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VOLUME THREE
nU/fVER THIRTY-HIKE
OK.. ‘BROUGHTON’S HONE-CONING
The Pulpit Editor of The Golden Age, After Great Preaching Tour in England, Wales and Scotland,
Is Greeted by Enthusiastic Thousands at the "Baptist Tabernacle.
T was enough to sweep and humble and
bless the heart of any man —the remark
able reception given Pastor Leu G.
Broughton, by crowding thousands on
his return to the Baptist Tabernacle
from a preaching tour in England. His
ship was detained by a storm and he
did not reach Atlanta until Sunday
night, being met at the Terminal Sta-
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tion by Mr. W. S. Witham in his automobile ami
whirled immediately to the Tabernacle. Nobody
knows how many people were there —auditorium,
galleries, Sunday school room —all packed with
people standing several deep around the doors and
on the sidewalks.
When the beloved Tabernacle pastor walked out
on the platform in company with E. 11. Peacock, his
associate pastor, William I). Upshaw, Editor of
The Golden Age, and Dr. M. J. Cofer, Editor of
The Wesleyan Christian Advocate, the great con
gregation broke into ii repressible applause.
Boatman, the masterful choirmaster, led the re
joicing thousands in 1 ‘The Glory Song,” Dr. Brough
ton prayed—it was a prayer of great unction and
tenderness —a prayer that mellowed human hearts
and was heard, we believe, before the throne of
God. Dr. Broughton did not preach —he just talked
in an informal way out of his heart about his tri]),
the greatest, happiest, and, he believed, the most
useful of all his preaching tours in England.
• Back to the Cross.
But before that vast audience went away he
led them, as he always does, beyond the mirth, be
yond the Brovghtonian manneiisms, which can never
be described to one who has never heard him, he
led his hearers to contemplate The Christ and The
Cress —declaring, “This dear old world has the up
ward look, and the battles are being fought and the
victories won by the Old Truths for which this pul
pit stands.”
At the close of his address, he was given an ova
tion of greeting —children with their arms around
his neck and hundreds trying to grasp his hand,
wrapping every handclasp with a loving “God bless
you.” To the student of “men and moments,”
the picture was worth going miles to see.
The Home-Coming Exercises.
Monday night, November 9, was given over to
special home-coming exercises, prepared in the pas
tor’s honor by his enterprising and loyal associate,
Mr. E. H. Peacock, whom Dr. Broughton “discov
ered,” and who, the Tabernacle pastor declares, is
his “right arm —the best pastor’s helper the Lord
ever gave to any pastor.”
Abad ANNOUNCZM'ENT on pagz took
ATLANTA, GA., NOVEMBER 12. 190 S.
That charming program was as follows:
Great Reception Day.
6:00 to 7:30 p. m. —A hand-shaking reception giv
en to the pastor and his family in the lecture room
of the Tabernacle bv the ladies of the church and
congregation.
Ladies in charge: Mrs. IL T. Stanfiel, president
of the Ladies’ Aid Society; Mrs. S. Wilson, presi
dent of the Ladies’ Missionary Society; Mrs. W.
H. Wiggs, president of the board of lady managers,
Ta b ern acle In fi rmary.
Public Reception in the Auditorium.
Everybody invited. Special program. Mr. R.
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REV. LEN G. BROUGHTON, D. D.
N. Fickett, Sr., chairman of the board of deacons,
president; Mr. E. C. Calloway, master of ceremo
nies.
Program.
Song by chorus.
Prayer by Dr. A. T. Spalding.
Flag drill by 350 children, under 10 years of age,
singing “America,” directed by Mr. and Mrs. Lon
nie Smith.
Greetings from the church and Sunday school.
Ten minutes. “How the Pastorless Church Was
Pastured” —Colonel 11. A. Etheridge.
Greetings from the Baptist Brotherhood. Five
minutes. Dr. W. W. Landrum. 1(
Greetings from the Tabernacle Infirmary. Five
minutes. Miss Martha 11. Harris, superintendent.
Greetings from the Tabernacle Dormitory for
Young Women and Hostel. Five minutes. Mrs.
J. V. Langford.
Address, “Dr. Broughton As I Saw Him in Eng
land.” Five minutes. Dr. M. G. Campbell.
Greetings from the “Tabernacle Lyceum.” Five
minutes. Colonel J. G. Camp.
“The City of Atlanta.” Five minutes. Hon. F.
L. Seely.
“Odds and Ends.” Ten minutes. Mr. E. 11.
Peacock.
“The Pulpit Supply.” Ton minutes. Rev. F.
M. Poteat, 1).I).
“Just Anything”—Win. I). Upshaw.
Response by Dr. Broughton. Subject, “Fits and
Misfits in England.”
“Heme, Sweet Hom?,” by the choir.
Doxology by the congregation.
Benediction, by Dr. A. T. Holderby.
Speakers strictly held to the time limit.
Dr. Hilly er In Jefferson.
Ihe Jackson Herald has some kind words about
a man who has been a devoted friend and valued
contributor to The Golden Age from its very first
issue. The Jackson Herald is edited by that splen
d.d gentleman and wise legislator, Hon. John N.
Holder, who so faithfully and ably piloted the con
vict bill through the last session of the Legislature.
The Herald says:
Last Sunday Rev. J. L. D. Hillyer, of Edgewood,
preached two very able sermons in the Methodist
church —one in the morning and one in the evening.
At the morning service he read a portion of two
chapters from the prophecy of Habakkuk, and his
explanation made clear the meaning of the prophet.
The minister showed how woe is usually visited on
those who sell intoxicating liquors, and he said that
it is a great wrong to give intoxicants to another. At
the evening service he preached a sermon on “Bible
wine.” Both his sermons might be termed “tem
perance sermons,” as both dealt with the whiskey
question. Mr. Hillyer is a very learned and pro
found scholar, and is a man of great ability. He
is devoting his life to the cause of temperance. At
both services he was greeted by large congrega
tions.
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