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In Church Circles
WrSTORV OF BAPTIStS.
“A History of Texas Baptists” com-
prising detailed accounts of their ac-
tivities their progress and their
ftchieveu^ents since the coming of the
first Baptist to Texas has been writ-
ten by Dr. J. M. Carroll 209 Stmt-
ford Court. San Antonio and recently
published by the Baptist Standard
Publishing company of Dallas. The
first copies of the volume were re-
ceived in San Antonio this week.
This volume containing 1030 pages
is dedicated by Dr. Carroll to the
Baptists of Texas both city and coun-
try with whom nnd for whom he has
labored for more than a half cen-
tury and whom he has seen grow
from a very few hundred to a mighty
army of ninny thousands to M. H.
Wolfe and R. E. Burt two laymen
. who by their generosity have made
’ possible this work and to the general
* convention board of the Baptist
• ehureb who rendered timely aid to-
ward the completion of the task.
It was an immense task and Dr.
• J. B. t'ranfill of Dallas who edited
the work says of Dr. Carroll: “J. M.
i Carroll the author of this work has
performed a service of incalculable
value to our Texas Baptist people as
well as for the Baptista of the world.
- This service is all the mort noteworthy
' because it is a wholesome and vital
> contribution not only to the literature
of Baptists but to the ecclesiastical
k history of our time. In a modest earn-
. and consecrated purpose thus to
" serve our people. Dr. Carroll has
wrought mightily and well.”
Nearly 50 years ago while Dr. Car-
roll was attending school at old Bay-
lor University in Independence he was
- walking on the campus and met J. W.
J>. Creath. once president of the Old
State convention. They had never talk-
ed much before but this time Creath
stopped him and said:
"James Milton Carroll" (He had a
peculiar habit of calling people by
their full names) "I feel strangely im-
pressed to will to you an important
task.” And the task that he gave to
this young school boy was to write
the history of the Baptists in Texas.
At first Dr. Carroll was inclined to
treat it as a joke but n few days later
he received n box of material and
knew that he really had been picked
to write the book.
As a young preacher Dr. Carroll
served as pastor in various communi-
ties in Washington county nnd was
favored with unusual opportunities for
procuring material for this history
from original sources. During these
early years hf was pastor for a time
at Washington on the Brazos which
was the birthplace of the Texas Re-
public and the home of the first mis-
sionary Baptist church. As a resi-
dent of Independence the home of old
Baylor he came in personal contact
with the surviving Baptist celebrities
of the pioneer days.
The gathering of the material for
the history was no short easy nor
inexpensive work. Forty-eight years of
time were given to that task. Dr. Car-
roll paid out during thjs time $5OOO
out of his private funds. Rather than
lose one piece of valuable material
he paid $lOO for it. Moving and re-
moving. caring for preserving and
binding have many times been bur-
densome and expensive. Tie kept the
material close to himself during all
these years. Dr. Carroll says that the
work was a long but delightfully pleas-
ant task. An average of ten hours n
da v for four years was given to it.
Dr. J. B. Cranfill was the first
jian tn take an active interest ip the
n d ter. He it was who has made pos-
Bible the work itself. He secured the
contributions from M. H. Wolf and
R. E. Burt which opened the way
for the author in an effort to begin
and to devote Its entire time to the
writing of the history. Dr. Carroll's
.sources are numerous and he is in-
debted to dozens of people for interest
and assistance.
The work is an interesting story
from the account of the first Baptist
in Texas to the discussion of the more
modern accomplishments of the Bap-
tists. Biographies are included nnd the
volume is profusely illustrated. A
particularly interesting chanter is de-
■voted to the San Antonio Mission in
this book. The history has been divi-
ded into seven different parts by Dr.
Cnrroll and in each division he treats
some particular phase of the Baptists
work in the state.
BAPTISTS TO DALLAS.
Several Baptist pastors from San
Antonio leave next week for Dallas
where the executive board of the Bap-
tist general convention meets Thurs-
day and Friday December 13 and 14.
Those who have definitely announced
that they would go are Dr. I. E. Gates
pastor of the Birst Baptist Church:
Rev. Hulen R. Cnrroll. pastor of the
Prospect Hill Baptist Church and Dr.
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You can have one of these beautiful instruments put into your
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SUNDAY.
.1. M. Carroll author of "A History of
Baptists in Texas.” recently finished
and published. Rev. W. W. Lee of
the Calvary Baptist Church will also
attend. Rev. Melvin C. Eidson pastor
of the Beacon Hill Baptist Church
will not be able to attend on account
of the illness of his son.
