The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-08-03
STONE RIVER ASSO-
CATION TO MEET
First Baptist Church to
lave Gathering Of Bap-
tiStS-Ladies Auxili-
airy Meeting.

Murfreesboro, Tenn, July 3O.-This |
city is to entertain the Stone River
Sunday School Convention and the
Stone River Association in their next
annual session, which opens here
Tuesday, August It'll. Great prepare.
ions are being made to amply enter
tain the delegates. The meeting win
be held in the First Baptist Church,
pastored by Or. A. c. kennon. The
President Of the Sunday School Con
vention, Rev j. G. Fields, d. d.. OIL
Nashville, Tenn, and secretary, Rev.
G. b. Taylor, d. d., have been in COM
munication with the committee on ar
engagements in this city and assured
them they would bring up an UNI
usually large delegations while the
moderator Of the Association, Rev.
Tom Allen Brown, of Walter Hill,
Tenn, who is so very we'll known in
this city, has been over on several
occasions personally, seeing to it
that no stone was left mturned to
make the arrangements complete.
This historic city, which was onre
the capital OF the proud Volunteer
State, is thoroughly prepared 10
throw wide its doors and every home
in the city will entertain some visi-
tor It is understood that a special
train will leave Nashville at $50
o'clock Tuesday morning over the n
c, 4 st. l., Railway for this place and
that the Nashville delegates with
those from the western part of the
state, will be on this special
The first two days Of the meeting
will be devoted entirely to the Sun
day School and b. Y. p. u. forces be
cause already arrangements have
| been made to add the b. Y. p. L
forces TO those of the Sunday school
In addition to this, the Stone River
WOmen's Auxiliary will be in session
AS the president of the work amone
the women i'll the state resides in this
city, they are expecting big things
! The meeting will be in session all tn,
week and Sunday school mass meet
ing will be held Tuesday night. The
women will hold mass meeting dur
ing the week and great rally vii
be pulled off on Sunday afternoon
August 18th.
Special rates from such points a
Chattanooga, Tullahoma, Nashvill
and other places will be on to brin
many people to the city on Sunda,
The program provides for a busy Sc
sion and since Murfreesboro is tn
gateway to so many interior point
not accessible to railroads, there vii
he number Of overland parties.
is understood that the people from
Eagleville and that section Of tn
) state will come across the countr!
because the Stone River AssociatiJ
, has been a drawing card in this par
, for a number of years, it being tn
largest association in the state o
Tennessee, taking nearly fort
churches out of Nashville alone an
comprising the churches almost viii
out single exception from NaShVill
to this city. A great many people O
the city have been regular attendant
at this Association and are plannin
to give it the same amount of after
ion this year as heretofore. Upper
most in the minds of most of the Bal
lists in these Parts is the eXcellcn
move already made in securing tn
Theological Seminary and Trainin
School at Nashville, which will be on
Of the objects for which the Baptist
will rally financially when they NEE
. here on the 18th.