The Washington herald., 1915-11-28
WHAT CHURCH PEOPLE
ARE SAYING AND DOING

The annual statement OF NaiNei
Baptist Church and Sunday school,
which was made this month to the
Columbia Baptist Association, shows
notable gains in membership and con-
rributions. The membership of the
church increased by baptism, 81; by
letter, 81; by experience, 4; by re-
storation, l; total. 100. Loss by letter,
So: by erasure, 10: by death. Is; total.
90; net gain, 100; present membership
e,os1.
Sunday school neutrality-suspicious.
garten department. go; primary depart
ment, 1ss; intermediate department. loo;
Junior department, $50; adult department
I,Iss; home department, 46S; chapel de-
partment, 800; Chinese department, ~
deaf department, 80: officers. "A; total
Isl. Total Sunday school receipts
ss.72s36
The receipts Of the whole church were
as follows: Current expenses OF church
80. e5s.S2; current expenses Of SUNDAY
school, S2,ssl.ss: home missions. s-OS2.zl;
foreign missions, s4.37o.67; sundry benevo-
lent objects, s5,3sS.21: Columbia Baptist
Association, sslS.4S; Baptist Home, 500
Baptist orphanags. $500; Publication so
ciety, $50; building and loan fund.- $40
total s40,sS222
Rev. William A. Wade, pastor OF st
Marks Lutheran Church, in a letter 10
the Lutheran Church Work ana I'd
server. refers to the practice, which ne
claims is on the increase, of giving
,,,onsS dIr.ctIv 10 the work Of the church
instead of having II coaxed away
through the operation OF some more or
less wasteful scheme such as are IA
1nilfer in modern religious Circles
Rev. Mr.. Wade says:
more and more our Lutheran churcnes
are doing away with the custom OF nav
ing suppers, sales and business enter
prises for the purpose OF raising money
for the Lords work, and are giving II
siractIv Free will and voluntary CIV
ing "a ia king the place Of other metnods
rapidly. which shows that the right OF
proper way of giving can be done wnen
We have a will to do it. The Laoles
Ala society of the Church of the Epipn-
any DR. Steck, pastor. decided 10 40
This a wear ago, and at the ocUooei
meeting they brought in their talent anu
f.ee-win money to the amount OF 49, az
orfer,ng unto the Lord. which came dl-
,ac,ly from the members. This practice
e. oonmendable and we hope that many
others NAV learn TO follow the good eS-
ample.
pa,. .r3IIIv, Sunday Is to open an
-vaneelistic campaign in Baltimore on
February 20. next and his advance agent
Rev. ]. W. Welch. met the past "eeN
with the members of the preliminary
committee and outlined the scope OF Irle
generations which precede the coming
II the evangelist
A tabernacle in which the meetings are
n be held will be erected on the Old
OrioIe park baseball grounds. The build
ne will require $1,000 feet of lumber ana
viii occupy a space 216 by 2SS feet II
will have a seating capacity OF la,O"o OF
: ne- cent more than could be cared for
N the structure used in Philadelphia.
The vastness of the Sunday machine
vas made plain by Mr.. WEIGH when ne
outlined to the Baltimoreans the num-
,er of helpers the campaign would re-
IUire:
We will need at least 100 ushers. but
re want for these Jobs the best type OF
men in the city. We want 800 of them 20
,e-ye every night They must be men
who represent the churches from which
.bev come. and they must take the blame
md the responsibility OF the work Which
heir churches are doing in connection
With the campaign. 1 have four names
or them, ushers, martyrs, scapegoats
nd doormats, for they will be all these
hings before the campaign is over. ana
-ou have got to have a big man for chief
fSnGT, one Oh IIt DASSSoN A4ANA
ity. He will have four OF fve heuten-
mis- one of whom will be in charge or
mo door men. Of whom we Will need
arge number.
Then YOU will need about 800 secre-
aries and an unusual man for chairman
+ secretaries. The duties OF these sec
etaries will be TO get record on the
ards of every trail-hitter and the church
f his preference. No ministers are al
owed as secretaries. Then you will want
1 chairman Of personal workers and II
,ught to be seen to that the pastor OF
very church interested in this campaign
,egins a training class for personal work
RS at once. Mr. Sunday expects every
-hristian in this city to be personal
worker
For chairman Of your music commit
ee YOU will need a real man. You VIII
also need about 500 vice chairmen.
committee of two In each local church,
Who will select the singers. About 900
singers will be needed. There will be
wo mixed choruses and from these viii
,e chosen a third chorus of men only.
You will have to have a chairman
md a committee on Bible study. There
will be 1000 neighborhood prayer meet
ngs going on during the campaign.
THE biggest thing in the lot is the
prayer meeting committee, and II you
nave a preacher VINO can olrect Hlen'
Who is a master Of detail put him at
he head of this committee and in charge
II this work. Under this chairman there
will be a dozen district superintendent
and under these several hundred sec
ions. The whole city will be divided
nto blocks of about 70 houses to block,
With one man and two women in charge
" each block, and responsible for hold
ng two prayer meetings week In each
block And at the close of each meeting
1 postal card report of It will be mailed
o the chairman of the committee"
Mr.. Sunday is now engaged in a meet
ng in Syracuse, n. Y, and reports from
hat city indicate that there is no lack
If enthusiasm. 1t is said that on re-
'ent Lords Day the attendance would
nave been over 5000 persons had the
,apacity of the tabernacle been suffi-
lent. AS it was, upwards of 1900 heard
he evangelist. II is said that 10000 were
urned away from the last service alone.
The significance of this is apparent when
is mentioned that the seating capacity
Vt the tabernacle Is approximately 1900.
IT 5000 for three meetings which is the
'ule for the first day of the week. An
other remarkable demonstration is re-
corded in the number Of persons who ac-
'epted Sundays first call for penitents.
The call was answered by - persons.
aid to be the largest number which
las come forward at first in any place
where the evangelist has held REVEALS
During the first week Mr.. Sunday spoke
20 10000 persons. who contributed S.
M2.57 to his campaign. Most of these
we're Syracuse people. The second week
With delegations from surrounding COM
49,