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MIGHTY GA THERING OF SOUTHERN LA YMEN
Chattanooga Preparing For Three Thousand Active Christian Men February 4th-6th--Great Enthusiasm Over Outlook.
N to Chattanooga!
That is the slogan of Baptist lay
men all over the South just now,
as their minds are turned toward
the first Laymen’s Missionary Con
vention, which is to be held in the
East Tennessee Metropolis, Febru
4, 5 and 6.
Day after day registrations are
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pouring into the office of the secretary, and
there is every indication that the Convention is
going to eclipse the fondest hopes of the South
ern Baptists, when they first decided to hold
such a meeting.
Convention of Wide Scope.
Chattanooga had to compete for the Conven
tion. Other cities wanted it, and, naturally
'enough, on account of its great magnitude, and
what it promises to mean to the great denomi
nation whose laymen are to conduct it. With
■a constituency of 2,500,000 Baptized believers
to draw from, the Convention will be along
no narrow lines. It will be missionary, and,
as it will assume this aspect, its visions will
know no bounds, and the aspirations of its
delegates no limitations save the boundaries of
a broad, noble purpose, to bring the world
nearer to a complete knowledge of the Son of
God.
Epoch-making Occasion.
The Chattanooga Convention will be of an
'epoch-making nature. Great movements, con
ceived in the minds of leading Baptists, will
be launched ; the highest of Christian ideals
will be the marks toward which the delegates
will strive. In fact, the real purpose of the
gathering will be to discuss plans to best prose
cute the great commission of “Go ye into all
the world and preach the gospel to every crea
ture, baptizing them into the name of the Fath
er, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost,” and
to bring those who know not the gospel into a
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in a measure, for the success or failure she
makes.
Let your boy learn manual training, or a
trade, that he may be able to make a living for
himself. If he is professionally inclined, help
him all you can, not only for his sake, but so
you and father will not have to support him
when he should be caring for you, if necessary.
The intellectual and spiritual sides come
crowding upon the physical. They are so in
timately connected, that they develop almost si
multaneously. You can not afford to neglect
either.
Watch Your Child’s Reading.
This is the intellectual age. Your child is
handicapped in his struggles for a living, if you
have not properly educated him.
Encourage him in his studies, and direct his
outside reading.
If you are in doubt about what he should, and
should not read, consult his teacher, your pas
tor, or some authority on which you can rely.
The habit of reading good books will give your
child a desire for the better things of life.
Help him to get acquainted with the master
pieces of our great authors, both of prose and
poetry.
All this while be training him morally. And,
mothers, you must be what you want your
child to be.
How can you say, “Be truthful,” when you,
yourself, are untruthful; “Be honest,” and you
dishonest; “Be temperate,” and you intemper
ate; “Do not gamble,” and you a card player?
Usually, the child is influenced by the exam
ple of mother more than that of father, ITow
The Golden Age for January 30, 1913.
By WM. H. RICHARDSON.
knowledge of “One Lord, one faith and one
baptism.”
A Great Program,
To carry out the aims of the Convention,
those in charge of getting up the program
spared no pains in selecting the best available
material and urging upon those whom they in
vited to participate a sense of the responsibil
ity resting upon them to, by their presence and
talent, be present and let the best that is in
them be poured forth upon the altar of service.
Full programs have already been printed in
many secular and religious papers, and copies
have been sent throughout the boundaries of
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Presiding Officer Levering.
The chief presiding officer will be Joshua
Levering, of Baltimore, a Baptist layman of
wide reputation, whose work for the denom
ination has counted for much. The general
chairman of the executive committee is J.
Harry Tyler, of Baltimore, but, much to the
regret of all, he is extremely ill and can not be
present. The general secretary is Dr. J. T.
Henderson, of Bristol, Va., a man of untiring
zeal, who has been on the go ever since definite
plans were made for holding the Convention in
Chattanooga.
One who has done a great deal for the suc
cess of the Convention is the Rev. E. E. George,
of Chattanooga, secretary of the local executive
committee, who has been faithfully working
for weeks and weeks having his office in the
Central Y. M. C. A. building.
Outlook Is Bright.
Secretary Henderson who has been coming
to Chattanooga quite frequently, has taken up
his office at the Y. M. C. A. building. He has
visited the Conventions in nearly all the South
ern States, and reports that everywhere he
found enthusiasm at a high pitch.
