The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1890-05-31
vol. XIII.
THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVEN-
TON.
From the southern Herald.

ilON.
From the Southera Herald.
Doubtless many of your readers
in Amite county and Mississippi
Association ore expecting to hear
from me through your valuable
paper, since many of them con-
tubuted to aid in sending their
representatives to the Southern
Baptist Convention at Fort
Worth, Texas. On the morning
Of Tuesday, May 9th, l left my
home in Liberty for the coming
"empire" state. AT 4:30 p. NJ,
at Gloster, boarded the iron
horse without saddle or bridle)
aud away ] went fer my destlna.
ton. At7:30 | arrived at Vlcks-
burg, the Chill City" Hore |
changed my "pony," for the one
was riding would not take the
water which was necessary on my
route. spent the night here.
Wednesday, the 7th, at 10 o'clock
a. m, the "speclll Baptist train
from Atlanta arrived nine hours
behind the time Without special
paraphernalia ] mounted this
"horse," bearing very consrlcu-
ously the name "Blpiist Special"
Permit me right here to say that,
Notwithstanding "thls' name, lis
destiny, and the fact that much
water was to be encountered,
many good Methodlsts, some of
them preachers, and their families,
were on board, who had ayalled
themselves of the low rates,
cheap and comfortable travel, to
visit friends and relatives, and
the 'sLone Star state. THIS sug-
gested to me how many of these
good people, who say they arc
Methodists, have only this name
and in heart are really like the
ones referred to on the Baptist
tram. Watcher from exhaustion
by long travel, or the great welgAt
of Baptist freight Cover 500 dele
gales), this horse was slow; the
fact is, It WAS dangerous to trave'
fast, the extreme high waters
making soft the track beds. W.
were transferred without change
of cars ut about 1880. From
Vlcksburg, Mississippi, to Mon
roe, Louisiana, distance of II
miles, except three miles, had
been under water. and had been
temporarily raised by sard bags
piled up, ties placed on these, anC
railing on these. At times, a:
far as one could see, vast farms
were submerged, houses, like mer
wading IN the deep, in forest
trees standing on tlptoes, sklff'
like so many water fowls moving
on the face of these broad waters
Across this territory our tran
moved slowly but srrelj along
most of the time at the rate o.
only four or five miles per hour
While passing along, and com
ments were being made on sur
rounding scenery, and especially
the great waters, one man asked
another (both from Georgla) tn,
latter a preacher, what he though
Of the surrounding prospects, anC
the preacher said, I'm golas
back home and join the Methodist
church; you know they dom
need much water Another wa
asked what he thought IF th'
country, and he said | never saw
SO much tdry land under water.
Ithought,oh where do you see th,
land. Another was asked his opin
ion of the country. He said,
would not give fifteen cents ,
bushel for the whole thing.
thought, if they could but see thi
beautiful, fertile land, now cover
ed by this much water, how
changed would be their express
sions. We passed on In water
over water. through towns anC
cities. Most prominent among
the latter were Monroe ant
Shreveport, In Louisiana; anC
Marshal, Longvlew and Dallas, IL
Texas. Arriving st our destlna
ton, Fort Worth, at IL O'Clock
a: m. Thursday, May 8th. Afte
dlsmounting we began a mighty
rush for the committee rooms
some three-fourths of mil,
away, some IN street cars run BY
electricity, some drawn by horses
some by Texas donkeys, SOM
lew OF us, who were more humbl,
ana with less cash, proceeded OIL
ioot, all anxious to have oul
MONIES assigned, to 6nd them an,
- rest; sweet rest 1T was. NJ
nome was with Bro. Samuel NJ
uA5rett and family. He, his wifi,
ana two daughters are member
ol 'he Cumberland Presbyterial