Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-01-05
End Anniversary of Rev.
Talkington's Passionate
at First Baptist Church

Prior to the preaching of the New
Year sermon on last Sunday morning
at the First Baptist Church, the pas
tor, Rev. T. w. Talkington, made a
report of some of the things the
church has accomplished during the
two years since he began his pastor
ate here. This report showed 406
additions to the church during the
two years, 254 Of them during the
past twelve months. The present
membership is 631. The average at
tendance of the Sunday School for
the past year is 1926, plus. Present
enrolment Of Sunday School is GOT.
In the matter of Improvements the
report, showed that the church has
built sidewalks on two sides of it's
property, constructed q tabernacle,
which will seat nearly q thousand
people; painted the church building
and added two-stOry Sunday School
building, giving 10000 square feet
OF floor space in addition to the 5000
square feet In the old building. It
is estimated that the present build
tngs will comfortably house . Sunday
School Of $50 or more.
The new building 10 also admirably
arranged for soeiaf occasions and 10
rapidly proving TO be . great social
center, both for the young and thogs
who are older.
A brief summary Of the pastors
New Years message follows:
Text Cor. S:0, "LabQgeEB to-
gether with God"
Ny friends, as we enter the untgied
paths Of new year We know net
what shall ,befali Us, neither of joy
nor of sorrow, bat let as, like the
prophet Samuel. raise up q stone this
morning also, and call It 'EbeneEer,'
meaning, hitherto hath the Lord help
ed u.s."
81 knew not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
! only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care"
First-"L aborers." -'*'-
Oh, how we need laboreFs in all Of
our churches. Oh. the lost motion
and loss of power we always find in
great institutions like this! When
Edison stood on the beach and OBJ
served the lost power as the waves
fruitlessly dashed the shore, he ex-
claimed with deep emotion, ooh, the
loss Of powerT"
Some Of our number are sicklv be-
cause they do not come and feed on
the Word; others, still, are overfed
and underwOrked.
When LongfelloW was asked how
It was that he could write so vigor- |
ousIy when he was old, he pointed to |
the apple tree in full bloom and re-
marked: "This apple tree is very old, !
but / think / never saw more beau !
tiful blossoms. It grows a little new |
wood each year and understand that |
it is this new wood that enables the |
blossoms to appear. / try to grow q
little new wood each year"
Let US all, with this good poet,
try to grow some new wood this new !
year.
SecOnd-"Laborers together"
We need not only to be laborePs,
but to labor TOGETHER. We ali |
know something Of the value Of co.
operation in any task. This holds
in the spiritual realm as elsewhere,
We are told that zone shall chase q
thousand, but two shall pat ten thou.
sand to flight"
In Philistines :2T, we find . very
strong phrase Striving together
for the faith Of the gospel" "StRiv-
ing" there is no place In the Chris-
tian life for ease and self-eompia.
eeQcy. It IL q strenuous life, IL lived \
to any effect. Il is ignoble to wish
for ease. Christ, our Lord. lived q /
VERY active and EtEeaUeWB life. ID