The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-05-27
Special 10 "a GIobe.

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Atlanta, Ga, May 25.-The fifth an
nual session of the National Baptist
Sunday-School Congress opened this
morning in the Liberty Baptist
Church under most promising condi-
tons. The beautiful edifce where
the session is being held was crowd
ed to Overlooking long before the
hour for prayer, and when Rev. N. H.
Plus, musical director, arose to open
the meeting with a song by the one
hundred and fifty voices there were
as many on the outside of the build
ing as could be crowded on the inside.
The order of the morning were well
come addresses by the following:
Rev. j. w. e. Bowen, Phi. d., Pres. of
of Cannon Theological Seminary, who
with his eloquence and scholarly dis
course, represented the forward move
ments of one Of the southern educa-
tional centers.
Rev. e. r. Carter, d. D., Pastor of
the Friendship Baptist Church and
one of the most influential and promi-
nent pastors in the great city of At.
lanta welcomed the delegates on be-
; half of the pastors of the Gate City.
DR.. Carter spoke from a reasonable,
logical point of view, bringing, out WV
idly the necessity of the forward Sun
, dayschool movement as advocated by
the Congress.
e Rev. A. A. Mathis, d. D., delivered
the welcome address, on behalf of the
Organized Committees. He covered
beautifully the scope of work done
by these working auxiliaries.
Deacon A. l.. Jones, President of the
City Sunday-Sunday Union, spoke in
behalf of the Sunday-school interest
of Atlanta.
Rev Chas. M Daniel, D. D., .(white)
Pastor of the First Baptist Church
was very eloquent in his discourse.
he welcomed on behalf of the true
Christian white people of the South.
He made beautiful talk and pointed
the Negro to the true Bible religion
and the way we should help eaclf 9th
er by it.
The welcome on behalf of the Liber-
ty Baptist Church and Sunday-School
was delivered by Rev. j. w. Jack
son, ID. D., Pastor of the church, and
Mrs. 5. F. Patman, the Superintend-
ent of the Sunday-school.
History of the Congress Organization.
The National Baptist Sunday
Nchool Congress was organized by
the Home Mission Board of the Ma.
tional Baptist Convention in co-opera-
ton with the Publishing Board Of the
same convention. The organization
was perfected in Nashville, Tenn.
where the first annual gathering was
held. Foremost in this movemnt
was the Rev, R. H. Boyd, d. D.. LII.
D., who had determined to make an
organization of young people that
would give more time and attention
TO the real Sunday-school missionary
work. DR.. Boyd is the founder Of the
great publishing plant of the Negro
Baptists. 1t was under him that, last
year, more than twelve million copies
Of Sunday-school periodicals and reli
gious helps were sent all over the
world His church and denomination
connection has membership of two
million and five hundred thousand.
The Sunday-School Congress prop
er is made up of representatives from
between fifteen and eighteen thousand,
with a membership of one and one
half million. The Baptist preachers,
who are directly identified in operat-
ing this Congress idea, number over
twelve thousand. The second annual
meeting of the Congress was held in
New Orleans, La; the third annual
meeting was held in Jacksonville,
Fla; the fourth annual meeting was