The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26
INSTRUCTIVE TALK
BY SCHOLARLY MAN
DIR. BAILEY. OF STATE UNIyER-
SITY. DELIVERED LECTURE
AT THE FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH SUNDAY.
Spoke on Religious Education" and
His Lecture Was Entertaining
and Instructive and Was
Thoroughly Enjoyed,

| DIR. Thomas P. Bailey, dean of the
department of education and profes-
sor of psychology and secondary edu-
cation in the University of Missis-
sippi at Oxford, delivered lecture
at the First Baptist church Sunday
night which was both interesting and
instructive and which brought pleas
ure and profit to his auditors. Ii
was. indeed. an unusually forceful
colloquy, and il is a matter of regret
that there was such a small number
of people present, but there were i'm
portant services at several of the
city churches Sunday night. and the
congregation which heard Dr. Bal
ley's address was made up almost en-
tirely of members of the First Bap-
tist church.
Religious Education was the
subject selected by DR.. Bailey, and
the theme was discussed from three
viewpoints, religion in the home. re-
ligion in the school, and religion in
the church. Touching upon religion
in the home, DR.. Bailey declared that
the members of the family circle
should exhibit more kindness and
more of the spirit of Christ in the
home, saying that all too frequently
harsh things were said by different
members of the family and allowed
to pass without an apology, leaving
their hearts filled with anger and
causing a spirit of unrest and discOn-
tentment to pervade the household.
He quoted the Biblical admonition.
Let not the sun go down upon thy
wrath, and urged his hearers to ex-
hibit greater consideration and ten
derness toward their daily associates
and companions, and especially to-
ward members of the home band.
In discussing religion in the schools
DR.. Bailey declared that the people
at large were prone to have too little
respect for the teachers and for the
authority constituted in them. He
declared that many parents seemed
to look upon school teachers as mere
hired men and women and did not
hesitate to discuss and criticise them
before their children. He declared
teaching to be an exceedingly noble
profession, and said that in their
work all teachers should have the
cooperation and support of the pa
irons of the school,
The last feature of his theme to
be treatedby DIR. Bailey was religion
in the church. He said that it was
a matter of regret that pIofessed
Christians, members of the church,
seemed to be growing more worldly
each day, and that many men con-
nected themselves with the church
simply because it improved their bus
mess and social standing, some of
them going so far as to frankly ac-
that they did not allow
to enter into their business
DR.. Bailey said that
he believed in practical religion, and /
the man who refused to allow relig- |
ion to enter into his business did not /
have the spirit of God in his heart. /
DR.. Bailey, who previous to his I
lecture at the First Baptist church +
had delivered an address at Mt. Yer
non school, spoke at the chapel of
he Industrial Institute and College I
1t $40 o'clock Monday morning and I
delivered a lecture at Franklin Acad- i
amy a half hour later. These talks
related to educational subjects, and 1
both were brief, as. DR.. Bailey was
'or Starkville, whittier he went in
he interests of the noble work that
le has undertaken.