The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-09-18
18TH ANNUAL CONVENTION.


CAulCn 6uluCeS, anu the thousands OF
dollars spent by and through the
church for the support of Christian
schools, and the thousands spent for
the training of men and women for
Christian service, is the best evidence
OF the success of the real leaders of
the people-the ministers.
Il wish to urge upon you the impor-
lance OF resisting with all the powers
OF mind and soul the present day in
cllnat1on to so modernize Christianity
as to strip it of all the fires of enthu-
siasm and make of it a cold. frozen
bundle OF relics of the past which have
lost their value. Your position and
achievements have set you for
ward as the worlds greatest bene-
factors, and as the races most
successful professional men and you
can well afford to point with pride to
the achievements of the Negro min
istry since the emancipation of our
race in this country.
Nothing short of the great Judgment
morning will disclose the many heart
aches and privations borne by the men
who have been the foundation builders
OIL a race OF people in a country like
ours
He touched upon many important
points dealing with national affairs as
etfecting the Negro Baptists. Much
Patience Needed" was one subject
that he dwelt long upon, and the next
was The progress of the race" Then
pqnn 'UNha portict VHnnIl,. A1l:a.-eJ -
and from there to "Denominational
Growth" then Economical Condi-
tons" winding up on "Mobs and An
archy." Not one of these escaped due
consideration.
After the Presidents address. re-
marks were made by Rev. M. w. Gil
bert, ID. d., and then came the report
of the Educational Board by Rev. d.
S. Klugh, d. d., Corresponding Sec
rotary. Adjournment was then taken
for the night session.
The night session opened promptly
at $50, the devotion being conducted
by Rev. I. w. Walker, d. D., of Ala
bama, and Rev. j. d. Zuber, of Mis-
sissippi. Their theme was Gods Ap-
prevail OF the Years Work" The an
nual sermon of the convention was
preached at s p. m. by Rev. T. j..
Searcy, u. d., Of Memphis. Then came
a long announcement of the various
committees.
SECOND DAY.
Sept. II. The delegates were tardy
in reaching Chautauqua Hall this
morning to open the seconds days
of the Convention. They
showed plainly the results of the long
ride which many of them were forced
to take. They are here from Oregon,
California, the Dakotas, New York,
Rhode Island, Texas and California.
The Convention proper did not open
until ten o'clock; although Rev. A.
W. Bryant, of Valdosta, Ca, and Rev.
d. Griffin, of North Carolina, had
the devotional exercises at
9:15, Secretary Hudson did not read
journal of the previous days ses-
sion until forty-five minutes later.
At 1920 the report of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union Board, with
headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. was
made. The Secretary of the Board,
Rev. b. W.. d. Isaac, D. d., had a well
report, which was circulated in
The audience while the reading was
going on. DR.. Isaac is one of the
orainy men of the Convention, es-
oecially noted for his eloquence on the
ecture platform and his editorial
writings in the Baptist national pa
Der. known as the National Baptist
Union. DR.. Isaac has been Secretary
IT this Board eight years. His report
an active years work, although
lis health has been failing consider
IDLY. The report showed that the
of young peoples unions had
steadily increased and that the amount
II money collected and expenses for
lie development of the work were
in excess of that collected last
rear.
The discussion of the Educational
report vas taken up about II
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The feature of the afternoon session
# the second day was the presentation
IT the report of the Foreign Mission
Board by Rev. L. G.. Jordan, d. D.
This Board is located at Louisville,
Ky. DR.. Jordan presented an excel
ent report, showing the vast number
t missionaries on foreign fields. His
OprotiOOc oDd bic po;cc;oror;o. 90.