Baptist Union Rally: Several Thousand Persons Attend the Annual Meeting of the Young People's Organization

Citation: "Baptist Union Rally," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 19 November 1897, p. 12; image, Newspapers.com (clipping by mattjameswade, 5 July 2019).

Transcription

Opening and the passage naming Harry E. Wade; the rest (addresses, a consecration service and the roll of churches) is summarised.

BAPTIST UNION RALLY. Several Thousand Persons Attend the Annual Meeting of the Young People's Organization.
Never in the history of the Young People's Baptist Union of Brooklyn has such a largely attended and enthusiastic annual rally been held as that which took place at the Baptist Temple, Third avenue and Schermerhorn street, last night. Thirty-three churches and two missions in Brooklyn were represented, as well as Calvary Church in New York, of which the Rev. Dr. R. S. MacArthur is pastor. There were fully 2,100 young people present, the main floor and the galleries being crowded. […]
President Harry E. Wade presided. The exercises were opened with an organ voluntary by Professor E. M. Bowman of the Temple. […] a scriptural selection, and prayer was offered by Orrin R. Judd, second vice president of the union […]