Evening star., 1926-05-27
FUNOAMENTALISTS
PLAN NEW FIGHT
IN BAPTIST SESSION
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| were made to the fundamentailsts 8
| The resolution officially places th'
STAMP of approval Of the conference
| on the declaration that haptsm ny
| immersion Is the only scriptual ba p
| tism and, second. that only Immersed
! dele2ates are to be admitted TO ths
| convention. Roth Of these points nave
! been generally accepted in the T@s'
hut the Official declaration Is taken AZ
a concilia ton.
Strict funda amentalists. however
charge that the defeat Of their RES"
luton Yesterday mea nj that the con
! vention by its vote Of to made
complete surrender to the Rockefeller
Fosdick coalition" because II permits
local churches to accept into full mem
bership persons not immersed
The resolution fought for by the
funda yesterday. which was
! introduced by Rev. Dr. W. 3. Riley,
vice president of the Baptist Bible
Union read:
THE Northern Baptist Convention
recognizes its constituency aS CON
sfsting solely Of those Baptist church
es in which the immersion OF helieN-
eis is recognized and practiced as a
prerequisite To membership.
The proposed amendment to the by
laws of the church. by which the
funda mentalists sought to force bap-
tism by immersion as a requisite 10
church membership. was voted down
by q large ma jOrity when opponents
of the change in the law OF the or
ganization pointed out that IT was
illegal, inasmuch as individual Bap-
tiSt churches are autonomous bo0ies
and have the prerOgative Of deciding
hal, nWp constituency
Quiet Marks Session.
In marked contrast to the morning
session yesterday. a. spirit OF Quie'
devotion prevailed yesterday after
noon and evening when reports Of
the Board Of Missionary Cooperation.
greetings from representatives ot
other associations. memorial and q
religious drama were given. The reg
ular prayer worship at noon was can
celed, despite early declarations yes-
te,dav that II should not be, because
of the extended deliberations on the
controversial matters. The daily de-
votional services are being conducted
bv Rev. Frederick F.. Taylor OF In
dia ma. Percy s. Foster OF Washing
ton is official song leader OF the con-
vention.
Harry W. Barras. secretary Of the
American Baptist Historical Society,
presided at the annual meeting OF
that body at the opening Of the ait
ernoon session.
w. n. Bowler. executive secretary
of The Board Of Missionary Co.opera-
ton. presented the annual report.
which was approved. MIR. Bowler
statement shows that the missionary
BUDGET has shrunken greatly from
nf budget
had in 1920.
Funds Go to I0cai Churches.
I'VE cannot plead poverty in
answer 10 this situation Mr.. Bow
Ter declared. "A significant record
proves that no lack of resources ac-
counts for this failure to make the
Northern Baptist missions keep pace
with world needs. Our financial re-
port shows that in the amounts
raised annually for current expenses
the churches of the denomination
have not only maintained. but tar
exceeded. the civinSs tor local re-
o,,irements in 1920-21, the peak year
of the New World movement. That
wear marked the high point Of giving
10 both departments. but. whereas
the annual item for current expense
donations has mounted steadily in the
succeeding five years from $l6.1a2 ,:9a
10 s"5.627,711. the missions side OF
the ledger records decline in the
same period from $11,:90.642 10
S5,431. $50. We rejoice that our peo'
ple are able and willing to do so
much for the local church. Our plea
is only that as the local churches
grow missions be enabled to grow
with them, by providing support in
an ascending scale"
A memorial service for j. Y. Aitchi-
son. for five years head of the Mis-
sionarv Board, who died suddenly sew
eraI months ago while at the Uni
versity of Chicago. where he was en-
ployed as secretary to the president.
was conducted by DIR. Charles w.
Gilkey, pastor Of the Hyde Park Bap'
fist Church Of Chicago, which is re
earded as the church Of the unr-
versity. Dr. Gilkey paid high trib'
ute 10 the life and character OF the
missionary leader.
Rev. Howard 3. Gross also reported
on missions and Rev. John A. Earl
told Of the work of denominatiOnal
papers. Other speakers were Rev. A.
W. Beaven OF New York and Corwin
S. Sha nix of Seattle.
Visitation Hour Held.
Or. Emory w. Hunt Of Ruckne|l
University was in charge Of a vista.
ton hour late yesterday at the me-
mortal to Roger Williams, one of the
founders Of the denomination. at
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Sixteenth
street and Columbia road.
A plea that the fundamental prin-
ciples of the Baptist faith be sold"
to the membership Of the church was
made las night in an address by Rev.
Herbert w. Virgin of Illinois. He de-
clared that a great body of Baptists
are being formed today who are not
familiar with the mea ning Of bap-
tism Ills speech was q declaration
for absolute recognition of baptism
by immersion rs an essential doc
trine Of the denomination. ANY
change in the form means Setting
aside the world of God and leads to
Unitarianism." he declared.
A religious drama, THE High
Calling" written by Clarence N.
Gallup, and presented by the Min
listers and Missionaries Benefit
Board. was staged under the direc-
tion of Raymond Sovey, formerly OF
Washington. The cast included:
Wilbour F.. Saunders. Raymond p.
Kaighn, Mrs. o. r. Judd, Ethel 3.
Mckay. Fl. J. White, T. Lloyd Hick-
man. r. Julien. G. J. Hargreaves. f..
Batten. Walter Hawkins. E. c.. Kun
kle, Patrick Henry Southard, Stanley
3. Hazard. Marguerite Hazard and
Gere Dell Sale.