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ESTABLISHED 1821. Christian Index Publlihei Every Thursday By BELL VAN NEBS Address Christian Index, Atlanta, Ga. Organ of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia Subscription Prick: One copy, one year 12.00 One copy, six months 1.00 About Our Advertisers.— We propose hereafter to very carefully investigate our advertisers. We shall exercise every care to allow only reliable parties to use our col nmns. Obituaries.—One hundred words free of charge. For each extra word, one cent per word\cash with copy. To Correspondents—Do not use abbrevi ations; be extra careful In writing proper names; write with ink,on one side of paper. Do not write copy Intended for the editor and business items on same sheet. Leave off personalities, condense. Business.—Write all names, and post offices distinctly. In ordering a change give the old as well as the new address. The date of label Indicates the time vour subscription expires. If you do not wish it continued, or der it stopped a week before. We consider ear'b subscriber permanent until he orders his paper discontinued. When you order it stopped pay up to date. Remittances by registered letter, money order, postal note For the Index. Parable of the Pounds. Luke 19:11 27.—Lesson for May 17. BY S. G. HILLYER. We must not confound the par able of the pounds recorded by Luke, with the parable of the talents recorded by Matthew. It was not an uncommon thing for Jesus to illustrate some truth, of special importance, with two parables. Fcr instance: When he would illustrate the immense worth of the kingdom of God, he compares it first to treasure hid in a field, and then to a pearl of great price. Again, when he would illustrate the worth of a single soul, he does it, first, by the good shepherd, who left the ninety and nine sheep that he might recover one that was miss ing; and then, by the case of the woman who searched so diligent ly for a single coin. In like manner, when he want ed to impress his disciples with the need and worth of fidelity and zeal in his service, he gave them, first, the parable of the pounds; and then, a few days later, he emphasizes the first, by adding to it the parable of the talents. The two parables do very close ly resemble each Other; inso much, that many might hastily conclude, that they are only different versions of the same parable. This, however, cannot be admitted. For Luke evident ly reports the parable of the pounds as given at, or near Jeri cho, when Jesus had come out of Perea, and was on his way to Je rusalem. While Matthew tells us that the parable of the talen s was given after Jesus had reach ed Jerusalem and after he had made his last visit to the temple, and had withdrawn with his dis ciples to the Mount of Olives Hence we may safely conclude that Jesus himself actually gave both parables—one near Jeri cho, the other on the Mount of Olives. As already stated, the two closely resemble each other. This is seen both in imagery and in meaning. Hence when we in terpret one, we do in great meas ure, interpret the other also. In the present lesson we find the parable of the pounds. Let us carefully consider what it teaches. It is too long to quote. I do hope, however, that all will turn to the passage above given, and read it carefully, that you may more easily follow the thoughts which it suggests. The picture is not without its parallel in actual history. Our able Sunday School Teacher, for May, suggests a case in point. When Herod the great died, his son, Archelaus, set out immedi ately for Home, which was at that time regarded as a far dis tant city. He went to pay his court to the Emperor, and to so licit from him the kingdom which his father Herod had held. We learn from the same source that Archelaus was so unpopular that the Jews actually sent an embassage to Augustus to defeat his application. They failed, however, and Archelaus was crowned. On his return to Jeru salem “he did bloody work with his enemies” who had resisted his pretensions. When these events happened Jesus, with his mother and bis reputed father was in Egypt, where the family had taken ref uge from the jealousy and cruel ty of Herod, who “sought the young child’s life.” When Jesus grew up to manhood he doubtless knew these facts. And if so, the story may have suggested his parable. The parable is both a prophecy and a lesson. As a prophecy, it foreshadowed events which began to take place in the near future; and other events which we yet look for in THE CHRISTIAN INDEX. IL RIPTION, Pm .»2.00. I ITL ISTSRS. 