The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-04-19
Panama and Costa Rice

and nv the way, under the bullolng, aS the
front end of the building extends down the
mountain and is setting on posts between
seven and eight feet high. 1t Is an easy
matter to walk under the bulldlng' Whiie
fine rear end is setting close 10 the grounu'
where the foot Of the mountain hau " NC
excayated so that this building coulo hlu I"
level. We examined the mecnanlcA cOn-
S+rnc+ion and found that this building was
built according to the government regIi@.lu uii
1,,an hraced to stand the storms, and well
mt nm ont of new California lumber. Inc
electric wiring was done by government eX-
merits and the building is well hgnteo' Inc
seats however. are made Of common pine
boards as is the custom of the country ne
pulpit and pulpit furniture, organ e'c'
presented a good appearance -,
The choir was on hand and furnlsneo
music. We spoke briefly from the same
subject of the Sunday-school lesson Inc
members were very anxious to have con-
ference with u.s. In fact, they begged Us
n stav over and hold a conference with
them or to come back one night during the
week We did not make very clear eX-
nlanation to them, but gave them to unoer-
s+and that we were net in position then
IN Give ont any future information, KNOW
inc that the lawsuit concerning THIS prop
ertv would be tried in the Supreme Court
on Monday, we did not care TO make any
explanation particularly. we, therefore
gave out the following explanation 10 Ulose
who made special inquiry, when asked Il
the National Baptist Home Mission Board
was going to fold its tents and leave the
Zone: "The National Baptist Convention
has a banner of red, white and blue, anu
mon this banner is inscribed triple decla-
ration in the wording ONE LORD, ONE
FAITH and ONE BAPTISM. :,
Since the organization Of the National
Rantist Convention, it has planted this BAN
ner in MANY territories, from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. and from the Pacific to the
Atlantic. on both sides of the ocean. 1t
NAV be said that the banner poles some
times are made of wood and may rot, and
the storms and trials may blow down the
hammer. but the National Baptist Conven-
tion has never been known to plant its BAN
ner and then voluntarily pull it down. II
# mills down it's banner in the Zone, 1t Will
be something heretofore unknown in Bap-
fist history. We hope the members will be
nrenarcd to read this between the lines.
We begged to be excused from saying more
This Brought broad smiles to the thinking
members.
These people are a made-up mixture OF
Jamacans and Barbadians They 90 not
rive motion to their feeling like the Ne
groes of the States, as they have been dill
ferently trained. When we had TO hasten
away to catch the train, great numbers OF
them rushed to us and shook hands, ana
number of the officers accompanied US on
the train to Panama City. Arriving IN
Panama City at 2:30, we found dinner ana
a number of the officers there awaiting US
CT nd Tourist
retired farmer of Iowa and member OF
the American Bible Society, whom. we met
nm the steamship, had already arrived and
had attended the Sunday-school and spoken
for the Young people He expressed hlm-
self as delighted with the music and with
the ability of the young people to handle
the Scriptures. He remained over and was
a ouest at dinner. After dinner and the
afternoon service, he slipped little collec-
tion in the hands of Rev. and Mrs. Thour-
bourne. which he desired would not be men
toned. and bade goodbye to the congrega-
ton.
In the afternoon we spoke for the young
people especially. They seemed to be de-
LIGHTED with the services, and the singing
was above the average. Right here | want
TO saw one thing Rev. Thourbourne
has done what | wish the churches IN the
States would do, and that is, he has CON
gregatonal singing. He has hymn BOOK
in the seats or in the seat racks, and the
people are trained that when hymn is an; an
nounced, that every two members IN the
congregation shall share a hymn book and
that everybody shall sing. And my, my!
such splendid singing. They are trained
singers; they know how to sing; they sing
with the spirit and with the understanding
and they emphasize every word in the sing
ing. Another favorable thing is that any
and all of the members can pray in public.
So they have live service, whether they
have a preacher or not. All were well up
on the Scriptures.
At the close of the service, we had tea,
four o'clock tea, they call it, with the Off
GERS of the First Baptist Church Of Pana-
ma, the First Baptist Church OF PEDRO
Miguel and the First Baptist Church OF En-,
pire. This was the first private council
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