Evening star., 1923-09-01
E.. Hilton Jackson Outlines
Work of Baptist alliance

L. Hilton jackson, moderator of
the Columbian Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia. who attended the
World Baptist Alliance. at Stock
holm, to present an invitation LOT
the Northern and Southern Baptists
conventions to meet in this city IN
1927. but which were voted TO
Toronto. Canada. has compiled re-
port of the meeting.
The report. in part, is:
The third meeting of the Baptist
World Alliance. held at Stockholm,
was in its environment and outlook
in many respects the most significant
gathering that has vet taken place
in the history of Christendom. When
il is recalled that there was no &C.
CIcsiastical authority within the de-
Snomination with power TO call Such
congress and that the congress
originated in Il Worldwide nut un-
precendented desire on the part OF
Raprists to assemble and take COM
mon council of the essential Things
for which the denomination stood
the gathering at Stockholm pre-
sented 4 unique spectacle.
Represent Thirty NatiOnalities.
The $500 delegates in attendance
in addition to vast coEcourse OF
visitors, represented thirty nation
alitieS, including Chinese, Japanese
American Indian, negro. natives OF
British India, Russia, Poland, Ru-
mania. Esthonia, Latvia, Lapland and
JugoSlaVia.
The place of the meeting was well
chosen, inaSmuCh as the Swedish Zap
tiSt membership now numbers more
than 10000, with missionaries scat
tered throughout the world with
quota of one missionary for every oot
of the membership, thus placing them
in the forefront of missionary eHorl
and sacrifice. The delegates assem-
bled in this Venice of the north, beau-
tifully located ON Il dozen islands
represented a Baptist brotherhood OIL
10000 900, and ii was pointed out al
one of the meetings that while the
BaptistS had reached Il membership OF
100000 in the first 300 years or their
history up 10 1920. yet in the three
years from 1920 another million had
been added to the membership. Those
most concerned with the gathering OF
this denomination in Europe and the
. orient confidently predicted that us
, future increase will be at the rate OF
not less than one million per annum
Given New Significance.
THE conference is given Il new sig
nificance because of its ringing dec
laration for the separation of church
and state at a time when the state
churches or the established religions
Of Europe have. through mistaken
notion of patriotism combined with
self preservation failed to strike q
clear note against war.
TT was pointed out by those who
addressed the convention as an OPP
portunity. not as a boast, that in this
critical hour Of world history such
molderS of world opinion as Premier
Hughes of Australia and Lloyd George
of England. besides Secretary Hughes
and President Harding were loyal Bap-
lists.
President Harding's Message.
The message sent by President
Harding and read to the congress a
few days prior to his untimely end
made profound imUre sSton:
- should be glad if you will find
opportunity to convey to the Baptist
World Alliance the greetings of a
fellow Baptist and express for me the
hope that We shall have throughout
the world a continued growth in that
religious devotion which makes q
finer brotherhood of man in a con-
SCientious worship of God. / believe
with all my heart that nothing il
more needed in the world today thar
the practical application of the spiri'
of the Christ
David Lloyd George in a persona