1.00. I the ages to come. Jesus himself was evidently the analogue of the “nobleman” in the parable. The nobleman’s departure into a far country to receive for him self a kingdom, represents the ascension of Jesus not many days after the parable was spoken, up to the court of Heaven, that he might be enthroned at the right hand of his Father and invested with authority to administer the kingdom of God on earth by the agency of his Holy Spirit. The ten servants of the nobleman represented the followers of Je sus; and the money committed to his servants represents the gifts and graces, the means and opportunities with which Christ has endowed his people, that they might, to the best of their skill, their ability, and their faithfulness, uphold and advance the interests of his kingdom dur ing his absence. The return of the nobleman, and his dealings with his servants, to whom he had entrusted his money, fore shadow the return of Christ, some day, when he, too, shall judge his followers, as each one shall have used or abused the gifts entrusted to him. And finally, the punishment inflicted by the returned nobleman upon those who would not have him to to reign over them, foretell the doom of the wicked who, through all the ages, refuse to submit to the authority of Christ. Let us now consider the les sons which the parable teaches us. First of all, let us realize the fact that our absent Lord has en dowed each one of us with some ability to augment the glory of his reign over the kingdom of God on earth. That ability may be very small—it is represented in the parable by only one pound. The Teacher tells us the pound was worth about 17 dollars of our money. Therefore it could not represent very brilliant gifts, or any very remarkable opportu nities. One of the servants, how ever, increased his pound ten fold, and another five fold. Others of the ten, no doubt, gained something, but it was not necessary' to tabulate them all with their exact earnings. It is likely that the amounts varied from oto 10. But enough is told us to show that the rewards varied with the amounts gained. There is one very important truth which the parable teaches'u»—that tile saint’s position in the life to come will depend upon the use which he has made of the ability that God has given him. My brother, there is another very solemn truth taught by the parable. If you fail to make any return for the pound entrusted to you, it will be, at last, taken from you and transferred to the account of some better man. Can you stand that? If you can, I am sorry for you. Take notice, you and your neighbor began your religious lives with only one pound. You hide yours in the earth. This very fact creates a deficit in the King's revenue, and to that ex tent throws a heavier burden up on your neighbor who is trying to do his duty. Is not this true to-day in every branch of church work? Look at the multitude of church mem bers who literally leave all man ner of church work to be done by others. Are they not burying out of sight the rich gifts ■which’ the Lord has bestowed upon them? There will come upon them, by and by, a fearful day of reckoning. The last truth which 'the par able teaches is the final destruc tion of the wicked who will not have Jesus to reign over them. If the parable is indeed a presen tation of truth, then it is certain that the enemies of Christ shall all perish. 563 South Pryor Street, Atlan ta. Os all the ritualists, the Bap tist ritualist is the narrowest and most unlovely. His ritualistic beliefs are a modern invention. They are without that grace and are void of that beauty and au thority which age confers. As a believer in and a promulger of traditons, the Baptist is a parvenu. No wonder that in this work he is absurdly awkward. He has mistaken the mission of' the people among whom he has cast his lot. That mission is very largely to deny the au thority of the unverified tradi tions of men, to disburden Christianity of the follies, the vanities, with which these mul tiplied traditions have encum bered it, and by no means to add a single ounce to the impedi menta which the Christian army have been carrying through all the centuries. Let the Baptist ritualist, whose "happiness and security are bound up with tra ditions, find his true habitat among those who live on this thin and unsubstantial diet.