Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05
PRESIDENTS ANNUAL. ADDRESS
Of The Mt. Olive Baptist B. Y. p U. Convention
Read June 1917 At Mt. Moriah Baptist Church,
Cairo Illinois.

Mrs. Vice President Officers and Members of Mt Olive
B. Y,P U. Convention Of Southern Illinois:
It affords me an abundance OF pleasure to stand
and address you with my Second Annual Address as
your Preident.
Notwithstanding the heavy cloud that Is hang
ing citizens of this the American country,
and the terrible disasters such earthquakes storms
and tornadoes, the mobbing and hanging OF dear
brothers in the southern states, co-aborers in
the Masters vineyard have been spared greet each
other again with pleasant smile and hearty
handshake, feeling that God in His al-vvise provi-
dence will take of He did the prophets in the
days of old The late Booker T. Washington the great
negro educator and Baptist leader said in one of his
great addresses, Let your bucket down where you
are" and say unto you, B. Y P U. workers. let
your buckets down where you and you will the
ingatherng of those precious souls that you think will
see the light as you now see.
Last year in the city of Carbondale, that great
city Of learning where of the state universities is
located, we met with the Rock Hill 3. YP. u and our
meeting not in vain but marked we'll an epoch in
the Mt. Olive B. Y. P u. Convention and to-day we
have convened with the Mt. Moriah B. Y. P u. in this
most beautiful edice, the largest and most commodi
building of coored churches in this the southern
end of illinois,. We glad to be in this striving little
city where meet and be met, and discuss the
important issues of the day. pertaining to the work of
the Master.
would that had the words of poet the oratory
of the worlds greatest orator. would stand without
fear and trembling and pour out to you my hearts
wishes, and oh, that my vocabulary of such that
my words would ring out, would break unto you such
as would be pleasing to your bas must say this
juncture that you are in grand and noble work.
Your ambitions should be: 1st. To help foster
the Baptist cause. End. To promulgate Baptist doc
trine and history 3rd To do active missionary work
and last but not least to raise up the fallen and care for
the dying.
AS Jesus Christ commanded his disciples before
leaving the world to "love another" say unto you
love we another for God is love-" AS Afro-Aneri-
cans let us look forward to bright and perfect
day. thinking that the day is to when Ethi-
opia shall stretch forth her hands unto God"
The Baptist banner must not trail in the dust We
must not suffer loss. We should not be discouraged
but we should go out the battle field as B. Y P u
workers with determined and resoute will and do all
that we can for the Baptist, Christ and His cause
Visits
My personal visits have been few Owing to the
high cost of living and the scarcity of money and the
severe hard winter that we have Just passed. | only
visited the Brookport and Metropolis B. Y P U. Both
were in prosperous conditions and they represented
with their local presidents. With the assistance of
Rev J. W. Davie and Mrs. L. B. Duke succeeded in or
ganlzlng in Metropolis Junior and Senior B. Y p u
spiritually and financially. They are doing a great
work and need congratulations
Recommendations
recommend that the Recording Secretary of this
B. Y P U. Convention be paid the sum of 81 so for
compiling the minutes.
| recommend that Article 5 in the Constitutions
be changed and that the following be the objects or
purpose of this convention: 1st. To secure the in
creased spirituality of the Baptist Young People of
America. End To give them greater stimulation in
christian service 3rd To edify them in the know!-
edge of the sculptures 4th To edfy them in Baptist
doctrine and history. 5th To enlist them in active
missionary work
further recommend that the 4th Sunday in July
be set aside as B Y P. U. Day. all the district
and that special arrangements be made program pre-
pared and the pastors every member to put aside
their work in the afternoon of the above mentioned
Sunday. | further recommend that we as B. YPU
workers bestr ourselves put new courage and run
the race with patience
With good will toward all and envy toward mono
I thank you
EDGAR s. 3. McCRARY.