After the opening hymn, Dr. Stealey prays and introduces the speaker (start-6:58). Dr. Edwin Theodore Dahlberg, President of the National Council of Churches USA, preached a sermon entitled “Bridge Builders” from Ephesians 4:13. He focused on unity between believers despite differences.
After an opening prayer, recitation, and song (start-11:30), Edward Allison McDowell, Jr., Professor of New Testament Interpretation, preaches from Matthew 10:39 and focuses on the significance of Jesus’ crucifixion and challenges the listeners to not waste their lives.
After a prayer and introduction (start-3:35), Dr. Dotson McGinnis Nelson, Jr., pastor of First Baptist Church in Greenville, SC, encourages pastors to be marked by the nine characteristics of love found in 1 Corinthians 13.
After an opening responsive reading, prayer, and introduction (start-7:15), Benjamin Lynes, pastor of Wake Forest Baptist Church, spoke from Luke 11:52 (7:16-end). He urged the listeners to use knowledge for the Kingdom of God and not for academic use alone.
After reading Romans 13:1-10 and a hymn (start-5:15), B. Elmo Scoggin, Professor of Old Testament, goes over Southeastern Seminary’s covenant and discusses how it should be lived out.
After a song, prayer, and introduction (start-19:29), Dr. Robert Thomas Daniel formally presents the library to the President of the Board of Trustees, who then formally accepts it (19:29-25:38). After a few more hymns and prayers (25:40-32:52), Dr. George B. Connell preaches a sermon for the dedication of the library (32:53-57:13).
Dr. Stealey opens by reading Ephesians 6:10-20, and then introduces Dr. Niebuhr after a hymn. Dr. Helmut Richard Niebuhr, a Christian theologian, Professor at Yale Divinity School, and author of Christ and Culture, speaks on the impact Protestantism had at that time, and how they influence and shape culture.