— The Religious Herald. Sontheri Baptist Convention. FORTY-FIRST SESSION. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 8, 1896. The forty-first annual session of the Southern Baptist Conven tion was begun at 10 o’clock yes terday morning at the First Bap tist church, on Georgia avenue. Long before the doors of the beautiful structure were thrown open, committees and State dele gations w T ere in special session in the basement, pifbtor’s study and other annexes to the main build ing; and along the streets lead ing up to the First Baptist church throngs of delegates and visitors were gathering in. The day is fine, a clear sky, in vigorating atmosphere, perfect springtime, delightful cli mate and temperature gives zest and relish to the old and young and anticipations of inter est to come —in fact, the crowds are impatient to begin the work. Promptly at 10 o'clock the Con vention was called to order by Judge Jonathan Haralson, of Al abama, President of the Conven tion. The devotional exercise was conducted by Rev. S. H. Ford, D.D., of St. Louis, who be gan by reading the immortal hymn, “Awake my Soul,” the music of which was led by Rev. Dr. W. E Hatcher, and as the enthusiastic strain swelled with the voices of the great gathering, a thrill of royal rapture seemed possessing every soul present in the vast assemblage. The anthem of praise w T as followed by the reading of the eighty-fourth Psalm, and a most fervent prayer was offered by Dr. Ford. President Haralson declared the enrolling of delegates the first order of business, which was speedily accomplished; and the result announced by the secreta ries showed a total of 607 del egates present upon the sub scription basis. The total number of delegates possi ble under the subscription rule is 721. The total number of delegates present, of all classes,is 785; the total number entitled to representation under the amount subscribed is 1,423. The admir able and expeditious manner in which the enrollment was con ducteti was due to the strict bus iness methods of Rev. Lansing Burrows, D.D. After the result had been an nounced the President congratu lated the assembly upon the sat isfactory manner in w T hich dele gates had been enrolled and of lered some very pertinent sug gestions along the line of busi ness to be transacted. The election of President being the next order of business, Dr. F. H. Kerfoot, of Louisville, nom inated Judge Jonathan Haral son for re-election and moved that one of the secretaries be in structed to cast the vote of the Convention for him. Dr. J. H. Kilpatrick, of WhitA Plains, Ga., took the chair and put the motion to the house, which was carried unanimously, and Secretary Bur rows, in pursuance with the mo tion, cast the vote of the Conven tion forjudge Haralson, who was declared President of the Con vention for next year. Upon assuming the chair Pres ident Haralson said that he great ly appreciated the honor, and more especially since he had been elected President for eight successive years and felt assured that the members really wanted him as their chief presiding offi cer or they would not continue to elect him. He said further, that he had no speech to make; but would call the attention of the Convention to a few constitu tional provisions, chief of which was the prohibition of everything in the way of applause of speak ers; and closed by appealing to the members of the Convention to assist the chair in preserving order and accelerating business. The President then appointed the following members as a com mittee on Order of Business: Dr. H. H. Harris, of Virginia; Dr. I. T. Tichenor, Georgia; R. J. Wil lingham, Virginia, and J. M. Frost, of Tennessee. As the committee on Order of Business retired, President Har alson, in a very pleasant manner introduced Hon. Geo. W. Ochs, selected by the Committee on Arrangements to deliver the wel come address to the Conven tion on behalf of the city of Chattanooga. In presenting Mr. Ochs Presi dent Haralson took occasion to refer to the Chattanooga Times in a most complimentary manner, which was responded to by the whole audience in enthusiastic applause. The address was ex cellent, everybody