The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1899, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FORTH BY M American Baptist Education Society Discuss Plans for a Seminary to Be Established. | Ufficers Elected and Committees Appointed—Song and Prayer and an lInspiring Paper Telling of the | Work of Three-Quarters of a Century. Greeting From the East. HE American Baptist T ger” o d the nfvorlnmm ses- il s e > a song of pr n the ab- Soclety and the American e of President Crosier Pres ublication Society held the er lent Edward Goodm of deliv- tion of the Baptist conventior ed a brief address ¢ lcome, In which q yesterday's session e traced the growth of the American The ‘ramme of the day opened Baptist Publication Society. He dwelt of the day opened n the advantages of disseminating e Se 1d ssion of the Ed ar TR Lng A I 1 of literature designed to make C ¥ 1¢ entire forenoon beir hristians and more devoted t conference and free S T t R T R e lish- towla D. D., general secretary ment of a Baptist Th N 3 the socie submitted e report of 52 g i board of the American Baptist Pub- L R R R = 1 * ¢ Y . * & g . o 'S > ¢ . & ® + g @ > D¢ . & $ o> * 3¢ PP ¢ ® ¢ * © > . . & & L3 . ® ® * . * & . . L] > < A Fi ge views inister who Is a leader eople must have & stateman's visio ren must feel that s alert and 1 has the bishop spirit or he can | jeation Society. He called special atten- d N et tion to the following points: the s of a seminary giv . : | ary gl ear, however, like the two pre- | apers of i Ahe mrkearines s been full of difficulties. It may | paners oS I el a few of the more important thought. Then there needs to be a first, and perhaps the most pressing, has | 0 A i financial diffieulty. It is almost im- | BOpt SOt eaibing iicd, Bkl to estimate accurately the losses, di- | in his own thinking. It applies in indirect, occasioned by the fire of | o 2, 15%. They may be safely put at | ae the !,"fl!'-‘gnr/;- n. It culty with which we have had w O o a0 haiaence in | to contend since the fire has been the lack iCtion in_pedagogy. Then the preacher | °3IHE and one that existed ust have training in the science of expression. | fore ag well as since the fire, is the sued are Mke lead UAmIned. art | Of, those Who owe the society In paying their study. I do not know whether | “A” fourth gifficulty is to be found In_the k on !lp);eu:}?é;‘:“rt‘xzut’n“x_m‘»r? [ present e ndition of the “x,‘,,.y_ m”i p-rmm“-lmel, gic; the science of persuading | margin of profit so narrow. It 1s difficult o | t calle But all through | ge|] books. should be exercised in real It should also b aid in this connection that suas not the show thing, but the real, | with these difficulties confronting us, we have ‘ F all one m-;sfl‘mh—wnre tr/: asked no one for the least help in repairing the ot spirit in the =se losses sustained by fire, nor have we M ! nstantly teach men to | taken a gle penny from the missionary and ; benevolent departments to relieve our business n of the following of- | mecessities . el : The publications of the year, including trac & session came (0 2|, " feen 81 in number. O these 1,108,250 | | copies have been printed. The entire .D., LL.D., New | per of books, pamphlets, periodical D., LL. D., South | et new and old, printed during th Florida; record- | 4 M4 copies, an increase of 1.495,33 coples $ D.D., Pennsyl- | o previous yvears. The total number of v . H. Moore- | pages printed during the y reduced to 16mo New K size, is 1,438,107,508, bein; increase over the Montclair, N. J.: | year ending’ March 3l, 15, of 60,261,564 16mo . New York; mem- | pages ard from 1899 ‘x_rh“ total issues since the organization of Md.; Rev. E. T. | the society are 772%,534 coples of books, Rev. Fred T-‘]wr\fld\raL pamphlets, tracts, etc., equal to Porter, Pittsburg, | 17.271,629,148 16mo pages, and equivalent to 57,- New York City: | 73,087 books of 300 pages each i M i G- | Then followed the event of the after- Jlumbia, Mo : | noon session, the reading of the inspiring Henry Ga.; J. B. | paper, “A R‘s\vm‘r-”nrb rhrr(. e-quarte .'Rnf a| Gambre Wac To fill vacancy in | Century’s Work! by Rev. A ow- class_expiring %1, occasioned by the death of | land. ¥rhe revernd gentleman's paper }(lrm(;h" D.D., Re o McDonald, i was as follows: oklyn, . This venty-fifth anniversa The Women's Home Baptist Mission | o Thif 1% T oation Bounter e cle ty, with the !ihmr{mv zvrus]:rh-nL MrS. | weams appropriate that a review of Its history Crouse, in the chair d a4 Work- | for the past three-quarters of a century of its trs’ meeting in the Sunday school rooms | cxistence should be given at this time and | vesterday