The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-14

averted by the 90 then before him.
He said that their presence was u pledge of
the future OF the church, q pledge OF the
nature OF It's teachings and q pledge OF the
loyalty of it's members to it.
lie said that many people thought that
Christians paid too much attention to their
creeds. and too little attention TO the relIR-
ion itself. He said that be hoped that that
was not so, and that he was certain that
the church of the future would be q spirit
ual one. and that its member would be
loyai ones He said:
I'VE do not want q creedless Christian.
lty. Organization Is necessary to work
and results. and to organize we must have
some plan TO do so on"
At the conclusion of the speech of the
Rev. Taylor. a number of conGratulatOry
the country and from several delegations
which were en- route to the city.
President Chapman next introduced
Prof. l.. ID. Inskeep. of Oakland. Cal. He
way to get TO the convention, and
asked the delegates TO give him
the old Chautauqua greeting. This was
done, and consisted in the waving OF hand
keroheifs from all parts of the house. HIS
remarks were in the nature of @ general
expression of gratitude for the pleasure of
being present, and a thankfnlness for the
largeness OF the meeting and its large
promise OF success. He said it was time for
the Baptists to stop looking backward and
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bound to be a bright one for them.
He said that 1t had been said of the Bap-
lists that they had been looking backward
so long and crying over past mistakes that
their eyes were in the back of their
heads and were fastened TO the ground
with pillars OF salt. He thanked the mem-
bers for their hearty greeting and wished
them GOdsDeed IN all of their undertake
ings.
MIR. uENsoN's
The Rev. L. l.. Hensen, OF Baltimore.
said:
AS u representative of the great Southern
Baptist Zion l thank you for the welcome accord
Indiana whenever something was wanted better
than l could get In the South. | succeeded in
finding the best girl that ever trod the earth in
Indiana, and In her possession am richer than
twenty seas, though all their sands were pearls
and their waters nectar. lApplause.l We are
here as Baptist young people from the north.
east, south and west, and what a blessed sight IL
Is TO see all sections bound together by the rope
OF SAND that makes us the most cOmpac organ
lZati0n in the world, standing as we do on the
New Testament. claiming one Lord. one faith
and one baptism.
1 have no fears that rhe purposes of the B. u.
Y. p. o.. A. will disintegrate any organization. 1
have watched and studied the movement, and
have never seen anything 10 warrant the charges
made against 1t by certain denominational peri
odicals. No, 1t means the cooperation OF the
young people with the old, and that the young
are wheeling in line to be trained.
1t will not turn the contributions OF the young
people OF the South into the treasures of the
North, as has been suggested. more than it will
turn the collections of Canadian Baptists into
the treasures OF the South. Ii stands for the
federation OF Baptists with Baptists. bringing
them together from all sections. This Is why
We SOutherners are here. loyal to all OF our
Baptist associations and TO our God.
Rev. Geo. +. Orr. of Boston. responded
happily for the gold. stating that he was
not quite certain how far it was prudent
for one travelling from the East into the
w eat Tn GnHak of gold hnt from fha antrit
of Indianapolis newspapers he Judged O
kindly ear would be given in this
city. Mr.. Orr longed, ne said. for
q Boston zephyr to como wandering
the convention would take more kindly TO
the Boston bean tree and Goldfish balls. Con-
ventloDs. he said. were one great means of
unifying the land. The time was not far
distant when il would be more greatly
needed than at present. The institutions
of the future would have to Justify
their existence with sound reasons;
and In that respect Baptist or
because IL ven back of all creeds and all
men. and stood on the New Testament.
The Baptist Church. said he. stands for
more than immersion and believers In
baptism-it stood for the New Testament as
the charter of the Christian church.
The Rev. Donald Grant. OF Montreal,
responded for the red. saying the
convention assembled was q sight
ne long nAu sought, and that
he rejOioed with trembling while
speaking. He trusted citizens of the
United States would not discount the
Canadian delegation as they bad. TO his
discomfort. Canadian money. 1t was easy
to respond TO q welcome, because lt was a
bearthstone word with melody in 1t. lie
had experienced. not an ordinary, but an
Indianapolis welcome. The fame OF In
diana hospitality had travelled TO his city.
He rejoicsd TO find a closer fellowship
ain in arlfutan and Nalyaun1 Nhn Il go
ORGANIZATIONS would never do battle with
each other. Canada had not. he protested,
q monopoly of royalty. for such another
roy al welcome than they had received had
never been given grateful travellers. Let
the Canadian red. he said. suggest that
Christ bled for all. and We will 40 away.
devoted life and soul TO the Lamb that was
slain.
The convention then adjourned until 7:3o
O'clock.