The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-13
27MEMbERSADDED
TO THE CHURCHES BY
BAPTIST REVEALS
Fifty Men Converted at the
MONDAY Meeting in L. <
N. ShOps-Today Will
Be a Fast Day

The largest crowd yet present at any
of the union inspirational hour services
held by the Baptist churches engaged IN
the simultaneous evangelistic campaign
gathered in the auditorium of the First
Baptist church yesterday to hear the re
ports of the work done and the good
accomplished during the first 10 days or
the concerted movement.
There was great rejoicing when it was
learned that a total of I27 persons have
been received into the fellowship of the
| various white and coored Bapdsi
churches since the revival has been il
progress.
Announcements were made of the diff
ferent meetings held In the shops and
factories of the city each noon, and th'
workers were gratihed to hear of th
genuine revival spirit that is to be see.
among the men who are at work in TIL
Louisville and Nashville railroad shop,
Evangelist S. w Kendrick is preachiis
| to nearly 700 men there daily and at !.
service held Tuesday so of the men ma :
profession of conversion. n
The student body of Howard eollee
and many of the residents. of East Lake
who attended the chapel exercises yt.
| terday morning, were charmed with +
| singing of the campaign male quartet
The singers rendered q mixed programme
of sacred and secular numbers and were
Obliged to respond to encore after encore.
Evangelist f. V. Lamb preached to n
large crowd at the East Lake church
last night, his sermon really being especi-
ally to young men, many of whom formed
large part of the congregation In his
preliminary remarks he stated that be-
| fore he sent his son to college or selected
q place for his brother TO receive his
higher education he would decide upon
school that had a consecrated, Bible
loving and BibIe-believing faculty, and
also the school that had the right kind
of an atmosphere that is conducive to
morality.
lie declared that the man who is 70
study for the ministry should have Il
vision of the awfuiness of lost soul
and to know the power of Almighty God
to save the uttermost youth is the age
of growth, expansion. life. joy and pleas
ure," he said. land 1t has great sgnid-
canoe.
what kind of u citizen a man will be
depends upon how he lives when young.
Woodrow Wilson determined or formed
the ideals of his life while in a parson-
age, the home of his father. who was a
preacher"
The evangelist showed that internper-
ance and sensuality are some of the reefs
over which many barques are wrecked
today and said that one of the danger
signals of our nation is the breaking up
of the home life and the boarding system
of the world.
At the union day meeting yesterday the
Rev. j. B. DeGarmo preached very
forceful sermon on prayer, taking for
the subject of his remarks the words
"rhy win be done" "God doesn't call
us to do the will of our parents or the
win OF husbands or wives or the will OF
our children" he stated More people
would be led to a saving knowledge OF
Christ II the protesting Christians. after
praying THY will be done would work.
rather than refuse to be used to point a
soul to the Saviour"
The members of the churches and the
workers engaged in the evangelistic CAM
paign are observing TO-DAY as SpeclaR
time of fasting and praying. DIR. Weston
Bruner gave out the following programme
Of leaders to take charge of the different
half hours of the continuous five-hour ses-
sion held in the First Baptist chureh
10 to 1920, Evangelist Bruner; l030 to II,
]. A. Scott; II to IL :30 A. J. Copass; 11:se
to u, f. ID. King; - to 1890. local pas
tors; 1890 to ! p. m, s. w. Kendrck;
to 80, local pastors; 1870 to 2. J. d.
DeGarino; to 2:30, L. C. Wolfe; 2:30 TO ..
]. w. Bailey, colored evangelist.
Special evangelistic services will be held
in all of the IA white Baptist churches
and the colored churches in the campaign
at 1880 p. m.