The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-24
BAPTISTS Can Then have
IMMERSION EVERY DAY
Be InstaIIed-Rev. Zeno Wall Talks
on "The Needs of South Mississippi"
Rev. r. W. Weaver Will Speak on
"Scientific Proof of Need Of Child
Conversion"

The management of the South Mis-
|, 'sissippi Baptist Encampment will con-
lstruct large swimming pool on the
! campus of the Woman's College for the
encampment of 1915.
The floor and walls of the pool will
be of concrete and the pool will be
large enough to accommodate from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty bath
modern conveniences will be installed
and every provision made for the en-
tertainmen and enjoyment of the dele
gates and visitors to the encampment.
Rev. E. D. Solomon, the Rev. w. E.
Farr and Claud Bennett were appoint
ed to raise $4,000, this sum being
thought sufficient to build the pool.
The Call Of The Times.
The call to the church to respond
to the needs of the times was sounded
by Rev. zeno Wall at the 1870 o'clock
service this morning. Mr.. Wallis sub
ject was "The Needs of South Missis-
sippi," but the need is not only ap-
plicable to South Mississippi and the
state in general, but to the whole
country. 1t was a statement from a
pastor who knows whereof he speaks
and is not afraid to speak what he rec
ognizes as the call of modern times on
the church and what the church needs
in order to answer the call.
GAS Christian people and as leaders
of Christian thought and activity" he
said, 1--WE need a balanced conception
of the comprehensiveness of our Chris
tianity and a proper valuation of the
elements that go into Christian char
acter. We need to include the teach
ing of the whole commission of Christ
to answer the spiritual, the physical.
and the moral needs of the people-iL
some measure as Christ did while He
was on earth. There is more in Chris
tian religion than faith, repentance
and baptism. There is life to be lived
and that life must come in contact with
other lives, leaving them sweeter and
better than before.
Church Building Should Command
Respect.
The speaker declared that one Of |
the greatest and most insistant needs |
of the timesm is more efficient leaders;
lawyers, doctors, teachers, farmers,
and all classes of people; |
who are in the vanguard of every move
ment that looks to the betterment of |
1--WE are living in a new
day. Changing conditions and the |
change of the order of things demand
efficient leadership. We have prob
lens to solve, the bigness of which |
must require great deal of patient,
thinking. We must strive
to understand this age and to know
this field, both its essentials and its
Mr.. Wall said that we need church
buildings which shall command the re-
spect of the people; buildings which
will enable the church to do the best
work in all departments Of activity.
He touched upon the needs of good
literature in creating an interest in
religious things and in stimulating the
people to a more systematic study of
the Bible. "And, finally" he said, I'VE.
IS Christian people, need so to prose-
cute our work as to merit and receive
in full Gods approval, to have His
presence and power with u.s."
Development Of Country Church.
Expressions heard among the dele {
gates who are attending the Baptist {
among whom are many
pastors. layIhen and w. M. U. workers {
4 the churches of South Mississippi, I
Indicate that the primary purpose of Q
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