The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-10
CHRISTIAN WORKERS.
Opening of the Worlds Congress at
Atlanta.


of notices were displayed on the walls,
the central one having received the adop-
ton of the convention, and reading as
follows: Christ, alone, can save the
| world, but Christ can't save the world
| alone.
Long before the opening hour the opera
| house was crowded to its utmost capaC-
| ity with delegates and citizens generoLy.
! mum Der of elevated seats were ar
ranged on the platform, and these were
occupied by the more prominent dele
| gates.
l,500 DELEGATES on HAND.
/ This is the largest gathering that has
! ever been entertained in this city. IL Is
! estimated that 1900 delegates have
| already arrived, and more are expected
| during the week
After the devotional exercises this
morning, which began at $3.50 O'Clock.
| addresses of welcome were delivered as
follows: For the state of Georgia and the
south, by Gov. William j. Northen; for
the Christian ministry of the city, by
Rev. j. B. Robbins for the local executive
! committee by Rev. G. 2. Williamson and
J. f. Barclay: for the city, by exMayOr
| w. A. Hemphill for the press. by l.. L.
Knight, and for the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, by w NJ. Lewis.
The addresses left no doubt as to At
lanta's cordial hospitality.
THE CHAIRMAN's ANNUAL ADDRESS.
The annual address of Chairman Tor
rey followed and was an able resume of
the past work of the convention.
Among the prominent delegates in the
city are Rev. E. p Hammond and Rev.
Josiah Strong, D. D., of New York; Rev.
Thomas Bone, of Ontario, Canada, ana
number of other Christian workers.
a more intelligent, earnest and bust
nesslike convention never assembled in
this city.
Among the stage decorations this
morning were several stalks Of cotton
plant, which attracted considerable in
terest, and which were inspected after
the morning session with considerable
curiosity.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session of the convention
was opened with devotional exercises,
conducted by S. H. Hadley, of the famous
Jerry McAuley mission of New York city.
The attendance on the afternoon session
was not as large as during the morning
Mr. Hadley explained the character of
the mission with which he was connected,
and also narrated the manner in which
Jerry McAuley had been converted.
The devotional exercises of the after
noon session were followed by the read
ing Of two brief but interesting reports.
One of these was the report of the Bed
ford Street mission, of Philadelphia, by
James p. Hall, who described the manner
in which this mission was conducted and
the children of the city brought to a
knowledge of the gospel.
This report was followed by another
equally as interesting. 1t was that of the
Bethesda mission, of Philadelphia, and
was read by John K. ROak who has been
actively connected with the mission for
several years.
Work for the Night is Coming was
then sung by the convention, after which
a number of spontaneous prayers were
offered
George c. Stebbins then sang a popular
convention air.
THE wELLAND MISSION.
Rev. Thomas Bone, of Ontario, Can,
told Of the Welland mission. Mr.. Bone,
since the first of last May, has distrib-
uted over 1900 tracts relating to his i'm
portant mission work.
Thomas d. Roberts made an interest
ing talk on mission work in Boston. He
dwelt, with special earnestness, on the
efforts which had been made in behalf of
unfortunate women, and also the indus
trial feature of the mission work in that
city. His mission began in a drygoods
box. and has property now to the value
OF $50, 900.
Miss w J. Mcdonald, of Toronto, Can
ada, read an interesting paper on the
Christian Police Association, one of the
religious enterprises of Canada, and
detailed number of conversions,
which had been the result of
Christian work in that direction.
MISSION WORK IN ATLANTA
DIR. V. C. Norcross, of the Fifth Baptist
church. of this city, spoke on the subject
of Christian work in Atlanta. In speak
ing of the mission work in Atlanta, he
stated that he was born a Presbyterian
but only had to travel short way to the
river Jordan to become a Baptist. He had
never been Methodist, but he loved the
hearty 'Amens'' of that denomination The
churches of Atlanta had accomplished
a grand and magnificent work during the
past few years, and the missions of the
city were both aggressive and fruitful
DR.. Norcross stated tnat infidelity had
taken but little foothold in the south
that religion was honored by the citizens
of the state to such an extent that a man
could not be elected governor unless he
was Methodist or a Baptist. Laugh
| ter
THE FLORENCE CRI TTENTON HOME.
DIR. Norcross thought the grandest mis-
! sion ever started in Atlanta was the
| Florence Crittenton Home. 1t was at
! nrSt hOOted, but revolution had taken
! place and the institution was now well
| established. DIR. Norcross in a touching
! manner referred to the rescue of poor
unfortunate girls, and his address was
| one of the most eloquent and spiritual of
! the days session.
The education of the negro was touched
| upon during the course of the talk and
! DIR. Norcross stated that the southern
! people had taken no small amount of in
terest in this question.
Rev. Josiah Strong, d. D., of New York,
| spoke on the ''aim and work of the evan
| gelical alliance of the United States"
TURNED THE PICTURES TO THE WALL.
The lobby walls of De Gives opera
house, where the convention is meeting.
are lined with pictures of actresses and
actors. Several of the finest pictures are
of ballet girls and noted premiers in stage
costumes. These.were objected to by the
delegates and were turned to the wall.
AT the session tonight DR.. King preached
the convention sermon on the Mission of
the Church" 1t was powerful, compre-
hensive and brilliant presentation of the
subject, and was one of the ablest pleas
for effective and spiritual church or
gauization ever heard in this city In
| tercs ing reports were read tonight by
Rev. H. w. Pope. of New Hamsphire,
Thomas B. lronside, of New Jersey, and
Col II. H. Harley, of New York.
A LYNCHING IN FLORIDA.