A SPECIAL SERVICE.
Special services for nearly 20 super-
annuate Methodist preachers of San
Antonio will be held Sunday at the
Alamo Methodist Church South Alamo
at Wicks street of which Rev. R. L.
Armor is pastor. The wives of these
superannuate preachers will also be
in attendance as will ten widows of
others.
The following program of worship
will be presented: voluntary. Mrs. L.
E. Statham: hymn Apostle's Creed;
prayer by Rev. V. V. Boone; hymn.
Old Testament lesson by John A. G.
Rabe; “Gloria Batri.” New Testament
lesson by Rev. D. B. Sweat: minute
speaker Benne V. Clemens: offertory
Mrs. L. E. Statham: solp by Rev. H.
B. Henry; sermon by Dr. J. D. Scott;
prayer by Rev. R. S. Collier; hymn
doxology; benediction by Rev. A. C.
Gentle.
COLLEGE OF BISHOPS.
The meeting of the College of Bish-
ops of the Methodist Episcopal church
South in San Antonio from FUday
December 14. through Sunday. Decem-
ber 16 is of world-wide significance
for the bishops attending this conven-
tion are drawn from all over the world
and are the greatest men in the Meth-
odist church.
Not only will there be a national
representation but there will be bish-
ops from the far corners of the earth.
Those who will attend are as follows:
Eugene H. Hendrix. Kansas City Mo.;
Warren A. Candler. Atlanta. Ga.;
James Aikins Waynesville. N. C.;
Collins Denny Richmond Va.: Wil-
liam B. Murray Memphis. Tenn.; Ed-
win D. Mouzon Nashville Tenn.;
John M. Moore. Dallas Tex.; Wil-
liam F. McMurray St. Louis Mo.;
C. V. W. Darlington. Huntington W.
Va.; Horace M. Dußose. Berkeley
Cal.; William N. Ainsworth Macon
Ga.; James Cannon. Washington D.
C.; Sam R. Hay China; James E.
Dickey Waco. Tex.: Hoyt M. Dobbs
Brazil and H. A. Boaz Japan.
Most of these and those accompany-
ing will arrive in San Antonio Thurs-
day. December 13. and will begin their
business sessions at the Laurel Heights
Methodist Church on the next morn-
ing. Dr. S. H. C. Burgin will be
in charge there. »
An open meeting will' be held at
the Travis Park Methodist Church
Friday night. December 14. The gen-
eral public is welcomed to'this meet-
ing at which all of the bishops will
be present. Addresses will be made
by Bishop Candler on “Hospital
Work by Bishop Mouzon on “Educa-
tional Work” by Bishop McMufray
on ““Superannuate Fund” and by
Bishop Beauchamp on the “Centenary
Movement.” Rev. J.rthur J. Moore
pastor of the Travis Park Methodist
Church will preside at the meeting.
A banquet planned for Saturday
night bqs been called off out of
respect ot the memory of the Late
Bishop Atkins.
Rev. Caspar S. Wright presiding
elder of the district will make the
appointment of bishops for Sunday to
preach in the various Methodist pul-
pits of the city.
Bishop Collins Yienny. D. D. of
Richmond. Va.. arrived in San An-
tonio Friday morning from South
Carolina where he recently held the
South Carolina conference. He is
the guest of his sister. Mrs. D. M.
James while in San Antonio. He is
accompanied by*his wife. He will be
in San Antonio until after the meet-
ing of the College of Bishops.
Bishop Denny is considered one of
the ablest churchmen in the South.
For years he was professor in the
University of Virginia and Vanderbilt
University and is recognized as a
scholar thinker administrator and
preacher of note. He is also an au-
thority on church history and law.
He declared Friday that he had
been in San Antonio .often and has
had occasion to pass through the
city when he was at the head of a
Mexican conference. He had much
work at that time at Nogales and
other places in Mexico and in West
Texas. The Alamo holds a special
attraction for Bishop Denny and he
said Friday that he had read several
books on that historic mission but
was still anxious to learn more de-
tails.
He manifested some reluctance to
talk about himself but gave a survey
of the ground the College of Bishops
would need to cover while in San
Antonio and something about the
bishops that will be in attendance.
There will be only fifteen in attend-
ance he said Bisbop Adkens of
Arkansas having died Thursday. The
brief summary of the territory in
which each of' the bishops works fol-
lows :
Bishop W. A. Candler Maryland
Virginia and Louisiana.
