John Terrill Wayland was Professor of Religious Education. The service starts with an opening prayer from 0:00-1:00. “A Sinner’s Confession” is read from 1:09-2:55. Music plays from 3:06-8:26. A prayer is offered from 8:40-9:47. Wayland leads a responsive reading from 10:25-11:41. He closes in prayer from 11:48-16:05.
John Ryburg was pastor of First Baptist Church in Smithfield, NC. The service begins with scripture reading from 0:00-0:44. Music plays from 0:46-4:31. A moment of prayer takes place from 4:45-9:15. Rev. John Ryberg is introduced from 9:19-10:03. Ryberg speaks from 10:11-34:12. He encourages the chapel to form a biblical community in their churches and homes.
J. Marse Grant was Editor of Biblical Recorder. The service opens with a scripture reading from 0:00-0:18. A prayer is offered from 0:29-2:30. An introduction to the speaker is given from 2:46-4:05. Grant speaks from 4:10-25:43. His message is on the impact of Southeastern Seminary and the future that lies ahead for the institution.
Denton R. Coker was Professor of Religious Education. The service begins with an announcement and prayer from 0:00-3:27. There is music from 3:28-8:09. Dr. Coker speaks from 8:24-24:04. Coker preaches on the incredible teaching of Jesus and how influential Jesus’ words were. This was Coker’s final sermon at chapel.
The service begins with a word of introduction (00:00-01:07), the reading of Matthew 6:5-13 (01:08-02:40), a prayer request and general information (02:41-04:28), and prayer (04:29-05:40). An introduction is given for the speaker, Ernest Mayfield Ligon, who was the Director of the Character Research Project at Union College in Schenectady, NY (05:41-07:05). His message is the first of three in a series on the Lord’s Prayer. He begins by relating the spiritual life of the world to the “darkness” of Genesis 1:2 but encourages the audience that God called light into existence in Genesis 1:3. He emphasizes the importance of Jesus’s discipleship of the twelve during His earthly ministry (07:06-14:36). This message will focus only on “Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed by thy name” (14:37-15:03). He emphasizes the importance of “making decisions” and “responsibility” for the upcoming generations in their discipleship (15:04-18:38), describing the topic in terms of raising children (18:39-26:36). He ends in prayer (26:37-27:24).
Albert L. Meiburg was from the North Carolina School of Pastoral Care in Winston-Salem, NC and a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Rev. Meiburg preached on the importance of the students valuing their time in seminary to become the best ministers that they are called to be. His sermon was titled "Theological Education and the Parish Ministry." Meiburg throughout his speech asks the question "What is theological education?" He stresses that people are in need of help and ministers are the people who have the ability to help. [Audio cuts out from 24:31-24:41.]
Edward Allison McDowell, Jr. was Professor of New Testament Interpretation (1952-1964). Dr. McDowell speaks from 0:18-7:10, and again from 13:13-20:45. McDowell's first half is a prayer to God that Southeastern would be a light to the community and the strong desire that students should feel for that calling. The second half of McDowell's talk is Scripture reading found in 2 Corinthians 4:1-5:10. There is a hymn played from 7:19-13:03
Benjamin Lynes was pastor of Wake Forest Baptist Church. Rev. Lynes preached an overview of Acts 21:17-33, most importantly analyzing the apostles Paul and James. According to Dr. Lynes, James and Paul were in a serious disagreement that neither were going to compromise the doctrine of salvation that the other was proclaiming. This early church issue prodded Pastor Lynes to ask the students why Christians are fighting each other when the world is in need. Lynes encourages students to not look to church politicians for deep theological issues but to look to the Bible and Jesus.
Norman Adrian Wiggins was the president of Campbell College. The service starts with a scripture reading from 0:00-0:12. A responsive reading is read from 0:23-2:03. A prayer is offered from 2:05-3:33. An introduction to the speaker is given by Dr. Binkley from 3:50-6:28. Dr. Wiggins speaks from 6:32-25:52.
