Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

to- Church Day" might act something
as a galvanic shock to awaken both
the pastors and the congregations.
There are too many congregations
sleeping in the pews and 100 many
ministers sleeping in the pulpits,' he
remarked This 'Go-to- Church Day
will do them the most good. 1t will
wake them from their lethargy and
give them the aggressive spirit that
is just as essential to the religious
life as 1t is to the commercial life.
"Of course, Atlanta has many
churches that are alive and fighting
every minute of the time. They pos
sibly will not benefit quite so much
as the others because they already
are near the maximum limit, but they
win be encouraged and heartened in
the fight and the day will be a good
thing all around
Rev. Mr.. SentelI Impressed
The Rev. William VI. Sentell, of the
Gordon Street Baptist Church, who
presided over the meeting said that
he believed that he could speak for
the cooperation OF all the Baptist
ministers and congregations in the
city.
THE idea is very new one TO me,
he said but it strikes me most
favorably. ] think that it is a great
movement for newspaper to under
take. II is a step forward and will
emphasize the religious life Of At
lanta as nothing else has done in
years.
at is indisputable that the 'Go-to-
Church Day win have certain last
ing results. II YOU get record
he 40, -
those who never have been in the
habit Of attending before will be back
the next Sunday. If the Go-to-
Church Sunday is made a perma-
nent institution, and | hope 1t will be,
its benefits can not be estimated. l
think l can speak for the Baptists and
say that they will be out in numbers
on the date set"
The Cot Church Day Is the
most progressive movement ever
made in Atlanta by a newspaper" de-
clared the Rev A. C. Schiller, pastor
OF the East Side Tabernacle.
OF Benefit to Everyone.
Not only the churches, but the city
as we'll will be greatly benefited by
the move, and every church and every
man and woman in the city should
look on 1t in this light.
Such a day as The Georgian sug-
gests Is going to make every church
In the city crowded on the day of the
rally and great many of the out
siders' who attend on this day are GO
ing to become permanent attendants.
81 am going to do everything pos
sible that will boost The Georgians
movement"
The Rev. Chauncey l.. Foote, a
Cleveland city missionary. who is Wis
n N ciac 10
the movement.
1T certainly is going to put hun
dreds of new people on the inside of
the city's churches" said the Rev. Mr..
Foote
1T requires very little effort on
anyone's part to see where the great
throngs of people who should be in
ChuPh go on Sunday The streets on
the sabbath night are crowded, and
from what ] hear every club in the
city does a capacity business on this
night. In contrast are the empty
pews of the churches.
"There Is a lack of interest in go
ing to church, and this interest must
be worked up to where 1t was in the
old days of the Pilgrim fathers.
III proper attention is paid to the
strangers who will come to the
churches on Go-to- Church Day hun
dreds of new members will be made n
all the churches"
Rev. Mr.. Cults Delighted.
The Rev. W. Lee Cults, OF the In
man Park Baptist Church, was more
than delighted with the plan. He
said:
Il am heartily in favor OF the
movement and will cooperate with
The Georgian in bringing out crowd
. 1,s,V l. II h. frt.
OF Atlanta.
There are thousands of people in
our city who are not members of
church and who do not attend serv-
ices on the day of worship"
The Rev l. G. Dibble, assistant
pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle, an
nounced himself as booster of the
movement.
I'VE feel that the get together day
is going to flll the empty seats in
| our church on the day set for the
| attending of church by all the peo-
pie of Atlanta, and that eventually
! the outcome will be the permanent
filling of these seats
The Tabernacle can easily seat
$500 people, Our crowds run from
1900 TO 1000 every Sunday and we
would like to have capacity crowds
instead We are boosting the move
ment and will do everything possible
to make il a huge success"
There was little doubt In the mind
! Of the Rev. f. J. Coolidge, of the
Ponce DeLeon Baptist Church, as TO
the outcome of the movement,
Another Ardent Booster,
at will be, big success because
every minister in the city and SUI
burbs will boost It." he declared.
such little interest in church affairs
that they will stay away on the
! slightest excuse.
| They need their interest aroused
] favor any plan that will get the