This was a retirement service for Dr. Edward Allison McDowell, Jr. and Dr. M. Ray McKay. The service opens in prayer and music from 0:17-4:11. Dr. Wayland reads Matthew 13:1-9 from 4:17-5:35. Wayland gives a review of the ministry and fruitful labor of Dr. McKay and Dr. McDowell from 5:36-9:18. Music plays from 9:32-14:13. The President of the Board of Trustees speaks from 14:24-17:19. Dr. Binkley speaks from 17:37-18:24. Binkley prays from 18:48-20:42. Music plays from 20:54-48. Dr. McKay closes the service in prayer one final time from 25:10-25:28.
Sydnor Lorenzo Stealey was the first President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Stealey offers a prayer from 0:39-3:35 and delivers his sermon from 3:42-18:18. Stealey preaches on how God is the only thing in this world that is worth knowing and valuing. He encourages the students to continue to put their primary interest in their lives in God.
Harold Hunter Oliver was Assistant Professor of New Testament Interpretation at SEBTS (1957-1965). Dr. Oliver preaches from 0:10-13:51. He opens by reading his source text for the day: Matthew 13:3-9. Oliver's sermon was titled "The Religious Virtue of Feeling Well." In his sermon he discussed how Jesus bridged the Old Testament with the New Testament and the importance of sharing the Gospel to those who have never heard the Good News before.
