Washington telegraph., 1922-11-24
BAF ST STATE
WIDE MEETING

hgious gatherings ever held in Ar.
kansas. The membership OF the
Convention is made up entirely OF
messengers from the churches, and
the number Of messengers that can
be seated In the Convention from any
one church depends entirely on the
number Of members in the church, ex.
cept that every church. regardless
OF the number Of its members, is en-.
titled to three messengers.
What The Convention Stands For.
Secretary Rogers says that the Con.
] vention and the churches that coop.
crate in the work Of the Convention
stand for old time Baptist orthodoxy,
! and for the doctrines which Baptists
have held and proclaimed through
the ages. The New Hampshire Con-
| fession Of Faith as it is given In Pen
| dleton's Church Manual Is accepted
as a correct statement Of Baptist be-
lief.
While they insist that in matters
OF religion every local church is in.
dependent and free from control by
any other organization OF any sort,
they also insist that every individual
Baptist and every local church is
under obligation to Christ to work
for carrying out the whole program OF
Christ in all the world. They hold
that Baptists work under a commits
sion from Christ to give the whole
gospel with all its benefits, to the
whole world. On this account they
do not join union" movements and
they do not unite with other denom-
inations in what are called union
meetings.
Reports To Be Submitted.
When the Convention meets in
Little Rock in three-day session re-
ports will be submitted from all the
dep1wments and all OF them will
shoT"encouraging progress. The Or
phans' Home at Monticello, under the
management of Mr.. and Mrs. C. R.
Pugh, is in a thriving condition and
the children are well cared for, though
money II needed to enlarge the plant
so as to provide for a larger number
of orphan children.
In providing for old preachers, and
FOR widows or dependent children Of
preachers who have died, the Dap.
lists OF the state are doing more than
ever before.
The report Of the Hospital Commits
sion, Of which DR.. C. f. Witt OF Little
. Rock is president will chow two Bap-
tist hospitals already in operation in
Arkansas, although one of them Is
In temporary quarters. The Davis
Hospital at Pine Bluff is in full op.
Grafton and is splendidly equipped
The Baptist State Hospital at Little
Rock now being operated in temp
orary quarters, but a magnificent
hospital building is in course of con-
struction.
The State Mission Board, DR.. F. NJ.
Masters. secretary will report an ex-
ceedingly fine years work. Under
the direction Of this board many pro-
tracted meetings have been held,
thousands OF people have been con-
verted and baptized and many others
have been added to the churches. Also
many weak churches have baen help
ed to support pastors and some asso-
Citations have been given help which
enabled them to keep missionaries in
the field. The mountain schools also
are provided for by this board.
Mrs. J. G. Jackson, secretary of the
Baptist State w. NJ. U. will report the
work among Baptist women as going
forward in fine fashion, with a good
increase over any previous year In
this work Mrs. Jackson is ably assist
ed by Mrs. Una Roberts Lawrence,
W. VI. U. Young Peoples Leader, and
several other workers.
Rev. H. V. Hamilton, who is secre-
tary OF the Department OF Sunday
Schools and B. Y. P. U. says that
never before has the work in his de-
partment shown such fine growth
as 1t hiss had this year. .r
Perhaps the department which has
shown the greatest growth is that OF
the schools and colleges. Ouachita
and Central Colleges and the noun
tain schools are filled with Students
so that in sevey4l cases enlargement
is necessity. 1t is expected chat
the Convention viii adopt plans for
raising endowment fer the erection OF
new buildings at several Of these
schools. Dr. Rogers says there are
about seYenty-flve preacher students
in the Baptist. schools OF the state
The Baptist Advance the official
organ OF the Convention. will report
a prosperous year, with circulation
anywhere from fifty per cent to sew
enty-five per cent larger than it had
year ago. sA1n 14ear1
Great Campaign Closing.
The Executive Board OF the Conven-