The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-26
GREAT RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN STARTS HERE TOMORROW Four Big Movements Will Unite in the Work
 for Fall
OUTLINE OF PLANS
 IS NOW FORMULATED
7 Evangelical Churches and Sunday Schools Will all Take Part in Movement Which Begins
 Tomorrow

Four great movements that Will be chief in the work of the evangelical churches and Sunday schools of Bir- mingham for the next few months have joined forces for a six weeks campaign covering alk Birmingham. The cam. paign begins tomorrow in the eastern part of the city with meetings in East Lake, Avondale and Wahouma.
 The Excel chorus, with Prof. stephen Allsop as director, will also be asso ciated with these meetings, furnish- ing the music
 The four movements are the Bible Training school the Pocket Testament league the Home Visitation of all Bir mingham and the Men and Religion Forward movement
 The first meeting will be at II o'clock Sunday morning at the Sixty-sixth Street Baptist church for the Wahouma churches The second will be Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Avondale Methodist church for the Avondale churches. The third will be at o'clock Sunday night at the Ruhama Baptist church for all the East Lake churches. At these meetings MT James Bailey will represent the Bible Training school, of which he is president this year. MT. F. E. Wheeler will represent the Pock et Testament league. he being superin- tendent for Birmingham M. Lee Bon ner will present the Home Visitation plan by which it is proposed to take complete census of all Birmingham in on hour on October 8. ]. H. McAfee, executive secretary of the Men and Re ligion Forward movement, will pre- sent it's work and plans.
 The following Sunday three great meetings will be held in Ensley in the baa of ri m a " with noted speakers from outside of Birmingham.
 Thousand Voice Choir
 The Excel chorus of 1900 voices that stirred all Birmingham last fall at the great Bible Training school begins prac- tice next week for an even better chorus this fall. October to 10 is fixed as .he date of the Bible Training school this year After six weeks training Prof. E. 0. Excell will come from Chicago with his pianist, Alvin w. Roper, and give Bir- mingham another rare musical treat. The author of Count Your Blessings and scores of ot,>- most popular religious songs is recognized far and wide as 'the greatest leader of song in the world
 MT. Roper's matchless work at the piano captivated Birmingham last year. A full 1000 voices, all active Sunday school workers, will doubtless be in the chorus this year, there were nearly 800 such members last season. s
 Prof. Stephen Allsop will again direct the training, his work last year having been highly satisfactory to Professor Excel.
 There will be three divisions again, i. e. the eastern division covering East Lake, Gate City, Woodlawn, Avondae and East Birmingham; the central division for North Birmingham, Northsde, southsde, Graymont and West End and the western division covering the rest of Greater Bir- mingham.
 E. E. Wheeler last year general man ager, is launching the Pocket Testamen: league for the convention so will not serve as manager. J. A. Scholl manager of the western division last year, has succeeded MT Wheeler. John K Thomas Ensley- PraE postmaster, has accepted the man. augment of the western division and is rapidly perfecting an organization for bringing in 300 members for his division w. T. Nall of Woodlawn will mana se the eastern division and already has his work advanced ahead of the other di- visions.
 w. H. Maxim will again serve as pianist for the central division and Miss Jess 7 Dalbey for the eastern division Miss Nina Randall has succeeded Miss Beulah Young for the eastern division
 Western Division
 The first practice of the western di. vision has been called for next Monday night, August 2S, at o'clock. In the Ensley Methodist church, and the sec ond will be Sunday afternoon, Septem- Der 3, at the Ensley Baptist church at 2:30 o'clock sharp.
 Central Division
 The central division will begin prac- tice next Tuesday night, August 29 at o'clock in the Sunday school room of the First Methodist church. Birming- ham, and it's second practice will be Sunday afternoon, September ,, at 1 80 o'clock in the First Presbyterian church, Birmingham.
 Eastern Division
 Some preliminary local meetings will De held in the eastern division Sunday August 27. The first general meeting will be friday night, September at o'clock in the Baraca room of the new Woodlawn Baptist church. and the second will be on Sunday night, Sep tember 3, at the Woodlawn Baptist church at o'clock.