The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-06-23
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Handsome New Building Opened
First Sermon Preached by DR..
w. T. Hundley.

"heh lic al9lcS lliQ Dcen llllcu WlCfl
chairs, the Rev. w. r. Hundley, Of
Batcsburg, Sunday morning preached
| the first sermon in the handsome new
church cdilicc rcrcntly completed by
the congregation Of the First Baptist
church at cost of $15,000 The
church building is Of brick, and of
the Greek style of architecture, and
is one Of the handsomcst in this sec
ton Of South Carolina.
The pastor, the Rev. George a.
Wright, in few well chosen words
! addressed the congregation before the
sermon. Mr.. Wright said that he was
glad to be here on this occasion. Hc
said that he rc.joiccd that during all
the years since his ministry began in
Ncwbcrry he had been privileged to
associate with these people, and no
heart was on this occasion rcjoiccd
more than his. lTc was glad he was
their pastor and. he was clad to be
with them on this glad day. "T know
how You feel, for T know how fccl,n
he SAID. And not only because he
was privileged to come into the new
church was he glad, he said but he
WAS glad because he had with him
one man To whom he owed as much,
II not more than to any other one
man. Mr.. llundlry. he said, was for
eleven years his pastor, and it WAS in
MIR. llulnilry church that he WI,
ordained dracon. and it was Mr..
llundl"N VIII" had ordained him to the
ministry Wednesday night before he
"an'r T." N"wbcrrv to preach his first
sermon on February s. 1891.
MIR. Ilundlcy said that ne did not
Feel stranger in Nrwbcrry. and vet
IN the sea OF upturncd faces before
INN ne saw but few coun,cnancrS that
he recognized. lie spoke of the chang
cS since he last Stond-nnt in this Dul
pll--but III the pulpit Of the old
church.
He spoke of his pleasure in bcin"
| present on the occasion Of ihe first
services in the magnificent new tenn
pie IF H"lship. lie did not 'r;nk in
all church architecture that any stvlo
compared with the old Grccl--the
''rrck teri. :. The -. ".rn was Inc
| acme in architecture, in his iudr-
mrni. nc >,:ld
lie paid Il tribute to the pastor
Mr. Wright. He had laid his hands
on MIR. Wright and set him apart to
the ministry he said. H. had recon-
,"'L .r;l :" ln the N.:v'io :;,,.A,p
""';'.'. a> supply for 20 summer.
and he MAS responsible for his being
here. llr WAS delighted that Mr..
Wright HAD II ;,',. tie y, nm,-r f
his early youth. And. best Of all, he
waS rri"iccL t. know Of the place
wE'r' he "cr"r.rh in the hearts OF the
people OF Nrwbrrry.
Nh. iiGntllr\ chose as !ic :..xt the
sixth verse of the Goth Psalm,
Strength and beauty are in His
sanctuary. and Matt. 2l:13: "Mv
h"usc shall he called the house of
prayer. Mr.. llun,llcv divided his
Srr'n"n int" tw" parts. delivering only
the first part at the morning service,
and rcSrrrln" the second part for the
evening services. At the morning ser
vice h" devoted his attention to the
thought contained in his tcx5 from
Matthew: "My house shall be called
lhr h"uSc Of prayer.
| Man, ne said, WAS differentiated
from the lower animals. not SO much
by rraSon-thc power to thnk-as by
moral percept. the power to distin.
Gnsh between right and wrong This
moral perception found its climax in
the recognition Of deity. In every
human breast there was an intuition
of deity. he said. He traced the cvo
luton of the worshipful idea in man
Man in his primitive state had as thu
first element in his Worship Of deity
fear. There was another element i,
the Worship Of the Jcw-thcre was
fear. but there was an element of re.
rrrrnrr attached to that fear. II
Christianity the climax of the wo,>
S!iurIul Idea WAS rcachCd-thrrc was
fear and reverence. but there was tha,
higher and moro runohling idea in the
worship of the Christian-thc element
Of love. Christ unfoldcd God not on
~ rs Il God to be feared and to b,
revcrcnccd but also as Il God Of love
Worship must have some way il
which to express itself. he said Tn,
first way in which Worship cxprcsscc