The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-01
THE BIG SUNDAY SCHOOL CON.
VENTION RAISED $4,000
IN A FEW HOURS.
MANY SPECTACULAR FEATURES

Most Cosmopolitan Gathering Ever
Held on Continent Thronged Wash
ingtOn. Congress Adjourned to
See 5000 Men in Bible Glass
March Down Pennsylvania Avenue.
President Taft Made Speech and
Mrs. Taft Got an Ovation.
Mr.. w. P. Hornady has not yet
returned from Washington, where he
attended the Worlds Sixth Sunday
School Convention, but in letters to
friends he speaks in glowing terms
of the great gathering, which marked
an event in religious history.
President Taft was not alone in
expressing amazement over the size
and character of the convention. He
looked out over a sea of six thou
sand faces on the opening night,
while outside the convention hall
still larger number of persons con-
gregated, unable to ente~ Nearly
twenty-five hundred of the official
delegates wore red ribbon badges
with the legend North America.
Some five hundred others wore blue
badges bearing the names of more
than fifty different nations, as re-
mote as China and South America,
Turkey and Australia. In addition
to these three thousand official and
representative delegates from every
state and province in the United
States and Canada and from foreign
lands there were about seven thou
sand unofficial delegates or visitors.
Sometimes three and four simulta-
neous convention sessions were in
adequate to hold the throngs.
A Great Spectacle.
It was a spectacular convention.
The great Mems Bible Glass parade
on the afternoon of May goth opened
the eyes of Washington to the virility
and masculinity of modern religion.
In order that some members of con-
gress might march in the parade, as
they did, and that others might wit
ness it congress adjourned early on
the day of the demonstration. Tor
rental rains Immediately preceded
and followed the parade, largely re-
ducing the ranks; nevertheless five
thousand men in a hammered process
sion a mile long marched down
Pennsylvania avenue, and were re-
viewed at the capitol by throng of
ten thousand persons.
All of these marching men belong
to the Sunday school, and the thought
uppermost in the minds of many of
tot Vyhn IN Ci6
walks was expressed on one banner,
Where the men lead the boys will
follow"
Another spectacular feature of the
convention was a great open-air
gathering on the east steps of the
capitol, when a multitude of people
Joined in the singing of christian
hymns.
The demonstration accorded Pres
ident and Mrs. Taft-whom the
former introduced to the cheering
throng as 'the real president"
stirred the nations chief executive
greatly. He declared his belief in
the fundamental Importance of relig-
ious training of the youth of the
nation through the Sunday school.
Met Under World Map.
The convention sat with a monster
map of the world before it's eyes.
The official button showed the globe
with red cross superimposed there
upon. Part of each day was given
to ''roll call of nations" The ends
of the earth came together at Wash
ington.
Strikingly, the note of information
al peace resounded from session to
session; the depth of conviction up
on this subject which possessed the
delegates made the gathering worthy
to rank among the great peace con-
ferences.
On the closing night of the conven-
ton there was tableau of seventy
five children reproducing the picture
which the convention has made ia
nous, THE Twentieth Century Cru
saders." The children of many ma
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