Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-21
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q ie remaining vacant seats.
Il The prayer and praise service was an
bounced TO at 100 o'clock. BY
= hat time every scat in the house. save only
\ few In the rear OF the gallery. was filled.
Il he eight boxes contained rs many as they
j ould with any degree OF comfort TO the
Occupants. In the corridors OF the lower
Moor and the balcony were at least a hun
bred patient. attentive auditors who were
content TO stand throughout the meeting
On the stage were seated the speakers OF the
meeting, the officers OF the union the mem
| bers OF the general committee, the chorus
OF $50 trained voices and as many more as
could crowd on to this point OF vantage.
OPENED WITH SONG SERVICE.
The meeting proper was preceded by z
service Of song, conducted BY Prof. T. }.
Gillespie. For q half hour the great audi
ence sang the sacred songs adapted from
the songs Of David. If there was one fea-
| ture OF The meeting that was more sig
nlncant OF the deep interest and boundless
enthusiasm Of the delegates than any other
feature It was the singing. II was a meet
Ing where everybody sang. The preceptor
and his large chorus merely started the
crowd and led 1t through the hymns. Tbs
| United Prcsbyterians are fond OF sacreG
song, and when over 5000 Of them lift their
voices In hymns Of praise there is a vol
ume, as well as a sweetness, in the music
that is grandly inspiring.
After the service of song, Prof. Swan OF
Monmouth college made a prayer. Presi-
dent Quay then introduced w. G. Macleod,
who represented the Omaha and Council
Bluffs Baptist unions.
MIR, President, Delegates Of the Young
Peoples Christian Union; You have al.
ready been welcomed to this metropolis OF
been welcomed to this state of the golden
rod. the golden corn and the golden grain.
Almost everything Nebraska has to offer
represents gold or it's equivalent, except
her candidate for presidential honors.
We do not wish you to take the present
tamnnTpttIre ms an Indication OF a cool re-
ception, for we understood that you Sc
lected Omaha as your place of meeting be-
sort, and SO we did not wish to disap-
Point you. but rather planned for this
cordial reception.
l have the great honor and high priv
lege of standing before you to extend to
] you the hand of greeting and brotherly
y Fellowship In behalf of the Baptist Young
Peoples unions of the tri.citics of Omaha,
glad that you. like ourselves, love the word
"Union," so that you have 1T Incorporated
In your name. We trust that to you also
the word union carries with it, in its deep
est and truest sense, that which the word
unity. For 1 believe it is possible to have
union without unity. To use an illustra-
ton once given by an eloquent friend of
\ mine, IF you take n cat and dog and tie
their tails together and hang them over a
clothes line, you may have union, but not
! the blessedness and joy OF Christian unity.
and most cordially and fraternally extend
| 10 you ne III u 1 NnllSNldl sup
UNION OF HEART AND HAND.
We wish to express to you by this token,
more than the mere sound of words, and
as we have the word union common to
both our names, we reach out to you to-
night, IA union of hands, a union of hearts,
n union of determined warfare against sin
and evil, a union of effort in the proclama-
ton of the blessed gospel that we may be
instrumental in fastening the coming of
the great day when the kingdoms of this
world shall become the great united king
dom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
seeks the demonstration by which 1t will
express to the beloved some evidence of
the psalmist's heart was most full he cried
out, what shall l render unto the Lord?'
So, as a weak expression of deep, and low
coelaborers in our Masters vineyard, it is
my great privilege in behalf of the Bap-
fist young people Of the Tri-city union
to present 10 you this floral counterpart
of the badge and seal of our tri-city and
national unions, with the loving message
welcome and fraternal greetings to the
Young Peoples Christian union--'To them
that are sanctified by God, the Father. and
preserved in Jesus Christ and called: Mercy
unto You. and PEACE, and love be multi
Tri-clty union, Omaha, Council Bluffs.
South Omaha"
At this point Mr.. Mcleod presented the
union with a massive floral design OF roses
and other beautiful flowers, representing
the badge OF the Baptist Young Peoples
union, a maltese cross four feet each way.
Surmounting the cross, in flowers also, was
the American shield, the open bible and
the motto of the union: Loyalty to
Christ" also at the points of the cross the
initial letters B. Y. p. U. artistically worked
! In flowers.
To you its cross may stand for our belief
In one divine headship of the church, For
the preaching of the cross is to them that
perish foolishness, but unto us which are
s'h,s # is the power of God" The open
tiers of faith and religious practice. The
shield of our glorious country for that
have stood, as well as for our undying 10y
atty to the star-sp9qnsled banner, that flag
Graded. under whose folds no man must
submit his body in an unwilling servitude
is chained to the opinions and dogmas of
another; under which every man and wo-
: tered %Sa b BODY dyn and an mt trsmS soul SM lu" But
brethren, we believe the flag also stands
as we do unaiter9bly and eternalIy op,
called license. Let us unfurl this flag, and
this flag only oyer all our people as the
ana that the bible, which is the Holy spir;
and opened to the people.
l. UNDER ONE BANNER.
wS we have heard outbnrsts Of patriotism
but we seek for something even greater,
when al political boundaries shall be for
King, of Kings shall float over the whole
world, "A united people with no law save
the law of Love and the Golden Rule shall
be the universal standard of mans dealing
with man.
You have doubtless ere this observed "A
striking and harmonious whole into which
your motto and our motto may be blended.
serve our motto. Loyalty TO Christi"
both together forming the one beautiful
sentence, Loyalty to Christ, whose we are
and whom We serve" We greet you for
what We believe you represent, a body hold
Ing loyal allegiance to the old tried and
true way, carefully observing the old land
marks In pointing out the way of the king
dom. You are not readily captivated by the
New Theology, or the Higher Criticism.
The old, old story seems good enough for
In the great Exposition. for which prepara-
tons are being made in all this western
domain, will be spread exhibits of the
mighty power OF mans genius when di-
rected In the channels of Invention and i'm
-provement, But mid the crashing downfall
OF the old and the clatter OF the uprising
new. there stands alone the religion of our
Lord Jesus Christ, a thing perfected from
its birth as once delivered unto the saints
by the hand OF God himself.
For there is one way men can't improve,
Although II has been tried by men who have
studied and studied.
And worried until they died.
1t has shone undimmed through ages, like
gold refined from its dross,
It's the way to the Kingdom of Heaven,