The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-24


lively. Extended by the City of Balti-
more and its Churches.
BALTIMORE, July 1S.-The delegates
and visitors to the fifth International
Conference of the Baptist Young Peo-
pie Union of America continued to ar
rive throughout the night and early
morning hours until, at 10 o'clock,
there We're ten thousand congregated
in the mammoth tent located at the
Madison avenue entrance to Druid
Hill Park. The interior of the big
tent presented "a gay appearance with
myriads of American flags, Baptist
Union flags and English flags hanging
from every post and pole in the place.
Across the entire front Of the choir
gallery is broad piece of each of the
four colors that were selected to repre-
sent the first sections into which the
interest work of the union is divided,
green for the South, red for Canada,
blue for the States west of the Missis-
sippi, and gold for those east of the
Mississippi. From the top of a large
pole just in front of the main stand
scores of ribbons of these colors were
festooned down to the speakers ros-
trum.
The platform from which the speak
ers addressed the audience has ca
pacity for two hundred persons. These
seats were occupied by ministers. Back
of this platform six tiers gave accom-
mediation to chorus of five hundred
voices and an orchestra of fifty pieces.
Devotional exercises were led by the
Rev. G. 4. Hobbs, D. D., of Delavan,
Wis. His reference to the warm hearts
and warmer sun of the Southern city
elected the first applause The heat
was almost sitting and every person
vigorously welded fan for the little
comfort that could be extracted there
from. As DR.. Hobbs declared the
convention open for business late
delegation from Wisconsin marched
into the tent and down the side aisles,
singing, Maryland, my Maryland. :"
A welcome dedicated to the young
Baptists by Prof. John G. Robinson
was sung by a choir of FIVE hundred
voices under the direction of Prof.
Harry w. Porter. This was followed
by an address of President John Fl.
| Chapman, in which ne congratulated
the local committees on the excellent
arrap gements that had been made for
the entertainment of the Baptists.
In this beautiful city of Baltimore.
he said, we are surrounded by the
warm hearts of our Southern brothers,
cheered by the bright faces of Chris
tian friends, and gladly note that
even the far-away Pacific coast IS with
US. They have come across the CONT
nent to unite with us.
Growth has been ours in the past
year that may well make the hearts of
our faithful workers rejoice. The dag
of doubt and questioning as regards
the great work to be accomplished by
this organization is fast fading away.
Closer and closer the hearts of our
young people are being drawn togeth-
er, and as we unite hearts and hands
we appreciate more and more the
needs of the fellowship that this union
makes possible. The prophecies ut
tered at our first great convention IN
Chicago four years ago are being more
than fulfilled.
On behalf of the churches of Balti-
more Mr.. Eugene Levering made an
address of welcome, in which he said
that no convention of equal import
ance had ever been held here.
In the absence of Governor Brown
Mayor F. G.. Latrobe officially vel
coined the visitors and rendered them
right within the confines of the State.
The conference Joined the choir in
singing, "My Country, tbs of Thee.
The Rev. NJ. H. Wharton, D. D.,
pastor of Brantley Baptist church,
made an eloquent address Of welcome
on behalf of the Baptist Young Peo-
pies societies. Notwithstanding the
perspiring crowd and its vain efforts
to appear contented, he assured the
hosts that Baltimore was unlike a
New York Sunday-it was not dry.
The speakers statement that the Bap-
fists believed in an everlasting separa-
ton of Church and State was applaud
ed, and when he added that the Bap-
tist does not believe in the red hat, but
does believe in little red school houses,
the audience cheered him again and
again.
DR.. Wharton concluded his address
by singing the verses of an original
hymn Of welcome.
After the choir sang ''Blest be the
Tie" the Rev. DIR. L. NJ. S. Hayes, D.
D., of Troy, n. Y, responded to the
address of welcome on behalf of the
board of managers and the delegates.
His effort was very happy. He Great
ed roar of applause and laughter IN
complimenting the women who were
present in large numbers on their un-
firing energy. His peroration was
God made earth, then rested, then
made man and rested, then He made
women, and neither God nor man has
had chance to rest since.
The annual report of the BOARD OF
managers was presented by the Rev.
DR.. Frank L. Wilkins, D. D., general
secretary of the Union. Addresses
were made on Culture for Service, ,
by the Rev. O. G. S. Wallace, of To
ronto, Ont, and on THE Junior Soci-
ETY., the Hope of the Movement by
the Rev. Roland D. Grant, of Port
land, Oregon. The convention took
a recess at 1890 until 2:15 p. m.
Many of the delegates sauntered in
to Druid Hill Park with box or bas-
ket of luncheon, and regaled them
selves under the big trees and along
the shady banks of The lake.
The tent was again crowded when
the afternoon session was opened. 4
number of electric fans had been put
in position about the tent during the
recess, but they afforded but little re.
lief from the intense heat. Many OF
the male delegates discarded coats and
vests and resumed their seats.
The session began with a praise SER
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