The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09
MANY SERVICES ARE
PLANNED FOR TODAY
Special Programmes at All
Baptist Churches
SIX MASS MEETINGS
Two for Men, One for Women, One
for Young People and Two for
Negroes Scheduled-Street
Meetings Last Night

There will be special evangelistic serv
Ices in all the white and negro Bap
tist churches of Greater Birmingham a
II a. IN. and 1880 p. m. today Besides
these simultaneous meetings the churche,
engaged in the concerted revival cam
paign now in progress in this city ans
vicinity will unite In holding six mas
meetings at o'clock this afternoon a.
follows:
At Jefferson theatre, for men only; ad
dress, "The Fellow Who Missed It." b,
DR.. Weston Bruner. Special music b,
campaign male quartet.
At First Baptist church, Twenty-secont
street and Sixth avenue, Evangelist Ra,
Palmer breaches on Our Bible" Fo
women only.
Ensley Baptist church, for men only
Adam in Town Again." the Rev. f. D
King.
Fifty-sixth Street Baptist church, fo
young people; subject Jesus" Evangel
ist I. o. Reese. speaker
Sixteenth Street Negro church; Evan
gelist L. C. Wolfe will preach.
Sixth Avenue Baptist church., for ne
groes; speaker e. V. Lamb.
The mass meeting for men only is ex
pected to attract the largest crowd O
men that has ever gathered In the JEFF
ferson for a religious service specia
feature OF the meeting will be the sing
Ing. OF the male quartet composed of ID
Il. Wade OF Oklahoma City, I. E. Rev
noids of Atlanta, e. l.. Wolslagel, Ashe
vile, N. c., and j. p. Schoiield of thi,
city. These talented musicians have beer
rendering some of the best male quarte
music ever heard in this community ant
many favorable comments have beer
heard regarding their singing
The street meetings announced for las
night were combined and held at the cor
ner or Nineteenth street and Second ave
nue.. large crowd, composed princi
pally or men, many of whom were col
lege students from other cities, who ha,
come to attend the football game, heart
the evangelists and singers at the open
air service. After the quartet had sun,
several stirring selections and severa
hundred people surrounded the automobil
that carried the evangelists, the Rev. IT
o, Reese male short talk, taking a,
the subject OF his remarks, "The Tn
pardonable SIM
He stated that negatively IL was no
ness. Positively" he declared. 'it is on,
sin but may be committed In either o
three ways. by speaking against the Hol
Spirit or attributing Gods power to tn,
devid, by definite refusal, and by pro
crastination."
At the close of the address by Mr.
oeese. Evangelist l.. C. Wolfe kept tn
attention of the crowd by his remar,- $
After concentrating the people of Bir
mingham for having aspirations an,
hopes enough to build such immense an
imposing seyscrapers as are seen in th'
city. the speaier said.t"but 1t takes NOR
than bank stock, railroad stock and sky
scrapers to mai'e for the best and highes
civilization and a godly community.
What will these earthly things b
worth when you're dead?" he asked. IT
isn't money your children need. It's char
acter. II man is a liar or a thief or ,
swearer today, 1t is because he choose
to be that" Turning to a Iistless crow,
of young men, the speaker said. "Yol
may stand and sneer at me or at Jesn
Christ and the gospel of truth. but yo,
ought to give your heart to God and b.
men with stiff backbones, ready to stan.
up and vote for what is right You ough
to master BIRMINGHAM and not let Bir
mingham master you