The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-10-25
MOTHER CHURCH
AWAKENING
GREAT CELEBRATION AT OLD
SPRUCE ST. SUNDAY NIGHT.
Sacred Concert and Lecture Draw An
Immense Crowds. Friends Join
With The Membership in Fill
ing The House Beyond Its
Capacity. Or, Townsend
Iivered Address-Concert. -

At Old Spruce Street Baptist Church
last Sunday night the citizens of
Nashville were made to feel that the
days of Father Merry mad returned
for never in the history of the church
has greater outpouring of the people
assembled in that historical building.
The occasion was the rendition of a
Sacred Concert and lecture of DR..
A. M. Townsend. The committee in
charge of the exercises printed sew
eral thousand tickets and strung them
in good fashion. These tickets were
sold at five cents. Members of sew
eral of the churches in the city all
denominations, joined in with the
members of the Spruce Street Baptist
Church to sell these tickets. In this
way the meeting was advertised In
all parts of the city, ana many other
towns; some as far as McMinnville,
Pulaski, Clarksville and other points.
1t was in truth a home-making day
for the members and friends of Spruce
Street Baptist Church. Long before
the time for the opening of the exer-
cises the house was full, every seat
being taken, and it was necessary to
have all of the chairs from the base
ment and seat them in the aisle. The
choir occupied space back of the pull
pit.
Some of the best talent in the city
was on the program to render selec.
tons. Every piece was of the high
est class and sacred character. The
vast audience was completely alb.
sorbed in the splendid musical pro
gram. There was no apparent dis.
comfture and very few left the house
during the exercises DR.. A. M
Townsend, who lectured on the sub
ject "Everybody's Doin' it," was al
his best, and the great throng who
heard him on Sunday evening could
not be other than favorably impressed
with his remarks and the impressions
made will doubtless be lasting. Some
may have come out for mere curios
ity, but these we're sent away greatly
disappointed, for Dr. Townsend tool
this catchy subject and the opportun
ity to speak words of wisdom to hi:
people and used them both to spindle
advantage. This meeting will b.
long remembered in the history o
Nashville? There is no church il
this state that is more popular no
more historic than Spruce Stree
Baptist Church. In fact, all the bap
} tist churches in Nashville might b.
| termed as offsprings from this inst
= tuition. The name of Nelson Merr,
J will never die, in Nashville, and tn
) same is true of the Spruce Stree
) BAPTIST Church. During the man
5 years of apparent Differentiation tn
| members of this cnurch have stoo
t by it and have patiently worked an
, hoped for a better day. It is az
3 parent that the day has come. Fo
+ in the selection of Rev. Ballou
seems that the church has chosen
A man as pastor who is destined t
4 make old Spruce Street come int
r her glory again and to, SHINE in tn
n galaxy of churches in her true ligh
l. All of Nashville seems to De arouse
t and is showing deep interest in tn
/ new life evinced in and around thi
church No better evidence can b
s cited than the great throng that VT
J. messed the exercises on Sunday nigh