The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-12
bAPTISTS IN
18TH MEET IN
TEXAS, MAY IS
Fort Worth Ready IL
Greet Southern Conven-
ton Folk "" &
BY WALTER M. GILMORE

FORT WORTH, May IA
Texanic, titanic, dynamic wei,
come" awaits the multiplied
thousands of Southern Baptlsts
who meet here in the Coliseum
May 1920 in the seventy-ninth
session of their convention, &C
cording to DR.. l.. R. Scarbof-
ouph. president of the South,
western Baptist Theolog,i d
Seminary of this city, VINO y, 10
the general chairman or 'he
committee on arrangements. II,
It is predicted that this win
be a history-making conVentloh'
| Unusual interest has been arous.
ed in this meeting throughout
| the entire southland. No issues
of a divisive nature nave oeen
scheduled to come up. II IS OK
pected to be constructive con-
vention. For the past few years
tho convention has been con-
fronted at it's annual meetings
with declining receipts and con-
SEGMENT dissatisfaction with the
conventions machinery. How
ever for the past six months
there has been a decided gain
over the receipts of a year ago
and the morale of the people has
been greatly improved. During
the past four months $4,000
has been received in excess OF
the receipts for the first four
months in 1888.
At the last meeting of the
convention a committee, of which
DR.. f. Mcneil Potcat, Raleigh,
IN. c., is chairman was appoint
ed to report on the advisablllty
of creating an agency of social
research. The recommendations
of this committee have not yet
been released, but it is thought
that this matter, which comes
up the last night of the conven-
ton, may provoke heated dis
cussion. DR.. A. J. Barton. Will
mington, N. c., has been chair
man of the Social Service COM
mission for a, number of years
and his pronouncements on social
questions have been generally
adopted by the convention.
DR.. NJ. f. Dodd, Shreveport,
La, elected president of the
convention at its session in
Washington City last May, will
preside. His presidential ad-
dress Wednesday morning will
be the chief feature of the first
session. Another feature will be
the annual convention sermon by
DR.. T. l.. Holcomb, Oklahoma
City, or his alternate, DR.. W. H.
Knight, Atlanta. Wedn S d a y
night.
Dr.. NJ. E. Aubrey, London,
England, general secretary of
lthe Baptist Union of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, will bring
greetings from that body We'd
nesday morning and DR.. C. w.
lAtwater, indianapolis, Ind, will
represent the Northern Baptist
convention. ..'
A unique feature of this ses-
sion will be a dozen inspiration
al addresses along various lines
of recovery, which will be- sand
Iwiched in with the business ses-
)sions. "Oh Lord, revive thy work
| in the midst of the years." will
be the key note of the Conven-
ton. t..
The W.M.U., Auxiliary to the
convention, Mrs. F. w. Arm
strong, Plattsburg. Mo-. presi-
dent, will meet Monday night,
in the Broadway Baptist church
of this city for a two-day ses-
sion. The Baptist Brotherhood
of the South, DR.. j. T. Hender-
son, Knoxville, General Sccre-
tary. will also have a pre-con-
vention meeting Tuesday in the
Mirst Methodist church.
DR.. George w. Truett, Dali
las. will bring the closing ad-
dress Sunday afternoon. DR..
Truett has just returned from
London where he went to make
the chief address at the Spur-
geon Centenary. He has been
asked to deliver the same ad-
dress to this convention in honor
of the great London preacher of
a generation ago. He will speak
specifically on "The Challenge of
a Baptist World Program"