The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-17
BAPTIST WORKERS
CLOSE MEETINGS
Mems Meetings and Service
for Young People Are
Most Successful

Yesterday witnessed the close of the
concerted revival meetings which have
been conducted in the Baptist churches
of this city and vicinity during the past
fortnight. Several of the special workers
who have assisted in the campaign here
will remain. for a few days, and hold
services in the districts where they have
been laboring while the regular campaign
was in progress.
Evangelist ]. w. Bailey who has been
holding the meeting with the pastor of
the First church, colored, on Sixteenth
street, will continue the special work
there throughout the present week The
Rev. L. c. Wolfe preached to the ne
groes at a mass meeting yesterday aft
ernoon and many professions of CONVEX
sion We're made.
A genuine revival has been in progress
at the Southside church, and the workers
reported nearly 40 additions TO the church
Sunday. DIR. Weston sBruner and Singer
l. E. Reynolds conducted special serv-
ice for young people in that field Sunday
afternoon.
Despite the rain and disagreeable
weather several hundred men attended
the service at the East Lake chruch at
o'clock yesterday and heard the address
of Evangelist T. O. Reese, who spoke
on the subject. 1.-The Clean Young Man;
His Opportunities and Possibilities and
took as his text the words of King Da-
vid to his son, Solomon, who was to
succeed him on the throne of Israel ''be
thou strong therefore, and show thyself
a man." His message was full of sound,
wholesome, and timely advice to the
young men of the present day. "The
world is full of opportunities, and hun
dreds can achieve success today where
hut q score might have succeeded 10
years ago. he said 81 had rather be
a faithful minister of Jesus Christ than
to be the mayor of a great city, the
governor of a state, the President of the
United States, or the most brilliant phi
lcsopher Of the twentiethy century. There
are greater opportunities in the study
of law, medicine, and the other profess
sions of today than have ever been known
in the past The world needs strong,
courageous, and manly men to be leaders
In these professions. To every man who
is strong In body, absolutely reliable, cul-
tuicut Wci Cquippeu loi lie Highest
possible service in this life there are
found nine who are only excuses of men.
The evangelist gave the definition of q
man as it was written by a little girl,
"a man is a two-legged animal that
chews tobacco and walks on the forked
end Education" some one has said
Is to know something about everything
and everything about something" "anl
that isn't to have the big head" stated
the preacher. THE man who has no
reverence for God has no foundation for
character. Study the biographies, the
life and character of the men who were
eminently successful in the profession to
which you aspire. Study good literature
and above all, the Book of books, Which
will help you to be more like the ideal
man, Jesus Christ. All the great men
of the world, past and present, are fol-
lowers of the lowly Nazarene."
1t was reported at the close of the
religious campaign yesterday that about
800 new members had been added to the
Baptist churches that participated in the
revival.