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OiML BiwiSwaM wPHII —Jjft VOL. MOUNTAIN PEAKS OF SOUTHERN CONVENTION “PROGRESSIVES” AND OPTIMISM CONTROL SOUTHERN BAPTISTS—MIGHTY FORWARD MOVEMENT SOUNDED AT EV ERY STEP—CHATTANOOGA OFFERS GREAT AUDITORIUM AND ASSEMBLY GROUNDS ON BEAUTIFUL “SIGNAL MOUNTAIN”—WILLIAMSON THE PREACHER-GIANT OF ST. LOUIS. (Editorial Correspondence.) ST. Louis may be “the Rome ot Amer ica,” but this great “Romanized” me tropolis of the Middle West had an opportunity last week to learn that “Father Phelous’ ” declaration that “Protes tantism is dead,” lacked several thousand miles of being true. Southern Baptists, five thousand strong, gathered in St. Louis last week and these con secrated, fearless Christian men and women threaded the great city with their vital in fluence. With one hundred and seventy odd Protestant pulpits in the St. Louis district fill ed by flaming evangels of Christ and his regen erating power, and with a telegram of C hris tian love and salutation sent by the Southern Baptist Convention to the great national assem bly of Presbyterians in session in Atlanta, there was a “gentle reminder” to the onlooking world that “Protestantism is a lively corpse and that Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Disciples and what not are in glorious fellow ship on the foundation purpose to carry Christ our risen Redeemer and common Lord to a sinning, suffering world. Williamson’s Church an Inspiration. What a wealth of inspiration to meet in the great Third Baptist Temple in St. Louis 1 There two thousand people flock every Sunday to worship the God of their creation and the Christ of their redemption, while Wm. J. Wil liamson, the great consecrated giant of the St. Louis pulpit and known as “the best loved man in all the metropolis,” is preaching like another Spurgeon to the hearts and consciences of men. With Love as his slogan —love for God and love for men—and keyed and cabled to the saving virtues of the Book and the Blood, Williamson is reaching the unreached, winning men of the world, t baptizing Jews and Catholics, skeptics and foreigners and leading all to the high and holy fellowship which comes from personal acquaintance with his personal Redeemer. Dargan Again Honored. Dr. E. C. Dargan, who has made such a splendid reputation for ability and business as a presiding officer, was re-elected president with great enthusiasm, the four vice presidents being M. H. Wolfe, the great Texas cotton man UNIVERSITY SENIORS BANISH LIQUOR—TABERNACLE CALLS LINCOLN M CONNELL. ATLANTA, GA., MAY 22, 1913 By WILLIAM D. UPSHAW, Editor. and active layman; R. P. Tigert, the brilliant young Tennessee banker, who has done so much for his alma mater, Union University; A. G. Washburn, the veteran missionary to In dians and Oklahomans, and William Ellison, the lawyer-layman-leader, of Virginia. The convention sermon by “Tom” O’Kelly, as h's Georgia friends still love to call him, was a beautiful and stirring trumpet call to missionary consecration and showed what kind of preaching the saints at the First church, ■■ ■ jaH I Rev. Louis Warren. Raleigh, have all the time, for T. W. O’Kelly can do that well or better every Sunday. Since Ti:.e Golden Age does not deal with denominational details, we only touch such conventions in the high places, and because of space limitations not all of them. Vines Cries “Forward!” Asked for an expression concerning the things that impressed him most, Dr. W. M. Vines, of St. Joseph, who is being cordially welcomed back to his native Southland by the ? First Baptist church of Charlotte, wrote the following: “Dr. Dargan, by his charming personality, good humor, quickness, fair-mindedness and masterful knowledge of parliamentary law, makes an ideal president. He is nearer my ideal than any man who has occupied this exalted position in a long time. I am impress ed by the rising tide of progress and am con scious that the convention is moving forward along the path of real advancement, but I am impatient that our people do not go forward more rapidly. I cannot but feel that a closer relation between our boards and a better ad justment of our machinery would greatly ac celerate our speed. Dr. White’s motion for an advisory committee of seven is a symptom and an expression of a deep need. We are not marshaling our forces and we are too slow to sieze progressive methods. We should cease to boast of our orthodoxy and awake to the fact that our conservatism is a hindrance rather than a help. It retards the kingdom instead of advancing the cause of our Lord. The future is bright and I am confident that the ultimate outcome will be glorious for our convention and the kingdom of Christ.” Ridley Loved the Worship. Rev. Caleb A. Ridley, the brilliant and be loved pastor of the Central church, which is growing so rapidly toward the new “White hall Temple,” was most deeply impressed with the half hour of worship led by Dr. H. A. Porter. Ridley said: “To me the greatest moments of the con vention were the few half hours given to Dr. Porter in which his kindly heart and gentle spirit met our hearts in holiest w r edlock and made us all one in Jesus.” Fred Eden Calls for “Orthopraxy.” J. Fred Eden, Jr., of Winder, Ga., and one of the “livest wires” among all the young pastors of the South, gives the following orig inal, unique and breezy story of his conven tion impressions: “ Was it the breezy and aggressive spirit that we have come to think is dominant in that Western people, or was it something deeper, greater and more pervasive that may hap huH (mme down from above? Nice way IV EftSjft&ntinued on page 5.) ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS A YEAR FIVE CENTS A COPY