The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-12


work and with anything that touches
them. Then the lessons received must
show in the lives of the class-eX-
preston must be founded On impress
sion. Mrs. Watkins showed how the
Bible class could look out after the
boys home from school in vacations
and give them something to do, say
ing the right kind of work might save
q hoy. This will naturally make the
boys want to join class which shows
q disposition to befriend him.
Then this light that shines bright
est at home" she continued, this
class viii naturally want to reach out
and so foreign missionary work viii
appeal to this adult class, and it
should. We love that for which We
work NEST. and 50 study aEoald lie
made of one subject Of foreign mis-
sions for a whole year. and on h class
should have a missionary 10 support
for its own personal work. This viii
bring the student and the missionary
together personally and #oIvc the mis-
sionary problem"
W A. Chisholm. field worker told
briefly of the wonderful work that has
been accomplished near Mize. Miss,
at lumber camp of the Eastman
Gardiner Lumber Company, with y. c.
Wilcoxon as leader, These mon, work
ing day and night. many OF them. tiEd
time to 90 to Sunday school on Sun
day afternoon, the adult Bible class
having been, through the conversion
Of one of its mon, wonderful infr
cncc for good in the community. The
camp. with its Shacks, instead Of the
comfortable homes most OF tie men
have been accustomed to, IS get made
comfortable, has electric lights, y.
NJ. c. A, the houses nicely furnished.
and Sunday school Of which Mr.
WilcOIOn was superintendent. AT
recent revival meeting IS We're led to
Christ, and so really one OF the best
communities of the state has grown
frcm his camp. There has boon q nc
gro Sunday school organized, too, and
q lne spirit Of organization has been
tie result of this Bible class and Sun
day school
d. ". Hawkins, OF Meridian, cx-
oIained the relation OF the surerin-
tondent and the organized adult Bible
class, showing that no class can be
run separate from the Sunday school;
that il must not be merely social
club so that the members lose sight
OF the end, as such classes viii surely
fail TO measure up. The supreme bust
ness is to bring the men and women
20 Christ. and the superintendent
should keep in touch as much as pos
sible, with the students and know
them in their everyday lives This
class, properly carried out, viii solve
the men problem but there must be
prayer, planning, a purpose. and or
ganization back of it or il viii be
failure
General Secretary w. Fred Long. in
a few words, Introduced the interna-
tiolal committeeman, L. NJ Weaver,
CT Corinth, who, Mr. Long said, had
never missed a committee meeting
since taking office, and that it was the
young mems Bible class OF Coriuth
who had presented, at Meridian, in
1910, at the State Sunday School Con-
vcntion, the state Sunday school ban
ner which, with its magnolIas, IT'S cot
ton and its state seal painted thereon,
had tal.cn prizes st several c0nVen-
tons. and is always on the pulpit at
every state convention. This banner
Mr.. Long then returned to its place b. /
The pyramid of ferns and lilies, and I
Mr.. Weaver began his talk. He told /
Of a recent banquet given by Bible |;
class of 500 business men, in New +
York, at which numerous prominent
and influential men. among them Mir. I
Schwab and Mr.. Rockefeller, spoke, |
;tressing particularly the remark of |
Commissioner Woods that of all the !: