The record-union., 1896-10-26
UNION BAPTIST MEETING.
Large Gathering at Calvary Church Last
Evening.
Address by Rev. F. L. WeIkins, Gen.
eral Secretary of the Young
Peoples Union.

The Ninth-street Baptist Church was
crowded last evening, the three
churches of the Baptist persuasion
meeting in mass to listen to an address
by f. l.. Welkins, D. D., of Chicago, In
ternational Secretary of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union
DR.. Welkins is one of the foremost
leaders in the Young Peoples move
ment, and is conversant with the or
sanization in all it's branches, having
Travelled north, south, east and west in
his work for the cause, and studied the
matter from every point of view.
A union choir of the several churches
furnished the music, and some Of the
songs sung at the great Milwaukee con-
vention were rendered with pleasing eff
feet. The church was tastefully decor
ated throughout with festoons of smilax
and blossoming tropical plants, and
those present evinced great interest in
matters pertaining to the Young Peo-
pies Union and missionary work as
brought out in the forcible remarks of
Secretary Welkins
In dealing with his subject, Dr. We'll
kins stated that on the Day of Pente-
cost new religion went out to the
world. 1t was the religion of a young
man, Jesus Christ. 1t was progressive
religion, but to-day it needs the assist
ance Of the young, and should be, and
still is, young mans religion.
He carefully traced the movement of
the B. Y. P. U from it's inception to the
present time, and showed how it had
risen from a membership of only a few
hundred until it now numbered tens OF
thousands. 1t spread all over the land
and overflowed, and to-day it's influ-
ence is felt in every land.
One of the principal aims of the or
ganlzation is. he said, the proper train
ing Of children. 1t is the most effective
method OF lnculcating in young minds a
knowledge of Christianity and moral
ity. 1t is impossible for a man to be
q moral hero unless he learned the les
son when a child. The work of the or
ganizatiOn is often the means Of reach
ing and teaching two generations. for
the lessons taught induce children to
question parents who may have grown
lax in their early training The child is
but the man in miniature, and the les
sons learned in childhood are the most
permanent and lasting Of any learned in
life. There can be no moral thorough
bred unless the principles are grounded
in childhood.
The young people, he continued. are
taught to take interest in mission work
and trained to become familiar with
Christian doctrine. If a man knows
nothing about Christian doctrine he is
poor kind of Christian.
In relation To 49,
speaker showed how the Young Peo-
pies movement kept pace with all mis-
slonary advancement, and read reports
from organizations formed in Japan
and HindOstan, which were reported to
be in flourishing circumstances.
In conclusion, the speaker eXhOrtad
the youths to be steadfast in the great
work, and help to push it to its final
conclusion, and he called upon parents
to do all in their power to promote all
societies of the Endeavor character. and
impress upon the minds of their chill
dren the necessity Of stanch action and
strong eXertion to place the movement
upon a pedestal from which it might
scatter sunshine and help to make the
world better
Beginning at 7:30 O'Clock this evening
a reception will be rendered DR.. Welkins
at the Ninth-street Baptist Church. to
which all are invited.