Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-08-20
YPu. a. Convention of America.

chorus OF $50 voices. The singing vas a0-
miraGle in effect. The chorus mad been
drilled in four different sections b. four
aghereut leaders Bue when they came to-
gether it VS. a. if they had been drilled Dy
one leader. The singing was stirring and
spiritually uplifting. pleasing feature Of
th- evening was the satGtc Of the chorus.
Each member had been provided with a
handkerchief n one Of the colors Of the live
departments Of the Union ana at a signal
these were waved in ~Chautauqua salute.
the delegates sending back their apprecia-
ton BY an ocean Of wave Huttering white
handkerchiefs.
Governor Upham welcomed US to the
great con- monwealth of Wisconsin. He
hoped the visitors would take time to visit
the state and 4 know you win like Us for
we now are looking our greenest.
The last exercise of the evening was Pres.
Chapman 5 address. He said The Bapt-
lists have laid their shaping hand on Amer
lea The B. Y. p. L. is the child of promise
to the Baptists Of America | shall plead to-
night for an all round view Of this land of
ours-this land of promise. Perfectly
rounded character is only obtained by a
view all round etc + The evening was
characterized by stirring incidents, by an
! impressive address, by large and deeply
| interested audience. which filled every
| available seat. The convention the first dav
was all that could be expected from early
morning prayer-meeting to closing bene-
diction.
/ Friday dawned bright and cool. The
/ morning was given up to four workers con-
! ferences which were all well attended. The
conferences were on Junior Work On In
struction. on Social Work On Missions. Re-
ports of these meetings were given at the
general gathering Friday evening.
Friday afternoon was given up to the ser
vice which has to be known as the "Saluta-
ton of the Flags. lady carrying flag
accompanied by gentleman, represented
each state. Thirty-four states and proyin- |
cial unions were thus represented. These |
representatives marched to the platform I
and were seated in two rows. Two minute /
supposedly addresses were made by each |
gentleman while the lady representative I
stood and elevated the banner. These re-
sponses were varied. While all were in
teresting some were quite amusing Here
are few samples of the responses:
Texas says: We believe In Baptist sue
cession not Baptist secession We think a
chain extends from John the Baptist to John
Chapman, our president Down in Texas
we believe in unity. that is. men and women
believe in being united"
South Dakota said; I'VE are noted for
buffaloes billiards and barrenness and
hope to be noted for Baptists
Oklahoma said; Our territorial organi-
cation IS 20 days old. We have had to i'm
provise a banner and borrow young lady
Ontario and Quebec Last year over
fifty per cent. of the baptsms in our church
was from the young
New York said: our motto is faith hope
and 1--we Trafth IL, God hc No -, 500 ,sr,, an
IN 95.love for everybody In Buffalo the first
italian Baptist church in America is to be
erected this summer
Michigan said: we have 5000 Baptists
So registered delegates and visitors are
here Michigan came into the r. Y p. L, a,
the beginning and is going to stay to the
end"
Iowa said Our motto may be taken
from the four words, Intelligence. organi-
zation work. aggression
Illinois; I'VE come 1000 strong etc"
The deleg alton sang three stanzas of an
original song written by Mrs. John Fl. chap
man. The Christian culture Courses ban
ners were then distributed The banner of
the Sacred Literature Course went to the
First Baptist church of Amherst L. 8. The
banner of the Conquest Missionary Course
went to the First Baptist church of Quincy.
I'll. The banner of the Bible Readers Course
went to the Dearborn Street church. Buffa-
To- n. Y.
Another vast assembly fol Friday evening
session, The usual singing, which had both
snap and volume, was followed by the cleo
ton OF officers for the year to come. Re
ports of Workers conferences. etc were
followed by the address of President b. L.
Whitman. d. d. of Washington. d. c.. I'm
seen Forces in Character Building The
deep fun tones went to the extremes of the
building Logic and apt illustration were
clothed in true rhetoric. The whole audi
ence was charmed. Several times the pres
ident responded to the appreciation shown
by The audience Many considered it the
high water mark OF the convention. The
day had been great one in the history of
the convention
Saturday morning was taken up by de
partmental rallies, the red. the green the
blue and the gold. The afternoon session Of
saturday belonged to the juniors We can
not take the space 10 describe the process
sonai entrance address OF welcome. re-
Spouse and general exercises Of the Juniors
and the presentation Of the Junior C. C. c
prize banners Saturday evening was fun
To overlooking with good things Two mas
terry addresses We're given; one by pr f. s
Barbour Of New York upon systematic
giving: the other hy Prot r. Henderson
Of the university Of Chicago upon Corrupt
Literature
Who can deSc.ibe sunday the Great Dav
OF the Feast Sunday a m. there were
meetings in all the churches. the sermons
preached by visiting ministers SUNDAY u
N. was devoted To a review of Baptist mis-
sions throughout the world. There was a
marked difference in the sunday audiences
The attendance was increased. Applause |
was omitted 1900 handkt rchiefs tfuttered
over the han when any popular sentiment
was expressed or the choir sang something
which greatly pleased the hearers Or
Diaz the apostle Of Cuba was absent sun
day. He had spoken as often as four times
in the forenoon. He is the man who preached