The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-07


ing the gospel, and he denied the alleged
history that any other agency than that of
the black apostle of Savannah had e,tab-
llshed the protestant religion in the W est
Indies. He dwelt extensively upon the
mission work
''LET 1T RISE
The speaker was eloquent in his close, and
thus his peroration ran, the vast audience,
carried away by his eloquence, rising to
their feet and taking up the cry 'Let it
rise"
Let the universal moving of the foot
steps of the srmy Of Zion be heard in the
camp of the enemy In the language of
Daniel Webster at the laying of the corner
stone of Bunker Hill monument, Let il
rise let il rise, let it rise, TIL it meets the
sun in its coming. Let the earliest light OF
the morning. gid it, and parting day linger
and play upon its summit. So let the
gospel star spaugled banner rise, let it rise,
let it rise, until its magnetic influences shall
draw all men to Christ Let it soar until
the attention of the African shall be called
from his devil bush, the Arab from his tent,
the jew from his wandering. Let it arise
until the shouts of our triumph be borne
aloft to the ears of the redeemed as they
shout from their high citadel of triumph.
We want the angelic messengers
who come as the representatives
of heaven to this centennial celebration, to
report to the heavenly host we are moving
forward, TO tell Andrew Bryan. Marshall,
Campbell Kernaghan, McCrady, Golphin,
Jacob Walker Kelly Lowe, Peter Johnson,
Henry johnson, John Cox, Joseph Walker.
Rucker, Quarles, Frank Beale, Gibbons,
Henry Watts, Arlington, Allen Clark, John
James, Arthur A. Johnson, Alfred Young,
j. c. Houston, +. D. Williams, John Jones,
Henry Williams, that we are holding the
fort, our departed heroes are not dead to
us, and that they are still Joined to us by
all the glorious recollection of the past and
the still moro glorious anticipations of the
future. and ere long we will take our places
by their sides, and we shall review the
grand procession of Baptists from the chan
cells of glory at the close of another century
as our departed heroes review us to-day.
Let the gospel banner rise, Let it rise. Let
it rise
The forenoon exercises closed with a
reading from Benedict's history of the Bap-
fist church by C. A. Clark of Brunswick.
1900 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
There were about 5000 present at the
afternoon meeting. There we're the usual
disappointments over the absence of those
down on the programme for discourses, and
letters from delayed ministers were received
asking to be assigned on later days Rev.
c. H. Lyons of Atlanta, preached a very
doctrine, and there were several voluntary
speakers called out. At the night session,
which was largely attended, Rev. C. S.
Wilkins of West Point, and others re-
spoaded to the subject: "Peculiarities of
Baptists That Distinguish Them from All
Other People"
The following is the programme for to-
day
9to 10 a. m-Praise service, led by Rev. E. w.
Walker, Dawson, Ga.
IOa m.-Baptst church history, by Revs G.
II. Dwelle, Augusta, Ca, and w. II. Tilman,
Atlanta.
1880 a. "Reminiscences of the Baptist
fathers and the church during 700 years, Revs.
Levi Thornton, Greensboro, Ga; j. NJ. Simms,
Savannah, Ga, and Alexander Harris, Savan-
nah, Ga.
3 p. m.-The Wants of the CoIored Ministry,
Rev. W. II. Mcintosh (white), I'D, Macon, Ga,
Rev. Alexander Ellis, Savannah, Ca, and Rev.
w G.. johnson, Augusta, Ga.
4:30 p. m.-The Relation of the White and
Colored Baptists in the Past, Now and as 1t
Should be in the Future, by Rev t. j. Hornsby,
Augusta, and Rev. G. s. johnson, Thomson,
Night session at o'clock.-Sermon by Rev.
E. r. Carter, Atlanta, Ga.
ExcURsIoNIsTs ARRIVING
The steamer Queen of the ST. Johns, from
Jacksonville, arrived last night with over
800 excursionists for the centennial, who
will remain over until Monday.
IkeN. AloAdhOti IltitlS, JuS N6U0TaDlo
chairman of the centennial was in great
worry of mind for more than an hour yes
terday afternoon. He is very absent-minded,
and thought that he had lost roll of
money amounting to $550, but when Rev
E. X. Love returned from dinner he pro-
duced the money, telling the now happy
chairman that it had been given to him for
safe-keeping in the forenoon.
The First Bryan church is entertaining
the sixty-three members of the state centen-
NAL committee
The st. Nicholas will arrive from Darien
this morning with boat load of visitors to
the centennial
Tomorrow special excursion trains bear
ing visitors to the centennial will arrive
over the Central railroad and the Sayan-
nah, Florida and Western railway, and
special excursion trains will also come in on
those roads on Thursday next.
Rev. f. K. Love received notice yester-
day by mail from Selma, that Selma uni
versity had conferred upon him the degree
of doctor of divinity.