morning. |_the steps noted by which in the providence of | There ~was 4 spirited discussion as | God It has been led from point to point in | to the best means of securing the | the conduct, development and extension of its | erest and contributions of the | work. AR i ing _women of the church. There | ORIGIN AND EARLY YEARS. | SRVine, ol orguniations. Ant ¢ wa | Ll OFeE DAERE L RN ik L ek | tiplying ¢ ganizations, and as ton, D. C.. Fe y 25, 182 P on ded to have the committee communi- | girendy in existence in the Arst quarter of the t was also arranged to as he | religious papers. vere T st Young People’s Union to divert | of Boston, established in 1803; The ("n‘lumbmn} part of their energies to the field of home | Star of Washington, D. C.. now the Christian | mission work and wat they be given the | Index ot Atlanta, Ga., established in 1522; the | coific work of contributing toward the | Christian Secretary of Hartford, Conn., re- | Thaintenanee. Cof training - schools for | cently discontinued, established in 1522, and the | ing_color in_ Dall Taptist Reglster of Utica, N. Y. established | young colored women in, Dallas, Tex: | [tPis3 “Which nas developed into The Ex- | A e wan pledmed. Miss Crawe | Aminer of the present day. John S Menap of | < deficit was pledged. Miss Philadelphia, issued a ‘‘Baptist Almanac* in | rd, who has done such efficient mis 1590, eed"The Columbian Star printed occasional ary work among the Indlans, told, in Sign | tracts. These agencles, one and all, did valu- | language, the story of the people among | able work in thelr respective spheres; but whom she works. there was still felt to be a lack of something Mr. and Mrs. Nell of the chapel car | mcre comprehensive and which should include VIGOROUS TRUTHS BROUGHT ASTER MIND the entire Baptist body in the publication ot Baptist literature, _Among those most conscious of this lack was Rev. Noah K. Davis, a voung pastor of Salis- | bury, Md. While a student at Columblan Col- lege he had had_conference with his fellow student, James D. Knowles, about the mat- ter of forming a soclety for the publication of Baptist tracts, and a subsequent meeting with Rev. Samuel Cornelius, who carried tracts in his bell-crowned hat, deepened his desire for the formation of such'a soclety. As a result | of his urgent¥solicitations a meeting was called and held at the house of George Wood, in the city of Washington, February 25, 1824, at which “time, after much deliberation and prayer. the Baptist General Tract Society was | formed. Among those who were present at the organization and deeply interested in the work projected were Dr. William Staughton, president of Columbian College, who acted as chairman of the meeting: Dr. Baron Stow, James D. Knowles, and a number of godly Women, An organization having been effected, the of- ficers appointed proceeded at once through the | columns of The Columbian Star and _other papers to make known their action to the de- nomination throughout the country. During the first ten months of its hi tory nineteen tracts were printed, 85,000 coples of which were gut in circulation. Before the close of the ISt year ten central depositories were estab- | lished and_thirty-eight auxiliary socleties were formed. The great difficulty with which the new soclety had to contend was lack of funds. The receipts for the first vear were only $378 80. From the time of its removal from Wash- | ington to Philadelphia until the year 1840, the | society made but slow progress. Mr. Davis | died in 1830, after three years of faithful ser- vice, and was succeeded by Rev. Ira M. Allen. There was a_constant lack of funds, and work which was from time to time projected had to be abandoned because there was no money in the treasury. It was 1mpossible, on this account, to keep agents in the field. For the dissemination of i tracts the soclety was obliged to rely on auxiliary socleties. The en- | tire amount of money coming into the society's {reasury during the sixteen years from 1524 to including sales and offerings, was only 14 91, or a little over 5000 per vear. otwithstanding the difficulties in thelr way ver, the brethren in charge of the so. how s interests kept bravely at thelr work. &€ was succeeded in tne presidency of society by Dr. Cushman in 1528, and In Dr. Willlam T. Brantly, who was suc- ceeded in 1835 by Dr. George B. Ide. A num- ber of the noblest men in the denomination, in- cluding Dr. J. H. Kennard and A. D. Gillett, were on the board. Every effort was made with the limited means at command to supply a lit- e @ worthy of the denomination. Sometimes the beard was almost discouraged, but it stil held