The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-10
LARGE ATTENDANCE
At MEMS MEETING
Evangelist Wolfe Speaks as
DR.. Bruner Is iii
MANY ARE TOUCHED
Large Congregation of Women Heard
the Rev. Ray Palmer on "Our
Bible"-NO Education With
out Bible Knowledge

Hundreds OF men attended the special
meeting for men held by the Baptist
churches of this city In cooperation with
the Young Mems Christian association.
/. Il. Reynolds led the large body of men
that completely filled the lower floor OF
the theater in a lively service of song
and the campaign quartet sang several
selections which were heartily appauded
Secretary stallings announced that
owing to the Illness of DIR. Weston
Bruner who. 1t was announced, would
speak, Evangelist l.. C. Wolfe would adj
dress the men. The preacher fresh from
a service in the North. Birmingham Bap-
list church. in which there were 42 con-
versions. was fun of enthusiasm and
zeal. He spoke for nearly an hour on
the subject The Key TO the Realm of
Greatness"
Many eyes were filled with tears when
the evangelist called several small boys
to the platform and placing his arms
around their shoulders. plead for tho
fathers of the city to implant the truth
of God in the hearts that they might
| have the strength of the Lord rather
than the wealth of the world. in their
hands. The preacher made an earness
appeal for Christianity In the social po-
| lticab and business lives of men.
| AT the First Baptist church a splendid
| congregation of women listened to a lee
| ture by Evangelist Ray Palmer as he
discussed our Blble.' sueaking from
the text, Heaven and Earth Shall Pass
Away. But My Words Shall Not Pass
Away" he said: 'Tf you would know
Ii.
is the mother and foundation of all real
permanent knowledge.
1t should be In every public school,
state, normal, and university in our land.
No man can be learned who is ignorant
of Gods word. Shakespeare never would
have been able to have gripped the pub
lie mind as he did without quoting and
referring to the Bible in his writings
which he did $50 times"
In proving the divine inspiration of the
Book, the evangelist said: II can al
ways judge a book by the fruits of the
believers in that book. and the Bible is
the only book that has the power to
make evil men good men. bad homes good
homes. bad cities and states good states
and states, and bad world a good
its heart against suffering humanity and
refuses to build homes for the poor, wid-
ows and orphans, deaf, dumb, and blind,
is not OF God. People may criticise, de-
nounce, belle and seandalize the Bible,
but it still stands and gives forth the
words that transform lives.
Evangelist S. w. Kendrick and the
Rev. V. I. Masters. editorial secretary
of the Southern Baptist home mission
board of Atlanta, spoke at the mass
meeting for negroes at the Sixteenth
Street church, and the Rev. f. V. Lamb
breaches to negroes at the Sixth Ave-
nue. church mass meeting In his talk
DR.. Masters urged as solution of the
race trouble the magnlfying OF the good
and helpful things of the two peoples.
He plead for better understanding be-
tween the races. The point of approach
between the races Is religious and not
political and everything considered the
two races are getting along much bet
ter together than anybody has any right
to expect" he said.
Reports from the churches In which
special eyangelistc meetings are now
being held, and which will be continued
during the present week, show large at
tendance and many conversions.