The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-05-13

Atlanta, Ga.-All eyes are now
turned toward Atlanta, all railroads
are now selling round-trip excursion
tickets to the Gate City of the South
(Atlanta), all Sunday-school workers
are ready to move in concerted ac-
ton, through their thousands of rep
resentatives, to the scene OF the sun
day-School Congress. The meeting
will open at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning, May Is, to remain in SEES
sion FIVE days. Each days program
will be announced, and the various
speakers on the twenty-eight SUD-
jects, already printed on thousands
of pages and in scores of newspapers,
will be notified from day to day at
the Congress. What hour they will
appear, in order that they may be
prepared to talk on their subjects,
read their papers and enter into dis
cussion, will also be announced.
Atlanta has made every possible
arrangement for the entertainment OF
the Congress. The finishing touches
have already been put on for the
mass-meeting Sunday afternoon,
which will be the scene of the most
mammouth gathering OF religious
Sunday-school workers in the history
of Negro Baptists. This is guaran-
teed from the fact that the aud1torl
UNI, which is one of the finest puDnc
buildings for such meeting in the
South. has been secured. This build
ing will seat five thousand people. II
is arranged with beautiful seats and
has every modern convenience. Inc
imposing stage is so situated that ev.
erv speaker can be viewed and heard
bv the entire audience. In this
building is one of the latest I'M
proved and finest pipe organs that
has been installed in recent years
The pipe organ was Installed just one
month ago at a cost of over five thou
sand dollars. No one from far ano
near who can possibly make it con
yenient to attend should miss the
Congress, especially this mass-meet
ing.
The two principle speakers for Sun
day afternoon were announced THIS
week. They are Rev. G. T. Walker
d. D., of Augusta, Ca, who is re
garded as the prince of pulpit ora
tors" and the one man generally
loved throughout the state of Geor
gia: the other is Rev. w. f. Graham
y d., of Richmond, Va, the recog
nized leader of the Baptist forces
in the Old Dominion, the pastor
of the noted Fifth Street Baptls'
Church, of Richmond, and a speaker
of no mean reputation. These two
men will be heard at their best.
The chorus of one hundred voices
uniformed in white Congress caps
Congress badges, and singing songs
composed, written, arranged and sci
to music by Negro authors under the
leadership of Rev. N. H. Plus, ID. u.
the national chorister, has ALREADY
created a sensation among these who
will come. The Secretary OF the
Congress has already notified the Oh
ficials and the entertainment commit
tee in Atlanta, that he will bring
special train (Baptist) from Nash
Vile. Representative from Texas
Louisiana. Arkansas, Indiana, ONO
Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi
North and South Carolina, Virginia
and West Virginia, Maryland, in fact
from nearly every state in the Union
will be here to greet the workers anc
to enjoy the open hearted, genuine re
ception that will be accorded them b!
the Baptist Sunday-schools and citi
Gems of Georgia's capital. 1t has
been arranged that the Sunday
schools of Atlanta will march 10 th'
auditorium Sunday afternoon undel
their own Sunday-school banners
The National Congress banner VII
lead the procession. The entire cit!
will be given over to the religious Ter
vor that will permeate the air during