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Show . ' Will Kp-. " ' . : ET. LO". .'3. I'ay ':S. Tl rr. i.nlat: . cf a per" nent o' r to to k. . n as T a 'General C nver :or -f Ear: let cf North America 1 :.4 t..-r. i'-feet I by the election elec-tion of the following officers: President. E. W. Stephens cf CMuubia,. ITo.; secretary secre-tary J. 8. Pre' ' of I'tu(Vy; tr am II. xCli Liter of lir.siyl-v lir.siyl-v iia, i 1 an ext uth romr 'ttee, on f f wnce members is C. 11. H- 1 o Cail-fur' Cail-fur' a. . - . v . . After the business incident to the or-T'.zation . cf the jr"ral convention t ail been concluded the Lev. Dr. I. Call Karnes, D.D., of Worcester, J -ass.. In an eddrecs on "The Unity of trie Baptist Mission." Trade wl.at H rf rarded by his fellow i -r'i a re 'lcl utterance on the question of Infant Baptism, which U cpnosed by the I '-aptlst teaching's. : The recommendation of permanent or- . . - . ..... j . l. . n-r-u Imnfirt. ant future of the convention, and it rresenmUon' was followed by a. general discussion. . . f Rev. Dr. Edward Judson of New Torn, eon of Adoniram Judson, who ws one cf the firet missionaries of the Baptist phurch, waa introduoed after the discussion discus-sion had proceeded for some time, ana pnade a motion that the report of the committee be adopted. ' i Immediately afterthe conclusion of Dr. Hatcher's speech, the convention spontaneously spon-taneously burst Into tha singing of 'All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name. i The report of the committee recommending recom-mending permanent organisation was then read and adopted, section by aec-tlon. aec-tlon. The name of the organisation Is designated a the General Convention of paptists of North America. - : Tha geographical scope of the organisation organisa-tion is to .be North America and its islands. isl-ands. There la to be a president, three vice-presidents,. a secretary and a treasurer. treas-urer. Churches, local, fatate and Terri-tdrtal Terri-tdrtal -organisations, are to have repre-entatlon. repre-entatlon. It is to have no authority ex cept that exercised by "the weight of Its opinion. It is rot to interfere with the affairs of either of tha existing organisations. organisa-tions. , ? ." - ' The next meeting is-to be held in 190 and after that they ara to be $eld trl-ennially. trl-ennially. t v - . . - , .. ; . , |