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PROCEEDINGS 151
The audience stood and sang "Blest Be the Tie That Binds." Mrs.
Joe Evans sang a medley of favorite hymns.
97. Robert G. Lee, Tennessee, delivered an address on " 'Widening
Reach and Heightened Power' in World Redemption," and with his
benediction the Convention adjourned.
SATURDAY—Evening Session
98. At 7:30 P.M. in Bandshell Amphitheater the Convention
joined in a devotional service of song, Scripture reading, and prayer.
99. For the Secretaries, the Enrolment Clerk, S. H. Bennett,
Georgia, reported the total registration of 7,972 messengers at this
session, exceeded in the history of the Convention only by the 8,359
registered at Washington in 1920.
100. The chair recognized Will D. Upshaw, Georgia, who responded
briefly.
101. The work of the Baptist Brotherhood of the South was presented
under direction of Chairman J. W. McCall, Tennessee. The
report, submitted by Associate Secretary Hugh F. Latimer, was
adopted.
BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD OF THE SOUTH
THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
HISTORICAL
In 1907 a group of laymen met in Richmond, Virginia, for the purpose of
discussing a movement among the men of our churches which would parallel
the Woman's. Missionary Society. A resolution was adopted petitioning the
Southern Baptist Convention to authorize such a movement and to incorporate
it in our general .denominational program.
During the sessions of the Southern Baptist Convention the petition from
the laymen's conference was received, acted favorably upon, and the movement
was launched under the title, Laymen's Missionary Movement. As that
title implied, the purpose of the movement was to deepen the interest on the
part of the men of our churches in our great missionary enterprise.
The Laymen's Missionary Movement continued until 1926 when, again by the
action of the Southern Baptist Convention, the title was changed from Laymen's
Missionary Movement to the Baptist Brotherhood of the South.
There were two reasons for the change of title:
First, it was thought that men would be more easily interested and enlisted
if the scope of the movement was broadened to include the entire denominational
program rather than having it restricted to one phase of that program,
namely, missions.
The second reason for changing the title was psychological. The original
title, Laymen's Missionary Movement, by implication at least, seemed to exclude
the pastor, whereas the term "Brotherhood" would include both pastor
and laymen, which is as it should be, indeed as it must be, for no pastor can hope
to realize the maximum possibility of his ministry aside from the cooperation
of his laymen, and likewise no layman will ever render his best Christian
service aside from the cooperation and counsel of his pastor.
This bit of denominational history reminds us of the fact that the Brotherhood
Movement is an integral part of the Southern Baptist Convention. It is