The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-06-02

Tuesday night of next week the
Nashville delegation, made up of
Middle Tennessee and those who
are coming from points in Kentucky.
Ohio and Illinois, will leave from the
Union Station to attend the sixth
annual session of the Smday-School
Congress. The indications are that
the largest delegation that has ever
gone from Nashville to- any one reli-
gious meeting will go Tuesday night
Already one sixteen section. stand
ard sleeper has been reserved with
all the lower berths and a goodly
number of the upper berths taken. In
addition to this, commodious. we'll
equipped day coach has been fur
nlshed by the Louisville & Nashville
railroad Company for the accommo-
datlon OF those who do not care to
go IN the sleepers. The Secretary of
the Congress states that he has made
special arrangements for the comfort
and convenience of the Nashville
people and those who come this way.
They VIII go through to Meridian
without chonge. This year more in
terest and more general awakening
hl2s been shown in the Sunday School
Congress than has been in any pre-
vious meeting. Thousands of work
ers are looking towards Meridian.
More than three hundred have al
ready sent in their names, saying
they have written papers on some
one of the eighteen subjects, to come
before that meeting from June 7-12-
Nashville is interested because a
/ goodly number of the workers of
this movement are residing in the
city. The national chorister and SUI
perintendent of the Teacher-T Training
Course, Dr. N H. Plus, is already in
Meridian, instructing a chorus of
over one hundred voices. Rev. DR..
VIM. Beckham will reach Meridian
about three days ahead of the regu-
lar delegation. He is field secretary
and superintendent of the Mission
ary Conferences that will be conduct
ed in connection with the Congress
work Rev. DR.. Boyd visited Merid-
ian last week, where a special con.
ference was held with the committee,
composed of members and pastors of
all the Baptist churches in Meridian,
while Rev. DR.. Hubbard, general SUI
perintendent of missions of the
state of Mississippi, has been on the
go since the 18th of January, when
it was decided to call the Congress
at Meridian. Chairman Clark who
VIII preside during the sessions, and
the secretary of the Congress Move,
ment give out the assurance that the
most complete Sunday-schcol Meth,
obs ever conducted will be the result
of this meeting. 1t was given out
from Congress headquarters this
week that some of the prominent
people who would pass through Nash
vile EN- route TO this meeting would
be Rev j. Gordon Mcpherson, D. D.
Spokane, Wash; Miss Fannie Cook
'Quincy, Ill.,; Rev. s e. Cole, Spring
field, Ill.,; Rev. j. F. Thomas, D. d.
Rev. S. l. M. Francis, d. D., and tht
Chicago delegation; MIR. H. Thomas
Galloway, Chicago; Rev. and Mrs.
Davenport Bushell Mayfield, KY;
Rev. RObt Mitchell, D. D., Bowling
Green, KY; Hopkinsville and Madi
sonville KY, delegations, with many
others, whose letters are coming in
daily TO the secretary's office, assur
ing him that they will join the Nash
Vile party here. So far the Nash
Vile people who have signified theil
intention to leave Tuesday night are
From the Pleasant Green Baptis
Church-Rev. j. c. Fields, Superin
tendent S. H. Johnson, j. E. Edwards