The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-15
DR.. FLlPPo TALKS.
Interesting Account of His Visit
to Atlanta.

A TINES reporter found Dr. Flippo
just as he had emerged from the great
meeting at the tabernacle yesterday
with engagements he consented to ten
minutes interview on his late visit to
Atlanta.
He said he regretted to leave Roanoke
at the time he did because he wanted to
get the full benefit OF tho Jones Stuart
| meeting. but to be present at the great
gathering of the Baptist hosts of the
South, just at this time, was his first
duty. Il needed" he said, 1.-The dc.
nomina tional inspiration of our South
crn Baptist convention for work in this
our centennial year of foreign missions.
at is no use to ask me how other Dor
tions of the country impressed me as
compared with Roanoke and the region
round about. 1t spoils one to live in
such climate and amid such scenery.
l cannot become enthusiastic when the
beauties and advantages Of other chimes
AMI countries are pointed out to me.
live in tho city in the mountains. That
is enough to explain it all. The novelty
and variety of new and strange scenery
abroad can never take the place of the
charms and beauty Of my mountain
homo, where God seems TO have put his
choicest touches of nature.
mo, | did not hear much politics
talked. Our Baptist preachers are not
politicians, but wherever one expressed
himself it was Cleveland every time.
stopped night in Rome, Ga, and lee
tured for literary society in connec-
ton with Shorter College. Rome is
steadily improving. 1t is 4 healthy
boom. found many persons hard to be
convinced as to the growth and progress
OF Roanoke, especially those who knew
Roanoke in Big Lick days.
ATLANTA is already great city. Her
wide streets and beautiful shade trees,
her large business houses, fine hotels
and splendid private residences, her
elegant churches, school houses, her
handsome street cars, driven by elcc
tricity, and other great advantages
make her the pride of her people and
tongue. Very cordially did she receive
the Southern Baptist convention and
opened her home to more than two
thousand Baptist delegates and visitors.
The AlethodistS offered their spacious
trinity church to the 1aptists in which
to mold the sessions of the convention
This church has the largest main au-
dlence room in the city, seating about
. fourteen hundred. The committee ex-
pected to have the new Opera House
for the convention, but tho building was
not finished. The overflow meetings
were held in DR.. llawthornes church.
while the ladies held their meetings
in the Central Presbyterian Church.
The convention was far above the aver
age. The annual sermon, the reports
ia nj Of tha
mission boards, the Sunday-school
board and other denomina.ional inter
ests were full Of encouragement and
hope, The speeches in the main were
superb, puu the pathological brother
and the MIN biierous brother were pres.
ent and occasionally made tn emselves
heard. Both of the brethren ought to
DO eliminated
The past years contributions to mis-
sions at home and abroad and the con-
versions and baptisms indicate great
progress all along the line. Virginia
leads all of the Southern States in her
contributions to foreign missions.
can only speak in general terms of our
work. There are many interesting and
thrilling details, but your columns are
too crowded to give them. Southern
Baptists will meet next year in Nash
vile, Tenn.
Yes; spent night in Chattanooga
with my niece, Mrs. Dr. kuyken-
dali, on my return and noted the
rapid strides that city is making in
every thing that indicates progress and
improvement. The First baptist Church
OF Chattanooga has called to its
pastorate Rev. C. G. Jones, of College
Hill Church, Lynchburg, Va, and he
has accepted. There arc other churches
that have covetous eyes on some of our
Virginia Baptist pastors. must ask
YOU to excuse me nown