on. A b A ghter day may be to have dawned in 1840. The annual meeting was held ut the Tabernacle Church, New York. At that maet- ing the name of the society was changed from the Baptist General Tract Society to the American Baptist Publication and Sunday School Society, a title which wae still further | shortened in 154 to The American Baptist Publication Soclety. The title of t neral | agent was changed to that of corresponding secr A new charter was secured. Dur- ing the yvear Backus' ‘“‘History,” Booth's Reign of Grace,” Robert Hall's “Sermon on | Modern Infidelit a neat edition of the Pilgrim's Pro . two Sunday school books, and a number of illustrated tracts were ued. The vear 1840 is also to be noted as the one in which the soclety first employed | colporteurs, But while the new day began to dawn .a 1840, the sun rose slowly and behind heavy | uds. During the first year after the ro- sanization the receipts from all sources were 2,778 05. Doctor Babcock, who becamc ident in 1812, and Dr. John M. Peck, who | ccded Mr. Rhees in 1843 as corresponding B e e e e O e . 4 @ R secreta work. threw themselves heartily Into the A few colportéurs were sent into the fleld, and the list of the soclety’s books and tracts kept constantly enlarging. In 1848 “The Pszlmist” was published. In 1845 a charter, under which with slight modifications the so- clety has ever rince been wurking, was _Gb- tained. During this year also ‘Carson «n Bap- tism’ was issued, and the puol'cauch of the works of Andrew Fuller was bazun Dr. Joseph H. Kennard became president of the society in 1544 and continued in that cffice eleven years, For two or three years he haa for his chief coadjutor Dr. J. M. Feck, wno was succeeded by Thomas S. Malcom. It was during Mr. Maicom's secretaryship that the letter dated September 1, 1847, roached the sc- cicty fiom San Francisco asking for a dona- tion of Sunday school books The requust was ted. and the books gen: at o They arrived safely, and it js believed formed the Sunday ‘school library on the Pacific st The year 1850 was notable in the history of %he society for two things. The first of these was the purchase and occupancy of the prop- 530 Arch street. The second ment of Dr. J. Newton Brown book editor of the soclety. . The 530 Arch street was subsequently the soclety continued its occu- ars, until the removal in '1876. erty known as Was the empl as the first bullding at enlarged and pancy for twent. to 1 Chestnut The year 185 s also notable for two things One of these was an advance move ment_in the Sunday school work of the socie- ty. In 1855 the entire stock of Sunday schoul plates, engravings, copyrights, et belonging to the New England Sabbath School Unlon were purchased at an expense of $6715. The other notabl event in 1855 was the beginning of the soclety work in veden. A mnew era may be sald to have hegun in 1857, when Benjamin Griffith was called to the secretaryship. Doctor Griffith began hig in- bors under circumstances which were far from propitious. Mr. Malcom had resigned the secretaryship in 1852 and had been succeeded, in 1833, by Dr. William Shadrack, who gave up the work in 1 The business of the so- clety was seriousl. mbarrassed and was feel- ing the effects of the financial panic under which th country was then suffering. But Doctor Griffith laid hold of the task set be- fore him with the utmost vigor and faith. Mainly by the ald of the Crozer and Bucknell families sufficient funds were gathered to re- lleve the soclety of debts and to enlarge its facilities for work. New plans for administer. ing ite affairs were adopted and put Into ex- ecution. A new spirit was infused into all departments, the effect of which speedily man- ifested itself in the increase of publications and sales, as well as in benevolent and 18- elonary operations. For three or four years matters went on to the great encouragement of the friends of the society. Theh came tne Civil War, which during the first year or two greatly affected the business of the soclety, while, at the same time it brought new cails and opportunities. The armies in the fleld and the freedmen in the States where they could be reached offered large flelds for the eircu- lation of Bibles and religious literature, which the soclety was alert to seize. During the la- ter years of the war, hundreds of Baptist Sun- day schools and churches in the South, impov- erished by the war, were afforded help. Large quantities of literature were sent to camps and hospitals, and thousands of dollars were expended In work among the colored people. In 1869 the Chicago, St Louls and New York Dbranches were cstabiished, and