The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-10-25

next ten years there Is to be an
awakening in the religious affairs
of nations that will shake the world
as II has never before been shaken
and the unrest and violent passions
Of men point in that direction accord
ing 70 the omen Of other days when
the mist rose before the great sun
of Righteousness that disspelled its
darkness of the night and turned all
into a brilliant day, the noon tide
of Christianity. In this mighty awak-
ening, we would have our young col
lege men enter with culture of mind
and unfold what God has put in
them and make more and more of it
in the practical relation of the mighty
age that is about to dawn.
We find DR.. Wilson at the Univer-
sity OF Kansas City in later years
still pursuing his career. still sitting
at the fountain with burning thirst,
seeking those higher things that
raise the man above the beast, that
raise him the coarser affairs to the
the intellectual, and lifting him from
the material to the spiritual and
where he graduated at the head of
his class, the only black boy in the
class. He took his Doctor of Divin-
ity Degrees at the Ec.seen Norton
University, Cane Springs, Kentucky,
and was the Master of Ancient Liter
ature at the Canton, Mo. Besides
being the Assistant Secretary of Ma
tional Baptist Convention, he is the
MI Editor Of tho oh
Sunday School Publishing Board, and
as Fraternity man, he is the Ma
tional Grand Secretary of the U. B.
F. and S. NJ. T. of the world Such
is the remarkable man and minister
ter is the Rev. Wilson of the Mace
donia Baptist Church.
DR.. F. X. White, the master of cere-
monies at the Anniversary exercises
said that the members of the church
had just cause to be proud of such
a pastor with such a record, a build
er of churches and a leader of men.
Superintendent Shaw of the Sunday
school read the record of the first
years service rendered by DR.. Z. Ar
lington Wilson which showed that
more than 300 members had been ad-
ded to the church within year, and
that $13,666.42 in actual cash had
been raised and accounted for in
identifying the church and for other
purposes. DR.. c. c. Harper said in
speaking of DIR. Wilson, That this
great man is not too high to mingle !
with the less fortunate. and is able |
to associate with the most refined
and cultured" Many splendid talks |
h,- fHf-
the anniversary occasion.
At the close of the anniversary
exercises came the surprise to DIR. |
Wilson, when a fine hat of modern |
make was presented to the doctor
by DR.. F. X. White on behalf of
the Baptist Ministers Association,
followed by a gold headed umbrella
presented by his brother-in-law. 1t
was left for the Assistant Pastor,
Rev. w. NJ. McIlveen to present a
purse of more than sixty dollars to
DR.. Wilson on behalf of the differ
ent churches of the city as a token
of their appreciation for his first
years work in the city. Prof. N. W.
Harllee was down on the program
for an address, but was requested to
defer his address till the banquet
to be given DR.. Wilson on Monday
evening. We were reminded of the
lamb and the lion lying down to-
gether when we saw the good rela-
ton of the pastors existing among
the preachers and to heard all speak
words of commentator of worthy
brother pastor. We left better and
a wiser man. The record also show
ed that the membership of the great
Macedonia church is more than four
thousand, the largest membership
of any church in the state of the
race.