The Washington bee., 1911-09-23

there shall be preserved IN this world
that form and substance of govern
ment. the object OF which IS to re
move the obstacles from the pathway
Of all. to open avenues of honorable
employment for all. and 10 give to ali
an unfettered start and a fair chance
in the race OF life"
On entering this grand temple OF
liberty there appears on the wall, Gov
erIng the entire space back Of the
rostrum. Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress, declaring that our fathers
brought forth on this continent a new
nation, conceived in liberty and dedi-
Gated 10 the proposition that all men
are created equal, and that this na-
ton, under God, shall have a new
birth OF freedom
Pittsburg has demonstrated her
ndelity TO principle and to duty IN the
erection Of this grand temple of lib
.erty, and II IS hoped that other States
will soon take lessons from her and
also the commission appointed by
Congress TO Erect a S2,OOO,OOO memo
rial at the National Capital
A great meeting for Christ and his
kingdom, the 3Ist session OF the an
nual National Baptist Convention. al
Ter considerable Inconvenience got
down to business late in the evening
of Wednesday, September I3. DR.. f
c. Morris read his annual address,
and the same went TO a committee,
and he was reelected by acclamatIon,
President Morris recommended that
| the influence OF the convention should
| be felt in securing for the race such
| Legislative and such judicial and exec
utive action, both State and National,
as will guarantee to all life and fair
opportunity as citizens; that com
mittee of nine be appointed and 10
Gated at the National Capital, and be
lCharged with the duty of presenting
to the President memorials from this
convention A committee reported ia
/ Ivorable and the recommendations
Iwere adopted.
The Womens' National Baptist con
Ivention, Of which Mrs. Willie w. Lay
Iton is president, and Miss Mamie H.
burroughs Is corresponding secretary
Ibegan its business on Wednesday
ievening, September I3. 1t was pre-
lCeded by considerable inconvenience
lin accommodation The president
REPORT was read with a great deal OF
Interest She showed many new du-
tiles requisite for success. Miss Nan
Inie H. Burroughs, the secretary, read
Iher report, consisting of fifty pages
(which is worth more than its weight
lin gold in wholesome advice and sug-
/ cstious. That report shoul- be read
bv ever colored mother in the Uni
tied States. Miss Burroughs received
great applause for her composition
land rendition by her trained girls
1.-The song is dedicated to the Negro
soldier, the words of which are a.
Ifollows: Just look back over history
lpages, you will find the Ethiopian race
Ia bunch of fighting heroes, as taT baci
las you can trace. We have fought Oh
deserts sand, upon the raging main
lin Egypt and SandOmingO, in Eng
land, in France and Spain. We hav,
Ifought in Africa bravely, and with tht
british, too, we have fought much il
= | America, for the old Red, White anc
Il Blue, and each good cause we ar
lighting, matters not what 1t may be
!; Chorus. We have fought every race
battles but our own, and we are goinj
Ito keep fighting till we set our owl
trace free.
/ | hope God will bless the sentimen
here expressed, and its author, an,
that the song will he sold in sufficien
= numbers to give full success to tn
! Girls Training School, presided owe
by Miss Burroughs, $4,000.
, The National Baptist convention
, | has been indeed a great success in en-
, Ithusiasm and matChless oratOry TO
- 1.-THE advancement of our Heavenl
Fathers kingdom i'll the earth.
i DR.. c. A. Bell, of Chattanooga
, Tenn, preached remarkable sermon
| 1.-THE text being the Stone cut out Q
the mountain without hands, whic
Irolled until it covered the Who'll
! earth" His labors in our Lords caus
| Twas indeed a mastery effort.
Il Rev. E. w. D. Isaac, secretary @
the Baptist Young Peoples Unio
l Board. made a splendid demand o
- lbehalf and for the training OF th
lyoung in Christian culture, and in on
2 educational process the Bible shoul
/ be our text book, and special effort
e. should be made 10 have the ChlldTe
- study the life of Christ
n In the drift of all the efforts an
0 olarguments the general cOnsension {
opinion was tha- the remedy for rae
e prejudice and the race problem
- Christ and Christian religion, and til
t training Of the children in Christia
n culture is indeed and in truth our fir:
O duty IN trying to save men
dI Great speeches were made by Pro
o | Dubois, Dr. Credit and Prof. Grigg
= of the educational board.
# Prof. Dubois said that the questio
L of suffrage for the Negro in the Sout
a was not yet permanently settled an
II it would not do to surrender an
5 Icease to demand all our rights
It American citizens and that colore
n men would get very little OF any thin
Y except what they struggled for ar
Z demanded.
a Rev. DR.. Credit, of Philadelphia, sa
h great changes in the colored popul
10 ton had taken place in Northern CT
ID les and that by proper organizatiC
lie the Northern colored man could he
e his Southern brother through polite
Prof. Griggs, secretary OF the Ba
E tist Educational Board, said the n
y gro was a handicapped race IN tn
Id country by evil deeds of the past. al
le that 10000 of our young men We
rs in Southern jails because they h;
IS lost hope in the government, bo
le State and National, in not getting pr
ItecfiOn