The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-02-03
THE MEMS CLASSES OF THE VA
RIOUS CHURCHES ATTEND
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
MORE THAN five
HUNDRED IN MARCH
TO MUSIC FURNISHED BY JOHN
SON CITY BAND

The Mems Bible Glasses of the sew
eral churches of Johnson City met IN
a union service Sunday at the First
PRESBYTERIAN church. The classes met
at the corner of Roam and Market
streets at 2 o'clock and with the
newly formed brass band marched to
the First Presbyterian church. The
Brotherhood Class of that church was
the host. The classes were well at
tended, the number in each being:
The First NJ. L. Church had 4S, the
Central Baptist 102, the 5. Z. VIII
liams Bible Glass of Munsey Memoir
ial. NJ. f. Church, South, 1913, the
Geo. R. Brown class of the United
Brethren Church 81, st. Johns Epis-
copal Z, the Watauga Avenue Presby-
terian church rs, and the Christian
church 125.
Mr.. ]. e. Crouch, president of the
Union, presided, and Mr.. Erie sta
pleton led the singing, being accom-
panied by Mr.. Teilman on the piano.
DR.. Dayton Dobbs pronounced the in
vocation.
Resolutions expressing regret at
the departure of J. Fred Johnson
were adopted by the Baraca class OF
the Central Baptist and was then
adopted by all of the classes.
Addresses were delivered by Prof.
w. ]. Souder, C. L. Marshall. Prof. w.
A. Wright and Prof. Hopwood, OF
Milligan.
Mr.. II. s. Fish, the class poet of the
s. C. Williams Bible Class, contribu-
ted an account of the event in verse
which is given below:
BIBLE CLASS MARCH.
In days gone by, when preachers
And churches could not agree
About the creeds and doctrines,
Whatever they might be;
Sometimes birthstone sermon
Made good Brother shout,
The Parson roasted the sinners,
So they grabbed their hats and
went out.
The preachers now are merciful
And let us off easy and fine,
The churches love each other more,
More like their Saviour divine;
BY different roads one Heaven TO
win,
Preach one salvation still,
And thousands Of Bible classes
Try to do Gods will.
Again the Bible Glasses march
From many a church and street,
A valiant host triumphant,
That never know defeat;
A gathering army that is sure
To win a victor's crown,
Wherever rings their battle cry
The hosts of hell go down.
While nations fight across the sea
And Europe has gone mad,
And shakes with thunder of the guns
Rivers run red with blood;
Except some fuss in Mexico,
All is peaceful here,
The Bible rules the nations
In the Western Hemisphere.
While Gods spiritual inspiration
Against the hosts of sin,
Leads on these> Bible christians
The victory to win;
May they Danish the ardent spirits
OF moonshine whiskey and rum,
Brought by the bootleg syndicate
Out to the Soldiers Home.
There's a diamond stud on the
Brewers shirt,
On the toper's button shy,
The drunkard's shoes are shabby,
His Oxfords dazzle the eye;
On his hand diamond ring,
He dimes at swell car-fa. :,
Wears fine silk hat and broadcloth
And jingles his coin all day.
The brewer is jolly and fat,
The drunkard scrawny and thin,
He dimes on cold free lunch
With his beer or whiskey and gin;
He pays for what the barkeep buys
stupid as any old mule
The Brewer and Barkeep are rated
wise.
The drunkard rated fool.
Thank God we've no liquor saloons
To drag humanity down,
BODY and soul to endless death,
But last Sunday afternoon
The march of over five hundred
With the Johnson City Band,
With their inspiring music
Was something new and grand.
They marched where Jesus led
And made q gallant charge
On the new First Presbyterian.
And though the church was large
Filled 1t up and the speakers,
souder, Marshall and Wright,
Made good speeches and Mr.. Croucf
Was a wonder and delight.
Prof. Stapleton's solo
Was rendered and encored well;