Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-17
1000 immigrants
WARMLY GREETED.BY
t BAPTIST DELEGATES
As Foreigners Landed Bap-.
fists Gathered at Pier and
Sang Inspiring Religious.
Songs 4
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an unusual sight. this morning. Two
thousand or more Of the messengers and
their wives looked upon the landing OF
ship load of immigrants. There were
-.eoe of these foreigners. They came
from Germany. and we're held on the
ship overnight so that the messengers
might witness the welcome given them
to the land Of the free 1t was o'clock
by Atlanta time when the new corners
began ilIng from the ship, each hav-
ing his worldly belongings in chests.
baskets. suitcases. trunks and coarse
sacks made from hemp. The Baptists
gathered together in one place sang
America as the incoming Germans step
ped upon the shores OF the new world
Other religious songs were sung,
among them Nearer. Ny God, 10 Thee.
When Il had been concluded a man OF
earnest face stepped from the center OF
the German crowd and lifting up his
voice. sang the song in German. While
he did not understand English he did
understand the language of Zion and
his heart was responding to the greet
ing given him by the American Baptists
who followed the same Christ in whom
he believed. In silence the Bsptists
watched the men. women and children.
some babes in arms. as they came on
shore. stood the medical examination
and proved beyond the shadow OF a
doubt that they had at least SIS in cash
a GREAT MISSION SERMON.
Many OF the new corners with glad
hearts waived a welcome TO some
friends wailng 10 receive them. Iaken
altogether it was the greatest home
mission speech ever maze TO the con-
Vention, although il was not delivered
during the regular sessions. THE idea IN
all hearts was. If we do not save them
they will ruin US" The convention
took up the work OF the NONE Mission
board and spent some time IN Its consid-
Grafton. DR.. reston Blake. OF Birming-
ham. read the report OF the COMMITTEES
on mountain schools and showed what
was being done among them. he ad-
dressed the brethren IN forcible speech
In which he told OF the Importance or
the mountain work. region from which
most OF the preachers OF the denomIna-
ton are coming today. AS an iIIustra-
tIo= o. what the mountains can do, K.
+. Watson, or Burnsville, y. -, was
brought forward 10 talk. He was a
bright. Intelligent LOOKING man, attired
In well fitting clothes. he presented
tAe appearance OF well ~red city man
Tnc facts OF ms life 1Tere given BY kew.
A &. Brown. the hor-e mission superIn-
tenden. GA mountain SCHOOLS. the man
VINO discovered him. He was reared
in the North Carolina mountains 81
miles from a railroad. When Brown
met MIN as big boy. almost a man. he
thought all the world was like the re-
sions in which he lived He was inter-
ested TO hear OF a larger life Under
the missionaries advice he went to
Ioung institute, baptist home mission
school. he graduated from there and
went TO a higher Institution. He stud
lea law and is now one OF the most
influential lawyers in thE section OF
the state and has won many Famous
lawsuits He is now president Of the
board of trustees OF Young institute
and Is giving from $1,000 TO $500
year TO support new church Is
being bull. in his town cost5ng $4,000
dollars, ? - sc portion o. which will be
paid BY sfr. Watson
DR.. E {. Dorgan, OF Macon. Ga. read
the report OF the committee on work in
Cuba and Panama In Cuba three new
churches had been constructed and one
independent church had been received.
Two hundred and thirty-seven baptisms
had taken place and these churches now
F.. had I.s1O members who gave last year
$3.50 10 the WORK. an average OF $40
a member A tendency was shown to wipe
out denouinational lines but the Baptists
were soIidly against this movement. In
the canal zone there are seven white
churches and four made up OF negroes.
This year they raised 81 per capita. In
speaking to the report. DR.. Dorgan said
he was as much believer in unity and
fraternity as any man. but he did not be-
lieye there was any church on earth as
good as Baptist church. He had an idea
that a Baptist church. which had In front
OF II the first letter with which Bible
was spelled was the best. institution on
earth and II was the only one that was
right IL that was narrow, he had been
living a narrow life for a long time
among a lot OF narrow men and he ex-
Z pected to die a narrow death, to be placed
IN a narrow coffin to sleep in a narrow
grave and TO wake up narrow
soul on the morning OF the resurrection
10 spend a narrow eternity with God to
whose teachings he had tried to be true.
4.soO CHURCHES IN SOUTH.
Rev. John letter Hurt. OF Arkansas.
read the report OF the church building
fund showing that there were 1870
churches in the south without houses of
worship The Home Mission society Of
New York sent a communication TO the
convention. asking for cooperation in
looking after the work among the ne
sroes of the south II set forth that %
the l-~GtN negro bapAASA preachers lot
about I7.O00 negro Baptist churches with
a membership OF about 100000. probably
1900 have had no more than the rudi-
ments Of a common school education and
are depIorably deficient in qualifications
for spiritual edihcation and leadership.
In an enrolment Of 200 pupils annually
IN the schools for negroes. under the
Home Mission society's auspices I'm the
southern states. there are reported about
$50 students for the ministry. mostly in
10 or IL higher Institutions in cities.
Perhaps a hundred OF these go out to
their life work annually. More should
be gathered. Lands. buildings and equip
ments are at hand for such work on a
larger scale than now.
The society will cordially welcome
the cooperation OF southern Baptists
in welcoming any or all OF these instf-
tutfons and In the management there
OF. or II preferred. relinquishing TO them
the entire work OF theological instruc-
ton in one or more Of these institu-
tons The immediate task, however.
20 which your attention is asked -
that OF maintaining a number OF sum-
mer schools for a period Of five or six
wesks annually for RE benefit Of the
negro Baptist ministry. The society
would be pleased to share with our
southern brethren in their manage
uent and maintenance. In nearly every
from to