The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-26
The HOME HERE
FIRST in NATION
OF PHILAThEAS
NATIONAL FIELD SECRETARY.
MISS EcKERT GREETED BY
LARGE AUDIENCE.
ADDRESS WAS OF DEEP INTEREST
Local Glasses Received Encourage
ment From Leader on Objects
OF Great Work.
ADDRESS WAS OF DEEP INTEREST

A large audience, made up of repre-
sentatives from different denomina-
tons and from the public generally,
gathered at the First Baptist church
last evening to listen to the lecture by
Mis- Daisy Eckert, national field Sec
retary of the Worldwide Philathea
Work. The musical program, espe-
cially prepared for the occasion, con-
sisted Of song BY the eheir, a solo
by Mrs. B. d. Moore and quartette
by Misses Annie Lou Thompson, Lu-
cille Sweat, Messrs. Everette Tucker
and Wiley jackson.
After the song service, Mrs. Dan
Gilman, president of the City Union OF
Philathea Glasses, with few we'll
chosen words, introduced the speaker
of the evening, Miss Eckert.
First Philathea Home.
Miss Eckert, after bringing greet
ings from the Worldwide Union to
the Philatheas here, said that she
wanted first to give the people here
Philathea secret-a something which
is to come to Hattiesburg. She told
of the plans to establish in the near
future a Philathea home here for the
girls who work and said this would be
the first Philathea home in the United
States. Miss Eckert sought to show
the people that the more they put into
this work the more good they will get
from it.
Organized Bible Study.
The speaker then took ''The Great
Future of Organized Bible Study" as
the subject for her talk. She ex-
planned that the Baraca and Philathea
classes are merely organized classes
for Bible study, with view to learn
ing to serve the Master by knowing
Him and His teachings; the future OF
this work depending upon the relation
of the past to the present and the
present to the future.
Miss Eckert said that there were
Philatheas before the time of Ch<tstl
1 but it took His coming to bring them
a out and to give womanhood an ideal
! The great need of Christianity at pres
+ ent calls for efficiency in Christian
4 workers. The Philathea system is
. organized, having a business side,
e social and most important of all,
/, devotional side.
=, Business And Social Sides.
d Speaking of the business side of the
# plan, Miss Eckert dwelt briefly OF
g the duties of the president, the teach
er and the committees, and that |
must no longer be my class" but "ou
class"
: She showed that through their Sc
cial work the Philatheas can give som
Q recreation to those who have littl
# pleasure in their lives, can assist tn
" ministers greatly in their social dutie
in and can bring the young people of tn
&c church more closely together. Ye
!, the most efficient work is don
70 through the secret service system, tn
voluntary prayer service of youn
people working for young people.
Three Characteristics.
r The three distinctive characteristic
of Philathea work are individualisr
"a education and personal contact. Cla'
~ and caste must be forgotten and ol
"a moral standard established. The ed
- cation required is heart culture mo
- than head culture; the motive pow
:. should be love. Philatheas should
i, willing to go to all denominations a
=, all classes and lead them to the M
ter. Some have intimated that {
Philathea class is secret society
1.-THE church-as if there could be a
mans secret society. The chief a
of the organization is 10 serve
10 Master best by filling the great
Nj Jlnumber of little inches.
At the close of the address the
tional Philathea hymn was sung by
audience, after which they were
B. missed with prayer.
for Round Table Conferences.
Sun, Miss Eckert then conducted q
nty- tie round table conference with Pn
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