Show BAPTISTS IN CONFERENCE Missionary Societies of the Church Consider Reports Detroit Mich May 23The second uf the group of annual meetings of time mlfsionary Institutions of the Baptist I churoh began today viz that of the American Baptist Home MissIon society socie-ty The occasion Is the slxljeighth anniversary of that society which embraces em-braces In thc scope of Us missionary work every Stale and Territory Mexico Mexi-co Cuba and Porto Rico Baptists from all parts of the United States arc i I In attendance The two days session of the home l mission society began with u brief address ad-dress by ts president Stephen Greene of Newton Center Mass T J Morgan of New York corresponding corre-sponding secrctaiy sketched the six tyeighth annual report of the executive execu-tive board The report showed the present force uf ISO missionaries and teachers Is four limes greater than In 1SSO During a period of twenty years the number of schools for colored people peo-ple has Increased from eight to twenty eight The number of colored Baptists IIUH expanded from 7f0 000 to lGOfiOOO The socleiys church edifice work reached great proportion more than 1COO churches having heen added In this respect The annual receipts for 1S09 amounted to SOS0700 The grand toial of receipts from all sources for twenty years o 13700 Special growth was shown in the past year In I the educational educa-tional endowment und annuities funds The following resolution offered by Rex Lemuel Moss of FlulnHeld X J was unanimously adopted Whereas The twentieth I century since Christs coming und his announcement announce-ment of the kingdom of God should be marked by icnewod devotion and Increased In-creased activity by his disciples therefore there-fore Resolved That a committee of sev n bo appointed lo act with a like com mlttec from other Baptist national so rlelles as u joint committee to formulate formu-late a method whereby the Baptists of the United States may most suitably commemorate the beginning of a new century of the thrlatlan era Resolved That tills joint committee commit-tee publish their conclusions and suggestions sug-gestions not later than December next Resolved That at the next Joint Baptist anniversary of time socioties nt Iciat one session be given to discussing the recommendations of this Joint committee com-mittee |