Sankey L. Blanton was Director of Public Relations at Meredith College. There is a prayer and introduction to the speaker from 0:00-3:23. Dr. Blanton preaches out of Psalm 27 and his message was titled, "Enquiring in the Temple." Blanton discusses race relations and the Ole Miss riots of 1962 that had just recently occurred. Blanton encourages the students to do what is right in the eyes of God and states that Christians must have a richer compassion than the rest of the world. Dr. Blanton speaks from 3:32-21:20.
The service begins with the recitation of “Ring out the Old, Ring in the New” (00:00-00:46) and prayer (00:47-04:09). There was no introduction for the speaker, Dr. B. Elmo Scoggin, but he was Professor of Old Testament at SEBTS. For his message, he begins to read from Psalm 136:1-26 with the congregation. The entire chapel service is simply the reading of this text of Scripture in this manner (04:10-08:30). He ends his time with prayer (08:31-09:04).
Frank K. Means was Secretary for Latin America of the Foreign Mission Board. The service begins with a scripture reading and prayer from 0:15-4:30. An introduction to the speaker is given from 4:35-6:53. Rev. Means speaks from 7:05-47:39. His source texts were Psalm 2 and John 12. Means shares stories of his mission work and encourages the students to consider what it means to truly follow Jesus and evangelize to foreign regions.
Edwin Luther Copeland was Professor of Missions and missionary to Japan for part of his life. Professor Copeland speaks for the entirety of the audio recording on the power of the cross. Utilizing lessons and stories he gathered from his time in Japan, he encourages students to see the cross as a mirror of who one is, and a mirror of who God is.
After reciting the Lord’s Prayer (start-1:45), J. Henry Coffer, Jr., Instructor of Religious Education, read from Psalm 25:4-18 and talked about making mistakes and the importance of having a sense of direction in life.