The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-07-05

New Orleans, June 30-The closing
session of the National Baptist Sunday
School Congress and Baptist Young
Peoples Union Chautauqua was sol
emnized with a magnificent religious
service at the First African Baptist
Church, on Third street, between
Franklin and Liberty tonight. Thus
the second annual session of this
worthy organization that has for it's
prime objects the creating of more
healthy sentiment among the Baptist
churches in favor of the Sunday
School and Young Peoples organiza-
tions as well as the study of the Bible
from the international Sunday School
Lesson standpoint has passed into his
tory. The attendance, while not as
large as expected when first advertised,
was sufficiently large enough to en-
courage the promoters to already make
preparations for next years meeting
That much good has been derived
from the meeting is already seen by
scores of young Baptists in New Or
leans who have identified themselves
with the meeting daily. A summary
of the work of the Congress will con-
vince all that the progress as we'll as
the work outlined was calculated to do
much good.
The session proper opened Thursday
morning at ten o'clock by Scripture
reading led by Rev. John Marks. Aft
err invocation the welcome addresses
were delivered. Rev. J. H. Fleming,
of the First District Association, on
behalf of the body; Rev. ]. M. Young,
d. D., on behalf of the First African
Baptist Church, and Miss Angie f.
Lewis on behalf of the churches and
Sunday schools, while Rev. L. G.
Simon, of Opelousas, La, who is an
excellent speaker, gave a welcome on
behalf of the State, The responses
were but two; the first by Rev. Henry
Allen Boyd, Assistant Secretary of the
National Baptist Publishing Board,
Nashville, Tenn, and Secretary of the
Sunday School Congress, who thanked
the committee, the church and the citi-
zens for the hearty welcome. The
next was by Rev. e. w. D. Isaac, D. D.,
of Nashville, Tenn, Secretary of the
N. B. Y. p u Board and editor of the
National Baptist Union. DR.. Isaac, as
usual, proceeded to take charge of his
audience, dwelling at length on each
norton of the welcome addresses. He
closed by paying the Negro women a
deserved compliment for their purity
their loyalty and their devotion to
Christianity. The entire first days
session, after the welcome addresses
; and responses, was spent in discussion
J. of such able topics as had been pub
= lished from time to time in the Ma
5 tional Baptist Union.
: A charming feature was brought on
S in these sessions when it was show
a with what unison and harmony tn
S National Baptist Publishing Board
e the Home Mission Board of the Ma
n tional Convention with the b. Y. P. [
e Board, and all of the officers of tn
q three were working for the uplift an
benefit of the Negro in general and tn
Baptists in particular, Each day
session of the Congress was opene
with fitting devotional service TIL
81 most charming part being the prayer
er and the singing Nothing in the wa
S. of songs was offered during the entil
IS session except the product of Negl
IS brain end skill. The songs Of the la
a Prof. William Rosborough, found
y Celestial Showers, Nos. l and 2, ar
IN those in the National Anthem Seri
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