The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-09-26
Noted Preachers Deliver Strong Ser.

Noted Preachers Deliver Strong Ser
mons-B. Y. P. U. Reports.
The delegates attending the Ma
tional Baptist Convention spent Sun.
day in church and listened to some
of the most noted preachers in the
country. Every church was supplied
with minister from the convention,
and the Sunday-school mass-meeting
was one of the interesting features.
Rev. William Beckham, of Nash
vile, conducted the Sunday-school.
assisted by Rev. H. NJ Williams, of
Galveston, Texas, and Henry Allen
Boyd, Secretary Of the National Bap-
tist Sunday-School Congress.
At II o'clock DR.. e. C.. Morris, vf
Helena, President of the convention,
preached the jubilee sermon, using as
his text, Remember the days of old,
consider the years of many genera
tions; ask thy Father and he VIII
show thee; the elders and they will
tell thee" Deut. 1921
An appeal for the religious train
ing of the young people of the Negro
race was made by the Rev. E. w. d.
Isaac, Corresponding Secretary of the
National B. Y. P. U. Board. He
pointed out the many avenues of vice
and sin open to them the cheap the
Iatres and other places which would
tend to weaken the race.
In closing his report DR.. Isaac re-
ported forty-eight state B. Y. p. u.
conventions; 3S2 district B. Y. P. u.
conventions, $50 county conventions,
4S3 city conquest organizations, S,47S
local B. Y. p. U. societies, $3.50 en-
rolled in Bible readers course, 81 200
enrolled in Baptist history classes,
$50 enrolled in Baptist doctrine class
es, collected for Christian education,
$72,105; for home missions, $60,365.-
70; for foreign missions, $46,6736S;
for state missions, $32,665; for church
repairs, $S4,290; for B. Y P. u, $19,7
7O9.41; expended by the Board, $19,-
665.20; balance, $54.21.
New accession to the Foreign Mis-
sion Board, the bride of DR.. L. G. Jor-
dan, was presented to the convention
and given an ovation. She is one of
the best known workers in the church
among the colored people, and was
married last June to DR.. L. g. Jor-
dan. She comes from Helena, Ark,
where she is heavy property owner.
DR.. A. M. Johnson presided at the
opening of the convention Saturday
morning, and Rev. ]. w. Shaw, OF
Tennessee, offered the opening
prayer
81 am glad to see the interest which
We are taking in the Sunday-schoOls
and Sunday-school, work." said Rev.
T. S. Sandefur, President of the State
Sunday-School Convention Of Arkan-
sas He was followed by DR.. c. T.
Stamps, of Mississippi, President of
the State B. Y. P. U. Convention,
who spoke along the same line.
The convention voted down propo-
sition to hold biennial sessions, which
means that the session will be held
next year in Philadelphia.
There was breezy time over a
Recommendation to refer the business
of the convention to a committee of
twenty-five. The question was dis
cussed pro and con by Revs. j. E.
Ward, of Kentucky; A. Barbour, of
Texas; P. James Bryant, Georgia;
S. R. Prince, Texas; E. B. Topp, Mis-
sissippi G. B. Green, Florida; E. j.
Fisher, Illinois; G. w. Goodgame,
Alabama; H. M. Williams, Texas; w.
.H. Jernagin, District of Columbia,
and J. P Robinson, of Arkansas.
Chaplain B. G. Regen, of the State
Penitentiary, was introduced and
spoke as follows:
81 am here this morning for the
purpose Of extending an invitation to
this convention to send a minister to
speak to my boys Sunday morning.
We have 1000 men behind the prison
bars. We believe that there is
precious jewel in the heart of every
man and should be reached. / am
standing for the moral improvement
of the men, We have a night school
and l am glad to say that the colored
boys are taking advantage of the
school. All men behind the bars are
not criminals. Some are there be-
cause of lack Of opportunity and ad-
vantage, and many of them, when
they come out, we hope, will be bet
ter prepared.
'1 want to wish you God speed in
the good work you are doing for hu-
manity. We ask your prayers for
our work"
Col. Allen Allensworth, of Cali
fornia, United States Army, was ap-
pointed to speak at the prison.
DR.. L. L. Campbell, President Of
the General Convention Of Texas,
spoke of the educational and mis-
work in the state. He said
that the Negroes were buying homes
and educating their children.
Other addresses were made by DR..
L. N. Cheeks, of Charlotte, S. c.,
who spent several years in Africa as
L. K. Williams Presi-
dent of the Missionary and Educa-
tional Convention, and Thomas H.
White, Clifton Forge, Va.
Rev. ]. E. Mccullough, Secretary
of the Southern Sociological Associa-