The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-05
COUTURE FOR SERVICE
The Great Work the Union is Doing
For the Entire Church.
ELOQUENT ADDRESSES MADE BY VISITORS
Rev. W. NJ. Vines and Dr.. E. {. Chivers Speak
on The Meaning and Work Of the Young
Peoples Movement. One Of the
Church's Creates, Forces.
Church's Greatest Forces.

The young people of the Baptist dele
gates in town. and a great many of the
older ones too, gathered last night at the
First Baptist Church for the annual meet
ing of the State Baptist Young Peoples
Union. They were most happily welcomed
by Mr.. Baxter Durham. The response
was very fttingly made by Mr.. D. A. Tay-
lor, oe Charlotte.
Rev. w. NJ Vines, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Asheville, addressed the
meeting upon THE Meaning of the Young
Peoples Movement and DR.. E. e.
Chivers, of Chicago, Secretary of the B.
Y. P. u. of America, spoke on thu work
of the Union in it's relation to the devel-
opment of Christian character.
President j. w. Bailey. of the State
Union, presided. Devotional exercises
we're conducted by Rev DR.. j. N. Pres
fridge, of Louisville. The church was
filed, and several of Raleigh's best
known ministers of different denomina-
tions were noticed in the congregation
Mr. Baxter Durham. of the Raleigh I'm
ion, delivered the address of welcome. He
said he had been notified year ago that
he would be called upon for this occasion,
and had been ever since preparing his
speech, which he stated was in three vol
umes. He went on to say that he was
glad to welcome the delegates from the
unions of the State to Raleigh for. as
he supposed all were aware, Raleigh was
noted for her schools, and here was locat-
cd the great female university of the de-
nomination. Il rejoice to welcome you to
Raleigh, the headquarters of the Baptist
church in North Carolina We have five
Baptist churches and three Young Peo-
pies Unions. We give you genuine old
fashioned tarheel welcome. We are glad
to see you here partly for selfish reasons,
because we believe you being here will
build up our union. We believe that you
men and women are met here to take
firmer hold on your standard, that as the
older ones are being called over to rest
in the shade of the trees there are many
here ready to take UP the burdens they
lay down i am glad to see you because
l believe that you will take foremost
part in the great conflict of the twentieth
certurv.
In response, Mr.. D. A. Taylor of Char
1otte spoke somewhat as follows
ION behalf of the delegates assembled
/ desire to thank the brother for his kind
words. AT your bidding we have assem-
bled in deliberative council. Our union
is still in its infancy, but its striking vi
tally and growth betoken a long career
of usefulness. Our motto is: Culture
for Service We believe that if the
world is ever to be redeemed. it must be
done by those trained from youth to wear
the breastplate of righteousness. We be-
lieye in work. One of the teachings OF
Jesus Christ is that idleness is next to
SIM Preparation is necessary for work.
and we believe in education as the best
way to prenare. We believe in doing
everything possible for our denomina-
tional schools and colleges. Our union in
Charlotte has members attending six of
the Baptist colleges in the State. When
the great Athenian orator wished to in
spire his countrymen to resist Philip OF
Macedon, he recounted to them the great
deeds of their ancestors. What greater
inspiration could be have than the
achievements of our ancestors as we read
them in the histories of our church?
MIR. Bailey then introduced Rev. w. M.
Vines, of Asheville, announcing his sub
ject as 1.-THE Meaning of the Young Peo-
pies Movement" Mr.. Vines spoke in
substance as follows:
1T has been said that the two greatest
physical discoveries of the century have
been the doctrine of evolution and the
theory of the conservation of energy.
A brilliant Frenchman has said that it is
only in the last century that the indi-
viduality of woman has been discovered.
Undoubtedly the greatest religious move
ment or, as some call it, phenomenon, of
the nineteenth century is the marshaling
of the young people, and in my opinion
this is the greatest of all the movements
that have taken place in the kingdom of