The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-08-19
SUNDAY SCHOOL cHAurAuQuA.
Tnrongs of People at Red Springs.

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Throngs of People at Red Springs.
The editor of The COMMONWEALTH
spent day and two nights at Red
Springs last week in attendance upon
the Baptist Sunday-school Chautauqua.
This was the fifth annual session. It
was organized at Mt. Vernon Springs
five years ago. Two sessions were held
there. The session of 1895 was held
at Red Springs and the session of 1896
was held at Morehead City. This year
Red Springs was again decided on for
the place of meeting.
President N. B. Broughton and Sec
rotary Birdsong, of Raleigh, we're
promptly on hand. The meeting was
great success from the beginning.
The writer heard a strong lecture by
Rev. Mr.. Mosely of South Carolina on
life in Mexico. He had been a mis-
sionary in that country for several
years, and his description OF the habits,
customs and manners of the people
there was quite vivid. Among the
many striking things he said was that
the people of Mexico know what hard
times mean but, judging between our
condition and theirs, the people of this
country do not.
We heard strong address by Rev.
John E. White on the relation of
church progress to the Sunday school
work. DIR. A. G. Barron OF Charlotte
delivered great address on Winning
Souls for Christ through the Sunday
school," It was able and eloquent and
touching. At the close of his address
the meeting took happy turn. Mr..
Parker, of GoIdsboro, stood up in the
audience and said he thought it an OPP
perfume time to give the great congre-
CATION an opportunity to accept Christ.
President Broughton called DR.. Barron
back to the platform and in most pa
thetic and impressive terms he appeal
ed to the unsaved to accept Christ and
the lukewarm church members to re-
new their allegiance to the work.
About twenty-five persons came forward
and shook hands with DIR. Barron in
response to the invitation. It was a
gracious hour for all present.
We heard Mr.. Herman Horne of
Clayton teach Sunday-school lesson,
and the teaching was on plane of high
thought. It was most striking IL
lustration of good teaching from good
preparation and thorough conservation
to the work. Mr.. Horne is graduate
of the University OF North Carolina, an
A. M. of Harvard and is still student
In that great institution. He is one of
the brightest and best young men in
the State, and his work before the
Chautauqua gave him the first place
i'm the esteem of those who heard him.
Thursday night we heard a lecture by
Rev. Mr.. Brown of Sumpter, s. c., on
"The Humorous side of Courtship."
He amused his audience and gave some
very pointed Instructions.
There were other good addresses and
teaching during the week, but we re-
manned only day and two nights, and
did not hear them.
The music was fine, led by Prot. Rue
bush, of Maryland. An orchestra of
perhaps twenty pieces, with large
number of voices, made most thrilling
music at every session. Most of the
members of the orchestra we're from
Raleigh, we believe, some from Fay
etteville, Lumberton and Red Springs.
A brigade of boys from the Baptist
Tabernacle in Raleigh had delightful
time. They camped as soldiers near
Hotel Townsend, slept in their tents
and had soldier-time generally.
The work of the Chautauqua has
greatly helped the Sunday-school in
terest in the State during the past five
years.
CROWDS AT RED SPRINGS.
Ofcourse the Chautauqua had car
ried great crowds to Red Springs from
almost every region of the State east
of the Blue Ridge; but that popular
health resort is enjoying good season
in the summer visitors and boarders.
The water is excellent and all who
90 and drink it freely realize benefit.
There are various kinds of mineral,
but we believe that the springs are
mostly chalybeate. They are unique
indeed. Near the town there is de-
preston of several feet through which
runs small stream, on either side OF
which the lands are alluvial. Here
and there along this little stream one
finds pipe projecting foot or two
above the gound from which water
pours in unceasing stream. Then
across little hill around which the
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