The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
RELIGIOUS CENSUS
 SURE OF SUCCESS
Bonner Explains Plans By Which Every Family
 Will Be Visited

| A meeting of the superintendents of wis
 itors in the great Sunday school censui
 that is to be taken October was helt
 yesterday at the First Presbyterian
 church. The various churches of the city were well represented, and instructions were given the superintendents as to how the work is to be conducted. M. L. Bon
 ner explained the method of the census
 taking and D. H. Marbury addressed the gathering on the importance Of the work | that is to be done.
 MT. Bonner explained that the city will be divided into six divisions for the enum- eration, the divisions into districts and
 the district into sections, each section in- cluding about 10 homes. Two visitors will be appointed for each section, and will together visit the homes in their sec tion in one hour, from 9;3o to 10:30 o'clock on the morning of October s..
 The visitors will assemble that morn- ing at the various district headquarters. having previously been assigned to the districts in which they will work. There they will be provided with map showing the exact location of the section which they are to visit, and record cards to be filled on their visits.
 The record cards cover every phase of information which 1t would be necessary for the pastors of the churches to have in regard to the religious status oi the people of the city. By 1t will be indicated the following facts relative to the per sons visited:
 The name of the head of the family and their residence; their, denonlinational preference; the number of boys end girls between the ages of and 9, between the ages of g and 1c between IS and 20, the number of adult members of the family. male and female; total number in the family; nanIo of pastor preferred; the names and addresses of the two visitors.
 Mir. Bonner said that the gathering yes- terday was ao get the superintendents ready to deliver the instructed visitors at the district headquarters on the morn- ing of October s. "It is our purpose" said he, Ito tell the visitors next Sunday where they will work, and to whom to report. The object of this weeks work will be to get the required number of visitors. The seGior and adult classes of the different Sunday schools are ex- peoted to assist as whole in the enum- eration, and in addition to them volun- teers will be called upon.
 MT Marbury was called on to say something as to the importance of the worl. to be done, and said: 'I feel and realize that this movement means as much as anything that has ever been undertaken in Birmingham. l am glad to see the men and mems classes talk ing up the work to see that they feel that 1t is a mans work. I believe we shall get the people we go after. We have adopted a wide motto, Birmingham for Christ and l believe that with the method we have adopted we shall accom- plish our object" se =
 At the conclusion of Mr. Marburys ad- dress MT. Bonner called attention to the fact that the movement would not stop with the mere taking of the Sunday school census, but that q five weeks cam- paign had been planned to follow the enumeration, which would include can vass by each church of the people who had expressed a preference for that church. a rally of the members of each church, a social gathering. an ngather- ing day for the new members who might be gotten by the canvass. and con fession day in both Sunday school and chul ch.