Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-25
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
GOV. BEAVER AND n. X. PORTER SPEAK
FOR STATE AND CITY.

Extempornueous Responses Made for the
Delegates by Rev. MIR. Burns, of Nova
Scotin, Bishop Arpeft, of the African
Methodist Church, and Bishop Vincent, of
New York.
At the evening session there were about
5000 people. After half hour of prayer
and singing, President Harris took the
chair. He appointed the following gentle
men a committee to prepare resolutions con-
cerning the work of ex-Chairman Reynolds:
Henry W. Lambeth. Philadelphia; DR..
Potts, Canada; DR.. Dunning, Boston; Mr..
Green, Georgia; Mr.. Streator, Mississippi.
Mr.. Horton, a missionary OF India,
| who must leave the city this morn
ing, was introduced and made a short
speech. He called the people Euro
peans and expressed his great gratitude to
be permitted to come from darkness into light.
to such convention of Christian workers.
Just as he finished Governor James A. Beaver
entered with HI. K. Porter. and was received
with great clapping of hands.
President Harris introduced the Governor
with few words, to present the address OF well
come. Governor Beaver said:
THE GOVERNORS ADDRESS.
'It is not SO much for the purpose of well
coming you to Pennsylvania and Pittsburg that
I come before you, but to tell you why we well
come you here. If you have been attentive to
your surroundings you see already that you are
welcome here. The public press. appreciating
the importance of your work, has extended TO
you a cordial, sincere and hearty welcome. If
you have met the people of Pittsburg as other
bodies assembled for right purpose have met
them, il is unnecessary for me to say that you
are welcome. For if you have not felt it,
words will not make it so.'
The Governor was often heartily cheered.
WELCOMED FOR PIrTsBURG.
H K. Porter spoke the welcome of Pitts
burg. Among other things he said:
You are met in city of intense business ac-
tiYity, the busy whirl OF whose wheels of indus
try would be a din and confusion in your ears
were it not that we are comparatively sheltered
know your interest in all that makes for the
comfort and tends to the welfare of all sorts
and conditions of men. With rare exceptions,
those who will devote time and thought and
earnest effort to their fellows for their spirit
ual good, are quick to recognize mems need in
every other sphere of life and ready to rejoice
in every gain to the mind and to the body, as
well as to the spirit
This great and busy beople is growing stead
lily and with surprising rapidity. Its growth IS
not merely in size. hut it is rapidly appropriat-
ing all the appliances that this intense age is
developing for comfort in the home. for transit
in the street, for architectural effect or display
in its buildings, for quick interchange of
thought and aEnihllation Of time and space 1t
occupies itself earnestly as well, am glad to
say, in the care of the sick and wounded in
many hospitals general and special; in homes
and schools for the orphans and delicate chill
dren, and for the deaf and dumb and the blind"
THE ANSWERING SPEECHES.
Mr.. Jacobs announced that Hon. E. h. Blake,
of Ontario, and Senator Colquitt of Georgia,
were both unable to be present. They were to
have responded to the address of welcome.
Rev. r. F. Burns of Halifax. Nova Scotia, was
called out to make one of the answering
speeches. He is short fat old gentleman,
ready and pleasing talker. full of humor. He
highly praised the speech of the Governor,
saying: II am glad that his name Is Beaver,
for the beaver is the symbol of Canada" Mr..
Burns kept the auditors in laughter tor fully
20 minutes. He said that he felt ashamed to
do it, for he knew that laughing made people
warm. He spoke of the community of race
between the Canadians and the people of the
United States. He said that President Harri-
son and Queen Victoria had both been Sabbath
school teachers, which, to his mind, guaranteed
the peace of these two pations. He thanked
the people of Pittsburg for their open houses.
He thanked the women for their groaning
tables. Rev. Mr.. Burns is Presbyterian
minister.
Bishop E. W. Arnett, of South Carolina. a
venerable colored man. was introduced and
given great applause. He said that when he
left home had his wife told him that within "a
hours he would be representing the Governor
of Georgia he would not have believed it. His
presence he felt to be only an illustration of
the possibilities of this nation.
ONE WAY TO SOLVE IT.
He said he believed the negro problem would
be solved only by the Church and Sabbath
school He said the colored people would rise
through the spelling book, the Bible and the
bank book. The first would unlock the door to
knowledge, the Bible would open the pearly
gates and the bank book would swing wide
open the gate of American prejudice. Bishop
Arnett is native of Fayette county, and 20
years ago lived in Pittsburg.
Bishop ]. H. Vincent of the Methodist
Church, was received by the ChautauQua
salute, a waving of several thousand white
handkerchiefs. He spoke of the wide reach
tion, glrdling the globe in it's influence. He
emphasized the idea that the Sunday school
must be kept essentially part of the church.
Sunday school work, he SAID, must be more
thorough in It's spiritual and intellectual
deavors. He did not believe in culture which
tried to grow without the light of heaven. He
prayed for the true unity of the christian
church. The Bishop drew beautiful picture
of the time when all Christians shall be united
in one great church.
After bis address the convention adjourned
until o'clock this morning.
Postmaster Mexican yesterday established
postOffice at the Exposition building for the
benefit of the Sunday School Convention.
MISS Cora McCallin, of the delivery depart.
ment was made postmistress. She did more
work during the day than many of the second
class postofices.
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