The news & observer., 1897-02-11

life OF love. Then we want them to be-
come intellectually stronger. We want
to have Bible studies. 1t is amazing how
little the average man knows about the
Word of God The rising generation
must be taught TO reverence the Bible
and to come to its pages and drink from
its rich fountains. Literature Of the
highest order, poetry and eloquence that
the world Las never surpassed, learning
and reasoning that no man can question
is found within its lids 1t is the greatest
book the world has ever known or ever
will know. 1t combines the wisdom Of
ages"
The speaker thought it was only the
Bible however, that ought to be studied
by these organizations of young people.
The biography of such men as Judson
and Yates, Watt and Wingate were
worthy of the closest study and the most
faithful imitation.
Then the question of sociablity re-
ceived the speakers attention. He said
the social side of life had too long been
given over to satan. 1T was the church's
| duty to look after this social feature
not to make money, but to teach the peo-
| pie to know each other. The social fea-
| ture, he said, could easily be let go to
| seed. He had Anown social functions"
| to be held to raise money until the whole
| business blew away in thin air. He had
| known girls to chase around with a hot
| cake ON cold waiter and beg everybody
f.! she met to give her ten cents for slice Of
| it and help out her society This will
kill any organization ON earth If it
doesn't it ought to. I've got no patience
with this hot-cake, cold ice-cream, weak
lemonade kind of sociability. Instead of
| that young people ought to be taught that
it is more blessed to give than to receive.
A man will sit on goods box ana whit
tie and talk about finance, but asa him
to give a few pennies for a suffering
widow and he suddenly discovers the
| necessity of going home at once to his
wife. Young people ought to be taught
to keep books with the Lord. and square
| their accounts every seven days.
Mr.. Jordan said he believed, through
these young peoples organizations, in
emphasizing denominatio tionalism. This
could only be done by emphasizing
what the denomination stands for-not
in spirit of antagonism, but with love
and zeal and enthusiasm for the true
spirit and meaning of the Bible. An
other idea that must be impressed upon
the young person, said Mr.. Jordan, is his
| individual responsibility.
| The speaker said he had come up re-
| igiously through great tribulation. He
| said he was rocked in Il Presbyterian
cradle, and that was mighty good
cradle to be rocked in. He got religion
| il Methodist camp-meeting, which was
| a mighty good place to get good old
/ fashioned religion. Then he joined the
Baptist church and he thought it the
best church on earth.
Loyalty to church must be taught the
! young people. He who thinks some
other church as good as his own is not
fiji to be a member of any church"
Just before adjournment, DIR. Dicker
/, son, editor of the Christian Herald, OF
Richmond, made a short talk, expressing
his pleasure at being present and his gra-
tification ut the progress that was being
made by the young peoples organizations
in North Carolina.
The convention then adjourned to
again assemble this morning at $50
O'Clock
The program for to-day is as follows:
MORNING.
$50 a. m-Deyotional Exercises, Rev.
IT. r. Spencer, Kinston.
Practical Hints, Methods, Plans, Or
ganization, Development Conducted by
Rev. j. @. Adams. Followed by ten
minute talks by N. B. Broughton, Raj
eigh: Rev NJ Il. Parish, Salisbury; Rev
G. A. G. Thomas, Fayetteville.
Address-Charity Work for the Young
A TnI (sLari.
ty and Children.
Address-The Reflex influence Of Our
Orphanage. Rev. w. NJ. Jones, Maxton
AFTERNOON.
300 Devotional Exercises, Rev, JAS.
Long. Goldsboro.
Address Enduement of the Holy
Spirit, Rev Len. G. Broughton, Roam
oke. Va.
Address Religious Life in our Schools.
Prof Il. l.. Middleton, Cary High School.
Address Religious Life in our Col
leges. Rev. A. G. Cree, Wake Forest.
Address Things That Help Young
Man, Rev. Or. j s. Felix, Asheville.
NIGHT.
7:30 Prayer and Praise Rev. Living
ston johnson, Greensboro
Address Christian gCitizenship, John
A. Oates. Editor North Carolina Baptist,
Fayetteville.
Address--What Our Young People Can
do for Missions, Rev. John Il. White.
Corresponding Secretary Baptist State
Convention.
Address-The Social Feature of Young
Peoples Societies, Rev. ] A. Rood, Will
son.
PETITION FOR DISPENSARIES.
1t VIA be Presented by the Baptist
Young Peoples Union.