The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-13
CONVENTION OF B. Up. u.
IN ATLANTA BIG SUCCESS.
Continued from First Page.

| or new ministers And to my mind the
greatest reform needed today is in the
| OBJECT OF educational ideas. In olden
times the great man used to leave his
name to posteity il the shape of great
| theaters. Today he does it in the building
of great libraries and universities.
Every American is taught to succeed
and the ambition and object Of his edu-
| cation is success which means wealth or
power or both. And the doctrine taught
is the doctrine of more personal posses
| sions. Wealth is not all we demand. but
| mastery as Well And it is this kind of
education that has made this nation the
greatest in all history. We have gained
success by acquisition greater than the
| world has ever seen before in the matter
of material power But you go TO the
average man about some needed chanse
and you will find him too busy for re-
form. Or perhaps he is too polite TO be
patriotic. Or perhaps his tax list is sucn
that he is too rich 10 be independents
But this system OF success is the sys-
lem OF the pagan ana / doubt II any Old
American would lind in the curriculum OF
our average college anything that would
prevent him from sending his boy there
Tor education and that, LOO, in the belief
| that he would not or need not learn any
| thing that would cause him to depart
from the teachings Of Zeus. In fact | be-
licve that if St Paul had met with some
of our modern institutions Of millionaire
patrons he would have been as displeased
as he was when he found the temple to
the unknown god.
Yet | believe in the education that will
help us TO do what other nations cannot
do, but | believe that they should help us
| to do good unto others Al the same time.
| believe in the education that will make
for us engineers and diplomats that will
be able to construct the great Panama
canal not for the American mastery OF
the Pacific but for the guardianship of
the Pacific and the protection of our
weaker neghbors. | believe it is one of
the schemes of the devil to steep America
in prosperity and | believe that it Is in tins
| prosperity that her greatest peril lies.
Let the Baptists stand as did General
Jackson and his Virginans, like stone
wall for the formation of line OF battle:
He was a national character and ne may
have been wrong in some things, but COO
was not wrong when He made sucn a
noble character. So let us strive SO to 40
our whole duty that when great crises
shall confront the world. the leaders vii!
ask where are the young Baptlsts OF
America. And when the time comes for
the charge of a last hope hear the COM
mander say, There stands the young
Baptists OF America like stone wall for
the right Form your line on them.
Rev. S. E. Price Talks.
The other speakers of the evening were
Rev. S. Elber Price of Milwaukee, and
Professor NJ. L. Britain, of Atlanta
Rev Mr.. Price made a powerful ad-
dress on the subject Of Training. he
advanced many practical and helpful! sug-
gestions along this line for the young
Christian and his remarks were listen
ed to with appreciative interest. SIN.
he said. 'Gs the destructive power IN
the human heart and life. Sin debases the
affections and vitiates the will. 1t hldes
behind law and entrenches l-eIl III Gus
tom. Conscientious care for the spiritual
life is the fundamental essential ana one
Of the great principles Of training shou4o
be The broadening Of the vision Oh the
! kingdom of Cod.
PTofessor Brittains address was un-
ouestiOnably the artistic effort OF the eve
ming, and there was in his perfect com
mand of expression and his many peau-
| tiful and pertinent quotations from the
| classics a fascinating charm that neld
| his listeners spellbound with Afternoon.
he talked along the lines of the appilca-
ton of higher ideals and methods III the
business life OF young people
"Uncle Toms Cabin" Denounced. ,
"1ncIe Tom ~rs2in," the famous book,
was denounced from the rostrum Of the
Piedmont park auditorium last Saturday
morning.
Rev. samuel D. Mckinney, prominent
| Illinois divine, was the speaker and his
words treated the great audience 10 d
thrill like the passing Of electric waves.
The incident has proven the sensation OF
the Baptist Young Peoples Union con-
vention and there has been nothing so
| dramatic in any session of the eonVen-
ton thus far.
The speech of DR.. McKenney opened
very like those preceding it, but the tenor
was changed before a minute Of his time
was exhausted. This is the way the
! speech was concluded;
.'There must come into every life some
sunshine and some shadow, some dark
! and some light spots. Yesterday was
| at Grant park and saw That great piano.
rama The Battle of Atlanta, and as L
| looked upon the painted sembance OF the
| carnage and destruction, the bloodsAed
and horror, ! thought to myself mat
was one of the dark spots, one OF the
| shadows in the lives Of our fathers ana
Il say it's high tme-it's high time
| that the people Of this country, north
and south, should keep Uncle rom
! Cabin and similar books from the hands
of their children: when sectional pre1u-
| dice and bitter memories should be for
ever buried and when the names OF
| Lee and Lincoln, Grant and jackson
| should be honored together ana each
one held in reverence oy the American
| people"
A Watermelon Cutting.
| One of the pleasantest social events of
! the convention was Georgia water
melon cutting given especially to the
northern delegates After every one had
enioved the red melons William d. Up
shaw, the host. was called upon He
said in part:
I'm that goodly city, hospltable and
historic Providence. when one year ago
I had the honor Of yoicing to you Geor-
gia's welcome to this great convention,
YOU will remember I not only invited
you to Atlanta, the most famous city
of 100000 people in America; Atlanta,
city beneath the ambient blue OF whose
arching skies grow the manifest men
and the queenliest women, 1t seems to
me in all the world-but promised that
we would kiss you with southern sun
shine fan you with southern breezeS,
feed you on Georgia peaches, and feast
YOU on that delectable edible known as
the Georgia watermillion In rural LIE
in Georgia we have had four delightful
gatherings-the old-fa shoned quilting of
our mothers the merry corn stockings OF
our fathers, the sugar cane grlnd1ng ana
the watermelon cutting. We want your
hands and mouths to go right into their
| big red hearts just like you yourselves
| have gone into these Georgia hearts of
| ours"
| After the melon cutting some merry
| songs were given especially by the dele
| gates from Canada Atlanta was toast
| ed for her charming weather and Mr..
| Upshaw for his thoughtful generosity.