The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-06-21

Ino Inlrteentn annual GeSSlOll vi
the Sunday School Congress, which
convened at Alexandria, La was one
Of the most successful and largely
attended sess ons ever held. The
meeting opened in blaze OF glory,
The auditorium Of the Shiloh Baptist
Church of which the Rev. Wms Grim
Lie is pastor, was packed to its ut
termost capacity. TINS building was
entirely inadequate to accommodate
the immense crowds that attended
all of the sessions. Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock Chairman Clark call
ed the thirteenth annual session to
order. The many trains coming M
to Alexandria brought into the city
all through the week an Immense
throng of delegates from all over. the
United tSates. DR.. Il. II. Boyd gave
an interesting talA from the subject
over the Top" From this subject
he started the enthusiasm that mark
ed every session of this very interest
ing meeting. At the close OF the
morning session the delegates were
assigned to their stopping places.
inc AGs gnment Comm4ttee was kept
busy throughout the week finding
homes for the many thousands OF
delegates who came to give and take
in the many interesting suggestions
for the betterment of the many Sun
day schools to the many Baptist
Churches throughout the United
States.
Wednesday, night the Local Com
mittee took charge of the house and
proceeded to deliver the most hearty
welcome to all who had availed them
selves of thig great opportum ty OF
learning how to make better Sunday
schools. Most cordial welcomes were
delivered in a most happy vein and
| hearty response was delivered on be
half of the many delegates present
and the vast concourse of people war
dismissed to return on the next morn
ing when the actual Congress work
would begin.
On ThuIGday morning, the Bill {
Conference, conducted by the Rev
Hicks, d. d., of Shreveport, was the
drawing card of the Congress. This
Conference opened at o'clock, a.
at this hour tn house was nearly fill
ed and the people were still coming
Dr. Hicks is ripe Bible scholar anC
all who sat at the feet of this Cana
| liel came away singing the praises
! OF this man of BIBLE lore, carrying
home with them new view of tht
many truths contained in this old, bu
ever new book.
The reguar morning session OF the
F, Congress was called to order b!
! Chairman Clark promptly at 10 O
clock. After few preliminary re
marks Chairman Clark called for thu
first subject on the program and sev
eral interesting papers on this sub
ject were read by some of the dele
gates present. After the reading
of the papers, Rev. w. S. Ellington
who lis anbiter Of the Congress, gave
a most interesting blackboard dJl
gram, from which he painted picture,
that will never be erased from tht
minds OF those who were present III,
morning session closed by the Inn
mense audience joining in an enthusi
astic song. Benediction was pro
nounced and some of the throng lei
while Others who were SO very enthus
iastic that they went out and partool
of a dainty lunch and returned i'm
mediately and waited patiently fol
the opening of the departmental meet
ing for the evening.
In the afternoon the many depart
mental meetings were opened. Tht
Missionary Conference was presided
over by Drs. H. M. WiI'ams, Of Gal
weston, Tex, and e. D. Hubbard, o
Chicago, Ill. This was live an(
Wide awake meet J and all who wan
ed to know more about the work o
the missionary had but to step inside
of the spacious auditorium of tn,
Shiloh Baptist Church. These de
partmental meetings. were we'll at
tended and an obpserver, who tried tt
get to all of these meetings for ;
short while states that at each plac,
he found the houses filled with en-
thustaStlc workers, who were cage
to give and take from the fountain o
knowledge.
The MetoKa and Galeda meeting
which was held in the A. M n
Church, was possibly the most large
ly and well attended of all of the de
partments. From three to four hun
dred being present at each session
DR.. r. M. Reddick, of Atlanta, Ga
and Mrs. l.. B. Fouse, were at thei
best and they gave out some informa
tion that will go long way towards
establishing these classes In schools
that are without them and puttins
more pep" into those that are al
ready established. The Galedas ar
outnumbering the Metokas and tn,