Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
CHURCH DAY
PUSHED BY
PASTORS
Committee Takes Up Work for
Great 0utpouring December IA.
To Hold Special Services.

With a committee of ministers Sc
lected to arrange the details for Go
to-Church Day." preparations were
begun in earnest Saturday to make a
record for Atlanta in church attend
ance when the great outpouring takes
place December Ia.
The committee is made up of the
Rev. H. NJ DuBose, First Methodist
Church; the Rev. John f. White,
Second Baptist Church; the Rev j.
Wade Conkling, Unitarian Church;
the Rev. W. w Memminger, All
Saints Episcopal Church; the Rev.
Richard Orme Finn, North Avenue
Presbyterian Church, and the Rev
F. A. Line, Universalist Church.
A meeting of the committee mem
bers will be held early next week
when a chairman will be selected and
a program outlined for the service
December a. which may be follow
ed in the churches where it does
not conflict with the regular order of
service.
General Text Likely.
A general text from which all of
the pastors may preach will be Sc
iected. 1t is regarded as likely that
the one suggested by Bishop c. X.
Nelson will receive the approval of
the committee members. This was:
pure religion and undefiled before
our God and Father is this-To visit
the fatherless and widows in their
affection and keep himself unspotted
from the world "-James i:27.
Several of the ministers have sug-
gested that some prominent member
of each congregation be asked to
speak briefy-possibly five minutes
at some point during the service on
the subject of church attendance. The
plan probably will receive the consid
Grafton of the committee. Practical
ly all of the churches will have spe-
cial musical services in the morning
and evening.
Sermons on Subject Sunday.
"Go-to- Church Day" will receive
notice in scores of pulpits throughout
the city Sunday. Some of the pas
tors will devote a few minutes to a
plea for a record attendance at the
services on December IA and others
will give their whole sermon over to
discussion of church attendance
as a general proposition.
The Rev II. M. DuBose, pastor of
the First Methodist Church, and one
of the committee members, will
preach in the morning on"Go to
Church-Why?
In this sermon the whole question
of church going will be opened and
discussed from all angles. DIR. Du-
Bose is enthusiastic over the "Go-to-
Church Day" plan and will urge his
congregation to make a record on the
day set. His subject Sunday evening
will be "The He'll of the Bible"
81 am convinced that the movement
should provide a great stimulus to
church attendance in Atlanta" said
DIR. DuBose Saturday. Larger con-
gregations generally mean an increase
in the spirituality That is why my
efforts are at the disposal of the min
listers in assisting to make II the
greatest possible success"
Impressed With Possibilities.
The other committee members are
equally impressed with the posi-
bilities that the plan presents and
are bending their energies to obtain
Il cooperation of every church Of
every denomination in the city. No
creed will be omitted. 1t is the pur-
pose to obtain a fairly accurate CEN
sus of Atlanta's church going popula-
ton
The totals will be swelled material
ly by the negro churches of the city.
A good share of the city's church.
going people are of the colored race
and the pastors of these churches
will be asked to keep a count of the
congregation on December Ia as is
done in the other churches.
To facilitate the compilation OF the
church attendance figures a return
postcard will be sent TO each Of the
ministers, who will be asked to fill
1t out for morning and evening SER
vice and mail II at once.
The rabbs of the Jewish syna-
gogues, all of whom hold their ser
vices on Saturday, will fill out the
card for that day