The northwestern bulletin., 1923-07-28
CONVENTION AT LOCAL
CHURCH is A SUCCESS

CONVENTION AT LOCAL
CHURCH is A SUCCESS
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the president, could not be found any
where among women's organizations.
The Sterling worth of the recording
secretary. Mrs. G.. Hazel, Chicago. H.,
can best be recognized perhaps by the
fact that upon the completion of &c
years of faithful efficient. consecrat.
ed service to the Women's convention
she was presented with a gold medal
twhile the president was also honor
ed with personal gift through the
splendid forethought of Mrs. w. A.
Brown, vice-president at large OF
Iowa.. Another outstanding figure is
Mrs. NJ. E. Coins, formerly of Macon,
Mo-, now of Kansas City, Mo-, cor
responding secretary and a sister of
Mrs. w. ID. Carter, formerly of st.
Paul, is greatly impressed with the
quiet dignity and latent ability of
Mrs. Coins, Mrs. E. T. Dean, Illinois;
Mrs. Mings, Chicago; Mrs. S. S. Nose
ley, wife of the president of the
Mems convention, and charming
singer, as is also Mrs. w. S. Brown,
in charge of the convention music: !:
Mrs. S. Bates, the efficient treasurer
from Iowa: Mrs. s. NJ. Lackey, Mrs.
Maxwell, st. Louis; Mrs. Penick, Chi
cago; Mrs. j. S. Patton, the art chair
man, all of these and still others.
also some of our local group, con-
vinced us that the dawning of new
day for the colored race is approach
ing in which the splendid women of
the Baptist denomination will play
no small part.
With the Men.
President S. S. Mosely stands as a
beacon light in the new Negro minis
try. Of high intellectual attainments,
splendid executive ability, pleasing of
manner and courteous in presiding.
he controlled at all times with dig
nifty becoming the speaker of the
house of representatives. The great
standing figure among the men was,
of course. the national president. DR..
l.. X. Williams of Chicago, Ill. 1t
was his initial bow to the Northwest,
but from the doorway of churches,
homes and cities as well as our entire
state CLEANS a welcome and a come
again that will ever ring in his ears
Clean of character, fair in dealing
with friend and foe of well balanced
judgment, wonderful conservatism
diffusing in his hearers confidence in
himself, he is leader in the Chris
tian as well as racial life of his peo-
pie.
We believe that under DR.. Williams
the Baptists of the United States are
destined to become a single unit. and
therefore the greatest force in the
world in the furtherance OF Gods
kingdom as well as in the Baptist
family. DR.. s. e. Bacote. ID. D., L. L.
B.. veteran pastor. educator. publicist
and civic leader of Kansas City, an
other of the outstanding figures. Like
a typical Southern gentleman OF high
class of the other race (reminding
one of President Jas. X Polk, he yet
had that human touch which so en-
dears men to men. Always on hand
with helpful advice, filling the chair
In troublous times, ruling with firm-
ness and dignity, he will be remem-
bered as one of the big factors in the
success of this convention. A firm
believer in efficiency next to Chris
tianity, DR.. Bacote evidenced his be-
lief by sending his young wife to the
Boston Conservatory OF Music, where
she could avail herself of the very
best that Institution could offer for
the cause of Christ.
Perhaps the most unique figure on
the convention floor, and perhaps the
most loved and respected, was Rev.
G. McNeal, for more than 80 years
pastor of Pleasant Green Baptist
church. Kansas City, Kan, the organ
izer of the Western Baptist conven-
tion in 1903 at Philadelphia. His
euiogy upon the people of st. Paul as
convention hosts, Pilgrim church and
Rev. L. w. Harris and the splendid
women's auxilaries under the leader.
ship of Mesdames Love. G. w. James,
Emma Hood, E. Golden, Jas. Wilson,
Sr., w. v. Howard, Martha Clayton,
Nora Covington and r. Moseby, was q
classic in itself. His function was
getting together the dollars which
keep the machinery of the convention
moving. as well as chief arbitrator in
times of differences of opinion. The
convention at st. Paul fortified itself
with his presence and as humorist
financier and treasurer of the Mems
organizations. Entering upon the
pastorate when only IL years of age
and continuing as pastor of his last