The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-28
Baptist World
Alliance Meets

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me a graduating present of a trip to
Philadelphia, l am attending the ses-
sons of the Baptist World Alliance
in the Baptist Temple, Broad and
Berks streets, of which DR.. Russell
II. Conwell is pastor On Monday
of last week the Northern Baptist
convention, delegated body repre-
senting the great North and West,
met and continued until Sunday
evening Rev and Mrs. r. d. Minch
and daughters, Miriam and Alice,
came with ne. Our principal, Harry
Pethick, came with us as far as New
York from which place he went to
MiddlctOwn, Conn, to attend the
commencement exercises of Wesle-
yan University Mr.. Pethick, con-
traTy to his original intention, eX-
poets to return to Damascus for an
other year.
We arrived at Camden, y. j..
about five o'clock where we parted
with the ladies of the party who
went on to Bridgton that night. We
stopped at the home of Joseph Jar
Wis on River Avenue. an old friend
of Mr.. Minch's.
On Thursday and Friday we at
tended all the sessions of the con-
vention. Thursday morning DR.,
Sale, superintendent of Education,
spoke on the Dominant Purpose in
Our Work for the Negroes His
speech was followed by brief ad-
dresses by President \. c. Osborne
and President L. G. Barrett. Thurs
day afternoon came the election of
officers and several missionaries
spoke on the work being done for
our Spanish Speaking Neighbors.
A native-born Porto Rican and a
natiye-born Cuban addressed the
audience. In the evening there were
two fine addresses, one on the Con
scrvation and Reinvigoration of Our
Country Churches and the other on
the conservation and Captaincy of
OGr Forces in the Great Cities" by
Or. II. G. Beeman, Iowa, and DR.. c.
H. Eaton, New York.
Friday was chiefly devoted to the
missionaries. The general business
of the American Baptist Foreign
Missionary society was attended to
in the morning, the afternoon being
consumed by brief addresses by for
Cign missionaries of both sexes. An
interesting feature was a short ad-
dress by a Burmese girl, who then
sang song that her father had COM
posed. One minister said that the
total outlay in mission work in Bur-
llan was fully justified if it produced
bat this one girl. Friday evening,
after the addresses of the program,
the new appointees to foreign lands
were introduced, and each one told
Low his attention had been drawn
to the foreign missionary work.
Having attended two days full
sessions we We're pretty tired and we
stayed home Saturday. In the after
noon, Mr.. Jarvis, Mr.. Minch and my
self went to Fairmount Park to see
Polo game.
On Sunday evening the Northern
Baptist convention adjourned
Monday afternoon the Baptist
World Alliance was called to order
by the President, Dr.. John Clifford,
of London, England, who led the
devotional exercises. Then followed
addresses of welcome and responses.
DR.. Russell II. Conwell presided.
Among the addresses of welcome
was a welcome to the city by Hon.
John Z. Reyburn, Mayor of Phila-
delphia. Great enthusiasm was
shown by the audience throughout
the session. Monday evening was
the roll call of the Nations. One of
each delegation made a three-minute
speech in reply, which was followed
by hymn by the whole delegation
in their own language.
Tuesday morning Dr.. Clifford as
president made an address which the
audience cheered with deafening ap-
plause. Handkerchiefs were waved
by nearly every member of the con-
gregatiOn and DR.. Clifford had to
rise to thank the audience. He
said with tears in his eyes that he
now saw the reason the Americans
did so many truly great things. His
wonderful address was followed by
two talks on the "SutIiciency of the
Gospel first, For the Salvation OF
the Individual" and secondly, For
the Salvation Of Society,"
Tuesday afternoon there was a
mass meeting in the interest of
Young Peoples Work The business
meeting of the Baptist Young PeO-
pies Union of America was held at
o'clock in the Memorial Baptist
church, Broad and Master streets.
Tuesday evening the special chair
man was Z. y Mullen, Kentucky.
The addresses of the evening were
on "Vital Experience of God" J,
Moffatt of England, spoke on the
subject mo Authoritative Greed,
and \. T. Robertson, Kentucky
spoke on the Spiritual Interpreta-
tion of the Ordinances" which was
applauded heartily. Among other
things Mr.. Robertson spoke OF
Church Unification." He said that
the Baptists would meet any demon.
ination half way in the river Jor,
dan.
One of the greatest actions of the