The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-22
SERVICES YESTERDAY WERE I'M
PREsslVE AND SEVERAL INTER
EsTlNe REPORTS WERE MADE.
BELToN GfLREATH TALKS.

BEL ON GlLREAT II TALKS.
Most of the delegates to the National
Convention of Negro Baptists have left
for their homes and the convention Will
close today and by night there viii be
but few Of them in the city All the me-
gro churches were crowded yesterday
with visitors and some of them We're the
scene of funerals.
At the Shiloh Baptist church the MORN
ing services opened with Sunday school
under the direction of G. L. Trower Of
Philadelphia and many short addresses
were made. The main feature was a
state class contest. the several states be-
ing divided into classes. The state of
Virginia raised the largest collection and
was awarded a banner.
The church was comfortably filled when
the Rev. Dr. p. ]. Bryant was introduced
by DR.. Morris. DR.. Bryant is pastor of
the Wheat street Baptist church in At
lanta, which has a membership of 5000
Christian strength, the Demand of the
Hour" was the theme of the DISCOURSE
His text was; Finally bretheren be
strong in the Lord. and in the power Of
His might" Eph. vi:10 The speaker
emphasized his text by saying that in
order to be strong in the Lord a person
should be a Christian. that is a follower
of Christ, and be in. full knowledge of
the new birth. In other words he thought
that he should be a new creature in
Of Of ha al
Ghost you must seek a place with
Cod he said. and in order to do this
you must stand by the teachings of His
holy book, the Bible
TO be strong in the Lord, continued
DR.. Bryant. you must leave off the
things of the world" In this connection
he spoke against dancing card playing.
unchristian methods carried on at church
entertainments in order to get money. lie
was opposed to the system Of getting
out cards and sending young negro girls
out to beg for the church. The sermon
was both eloquent and practical and con-
tanned good advice to the eolored people.
Mr.. Gllreath Talks.
During the morning session Bolton
Pastor Walker made a short address to
the convention.
Mr. Gilreath stated that he thought
the convention did the wise thing to
come to Birmingham, and he believed
that good would result to Them and to
the city. He spoke of Alabama as a
great state and Birmingham as
staunch business city. He mentioned
the fact that two of their greatest men,
nd
resided In this state He spoke of his
personal acquaintance with both, and
of their high standing among the bust
ness men of the state. He congratulated
them on the great speeches made by
these men, Washington and Couneill be-
fore the convention on Friday. Mr.. Gil
reath also took occasion to comment on
Booker Washingtons advice about the
substitution Of love in place Of hate, and
also Professor Councill's advice about
obtaining character. He said that the
struggle for character and to do right
was the white mans struggle as we'll
as the negro's.
VIII Give Aid.
In regard to the accident that occurred
at the church on Friday night Mr.
Gilreath stated that he felt sure that the
business men of the city would do their
part. He spoke of the ability and char
acter of Mayor Drennen and of the GER
tainty on his, the mayors, part to do
everything he consistently could to re
lieve the unfortunate. In closing his re-
marks he said that the philanthropic men
Of Birmingham were not only liberal but
modest in their way of doing things
He spoke of one man in the city, whose
name he did not call who had given over
one hundred thousand dollars to the
churches, schools and hospitals of this
city, and said he had never heard him
make a public address or a vain remark
He spoke particularly Of one large hos
pitaI founded by this man in which he
had Incorporated in the bylaws of the
hospital the provision that negroes were
not to be turned away but to be taken
care of on the same terms as the whites.
ION the whole" said Mr.. Gilreath, you
will find Birmingham liberal and pro-
gressive and our best people inclined to
do all they can for the good of humans
I'll. proportinate to their resources
Mr. Gilreath's remarks were applauded
frequently; and especially what he said
about the Hillman hospital being open to
negroes as well as whites.
Missionary Meeting.
A missionary mass meeting was held
Yesterday afternoon under the direction
of Or. l. G. Jordan, D. D., secretary OF
the foreign mission Doaru, LOUISVILLE,
XIV. Several Africans were present. DR..
G. II. Parrish, president of Exstein Nor
ton college, Cane Springs. KY, made the
opening prayer DR.. Parrish is striving
to build up an industrial school in Ken
lucky, such as the one operated at Nor
NAL by Professor Council. The needs
and conditions of Hayu were presented
by the Rev. L. T. Evans of Wales, who
has given much study to the field
Georgia NJ. DeBaptiste Faulkner Of
Chicago announced her intention to sail
with her husband early next fall to
Monrovia, Africa, to work as mission
airy and he TO practice medicine.
Richie Allen Stewart, a little girl "A
years old, was introduced. She is the
daughter Of r. L. Stewart. who died in
Africa n few years ago. She Is being
educated by the Women's convention.
A collection Of $50 was taken for for
eign missions. The Rev. r. H. Bowling.
in speaking on foreign missions said:
Nine millions Of negroes are In Ameri-
CA part of the great christian nation
and vet a distinct people. We must inn
press our religious personality upon the
people about us and leave to future gen.
erations a legacy as rich in comparison
as that left by our ancestors in ISarnac
and Luxor, Egypt and Ethiopia. Let us
not sit idle while the Leuton, Anglo
Saxon and cosmopolitan are spreading
the truths of God over the continents
and the isles of the sea. But let us arise
and assist our brother in white to spread
the truth
Women's Convention.
Mamie II. Burroughs, representing the