Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-18
The BaptistS.

The twelfth annual session OF the Baptist
foreign mission of the United States was
called to order this morning by Rev. II. ".
Bowen, first vice-president, at New Hope
Baptist church, colored.
HymE No. 1876, Come, Holy Spirit, etc.
Wa lined by Rev. T. {. Morris; Scripture
lesson, l03d Psalm. read by Rev. II. c. Cot
ton: hymn 10. 81, Jesus Shall Reign
etc: prayer by Rev. Stewart of Macon,
Miss.
Rey. T. W. D. Isaac. the pastor, then as
tgudcd the sacred roStrum and in very
lew timely and well chosen words intro
Ullod Young Texan of only nineteen sum
Mcrs. 10 make the welcome address. This
yg.ucster proved to be Sutton T. GriggS,
rue scholar and able speaker. who gradu-
acd =, Bishop college, Marshall, Tex, one
y.lr ago with hOnors, and having the de-
gree of 3. =. conferred upon him by the
faculty Of that college The following adj
dress WAS then delivered:
Nj President Ladies and Gentlemen, Mes
.0r-"rs and Visitors to the Twelfth Annual
SESSION of he Baptist Foreign Mission Con
vrEruu.
u is the right of each individual, the duty
o. every man DESTROYS of guarding the
honor OF family. preserving the purity OF
i.- nome. and securing the safety of those
urpta1eut upon him 10 protect, TO know OF
every stranger the object of visit before
Irdag..CuS his door, crosses his threshold,
rs1}
Bat as survey this gathered throng and
view the sea of upturncd faces that greet
ne here to-day. hailing as they do from
every part of our glorious Union and mighty
IatuH. l venture the saying that had the
people OF Texas, the citizens of Dallas not
one single reference save YOUR Intelligent
tasks. yoUr honest appearance, courteous
ueTraHor and manly ways, they would feel
14.. az ease and rest assured that your pur-
I,. was good and great, your object grand,
a't such. and only such, could prompt these
men and women 10 gather themselves to-
la'G5r here to-day. For though the face be
taa, Of one chiseled into a stony firmness by
'.a bleak and frosty winds Of wintry
nam. or kissed into 2 sober beauty by
IKE UlarinE brSe7cS fresh from the foaminG
sprays OF the rolling waters OF the grand
Pacific robbed rs they crossed the mountain
peaks t0rcach Olympia'S cline, or melowcd
into an exquisite sweetness by the delight
: o. MtiueEc. Of the fragrant air common To
J.oldan lakes and her vcrdant shores, or
sadgsrd with the hue and glow of perfect
lrJ.th impaired by the balmY breeZeS re-
e .ur with the smell OF fruits and flowers
ig1nd only in California, the Western land
a. luld: whether they come from the feet
G. lofty mountains. from the side OF little
Ii..~ from the banks of rolling rivers, from
r-r shores of tranquil lakes, from the
strands of angry seas, from the wharves of
busy oceans scattered ever the surface of
Oar beloved fatheraud. yet they one and all
are expressive Of honest hearts, noble,
lu.auihrupic souls united for no other pur
pose save the alienation of humanity, the
b7-'ermGnt Of mankind and the elevation OF
..r race But for the benefit of those not
- ed in the science of reading the mind of
n.. or discerning the intent of the heart
III means OF the expressions of the face, we
be indeed proud of the fact that the work
If this convention, past and present is a
natter Of history written upon the walls OF
t..r, SO that The who runs may read"
Lift up YOUR eyes and look with me across
iu Oi..owy waves of the Atlantic main TO
i.- country from whose bosom the sun in
te carly morn emHrgeS Ike blushlnS
uaiden-thc land where your fathers dwelt.
Behold the darS-hued savage, an il-shapen,
c.-ncurcG mass Of human flesh. as he stands
before you uow. For many hundred years
lips have been filed with heavy rings
E-i drawn 10 unnatural proportions; his
i4ir upkempt and breeding tilthineSS; his
body uncovered and exposed to all the idle
'AimS Of mother nature; his feet Ieit 10
grow Al viii unreStrained by modern ap-
ggudages. These facts coupled together
u.aLe il a matter Of small wonder that his
appearance is indeed uncouth and repellant
L. our sense of nicely and neatnCSS, attrl-
l.tcS OF those who long have been taught
~ respect themselves auu exercise proper
gard for their physical welfare. But
sadocr than this is the fact that beneath
lis skin is a soul instinctively yearning for
God TO save, but no kind hand to lead 1t
gently on TO 1.-The cross where the Savior
j.lng blcd and died" \ heart capable
Of all emotions common TO human
lind. but nothing inspiring 10 call them
forth: an intellect and brain susceptible of
development but no cultured mind no tutor
a4nd 10 draw forth, fully grouse ana rightly
train the dormant powers that lie hidden
there.
Devotion and reverence due to God and
him alone he lavishes upon idols who do
not, cannot. answer, nor even hear his pray
srs Love. the modest sentiment known 10
The soul of man, he has debased and con-
verted into sensual, pnreasoning passion,
4 curse to any man or race. Ambition, the
pride Of civilization, stimulus Of progress,
has been displaced by an unseemly avarice,
unlimited and unrestrained. Patriotism,
lie watchword of every household, pres
server of our fatherland, holy sentiment
most dear to US all, is there comparatively
unknown to heart filled with selfshness
extreme This condition of affairs, the I'M
questioned predominance of the lower pas
sions Of human beings, is that which ar
rested the gaze and claimed the attention of