fn the follow- ing year the Boston branch Later, there were o6t | 1802, 9. | in 1s93. | of 300 pages each added to these the branch houses at Atlanta, Ga. and Dallas, Texas, Atlanta in 1887 and Dailas in 1882, In November, 1863, a Sunday school conven- tion_under the sociéty’s auspices was held at St. Louis. This led to the publication of ‘‘The Baptist Teacher,” and to the appointment of Dr. Warren Randolph as Sunday school secre- tary. Dr. George W. Anderson had been ap- pointed book editor. in 184, and he and Dr. Randolph labored earnestly together in meet- ing the needs of the Sunday schools and churches. x The jubllee of the society was held at Wash- ington, D, C., i 1874, Hon, J. L. Howard was then president of the society, having succeed- | ed Dr. Samson Talbot in 1 The meeting was one of great rejoicing and encouragement. The total receipts for that year from all sources were $430,854 43, and the issues for the year amounted to 330,813,542 pages. 2 It will not be possible at the present time to glve in detail the history of the society during the last quarter of a century of its work. The great events of this period are briefly: 1. The erection of the new bulild- ing at 1420 Chestnut street, and its opening in February, 1876. 2. The observance of the Rob- ert Raikes centenary in 18%0, which netted the soclety $10,000 for the extention of its Sunday school work. 3. The memorable Bible conven- tion at Saratoga in 1583, which committed the Bible work of the denomination ta the socety, 1. The appointments of Dr. G. J. Johnson as missionary secretary in 1575, Dr. C. R. Blackall as Sunday school editor in 183, and Dr. C. C. Bitting as Bible secretary in 1584. 5. The pub- lication of many important books and papers, as for example, the ““Young People” and the “*Senior Quarterly,’” begun in 1880; the “'Amer- ican Commentary on the New Testament, begun in 1882; the “Baptist Hymnal’ in 1833, the “'Baptist Principle’’ in 1851, and many oth- ers. 6. The formation of the Baptist Young People’s Union in 18#. 7. The inauguration of the chapel ear work in 1891." 8. The appoint- ment of Dr. P. L. Jones as book editor in The lamented death of Dr. Griffith 10. Appointment of the préSent gen- eral and missionary secretaries in 18%. 11 The great and disastrous fire of February 2, 1396, Which consumed and destroved the building at 1420 Chestnut street, with all its contents. 12. The building of the printing house in 18%. 13. The building at 1420 Chestnut street of a larger structure to take the place of the onme stroyed by fire, and its formal opening in 1868. 14. The understanding reached with the Home Missfon Soclety as to relations of mission work in 1899 SUMMARY. In closing this review it is proper that a sum- mary should be given of the work done, the money received, and the results secured as far as these can be tabulated. In the publishing department we find that during the seventy- five ars of ite history the society has is- sued 2788 books, pamphlets, periodicals, tracts, pubiications ete. he total issues of these amount to 767,339,534 copies, equal to 16-mo pages, and equivalent to The soclety is now issuing different Sunday school papers and which during the past year rached 6,000 copies. Among the books socijety are the ‘‘American lark's Commentary,” Ful- ler's and Bunyan's works, & large number of Baptist_histories, Hiscox's ‘‘Directories,’ Gor- don’s ‘*“Ministry of the Spirit,”” Strong's * Great Poets and Their Theology,” Newman's “History _of _Anti-Pedobaptism,” Lorimer's Argument for Christianity,” and *‘Christian- nineteen periodicals a total of published b: Commentary he ity and the Social State,’ Pattison's *English Bible' and ““The Making of the Sermon,' the Baptist Hymnal,”" “‘Sursum Corda,” and nu- thers as deserving of mention. merou In summarizing the work of the publishing department it should be said that the profits accruing from publications have been applied in two directions. One of these has been the sinking fund to pro- creatlon of a reserve or contingencl; Vide against business or buildin It was from this fund the money necessary for the erection and fitting up of our printing house was taken. The other application of the profits has been to the missionary depart- ment During the past few years we have had very heavy burdens to bear on account of Insses occasioned by the fire and the debt rest- ing on the missionary treasury. We rejuice to say that every dollar received for benevo- | lent and missionary work in the seventy-five vears of our history has been expended upon the fleld, not a single penny having been re- tained for rent, bookkeeping, or the expenses