The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13
CLASS ANNIVERSARY.
Business Mems Bible Class Celebra-
tien.-Supper Monday Evening.

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bic class of Trinity Methodist
! church was held this week, begin
! ming Sunday morning, and closing
Monday evening with the annual
banquet, which was held in the
court house.
The class was graced by the pres
ence, as it's guest, of Dr.. Henry Mel
son Snyder, president of Wofford
college, Spartanburg. DR.. Snyder
| made the anual address before the
class Sunday morning, and again
Sunday evening DR.. Snyder address
ed union service at the Baptist
church. The Baptist congregation
Joined in the service at the Metho-
dist church Sunday morning.
DR.. Snyder was introduced, or
rather presented, by the Rev. R. H.
Jones. the Methodist pastor. DR..
Snyder does not need an introduce
ton to the people of Bamberg, for
he has visited, the city on numerous
occasions, and has been present at
each Of the anniversaries of the
Business Mems Bible class.
DR.. Snyder's address Sunday
morning consisted of some lessons
derived from the great war just
closed. Although the greatest con-
f1ict in all history, the war now pre-
sents a closed book, and the people
are looking to the future and the
writing of a new book. The writing
of the new book is now in process
at the peace conference in Ver-
sailles. DR.. Snyder objects to some
of the words now in use, fine as they
are. Two of the words so objected
to are reconstruction and rebuild
ing. The future welfare Of the
world demands something more
than reconstruction or rebuilding.
Reconstruction means putting the
pieces, torn apart by the mighty con-
flict, back in the same place they
were before. This will not suffice,
said he, and he used the word re-
generation to convey his meaning.
Italy, France, Belgium, and the
other countries, are now presenting
their claims to the peace table for
territory they think they are enti-
tied to, but lasting peace must be
founded not on this principle, but
Oh right and justice governed by
regenerated minds and hearts.
=. We are astounded, said the doc
tor, by the new things that are dali
ly arising. A striking example of
the new order of things was the Wis
is of President Wilson to Europe to
attend the peace conference. This
is something that has never before
happened. Another example of the
new order was strikingly illustrated
by the story of the visit of Marshal
Foch to the little country church in
France near the battle line, where
the venerable old general spent for
ty-five minutes on his knees in sup
plication to God. Another example
along the same line was the visit of
President Wilson to the little
church of his grandfather in Carlyle,
England, where with uncovered
head he joined in the simple wor-
ship with just ordinary folks.
Individual responsibility was
strikingly illustrated by reference
to our army. A man looks for his
son in the great army, said DR.. Sny-
der, but finds that there are three
great armies that make up our two
million men in arms And then
there are many divisions in each ar
my, and the divisions are divid-
ed into corps, the corps into regi-
ments, and so on, until at last the
unit is reduced to a squad, where
one man counts so much.
The ratification of the federal
prohibition amendment DR.. Snyder
ascribed to the church, whose in
cessant year in and year out work
brought forth at last the sentiment
to make prohibition possible.
Sunday evening DIR. Snyder ad-
dressed a union congregation at the
Baptist church. The subject of his
evening address was Some Great
Adventures in Discoveries" and it
was regarded by those who heard
it as one of the strongest and most
Illuminating addresses which he has
ever delivered here. He developed
in the first place the fact that we
made discoveries about other peo-
pies Of the world. He. spoke elo-
quently of little.Servia and Belgium,
countries which we hardly knew