The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-06-11
NATIONAL BAPTIST
SUNDAY
CONGRESS
Religious Workers From All over the
shifted States Holding Sessions
In Nashville, Tenn.

Nashville, Tenn, June Nashville,
the capital city of Tennessee, is enter
tanning the most distinguished gather
ing of Sunday-school and young peo-
pies workers that ever assembled in
the United States. The delegates came
from every part of tho country. This
is the fourth annual gathering and
from present indications will eclipse
both in point Of attendance and in
terest the previous sessions. The en-
tire city is O unit in welcoming and
entertaining these religious workers.
The sessions are being held with Mt.
Olive Baptist Church on Cedar street.
The opening vas elaborate in every
respect, and the welcome the dele
gates are receiving makes it possible
for the Congress Movement to take
on new life and I'VE a more fertile
field of labor. The Committee on the
Assignment of Homes succeeded in
sending out all of the assignment
cards prior to the arrival of the dele
gates, and to the surprise of all, yet to
their convenience, they left the rail-
road stations and went direct to their
stopping-places.
The first days session of the Sun
day-school Congress was conspicuous
for the presence of almost the en-
tire Executive Board Of the National
Baptist Convention, which Is here for
the purpose of making it's program.
Presiding over this distinguished body
of religious workers is Rev. Clark,
d. D., pastor of the church entertain
ing the Congress. Principal among
the speakers to-day is Rev. R. II.
Boyd, D. D., LII. D., organizer Of the
Sunday-School Congress and B.. Y. T.
u. C%hautauqua. The officers of the Con-
gress are as follows: Rev. P. James
Bryant. d. D., Of Atlanta, Ga, from
the B. Y. P. u. Board; Rev. E. w. D.
Isaac, D. D., Nashville, Tenn, Secre-
tary of the B. Y. P. U. Board, IS
Blackboard Critic; Rev. j. P. Robin
son, d. D., Little Rock, Ark, Chair
man of the Home Mission Board;
Rev. w. S. Ellington, B. A., d. D.,
Nashville, Tenn, Congress Arbiter;
Prof. R. B. Hudson, Selma, Ala, Re-
cording Secretary; Rev. G. H. Clark,
D. D., Chairman of the National Bap-
fist Publishing Board and President
of the Congress, and Henry A. Boyd,
Secretary of the Congress Move
ment. One of the most charming
features of this religious gathering is
the religious subjects that are being
discussed touching every phase OF
.Sunday-school work. These subjects
will no doubt be uplifting and inspir-
ing to thousands of missionaries, ed
ncators and Sunday-school workers.
Another feature of the meeting is the
music furnished by II cnorus of one
hundred voices, under the skilled di-
rection of Rev. N. H. Plus, D. d., OF
Springfield, Ohio, singing songs which
are the production of Negro brain
throughout the United States. The
most attractive feature Of this meet
ing will be the great Sunday-School
Missionary Mass-meeting to be held at
the Ryman Auditorium on next Sun
day. of which Rev. Charles T. Walker,
D. d. of Augusta, Ca, will be the CEN
trail figure. Already it is calculated
that six thousand people will listen
tn this distinguished and eloquent I'll
vine give out advice AMI instruction
along religious lines.