The Washington bee., 1907-12-28
.Libcrtu Where
is Thy ThrODe2
tTTORNEY JONES SPEAKS HE
rTFCTRIFIES HIS AUDIENCE
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, December II.

The public meeting under the aus
nice, Of the State officers Of the B. Y.
% " e Peuns sylvania, held Tuesday !
...r.ng December Y, in Shiloh Bap- |
a.- Church, Lombard above Eleventh |
-treets. Rev. William H. Phillips, pastor, .
vas the largest that has even been held
IN the City Of Brotherly Love. Seated
upon the platform were some Of the
most prominent citizens in the States
doctors, lawyers preachers, and every
arofessi0n in life. Among some Of the
speakers were: f. J. Waring, J. {.
Asbury, Rev. G. L. P Taliferro, DID,
and Attorney Thomas /. oJnes of
Washington, d. c., who was the prin-
cipal speaker at this great meeting. When
he was introduced he received an oya-
ITO. and during the delivery OF his a1-
dress he was enthusiastically applaud
ed He spoke in part as follows:
Mr.. President, Members Of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union of the City OF
Philadelphia, Fellow Citizens, and
Friends:
am not unmindful Of, nOr am IN
sensible to, the distinguished honor you
do me in inviting me here to address
Won In these your most interesting, and
orsi,eworthy, and instructive exercises,
The proceedings OF an occasion like this
are such as should be couched in noble
eloouence, monumented in bronze, and
sent to posterity in poetry and in song
The scene which greets me at this hour
Is one most thrilling and calculated to
move the dullest heart and to awaken
in the breast Of every auditor in this
vast assembly a spirit of JOY and in
spiraUon,
The Baptist Young Peoples Union is
an organization Of devoted Christian
souls that was not born to die, because
the principles upon which it is found
ei have their home in heaven and their
.rigin in the bosom of God. This IN
,fution which is dedicated to God and
humanity Is a coordinate branch OF the
Baptist Church, one of the greatest de-
nominations of baptized believers that
has ever gone forth under God TO re-
generate and redeem a sin-cursed world,
As a member of the Union 1t was
INV pleasure as the representative OF the
Young Peoples Union OF the District
of Columbia, to make the address OF
welcome to the delegates and visiting
friends TO the great National COnven-
tion which convened in the city DIV ASH
ington on the eleventh day OF last Sep
rember This indeed was not only an
honor to me, and the organization OF
the Young Peoples Baptist Union, but
II was signal recognition OF your IN
Huence and power as a potent force and
Indispensable factor in the Baptist
Church ithself, and the influence which
the Union welded by rke PRONUNCIATION
Of its principles and objects, before that
great national gathering won for itseli
unfading laurels and made an impress
sion in the hearts Of the delegates tc
that convention, that will not be for
gotten until Judgment
l take it for granted that, as members
Of the Young Peoples Baptist Union
YOU are all full-hedged Baptists, anC
that YOU believe in all of its creeds, te.
nets. policies, and dogmas; therefore
in the name of God, let us here tonight
in this August Presence, pledge the de-
nomination of our choice, our tears, oui
PRAYERS, our sacrifices and intieunce II
a grim determination to forever keeI
alive the principles of baptism that were
born in. the manger, reflected IN th'
waters of the Jordan, and finally burs
full-orbed from the SUBMITS OF Cal
vary on the day when Gods only Sol
was out TO a cruel and shameful dealt
for the sins of a doomed world.
Let it be understood, however, tina
vuor resolution and determination thu
announced is not a spasmodic conciu
sion of moment, nor are they born o
the blazing fires of enthusiasm tha
sweep over this occasion, but they ar
the legitimate offspring of the love W
bear the cause the Baptist denomination
represents; a cause that believes IN tn
Divine injunction that 'Of Ons bloo'
God has made all nations to dwell to
gether on the face of the earth, % caus
founded upon the eternal principles o
Fatherhood of God and brotherhood o
man, a. enunciated in the Ten Com
mandments, Christs Sermon upon tn
Mount, the Declaration Of American In
dependence, and the Constitution OF tn
United States.
This Union with lofty aims and pur
poses Of higher resolve, planting itsel
upon these cardinal principles of right
cousness. does here and now declare wa
against the sins and iniquities OF thi