Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-27
Missionary Rally

The Womans Missionary Society
of First Baptist are planning for an
all-day Rally Thursday May 4th.
Mrs. Cough, state worker of the
Womans' Missionary Union, who is
now visiting the Little River Associ-
alton will be here for the Rally.
COMMITTEES have been appointed to
look after each feature of the meet
ing. Childrens work will be en-
phasized and every feature of the
program will be planned for practi-
cal help to those interested. The
members hope to have visitors from
every country church in the COM
munity as we'll as from our sister
towns. Their entertainment will be
amply provided for. Of course
every woman in the church will be
expected to cooperate with these
committees in making the Rally a
blessing to themselves, their town
and community, and every woman
in town is most cordially invited to
Join with the Womans' Missionary
| Society in making it possible.
Because | cannot meet you face
to face, I'm using this means for a
heart-to-heart talk with you about
the work Our Lord has committed
to us in this part of his vineyard.
We are all proud, and justly so,
of the marvellous strides our section
is making in its material develop
ment. We would be loathe to fall
back into the hard commonplace
environment of twenty years ago.
But let us take stock with our
selves. Are we rendering to the
Lord, his share in this wonderful
prosperity? Because we manage to
sustain once-a-month services and
lend Indifferent interest to the little
Sunday School in our community
do we console ourselves with the
thought, it is what our parents did?
Times have changed. With ma
terial prosperity has come its atten-
dant evils, love of luxury, self indul-
gence, and a thousand temptations
in town and country our parents
did not know.
We must fortify ourselves against
these temptations as well as protect
the coming generations. To do this
our conscience must be aroused to
the fact of our obligation to God as
the giver of all good, and acknowl-
edge our stewardship in all the ma
teriaI gifts he bestows. We must
teach this by precept and example
if it prove forceful.
Christians the world over are
awaking to these facts as never
before, catching a new vision OF
Gods plans for his people. Shall
we remain Indifferent? Let us not
be "disobedient to the heavenly
vision"
Don't think because possibly you
are only member of a small coun-
try church, where the members are
cold and Indifferent, God has no
plan for your life. Only seek to
know his will and be ready to DO it
and he will make it plain to you.
Just in proportion as you have a
deep consciousness of Christ as your
personal saviour will you be willing
to do his will. He says IF we love
me we will keep my commandments"
His Go we" means to our loved
ones-yes and our neighbors-but
vastly more. God so loved the
WORLD" Shall we not tell them
of it? That is what he saved us for!
Yet we of the Little River Associa-
ton, outside of a few churches and
a very few members of some of
these churches, are doing absolutely
nothing towards carrying out this
commission.
Dear sister, that is why I'm plead
ing for every woman and girl in our
Association to awake to this obliga-
ton. The call is to you if you are
his redeemed. Doubly so when we
think what Christian religion has
done for woman. Surely we love
him as much as others. Let's prove
it, first by organizing our own forces,