The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-19
900 PRESENT AT
HOMECOMING DAY
The First Occasion Of Kind Here a
Great Success Much Good
is Accomplished.

The Baptist church held a
Home Coming Day for the
members of church and Sunday
school last Sunday and between
five and six hundred responded to
the CALL
The great auditorium of the
splendid new $4,000 church was
filled to its utmost capacity and
hearty interest and good will char
acterized the unusual occasion from
the beginning.
Greetings from number of for
mer pastors, Revs. Geo. w. Riley,
w. P. Price, w. F. Marlborough and
R. H. Purser, recalling their asso-
citation with the church and ex-
pressing their warm interest in it
were read by the present church
clerk, Mr.. Luther L. Tyler.
Notable among members present
were Mr.. and Mrs. M. ]. Philips,
aged 81 and sc respectively, the old
est of all the members present, MIR.
w. F. Davis, one of the honored
deacons of the church, who is 81,
being detained at home on account
of indisposition.
Pastor Morgan read message
from the oldest member, pioneer
of Brookhaven, who recently cele-
brated her 101st birthday-Mrs
Rebecca Price who now resides in
the western suburbs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brent Hubert who
was present, has held membership
in the Brookhaven church longer
than any other and notable among
those with long records of Chris
tian service were Mrs. Lou Cart
man White and Mrs. Emmeline
Eitel. The name of Mrs.
Aaron Hurst has also been long
on the roll.
A notable incident of the day
was the handshaking of Mr.. Phil
ipps, the Oldest member with the
| youngest member, Larkin B. Bag
gett.
At the morning service Hon. P.
z. Jones spoke eloquently and at
tractively for the Sunday School
Mr.. R. S. Purser, represented the
deaccns and Mrs. Luther L. Tyler,
the Woman's Missionary, Society,
the effective addresses being inter-
spersed with music directed by DR..
It. S. West.
At Roon a delicious luncheon
which had been prepared on Satur-
day by GdRs of the church in the
complete and convenient kitchen
which is feature of the church
building, was served to more than
five hundred in the sub-stofy. The
twelve baskets full" remaining
were sent to the sick and afflicted.
Later the meeting was resumed
in the main body of the church,
nearly three hundred members re-
lsponding to roll call and nearly
that number of visitors registering
at the door. The weather was all
against large attendance.
Hon. Luther Tyler gave an ac-
count of the three church homes of
the congregation; Hon. ]. A. Maui
spoke on what Christianity stands
for in the community and Mr.. NJ
T. Tull told of the higher things
in store for the church.
One of the most grateful features
of the day was the reading of the
Church Covenant by the members
present, in unison.
Rev. w. H. Morgan, the inde-
fatigable worker, leader and pastor
deserves all praise for the planning
and for much of the prosecution of
the work attendant upon the sue
cessfM termination of the church S
first Home Coming Day. He
was exceedingly fortunate in his
selection of committees and speak
ers, who each and every one, re-
sponded with the zeal and cordiali-
| ty beftting the gracious occasion,
all conspiring to make the day one
long to be remembered in the his
tory of the Baptist Church of
Brookhaven.