The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-20
MAIN PURPOSE Of
ENCAMPMENT TO ,
Y TEACH EFFICIENCY
"A LARGE INCREASE IN ATTEN.
DANCE is EXPECTED
TODAY.
TWILIGHT SERVICES ON
C0LLEtE CAMPUS A FEATURE
Leaders In Southern Baptist Church
Here as Instructors in Church And
Sunday School Manasement-Good d
Samaritan Was a Commercial Trav.
eler, Says Or. Bruner.

Boys and girls in their teens; men
who have temporarily dropped their
business cares; matrons who left the
children in the care of the Oldest
daughters; pastors from the towns and
rural communities, from this city and
all over South Mississippi, are here
eager to learn how best to raise the
efficiency of church and Sunday
school. They answered the summons
of the school bell at the Woman's Col
lege this morning and the different
classes of the Third Annual Sunday
School and B. Y. P. U. Encampment
began work. They are taught by the
master mind of the Southern Baptist
Convention.
The college presented school-like
appearance this morning. Men and
women, boys and girls. are hurrying
to and from the classes In Mission
Study, the teachers training, B. Y. P.
U. work, Personal Evangelism, and
Woman's Missionary Union training.
Miss Lackey has charge of the Mis-.
sion Study classes; the Reverends w.
E. Holcomb, j. R. Sampey, ]. B. Nose
ly, Zeno Wall and Miss Watts, the
teachers training courses; Arthur
Flake, B. Y. F U. work; DR.. Weston
Bruner Personal Evangelism; and
Miss Mallory, Womans Missionary I'm
ion work.
Open Aid Service at Sunset.
The encampment formally opened
Sunday at the twilight service held on
the campus by DR.. Bruner, of Atlanta,
Ca, head of the evangelistic depart
men of the Southern Baptist Conven-
,tion. This service is one of the most
inspiring features of the encampment.
Just at sunset, the crowd gathers on
the campus and a short song service
is held, followed by sermon.
Last evening DR.. Bruner spoke on
"The Rule of the Road" His text was
taken from the story of the Good
Samaritan. He said: "The Good Sa-
maritan must have been a commercial
traveller. He was on the road and had
tender heart for others. He knew
the best hotel on the road. He knew
the rules of the road, The first rule
of the road is to give the right of way
to a fellow with a burden, whether
that burden was thrust upon him or
one assumed. The second is to give
the right of way to the fellow who
travels the pace that kills The third
is to give the helping hand to the fell
low that is down and out-no matter
how he got down or how far down he
has fallen. Christ was the Good Sa-
maritan, the one who held to the 'es
of the road and the one who came
to relieve suffering, both spiritual and
physical"
Following the twilight service, a
half hour song service was held at I'm
manuel church, after which Rev. M.
E. Dodd, of Shreveport, La, delivered
sermon.
Church Divine institution.
DR.. Dodd spoke on THE Purpose of
Christs Coming" "The mission of
Christ to the world" said Mr.. Dodd,
'is set forth in Johns gospel"
DR.. ]. B. Lawrence. of Jackson,
Miss, spoke at the IL o'clock service
today. He chose as his subject, "The
Church; its Nature, it's Function and
its Mission" "The church is divine
institution" said Mr.. Lawrence. 1T
was of divine origin, for God Himself
was its Creator. 1t has a constituency
that is divine for its members are sons
of God. 1t has a divine creed, with a
divine constitution. The function OF
the church." he continued, sis to in
carnate the life of Christ, to furnish
a temple for the indwelling of the
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