Bishop Adkens who died Thursday
had charge of an Arkansas confer-
ence. A new bishop probably will be
selected for Arkansas by the College
of Bishops.
Bishop W. B. Murrah two Ala-
bama conferences and a Northern
Georgia conference.
Bishop E. D. Mouzan. who was
from Texas when elected has the
historic Holston conference the
Southwestern Virginia conference the
East Tennessee conference the South-
eastern West Virginia conference the
Memphis conference anil a Tennessee
conference including part of Ken-
tucky.
Bishop John M. Moore was elected
in 1918 and was in Texas at the
time.
Bishop W. F. McMurrah has the
Denver conference and three Missouri
conferences.
Bishop U. V. W. Darlington has
a Kentucky I.onisville Western Vir-
ginia and an Illinois conference.
Bishop H. M. Dubose has the con-
ference west of the Rocky Moun-
tains.
Bishop W. N. Ainsworth has a Mis-
sissippi and South Florida confer-
ence.
Bishop James Cannon Jr. has Mex-
ico the Spanish conferences in Texas
Cuba and Africa.
Bishop W. B. Beauchamp has Bel-
gium Poland and Czech-Slovakia in
Europe.
Bishop Samuel Hay works in
China. He was in Texas at the
time of his election in 1922.
Bishop H. M. Dobbs’ field is in
Brazil.
Bishop E. R. Hendricks retired In
1922. He is an invalid and resides
in Kansas City. He wns elected to
the College of Bishops in 1886.
Bishop H. A. Boaz has charge of
conferences in Manchuria Korea and
Japan.
Bishop Denny has charge of con-
ferences in North and South Caro-
Jina. He has just returned from n
conference in South Carolina. He
said that the bounds of the confer-
ences are not always defined by state
or county lines and that in many
places they are determined by the
old circuit riders routes.
The meeting of the College of
Bishops in San Antonio is one of
two held every year he said. It is
at the spring meeting nt Nashville
that the work for the following year
is apportioned to the various bishops.
Administrative questions will be tak-
en up at the'meeting in San Antonio
he declared. There will be a review
of laws and questions of policy and
responsibility will be determined.
There will also be the regular re-
ports of each bishop. Each _of the
bishops will occupy a Methodist pul-
pit in San Antonio Sunday December
16. Bishop Denny will preach at
the Laurel Heights Methodist church
Sunday morning December 9.
SERVICES AT TABERNACLE.
Rev. C. G. Baumgartel of Yoakum
who is a builder of tabernacles in ad-
dition to being n Methodist preacher
will assist Dr. W. L. Barr new pas-
tor of the Woodlawn Place Methodist
congregation in conducting revival
services in the new tabernacle that
has been erected at the corner of
Woodlawn nnd Zarbamora street un-
der his direction.
Th” tabernacle has been finished
and the revival will be conducted in
a finished building this Sunday. The
two Sundays preceding services were
held in the unfinished building but
this Sunday everything will be in
readiness for use until the new church
is built on the outside lot bordering
on these two streets.
Rev. Mr. Baumgartel is a West
Texas Conference evangelist. The ser-
vices with which he is aiding begin
at 8:30 every night.
HELP REYNOLD’S ORPHANAGE.
The ladies of the Denver Boulevard
Presebytcrian Church assisted by the
Sunday school and the young people's
organiaztions. will meet nt 2 o'clock
Monday to pack a Christmas box to
be sent to the Reynold's Orphanage
near Dallas. Gifts for this orphanage
may bo brought to the church nt this
time. All of the children of the Sun-
day school have agreed to bring a
cake of soap apiece to be put in this
box.
The names of 60 children and their
ages have been secured and given to
60 adults of this church so that each
may buy a pair of hose nnd fill it
for the child whose name he has.
This is to be a personal Christmas gift
and the hose thus filled will be sent
immediately to the ..omr nnd the ma-
tron will see that Santa Claus will
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bring these presents to the children
in the old fashioned way.
The Reynolds Orphanage has been
at Albany Tex. for several years
nnd is being transferred this week to
the new location about six miles north
of Dallas on the Dallas-Sherman in-
terurban and the new highway through
North Texas.