of the general administration, The receipts in artment for the first fifty s history were $3,062,038 §5. For the last twenty-five years they have been $11.291,351 69. The total amount received through the publishing department from the beginning is, therefore, $14,353,300 54 The Bible work of the denomination w: placed fully in the hands of the soclety in 1883 Sincev that time $309,633 45 has been raised and expended in that department. Of this amount $45,351 65 has been paid to the American Baptist Missionary Union and $12,200 to the Foreign Board of the Southern Baptist Convention for Bible work abroad. The soclety the publishing dep years of the soclet LI e O O e o . ] L o S O GCES SR SR U S 0 S SO S Soa has also at great expense prosecuted the work of revision committed to it by the Saratoga convention. It is difficult to summarize the benevolent work done by the missionary department of the soclety for the entire period of its history, as previous to 1885 no accurate records appear to have been kest. Since that time the total amount of grants made at home and abroad amount to $32,451 07, or $11,248 56 per year; 13,020 Sunday-schools have been aided and 7338 ministers have had grants for their libraries. The receipts missionary department during the firs ars of the society's his- tory were $79 or $15,964 5 per vear. Dur- ing the past twenty-five been $2,423,161 36, or $9 45 per vear. The entire amount received for missionary work from the beginning is $3,222,356 22 Three thousand seven agents, colporteurs, Sunday and chapel car workers have been engaged in the service of the soclety. These workers have sold 770,27 books and given away 1 besides 006 pages of tracts. visited 1,474,106 famili held meetings and 10,462 Sunda: They have organized 1 § baptized 27,231 persons and constituted 1300 churches. The financial condition of the socfety at the present time s as follows: The net assets of the Bible and missionary departments, includ- ing $212.574 99 conditional funds upoh swhich interest is paid to donors during their litetime, amount to $620,519 9. The net assets of the publishing department, including real estate, fixtures, machinery, stock, plates, accounts In process of collection, etc.,’ at the present date amount to $564,169 1S, making a total aggregate of the assets for all departments of $1,484,- 689 47 As indicative of the growth of the so. clety during the last twenty-five years we may add that the total receints in all departments for 9 are $916,258 20, s against $430,S54 93 for 1 4 the semi-centennial year. After Mr. Rowland’s able review Rev. Dr. Wood. the pastor of the First Bap. tist Church, spoke a few words of cor- dial_welcome, and responses were made by Rev. Dr. Barnes of Pennsylvania and Hon. M. Shallenberg. Second Assistant Postmaster General. Mr. Shallenberg in his response paid a glowing tribute” to resident McKinley and dwelt upon his noble Christfan life. DOt The TFirst Baptist Church was more crowded last night than at any other session of the Baptist societies, and the large audience evinced a deep interest in the discussion of the Chapel Car Works by men who are prominently identified with it. Boston W. Smith, general man- ager of the Chapel cars, presided at the meeting and introduced Professor David Starr Jordan, who delivered a brief ad- dress. Dr. Jordan paid a high tribute to the 00od work now being done by the Chapel ar branch of the Baptist church, which he regarded as one of the most important and successful ways of reaching the souls of people who would not otherwise receive any religious teaching. He took occasion to praise the seeking of higher education by mankind, who Eecame ele- vated by its powerful influence. Rev. B. B. Jacques, the manager of the Chapel Car “Emmanuel,” was the next speaker, and narrated his experiences in traveling throughout his territory preach- {‘ng the gospel and oonverting the unbe- evers. FRIDAY, de- | MAY 1899. 26 “I desire to call your particular atten- tion,” said Mr. Jacques, ‘“to the one phase of the work in which we are en- gaged which I regard as probably the best of all. That is the work among ?le railroad men. Three years ago we in- augurated a series of meeting in the West Oakland (urds which were eminently successful. We were obliged to hold night meetings on account of the men Working in the daytime, but the car was filled to overflowing. In Sacramento after several days’ preaching to the em- ployes we received a written testimonial of thanks from 1% men who had been moved to-believe in the word of Christ. “The distributing of tracts and Chris- tian literature forms no small part of the work. ‘Lhere