The service begins with the reading of Psalm 34:8 (00:00-00:21). An introduction is given for Dr. Ernest Mayfield Ligon, who was the Director of the Character Research Project at Union College in Schenectady, NY, as he delivers the second meditation in this series on the Lord’s Prayer (00:22-00:44). Dr. Ligon begins by reading Matthew 6:5-13 and offering some opening words (00:45-02:55). He recaps from the first meditation briefly (02:56-03:47). His message this day focuses on what you will do, based on verses 10-12. He outlines that most discovery comes from creative conflict and not from individual discovery (03:48-11:05). Next, he posits that we could never learn enough to worry God in His omniscience; while we could never know more than God, we should always seek to learn more, for we will never know everything (11:06-15:53). He views verse 11 as the realistic part of the prayer (15:54-17:58). He views verse 12 in this light as well (17:59-19:36). His last petition is on the words “lead us” in verse 13, which he views as communicating the willing, humble attitude which people need if they tend to have a “self-made” mentality (19:37-22:22). He ends in prayer (22:23-24:12), and the service ends with the singing of Numbers 6:24-26 (24:13-25:26).
Edwin Dozier was a life-long missionary to Japan. The service begins with special music from 0:16-4:08. There is a prayer from 4:09-6:26. The chapel sings the hymn, “Oh Zion Haste” from 6:28-11:12. Dr. Copeland is introduced from 11:18-11:42. Dr. Copeland introduces Rev. Dozier from 11:48-14:32. Dr. Dozier speaks from 14:40-29:31. Dozier shares the hope for Japan's spiritual state and the missionary work in Japan. Dozier cites Philippians 1:21 for his message.
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.
Jerry L. Niswonger was the pastor of Zebulon Baptist Church in Zebulon, NC. The service begins with music from 0:00-0:58. There is a word of prayer from 1:00-3:31. There is an announcement given and an introduction to the speaker from 3:43-5:15. Rev. Niswonger speaks from 5:20-22:26. Niswonger notes that Jesus takes us as we are and changes us to become better. He shares that a relationship with Christ comes with community with others.
Jerry M. Stubblefield was Instructor in Religious Education. The service begins with scripture reading from 0:00-0:15. A responsive reading takes place from 0:32-2:11. A prayer is offered from 2:23-6:53. Stubblefield preaches from 7:02-26:27. Dr. Stubblefield speaks on the nature of God and worship. He encourages those in chapel to be the church out in the world and not just within the building.
Raymond Bryan Brown was Professor of New Testament Interpretation. The service opens with a reading of a portion of scripture from 0:00-00:45. A prayer is offered from 0:58-3:10. Music plays from 3:10-8:42. Dr. Brown speaks from 8:59-18:24. Brown encourages those in chapel to constantly remember all that Jesus has done for them in order to keep persevering in the faith.
After the reading of Psalm 95:6-7 and a prayer (start-1:42), J. Henry Coffer, Jr., Instructor of Religious Education, preaches a sermon entitled, “Voices, Visions, and the Apostle Paul” from Acts 9:1-9.
William Claudius Strickland was Professor of New Testament Interpretation. The service begins with a scripture reading from 0:00-0:20. A prayer is offered from 0:21-4:26. Dr. Strickland speaks from 4:36-8:40. He preaches on the value of the grace of God. The service closes with music from 8:51-11:57.
The service begins with the reading of various Scriptures (00:00-00:35) and prayer (00:36-02:10). An introduction is given for Dr. Pope Alexander Duncan, the speaker, according to his character and scholarly background, and his message title is “What We May Learn from the Anabaptists.” He was Professor of Church History at SEBTS (02:11-05:02). He begins his time with three presuppositions: Anabaptists as a whole were noble, sincere Christians (05:03-07:34), Baptists find a certain spiritual kinship with the Anabaptists (07:35-08:22), and Baptists are not Anabaptists (08:23-09:17). He then makes two observations, namely that we can be most discerning about that which we can objectify, and the Anabaptists provide a group from which we can learn much objectively (09:18-11:27). The main discussion of the lecture focuses on what the Anabaptists can teach us, such as: the church is a pure and free community subject to pride and fragmentation apart from unity in Christ (11:28-19:51); church discipline should be enforced in every local assembly without invoking the arm of the state for the purpose of restoring 1st-century Christianity as opposed to reforming from the Roman Catholic Church (19:52-28:35); their devotion and consecration enabled them to rejoice even in suffering and in martyrdom, and they set their eyes on the chiliastic (thousand-year) return and reign of Christ (28:36-40:06); negatively, their stubbornness to relax certain non-essential Biblical convictions caused divisions between them and the world as well as among themselves (40:07-45:47); they taught the value of lay-leadership and the danger of uneducated and unstable leadership (45:48-46:34); and finally, they warn us of the danger of Biblicism (46:35-52:10). The service ends in prayer (52:11-52:29).
