chinese le-
gally in thi scountry and who have
become identified with Chris
tian churches, have been illegally de-
ported and this "has handicapped the
activities and been detrimental to the
progress of the foreign missions
He said he did not favor unrestricted
Asiatic immigration, but wanted to
stop the persecution of Chinese al
ready in the country. The report
of the inter-board commission on stu
dent actvtes was read by Frank H.
Lavell of Memphis, Tenn, southern
Baptist student secretary. and was
adopted by the convention. The re-
port of the laymen's missionary
movement was then. presented by
Secretary Henderson.