The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28

say or how you say it, and l am going
to do some more before 1 am through
with this trip. 1 have seen just few
things and some of them are worth
seeing.
If you remember 1 was somewhere
when 1 wrote you a letter last week,
and from that point l went to Ports
mouth, Va, where l wrote to you last
as I remember now. There is where
had fine time, and even went over
to Norfolk, and had the pleasure of
coming in touch with some of our
thinkers there.
Rev. r. H. Bowling, a young man is
pastor of one of the largest churches
in the state of Virginia, and he lives
in the hearts of his people. This is
the work which was started by his IA
Their, under whose administration fine
stone front church was erected and fur
nished at a cost of about one hundred
thousand dollars, and In years every
cent of it was paid, and they have had
smooth sailing ever since. When the
father died, then the son was selected,
thing rarely ever to be seen among
us. He is we'll educated and a real
good preacher. 1t was not a rally
day, but the collection for the Sunday
1 was there amounted to s135, and
then they collected $50 or more for the
Baptist state convention.
had the pleasure of talking before
that large congregation, and then
had the pleasure of going to the
Palmer House and meeting Mr.. and
Mrs. Palmer, for they are conducting
fine hotel. All of this was over, and
Monday / started for Lynchburg, where
was meeting the Baptist state conven-
ton, and if you will believe what l
tell you it was one great big meeting
the Baptist Jubilee, or the celebration
of the 5Oth anniversary of the Baptist
State convention, and in this all the
Baptists took part, and all the organ
izations were represented by delegates,
and held separate meetings. They
were the Baptist State convention, the
State B. Y. P. U. convention, the
Woman's Baptist Educational conven
ton; the State Sunday School conven-
ton.
These meetings brought together
large numbers of people, and all were
there to look back over the past, talk
about the present and lay plans for the
future. You see these people have
been following in the steps of the
fathers who dared fifty years ago to
organize a state convention, and then
decide to conduct a school and college
for training young people to take their
places in the world as men and women.
The work has been going on, and
they have turned some of the strong
men of this race Of ours. Reaching
the school where the meetings were
to be held about o'clock in the morn
ing, Lawyer Allen directed me to the
home of President Robert c. Woods,
Doctor of Divinity, and man of letters.
This educator was busy at sleep, but
he got up invited me into his home,
and soon had me among the sleepers.
He received me just like he was re-
ceiving a real sure 'nuf brother. said
to him "Dumperretus imperetus, ink
erati observation-disclosures. Now that is
saying some big sound for you, and
don't believe that president understood
what 1 was saying, for 1 don't know
myself, but I was rafting out sound.
After some little sleeping, I went to
the school campus where l noted two
large tents. One was for the big con-
vention, one was for the Sunday
School and B. Y. P. u, and the chapel
of the college was for the women.
Good arrangements / concluded. I
next met the president Of the conven-
ton, DR.. A. A. Calvin, of Danville, a
refined, polished christian gentleman
from the place where they are made.
He was the successor to DR.. Bowling,
and a good one at that.
1t looked to me like the earth just
opened up and let people come down
or UP one. I don't know when 1 have
seen so many people coming to one
meeting. All kind of baggage was
used. 1t showed intelligence. and men
and women Of thought. They were
there, and there were one hundred
voices to do the singing for this big
meeting, and Miss Minnie Hayes. the
daughter Of the expresident was there
with the music ability Of the best