The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-15
BAPTISTS At LOUISVILLE.
EARNEST WILLIE UPsHAW DE-
LIGHTED HIS AUDIENCES.

He Was I'm Demand as "A TaIker at
the COnvcntion-Dr. Greene at the
First Christian Church-Baptist
Preachers Filled Many of the
Louisville PuIpits-An All Day
Meeting at One of the
Churches.
Louisville. May 14-Baptist preachers
who are here to attend the Baptist con-
vention were heard in fifty-two churches
throughout Louisville to-day. Pulpits at
LeGrange, Clay Village, Jeffersonville and
New Albany were also occupied by the
visiting brethren. Services were held in
the morning and again AT night, different
preachers conducting them.
The convention will resume its labors at
$3.50 O'Clock Monday morning in Warren
Memorial Church.
A place and time for holding the next
meeting viii probably be decided during
the afternoon session.
One of the remarkable charac-
ters brought to Louisville by the
Southern Baptist convention is WIZ d.
Upshaw, a crippled boy from Georgia,
known All through that state as Earnest
Willie, the Rolling-Chair Speaker of Geor-
gia." The young man is a student at Mer-
Ger College, Macon, Ga.
The young people of the Twenty second
and Walnut Street Baptist Church had a
treat to-day in a visit and address from
the young man. He attended the Sunday
school mass meeting at the church by in
vitation of the pastor, the Rev nj. p
Hunt, and the earnest and eloquent young
cripple SO captivated the large audience
by his pathos and humor that he. was
invited to address the Young Peoples
Union in the evening. Again the young
Georgian delighted fine audience with
speech of decided brightness and origi-
nality.
On the lecture platform Mr.. Upshaw has
for several years mad a remarkable ca
reer, drawing large crowds in many Sou H.
ern states. He is a captivating speaker,
genial in manner and many friends gather
daily about his rolling chair at the con-
Vention.
DR.. ]. P. Greene. the newsy-elected
president of the Southern Baptist Theolog-
ical Seminary preached at the First
Christian Church in the morning. A large
congregation attended the services.
DR.. Greene took for his theme, "Tne
Tenderness of Christ" and preached a
plain, strong sermon, Astounding in strik-
ing practical Illustrations
He spoke of the condition of suffering
humanity and showed that everyone who
might depend on his own common strength
was at best only bruised reed and
might even be compared to smoking
lamp wick.
He spoke eloquenhy and powerfully of
the Savior and His sympathy and readi-
ness to help in every need.
The worlds best friend" he conclud-
ed, lis the Lord Jesus. We all need Him;
can we not some TO Him and put our
trust in Him? He is friend that sticketh
closer than a brother"
An interesting feature of the Sunday
school, at East Baptist Church was the
presence of its former pastor DR. NJ D.
Jeffries of Knoxville. Brief addresses
were made by George Robert Cairns,
evangelist, and the Rev. DR. Mosely,
missionary from China.
A pleasing all-day meeting was held at
Beachland Baptist Church. at Pleasure
Ridge Park, near the city 1t was both
a missionary rally and pastors reunion,
the following former pastors being pres
ent: DIR. John f. Purser of Alabama, DR..
j. D. Chapman of Savannah, T. H. Pie
mons Abbeville, S. c., and the present
pastor, the Rev. w. r. Earle of South
Carolina. The attendance was unusually
large and enthusiastic
Miss Fannie e. S. Heck, president of the
Woman's Missionary Union, auxiliary 70
the Southern Baptist convention, is to be
the lady principal of the new Baptist Fe-
male University of North Carolina.