The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
CLASS ANNIVERSARY.
Business Mems Bible Class Celebrates
First Anniversary.

First Anniversary.
The Business Mems Bible class, of
Trinity Methodist church, last Sun
day and Monday celebrated the first
anniversary of it's organization. The
exercises on Sunday were largely at
tended, splendid addresses were
made, and much enthusiasm was in
evidence. This class was organized
one year ago, enlisting handful of
men, who were interested in Sunday
school work, and especially in the
study of the Bible by the men. The
class grew steadily until in
May the Bamberg class and the
Orangeburg class entered into a
friendly contest for the largest at
tendance during the month. During
the month of the contest the class
grew to large proportions, enrolling
about $50 men, including scores who
had not attended any Sunday-school
or Bible study class for years.
The class has branched out into
an organization of material benefit
to the community, occasional social
meetings being held, at which mat
ters pertaining to the welfare of the
city and community are discussed.
The class carries several committees,
whose duty it is to look after local
matters.
Sunday Morning.
Sunday morning, the class met at
the class room in Trinity church.
This meeting was attended by large
number of men, including the mems
Bible class of the Baptist Sunday
school, who attended the Business
Mems Bible class in body. The
Baptist class met in their class room
previous to the meeting and held a
short session, adjourning to the class
room of the sister church at 10
o'clock.
The meeting was. opened with
prayer by Rev. w. R. Mcmillan, pas
tor of the Baptist church, after which
the teacher, Prof. j. C! Guilds, made
a short talk. The regular lesson ex-
ercises were dispensed with, and
Prof. Guilds introduced to the class
Rev. w. C. Owen, Methodist Sunday
school field secretary, who made an
interesting and instructive half-hOur
talk to the two classes and visitors.
Rev. Mr.. Owen is not stranger in
Bamberg. Several years ago he was
one of the professors in Carlisle
school ,.
Mr.. Owen spoke of the work of the
Business Mems class in very compli-
mentary manner. He stated that
this class had been cited as an ex-
ample on many occasions. The con-
test held last year resulted in the
wonderful growth of the Orangeburg
class. The Orangeburg class, in
turn, put new life into the Sumter
class, and so on. Several of the best
men s classes in the State owed their
growth to the Bamberg class.
The growth of mems Bible classes
in all churches has been rapid and
gratifying during the last year or
two, said Mr.. Owen. A few years
ago, even in the remembrance of the
younger students of the Bible, very
few men attended Sunday-school. 1t
was not the custom. Here in Bam-
berg, one year ago, there was one
mems class, that of the Baptist
church, which had a comparatively
small membership at that time.
Since then, the Business Mems class
has been organized, enrolling large
membership, and the Baptist class
had taken on new growth, both class
es steadily progressing with the
whole country in Bible study. This is
a great gratifying condition, and is
bound to influence the community for
better things. It. is now inevitable
that both the Baptist and Methodist
churches in Bamberg will soon have
to add Sunday-school rooms to ac-
commodate the growing attendance.
At the regular Sunday morning SER
vices of the Methodist church, DR..
H. N. Snyder, president of Wofford
college, made splendid address.
DR.. Snyder is an eloquent speaker,
and his address on this occasion was
full of instruction. In speaking of
the mems Bible classes, he said that
it is possible for a body of men to
accomplish great things for the COM
munity and city He reminded his
hearers that an elephant is the larg-
est of animals, yet the brain of man
masters the great bulk of this animal;