The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-22
GL|MPSES Of A
GREAT CONVENTION
Side Lights of Debates
and Addresses in the
Southern Baptist
Convention.
HISTORIC CITY
HISTORIC CITY
.c Tar Heels at the Front in That
Iauerjng. Miss Fannie Heck, the
Most Prominent Baptist Woman
IN America, Was Elected Pres.
ldent of the Missionary
Union.
Union.


union.
By HIGHT c. MOORE.
#u tn" EditOr:-On Friday morning.
.r.. ~. the gaveI of President Steph-
called to order at Chattanooga
.". of tho greatest religious bodies Of
HpiIdS and when. on Monday
-rr. May ii. that gavel fell, Il
...G4ht 10 a close one of the best SEES
..- i'm all history. \ few sketches
d.. % may be Of interest.
Through the Gate City.
From Raleigh to Atlanta-a charm
..- journey through the heart of the
south. especially when you have as
travelling companions President Pc
-,.r. Editor Bailey, and Secretary
-I0.uuHn. And Il day in Atlanta is
worth while. What a busy, hustling,
I.a-p"rous city, Walk along its
longing streets; visit it's milIion-dol-
.t. capitol; stroll into the magnificent
Carnegie library; AXE a car out beau
'.tuI Peach Tree; from the Gambler
.a~I-srrapcr look down on this South
nIU metropolis ana it's c%nVirOns; attend
aNoruoOn an evening the TOrrcy-
A.oNtIder eVangelistic meetings just
u"H i'm progres and attracting i'm
L' 'i'N '0- IICIl oIlNdI u NIIdl
uuooga, our convention city for 1906.
Charming Chattanooga.
Beautifully situated on the banks
of The Tennessee; fertile and we'll
titled farms for miles and miles
around; a treater of historic interest;
70 population of rs, 900; beautiful resi-
JnuccS, churches. schools; people in
teIjgCnt, Industrious, hOSpitable; ex-
c".Icut transportation facilities; the
blue hills looming up about it 'as
tH" mountains are round about Jerusa-
.rm.' Such is Chattanooga; and occa-
-joual our must of course be spent
joy convention truants in and arOund
the city.
On Umbrella Rock.
For example: That magnificent trip
81 the summit of Lookout mountain.
Street cars from the heart of the city
r st. Elmo and then the incline rail-
way for nine-tenths of a mile to the
crest. What sensations thrill you as
you glide serenely upward, the valley
sinking below you the horizon widen
ing every moment, n atmosphere be-
coming rarer. and as you near the
Palisades the grade steepening to 4
sheer s. degrees, Set foot on the sOIid
summit, breathe deeply, stroll with
splendid S~ide-ViCWS out to the park,
ascend Umbrella Rock, and see. Wa
Memorials about you; Moccasin Bend
right before you; Waldin's Ridge and
Itf"coon mountain in the distances;
Hateful Missionary Ridge to your right;
Is long, putting, Whistling freight train
looking no larger than a crawling
carth-Worm, and Chattanooga little
more than 4 smoky patch on the pam
"ram1. Little Wonder that honey
moons reach their zenith here.
From ~Snodgrass Hill.
\nd observation-disclosures field;
"uo can visit it without emotion? I'm
i"rG"ttahIe it will ever be to Secre-
'tfjo~ johnson and Moore, who, by
u~"urtcSs of their posts, Mr.. and Mrs.
ITcd W.. Fergcr. went and saw and
|r|t and came way. Those two dread
IU| September days in '63-hOW the
battle ragged. Cannon, musket, bayo-
"DI. charge. death-struggle, recOil; the
"I'H field. the sheltcring wood, the
E.f"oN POud: and at last SnOdgrass
Ii"I where Thomas earned his fame
"Fhc Rock of Chickamauga" hold-
- out for eve hours until the val
."u- boys in gray. falling three or
.""F deep under his fire. finally swept
""a back and raised their shout of
."'"'N. Hundreds of markers and
monuments aud the grim opposing
.."""n i'm wartime position are here
."HIN. And from the tower you look
." tn" battle area. Shudder at the
N of Mars. and pray that war
""~ may rise no more.
Nj Bra9@'S Headquarters.
"' more: Follow that splendid
.~.NHN along the summit of Mission
nlIGo. admire the crcsting homes
. 'Nir1uCiHg view. and think again
'H" days that were. Here Bragg
' down ON the forces of Grant,
I".. #lon seemingly
"|'N the battle was joined his
."" gay" way and he lost the
And from this very point began
.. Devastating March to the
Present: y Mighty Host.
H'N tho convention. represent
''E two million Christians in the
".'"t. gathers mid these historic
'"'"k in upon them crOWdinS
f. nook Of the great auditorium
."t THAT sea of faces and watch
varying moods: WEAKNESS some
'#t@o interest in the main; nun
handkcrchicfS now brushing
".'l now waving salutes; lusty
and pillows of applause once
and, again, some familiar
laundering h~eavenWard from
."H~tnd masculine threats. How
+l> one man in such a throne;
impressive is the total multi
Notes Optimistic.
.r.. ii better year in the history
.~'i'Erntion than the past twelve
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