The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-01
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS MASS MEETING CAPT. c. 0. HADLEY
METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH CRoWDED-HENRY ALLEN
BOYD, PRINCIPAL SPEAKER-REV. W. W. BROWN
PASTOR, ]. W. HUNTER, SUPERINTENDENT

Special from New York to the Globe:
The Baptist Sunday School work
ers of greater New York were held
spelbound Sunday Jan. 9th, by the
matchless address delivered by the
Rev. Henry Allen Boyd of Nashville,
Tenn, Secretary of the Sunday School
Congress and General Supt., of Sun
day School forces. They were gather
ed together in a giant mass meeting
at the Metropolitan Baptist Church
of which the Rev. w. w. Brown, d. D.,
is pastor and of which Mr.. j. w. Hun
ter is superintendent. The coming of
the general superintendent of Sunday
School forces has been heralded over
greater New York and an immense
crowd was present to greet him upon
his arrival. They listened to the
magnificent truths put forth by the
Rev. Mr.. Boyd and heard him talk
about FRONT LINE SUNDAY
SCHOOLS AND HOW TO BUILD
THEM. Going into other phases and
details of the Sunday School work he
reached climax after climax until the
entire audience was swept from its
feet by his magnificent bursts of ora.
tory. 1t must be admitted that Mr.
Boyd is an authority on Front
Line Sunday School building and his
appointment by the president of the
National Baptist Convention as general
superintendent of Sunday School forces
was a master-strOke.
He dwelt at length upon the build
ing of front lire Sunday Schools and
insisted that the times demand eff
cheney in every branch and line Of
Christian endeavor The Sunday
School forces of greater New York
turned out in great numbers to hear
the Rev. Mr.. Boyd and accorded him a
reception and ovation that would be
a credit to any National representa-
tive
On Monday night Jan. 2Sth, he
again appeared at the Metropolitan
Baptist Church in his famous lecture,
subject, go to it." 1t was thought
that his address Sunday could not be
surpassed, but on Monday night when
second crowded house it was at once
recognized that a master mind and
genius was handling this all-impor-
tant subject of Sunday school build.
ing and that the people Of New York
were being given first hand informa'
tion and data that they could not
| get elsewhere. Every church and Sun
day school in greater New York had
been. invited to participate and be
present at these great meetings. They
! turned out in great crowds to welcome
/ this young man who is making a
| desperate effort to concentrate the
| Baptist forces of these United States
upon the work of building up Sunday
schools and teaching young Negroes
, throughout the length and breadth
of these United States, the value OF
being regular Sunday school attend
ant and systematic study of the gos
pei of the Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. New York has been stirred
as never before and awakened to the
sense of the great responsibilities that
rest upon her in the Sunday school
movement. The coming of Mr.. Boyd
marks a new epoch in the history OF
the Sunday school workers in this
Metropolitan city.
Leaving New York, the Rev. Henry
Allen Boyd, filed engagements in
Philadelphia, Washington, Richmond
and Norfolk, delivering at each by
special request and appointments
lectures and addresses on the needs
and value of front line Sunday School
building. His famous slogan OF
TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE AND
MAKE WHAT YOU WANT" has been
+ heartily received and endorsed. He
believes implicitly in the wonderful
possibilities of the Negro as a race
to demonstrate their value and worth
! in religious endeavOr He also is visit
| ing a number of the camps together
With the Rev. e. w. Moore of Colum
/ bus. Ohio, who was recently appointed
| General Chaplain and placing therein
Jubilee Melodies which is a choice
selection Of old plantation songs sung
! by our fOrefathers down in the rice
! plantation and cotton fields in the
south, as we'll as establishing Metoka
/ and Galeda classes in this cantonments
! The work is meeting with un
unprecedented success. The men in the
camps as well as in the city are eager
and anxious to receive this informa
tion. The Rev. Mr.. Boyd, speaks en-
Enthusiastically of the treatment and dis
! cipline of men and reports that they