Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
To
HEAR 100000
CHURCH PLAN
Noted Speakers to Advance Cause
of Representative Institution
in Washington.

DR.. George s. Sexton, of Dallas,
Tex, is in Atlanta to-day planning
for a campaign toward the attain
ment Of the long cherished dream of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South-the erection of a $500, 900 rep
resentative church in Washington,
D. C.
DR.. Sexton announces plans for spe-
oiaI services in most of the Methodist
churches of Atlanta Sunday, in each
of which the pulpit will be occupied
by one of the most vigorous clergy
men of Southern Methodism.
The array of notable Methodists
who will be heard in the city is i'm
posing, including Bishop John c. Kill
go, Rev. John A. Moore, of Nashville.
Bishop Gambler, DR.. Sexton himself
and others, all of whom will talk on
the subject, THE South in the Build
ing of the Nation" and all of whom
will plead the cause of the represen-
tative church.
At none Of the churches, however,
will there be the high pressure col
lection that in most instances mark
an evangelistic campaign for devot-
ed funds.
To Typify South.
The representative church is plan
ned by the Southern Methodist Church
to typify the South in its highest
and best, to stand for the ideals and
consecrated purposes of the section.
1t will serve too, as an intersectional
church, according to the announced
.1nr Ne ffaTu Il he
evangelization of the nations capt.
tai.
The plan of the representative
church first was preached at the Gen
eral Conference of 1858, when a res
olutiOn to that end was introduced by
DIR. John c. Cranberry and DR.. David
S. Daugette, both of whom SUISSE
quently became bishops of the South
ern church, DR.. Andrew Hunter, and
w. w. Bennett. The war between
the States came soon, however, i'm
poverishing the South, and necessi-
tating a REIMBURSEMENT of the plans.
Forty eight years later, at the Bir-
mingham General Conference of 1906,
the question was reviewed, and the
action of the 1858 conference was re-
affirmed. In 1910, at the Asheville
General Conference, definite action
eral Conference Board of Church Elk
tension the power to act in the mat
ter, in the appointment of a national
building committee, and in the sub
sequent appointment of a represen-
tative Church Commission, consisting
of Bishop w. A. Gambler, chairman;
Bishop z. E Hoss, Bishop John c.
Kilgo DR.. w. F. McMurry, and DR..
George S. Sexton, secretaries.
100000 Already Raised.
This done, work has begun imme-
the S500,0 900 deemed necessary, about
5000 900 has been secured, and it is
the hope of the workers, according
to DR.. Sexton, that the remainder of
the fund be in hand in the near flu
ture.
About 100000 of the amount will
go to the purchase of a site for the
church, which will be in the north
west part of Washington, in close
proximity to the hotel district and to
the White House.
Among the assignments to the At
lanta churches Sunday are: First
Church, Bishop John c. Kilgo; Trim
ity, Rev. John A. Moore, Home Mis-
sion secretary, Nashville, Tenn; st.
Marks, DR.. George Sexton; Park
Street, Rev. A. M. Hughlett; Druid
Hills, Rev. W. R. Hendrix; st. Johns,
DR.. w. P. Lovejoy; Grace Church,
Bishop Gambler; st. Pauls, Rev. H
NJ. DuBose. Other assignments will
be made later.