The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20
HIS ADDRESS IS FEATURE
OF THIRD DAYS MEETING
DR.. 7. J. GiIIon breaches Farewell Ser
mon, Taking as His Subject "Man's
Responsibility to His Brother"-At-
tendance Larger Than any Previous
Day.
Day..

With the arrival ana opening du-
dress of the Rev. Dr.. Lee r. Scar
borough. President of Southern TheO-
logical Seminary, of Fort Worth,
Texas, as the feature, the third day
of the Baptist EncamFment is being
enjoyed by the visitors from surround
ing points and by the people OF the
city. DR.. Scarborough arrived on the
fast Northeastern and despite the long
journey spoke at the 1880 hour.
In introducing DR.. Scarborough, j.
E. Byrd, president Of the Encampment
said: 1T is the greatest pleasure that
| have had since the Encampment be-
gan to introduce to you DR.. Scarbor-
ough 1t has been my cherished ambl-
tion to have him here with us in our
work" He stated that DR.. Scarbor-
ough was one of the greatest Baptist
speakers in the bounds Of the South
ern Batpist Convention, probably the
greatest in the South.
In reply to Mr.. Byrd, DR.. Scarbor-
ough expressed his qualification at be-
ing able to be with the encampment
visitors and with the people of Hat
tiesburg, many of whom he knew. He
then spoke for a short while, and
stirred the hearts of his hearers with
a warm soul-lifting message, deliV-
cred with quiet intensity and earn
estness that revealed the power of the
man. DR.. Scarborough stated that he
had Just come fromsthe great encamp-
ment at Palacios Texas, where he
was engaged most of last week. More
than 100 visitors, he said, are in at
tendance on this great Texas meetin.
and he spoke Sunday night to more
than 5000 people. DR.. Scarborough
said he had come here to talk about
the main thing, and said the saving
of men and women was the supreme
business Of the Christian and the
churches. 81 believe all the forces in
the Kingdom of God on earth are
meant to be saving forces. | believe
that all the agencies in movement OF
God toward a redeemed world are
meant to be soul saving agencies. /
believe all our educational interests
and agencies should be dominated and
mastered by soul saving purposes and
conquered by a soul saving passion.
The savior put the emphasis on heal
ing the soul before body healing when
he said to man who had been let down
through roof to Him, for body healing
Thy sins be forgiven thee"
DR.. Scarborough told of numbers
of conversions at the recent Palacios,
Texas meeting telling of 25 young
men and women in our service, and
said in conclusion that he was here to
make this, if possible, a soul saving
encampment, and the predominant
spirit that of leading men and wom-
en- to Christ.
Following the sunset services
yesterday afternoon there was
special song service, participated
in by the singers of the different
churches of the city, assisted by the
Misses McGee of Baldwin. Miss Bes.
sic Cook rendered a special solo, fol-
lowed by a quartet, composed of the
Misses McGee, w. Z. Holcomb and
Rev. o. P. Estes.
Or. GiIIon Speaks.
DR.. Gillon, who has preached mum.
ber of sermons at the encampment,
then gave his farewell talk. He used
as text the forty-second verse of the
first chapter of John, but using the
whole account of the leading of Simon
Feter to Christ by his brother Andrew.
''We get some things out of this
scripture that are very helpful to us
in our dealings with our fellow-man.
We get suggestion of brothers
love and devotion. The Bible is silent
on the quiet talks that took place be-
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