Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-19
BAPTIST BIBLE CLASSES
MEET At VIRGINIA BEACH
Representatives From Organized
Units Hear Addresses on Sum
day School Problems.

HliS'ilNiA BEACH. July lS.--Thc
Bnptist convention OF organized
the auditorium at . O'Clock Saturday
morning by President G. L.. Crosland
Of lDanvllle. large number of dele
gates were present from all parts
thuGinsrn. Dr. e. IL. Williams prcsi-
dent Of Howard College. OF Alabama.
opened the service By worship. While
important discussions were In fulI
Crump presided over the SUNDAY
school conference. in which Sund. v
Schapl management, administration
and problems relating to the growth
or the sunday School were discussed.
Rev. &. w. Daniel, -. H.. pas
tor Of the First Baptist church. of
Atlanta. Ca. delivered an address on
ihe spiritual Significance OF Adult
Classes"
birth and History OF the nihie.
Rev. Theodore Heysham, ID. d.. OF
Norristown. Pa. delivered an unusual
lecture on the Birth OF the Bible Tho
speaker had Il large chart on which
n" illustrated the different steps OF
the progress and translation OF our
present Bib!c. II was the second cen
fury before people ever heard tho
Bihic discussed. During the thi--
tc"hth century tho Bible was forgot
zen ~ = large measure. because the
ncoplc did not know Creek \ striI<.
ing statement was 10 the fact ina,
Jesus never used Bible.
Ezra was the frs, man 10 gather
me history into a single hook. t2i
IL. 6. The sicalter said that a rrca,
literature has been lost i'm the oId
Testament for the simple reason that
its contents was not accepted by all
parties
The Sew Testament liz largely n
collection or oral reports. 1920 A. D.
Likewise, pau!s first letter to tho
Corinthians has been lost ia the Sew
Testament. AlcNandcr's Conquest is
largely responsible for the pour
larity of the Greek translation. Wien
u" IurkS captured ConStantiuoplc
the Greek scholars were scattered all
over EuTropc.. This ncccssatated the
translation OF the bible from the II..
brcw TO the Greek. This accounts
Tor the fact that there we're twenty
nine books In the Hebrew and thirty
nine In IN. present bible. He said
that Jesus spakc tho Creek ,oneHc
ana In all probability he was "a
scholar EQUAL to Paul In languages
The spec kcr mentioned the DIM
Guilty encountered In the translation
from the Italian 20 tho King James
version. and stated that the latter
version ncccssitatcd nfty-four scholars
working six years under the dircc-
ton OF King James. II was ono hum
dr"d years after raul iha' the teach
inrs Of the New Tcstanon. appeared.
AMI three hundred years before com
pictcd
ON Saturday evening Dr. Thcodorn
H"yshnm gave an illustrated lecture.
"i'cn l!Gr. or "a Tai. Of the Christ" Nv.
General lie" Wallace. The recital
WAS made all tho more Interesting by
inc slides which gave a vivid picture
OF n" chariot races.
Conference Officers Elected.
The afternoon session of the con
vcnti0n was devoted TO Il Fellowship
service and oral REPORTS by delegates.
Great enthusiasm was injected into
the meeting by numerous reports. one
of which included Belmont church OF
Roanoke. which had Il membership Of
l.l52 In the sunday School, with an
iNcrag" attendance of $50
Miss LcOGora Dalton, chairman OF
the nominating committee. announced
the officers for the following year:
President, Or. l.. a Dixon. Roanoke;
FIRST vice president. bernard II Week :
ley. Bristol: second vice president.
II. NJ. Starke. Richmond. third vice
president. Or. S. Vernon Stricklcr,
Charloticsvillci. secretary. NJ .
secretary. Or. J. r. Watts. Richmond.
Featuring the commencement cS-
crciScS today was Il sunrise service,
conducted by Dr. G. w Daniel.
Glasses OF AL departments Ia the sun
day school were held: the bacca :
Laureate sermon was preached by Or.
G. H. Williams, Of Alabama. The
afternoon session was devoted 10
business activities. Al a sunset sery
Ice was observed on the Arlington
lawn.
Dir. }. r. Watts NEGLECTED Secretary.
The closing service OF the conven-
tion was sermon by DIR. Sampey
Love Thy Ncighbor as Tnyselr'''
rms was the climax 10 n series n