was gratified. Evidently, the Chattanooga peo ple are proud of their mayor. Mr. Ochs is an Israelite, but he takes a lively interest in what- ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1896. ever concerns his people and his city. Rev. Dr. Garrett was next in troduced, who welcomed the Con vention, on the part of the churches of Chattanooga. In his remarks Dr. Garrett said that unfortunately he did not confer with Mayor Ochs be fore he made his speech, and the result was that the mayor had said all the nice things to the delegates that he intended to say. There was oqe fact that might interest the visitors. Twenty five years ago Forney Vaugh, in whose memory the large memo rial window in the church w r as placed, had made a journey to the Mission Board, then in ses sion in Raleigh. N. C., and had asked them to send a missionary to Chattanooga. In keeping with the progress of Chattanooga it is as well to note that a year or two ago there were fifty-five churches and over 100 saloons. To-day there are ninety-eight churches and seventy-six saloons. The reverend gentleman closed his address with earnest words of welcome. By his kindly bearing towards the delegates and visitors and the interest he has taken in securing them good homes and comforts, Dr. Garrett has won the grati tude of us all. DR. WILLIAM W. LANDRUM S RE SPONSE. Following Dr. Garrett’s ad dress, the president introduced Rev. Dr. Wm. W. Landrum, of Richmond, Va., who was on the program to reply on behalf of the Convention to the address of welcome. The speaker took occasion to compliment, the words of welcome expressed by Mayor Ochs and Dr. Garrett, and in speaking of the newspapers, said that the Southern Baptist Con vention, in all of its previous as semblies, had never been so con siderately treated and so admira bly handled by a secular news paper as it had been by The Chattanooga Tinies. Proceeding then to the main body of his reply, Dr. Landrum said: I gladly accept your request that I speak a few words of re ply to the noble address of wel come w r e have just heard. Ido not know why you call upon me, but I would li i to say that if a man who w , i- 1 | born in Georgia and educated at the Seminary in South Carolina, with church membership in Tennessee, who preached as a missionary in Mis sissippi, was ordained in Texas, and had his first pastor ate in Louisiana, his second in Georgia and his third in Virgin ia, is fit to utter the feelings of Southern Baptists, I am the man. ’ Chattanooga, it seems to me, is pre eminently the proper place for holding the present session of the Convention. Armies shook the continent to capture Chatta nooga; Chattanooga captured this Convention when assem bled in the national capitol, with one loving invitation. That invitation evinced the old time Southern hospitality. It did not indorse the “pay as-you gc-plan,” but, flinging wide its doors, professes that it is careful to entertain strangers at its own expense. Chattanooga is a typ ical Southern city; it has both heredity and a future; its past is garlanded with the imperishable laurels of heroes; its present in dustrial, commercial, manufact uring, literary and religious, conserves all that was best in the old South, while its future is lit up with the rising sun that is to shed brighter glory on the new South yet to be. Here gathers a convention, loyal to Southern religious history, for more than half a century, to ascend Look out mountain, transformed into a spiritual observatory, and sur vey the possibilities that stretch out before it during another half hundred years. Perhaps it may be proper, Mr. President, to say just a word as to who we are, and what we are here for. We are heart felt Christians. Historically, doctrin ally and experimentally, we are Christians. As Christians we are brethren to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity and truth, of whatever name or creed or ecclesiastical denomination. Our first principles are those we hold in common with other evan gelical denominations. We be lieve with them in the authority, sufficiency and finality of the Scriptures: man’s ruin by sin, salvation by Christ; repentance, faith and regeneration, good works are the fruit of conversion, and unending bliss in heaven the reward of the righteous. These great doctrines are dear to us, and all the more dear because they