The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-01-29
WILL AMERICA REMAIN
AMERICAN VERY LONG?
Or. Cree Says There Are But 42,oo0,-
600 Native Whites in PouIation
Of e4,ooo,o o,ooo-Declares 6o,oo0,oOo In
habtants Have No Church Affilia-
tlen-Conferenc Ends This After
neon.
rs America American?

I'VE have population Of 94,000,000,
of which there are but 100000 ma
tive whites and 100000 negroes.
The remainder are foreigners, or chill
dren of foreigners.
rs America Christian?
"On the books of the evangelical
churches. there are 100000 names,
and on those of the unevangelical,
100000, leaving unaccounted for
6O,OOO,OOO who are not connected with
organized Christianity"
These were the central thoughts OF
the address OF the Rev. Archibald
Cree, of Atlanta, at the Bible Confer
ence Of Christian Workers, at the First
Baptist Church, last night DR.. Cree
spoke on "The Alien Invasion: A
Crisis in Christianity" He gave some
facts and figures concerning the popu-
lated centers Of this country which
cansed much comment among the Wis
iting ministers.
The conference which has been in
session here since Monday, will close
at o'clock tonight. DR.. Harry Le-
land Martin. Of Indianola, will deliver
the closing address, and an invitation
10 the entire city to be present was
Issued by Manager Wall today.
Resolutions of thanks to the citizens
NJ tJattiesburg for the treatment and
courtesies accorded the 100 or more
Visiting ministers to the Bible confer
snce have been framed, and are to De
rr.sented to the city by officers of the
conference.
The Rev. John T. Christian, the
dean, had charge of the opening exer-
c,se. Yesterday. He spoke on "The
Book of Revelations" "This BOOK
he said, "has been too little under
.tood and too much neglected because
Of the supposed mysterious character
=, ~. contents. whereas, in fact, in
MANY respects there is no palmer nor
more helpful book in the Bible, ex-
oan+,ng Of course. those few chapters
that deal with the hidden things that
not vet have been revealed"
Tho conference adopted resolution
reouesting Mr.. Christian to publish
4ho outlines Of his lecture in pamphie'
form for general distribution.
pre,t,ent Mullins Lectures
pros,dopt F. Y. Mullins delivered
~. ,oet lecture following this, in al
.rnosit,on NJ Paul's Prayer as founc
a. t,o nrst chapter of Colossians, styl
,na it~4sEhe Manifoldness of the CHRIS
+;an life" "Here the Apostle pray
chat his readers may be filed with al
rnov,edee and spiritual understand
ing. unto all pleasing, strengthened
Nth al, might unto all patience an'
,on. suffering with joyfulness' M
said Taking up the word AL an'
rendering It as in the original eVe,,
ANd
sort off, DR.. Mullins presented w." WV
great power and insight the ohriSors' ,rs
,dea, Of well-rounded character =
nrss,dent of the greatest Bapt,s
Theological Seminary in the '. worn
a.. autbor of many famous book'
notea as one of the leading th'hhe, ,r,
ho'o' .hoo1oqians of today. IN
Rev. Mr.. Mullins spoke with ,,.ln s,niDl' "n
ity and cloarness, with spiri'ua','. 1 -,
evangelstic w fervOras to make MS a'
dresses impressive. 49,. do
During the remainder OF OF .ne,,,e, .ne aS
session the usual order Oh sp ,,,nao
wa. followed. The Rev. Mr.. vlppe :
man ma spoke on "The First PRE-. prea'ne M
the First Church, and the e', r'e. Cain.
S. Msaqls At 2 o'clock the s ner, t.n,a di
IS. methods and mateFia, al,
s1ssxx tion OF the various q. k,a, y,
paying special stssnsas
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