Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-24
NEGRO BAPT|STS
MEETING HERE
State Convention Is Being
Held at the Barraque
Street Baptist Church
Large Attendance.
ADDRESS
FISHERS
Principal OF the Branch Normal tor
logo Lands Judge !. v. Rose. OF Lit.
tie Rock. in His Welcome Address
Last Night
Last Night

TIE annual state convention OF
he negro Baotists Of Arkansas con-
vened IN this ETY. Thursday morn
tn~ al 10 O'Clock and Wi, be in
session four days. The sessions are
being held at the Barraquc Ssr@et
Baptist church and moro than 10
delegates are in attendance, con
sistine OF pastors of colored church
IS from all parts of Arkansas.
rhe object Of the convention IS
o raise money for the support or
the Arkansas Baptist College, color
ed. located at Little Rock. More
than a thousand dollars was raised
Yesterday among the delegates for
this purpose. Reverend L, c. Nor
ris. OF Helena. president of the Ma
tional Baptist Convention and also
president Of the Arkansas conven-
zion. presided Reverend J. c. Bat
lie. pastor OF the Barraque Street
Baptist church, is caring for the
delegates with other local negro
Baptists.
The church was crowded last
night with delegates and local ne
<yass - h ~ the WI oue adj
dresses of Jamie Henderson.
teacher in the Greenville public
school, and Professor Isaac Fisher,
principal of the Branch Normal
College. The former made the ad-
dress on behalf OF the church and
the latter on behalf Of the negroes
OF Pine Bluff.
Reverend j. P. Robinson Of Lit
tie Rock, pastor Of the largest ne
gro Bapl st church in the State and
one of the best llnoyn and most
learned negro ministers in the
State, will deliver an address to-
night at the Barraque Street Bap.
list church.
In his address 81 welcome to the
delegates Isaac Fisher in summing
up the reasons why it was proper
to honor ministers of the gospel,
commented upon Arbitration, .
Race Suicide" and the sailing OF
the American fleet and also paid
tribute to Judge U. NJ. Rose. Among
other things he said:
But not only do you bring us
good tidings, not only do you revive
the Lords work in the midst Of his
people, but you come preaching q
blessed gospe! Of peace on earth.
Prophets OF expediency may assert
that strife and confusion are nee
eesary for the maintenance Of
rights. and for the perpctuation Of
Institutions dear to the hearts OF
men. But Your message to us, so
long as you represent the Nazarenc,
must be the same as that which was
sung by the angels to announce the
birth Of the Messiah; Peace on
earth, goodwill toward men Keep
ers OF the consciences of the peo-
pie may tell US that, to regulate
the intercourse OF men, there are
laws higher than the law Of love;
but the genius of Christ anity
knows nothing Of expediency; and,
so, as you ministers look into our
faces from the pulpits, as you talk
to US in our homes, woe Is unto
YOU if in sincerity and with con-
viction you do not say, Whatsoever
ye would that mon should do to
you, do yo even SO TO them
Militant statesmen who dream
Of universal conquest and empire,
and who believe that the law of
force is the foundation of national
greatness, would substitute the
grim mOuthings of the cannon and
the bloody carnage of the battle
field for the gentle victories of ar
bitratlon and peace. contended for
and won. it may be, in the quiet
halls Of constructive, Christian
craftsmanship. These great war
lords, these fighting saviors of the
nations glory would chain woman
kind TO the rack of motherhood
that the supply of human targets to
receive the bullets of warning ma
tions might never cease; and that
great armies might exist to feed
the vanity of war-loving people,
and to enforce the demands OF
m. ghty chancellors OF state whose