constitute a strong bond of union between us and other Christian people. We are not only Christians, but Baptist Christians. Baptists are not bigots, nor are they braggarts. Baptists have principles belong- ing to them alone, however, principles that are peculiar to them, which we hold simply and solely because they are taught in the New Testament. They are individual responsibility in re ligion, fidelity to positive ordi nances, democracy in church government,separation of church and state. We are also Southern Baptist Christians. We are so geographically, if in no other particular. There is no South ern Baptist church as such, any more than there is a Northern Baptist church and Northern de nomination. Baptists, in all es sential matters, are the same the world over. Som? of us are look - ing forward to the day and place when we shall exhibit and em phasize our dream and unity by convention or Pan-Baptist gath ering of all our brethren from the four quarters of the globe. None the less, there are mission questions of more or less irapor tance, about which Southern Baptists differ from Northern Baptists. To them the Southern Baptists are strongly -wedded, and. that fact may make it wise for them to “flock by them selves” for sometime to come. We are, furthermore, organ ized Southern Baptist Christians. So far as Southern Baptists are organized, this Convention ex presses and exhibits the fact. Our Foreign Mission Board, Home Mission Board, Sunday School Board, Woman's Mission ary Union, and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, are the channels through which spiritual energies flow out and bless the world. We believe these are at present, adequate for our purpose. Now we most af fectionately and earnestly appeal to all Southern Baptists to co operate with us in making these efforts for the spread of the knowledge of salvation all over the earth. When we come to answer the inquiry why we meet in annual convention, we would say, per adventure, to clear away all pos sible misconceptions. We are not an ecclesiastical court to try heresy. Roger Williams is not on trial. We care not to ask whether he was an Se Baptist, a Pedo Baptist, or an Ana Baptist, or simply a Baptist. We are not here to spring questions as to how 7 much “idealized history” there may be in the book of Genesis, or how much manufact ured history there may have ap peared in our Sunday-school literature. It is not likely that we shall vex our righteous souls o ver how many letters of the alphabet are necessary to the name of our young people’s societies. None, if Ido not presume too much. I hardly imagine we shall under take to decide whether the great city of Philadelphia shall be hereafter the capital of the State of Tennessee. No, brethren, we are here on bigger buisness than propound; ing and answering irrelevant questions.. We are here to take counsel about how to promote objects concerning which there can be no question in seiious minds. Not far from where we meet to-day was fought what will for ever be known in history as the “battle above the clouds. ” Be low the feet of the Grand Army uncertainty, anxiety, but high above them the sun shone il luminating the field of conflict, and showing a plain path to vic tory. Below us, far below us, are the mists and fogs which en circled those hurrying them selves on discussing methods and trying heretics. Above us is the smile of the Son of Righteous ness, who bids us go and preach the gospel to every creature. When Dr. Landrum had com pleted his address the.committee on order of business announced ready for report, who were heard, and made Ihe following report: Time of meetings and adjourn ments fixed: Meet at 9a. m., adjourn at 12 m.; meet at 2:30 p. m., and adjourn at 4:30 p. m.; meet at 7:30 p. m , adjourn at will. The present secretaries, Drs. Lansing Burrow’s and O. F. Gregory, were re elected. Ad journed. • AFTERNOON SESSION. The Convention was called to order promptly at 2 o’clock by the president. Prayer was offered by W. B. Carter, of Alabama. The vote on election of vice presidents was announced, show ing the election of the following named gentlemen: Joshua Lev ering, Maryland; F. H. Kerfoot, Kentucky; S. H. Ford, Missouri, and ex-Gov. W. J. Northen, of Georgia. On motion of Rev. Dr. C. G. Jones, of Covington, Ky., the following named gentlemen, vis itors from