Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
APT|STS BEGIN
To RALLY GREAT
REVIVAL FORCES
Thirty Churches to Join in the
City-Wide EvangeIistic Cam
paign Opening May II.

Baptist ministers of Atlanta and
vicinity will begin Sunday to rally
their forces for the city-wide evange-
listic campaign which will be inaugu-
rated in every Baptist church in At
ldnta on May II. References to the
plans that are being made for the
meetings will be contained in many
of the sermons to-day, and the lay
men of the congregations will be ask
ed to lend their aid to make the big
revival a success.
The meetings will be simultaneous
under the general direction of Or.
Weston Brunner head of the evan
geism department of the Southern
Baptist Convention. He will be as
sisted by strong corps of trained
cvangelists and singers, who will or
ganize the choruses and direct the
music.
DR.. Brunner and his assistants will
come to Atlanta from Louisiana, where
they now are conducting a revival
similar to the one to be held here.
At Other Churches.
Ministers of other denominations
have announced interesting topics for
their sermons to-day. The Rev. AL
len C. Shuler, Of the East Side Tab
ernacle, will speak on The F'olly Of
the Fool" There will be special mu-
sic at both the morning and evening
services.
The new members Of the church
who Joined during the recent revival
will be formally welcomed at the
evening services.
DR.. George Loring Hanscom, of the
Central Congregational Church, sun
day morning will preach on Common
Serse IN the Christian Life He will
plead for manly, workaday Chris
tianity rather than a religion of va
gary and mysticism. At the evening
services his subject will be Have
You Touched Jesus ~
The Rev. Jere A. Moore, of the Har-
ris Street Presbyterian Church, Will
give a lecture on The Nature Of
Power and Prayer illustrated with
stereopticon views, sunday evening.
Dr. c. r. Wilmer Of 81. Luke s.
who has been attending the Bible
Saturday. and will preach Sunday
night on What Are the Requirements
for Confirmation in the Episcopal
Church?" In the afternoon DR. Will
mer will speak before the Railroad
Young Mems Christian Association.
New Pastor Coming.
The Rev G. j. Yeisley. of Toledo.
Ohio. has been appointed by Bishop
F. d. Leete as pastor of the Egels-
ION Memorial Methodist Church, to
succeed the Rev A. r. Rourquard,
who died soon after mis- appointment
to the Atlanta post DR. Neislev is
expected to arrive i'm Atlanta soon
with his wife and two children, and
probably win preach his first sermon
here March IS
The regular services will be held at
The All Saints Episcopal church sun
day. The Rev Willis Memminger the
rector. will hold Holy Communion at
1880 a. m. Sunday school Will he
held at g:45 o'clock. and holy Com
munion and the sermon at II o'clock
Services will be held every afternoon
at 4 o'clock, except Saturday, during
Lent
Much interest attaches to the visi.
of DR. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of chicd-
go to Atlanta next week. He is man
ager of the Abraham Lincoln 'enter!
of Oh Cago. secretary of the Worlds
Congress OF Religion, and a member
of the extension staff of Chicago Uni
versity, and has had wide experience
in religious affairs He will speak a
Cable Hall TUESDAY evening on Tho
CAN of the city" and before the
Drama League TUESDAY afternoon on
Henrik Ibsen" He will occupy the
pulpit of the Unitarian Church Sun.
day morning