The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-09-07
THE MIGHTY NATIONAL BAPTIST
CONVENTION IN SESSION
ATLANTA, GAr IS CARING FOR THIS HOST
OF CHRISTIAN. WORKERS
MANY PROMINENT LEADERS PRESENT.

fIervor predominated at the opening
OF the 37th annual session of the Ma
tional Baptist Convention (Unin-
corporated), which was called to
order at ten o'clock this morning in
the Friendship Baptist Church, by
the Rev. Edw. P. Jones, D. D., of
Vicksburg, Miss, the president of
the Convention, who, in few re-
marks, called on Rev. ]. w. Wilder,
one OF the stalwart sons of Georgia.
Rev. r. ]. Moore, of Alabama and
Rev. T. c. Phillips, of South Caro-
INA, to conduct the devotion, the
theme being "The Gospel for the
s whole world. At eleven thirty
o'clock President Jones announced
the appointment of the committee on
credentials and finance, after which
the convention went into a brief re-
cess Tor the purpose of enrolment.
There are Baptists here from every
quarter of the globe and the person.
mel or the Convention at the morn
ing session showed varied complex
ION in representation. One little
',city In Illinois sent in nine delegates
while from far off California, Oregon
and the extreme west, the delegates
came with the same precision as
from nearby states. The banner
delegation, however, already looms
up from Georgia. the Peachtree state.
other states with large delegations
are tennessee Texas, Mississippi,
Oklahoma, Illinois, South Carolina,
\ Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, North
carolina, Kentucky and Ohio, stated
zone OF the leading men of the Con-
vention.
4 The convention re-assembled at
two thirty o'clock this afternoon.
DevOtions were led by Drs. Price, of
Kentucky, Dorroh of Florida and
I Caldwell of Mississippi. About the
only business considered in the after
noon was the report of the commit
tee on enrolment and credentials.
This took up the better part of the
afternoon. President Jones stated
Y he was determined not to have a
single session or the transaction of a
particle of business until the con-
I vention was properly organized.
N At seven thirty o'clock was music
I-by the national chorus. Devotions
j were led by Revs. Dunadant of
Missouri, Fields of Tennessee and
Woods of Oklahoma. After the de-
Ivotions, the president of the conven-
;tion with few brief remarks turn
ed the gavel over to Hon Benz JEFF
ferson Davis, who is regarded as the
4 most colossal layman of the Baptist
faith and persuasion in this state
and who had been designated by the
local committee as master of cere-
4 monies. Ben Davis, as he is well
known throughout the Union, de-
I livered a very touching eulogy on the
objects and purposes of the Conven-
tion. He touched the hearts OF
hundreds of hearers that filled the
magnificent Friendship Church tc
over flow, as the delegation was pres
ent from every state in the Union
Following his remarks the program
provided for the following: Wei
comes on behalf of the state by his
Excellency, the Governor of the
oeutO VI oCOi LID llOlOi lus
Mayor of the city Of Atlanta. On
behalf of the Baptist Churches, thc
Rev. P. A. Bedford, D. D.; on behali
of the Methodist Churches, DR.. R. T.
Singleton; on behalf of the Woman:
Convention, DR.. G. R. Dwelle; on be-
half of the Y. NJ c. A., Prof. j. B
e Watson, International Secretary; or
behalf of the fraternities, Col. Henry
Lincoln Johnson All of these ad
dresses were responded to by Rev. H
M. Williams, d. D., of Galveston
Texas, whose witicisms captivatet
the entire audience. The local com
mittee, styled as the citizens com
mittee on entertainment consists o.
the following: j. G. Ross, banker
w. S. Cannon, Secretary of the |. B
o., A. F. Herndon, H. H. Pace, Sec
retary Standard Life Insurance Co..
S. w. Walker, manager of the Pill
grim Insurance Company, w. S
Penn, physician, l.. B. Palmer, ply
sician, j. B. Watson, Internationa
Secretary Y. NJ c. A., Lewis Wright
physician, Moses Amos, pharmacist
3 T. HI. Slater, B. T. Howard, under
taker. These augmented by tn,
ministerial committee left no stone
unturned and tonight the fruits O.
their labors are being seen on every
hand
The program for the week provide!
for the following: