Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
MINISTERS READY WITH
SERMONS APPEALING To
FLOCKS FOR BULCAR AID

Atlanta s Dig ontrlDutlon TO the
bulgarian relief fund will be made
Sunday, when pastors of leading
churches will present to their congre-
cations a picture of the terrible suf-
iering that is being experienced day
after day through the bitter winter
by nearly 100000 shelterless and
starving war refugees in the DESC
lated district.
Dr. A. r. Holderby. one of Atlanta's
veteran ministers and a quarter of a
century at the Moore Memorial
Presbyterian Church, said Saturday:
Il shall speak on the dire condi-
lions in Bulgaria at my morning serv-
ice tomorrow. l have watched the
recent career of the little nation, and
have felt deeply the calamity Of
starvation AMI restitution that has
come upon her people. The members
of my church, l am sure, will re-
spond generously to the call for aid.
IL the churches in the other five great
cities where collections will be taken
are as aroused as they should be by
the sufferings OF the people of Bull
garia, an immense fund will be rails
ed.
There should be no delay What
help is given should be given at once.
The relief fund Is a splendid and a
humanitarian idea, and should meet
with generosity"
Dr. John f. White, pastor of the
Second Baptist Church, said that he
intended to call the attention of his
congregation to the pitiful situation
IN Bulgaria at his evening service,
which is to be largely attended by
the prominent business men of At
lanta. Members of the Rotary Club
will attend in a body to listen to DR.
Whites special address on Big Bust
ness" He will take this opportunity
to picture the plight of the war vic
Tins who are dying by the thousands
every day.
The Second Baptist Church has
Just finished raising $4,000 for the
new Baptist Hospital said Dr.
White, but l think that members
Of my congregation will be touched
by the sad state of these half million
people whose only prospect Is a slow
and painful death, which only the
charity of foreign friends can pre-
vent. I shall speak briefly of the con-
ditions in the war stricken land, and
a special collection will be taken"
Others Join Movement.
The Rev. w. c. Schaeffer former
president of the Evangelical Min
isters' Association and pastor of the
Church of the Redeemer Lutheran;
DR.. c. o. Jones, of Grace Methodist
Church; DR.. II. NJ. DuBose, of the
First Methodist Church: DR.. G.. L.
Hanscom of the Central Congrega-
tional Church, and the Rev. w. ".
Memminger of All Saints Episcopal
church. are among the many others
who have given their approval to the
plan.
With the churches leading. with all
sects joining hands to make the con-
trlbution of Atlanta large among
nose of the other five cities, a relief
fund of substantial size is expected
from this city alone
The individual contributions are
helping greatly. A number have been
received every day. Some of them
come ANONYMOUSLY with a word of
sympathy for the thousands of suf-
terers One of this sort opened Sat
urday bore merely the words:
From sympathizer in Bulgaria s
needs, wishing that the mite were
vastly more
Widow Sends Mite.
Here is a touching letter that &C
eompauied a contribution of 81:
The Atlanta Georgian:
"Gentlemen-Inclosed please find 81
for the Bulgarian relief work.
y wish that it could be more, but
II is only a widows mite I know
that someone with more than I can
give will do much better Yours for
Bulgaria, A WIDOW"
George w. Crabtree, the prison
evangelist of the Presbyterian
church, is another of the contribu-
tors. His contribution was sent from
Moultrie. Mr. Crabtree has encoun-
tered much suffering in his work and
mas done much to uncover prison ana
convict camp abuses with which he