Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22
DANIELS ADDRESSES
BAPTIST CONVENTION
Appearance of Secretary of Navy Is
Chief Feature OF Sunday at
Clarendon Gathering.
PLEADS FOR CHURCH WORK
Makes No Reference, Even Remotely,
to Subject of preparedness"
Meetings Held i'm Behalf OF Mis-
siOns and, Layman's Movement.
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Especial to The limos DiSpatch.l
CLARENDON. VA. November 2l.-
| NO session of the Virginia Baptist GEN
eral Association. which is meeting here.
! was held this forenoon. DR.. Edwin $.
blackwell. OF Norfolk. preached at II
o'clock in the Baptist Church. where
INC ton is meeting. about 100
OF the visiting ministers filled lulD:.s
OIL the various denominations IN WASH
.nBton, Baltimore, Alexandria and
Northern Virginia.
ADDRESS IS DELIVERED
BY SECRETARY DANIELS
p, 'uase Nicoi, of Alexundria: G. r.
ram. OIL Clarendon. and DR. j. w.
,afnmack. of Richmond ut tho request
pi tho association, secured an nutomo
o,ie ana went to Washington Mt
1ciock to escort Secretary Josephus
where ,e's h. OF tr1 the Navy. to tho church,
tioh at o'clock Secretary r,an;i.
was accompanied b.; III, Wife III vv.,.
introduced by DR.. r. w. Battle. Of
I1nhrrioltesrtile, who had known Mr..
sinnIiH, Intimately for twenty years
Summing room was at Il premium in
me church. while the address was do
ilEcrcd. Contrary to the exnccto,tnn
"i some. the Secretary of the NAVY did
nc' Icier even remotely to the subject
Oh preparedness" His appeal wns 10
men TO interest themselves. for that
own sake and the sake of the cause In
the work OF the church "
occrctary Daniels said that he found
Erea; pleasure in greeting the rcnr.
scntatives OF the 10000 Bnntists NJ
virginia. He had lived in the midst ~
the militant hosts of North Carolina
Bhptlsts. who number $4,000 He I'M
inorouSiy remarked that he understood
mat the Macedonian cry often went nm
ia virginia 10 the North Carolina
preachers. Come over ana helm us"
Ihis had gone on to such an extent
,,"a perhaps Il third OF the Baptist
preachers in the State had come across
the linc from North Carolina II was
'tlso proven that half the college presi-
cents in Virginia were North Caro-
.lhihhs ana half the college presidents
IN North Carolina were Virginians.
Touching reference was made To tho
name OF DR. Charles T. Taylor nj -
Weii-known Virginia family. who had
SNAPPED the ideals OF Wake Forest Col
iege. Virginia and North Carolina.
Saiu the secretary. have tho same ideals
an" IN. same high purposes Hc re-
ierred to the remarkable fact that fvc
ircsidents had chosen North Caro-
!ihians to be members of their Canine,
ana that In each case tho member from
the Navy. "
In speaking Of the coutribu,io, y,
Baptists to the States and the nation
inc secretary said: only two States
tailed 10 raufy in short order The
"ratt or the Constitution submitted by
49, convention Those
were North Carolina and Rhode Is
iAnd. These States did not ratifv tho
constitution because II did not con.
tam the bill OF rights. religious lib
crty and freedom Of the press The
movement was led by the Baptis,s OF
thoae Island and the Baptists and
euakcrs OF North Carolina"
Secretary Daniels commended ,he
stand taken by Roger Williams in re-
fusing TO accept from Parliament tho
right TO practice freedom in religion
denying that any government had the
power 10 give religious liberty or 70
take ii away.
The secretary. though not Bap-
tst, is familiar with the principles
for which they have stood IN refus-
lng TO seek patronage from the state
or TO consent 10 public funds going
INTO the treasury of any church. He re-
f"rrcd 10 the occasion when Patrick
Henry. in defending his client, who
was BAPTIST preacher. said to the
Judge: Your Honor. I stand here to
defend this man, who is charged with
the heinous crime OF preaching the
Gospel"
He told m incident. illustrating the
changes in religious conditions, OF n
baptist preacher who came from
North Carolina some years ago to vis-
IL his brother who at that time, was
representing North Carolina in the
tniteU states senate. ON his return
10 his home church the preacher said:
u fear that conditions in Washing
ton are far from what they should
be. While there. l was invited to
preach in prominent church, and
before + had preached TWO hours and
a half, observed that not few of
the people had left the house. I am
convinced that in Washington they
are not able to stand sound doctrine"
THE BANE OF INDIFFERENCE
Is PROBLEM OF CHURCH
Secretary Daniels said further: I'm
this day many people have come to
say that the church is no affair Of
theirs. In not few communities
there arc respectable people who APP
pear 20 have no need for the church
except when they get married or die
ON these occasions they want the
blessings of the Almighty. They are
religious liberals There arc very
few now who deny the truths of the
religion of Christ. Atheists are very
rare. The outstanding sin is the sin
of neglect. They neglect the church
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