The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-09-06

Llttle ROCK, Ark, Sept. A. Never in
the history of Negro Baptist workers
was there more spiritual enthusiasm
injected into meeting than was
shown at the opening of the thirty
eighth annual convention in session
here today. A beautiful sitting and
a patriotic demonstration was the re-
suit of the opening services. The Star
Spangled Banner, sung by chorus of
more than two thousand five hundred
messengers and representatives from
the Baptist Churches throughout the
United States. A chorus of two hun
dred voices lead the singing. American
flags were waving and the vast audi
ence sang until it seemed as though
the roof of the house was being lifted.
This was followed by America, after
which the chairman of the local COM
mittee in an eloquent address told of
Little Rocks aim and purpose in its
effort to entertain the largest gather
ing Of denominational workers in the
United States and then surrendered
the gavel to Edward P. Jones, D. D.,
of Vicksburg, Miss, who declared
that the thirty-eight annual session
had come to order. The meeting at
once went into temporary organiza-
tion and the committees on enrolment
and finance which were named at the
executive committee meeting at Alex
andria, La, were announced and at
once retired. These workers are to
be in the city five days and the grave
matters coming before them will be
education, which takes in their Theo-
logical and Training School, which
has been purchased at Nashville, said
to be worth over fifty thousand dol
lars. 1t is the purpose to raise at
least ten thousand dollars in this ses-
sion, so that the school property will
be opened in October Foreign Mis-
sions, Home Missions and State Mis-
sions will be the other themes up for
consideration. Each of the boards CO.
operating with the convention is to
make its report at this session. The
president made his annual address to-
day. In it he covered everything fac
ing his people at this peculiar crisis
1t was mastery effort and was deliv
cred in clear tone. Dr. Jones said
in part;
''Grace be to you and peace from
God our Father, and from the Lord
Jesus Christ, blessed by thy God ant
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who
has blessed us with all spiritual bless
ings, in heavenly places in Christ
According as he has chosen us in hin
before the foundation of the worl(
that we should be holy and withou
blame before him in love-" Ephesian
1:2-4.
Twelve months ago after mucl
consideration, and after we had Ell
joyed the princely entertainment az
corded us by the people of Atlanta, le
on by DR.. e. R. Carter, you adlourne
to meet here in this, the "City o
Roses" where violets, daisies, chry
santhemums and 'forget-me-nOts" d
do not die, but live on, gatherin
strength from the waters of yonde
rolling Arkansas. This is city idea
in its surroundings, with fertile va
leys, and smiling hilltops and an o,
casional breath of mountain al
staging and OVERRIDING it founders
all that makes a busy thriving con
munity. Great is Little Rock.
Drs. j. p Robinson, ]. S. Ladel
F. H. Cook, d. B. Gaines, r. B. Pc
ter and many others live and add b
their work, not only to the spiritu;
uplift of the city, but send everywhel
throughout the state and nation a
influence condemnatory of wrong an
wickedness. They are voices in IL
wilderness crying aloud, prepare yo
the way of the Lord make his patl
straight" You have come from ever
part Of this country to make sure Il
everlasting truths, which 1000 yea
ago shook the plains of Judea al
mountains of Galilee, lulled the ma
dened storm into zephyr, and mat
ten THOUSAND furious devils seek Il
Shiny bottom of the deep as their ha
itat, thus emphasizing that man MAJ
in Gods image is only following Il
divine or walking in the Kings hig
way when in the consciousness
right he burrows the heart and plan
therein not thorns of hate, but DR.
ciples of love- Man falters, fails a
ucSpdlIS Wutu oclllSuu6SS COnJu1
the laughter and happiness of /
soul, and fashions him into the S,
vice of privileged few to the ne
lect Of the less fortunate. The re
man, the true man, sees no distin
tion, but goes forth to the uplift, t
reclaim, and in the pathway of {
respondent and hopeless bright
beams ray of mercy, that minim
es in difference and magni
brotherhood. Since. last we met,
times, as your servant, have n
the sunshine and the rain, the hol
full and the hopeless, the braggart a
themodest, the visionist andthe bin
the truthful and the false, the shall
and the Deep the honest and the d
honest, the "know all' and
know nothing At times ] follow
the old Spanish trail, as it wide
from the foot hills OF. Alabama a
grows grey with the frost of centuri