Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-21

mony sublime and every heart pres
ent caught fire with the spirit of jubi-
leeFrom the moment President Gal.
vim by the first fall Of his gavel sig
nailed the opening of the greatest con-
vention ever held among colored Bap-
lists in the state sof Va, until the final
benediction, every heart be4at with
dfvinest gratitude and every voice
rang with the music Of Joy. Never
before have the white friends shown
such kindly spirit, such open heart
edness and such readiness to- help.
The City Auditorium was opened to us
free for any or every night during the
entire session. Chairs to seat the
tents were supplied by the various
white churches of the city and the
Mayor, Honorable Register Jester,
Judge Christian and Mr.. Ryland not
onl ~ made great speeches such as are
not commonly made by white gentle.
men to colored bodies but offered their
services and any aid the city of
,Lynchburg could render to make our
stay comfortable and our convention
q success The newspapers gave un-
stinted space to the publication of
the doings Of the sconvention, much
OF which was front page space.
There Is no doubt about 1t, the dig
nifty of the session throughout was
such as would do honor to kings and
princes. One Of the Daily llewspa-
per men In commenting remarked, T
nave never met q more Intelligent set
or delegates nor sat in a convention
OF higher dignity than Is this one.
1here was no pickering, no strife but
working, exulting over work already
dome and pressing and thanking God
Ihere were sixty-five addresses
Twelve sermons, nine lectures, two
original poems and all we'll seasoned
Wloh good music, and ably delivered
Il was school Of education and In
splratlon calculated to break down
the pre1udices Of the most prejudiced,
soften the shell Of the tightest hide.
pounds and prepare every one for
Snlgher8 service. Ash sit at my desl,
IL ! can hear the voices OF the emighty
null it1d o. as they It'll ronged about
g .lNs 500 &c camp a sh outing, Jubileei
Jubilee! Jubflee!! Yes see them as
they spread the drapery Of golden
glory ABOUT the deeds done, and the
miracles wrought by our fathers in
the name of our God; some OF whom
had lallen IN the fray and others
pressed to see the travail of their souls
"hiie yet IN the flesh, help the sons
recount the dee1s golden and mir
ACRES dlVlne and lead the chorus OF n
Thousand and more voices singing tho
songs Of Jubilee.
Or. Wesley r. Graham never re-
celVed more laudations. from the loyal
songs who delight to do him honor. RI
was ne who set the jubilee pace, clos
ing the jubilee sermon by placing into
the hands OF President Woods three
hundred dollars In gold; at this point
shout went up from the camp.
Ihen Followed that matchless preach
er from P1ttsburg, DR.. J. G. Austin,
gatherlng about him that large and
splendid delegation, placed upon the
table three hundred dollars In gold
and three hundred and twenty-five I'M
paper. Here comes Danville; DR.. S.
a. Moses reports the highest amount
or money per member and took away
the banner and gold medal as the
prize; but wait, behold there comes
Fl1th ST., Richmond, Pastor r. r.. King
gathers abouthim aiarge and fine look
ing delegation and places on the table
seven hundred and twentylthree dol
lars IN cash; thus. taking away the
banner and gold medal given The
church and pastor bringing UP the
largest amount Of money In bulk.
Dr. Austin and Ebenezer received
special banner Off sthe largest
amount from outside Of the state
lotal amount Of money raised in cash
on the convention table was S13698..
81. $50
mere are some characters who fig.
ured so prominently in and contributed
SO largely to the success Of this man.
moth celebration we must make spe.
clal mention Of few Of them. Y da1 e
say every delegate and visitor was
Justly proud Of our able, cultured and
Ialthful President DR.. A. A. Calvin.
me poole of today while they greatly
ADMIRE and appreciate the ability Of
ph1s great character, have not fully
awakened to his supreme worth. The
major part of the credit for the high
CLASS dignity and commendable order
| OF this body, as well as the promp.
| way IN which they scarry out the pro.
| gram OF work, is due to the mastery
ABILITY OF President Calvin. He Is a
cool headed, self possessed, Prince
AMONG Presidents
me second character Is that other
| roman, that prince among educators,
| Prof. II. G. Woods M. A. I don't need
TO To- relate the story except for those
VINO are uniformed as to how he has
eeT t'llgsf this great school to the years
or IT'S glory, hen the sorld is freed
70 ADMIT IT'S glory, when the world is
forced : admit it's greatness. His re.
port on the work and that mastery
ADDRESS on education, Just swept the
audience from their feet and in Joy the
multitude cried, what hath God
wrought ?" President Wood is at
once an orator, logician, a teacher
and business manager He with his
STAFF of teachers entertained this con.
| yention In q way that highly pleased