are some places where we can not stop, as our field is 2000 miles long and 8W miles broad, so when we come to certain stations we throw out a bundle of tracts and relfiuus papers and we know that great good is accomplished thereby. The grand part of the work is in reaching the homes of the people, and this we do whenever it is practicable.” ,C. H. Rust of the chapel car ‘“Glad Tidings,” which was dedicated five years | ago, stated that he was endeavoring to save souls in the Northwest. The work is ditficult,” said Mr. Rust, ‘“‘because we are oblified to deal mostly with foreigners, who abound in that local- ity. 1 cannot describe to you the wel- come that Is accorded to .us in places | where 1eligious services are seldom it ever | heard. We have always received the best | treatment and the kindest attention from the rajiroad men, who are more than | anxious to help us in every way they can. | ] remember that one day 1 telegraphed | ahead to a division superintendent in Wis- | consin and asked him to sidetrack us in the same place we had been on our last visit a few months before. He replied that he would sidetrack us wherever we wanted except on the main line, but would build another track if we thought it necessary. It is such little things as this | that make our work pleasurable. Every- | where we have received encomiums from raiiroad superintendents as to the effi- cacy of our efforts with the employes, | |and one manager told me that the men | under him were all the better for our } visits and their service was improved by our teachings.” Mrs. Rust then sang a hymn, accom- panied by her husband, and received the thanks of the presiding officer. | | 8. G. Neal was the next speaker of the | | evening, and proved entertaining as weil | | as instructive, Mr. Neal is the manager | of the Ladies’ chapel car ‘Messenger of | | Peace,” which was dedicated in Roches- ter, N. Y., five years ago, In introducing Mr. Neal, Mr. Smith said he had found him in the Salvation Army some years ago. “He was reading a Bible,” said M Smith, “and I thought he was too good for the Salvation Army, so I brought him | over to our camp, and the wisdom of our | choice is exemplified in the noble work he | is now doing in connection with the chapel | | car service. Mr. Neal said in part: *‘God has unmistakably set his approv- ing seal on the chapel car work. The| | preaching of the Gosepel on wheels is | | essentially a success in every sense of the | | word. Instead of having the people come to us, we go to them and invite them into God's house. 'Our work h s been prosecuted in Kan- sas—the driest, hottest and crankie: State In the Unfon; but we have accom- | plished a great deal for all that. We have turned people away at our meetings and have had as high as 180 worshipers by | actual count in the car at one time listen- | i | ing to the Word of God. At kureka, In | Grand County, the crowd desiring to be | admitted was so large that we were obliged to adjourn to the Congregatio church—the only church in the village. Even that was inadequate, and we had an enormous meeting at the courthouse. We remained in_that town eight weeks, and before we left subscriptions had been collected for the building of a Baptist THREE MINUTES ADVERTISEMENTS. COKS church, and the beauty of it was that the edifice was dedicated free of debt. “The building ot churches as a resuit of our campaign in the service of Christ | with chapel cars is a_grand record of | which we are pardonably proud. In Day ton and Garden City two other churches have been built, costing $1500 each, and | three churches Western Kansas now | | stand as monuments to the excellent x’e—{ Marvelous Results in Cases of SPRING FEVER FOR SALE AT ALL DRUGGISTS' EVERY- | sults of chapel car work. — 3 | ““‘Religion is essentially missionary. You | have got to tell it to Somebody else and | that 15 what we are dowg. So great is | the interest in our work that peopie come TIV Mrs. Dy Ernest AMUSEMENTS. OLI OPERA-HOUSE. e Kreling——Proprietor and Mgr. LAST THREE NIGHTS OF e Koven and Smith's New Comic Opera, in Three Acts, ars the receipts have | hundred and ninety | chool missionaries | | forty miles over mountainous roads to expeérience the consolations which relig- jous instruction affords.” | "Mr. Neal and his wife ! hymn which was joined in by the large audience with much fervor and repeated at the request of Mr. Smith. Boston Smith followed with a lecture illustrated by a series of lantern slide: | Several printed hymns with accompan | ing photographs were projected on the screen and the voices in the immense au- | dience rose with one acclaim in singing the