The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-18
.BARACCA BIBLE
CLASS BANQUET
ORGANIZATION FOR THE STUDY
OF SCRIPTURES SPENDS AN
EVENING OF SoCIA6iLlTY.

The Baracca Bible class of the VI /
L church gave banquet last even ng
at the parlors of the Broadway VI. T. .
church. that was an affair Of more
than unusual interest in the religious
and social circles of the city This
organization is nonscrtarian in It's
purpose. is open to men of every de.
nomination and to oll who are inter.
cstcd In the study OF the scriptures
regardless Of the fact that they are
church members or rot. II is engaged
In % work that unqucstiuuab.y " n be
productive of great good To old auc
young men. will create a tone of high
cr morality I'm the community and will
elevate the character OF manhood by
its inculcation OF the teach ng of the
scriptures, the book which is the fouu-
dation of the Christian faith, which
promulgates a code Of ethics under
which mankind has attained the de.
gree Of civilization now enjoyed.
The banquet was an elaborate affair.
prepared and served by the ladies' of
the NJ T. church, who aye en- Ted 10
the most complimentary praise for
the ana.r in all IT, details
/ Four courses were served ana / \.
Bass acted as toast master. perfcrmus
/ the duties of the position with excel
lent judgment and commct1a;lo
grace.
Addresses of ten minutes each. ac-
cor ng 10 the pre-arranged program
We're made. between the course Of the
banquet. The general theme beng
"The reason why we should study the
Bible"
The first speaker was Judge l. r.
Mason who spoke from the standpoint
OF a lawyer urging that every lawyer
should be convcrsant with the Bible
as It was the foundation Of all good
law.
G. L. Selvidge was the next speaker
who told of tho practical work of the
Bible class and urged that a gymna-
stun and reading room he established
by the organization, in connection with
the Y. NJ. C. A., until such time as
the YIN c. A., should have home
OF its own, which he said was quite
essential for the growth and pros
perity of that institution
, Judge ]. w. Harreld was the next
speaker. his subject being The Cos.
, pel's Effect on Latter Day Jurispru.
dence." The speaker took a strong
position against the prevalent evil of
divorce and deprecated the fact that
many lawyers were trying to get a
way from the teachings OF the Scrip
lures in this respect.
=, w. 4. Wimbish a business man ad
dressed the assembled guests on the
subject of drafting the teachings of the
every day business life He spoke
for honesty and fair. dealing in all OF
the temporal things OF life and made
some excellent points.
r. A. Howard explained the objects
OF the Baracca class, made 1t cleal
that all were eligible to membership
and gave a strong appeal for the in
crease OF such membership.
Prof. Evans spoke on the subject q
e Master Teachings by the Mastei
Il Teacher" Although the limit hat
@ been placed at ten minutes for the ad
:, dresses, the talk OF Prof. Evans was
] so intensely interesting that at the re
y quest OF all present the toastmastei
t extended his time to nearly double tn,
: time allotted, every minute of which
s was eagerly listened to by those pres
l. ent.
q Prof Fred Tucker spoke of Ia,
b, scriptures necessary TO the prope
Il teaching of school children demon
/ strating that much better contro
l. could be exercised over them whel
d imbued with the doctrines of Chris
II tianity. Prof. Tucker Is young ma
r, of great promise and his address wa
d well received.
g The president OF the class, Joh
d, Sullivan, made a strong appeal to tn
'e young men OF Ardmore to attend In
N class meetings and expanded upon IA
le excellent effects the study of Tn
,c scriptures would have on the life an
2 character of all who would devote {
i ii the necessary time.
10 Many men Of prominence in m
~ community were present and II wa
pronounced by all as an evening mos
profitably and enjoyable spent.
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