Cincinnati, were pre sented to the Convention by the president, all of w’hom made brief remarks, expressing their gratification at being present and for courtesies shown : Rev. Stephen A. Northrop, pastor of the First Baptist church, “ The Tabernacle of the People.” Rev. Warren G. Partridge, DD, pastor Ninth Street Bap tist church. Rev. Geo. R. Robbins, D.D , pastor Lincoln Park Baptist church. W. H. Doane, Mus. Doc. Immediately on its becoming known that W. H. Doane was the gifted hymn writer he was asked by some one in the audience if he would not sing; he replied “Yes,” and on indication from the president he led the Conven tion in singing, “ Blessed Be the Tie that Binds,” much to the edi fication of the Convention. On motion, Rev. W. C. Osborne, of Columbia, S. C , and Rev. George R. Stephens, of Cincinnati, were also intro duced to the Convention, and both acknowledged the courtesy in appropriate terms. Dr. Os borne especially was earnest in his acknowledgements and took occasion to say how agreeably he had been surprised in his re ception by the Southern Baptists and the Southern people gener ally, in view of the fact that he was at the head of a colored school in Columbia; that he had begun his public ministry in the South, butthen went North and remained several years, and when he began to ■ prepare to come South to engage in his present work he was told by friends that he would be ostra cised by the Southern people, and in fact, had some little ap prehension about himself ; but he had been received in the most agreeable manner, both by the Southern Baptists and the Southern people generally, who had all encouraged and helped him in his work. THE FOREIGN MISSION BOARD, through its secretary, Rev. R. J. Willingham, D D.. submitted its annual report. The doctor read the salient portions of the report and those most likely to require special notice and action on the part of the Convention. The Board received from Woman’s Missionary Societies for Foreign Missions, $22,799.55, apportioned among the States as follows : Alabama, $1,200.16; Arkansas, $184.60; District of Columbia, $161.2*0; Florida, $371. 53; Georgia, $2,633.28; Kentucky, $1,373.81; Louisiana, $220.93; Maryland, $1,818.24; Mississippi, $644.52; Missouri, $1,254 63; North Carolina, $2,430.58; South Carolina, $3,008.72; Tennessee, $934 03; Young South, $322.70; Texas, $980.35; Virginia, $4,975. ■ 71; Western North Carolina. $284.56. The field covered by the Board included stations in Italy, Bra zil, Mexico, China, Japan, Africa, many of them quite ex tensive and operating a large force. The report was referred to ap propriate committees, a special committee being authorized, on motion to take into consideration the indebtedness of the Board and devise means for its imme diate relief. THE HOME MISSION BOARD submitted its report through its secretary, Rev. I. T. Tichenor, D.D., of Atlanta, Ga. The re port says: 1 ‘ The Home Mission Board returns its grateful acknowledge ment to the Giver of all good for the blessings which have at tended it during the past year. “The labors of its missionaries have been attended by the in fluence of the Divine Spirit, so that only once before in all its history has the Board been able to report such results.” Much of interest to the de nomination is embodied in the following extracts from the re port: Total amount of money re ceived during the year $75,927.- 54, and expended $72,629.75. The entire report showed satisfactory resultsj for the year's work, and was referred to a committee. THE REPORT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD, submitted by Rev. Dr. J. M. Frost, of Nashville, Tenn., was especially encouraging to the friends of the work. As indi cating the general condition of the work, the following pat a graph taken from the report will suffice: The fifth annual report of the Sunday School Board, like those of former years, presents a rec ord of increasing prosperity, showing a large advancement in its volume of business and en largement of its benevolent ap propriations, and an excellent condition in all of its affairs. The 'amount received by the Board during the year was $66,- 336.48, and expended $63,561.72. The report was referred to ap propriate committees. VOL. 76--NO. 20 THE COMMITTEES. The president announced the following committees: Foreign Missions—Pagan