praises to the Lord Christ. The six chapel cars engaged in evan- gelistic work were presenied, besides the pictures of those who were or are now In charge. The exterior of the car was shown In the bleak countries where the | work s generally carried on, and showed the poor homes of the laboring man in the distance. The interior, with its tiers seating three on one side and two on the other, exemplified the convenient arrang ments for the preaching and hearing of the sermons. Two of the cars are p vided with organs, as singing is probably the principal feature of the exercise: Mr. Smith referred to the pleasing fact | that forty-three roads now give free transportation to the chapel cars and have materially assisted the work. The diffi culties aftending the project have been sensibly decreased owing to the co-opera- tion of the roalroads, and was deeply ap- preciated by the Baptists. The colportage work inaugurated by the American Bap- tist Publication, Society was illustrated and represented ‘the colporteurs on horse- back, in buckboards, sleighs, closed wagons and on bicyel ! “These men,” said Mr. Smith, “go to | places where ‘the chapel car cannot go. hey climb precipitous heights, and in the | distribution of tracts, Testaments and | Christian lterature they have performed veoman service. The people of moun- tainous districts are largely reached by them, and all honor is due to these men, | who are assisting in the work of the Bap- tist church to bring souls to God.” The following programme has been ar- ranged for to-day: Third session—10 a. m., devotional exercise | 10:15, report of committee on publishing de- | partment, followed by an address by Rev. M: ron Cooley, California (chairman); report of s the commiftee on the missionary department, | followed by an addr Indiana (chairman workers, ‘“Work Among the Mormons, Jay Pruden, Utah; ‘‘Work Among the : and Norwegians,” Rev. G. Berg, Washington; “Frontler Colporteur Work,”" Rev. L. V Gowen, Idaho; 12 m., general business and dis- cussion. Fourth session—2 p. m., devotional service 2:10, report of committee’ on Bible work, fol: | lowed by an address by A. ‘B, Banks, D.D., California; report of committée on finance, followed by an address by D. P. Leas, Penn- svlvania (chairman); 2:43, ““The American Bap- tist Historical Society,” Kerr B. Tupper, D.D., Pennsylvania. unday school session—3 p. m.. Schol Generally Considered,”” George E. . D.D., Pennsylvania; ‘“‘Sunday School Work on the Pacific Co Rev. D. P. Ward, | California: 4 p. m., election of officers and general business. BIG FIGHTERS MATCHED. Joe Kennedy and Gus Ruhlin Will Fight in This City Early in June. Gus Ruhlin, the big heavy-weight pugil- ist of the East, signed articles last even- ing to fight Joe Kennedy of this city be- fore the Excelsior Athletic Club in Wood- ward’s Pavilion on Friday evening, June 23. Billy Madden, who is looking after the interests of Ruhlin, said that George Siler, who is to referee the Fitzsimmons and Jeffries fight on June 9, would jour- ney to this city immediately after the battle for rest and recreation. Kennedy agreed to Siler as referee of the local match and as Madden did not object the Eastern sporting man was selected. s by Rev. L. L. Henson, addresses by the society ““The Su; | and Kennedy will be stationed at Seal Rock. e Barley-Malt and Hops, and no corn used in making the famous Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ase'n brands of beer for home and club use. There are no others that equal it. Absolutely pure beer. ———— e —— BOARD OF REGENTS. Special Meeting Called to Provide f.: . the Signing of Checks. As the regents here failed to elect a president of the university to succeed Martin Kellogg, steps must be taken to authorize some one to perform the check- signing function of the executive officer until a president has been chosen. There will be a special meeting of the board next Monday. It is supposed that the regents will then empower A. S. Hal- lidre, chairman of the flnance committee, to sign the necessary documents for the transaction of regular business. —_——— ‘‘Pegamofd’ gold, latest, best, perfect paint; sample bottle 25c. Pegamoid, 63 Chronicle bldz. the then sang a| Ruhlin will train at the Six-mile House | | WHERE. AVOID SUBSTITUTES. Portraits \an-l indorsements free. MARIANI & CO., 52 W. 15th st., NEW-YORK. CLEANSING BEAUTIFYING. The grandest combination on earth for cleansing, purifying and beautifying the skin “ana complexion is WOODBURY'S Facal Soap and | e flandarin. s “AS CONFU “A CHANGE | THE FEAST OF THE LANTERNS. | THE UMBRELLA DANCE. 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