The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-02-15
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS
MARSHALL 4. HUDSON
Founder of the Baraca and Phila-
thea Movement Delivers Adj
dress at Baptist Church.

Marshall A. Hudson, founder
and president OF the Baraca ant
Philathea World Wide Union, ad
dressed a large and appreeiativs
audience at the First Baptist church
Wednesday evening at 1880, the oc.
easion being Baraca and Phila.
thea rally for the organized classes
of this city. Both the main auditor
ium and the Sunday school room
were filled, many chairs being used
in the auditorium. The members OF
the different classes came inform.
ally and were seated at random
throughout the building. Mr.. Hud-
son was highly pleased with the
hearing that was given him, and
said he was delighted to see 81
many men in the audience. He de-
clared just before beginning his adj
dress that he had been agreeably
surprised at all of his appointments
to find that audiences were com
posed mostly OF men.
Mr. Harvey Payne, who Is con-
Quoting the song services for Pas
1 WI JohlinOh . jSflNdl, leu Tie SlUR-
ing for the rally Prof. Utt of Trini-
ty University favored the audience
with baritone solo.
After the singing of two songs by
the choir and congregation Rev. G.
| Fl. Hogan, pastor of the Central
Presbyterian church, offered a
prayer. DR.. E, E. Bigger, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, read
the scripture lesson.
The speaker was introduced by
Rev. J. Edward Johnson, pastor of
the First Baptist church. Mr. Hud-
son began his address by saying
that Texas was great place for
men to go to church He addressed
| a meeting Sunday at Dallas, and the
men, he said, composed a large per
cent of the audience. The time has
! come, he said, when men are be-
ginning to crowd the churches The
time is coming, he declared, when
the doors of church must be kept
open every day In the week. He said
he believed 1t was time for the lay
men to begin doing some OF the
work and tighten the hurdcns of the
pastors. He said 1t was formerly ths
idea OF most people that they wer'
lust saved SO they could 60 to heav
en-. He said he believed peopl
should be christians for the purpos
iof bringing others to Christ
Mr.. Hudson frequently referret
to the adoption of business rlethosa
for the church, and cited his OWE
church in Syracuse as an example
of what can be accomplished along
this line He said the church now
raises about $24 900 a year, where
as they formerly raised only about
$4,000
He said that during the past
few years business men and their
clerks were just beginning to turn
toward the churches and were
coming in through organized bible
classes in the Sunday school.
Mr.. Hudson then gave quite an
interesting review of the work that
has been accomplished by the Baraca
land Philathea classes since the or
| ganization of the first Baraca class
lin his church twenty-one years ago.
1.-THE first class, he said, was organ
lied under scaffolding in the church
which was being used by painters.
He started with eighteen young men
and they sat on the backs of the
seats while he conducted the lesson
He followed the progress of that
movement from it's beginning to the
present saying that there are now
100000 Baraca and Philathea
classes in America and other
countries.
Mr.. Hudson devoted the latter
, part of his address to discussion
of the business, spiritual and social
: life of organized classes.
When the closing song had been
sung the benediotion was pronounc-
ed by Rev. Johnson.
After adjournment many in the
audience came forward to get &C
quainted with Mr.. Hudson and tc
express their appreciation of his
address.