The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-09
FINE ADDRESSBY
DIR. BROUGHTON
NOTED BAPTIST MINISTER
DELIGHTS LARGE AUDI
ENCE THURSDAY
NIGHT.
w 0 RID QUESTIONS
Are Discussed by Him-Empha-
sizes Opportunity of Church
In World of Unrest and
Chaos.

In a wonderful address before
large audience at the First Baptis
Church Thursday night, Or. Len G
Broughton, noted Baptist divine, de-
clared that the church ana the Gospa
Of Jesus Christ would be the ultimate
lcayening influence OYER the unrest
and chaos that is abroad in the land
today, and that the supreme oppor-
tunity of the church to play its part
in the affairs Of the world was at
hard. Or. Broughton came to Col
Umbus to talk in the interest of the
Baptist rs Million campaign, and he
made the remarkable statement that
the men who were in touch with it
are not concerned with the money
end of the campaign, but with the
great by-product and the spiritual
awakening that would most certainly
result from the drive. He said that
the Baptists of the South would reach
the $lOO,00O,0OO mark before the
close of the campaign
He said that the rote Of victory
should and would be an incentive to
the Columbus church to Tot Only raise
It's quota but to exceed it.
Dr. Broughton was introduced by
Rev. r. s. Gavin, pastor Of the
church. He prefaced his remarks
with an explanation of the campaign
its purposes and the things it would
accomplish for the church. He said
that the hard Of God was evident in
the great world war and that, horrible
and destructive as at was, it had its
place in the economy Of the Divine
plan, and that the great church cam
pai' IS, churches of every denomina-
tion, were but part of tho program
for the spiritual conquest Of the world
He declared thats out of the wreck
of war, when kingdoms and govern
ments an principalities, institutions,
customs a8d principles had been
shaken to their very foundations and
in miuy instances shattered, only one
thing had come out unshaken a I'd that
one thing was the Gospel of Jesus
Christ.
The supreme opportunity Of the
church to save the world had come
he continued ard he reiterated that .
unless the church measured UP to
its responsibility ands its opportunity .
the world would be lost.
He deplored the great wave Of un-
rest that is sweeping over the world
and declared in emphatic terms that
the church would be the agency that
would ultimately bring the world to
It's senses and bring about a state Of
peace and tranquility in the affairs
Of men and nations.
He dealt with the basic principles
1f the problem, declaring that indus
rial conferences, coanciis, leagues and
1ther like methods would not remedy
The situation; that the trouhle was
the innate selfishness Of
,apital and labor and people gener-
ally, and that this coGdition must be
overcome before any adjustment Of
he situation will result.
Or. Broughton is a man Of large
experience u human affairs, leader
# men and a man of exceptional or
yanizing ability. He has played a
prominent part in the arbitration of
abor strikes in Tennessee and in
,ther sections Of the country ald he
$ in close touch with the pulse Of the .
lation.
For several years he was pastor of
me Of the great London churches, but
he work that brought him interra-
ional fame was in Atlanta whcre he
ed the moral forces of that city in
campaign which resulted in the cree
ion and establishing Of the great
there.
Dr. Broughton left Friday morning
or West Poiat where he delivered an
address at II O'Clock. lie returned
o Knoxville Friday afternoon.