The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-03
BAT TIE FOR SOULS
BR|N GS MANY
into CHURCHES
Baptist Pastors Report Substantial
Gains in Membership as Result Of
the Simultaneous Evangelistic
Campaign"
Special Services Will Be Held During
Passion Week-Ann Arbor Min
lister Discusses Prayer.

That the simultaneous evangelis-
tic campaign" which has been wag'
ed throughout the city by the Protes-
tant evangelical churches, since Lent
began, has been productive OF tangible
results was given evidence, Monday
morning, in the regular weekly con-
ference OF the Baptist Ministers, In
the Woodward-ave. Baptist church
parlors, in the reports made to Pres.
ident NJ. p. Fixes by the pastors pres
ent
II is the custom in the conference
to hear reports from pastors the first
meeting in the month, and the .testi-
mony given Monday morning shovel
that the membership OF the various
churches had been increased any
where from three to As persons, with
in the past month, which the minis
ters said was attributable to the
awakened religious conscience"
Let us keep up the good start said
President Fixes, land | hope that
every church will keep its doors open
every day next week that Easter morn
may be one OF unusual Joy and thank
fulness TO the Christian churches in
this city"
All OF the Baptist churches will hold
special evening meetings during Pas
sion week, and many OF them will
hold this week also. DR.. Fixes urged
that the Baptist pastors and their peo-
ple attend the noon-day Lenten SER
vices this week, in the Detroit opera
house.
The Rev. Timothy Stone, of Chi
cago, who speaks this week is man
among men, with a great passion In
his heart for men, and. TO miss this
opportunity to hear his splendid mes
sage will be to pass one Of Gods gold
en- opportunities" was DR.. Fixes tri.
butte to the big Presbyterian divine,
whose running mate" he said he used
TO be, when both held pastorates in
Baltimore.
. The Rev. w. A. Lee. pastor OF the
First Baptist enurch or AIin Arbor,
was the speaker OF the morning. After
gathering those present close around
him he took a seat in their midst ana
In an intimate way talked TO them
about THE PHYSIOLOGY or prayer,
which he discussed in predagogic
way.
Prayer, said he, is one OF the
original and formative factors III
Christian life II is, in fact, the cen
trail. most influential. vital and real
factor in Christianity when man
is moved TO prayer, it Is the result
of the touch OF the finite with the. In
finite and II Is his heart going out
to God. When in prayer We are on
the borderland OF universe We know
and a world that is unknown. Prayer
brings results, yet we do not pray
because we are able to understand
either ourselves or God. We do not
pray by reason of intelligence but
because OF feeling-an emotion that
we ourselves cannot define. We pray
because we feel the need OF succor
of support and, in prayer, we know
that we receive II.
AS another spoke in the wheel OF
the Laymen's Missionary movement,
the Baptists of Detroit. will hold
united mass meeting April %, in the
Woodward-ave. Baptist church, which
will be addressed by DR.. Stackhouse.
of Boston. one of the field secretaries
of the missionary department OF bap-
fist denominational activities.