The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-24
THE BAPTISTS.
Our Special Letter on the
Late Convention.
Pen Pictures Of the Proceedings by
One OF the Delegates.
How the Providence Pilgrims Saw the
Monument City.


peratare about the same as the preceding
days. Everybody seems to be in the
spirit OF worship, and the churches OF
Baltimore have larger audiences than are
| often seen here.
III the pastors could see such audiences
each Sabbath, doubtless they would be
inspired to greater earnestness, and
have more workers to assist them in
| carrying on the work OF the Lord.
But these people are the workers Of
other cities and towns, and each has his
or her field of labor in the Masters vine
| yard.
The extreme heat and the WEAKNESS of
the people has caused not few to stay
| away from church.
| Most of the people of the Rhode Island
delegation went TO hear Rev. L. 5.
Henson of Chicago, who occupied the
pulpit OF the Eutaw Place Baptist Church.
His sermon was upon the text: "This one
thing do, forgetting the things which
| are behind: press toward the mark for
the prize OF the high calling OF God IN
| Christ Jesus: Phil. 3, 1914. He began
by saying that the Bible is biographical
| the study OF biographies, in finding
| wherein lay the power of success.
The text presents first, the singleness
OF purpose.
Second, Forgetfulness of the past.
Third, Ambitiousness of aspirations.
Fourth, Hopefulness of expectations. =
AS usual, he spoke with great power,
and held his audience as spellbound to
the close. The house was filed to over
| howing, and an effort was made to hold
an ovetiow meeting, but the people who
came to hear him would not be satisfied
with any one else.
Rev. Walter Galley OF Boston, Mass,
was the preacher at the First Baptist
church. His topic was upon the practi-
cal use OF christianity; in dealing Justly
with all men, in being honest and true,
kind and noble, pressing upon the
audience the power of putting into prac-
tice what Is professed by the Christian
church.
He spoke OF pure and impure lives, and
their infiuence; encouraged Christians to
live happy, joyous lives, to be daily in
close touch with God, that they may be
free from the dsadening influences of
Sin surrounds us on every hand, and
we should get away from 1t as far as
possible, and seek those things that are
pure and lovely and of good repute.
Rev. W. l.. Wright OF Richmond, Va,
preached at Emmanuel Baptist Church,
from the text: "Let ev@y man take heed
building, and the Importance of starting
out right in order to finish a good and
noble life.
He spoke of the evil habits of young
men and the popular idea II the necessity
Of sowing "wild oats, but these weaken
the foundation, and so the structure is
shaky.
Duty needs to be emphasized more and
more, and the strength, of young men
AT the Young Mems christian Associa-
tion in the afternoon, at $780, Rev. DIR.
Riley OF Chicago spoke to ..men only"
from the text found in John, 2O25,
doubling Thomas
He began by saying: Our first
mother was a doubter, and her children
are not unlike her. There are Thomases
yet. Honest doubters seek the truth.
Many professed doubters are left to their
doubts, because believers do not know
how to deal with them.
Carefully and rightly led they can be
brought to God. Some men think il
smart to be doubters. i was once a
doubter; took great interest in the ad-
dresses of Robert Ingersoll. Went to hear
him once, and when he read the words
from Gods book: "Come now let us
reason together" / said II God wants to
reason with me, / will reason with him,
and so did, and asked God for light.
Did get it? Yes; and every one will,
who will know OF God, and ask of Him
wisdom, searching the Scripture where
truth is found.
Understand the Bible?
Yes, when you take 1t to God as an
honest seeker.
Thomas doubted when Jesus was not
there, but, when he met Him face to
face, he fell before Him face to face. He
fell before Him without looking for the
scars, and cried: "My Lord and my
God" Go to Jesus with your doubts,
and as you go they will flee away and
He "will give you peace"
The afternoon services at the tent were
conducted in accordance wikh the pro-
gram.
Rev. ii. f. Kerfoot of Louisville, KY,
dealt in clear and truthful manner with
the "Saloon Question.
His subject was: 1.-THE saloon and the
present crisis, in good government.
He said: The words saloop, and crisis
are synonymous, and the existence of
the saloon raises the question whether
the country is to be controlled by the
religious or the whiskey power.
The crisis Is in the fact of the saloons
existence throughout the country, and
its powerful influence for evil, being the
birthplace OF crime and riot, the resort
OF the law breakers, also the idle and
dissolute. Criminals are filling the jails
today, as the result Of this work. Poor
houses are supporting its victims in the
wives and children OF the drunkard.
Sorrow, shame and poverty is seen on all
sides as the result OF its work. Political
schemes are concocted there, and thus
OF the civil government OF the nation.
IL is the foe of all that Is good and
upright, and the greater It's number the
greater the curse.
The time has come when the crisis
should be met by the people; first,
opening their eyes TO the situat ion, and
then seeing that 1t is wiped out.
The keepers should be made to know
that they have no right TO destroy the
best interests OF society and good gov
ernment.
The heated spell, still holding on, has
ushered in another hot day; and 1. il
doesn't let up pretty soon, the Rhode
Islanders will be SO thoroughly baked as
not to be burdened with an over-abund-
ance OF flesh. This, of course, will work
well, as the next two or three days the
racing about Gettysburg, Washington,
Luray, Mount Vernon and other places,
arranged by the "side trips committee,
will require leanness OF flesh TO accom-
plish the rounds of Sightseeing.
IN WASHINGTON.
The 1880 train from Baltimore carried
about half o. the delegation to Gettys- |
tl..t. A.