Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-13
SOUTHERN BAPTIST
DELEGATIONS BEGIN
POURING INTO CITY
Convention Officials Among
Early Arrivals Preparatory
to Conferences = Thou
sands Are Coming Later

The early arrivals for the south
ern Baptist convention began with
Saturdays trains and during Sunday
il is expected that all convention Of
| ficials will reach the city ready for
] Ere.convention conferences and
board meetings to be held Monday
: and Tuesday.
The first session of the convention
does not open until Wednesday
morning at 10 O'Clock, but by Tues
day evening there probably will be
1000 delegates here and the majority
of them will attend the meeting held
Tuesday afternoon and evening un-
der several allied agencies of the
convention. 1t is expected that by
the hour of the opening of the con-
vention on Wednesday morning at
least 5000 visitors will be In the
city. Special trains from Texas and
other western states will not arrive
until late Tuesday night.
The three leading matters to come
before this convention will be the
report of the committee on redefln-
ing the work of the convention: the
report of the committee on the
Southern Baptist Theological semi
nary building program; and the re-
port of the committee on future pro-
grams. Around these three reports
will center the chief discussions of
the six days and certainly the dele
gates will await with keenest in
terest the disposal OF these three
matters.
There are many other major ques-.
tions to be settled at this session of
the convention For example, the
five-year program, known as the
. Baptist IS Million campaign, launch
ed here in Atlanta in 1919, comes to
close this year and while the con-
vention is considering the future
program, it will be matter of ne
cessity to work out the clear lines
along which this campaign will be
completed during the remaining
months of the calendar year.
New Seminary Considered
Closely related to the report on
/. the redefinition OF the scope of the
several boards OF the convention will
be a report Of a special committee
to. bring recommendation regard
ing another theological seminary for
the south, This report is expected
to favor a third seminary according
to announcement from the chair
man. DR.. J M. Shelburne, of Dan
vile. Va. 1t is well known that Mer'
Ger university is considered as one
of the most suitable sites for the
fnc, IF thiS CIV seminary
The preconvention meetings are
OF unusual Importance this year. Be
ginning Monday evening at the First
Baptist church, there will be a meet
ing Of the stewardship leaders of the
several states of the convention. DR..
John f. Purser OF Atlanta, is presi-
dent of this conference and will pre-
side at the session which will con-
tinue through Tuesday,
The Atlanta Baptist council has ar
ranged mass meeting for laymen to
be held in the city auditorium Tues
day evening, which promises to be
one of the more largely attended ses-
sions of the entire convention.
United States Senator Walter F.
George, of Georgia, will be the first
speaker. introduced by Governor Cliff
ford Walker. The second speaker
will be Douglas Freeman, editor of
the Richmond News-Leader intro
duced by DIR. Ashby Jones. A special
program of music will add to the at
tractiveness of this program. Charles
A. Sheldon will play four organ solos
and John ID. Hoffman and Mrs.
s James II. Written will sing solos.
RmEnel +. J Paxon will preside at
meeting. DR.. L. Y, Mullins,
president of the Southern Baptist
convention, will conduct the opening
devotion.
Women to BE Active
On Tuesday evening the women
will hold the opening session of the
Woman's Missionary union, auxil-
larry to the convention, at the Bap-
fist Tabernacle. The speakers will
be Miss kathleen Mallory, of Birm.
ingham; Mrs. W. c. James, president
of the union and DIR. w o. Carver,
professor of missions in the semi
nary at Louisville
The field workers conference.
composed Of the secretaries of the
Sunday school and b. Y. p u. organi.
zations of the seventeen states of the
convention, will hold an annual meet
ing on Tuesday at the First Baptist
be on this program are: L. w.
Wiley, Illinois; Bryan Robinson, Ten,
nessee; T., +. Campbell, Georgia: w.
ID. HudSens, Tennessee; d. S. Camp.
bell. Arkansas; E. j. Wright. Vir-
ginia; Perry Morgan, North Caro-
lima; L. I'll Farmer Oklahoma; w. FL.
Preston. tennessee: Emmett Moore,
Alabama: I. il Watts, South Caro-.
lima; l. j. Van Ness, Tennessee. G..
w Card, Tennessee, and DR. Wallace
Bassett, Texas
1 On Tuesday afternoon George w.
Andrews, secretary of Sunday school
work in Georgia, viii take the mem
bers of the field workers conference
to Stone Mountain for a pleasure
trip.
The Southern Baptist Bible con.
ference holds its first session on
Tuesday night at the Central Baptist
church. The speakers on Tueselay
night will be Dr. w. l.. Pickard NJ
Chattanooga. and DR.. Lincoln McCon.
nell. of Oklahoma City. This confer
ence will hold sessions everv dav
curing the noon recess hour Of the
convention in the First Bantist
church. This is the first time thls
conference has been held in connec.
ton with sessions of the convention,
1T is announced by the leaders of
the movement that the emphasis in
f, the meetings will be upon doctrinal
! questions. Dr. Victor l. Masters. OF
kentucky, and Or. Z. p. Stafford. OF
Kansas City are the leaders in this
new organization.
Mercer university will hold two
debates here Tuesday evening. One
debate Will be between Mercer and
Wake Forest college and will be held
in the Wesley Memorial church. The
other Will be between Mercer and
+, William Jewell college, and will he