James Leo Green was Professor of Old Testament Interpretation. The service starts with an opening scripture reading from 0:00-1:46. An announcement on missions work and a prayer is offered from 2:00-10:00. Dr. Green speaks from 10:07-28:51. He preaches on personal evangelism.
After a recitation, prayer, and introduction (start-5:50), Dr. Samuel Courts Redford, the Executive Home Secretary of the Home Mission Board, urges the students to make the most of every opportunity, including opportunities to serve with the Home Mission Board (5:51-40:55). The service concludes with announcements and a prayer (40:56-end).
David Bowman was a Roman Catholic Priest. The service begins with an opening scripture reading and song from 0:00-1:03. A responsive reading is read from 1:23-3:38. A prayer is offered from 3:42-6:38. An introduction to the speaker is given from 6:45-8:58. Father Bowman speaks from 9:12-28:26. Bowman calls for unity among the religions.
John Edward Steely was Professor of Historical Theology. The service starts with music from 0:00-4:14. A prayer is offered from 4:24-8:07. The choir sings from 8:21-10:22. A responsive reading takes place from 10:39-12:25. Dr. Steely speaks from 12:38-26:16. Steely preaches on the judgement of God. The service closes with music from 26:18-26:35.
Donald E. Cook was Associate Professor of New Testament. The service starts with an opening word of prayer from 0:00-0:38. 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 is read from 0:50-1:43. A prayer is offered from 1:44-4:45. Dr. Cook speaks from 5:10-18:46. His message was centered on the church and the justification of mankind. Cook’s source text was 2 Corinthians 5:17-21.
After a prayer (start-2:45), Mr. Edwin Calhoun Osburn, Associate Professor of Bibliography, speaks about the struggle for the hearts and minds of men and reads an article from the Charlotte News by Cecil Prince entitled, "This Could Be a Southern Century."
The service begins with prayer (00:00-03:49). A welcome and recognition of certain people from the Women’s Missionary Union (WMU) are given (03:50-05:39), and the speaker, Dr. Baker James Cauthen, is welcomed and introduced (05:40-08:06). He was the Executive Director of the Foreign Mission Board (now the International Mission Board). The service continues with choral singing (08:07-09:56). He begins by reminding the congregation of the seminary’s missional purpose from its inception and its level place among the other five seminaries (09:57-13:35). He stresses that the central theme of missions is seeking God in prayer (13:36-19:06). The Scripture text for the sermon is 2 Corinthians 5:18-19, entitled “the Ministry of Reconciliation” (19:07-20:55). Man’s basic need is to be reconciled to God, and we ought to leverage our means which we spend on buildings and programs to advance the gospel to the nations (20:56-34:57). He asks those in the congregation to consider their service to God as extending far instead of staying near, affirming God does call His people to both realms (34:58-53:18). He ends his message by talking about the seriousness of viewing oneself as a missionary, both near and far away (53:19-1:03:11).
The service begins with the reading of a story and a brief update concerning inclement weather (00:00-03:34), entering into a time of prayer (03:35-05:14). An introduction was given for the speaker, Dr. Ralph Alderman Herring, who was a SEBTS trustee since the school’s beginning until recently. He was pastor of First Baptist Church in Salem, NC, but had resigned a year prior to this chapel, serving at the time of the chapel as SEBTS’s Secretary of the Extension Department (05:15-07:44). He begins his time with a word of welcome and a brief detailing of his position at the seminary (07:45-13:34). He focuses his message on the principle of circuitry from Jesus’s words in Mark 4:24, quoting Longfellow and another poet who express the same principle. He furthers the remainder of his sermon working from this principle (13:35-24:00). He postulates that success in the work of ministry depends on the acquisitiveness of our faith (24:01-25:31). He ends his time with prayer (25:32-26:18).
