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2 THE GEORGIA BAP1 GOSPEL WORK AI At the Georgia Baptist a year ago, an appeal \v of Georgia, asking the B special evangelistic efforl gia, and we understand t by the' Convention. At the Convention this Northen, who for many man, declined a re-electi ately honored him with of his past services. Being then on the flo than in the chair, Gov. N fact that during the yea done among the negroes sions. Dr. Bennett expla resources of the Board h of expansion, and that the negroes would have portant work among th< Governor Northen is 1 he would rather see a r soundly converted, than nese or savages. For th< by God in the midst of u and peculiar responsibilii Dr. Bennett called att< negroes in this country ( as Baptists : "When the groes, and not until then, to look after the negroes. But in the discussion, viiai cx mijjc piupuriiun c as members, are sadly in< in education. It is also t colored people prefer pre own color, and do not al From all of which thi the special field of work ing theological schools may be trained in stands knowledge. The work v done at Tuscaloosa was + tlUll. YV ell may it be so me stitute had done no more ary Sheppard and make hi Belgian cruelty as well a gospel it may well be pi more; very much more, tain it efficiently in their do greatly more in the > We do not know wh Baptists now have for th the pulpit. They certai tunity for work in this 1 young men accessible foi dreds of thousands of c great many who would school, conducted by the ing there received, they among their own peoph THE PRESBYTERIAN 7IST CONVENTION AND WONG THE NEGROES. Convention at Valdosta, Ga., as received from the women oard of Missions to put forth t among the negroes of Georhat this appeal was approved 5 year (held at Dublin) Gov. years has been elected chairon. The members affectiona gold watch in appreciation or of the Convention, rather orthen called attention to the r little or no work has been by the Baptist Board of MisLined this by the fact that the lad been too limited to allow the opening of work among involved the cessation of imt whites. lappy in his proposition that nillion negroes in the South twice that number of Chiese negroes have been placed s, for them we have a special tyintion to the fact that of the >ne-third are already enrolled whites catch up with the necan we neglect our own work 99 the fact was also developed >f the nego preachers as well ronsistent in life and deficient iuc uicti iu a large extenr tn^ :achers and churches of their :tend services of the whites, s inference was drawn: that for the Baptists lies in openin which colored preachers irds of purity and in Biblica! yhich the Presbyterv.ns have mentioned with commendantioned. If the Stillman Inthan-to raise up our missionin in Africa a bulwark against is a powerful preacher of the raised. It has done this and And if our people will suscollections this month, it will rear to come. at institutions the Southern e training of colored men for inly have a splendid opporine. There are thousands of r this end. Among the hunolored Baptists, there are a gladly attend a theological : whites; and with the train would labor more effectively z and they would raise the f OF THE SOUTH. standard of gospel work is a great work before th A PROCESSION i On a recent Sabbath unusual interest was witi mond, Va. Four thousai making a procession wl in length, marched four a principal streets. It re Bible Classes of the city the sidewalks and their sive scene. At the end o in an auditorium where ernor Swanson in a str The governor had a gre; which he paid a splendi clear. He said our nati< intelligence, virtue, resou Bible. His estimate of t message to men. The whose chief executive bel which is contained in tl New Testaments, is the ( may glorify and enjoy hii The mere npc<;iiicr I w??? ?? W' company, in orderly pro an event of only minor i ered in its relation to otli sequence. The secular p impressive sight that ha in recent years. The me did body of citizens rep department of worthy cii community. This is sti of the Bible in moulding in society and as citizens badge of these men at t friends of the Bible, belie dents of its truths. This fellow citizens and throu "body of citizens repres< the Bible is the bulwark protected and cherished These men represents nominations of the city, source of the knowledge faith in him they thorou mally united. When me agree that its testimony all questions of faith and far from thf? lrina-Hr?m ti/-i To the promotion of sucl ute our good will and ot Is it not a sign of the 1 resentative business men form a federation upon loyalty to its teachings Here is not a single the* evolving primal concepts but a host of witnesses real life, accustomed to v upon their practical me voice that the Bible is t December 15, 1909. in all their churches. There em and us in this direction. OF BIBLE CLASSES. afternoon an occurrence of aessed on the streets of Richnd men, with Bibles in hand, 1 Li?1 ivu \./vi\-iiuvu scvcidl UIUCKS ibreast through several of the presented the Federation of . Thousands of people from homes witnessed the impresf their march they assembled they were greeted by Govong and impressive address, at theme, "The Bible", to d tribute?reverent, positive, Dnal greatness?our liberties, rcefulness?were built on the he Book was that it is God's commonwealth is blessed ;<<t1 tit i - f ? ivvts mai i IIC vYoru 01 VjOG le Scripture of the Old and >nly rule to direct us how we m." jgh the streets, of this goodly cession, may be regarded as mportance, yet when consider facts it is of no mean confess spoke of it as the most d been witnessed in the city :n were described as a splen>resenting the best of every tizenship and vocation in the *ong testimony to the value men for responsible positions of the State. The distinctive his time was that they were vers in its testimony and stutestimony was given to their igh them to the world. This anting the best" believe that : of all that is worthy to be in human affairs, d the several evangelical deYet upon that which is the of God and the basis of our ighly, and in this event, forn with open Bibles sincerely shall be the final appeal of practice, they can not be very r very far from one another, li unity we may well contribir earnest effort, times that four thousand repin a single community should the one basis of the Bible? and devotion to its truths? orist in his cloistered retreat from his inner consciousness, amidst the busv activities r?f veigh evidence and test truth ;rits, declaring as with one he Word of God, worthy of