The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19
STUDENTS RALLY
GREAT SUCCESS c !:
Meeting all First Baptist Church
Attended BY Twelve Hundred
Young People.
FOREIGN MISSIONS THE THEME
Eloquent and Able Speeches by
Several Preachers and As
Many Students.

Many Students.
"C;irc mo II young mn,l that will take
a hold on. God and be dead in earnest,
md let me tell YOU, .herc are not devils
lin he'll enough tosstop Him. said Or, H.
]. Willingham. before LOCO people In the
First Baptist Church lust night.
Gods R5rtl go and lost humanity's
weak, cry 'coG,c. are tic; words which,
arc to decide the young student in his
career declared tho same speaker
Aiigcagcr and attentive audience crowd
cd the church to eapncits. and the stu
dents rally was I, great success III the.
cause Of foreign missions. Long before
the time of meeting the body OF the
church was packed. and onlya few seats
remained TO be filed in the gallery When
Mt o'clock DR.. a. l., Phillips opened
the meeting there was TO vacant place
disccrnible among the many hundred
faces which faced him.
Foreign Missions.
Foreign missions was the watchword of
the rally The speeches were full of IT.
1t came out in the hymns. and the prayers
were pleas to the Almighty for help and
power in the foreign field
On the platform were n dozen men. all
OF them with the fire of the subject In
their faces. bent on success and eloquent
in the missionary cause. Some of them
had attended the Students Volunteer
Convention at Nashville. hnd to this they
owed some of their determination.
1T was primarily a students rally. and
there were hundreds of boyish yet manly
faces In the audience. Seven colleges.
representing n population of !. 400 stu
dents. We're literally represented in the
congregation. Fired by the inspired ut
teranccs of the speakers, many of them
resolved last night TO go out among the
heathen and use their lives in winning
souls to Christ.
Some Leaders Present.
On tho pulpit were seated Ecv. DR..
Mcdaniel. pastor of the church: DR. r. j.
Willingham. Mr. Frank a. Brown. trav-
cling college secretary of the Y NJ. c. a.:
Pratt. Mr.. T. D. sloan Mr.. w. b.
Pettus. of New York: DR.. II. ii. p.
sailcr Mr.. j. b. Webster Mr.. b. c.
Jones. Mr.. Dana Terry, Mr.. Il. NJ. TURF
or, Mr.. CASTOR Boyle, Mr.. W. IL. Stew.
art, Mr.. II. Fl Beatty. Mr.. r. v. Taylor.
AIR. Ntoffatt. of the Union Theological
Seminary, and Mr.. Bowling. of Richmond
College.
Mr.. w. r. Pettus, who was down as
leader of the rally. was unable to pre-
side on account of Il temporary affection
OF the throat and in his stead Rev Dr.
A. L.. Phillips conducted the meeting.
Twelve hundred voices joined in sing
ing "All Hail the Power of Jesus's
Name and n great volume of melody
filed the church. After a reading of the
sixth chapter of Isaiah. Rev. DR.. Mcdaniel
i1.I IT,, mr., no
by Mr.. Martin. of Minneapolis. Num-
who comes to Richmond to sing specially
for the revival services to be bclds the
First Church for the coming two weeks.
Those Who Spoke.
Rev. C. II. Pratt. pastor OF the IIogc
8 Memorial Church. spoke on the recent
Nashville convention and gave as the five
most salient features of the conferences:
~ the unity prevailing among the dele
gates: (2) the spirit OF warfare: 60 the
spirit of prayer: az the spirit of Cod,
and, 90 the uplifting Of Jesus Christ.
DR.. t. p. Sailor. secretary OF the.
student movement. spoke next and en-
phasized five reasons. every one should
study foreign mission: ~ because It is
absolutely the most important subject
in the world: (a) because we are directly
responsible for It as Christians: t3) be-
cause it is living issue: C) because 1t
has been SO neglectful in our education,
and. t') because tho church SO needs
men and women who Will swell her in
fuence and strength by this movement.
I'VE want net only. to interest our
selves. Tut we must Interest others in
fereign missions to be successful" he
concluded.
Or. r. ]. Willingham gave an eloquent
short sermon on "Investments.'' and
pleaded for more volunteers in the good
work. Mrs. Chiffon Miller, the church
soprano. sang "I'll Go Where" and Mr..
4. d. Sloan followed with brief talk
on the need OF medical missionaries,
rs one of Which he will go into the
foreign field. Mr.. ]. B. Webster, OF Rich
mond College. and Mr.. CASTOR Boyle, OF
The Union Theological Seminary. made
short addresses. The rest of the stu
dents closed the programme with SEN
fence testimony. speeches. Benediction
Was said by Rev. Dr. Mcdaniel