Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-27

Earning Words to the Delegates at tho
International Sunday School Conven-
ton by DIR. Vance, of Nashville, Are
| Greeted with Cheers-Newnan Atrocity
| -Lynchers OF Hose a SANDER the
south, Not Representatives
| Atlanta. Ga, April 27.-The ninth in
| ternatidnal fourteenth nationaD sun
| day school convention met in Atlanta
at O'Clock last night. the sessions
being held at the Grand Opera House,
| and continuing until Saturday with spe-
| cial services and mass meetings
throughout the city churches on Sun
day. Attending. the convention are
many Of the most prominent Sunday
school workers in the United States and
the Old World, and while there are
only LOO authorized delegates the city
is thronGed with visitors SreeiaI trains
arrived at intervals during yesterday.
two solid trainr coming from Boston
with delegates and visitors. a vestibule
train from st. Louis. one from New
Orleans and one from the far west.
while all the regular trains have been
crowded and many additional coaches
attached.
Welcoming Speeches and Responses.
The opera house was crowded to suf-
location when the second vice preSi-
dent. Hon. John NJ. Green, of Atlanta,
called the assemblage to order Gov
ernor Allan u. Gambler. of Georgia. well
coined the delegates to the state, and
former Governor William ]. Northen
extended the greetings on behalf of the
church and Sunday schools of Atlanta
To the addresses of welcome responses
were made ~ the following gentlemen:
For the north. X. a. BearC OF Massa-
chusetts: for Canada, Hon. :. II. Blake.
Of Ontario; for the south, James OIL
Vance. DID. of Tennessee: for the coll
ored people, Professor NJ. F. Collier, OF
Florida.
Red Hot Reference to Newman. |
There was n reference to the Newman |
affair during the evening, and il was
received with cheers. DR.. Vance, of |
Nashville. who spoke for the south in |
response TO the welcoming address. said |
on the subject: las 1 stand here to-
night. a southerner, speaking for my |
section and addressing an audience
from all sections. there is one foul blot |
upon the fair fame of the south, at the |
bare mention of which the heart turns |
sick and the cheek is crimsoned with
shame 1 want to lit my voice tonight
in long and indignant protest against
the awful horror Of mob violence. which
the other day reached the climax of its
and brutal and barbarous as can be
found in all the annals of human crime
Lawlessness No Remedy for Crime.
81 have a right to speak on this SUBJ
tect, and 1 propose to be heard. The
time has come for every lover of the
south to set the might of an angered
and resolute manhood against the shame
and peril OF the lynch demon. These
people whose fien6ish glee taunts their
victim as his flesh crackles in the flames
do not represent the south. They SLAM
der the south. / have not syllable of
apology for the sickening crime they
meant to avenge. But il is high time
we We're learning that lawlessness is no
remedy for crime. For one i dare to be-
lieve that the people of my section are
able to cope with crime, however treach-
erous and defiant. through their courts
OF justice. and I plead for the masterful !
sway of a righteous and exalted public
sentiment that shall class lynch law in
the same category with the crime"
Sunday School Lesson Schedule.
The schedule Of Sunday school lessons .
for 1902 has been arranged, and will be
sent to England at once for the approx
al OF the corresponding committee"
1t will then be returned to the United :
States for approval. 1t was decided
hat the next annual meeting of the in
ternational lessons committee would be :
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