Southern Baptist Convention.
The following embraces all the business of importance transacted on Saturday last, the second day of the session, at
Savannah, Ga.:
Rev. E. B. Teague presented the report of the
Committee on Indian Schools, favoring the establishment of schools among the red men of the
West, which was adopted.
The Committee on New Boards reported through their chairman,
Rev. Geo. B. Taylor, as follows:
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Foreign Mission Board, located in Richmond, Va.--
J. B. Jeter,
President.
Vice Presidents;
Wm. Crane, Md.;
J. L. Burrows, Va.;
T. E. Skinner, N. C.;
J. C. Furman, S. C.;
H. A. Tupper, Ga.;
L. B. Lane, Ala.;
J. H. Martin, Miss.;
R. C. Burleson,
Texas;
P. S. G. Watson, Ark.;
J. E. Welch, Mo.;
A. D. Sears, Ky.;
M. Hillsman, Tenn.;
G. W. Samson, D. C.;
J. E. Broome, Fla.;
F. Courtney, La.;
J. B. Taylor, Corresponding
Secretary;
A. M. Poindexter, Corresponding
Secretary;
Edwin Wortham, Treasurer;
Wm. H. Gwathmey, Recording
Secretary;
C. T. Wortham, Auditor, Board of Managers;
R. Ryland.
Wellington Goddin,
C. H. Winston,
E. J. Willis,
J. S. Coleman,
A. P. Fox,
J. B. Wood,
A. Snead,
F. J. Barnes,
L. W. Seely,
H. K. Ellyson,
D. Shaver,
J. B. Solomon,
Jesse F. Keesee,
A. G. Wortham.
Domestic Mission Board, located at Marion, Alabama.--
W. H. McIntosh,
President.
Vice Presidents;
F. Wilson, Md.;
T. G. Keen, Va.;
W. Hooper, N. C.;
J. R. Kendrick, S. C.;
J. H. DeVotie, Ga.;
P. H. Lundy, Ala.;
T. C. Teasdale, Miss.;
S. Houston,
Texas;
S. Halyburton, Ark.;
Wm. Crowell, Mo.;
D. R. Campbell, Ky.;
J. M. Pendleton, Tenn.;
T. U. Walter, D. C.;
J. K. Mendenhall, Fla.;
J. H. Low, La.
R. Holman, Corresponding
Secretary.
M. T. Sumner, Financial
Secretary.
J. B. Lovelace, Recording
Secretary,
Wm. Hornbuckle, Treasurer.
W. N. Wyatt, Auditor. Board of Managers:
E. D. King,
J. F. Bailey,
L. B. Lane,
W. P. Holman,
S. R. Freeman,
E. A. Blunt,
J. Billingsley,
J. G. Huckabee,
J. T. Barron,
A. B. Goodhue,
S. H. Fowlkes,
W. P. Chilton,
D. G. Sherman,
L. C. Tutt,
John Moore.
Bible Board, located in Nashville, Tenn.--
Vice Presidents:
J. W. M. Williams, Md.;
Iveson C. Brookes, S. C.;
B. Manly, Ala.;
D. Hickman, Mo.;
W. H. Bayliss,
Texas;
Nat. G. Smith, Ark.;
C. D. Mallory, Ga.; Mat.
Hillsman, Tenn.;
B. Egan, La.;
W. B. Caldwell, Ky.;
T. D. Coleman, Va.;
L. H. Milliken, Miss.;
J. L. Pritchard, N. C.;
L. W. Allen, Corresponding
Secretary;
A. Nelson, Recording
Secretary;
C. A. Fuller, Treasurer.
Board of Managers:
W. L. Murfree,
J. D. Winston,
S. M. Scott,
C. K. Winston,
W. B. Bang,
W. P. Jones,
A. C. Beech,
A. L. Maxwell,
L. B. Woolfolk,
G. H. Slaughter,
B. M. Tilman,
R. Ford,
J. T. Forbes;
D. DuPree,
G. W. Griffin.
Rev. J. H. Campbell, of
Ga., offered a resolution declaring it inexpedient for this body to attempt public collections for any of the objects embraced in its Constitution during its present session.
After some discussion, the resolution was laid on the table.
The committee on time and place of next meeting reported, through
Rev. S. Landrum, in favor of Friday before the second Sabbath in May, 1863--the place
Columbus,
Mississippi--preacher
Rev. Wm. Williams, of
S. C.; Alternate,
Rev. J. L. Burrows, of Va.
The report was laid on the table temporarily.
Rev. George Bushyhead, a Cherokee Indian, was introduced by
Rev. S. Landrum, and addressed the
Convention in favor of his church and congregation in
North Carolina.
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Rev. J. P. Boyce, of
S. C., offered the following:
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Resolved, That a special committee of five be appointed to consult with the Board of the
Southern Baptist Publication Society as to the possibility of a Union of the Bible Board and that Society; and if a union be found practicable, which will not conflict in any way with the
Constitution of the
Convention or that Society, and which in their judgment will increase the efficiency of the Bible Board, the committee be directed to report at the next meeting of the
Convention.
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