The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-08-16
NATIONAL BAPTIST
PUBLISHING BOARD
Holds Dedicatory Services
Tuesday Morning.
IN HONOR OF FOURTEEN FORM
Err EMPLOYEES NOW DOING
SERVICE FOR U. S.-EXCEL-
LENT PROGRAM RENDERED

Impressive were the services at the
flag dedication Of the National Bap-
tist Publishing Board last Tuesday
morning, Fourteen stars with more
to be added were seen in their Serv-
ice Flag. The services proper began
lat $3.50, the regular chapel service
hour. Preparations for the presenta-
ltion had been under way for more
lthan week, and notwithstanding a
number of the old employees were on
vacation, the chapel was filled prompt
lily at the hour appointed. AS soon
as the employees assembled, the or
lganist broke forth the prelude of
l''Glory, Glory, Hallelujah," and the
host of employees joined in Henry
A. Boyd read the Scriptures and Rev.
DR. Clark, the chairman of the Board,
offered prayer The band then played
American and the congregation stand
ing sang. Prof. H. B. P. Johnson,
the national chorister, then read
Somewhere in France" a poem by
Salem Tut Whitney, describing the
Negroes loyalty, devotion, courage and
manhood. Miss A. Kittie. Davis then
rendered Keep lle Home Fires Burn
ing and Rev. Dr. r. H. Boyd, the
f founder and present secretary of the
, National Baptist Publishing Board,
, then delivered a patriotic address in
which he went over the twenty-five
years of the existence of the institu
ton, giving some historical facts that
nv pf thn
absolutely nothing Of DR.. Boyd sait
in part: "As l face you this morning
| scarcely see a single face that wa!
with us back yonder in the beginning
I The memory of those early days
Il however is very fresh in my minC
Y and while this day ought to be on,
Y OF the most glorious in our history
it makes me sad to think of the man,
VINO have passed away from the inst
tuition, a number into the Great BE
n yond, and now this morning | stan
here to present Service Flag, reI
resenting fourteen of the former en-
ployees that have been called t.
serve our country. In this servic
, we want not only the Board men
" bers and the employees of the Boarc
Is but the entire denomination and tn
Is race to which we belong to see tn
real spirit of patriotism, loyalty an
devotion that this institution has il
Jected into its very existence. w
he give un1inchingly the best we hav
II first, to the cause of Christ and lie,
to our country. The Negro's patr
III otism has never been questioned an
IL when the call came we advised a
On ways those who were called to e
N bravely on and to do their bit in wha
- ever position they may be placed [
I'll serve, honestly and faithfully, an
ng when the war is over, when World
OF Democracy has triumphed, come baC
+o to us, do not think of staying
W Fra ice, but come to us as our ear
ID est people, taking up where you le
m off. We would be ungrateful if "
n., did not here mention the fact tn,
at- every star in the flag that here DR.
cd sent this morning is unfurled and wi
no hang in the office, represents a trr
10 and TIED American citizen, and tn
10 10 morning l offer to you first as Ell
~ ployees, and to the Board as Boar
W members to the denomination tn
ho this institution represents, and to Il
race to which we belong a Servi
-. Flag which we hope will never
nd forgotten. While there are no go
nu stars, If gold stars must come, tn,
IN ~ will be placed there and we will gil
49, them unhesitatingly, even though
NJ may break our hearts with sorrow
1p ~ At the conclusion of his talk Ii
nv n'' magnificent flag was unfurled and &
49,, band struck up Star Spangled Bann
~, and the audience standing joined
10y and sang three stanzas, singing
iS' "a never before. Most of the Boa
eo w. members were present and Secreta
iJt ,u,. Boyd ordered that cut be made
IN IN the flag and it not only be placed
''n 81. the National Baptist Union-Revie
,t' ,ao but that it be run in the Sund
.iis ne school periodicals for one quart
~ ~, Some of the best and most com
w w'ne tent help of the NationalSk Bapt
eh- Publishing Board has beeny<gllled
one branch or another of the servi
wi While it has been a serious handle
" and delay in many instances, Sec
" tary Boyd states they are gradua
solving the problem and that thor
'ooi handicapped there was no great
osi Icy in the literature. The flag v
ry' placed in the Administration Build
suspended from the ceiling over
sliding doors, so it is seen both fl
IT n. the bookkeeping department, fl
the assistant secretary's office
from the hallway, BY the side
,rat. this Service Flag will be hung
of United States Flag. 1t was repoI
Of after the service that one of the 81
A would in all probability evolute
hito q commissioner officer, as one of ii
aoIo number was now in training
80 80 of the officers, a second lieuten
'''0- that left with the Publishing Ho
,,u forces, failed in his examination ]
nle WIS, sically. AS others leave more s.
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