Vance Barron was the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill, NC. The service begins with prayer from 0:00-1:37. The Scripture reading, Psalm 23 and Colossians 1:15-20, is read from 1:42-4:20. Music plays from 4:25-4:57. An introduction to the speaker is given from 5:24-8:02. Rev. Barron speaks from 8:10-24:57. Barron preaches on mankind and prayer. He notes that God should never be our last option we turn to, but instead our first.
Herbert C. Jackson was Director of the Missionary Research Library in New York, NY. The service begins with scripture reading and the hymn “Immortal Invisible, God Only Wise” from 0:17-3:28. The main passage of scripture, Psalm 51:1-13, is read from 3:42-5:44. A prayer is offered from 5:54-9:55. An introduction to the speaker is given from 10:00-11:50. Dr. Jackson speaks from 11:55-52:30. Rev. Jackson shares the important role that the church has on the topic of missions. He debunks several myths of the mission field.
John I. Durham was Acting Academic Dean. The service begins with announcements and scripture reading from 0:00-1:12. Music plays from 1:16-5:35. Dr. Durham has a prayer that is offered from 5:45-9:00. He leads in a responsive reading from 9:01-10:58. Durham preaches from 11:02-26:44. He teaches on the Psalter and the idea of faith that is found in the Psalms.
Jesse Burton Weatherspoon was Visiting Professor of Preaching. The service begins with an announcement and prayer from 0:00-5:43. Dr. Weatherspoon preached from Psalms 42 and 43. He encouraged the students to trust in God during hard times. Weatherspoon speaks from 5:54-26:35.
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).