The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-14
CHURCH OF ADVENT STARTS CAMP PA|GN Every Parishi0ner to Be Visited Next Sunday ENTHUSIASM SHOWN Every Man Canvass Is Intended to Arouse Interest and Stir Up
 More CO-0peratiOn
 in Work
ENTHUSIASM SHOWN


 u1us which the Episcopal church is manifesting throughout the whole American continent became evident last night in largely attended meet ling of the most active members of the 1Church of the Advent parish, which
 was held in the parish house adjoin- ing the church itself on the corner of Sixth avenue and Twentieth street Preparations for an energetic cam
 paign for the improvement of the financial condition of the parish and for the addition of many new members to the church were the result of the meeting
 No business meeting of the mem
 bers of the Church of the Advent has been held in the past decade which was so well attended and so enthu- siastic and the preliminars details of the plans adopted included the appoint ment of 26 teams, composed of a cap tain each and a quartet of co-worSe CTS, which are to devote three hours to a canvass of Birmingham next Sunday. Twenty-six automobiles, owned by various members of the parish present at the meeting, were volunteered for the work of the committees or teams and it was determined that all teams would assemble at the church next 1 Sunday afternoon for the inauguration of the campaign.
 l The occasion last night was a sup- per to the men of the Advent parish by the ladies of the parish and a sumptuous repast, followed by an ice l tn tables beautifully decorated with roses and other flowers.
 The Rev. Middleton Barnwell. rector of the church, acted as toastma ster of the gathering, and the most import ant address heard was delivered by the Rev. w. R. Patton, secretary of the board of missions of the Episcopal church for the southern departmen ent, which includes all of the states east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio river
 l MT. Barnwell himself in introducing the matters before both the officials and the general membership of the church, in fact, all interested in it's welfare made an eloquent and i'm pressive talk, driving home to his hear CTS many pertinent facts in connection | with both home and foreign missions l He concluded his remarks by tact 1 ful introduction of MT. Patton, who made, in a brief talk pointedly illus trated by data and blackboard illus | trations, one of the ablest and most interesting addresses on the mission work of the Episcopal church ever heard in Birmingham.
 | At the conclusion of his address an nouncement was made of the plan. ap- proved by the vestry of the church to conduct what Is to be known as an "every-nan canvass" for which 26 teams were needed, volunteers being called for to meet with immediate re- l sponse.
 The "every man canvass" is intended to reach directly into the home of ev- | cry one of the $40 communicants of l the Church of the Advent next Sunday afternoon between the hours of 2:3O and 5:30 and to each one will be mailed an invitation to remain at home for those hours that the canvassing teams which will be led by the Rev. MT. Barn. we'll in person, may find them and be- come better acquainted with them This canvass. as planned by the Ad- vent. Is primarily to give every com munfcant a chance to contribute sys- I tematically to the needs of the church | in it's own work, the work of the home mission board and the foreign mission field, but better acquaintance with each other, the cultivation of the "get- together" spirit in other words, and the acquisition of new members are also important features of the work undertaken
 1 Additional details of the campaign will be announced at the regular Sun day morning service at the Church of the Advent by the Rev. MT. Barnwell 1 The ladies of the Church of the Ad- vent parish who served supper for the meeting included Mrs. Robert Jemison. Jr., Mrs. J. Maben Hobson, Mrs C. T. Randall, Mrs. C.. E. Bush. Mrs. J. Rivers Carter, Mrs. w. V. M Robertson, Mrs. A. A. Adams, Mrs. H. E. Shropshire, Tarrant. Mrs. w M. Mayes, Mrs. w. H. Nevins. Mrs. M s. Barnweli, Mrs. Stafford Smith, Mrs. c. l. Baker, Miss | I.ise Shropshire and Miss Florence Tar rant.
 Among the gentlemen present were the following:
 E.. M Tutwiler. S. E. Thompson. Priestley Toulmin, R. A. Terrell, W. V. M Robertson, Jr., William E. Meade. Hale V. Tarrant, c. I. Baker, w. H. Nevins, A. A. Adams. Sr., A. A. Adams, IT,, F. P. Cheape. John V. Coe, w. E. Shropshire, H. E. Shropshire Jr., J. O. Little, Rev. M. A. Barnwell, Rev. R. B. Patton. Robert Jemison, Jr., Hinton E. Carr. J. F. Foster. Charles l.. Fas- ker, Charles Roberts Frank E. Curtis, Henry F. Beaumont. J. R. Carter, A. B. Tanner. Robert F. Newman. H. S. Geismer. Thomas Parr. L. P Hill. w. w.. M. Robertson, D. D. Davis, Robert Terrell. Jr., Felix Harris, Hubert Smith. J. F. Hawkins, E. H West, Ebert Jem- lison. J. L. Foster, J. W. Donnelly. K. L. Totten. A. R. Dearborn. sr. R.