Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
GREAT IMPETUS
GIVEN CHURCH
DAY PLAN
Bishop Nelson Indorses Move
and Suggests Text for All
Pastors to Use,
Continued From Page I.

that Sunday they may be induced to
return again and again
IF careless or a goddess man or
woman is there, some word may be
dropped that will fruit.
1T would be phenomenon to see
all Of the churches crowded even
one time. | should be glad to sit or
stand among the congregation and
listen to the godly and prayerful Ut
terance any one of our many good
preachers, not Of my church alone.
but any one of them preaching pure
religion, true Gospel, sound mora s.
active Christianity social service,
prison reform, real charity, or any
one of the thousand great truths so
necessary to our age and people
II would like even to suggest a
text for them-'Pure religion and I'M
defiled before our God and Father is
this: TO visit the fatherless and wild
ows in their affliction and TO keep
himself unspotted from the world
James i:27.
Three ministers organizations of
Atlanta Monday will take up The
Georgian's "Go-to-C Church Day" plan
with a view of giving it their hearty
official Endorsement and of making
definite arrangements for carrying il
The organizations are the Evangel-
zeal Ministers Association, the Meth
odst Ministerial Association and the
Presbyterian Ministerial Association.
The ministers of the various denom-
inations already have given their per-
sonal approval to the plan. All that
remains is for the ministerial asso-
Citations officially to indorse the
movement.
The Baptist Ministerial Association
commended the project at its weekly
meeting and the unanimity of eN-
preston from the ministers of the
other denominations makes certain
the same action on their part.
To Compile Attendance Figures.
The date for the Go to- Church
Day" tentatively selected as Deem
Der ID by the Baptists, will be agreed
upon at the three meetings next
Monday and the pastors will be in
struCted to appoint members of their
church to make an accurate count of
the number of persons at the Co to-
Church" service.
In order to facilitate tho compila-
ton of the figures for Atlanta's great
est church attendance day, the pas
tors will be asked to forward the fig
ures for their particular church to
come central point. where they can
be combined with the figures from the
other churches
In offering to present the matter to
the various ministers organizations
for their Endorsement, the officers of
the associations characterized the
Co to- Church Day" movement as the
best idea they had met to stimulate
church attendance and put Atlanta
on record as real church going city.
They were impressed with the idea
of cooperation among all of the min
listers of the city to bring out maxi
mum attendance without any sugges
ton of a compromise of the various
churches participating. Among all
Of the ministers who have expressed
their opinion on the project, not one
has entertained a doubt as to its sue
cess or to the probability of certain
lasting results.
The Rev. william NJ. Sentell chair
man of the Baptist Ministerial Asso
citation, said of the movement: 81
think it is a great plan and a great
undertaking for any newspaper. The
benefits that will accrue to the
churches from the movement can not
be estimated.
"If you get a record nu-,ber out
on one Sunday, the number that will
come the following Sunday will be
much larger than usual and 1t will
he weeks before the effect wears off.
1t will emphasize the religious life of
Atlanta as nothing else ever has en-
phaSiZed it,