This location wns secured at a cost
of $60000. which is considered much
less than its actual value. Here arc
51 acres of fine black land nnd a
fifteen-room brick building and sev-
eral cottages on the property. It has
a never failing supply of water from
two springs. The former owner a
wealthy Dallas business tnnn had
built a concrete pond and had a pas-
ture stocked with fine cattle nnd
goats. These animals were turned
over to the home to supply milk for
the children. A small orchard has
been provided which will provide fruit
during the coming year. Other land
adjoining this will be secured as need-
ed. The lumber dealers of Dallas
have furnished lumber for two or three
additional cottages. A fund is now
being raised to buy more land and
to build other houses as needed. Rev.
and Mrs. H. M. Frank nre in charge
of this work and although it is under
the control of the Dallas Presbytery
it also looks to the synod for support
and direction.
PASTORS TO PICNIC.
The San Antonio Ministerial Alli-
ance met at the Travis Park Metho-
dist Church in regular session Mon-
day . and voted to have an outdoor
picnic for the members and their fam-
ilies at 1:30 next Monday in Koeh-
ler Park. Rev. Arthur J. Moore pre-
sided at the meeting with Rev. S. G.
Huey acting as secretary.
The following will have charge of
the arrangements: R. M. Watts.
Lewis McVea and W. P. McMicken.
The program will be in charge of
Hugh McLellan 8. H. C. Burgin and
H. R. Carroll. M. O. Lnmbly. 11. C.
Leonard and C. L. Skinner will look
after the luncheon. Lunch will be
brought by each family and the al-
liance will furnish the coffee.
M. E. PASTORS COMING.
Dr. Caspar S. Wright presiding el-
der of the San Antonio district of
the Methodist church announced Mon-
day night nt a meeting of the Meth-
odist pastors of San Antonio that
about twenty pastors comprising the
Watch the Old Year Out—
The New Year In—
CELEBRATE
New Year’s Eve
—AT—-
THE MENGER .
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JOIN THE THRONG OF MERRY MAKERS IN
AN EVENING OF MERRIMENT MELODY AND
MIRTH.
TO SPEED THE PARTING AND
WELCOME THE NEW YEAR.
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A DINNER FOR THE EPICURE.
DANCING EARLY AND LATE.
UNUSUAL AMUSEMENT FEATURES.
A NIGHT IN DIXIELAND CHARACTERISTIC
• OF THE SOUTHLAND.
TABLES MAY BE RESERVED
NOW FOR THIS BIG EVENT.
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district conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. South will meet in
San Antonio Monday and Tuesday
December 17 and 18.
Various committees to have charge
of the work will be appointed by Dr.
Wright. The meeting will be held in
the Alamo Methodist Church South j
Alamo and Wickes st. cts. The con-
ference will be entertained by this j
church nnd a committee composed of ■
H. A. Rogers chairman; Mrs. C.
Crowell Mrs. P. H. Fennell Mrs.
8. J. Brooks Mrs. H. F. Glaeser R.
N. Snarks and Ed Loesburg will have
charge of the entertainment.
Announcement has also been made
that luncheon will be served to the
conference on the two days that it
meets in this church. The announce-
ment was ma le by the Women’s Mis-
sionary Society of which Mrs. D. B.
Spillar is president.
Marshall Shepherd has been recom-
mended to the district conference for
license to preach. He is a member .
of the Alamo congregation.
Reception for Pastor.
Rev. T. F. Sessions new pastor of
the McKinley Avenue Methodist
Church was given a reception by all
the departments of the church last
Sunday. Some of the departments
represented were the missionary
school Epworth League and Mission-
ary Societies.
Rev. Mr. Sessions was formerly
presiding elder of the Beeville district
but later became the vice president
of Southwestern University at George-
town. He was appointed to his po-
sition at the recent session of the
West Texas Conference at Gonzales.
Organize Men’s Club.
Plans for the organization of a
Men's Club for the Denver Boule-
vard Presbyterian Church will be com-
pleted at a meeting to be held Mon-
day night. The officers will be elect-
ed at this meeting. The committee ap-
pointed to further the organization is
composed of E. 11. Trick R. D.
Buchanan and Sergt. J. M. Toppins.
This committee will make its report
Monday night.
•
B. Y. P. U.'s Meet Monday.
The Lee and Bcniel B. Y. P. U's
of the Calvary Baptist Church of
which Rev. W. W. Lee is pastor met
Monday night at the Original Mexi-
can Restanrant. Shanley Simpson
president of the B. Y. /P. U.’s pre-
sided. Rev. Mr. Lee was among the
speakers on the program.
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the world’s famous creators. They are the most
desirable and nearest to sheen and color of
genuine pearls.
Included also are a few of the new and
stylish Gem Beads in the latest and most fashion-
able colors.
—and priced most moderately
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A Sale of Winter Millinery
Hats of Refreshing Winter Smartness
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