HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972 Thirty Years History: First Baptist Church Book (Pg. 15)1930-1940
The Browns felt that after this experience with the young people of the
world they were better prepared to present a mission program to their
The Baptists were told that if they would get their own church building
church and to other churches they would visit.
and move out of college buildings, that their problems with the college
The Browns soon found opportunities to present the program of the
ocials would be solved. This proved to be true and a wonderful spirit of
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youth meeting and missions to other churches. Rev. Brown was asked to
cooperation began to develop. The Baptist Church began to grow and the
be the organizer of his association which called for a visit to all the
entire program began to show signs of a normal church.
churches.
Rev. Brown has had opportunities to hold revival meetings in may of
Another opportunity came to Rev. Brown. He was asked to direct the
the Texas churches and in other states. His success is shown by the
campaign against the repeal of the 18th Amendment. This took him to
following records. Early in the summer of 1931 he joined his fellow
every church and community in Brazos County. He hated to see this
pastor, Rev. C. E. Bullock of Hearne, in a revival meeting. He spent two
amendment repealed for statistics showed that it had been a great
weeks with the Hearne church. There were 50 additions to the church
success. This is shown by an article in the Biblical Recorder, the Baptist
during that period. He was urged to join the leaders of the church for
State paper in North Carolina.The following facts were presented in the
another series of meetings the next summer. The following is an article in
article on August 30, 1933:
the Baptist Visitor, Hearne, Texas, June 16,1932:
Deaths from alcohol had decreased 42%
Alcohol insanity had decreased 66%
A Truly Great Revival
General crimes from dr ink had decreased 54%
Drunkenness had decreased 709/.
"Sunday night will mark the close of one the the greatest revivals in the
Auto wrecks—deaths—had decreased 77%
history of the church. We have had a great evangelistic party, such as the
Drinking had decreased 777
Ham -Ramsey party, the Charley Taylor party, and the B. B. Crimen party,
that brought together people for 50 miles around, but no more marked
In spite of all that was dune, the liquor forces were determined to
evidence of Pentacost have we ever had than during the last three weeks.
win as they have done on many occasions since that time.
"Last year with Bro. R. L. Brown doing the preaching, we had a great
From records kept by the church organizations they found the pro -
meeting resulting in 50 additions to the church. The 75 additions during
gram continued to grow, showing a larger organized and departmental -
this meeting has gone far beyond that of last year already. Itis the belief
ized Sunday School with a large attendance of students and local
of many that the spiritual life of the church has been deepened as never
people. There were 10 BYPU's including all ages. The worship services
before."
were well attended. The work of the "Ll included a Sunbeam Band,
The Browns have always tried to better prepare themselves fora larger
Junior GA and RA, Intermediate GA, YWA and WMS. All the organiza-
and more far reaching service to their church anddenommation. Early in
tions of a normal church are included in the program. The quarterly
1931 they say an opportunity to improve their world outlook and their
meeting of the associational brotherhood was held during the month of
ability to help meet the challenge. They began making plans to attend the
March. Since the attendance of the Browns at the World Youth meeting
very fust World Baptist Young People's meeting to be held in Prague,
meant so much to the church and the denomination, they began
Czechoslovakia during the summer. Theyjuineda party in New Yorkand
snaking plans early in the year 1934 to make another trip to Europe
left on the S. S. Cameronia on July 11, 1931. They arrived in Glasgow,
and also to the Holy land. This would take several weeks; therefore,
they secured a supply who would live in the parsonage and take care of
Scotland July 19, 1931. They visited many historic places during the
afternoon and evening. They spent the night on the ship and left early
the work. The following itinerary will show the reader the extent of
Monday morning for London on the Royal Scott. They spent five daysin
this trip. They joined their party in New York on June 22, 1934 on the
London visiting all the historic places. Their next stops were The Hague,
Rex, an Italian fine.
Holland, Berlin, Germany, where the spent three days. From Berlin they
N June 28 Gibraltar
went to Dresden, Germany. From Dresden they spent two days hiking
June 30 Naples
through the Saxcoman Alps. The young people's conference began on
July 1 Little Vesuvias
August I with about 300 in attendance. The party returned from Prague
July 2 At sea on the Mediterranean
by way of Paris where they spent five days visiting the historic and
July 3 Alexandria
interesting places. They had a good trip back to New York on the
July 4 Cairo
Aquitania.
July 4 Spent night in tents on the desert
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