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churches. He was the founder OF |
Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga,
has lectured on" Harmony between the
Races" for 40 years.
The Negro as a free man. viii De
by:
Gen. Oliver o. Howard, Burling-
ton, Vt; the Rev. Jasper c. Massee,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Chattanooga, Tenn. the Rev. J. w
z. Bowen, D. D. president Cannon
Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga,
Bishop George w. Clinton, D. D., Ii.
D., Charlotte, n. c., bishop OF the A.
NJ E Zion church since 1896, presI-
dent OF the Negro Young Peoples
Educational and Religious Congress,
and one of the vice-presidents of the
In ternational Sunday School Asso-
citation,
The present condition of the Ne
gro" is to be discussed by:
The Rev. Charles FrancisMeserve,
IL. D., president for IS years of
Shaw University, Raeigh, N. c.;
Judge Joseph Carthel, Montgomery,
Ala, general secretary of the Ala
bama State Sunday School Associa-
ton, formerly a judge of the Alabama
courts; the Rev. R. H. Boyd, D. D.,
Nashville, Tenn, secretary of the
National Baptist Home Mission
Beard and the National Baptist Pub
ishing Board, president of the One
Gent Savings Bank, Nashville, and
trustee of Rogers Williams Universi-
ty- Prof. R. c. ChiIdress, Little Rock,
Arkansas, recently general secretary
of the National State Sunday School
Association OF Arkansas.
"The Present Needs of the Negro
Along thhe Lines of Mental, Moral
and Religious Development" call for
these speakers:
The Rev. John E. White, pastor of
the Second Baptist Church, Atlanta,
Ga; President Wilbur P. Thirkielld,
L. D., of Howard University, for 10
years president of Cannon Theolog-
ical Seminary, Atlanta, and at one
time a corresponding secretary of the
Freedman's Aid Society; Prof. w. B.
Matthews, principal of the Gate City
Public School, Atlanta, Ga, and
President R. T. Pollard of Selma
University, Selma, Ala.
In addition to these four themes,
the discussion will probably lead up
tc the question, How can the Inter
Rational Sunday School Association,
whose work concerns the Bible study
service of the chunch, with all its
agencies and influences, relate itself
to the conditions and needs of the
negro, through the medium of Sunday
school organization and teaching?"
On this topic the speakers will prob
ably be:
The Rev. L. NJ. Dunton, D. D., for
80 years president of Clafin Uni
versity, ,Orangeburg, S. c., one of the
largest schools in the South for the
education of the negro; President
Ralph NJ McGranahan, Knoxville,
College, Knoxville, Tenn. the Rev.
S. N. Vass, D. D., missionary secre-
tary OF the American Baptist Publ
cation Society, Raleigh, n. c., and
Frof. l. Garland Penn, assistant gen
eral secretary of the Epworth League
of the NJ. E. Church, and a member
ct the executive committee of the
International Sunday School Associa-
ton since 1902.
Indications point to the largest
gathering of the kind ever ned.
The members of the conference will
be- the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harts-
horn at Clifton during the week.
Some Of the number have already ar
rived. Others will come Sunday or
Monday, and it is expected that the
entire number will be present at the
opening service Tuesday morning.
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