The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17

The change WAS proposed IN n report
submitted by Joshua Lowering. of Bal
tlmorc. member Of tho lnyrneus board.
As n reason for the move. It was stated
n moro central Southern location was
desirable.
pr. Henderson IS president OF tho
1ntcrmont College. at Bristol. Va, and
X was stated that he would resign
;hat position to accept tho new office.
Fresent-day literature and drama to-
day were bitterly denounced 10y DR..
Lansing Burrows. OF Amcricus, Ga, In
an address before tho Baptist Couvcn-
before tho Southern Baptist Convcn-
ion. OF which no Is president. The oc-
cnsion was n response to the prcsertn-
ton OF tho new Sunday school board
building to the convention.
What God. tho creator OF mind md
'nspircr or thought has intended to
make men wise unto salvation through
faith which Is IN Christ Jesus" MIR.
burrows declared. tho archencmy has
seized with which they may he lurcd
To destruction. Having n dclirious In
tcrcst In reading, We are easy prey
10 tho designing. Thus ere all the
hateful dogmas az religious social and
political hercsy propaRated. Socialism.
as represented by ono of It's lenders
puts nina-tcnths of its income into
iteraturc. choosing the Sabbath day
for Its distribution into tho homes ot
the people. Tho ndherents of hys-
tcrical substitute for soul-savinE in the
gus" of body healing. publish n daily
Journal OF no mean proportions. The
cult OF libidlnous present through In
Vulnerable cheap magazines attractive
pictures OF undraped forms and even
the advertisements reveal women in
corscts ana mon IN undcrcIothcs. And
81 l,ni ,,.c f,LN
around which gather their unsuspect-
ing children. with these seductive In.
Nucnccs. AS ono OF our own cherished
leaders has expressed Il. tho weakest
place in our UNCONVENTIONAL life is that
occasional by our lack of making AIDE
auate provision OF the supplying tho
masses of tho people with tho right
Kind OF religious litcrnturc''
LITERATURE OF THE AGE
Is SHARPLY CRITICIZED
Responding 10 the presentation OF
tho now building, DR.. Burrows. of
Arecricus. Ga. president OF tho South
ern baptist Convention. criticized
sharply tho literature OF tho ngc. At
tor rccountinG the great achievements
or the Sunday school board he said:
And now wo stand before the door
or opportunity. Tho indomitaOie In
duetry OF tho destroyer OF human souls
ndapts his energies To shifting condi-
tons. HIS most nudncious attack IS
now upon the literature OF the age
Tho three past generations have cult
Eatod the reading habit. Men have
grown s,ory-mnd and dramatically in
sane. The novelist md tho dranlatist
have tho strongest Influence upon tho
present generation. they bring no
Eind tidinRs for It's inspiration to
noblor things. They arc men with
microscopes fastened upon social bac-
trrin. and never upon tho Elintinf-
stars.
when. with tho inclsivcness OF their
prnctccd pens they have destroyed n
microbe. they huve destroyed the
healthy tissue upon which II had feast
ed They are like IL foolish man who
burns down his stable to he rid of
iicas. They dcfond their atrocities by
tho plea Tint they arc describing life
as II IL. They do not: they show us
the rotten cancers of life. They make
The great city tho theatre OF life. They
present TO liz the vast metropolis of
New York with It's Great White WAY.
blatant with Its vulgar extrnvnsanccs.
rccle'ng with the odious smells OF It's
scnsuality. aronr with the shouts Of its
chorus girls ANA its sOddcn spend
Thrills. Il homeless. Christless. narrow
hrowcd and slrivelcd hearted worship
or OF mammon and OF lust and thov
tell us this Is life.
There Is no moro provincial place
on the continent. says ono who knows.
than New York: no place to see life.
but life shriveled In the heat of pas
sion, with men bcroft OF noble manhood
and lofty purpose. and women pictured
~ oN-cycd and tinted with peroxide.
VINO dread Fat more than sin, aud who
regard piinplcs az their direst enemy.
or their books. the hes: seller is the
worst smelier. OF their dramas they
reNolVe about tho seventh command
mcnt Let them picture tho scarlet
woman and the married rake. and they
ihck for neither readers nor spocta-
Or. Burrows said there arc men who
would teach children tho deepest
mysteries 81 life ana being. and refuse
chem the Hook OF God. Tho church's
opportunity lay in the publication in
the now building OF clean. sober. IN
lifting literature.
Win reference to tho SUNDAY school
boards work. the speaker said that
with all tho Efforts put forth 10y the
Louisville committee. established in