The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-02-22
TO PROMINENT COLORED AND WHITE
MEN OF THE CITY.
HE SHOWED THAT CHRISTIAN
lTY, UNDER THE WORKINGS OF
TRUE SERVICE. LOVE AND SAC
RlFIcE, WOULD SOLVE ALL THE
DIFFICULT PROBLEMS NOW
VExlNG MEN.

In the columns of the Globe of Feb
ruary Is, on the second page, appeared
under the caption, Prominent Divine
Coming" an announcement setting
forth that through the efforts of Rev.
]. B. Currey and DR.. Lamburt, of this
city, DR.. Josiah Strong, an eminent
minister and author, of Buffalo, N. "
would visit Nashville on February 90
1t was desired by these gentlemen that
the leading ministers, professional and
business men (colored) of Nashville
should be given an opportunity to hear
this distinguished author A Globe
! reporter was on the scene at 10 o'clock
according to appointment. On arriv-
ing he found the new chapel on the
fourth floor of the Publishing House
of the M. e. Church, South, filled al
most to its capacity. The faces of the
leading colored divines, professors,
doctors, lawyers, merchants and bank
ers were prominent. DR.. j. B. Currey
(white) opened the meeting with a
few remarks, stating that DR.. Strong
was in the city the guest of DR.. Lam
burt. He was suffering some from
fresh cold and possibly he would be
delayed ten or fifteen minutes, but
that he desired that the time should
be profitably spent by hearing brief re-
marks from leading colored men set
ting forth their opinion Of the new
move to inaugurate better relation
between the two races in Nashville.
DIR. ]. H. Welch, presiding elder of the
A. NJ e. Church, Dr. Henderson, Dean
of Theology at Fisk University and
Dr. R. H. Boyd, President Of the One
Cent Savings Bank and Secretary of
the National Baptist Publishing Board
each made brief statements.
During this time DR.. Strong made
his appearance in company with DR..
Lambuth. After a brief introduction
by DIR. Currey, DR.. Strong arose and
in his clear and cool manner apollo
gized, explaining that he was suffering
from considerable hoarseness, but said
that if he was going to preach a SER
mon to the gentlemen present, he
would use this text, Behold, make
all things new" DIR. Strong started
out by narrating a story, stating that
Mrs. Russell Sage had in her posses
sion letter written by an English
lady to a friend one hundred years
ago, giving her a description Of a trip
on a little boat from New York City
to Albany and returning, which re-
Quired seventeen days. He said that
invention and science had made such
rapid progress that the Atlantic Ocean
could be crossed the continent of Eu-
rope could be entered as far as Con,
stantinople and return in the same
length of time. He said that what
was true in the changes of speed and
comfort Of travel in this country was
also true in the new development of
all others-wealth, science and knowl-
edge. He said that a majority Of the
worlds wealth and knowledge had
been accumulated within the last one
hundred years, or during the nine
teenth century. Hence. if God would
give a new revelation to this country
he would again say, Behold, make
all things new"
The speaker then went direct to the
subject and showed that the rapid in
crease in wealth, science, discovery
and inventions had made the people
as a nation more dependent, one upon
the other. He referred to the eigh-
teenth century as the "Homespun'
age, in which the family was the one
unit of social development, but that
to-day the world or the entire govern
ment or nation was simply one great
family each individual dependent
upon the other He illustrated this
by showing the late anthracite coal
, strike of Pennsylvania and showing
that the strike of a few miners had
within a few weeks discommoded
more than twenty million people. He
then illustrated our railroad systems
telegraphic and telephone systems
our steam and electrical convevances
our cities with their scientific electric
lieht plants, water works and sewer
age systems and showed that people
in our great municipalities were SO
crowded together, coming as they do