The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-26
NEGRO BAP fists
CLOSE CONVENTION
Immense Meeting at Shiloh
Church-Sympathy For
Mine Victims

The fifty-fifth annual meeting of
the Alabama Colored Baptist state
convention, DIR. D. V. Jemison, presi-
dent, closed its four day meeting
Saturday evening at the Shiloh Bap-
fist church, Nineteenth street and
Avenue G., after hearing reports
from four district state conventions
representing 102 associations and
2,025 churches in the state, with a
membership of 331, PIP, according to
the report of Rev. William Bellinger,
statistician.
Among those who delivered ad-
dresses were DR.. L. X. Williams of
Chicago, pastor of Olivet Baptist
church, Chicago, claiming a mem
bership of 1915; DR.. Peter il Bryant
of Atlanta, pastor of the Wheat
Street Baptist church, said to have
the largest membership of any
church in the south, 6,170; Rev. w.
L. Lovelace, secretary home mis-
sion board, national Baptist conven-
ton; DR.. J. e. East of philadelphia.
corresponding secretary of the for
eign mission board, rational Bap-
list convention; DR.. Crenshaw of
Nashville, editor National Baptist
Voice." Rev. William L. Craft, field
secretary national Baptist young
peoples publishing board, Nashville.
Dr.. A. J. Dickinson, representing
the Alabama state board of health;
DR.. J. e. billiard, pastor of the South
side Baptist church.
DR.. S. N. Vass, Of Chicago, secre-
tary and treasurer education board,
national Baptist convention; DR.. G..
O. Booth of Chattanooga; Rev. C. C..
Alleyne of New York, editor of the
A. NJ. Z. Zion Quarterly Review. who
spoke greetings from the north
Alabama conference of the A. NJ. e..
Zion church, in session in Birming-
ham, and others.
Selma university, the central in
stitution of learning fostered by
negro Baptists of the state, was rep
resented by DR.. Robert Thomas Pol
lard, president, and received an APP
preparation of So. 90. The report of
the board of trustee, DR.. I. Il. Simp-
son, chairman was read by Prof. Il.
B. Hudson, secretary, respectively.
of the convention and of the board
of trustees.
The outstanding features Of the
proceedings were the annual adj
dress of President Jemison, the re-
ports of the state mission board and
the publishing board, the remarka-
BILE program executed Friday night
before an audience of 1000 and the
adoption of the following resolution
of sympathy offered by Dr. c. L.
Fisher. pastor of the Sixteenth
Street Baptist church,
Whereas, the sad WIS has
reached us through the daily press
of the destruction of 80 persons in
were colored, and many of them
members OF churches connected with
this convention, and,
Whereas. pail Of gloom and
sorrow now rests upon our be-
reaved brethren at Dolomite:
BE it therefore, resolved that
this convention hereby expresses its
sympathy with our sorrowing
friends and pledge our assistance in
every possible way to help Danish
the gloom and make glad their sor-
rowing hearts
"Respectfully submitted. w. L.
Boyd, J. w. Goodgame, c. L. Fisher"
Following this resolution prayer
was offered by DR.. r. I. Pollard.
Among those who delivered SER
mons were Rev. w. l.. Maddox of
Admission, Rev. c. 7. Hayes Of Do
than, Rev. NJ. C. Cleveland of Mo-
bile and Rev. J. ]. Howe Of Bes-
semer.
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