The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-12
THE HATTIESBURG NEWS

girls the City Union Is now trying to
build and said the First Baptist Phila-
thea class had come into direct con
tact with 125 girls.
Miss Addie Greeley of the Court
Street Philatheas, who organized that
class, reported So members.
Mrs. Dan Gilman told of the Broad
Street Methodist Philathea class of 80
girls, five of whom had married within
the past year.
Miss AIRY Cloy, Philathea delegate
to the National convention at James
town, Va, told of the secret service
work she had learned there. The
members of the class only who are
protested Csristions, can take this
secret service pledge, which is in part,
Il hereby pledge myself every day at
noon to pray for so many members"
and to pray for the others in the class
who are not Christians.
Baraca Meeting.
The Baraca boys sang their song
and Mrs. |. P. Trotter, who organized
the first class in this city, which now
has so many, told of her early work.
Mrs. Trotter said she first heard of
these boy and girl classes at Mont
eagle, few years ago, when she
heard Mr.. L. p. Leavell, one of the
instructors of this Normal, lecture.
On coming home she organized the
class of Barracks here.
Two of the First Baptist Barracks,
Messrs. Llewyllen Brown and Dale,
then told of the Baraca work and gave
all credit possible to Mrs. Trotter,
their teacher. This class has had be-
tween so and 80 boys on the roll at a
time, but over 200 young men have
been come in direct contact with.
Mr.. ]. c. Ballard reported for the
Columbia Street Baptist Baraca class,
which has "a boys enrolled.
The greatest interest was shown by
the congregation in these young peo-
pies reports, which were very fine,
considering the short time the work
has existed in this city.
The Bible lesson for the evening was
given by Mr.. L. P, Leavell, who con-
tinued the third of series on Judah
and Israel, their history as found in
Chronicles and Kings of the Old Tes-
lament. He touched on the beautiful
of the prophet E'isha's life,
saying Elisha reminds the student of
Jesus; Elijah, of John the Baptist.
Elisha, so soft and gentle and Elijah,
all fire and lightning. Jehoshaphat,
the Christian king and his two sins in
the one of marrying his son, Jehoram,
TO Athaliah, Jezebel's daughter and
thus bringing heather blood into the
royal line, were discussed, the speak
er showing clearly the effects of doing
wrong. He read the prayer of Je-
hoshaphat before the battle with the
king of Damascus, Benhadab, calling
it the most eloquent recorded in the
Bible, except Solomon's.
The death of Ahab, who refused to
obey the warning of God, Jehosha-
phat's repentance, and especially the
picture of the whirlwind king, Jehu,
were wildly portrayed. Jezebei's
death was impressively described and
Athaliah's attempt to STAY all the roy
al seed. The hiding of little Joash by
his aunt and his subsequent browning
in the temple at 8 years old, with the
killing of Athaliah, formed the close
of Mr.. Leavell's lecture, the speaker
showing how, when peace and pros
perity came to the two kingdoms, with
the reign of Uzziah and Jeroboam,
they could not stand it, the kingdoms
going downward.
Sunday Rest for Post Office.
At the close of the evening service,
Rev. E. D. Soloman read petition
asking the Postal Department to give
Sunday as day of rest to the post Of
fee employees, as far as possible, ex-
cepting, of course, special delivery,
etc. The idea is to do away with the
window delivery in the morning and
afternoon. This has been done in
larger cities, Mr., Solomon said, and
could be done here. Nearly all pres
ent at the meeting, had signed this
petition.
Tonight, Mr.. Leavell will trace the
closing history of both kingdoms of
Israel and Judah to the captivity of
each. The story of the captivity Of
the ten tribes centers largely about
Isaiah, >the prophet, and with charts
and diagrams the countries into
which they were taken and why they
are spoken of as the Lost Ten Tribes
will be told. 1t is an interesting dis
cussion, what became of these lost