The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-11-12
suNDAY-scHooL MAss.MEETINe.

SUNDAY-sCHooL MASs-MEETlNG.
A new departure from the old way
Of interesting people in the Sunday
school was witnessed this week in the
nature of the big mass-meetings that
were held at two different churches.
One Of these meetings was held at the
North Third Avenue Baptist Church,
of which Rev. Moore is pastor,
on Monday night. Almost the
entire Sunday-school enrolment
was out and there was also large
number of church members and Wis
itors present. The program consisted
mainly of addresses by Drs. r. H.
Boyd, N. H. Plus, Prof. j. D. Cren-
shaw, Rev. T. ]. Lewis, Mrs. M.
Flowers and Superintendent Hudson,
all of whom gave fine talks on how
the work should be managed. A col
lection of about $500 was taken up.
At the close of the meeting refresh
ments were served.
On Thursday night the big meeting
was held; although scheduled to be
at Mt. Olive Church, it was held at the
Spruce Street Baptist Church on ac-
count of the revival at the former
place, and in order to give more i'm
petus to, as we'll as to join another
meeting, which was to be held at
Spruce Street in the interest of the
members who wanted to know more
about the TeacherTraining Service,
which was fully explained when the
meeting opened. Since it was a joint
meeting, Rev DR. Clark, Of Mt. Olive
Church, opened the meeting followed
by few remarks by DR.. Townsend,
pastor of Spruce Street Church.
These were the first meetings of this
kind ever held here, and hence wide
interest had been awakened. The
large crowd present was soon shown
what they were there for after in
vocation and singing by the combined
choirs from Mt Olive and Spruce
Street Churches under the direction
Prof. L. S. Gray The object of the meet
ing was forcibly put by DR.. Clark
Others who spoke were Rev. T. j.
Townsend, d. d., pastor of Spruce
Street Church; Deacon JAS Martin
of Mt Olive Church, on How to build
up. a class of men," AS he has a Ba-
raca class of rs men, he logically han
died his subject. Rev. N. H. Plus ex-
planned the need of trained teachers in
Sunday-school; Rev. R. H. Boyd, who
is always entertaining; Prof j. D..
Crenshaw Superintendent of the First
Baptist Church Sunday-School who
is an ardent worker; Rev. Lewis,
superintendent of Mt. Olive Sunday
School; Rev. Henry A. Boyd spoke on
How women can best help the men. :"
He is teacher of the Philathia class
No. 16, of Mt Olive Sunday-School
with a membership of So Plans were
laid at this meeting for the enrolment
of the first class. AS every Baptist
church and its pastor had been in
vited, a greater number of them ac-
cepted the invitation. Among those
accepting were Revs. John Slaughter,
J. c. Harding, G. B. Taylor, L. Kirk
patrick, T. M. Moore, J. G. Fields,
Jas. Terrell, E. M. Merritt, Joe Kidd,
II. Barnes and others whose names
were not given. Most of these
were present to lend their assist
ance and give their sanction
Of the beginning Of greater
work in the Sunday-school under what
will soon be a corps of well-trained
teachers, who, when they get their
diplomas with the National Baptist
Seal and the International Seal, will
be as competent as any in the work
Similar meetings are to be held in
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