The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-29
FOURTEEN POINTS OF .BAP FIST TEACHING OUTLINED AT MASS
 MEETING AT CHURCH
Evangelistic Cam paign Started Yesterday With Services Conduct
 ed By Visitors-Rea-
 sons of Campaign

The two weeks evangelistic campaign of all the Baptist Churches in the Birmingham district began yesterday. More than forty evangelists and singers have already arrived and made their first appear ance yesterday in the pulpits of Baptist churches in Birming- ham and in the suburbs.
 of evangelism of the Southern Baptist convention and in general charge oi the work here, made his initial appear ance at a mass meeting yesterday aft ernoon at the First Baptist church. He delivered the Keynote" address, and explained the purpose of the two weeks campaign here, the reason fol its inauguration and the methods bJ which the object will be achieved.
 In addition to pr. Hamilton's address an excellent musical programme wa: rendered, beginning with brief sons service by the congregation A male quartet composed of l.. E. Lynch, Dur ham, N. C.; J. W. Jelks, Macon, Ga; W P Martin, Lynchburg. Va. and J. R Rushing, Dayton. Va, render severa selections. They will sing at the First Baptist church every morning from 10:30 until Il o'clock.
 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
 Dr. Hamilton in his Keynote" ad dress said in part:
 We do not come with new gospel but with that which is true and triet and trustworthy. We do not come t, attract crowds by nonsense, but to d. constructive and an abiding work. We believe that the greatest con tribution these meetings can make tt the social and economic and civic wei fare of Birmingham, and of the world is a saved man or woman, with tn love of Christ in the heart and the New Testament in the hand We believe ii social service and believe in all phi lanthropic and uplift work, but wha is the use of doctoring corns for a dea. man? It is well to relieve the plac where the shoe rubs. but Vt must frs have live somebody to work on.' The speaker then gave briefly tn l things for which the Baptist pastor and churches and evangelistic worker
 stand. and said that these were tn l keynotes of the campaign that will con tinue for two weeks. He stated tha 1 the following constituted the four l teen points" in Baptist teaching. FOURTEEN POINTS | l. The Bible and the Bible only ou all sufficient rule of faith and prac | tice.
 "2. Separation of the church an | state, no control of the state by tn church and no support of the churc by the state.
 "3. Soul liberty, voluntariness, eac | soul being responsible to God and com potent to deal without priests or spon sors.
 "A. Regenerated church, member l ship, the new birth necessary, and re l pentance and faith essential to birth. "5. Salvation through Christ alon, but partly by works or ordinances. W are saved by what God does for us an l rewarded by what we do for him. '6. Obedience is result of sAlva 1 tion and not the cause. We obey be cause we are Gods children not to be come his children.
 '7. Baptistm follows repentance an | fat a Af ho l,a mt xxy have been saved
 IS. Immersion only Is baptism. Thi word is used, the design, the symbo the Bible accounts. and the fact tha immersion Is accepted by all churche prove this is true.
 I "9. Baptist and Apostles doctrine an 1 fellowship recedes the Lords Suppe | just as repentance and faith precede baptism.
 .'10. The two ordinances. baptism an
 the supper. are symbols, the gospel 1
 the picture form telling of death to sir
 burial, resurrection. new life. bod.
 blood, atonement, and coming again.
 I'll. Equality and freedom of churc members with equal rights, and n lording it over others or domination b others.
 | "12. Democracy among churches an
 denominations. Each church independ l ent and acting as the majority of it members decide.
 "13. The mission of the churches
 to give the whole Bible to the whol
 world for the whole man.
 ''14. Lifting up Christ. Gods son an our Savior. as revealed in the Bibl | and as witnessed by the Holy Spirit, our highest aim and is our greates privilege"
 1 At most of the churches services wi be conducted at night during the com ing week. with a number of centrs 1 meetings and noon services at tn shops.
 Sunday'se programme included tw
 sermons. one at II o'clock In the morn ing and another at 7s0 o'clock in tn evening. The services were conducte
 by the evangelists, which have been as signed to them during the campaign.
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