The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-04-12

were snt tiokts. "a mans soul, !"
he said, "is worth more than the
price of a ticket.''
The next thing was the social lite.
One fellow was found who liked to
play a violin, and another a eornet,
and Others We're found who liked to
play musical instrumants and tor
l9 years they had had an orchestra
and today it was the best orchestra
in a city of 1O5 Baraca and Phllathea
classes. They took the daily newspa-
pers and the magazines, and provided
ice water and telephones and other
modern conveniences, and discussed
matters for the good Of the city,
some Of which had resulted IN the
suggestions being taken hold OF by
the city and carried to a successful
consummation. Then it was found
that a devotional life was necessary,
or the other two lives would die.
Young men cared for Bible study, but
Ithev wanted to be taught like men,
Ind not like infants. The gospels
ere takdn up systematically and
died, and studied in business
way. All kinds of men were IN
class. They were not looking at
position in life Of the men, but
Re looking for men. He gave an
Eance of a man who had been
tng a delivery wagon with
key bottle on the seat beside him.
has induced to come to the class
Join, and the Bible was substl-
& for the bottle, and often that
was seen driving with his lines
one hand and holding his open Bl-
BILE with the other. The speaker SAID
he cultivated a liking for baseball
in order to get in sympathy with
twenty memb4 RS Of his class who
went off to Sunday games instead OF
coming 10 the class. We have got
to get in sympathy with the good
things in peoples lives which they
value even if We don't like them,
he said. A ball nine was organized
in the class, and the left-hended pit
cher who had been doing the pitching
that had tolled off the members OF
the class on Sunday was induced to
attend the Bible class, and he JOINED
the class, The pitcher had soundly
threshed the nine Of the Bible class
the day before, and as soon as he
came into the class he was made pit
cher of the class, and the class won
every game that summer. And dur
inc the hot weather the Sunday
school class numbered always about
3 hundred. And the little boy and
little girl came because the big broth
er came, and the Sunday school was
built UP.
"You may make money, you may
be successful in whatever you un-
dertake. but you viii never get quite
the success out Of your life that you
will when a young man looks you
squarely in the eye and says, l will
dc anything ior you." He gave an
instance of this when the base ball
pitcher whom he had mentioned,
told him this, and he said he and the
pitcher knelt and prayed.
The speaker gave figures showing
the remarkable growth of the Baraea-
Fhilathea movement, saying that the
r,embers numbered a half million
TOW studying The Bible. God ha1
taken the movemant. God was at
the head. There was nothing to GO
but follow him.
The first State Baraca-Phllathea
convention ever held in the world was
in Newberry tonight. New York had
hoped to nave the first, but South
Carolina hal slaien a march on Ne"
York, and South Carolina had male
a. s,1ccess. "Gol las a plan, ne
aa55ii, "and It is Your business and
m.ne to fna out Tfat that plan IS. "
The Bafac~~P Philathea movement, he
said, was worldwide, and he cited
instances showing the interest IN the
work in foreign countries He BE-
heved each member could solve GOD s
plan. eff you are a member OF 4
class the class Will be just what You
are. If you are full of faith the
class Will be full of faith. And II
the world is won to Christ it will be
because of personal work. Do It will
ingly and gladly. The more you give
>,sy to God the more he gives back to
you.'' .,
rGe audience was dismissed with
the benediction by the Rev. EdW'
Fulenwider.