The Baptists of Little Rock, Ark., observed
Has Inspiring Meeting
beautiful when both co-operate in training the
child.
But, if the father should prove recreant at
times, mother must be true to her trust.
Then, O, mothers, we must develop the spirit
ual nature. A man may be perfect physically,
and a gaint, intellectually; but, if his moral
and spiritual nature is dwarfed, he is a veritable
and dangerous monstrosity. And it would be
better for society if he had not been develop
ed at all better still, if he had not been born.
The gospel is the great developer. If you do
not realize what you, as women owe to the
Christ, just contrast your condition with that
of the women in heathen lands, where they are
treated as beasts of burden, stock or cattle, to
be bought or sold, or killed at the whim of hus
band. Wherever the gospel is accepted, woman
begins to rise to her natural place at man’s
side, as his help-meet.
It being recognized by heathen men that “no
nation can rise above its womanhood,” so we
see them reaching out for that which, alone, can
elevate woman —the gospel of Christ.
This gospel will do for our children what it is
doing for the heathen. It will develop them
into rounded, perfect men and women —a cred
it to their mothers, a blessing to humanity, an
honor to God.
Mothers, implant that gospel in their young
hearts.
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NUTT’S GENEROUS SUPERLATIVES.
Our genial and gifted Mississippi friend, J.
K Nutt, who used to be pastor of six or seven
churches at one time, in the vicinity of active
Ackerman and friendly French camp, and who
is " things” in his new Texas field, writes
one Sunday as “Chattanooga Convention Day.”
On that day the preachers told of the import
ance of the coming Convention, and the lay
men, many in number, expressed their inten
tion to come.
From All Sections.
The interest is confined to no one section of
the South. From far-off Texas, delegates are
coming by the trainload. From North and
South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, Ar-
Kansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Maryland, Illinois
and other States, in which there are Southern
Baptists, they will come by the hundreds.
Special trains will be run into Chattanooga, and
the railroads have announced extremely low
rates from all over the South.
There will be many special features and de
lightful events, too numerous to mention.
The truth is, there seems to be a more wide
spread interest in the Laymen’s Convention
than there has been even in the meetings of
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Chattanooga’s Advantages.
Chattanooga’s accessibility from all points,
its splendid hotel facilities, its unrivalled his
toric and scenic setting, and its hospitality, all
count for very much. Chattanooga is a city
of conventions, and its reputation as such ex
tends all over the continent. One of the big
gest gatherings of the year—a gathering that
all Southerners take pride in—the Confederate
Veterans’ Reunion, was secured for Chatta
nooga in 1913, and will be held the latter part
of May. To this thousands will come. Chat
tanooga has entertained many notable Conven
tions, of both statewide and nationwide import
ance in the past, and it will hold up its end as
to entertaining the Baptists. The Presbyte
rians can testify to this, because of the fine
meeting of their own laymen they held here
about a year ago.
“On to Chattanooga!”
a letter, part of which we must share with our
readers:
Dear Will :
I love The Golden Age. It comes each week
without fail, and each page is eagerly read. 1
say it deliberately, you are publishing the best
family paper in America.
I do not see you as often as I did before 1 left
Mississippi, but I love you just as well ,and
may be, a little more. I had a good letter the
other day from President Hardy, at Belton,
Tex., “Jack” Hardy, as we loved to call him in
Mississippi, is making things go at Baylor Fe
male College. He says he likes Texas better
all the time.
I rejoice in every success of The Golden Age,
and pray God’s blessings on it and you. I want
you to come to Texas, and come to see us.
Texas is the center of the earth, and the
greatest country on the globe. Gilmer is the
greatest town in Texas, and her people among
the greatest and best in all the world. They
let me stay here and preach every Sunday
morning and evening, and are always doing
something nice for us.
God bless you and your great paper.
Faithfully yours,
J. R. NUTT.
Gilmer, Texas.
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CHEERING WORDS FROM FLORIDA.
Editor The Golden Age:
I enclose my check for $1.50 for The Golden
Age. It always has something inspiring in it.
Write more editorials. When you get stirred
up, you scintillate.
Florida blossoms as a rose. Come down
and see me sometime, and I’ll let you speak to
the best Church in the State,
Devotedly, your old-time friend,
Kissimmee, Fla. A. J. HOLT.
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