The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLES UNION.
The PuIpits of the City Filled by
Visiting CIergymen.

Chattanooga, Tenn, July 1S.-Early
morning devotional services were held in
all the churches of the city to-day in con-
nection with the Baptist Young Peoples
Union of America.
At l o'clock the pulpits of the city were
filled by the visiting ministers. At the
First church, the leading Baptist church
of the city, Rev. ]. J. Conley of st. Paul.
Mimi. preached an eloquent sermon to a
very large audience, his text being Acts
xvii, II ~. DR. Merrill B. Hopkins of Bal
timore assisted in the singing.
Rev. j. H. Chapman of Chicago, presi-
dent of the union, delivered a discourse at
the First Congregational church (colored).
Other ministers were assigned as fol-
lows: Central Baptist Rev. w. w. Weeks
of Ontario: Second Baptist. Rev. w. L.
Van Horn of North Dakota: Beech Street
Baptist. Rev. S. ]. Miner of Kansas; Hill
City Baptist, Rev w. T. Hundley of Flor,
ida; First Methodist, Rev. ]. W. Ford of
Troy, N. Y; Centenary Methodist Epis-
copal church south, Rev. d. D. McLaurin
of Detroit; First Presbyterian, Rev w. H.
Geisweit of Illinois; Second Presbyterian
Rev. A. e. Waffle of Auburn N. Y.
This afternoon at the First Baptist
church, Rev. Robert 4. Y. Pierce OF Phil
adelphia, the famous "chalk talk" artist
gave an impressive demonstration of his
work. which has become world famous.
With chalk upon a pad of paper he IL
lustrated the plainest and simplest les
sons of religion and morality in homely
pictures He was accompanied by his
wife, who assisted in the work.
Rev. ]. B. Hawthorne, the distinguish
ed Baptist divine of Nashville, preached
the convention sermon at the auditorium
this afternoon to 5000 people. His subject
was, 1.-The Ideal Christian Man." his text
being taken from Proverbs, 4:1S
The evening was given up to a dedica-
ton service of unusual interest. The
meeting opened with a general devotional
and praise service in which the vast con-
gregation Joined the choir In singing
popular hymns. The service was followed
by a conservation address delivered by
Rev. c. f. Violin of Brooklyn, N. Y. The
conservation service lasted from to 10
o'clock, and was conducted by General
Secretary +. e. Chivers, d. D., of Chi
cago. A roll of the states was called and
the representative of the union in each
state thereupon arose and formally con-
secrated the union of his state to the SER
vice and work as outlined by this conven-
ton.
Sectional lines we're wiped out, the
north, the south, the east and the west
vleing with each other as to which should
show the most ardent devotion to the cont
mon cause.
Six hundred dollars was subscribed and
paid at to-nights conservation meeting
to send DR.. Frank Harper of. Detroit, who
on Friday at the praise service on Look
out Mountain volunteered TO devote him
self to foreign mission work, abroad to
some Of the churchs mission fields
Resolutions were adopted expressing
grateful thanks that the debt
Of $4,000 of the American Bap-
list Foreign Mission Society had
been raised, and expressing the graf
ihcation of all Baptists that the denomina-
ton in the United States was united
through the young peoples union.
To-nlght's services closes the regular
convention proceedings, though several
rallies will be held tomorrow, and a serv-
Ice will be held at Snodgrass Hill, in the
national park at which patriotic addresses
and songs will be mingled with the relig-
ious exercises.