The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-07-07

New York City-"Lord Jesus !
long to be perfectly whole, want
Thee forever to dwell in my soul;
Break down every idol, cast out every
foe, Now wash me and | shall be
whittier than snow" am not quoting
the words used BY the Rev. DIR. r. "A.
Adams of Baxter, Arkansas in his
farewell prayer at reception given
to the delegates who sailed for Sweden
June 80 to attend the Worlds Baptist
Alliance. The question came in my
mind why We want the Lord to do
such hard things. We ask Him to do
at times things which seem incredit-
able, but then we are told to ask and
we shall receive. Now here IS man
who would compare with any kind Of
soft coal, about to sail for Europe
about to get on ship where most OF
the people belong to the other race
and he has a longing to be whittier
than snow, instead Of asking the Lord
to srnoot him and he would be biacker
than coal.
1t is nice little jump from Shreve-
port TO Hot Springs. from Hot
Springs to St. Louis, from St. Louis
to Chicago, Chicago to New York, but
in this age of rapid progress that i
easy. | had desire to see the meH
off who are to represent the Baptists
in that big meeting over yonder, &
just borrowed me a little money
got my things together. got on the
iron horse carriage which toted me
through Cincinnati, on through Wash.
ington to New York.
got in town in time to go righ
on to the Walker Memorial Baptis'
church of which Rev. ]. d. Bushell j:
pastor, and found them delegates NJ
making speeches. They were saying
good bye and how we'll they were 60
ing to represent the Baptists over
yonder, and just said, Praise the
Lord" / think about 80 sailed at the
same time, and all of them were sec
ond class. / had a great desire to sec
some Of them 60 frst-class, but they
did not.
DR. Bushell presided, and among the
speakers | heard we're Mrs. w. s
Layten, who is president Of the wom-
ems convention of the Baptists, and
Mrs. Givens, of Louisville, KY, both
of these were accompanied by thei.
daughters, who will act as their pri-
vate secretaries; Rev. Q. Fl. Parrish,
of Louisville, KY, president of Sim
mons University. and the counting
man of the National Baptist conven-
ton, and he had his son as his private
secretary; Revs E. Arlington Wilson,
Of Dallas, Texas; T. S. Sandefur, oil
Camden, Ark; G. w. Bailey, Mar
shall, Texas; ]. H. Mays. Shreveport,
La; J. II. Henderson. Knoxville,
Tenn; c. S. Brown, Winton, N. c.;
II. H. Graham, Phoebus, Virginia
j. p Robinson, Little Rock; w. III.
Rozier, of Los Angeles. California
and some others whose names | did
not get. had mentioned Rev. Adams
before. He was the prayer Of the
crowd. was just thinking about DR..
Wilson, from way down in Texas, a
prominent preacher, and he was secre-
taryless because he was sonless. His
wife was there to see them off. For
they have great church, Macedonia
Baptist church, in Dallas. and upon
the recommendation Of the deacons,
the church Just voted her trip to
New York to see her little husband
sail, and you will believe me when /
tell you she was there and did not
shed a tear, but smiled and told
Brother good bye. They went
through the osculating GESTURES, what
ever that is, and I think they are in
'pired to ask the Lord for son a.
soon as this young man returns from
Europe.