The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-20
Warm Welcome Is Extended
to Executive By Thou
sands Of Delegates
POWERFUL SERMON IS
DELIVERED BY DR.. MEYER
English President of the Convention
Says That Enrolment In Sunday
Has Already Passed the
25,0O0,O00 Mark

Washington, May 19-President Taft
was the central figure at todays session
of the Wo' : Sunday School associa-
ton, now Il. -.anton here. AT to-
nights mass meeting, held in convention
hall, which was surrounded by a crowd
| fully as large as the 5000 within the big
structure, Mr. Taft acknowledged the
Bible school as a powerful force in the
moral and educational uplift of the world.
Again and again his utterances on the
subject were cheered to the echo.
'It is one of the two or three great in
strumentalities, said the President, for
making the world better more moral and
more religious. AS the twig is bent, SO
the tree is inclined, and now is the time
to inculcate forces in moral and religious
ideals. No matter what views are taken
of general education we all agree Pro-
testant, Catholic and Jew, that Sunday
school education Is necessary to secure
moral uplift and religious spirit
AS President Taft entered the hall to-
night he was greeted with a chautauqua
salute of thousands of fiuttering handker-
chiefs followed by loud clapping of
hands and then by three hearty cheers.
The crowd on the street invaded the
hall Local negro Sunday school teach
ers are protesting because members of
their race are to be retired from tho
mems minister Bible class parade to-
morrow In statement issued by the
negroes tonight they declare "it is un-
e 1t.
name shouted at this time. when the
evangeization of the world in this gen
GRAFTON is nearing and the watchword of
millions, should resort tpo such offensive
forms of race prejudice as the local COM
mittee of Washington has done in COM
pletely as far as II is concerned in elimi-
mating negroes from any part of the sixth
worlds Sunday school convention.
| Negroes Fail to Join
Members of the local committee say the
negro Sunday school of the District of
Columbia have had plenty of opportun-
ties to join the Sunday School association
of the district without taking advantage
thereof
While there are many negro delegates
upon the convention from various states
and territories throughout the country
and from foreign counties, there are none
from the Distrtc OF Columbia The
local committee has entire charge of the
ARRANGEMENTS of the convention and tba
general con,nit+ee hos deo,o,aa ,tsale
helpless to do anything in the matter.
The Rev. F. B. Meyer of England.
president of the association. in intro
ducing President Taft declared that for
the past 20 years "he had prayed for the
Presidents of the Tinted States everv
sunday after nra1ins FOR tho L-i,o ~
s
Hhsiaho anu Fehis' saio me-
common custom in England
President Taft replied to this greeting
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KING ana tne teeihg oil mourning on
poth sides OF the world brings to mind
now much such convention as tnis
ineahs IL Perpe'uatioh OF the peace OF
nations
Other speakers al tonlghts meeting
were the Rev Dr. samuel +. Greene or
TINS city FORMER postmaster General John
Wanamaker' the fev. j. Monroe Gibson
OF Ehslaho' bishop 1eilsu Oh japan ana
Bishop Hartsell or Africa.
owing TO the great crowd outside Of
convention hall an overflow meeting was
'held In a neighboring church.
Heads OF oil nat'onalities bowed dur
Ing the opening prayer.
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