Fields—J- S. Kirtley, C. L Seasholes, T. J. Ship man, Z. L. Cody, G. F. Bagby, D. G. Whittinghill, T. Bright. Finance and Emergency—F. H. Ker foot, Kentucky; C. B Willingham, Georgia; George W. Truett, Texas; Joshua Levering, Maryland; N. B. Broughton, North Carolina; J P. Eagle, Arkansas: W. W. Woodruff. Tennessee. Mission Journal —E. J. Forester. South Carolina; T B Thames, Virginia; C. G. Jones, Kentucky; George W. Hartsfield, Louisiana; R. P. Johnson, Missouri. HOME MISSION BOARD. Woman’s Work—Rev. J. B. Cranfill, Texas; J. S. Dill, Virginia; C. L. Laws, Maryland; Malcolm McGregor, Geor gia; John F. Purser, Louisiana: E. H. Severen, District of Columbia: W. E. Thayer, South Carolina. Work Among Foreign Population.— W. H. Felix, Kentucky; J. H. Foster. Jr., Alabama; W. A. Clark. Arkansas, R. L. Lee, Missouri: J. H. Wright Tennessee; J. S. Hardaway, North Carolina; B. F. Chamberlain, Missouri. Work Among White People—A. G. McManaway. Arkansas; W. S. Rogers. Florida; E E. Bomar, South Carolina; W G. Dusen berry, Tennessee: Alex Morehead, Virginia; J. S. Stratford, Alabama Work Among Colored People —J. W- Perry, South Carolina; C. H Nash, Florida; R. D. Haymore, Tennessee; J. W. Gaines, Texas; R. M. Boone, Louisiana; Z. D Roby. Alabama; M. J. Breaker, Missouri. NIGHT SESSION. At the usual hour the Conven tion sermon was pr°ached by Dr. Chas. A. Stakely, of First Bap tist church, Washington City. Text, Mark, 12 chapter, verses 28,29,30. Subject, The Theology of the Christ. It was pronounced a great ser mon. The house, though dense ly crowded, was so interested that they did not weary. The Doctor fully sustained bis reputa tion as one of our best Southern preachers. He is a Georgia reared boy. SECOND DAY. The second day’s proceedings of the Convention began a few minutes after 9 o’clock, with a voluntary hymn led by Dr. W. E. Hatcher, of Richmond, who, with a most magnetic and soul inspiring voice, started “Jesus,, I Love Thy Channing Name,” in which he was most enthusiasti cally joined by the assembled multitude. This was followed by an earnest devotional meeting. Dr. Lansing Burrows, one of the secretaries of the Conven tion, read the minutes of the pre ceding day’s session, which were approved and adopted. The secretary then read the annual report of Treasurer Geo. W. Norton, of Louisville, Ky., w’hich was passed upon and ac cepted. Upon motion of Dr. Burrows, Mr. Norton was re elected to suc ceed himself as treasurer of the Convention for the ensuing year, and Rev. Wm. P. Harvey, of Louisville, Ky., was re-elected auditor, and the following com mittees were announced by the Secretary: Committee on Method of Work and Mission Journal- —J. B. Gam brell, Georgia, chairman; Chas. Manly, South Carolina; G. W. Hyde, Missouri; B. H. Carroll, Texas; I. T. Tichenor, Georgia; T. P Bell, Tennessee; R. J. Willingham, Virginia. Committee on Sunday School Boards Business and Finance— F. C. McConnell, Virginia, chair man; J. C. Armstrong, Missouri; J. T. Humphries, Kentucky; J„ K. Pace, Mississippi: A. ,D. Free man, Georgia: R. R. Acree, Ten nessee; C. S. Gardner, South Carolina. Committee on Time and Place of Next Meeting, and Preacher —Wm. Ellyson, Virgin ia, chairman; W. B. Oliver, North Carolina; J. D. Jordan, Arkansas; S. A. Hayden, Texas: W. C. McCall, South Carolina; M. B. Pilcher, Tennessee: J. H. Curry, Alabama; S. M. Yeatman,, District of Columbia. Committee on Enrollment—A. J. S. Thomas, South Carolina, chairman; J. E. White, North Carolina; E. E. Blount, Mary land; J. T. Ellyson, Virginia: J. G. Gibson, Georgia; N. A. Bai ley, Florida; W. C. Bledsoe, Ala bama; A. V. Rowe, Mississippi; S. M. Brown, Maryland; J. W. Warder, Kentucky; A. J. Holt, Tennessee; E. O. Ware, Louisi ana; W. A. Clarke, Arkansas; J. M. Carroll, Texas. Committee on Baptist Doe trine in Sunday Schools—W. A. Fentress, Virginia, chairman; H. A. Tupper, Maryland; A. T. Spalding, Georgia; J. H. Lam beth, North Carolina; J. W. Per ry, South Carolina. Committee on Work of Sunday School Board as an Educational Force —J. R. Sampey, Kentucky, chairman; M. D. Earley, Texas; J. A. French, Alabama; H. A. Brown, North Carolina; E. Mill er, Louisiana; W. F. Holtzman, Districted Columbia; J. W. Gil lam, Florida. Committee on Reports of Vice- Presidents—C. H. Winston, Vir ginia, chairman; R. G. Patrick, Alabama; T. S. Mell, Georgia; Continued on fift.li page.