The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-06-22

More than five thousand Sunday
school workers formed mammoth
street parade that traversed the prin-
cipal streets of Nashville last Sun
day when the Sunday School Congress
forces pulled off perhaps the biggest
demonstration in the history of the
movement. This was followed by
mammoth mass meeting at the Ryman
Auditorium where over seven thousand
interested spectators listened to an
eloquent address of VIM. Henry Harri-
son, an attorney at law of Oklahoma
CITY, Okla These two features were
the elimination of five days of Sun
day school work in summer school
OF methods known as the Sunday
School Congress, which is one Of the
largest missionary movements in the
United States. From Wednesday MORN
ing at eyelen thirty o'clock until Sun
day night Nashville was alive with
hundreds of workers in the Sunday
school department of the Baptist de-
nomination that had gathered here
from thirty states including the repre-
sentation from Canada. Notwithstand-
ing they had met in the city on two
previous occasions since which time
they had visited many other cities, this
being the twelfth annual session, it
was admitted on all sides that the
sessions just closed were the most
profitable ever held The citizens of
Nashville with the local committee
covered itself with glory by the hos
pitable manner in which they enter
tanned the workers and visitors. The
best homes of Nashville were thrown
open for the entertainment of these
distinguished workers. They began
TO arrive in the city as early as.
tuesday. The opening night was
brilliant affair. The music furnished
by the mammoth chorus, the eloquent
welcome address of Mrs. White, the
scholarly sermon by Rev. A. c. Will
liams all presented to theaudience that
taxed the capacity of the spacious
auditorium of the Mt. Olive Baptist
Church, set very high mark for Sun
day School endeavor. According to
program every department was carried
out as laid down. The conductors for
these various departments gave the
Sunday school enthusiasts an oppor-
tunity to know more and do more in
his or her particular line of work,
while the general sessions really held
forth beginning with Bible conference
at eight o'clock, moved up to the
Teacher Training hour at nine thirty
O'Clock, after which the general ses-
sion proper began atten-thirty o'clock
At this general session papers on the
different phases of Sunday school work
were presented to hungry workers who
deyoured every sentence and every
paragraph of the papers read. Through
out the meeting the chairman who has
served in that capacity since the move
ment was launched presided. Every
night there was hew feature. I'm.
mediately following the opening night,
which was Wednesday, came the Me-
toka and Galeda night. Over five hun
dred these organized class repre-
sentatives which helped to make UP
I, the Congress participated in the de-
monstration Then there came the
Boy Cadet night. The little street
urchin inspired by the patriotic and re-
ligious music fell into the ranks
under his captain of the several COM
panies represented. General Craw-
ford had charge Of the boys. There
was not dull moment. In platoon
formation they operated, they execut-
ed difficult commands, they marched in
soldierly like manner. Saturday was
another day that brought Joy to the
hearts OF the boys, as they were taken
to Greenwood Park, where on a per-
feet drill ground with the unsurpassed
boy cadet band they really showed what
they could do with so few weeks of
training The Congress representa-
tives took advantage of the occasion
to lend encouragement by their pres
ence. The afternoon was spent there.
On Saturday night the B. Y. P. US
from over the country had charge.
Rev.s. Prince and Boyd, of Texas,
Drane, of Chicago, Sharp of Nashville,
Marshall of Florida, with representa-
tives from Kentucky, pulled off B.
Y. P. U. program which was creditable
On Sunday morning the Congress rep
resentatives showed their metal. A
lying squadron began at an early
hour and visited twenty four of the
forty odd local schools participating
in the meeting. This squadron made
speeches in these twenty-four schools
and extended personal invitation for
them to Join the parade and demon
stration, which mediation was accept
ed. At nine thirty the various schools
Of Nashville were in charge of Sunday
School Congress conductors who real
ly pulled off model Sunday school.
At eleven o'clock eloquent sermons
were heard from ninety FIVE pulpits.
The simple story of the lowly Nazarene
the suffering on Calvary and the
agonizing trip up Golgoth's hill were
the principal themes. At two thirty