The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-03


have missed. 1t was, however, prl-
the erstwhile college student was
eleven lengths of his foot (pretty good
jumpD but that of the erStWhile
drayman was a full thirteen feet by
the yardstick. Thus ancient surpaSs-
es modern history and the preacher
OVerleapS the editor!
Eats Breakfast The Day Before.
No man struck higher note than
President Poteat, of Furman Univer-
sity-a native Tar Heel who oft re-
turns to the land of tar for a Whit
of the pines. His room mate will not
soon forget the night prayer breathed
Upward into the ear of the Infinite
keep us in positions of usefulness
and help US to use well our oppor-
tunities." A magnificent physical
specimen is he, apparently firm and
sound in every fiber of his frame,
capable of the severest mental and
bodily strain, and yet for years a
breakfastless man! In other words,
he eats his breakfast the day before
without food Declining even a
morning glass from the springs) from
( D. m. today till / y. m. tomorrow!
Good physiological grounds for it, 40
doubt, in the case Oh even a we'll man;
but see the genial Doctor draw the
Bible on the brethren (Brother
Beam agreeing to let breakfast go
only under express command of
Scrlpture): Woe unto thee, O land
when thy princes eat in the
morning." (Ecclesiastes 1910.
There you have it! But the hungry
eXegetes disclaimed being princes and
then surveying the context they ex-
planned that unlike the mathematical
ancientS they wished to eat 'for
strength and not for drunkenness. -
Explaining away the Scripture, -
smilingly retorted the Doctor; "go
your Way!"
The Wake Forest Quartet.
Professors Labe, Eatman, Poteat
and Brewer-have you ever heard
them sing? Well there is q treat in
store for you some day. They were at
the Midsummer Meeting and every
body went over to the Tabernacle
hoping for at least two quartets at
each service. Sometimes a flight of
oratory would be married by the flight
OF some hat, Wearied auditor from
the crowd; but when these four
spread the wings of song every one
waited, watched, wondered, and often
Wept. No theatrical clap-trap, throat
straining, or vocal gymnastics-the
strong, simple Baptist folk wouIdn I
care for that any more than for the
croak of a Pasquotank bull-frog: but
sweet gospel songs poured forth in
strains harmonious-these delighted
the ear and moistened the eye and
melted the heart. The wood-robins
in the oaks about us seemed to catch
new inspiration and the imperial
mocker was stirred to heavenlier
notes. Nothing at Lake Chautauqua
to equal it, said Bob Moore. And
while it was inspiring to hear the
vast throng roll heavenward a billow
or familiar praise, it was an especial
tenediction to hear these strong
Christian teachers in the role of stars
in sacred song.
Peep at tle Program
Just peep-and what a feast OF
good things! The chief place was
Worthily held by DR.. A. T. Robertson.
native of Iredell county, graduate of
Wake Forest, now an honored profess
sor in the Southern Baptist Theologi-
cal Seminary Each morning at 10
o'clock he gave clear. masterful adj
dress on THE Work of Jesus" a dis
tinguished teacher OF truth is he, of
great attachments already and with
his face toward yet loftier heights.
DR.. Poteats addresses on 1.-The
Preacher that the World Needs" and
on Religion and the Child"-who
could forget them? And who on a
hot June afternoon could hold a crwd
like Prof. Poteat in his charming and
instructive lecture on '"The Thirty ST.
lent years of Jesus?" on that great
Sunday School Day how beautifully
DR.. Barron sketched the old-time Sun
day School and stressed the supreme
aim of that today; how strongly Sec
rotary Johnson presented the Baptist
Sunday School work in the State: how
we'll Mr.. Mitchell discussed THE Re-
ligious Education of the Child"
Thanks to Oxford and Wilmington for
importing Drs. Dunaway and Hale; we
heard their sermons and liked their
caIiber. Cowan on Experience, Ford
on AmuSementS, Tyree on REVEALS,
Fry on Fasting, Hall on the Preacher
and Moral Issues-Well, we'll, the
brethren We're at their best and it was
good to be there.
The Inwardness of the Meeting.
The social side was delightful this
fraternal intermingling as it cannot
be in a busy, Woodworking Conven-
ton. The rest is superb; busy hands
and feet and brains and pens are all
relieved of their accustomed tasks.
The water is cool, unfailing, recupera-
tive: and here the emaciated may re-
new their vigor All these things and
more there are to enjoy. But they
are superficials: there is something
deeper yet and far more valuable and
significant Earnestly DR.. Tyree en-
phasized it Sunday evening; it is the
culture of the spiritual life. Bibles
and hymn books could not be too plen-
tiful The voice of song and prayer
were by no means infrequent and UNI
familiar. Copious notes were taken
of many sermons, lectures and adj
dresses; and these will in days to come
be transmitted into personal develop
ment and fruitful ministries. Spirit
ual work, incentive, enthusiasm, first
and foremost of all; no room for tech
MEAL splitting, brain-bursting
theories-no room for old DR.. Dry-as-
Dust with his musty theology or new
DR.. Up-to-Date with q whole incuba-
tor of unmatched guesses-none for
Colonel Axe Grinder who expects to
get more out than he puts in. or for
Parson Son-of- Thunder, who poses as
social or civic reformer without ever
reforming. No; just sweet. quiet,
spiritual meeting; that is all 1T is, ana
that is all it was meant to be. Surely
we could aim at nothing higher; sure
ly we could ask for nothing more.
9TH We Meet Again"
Swiftly spend the hours and soon