The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
BAP7ZSTS RALLY
TO STATE WORK
Big observation-disclosures For Missions -Mobilized For An
other Victory-Creat Day September oath.


hierarchy. Their leaders have ever
been earnest, self-sacrificing, indepeno-
ent preachers who have gone every
where preaching the Word.
Last year ali the Baptists OF the
South gave $2,O19,S21.00 for all mis-
sions-the greatest record they have
ever made in their history. They re-
Gently raised nearly 5000, 100000 to pay
their Foreign Mission debt. Georgia
Baptists had large and noble part
in the record-breaking record, and TINS
year they have set themselves the task
of raising $300000.00 for education, be-
nevolence and missions.
State Missions is the immediate
task and interest of Georgia Baptists.
| State Missions is Baptist mission
work in Georgia, and Sept. and Oct.
are the harvesting or rallying months
in which this great people make large
offerings to this worthy cause. Their
slogan, Redeem Georgia" has been
sounded from Rabun Gap to Tybee
Light and the mighty host OF these in
| dependent, Bible-loving, God-fearlng
folk is being moved by the clarion call
of this great cry to rally as never be-
fore to the support of their mission
work in Georgia
The double appeal of Christian duty
and State patriotism is kindling the
| fires of their zeal and leading them to
| give support to the great task OF meet
| ing the religious and moral needs of
dear old Georgia. No Baptist church
can turn a deaf ear to this appeal and
| be worthy of its name. The pressure
1 of other interests has caused this work
| to be somewhat neglected in recent
years But these Baptists are the kind
that come back" and from all reports
they are now determined to again give
| their Georgia work first place, not for
\ any selfish reason, but because they
realize that it is primary and funda-
4 mental to the success of every other
| worthy interest.
4 RaIIyins To A New Leader.
| Last year Georgia Baptists made
change in missionary leadership when
i they elected DR.. Arch C. Cree as Cor.
I Sec. & Treas. of their Mission Board.
n This was no experiment. He was
| neither unknown nor untried, for, pre-
\ vious to accepting this office, he had
\ been pastor of some of the leading
churches of the South and the Enlist
ment Secretary of the Home Mission
n Board.
i DR.. Alex. Bealer in writing last
4 year OF DR.. Cree said, I'm all Of these
places he has demonstrated his abil
ity to handle big movements and to
! lead men in doing great things for
| God, Without doubt the greatest
task that has ever confronted DR.. Cree
is the one in which he is now en-
gagged. He has already demon
strated that he is the man for the
place AS young man he had splen-
did business training, The clar-
ion call of the Board under the new
leader is Redeem Georgia. and with
this end in view DR.. Cree has begun
his work and pitched his program for
victory"
Many problems and handicaps con-
fronted the new Secretary when he
was called TO this work But imme-
diately upon entering the work he eff
fected readjustments and economies
in administration that helped re-
duce the expenditures of last year
about $40, 100000 as compared with the
year before; and he is instituting fur
Their economies that will add to eff
cheney and in time save thousands
more. AS result of his businesslike
policies Georgia Baptists have great
confidence in his administration.
DR.. Cree is q man of untiring energy
and executive ability The late DR..
Bernard said of him that "he could
ride three different trains going in
four different. directions at the same
time. He can do three mems work any
old day; but, even then, he has to go
home and turn somersaults to get tired
enough to Sleep"
Modified For Victory
Since his election in addition to the
heavy executive work of his office, DR..
Cree has travelled over 40, 900 miles and
delivered over 300 addresses. He is
now busy going the rounds of the AS
sociational meetings and is rallying his
Baptist people and modifying the forces
for another victory in the great tasks
of Georgia Baptists. Growing out Of
the plans and program which he has
projected, the leading pastors and lay
men of many of the Associations have
been organized into teams of two or
more to visit the Baptist churches of
the State, to duplicate the message
and mission of their leader and to raj
ly the great Georgia Baptist host for
another triumph in the State work this
Fall The devoted Baptist women
through their Mission Societies are
: also rallying to the State Mission task
Forty thousand dollars must be raised
for State Missions in Sept and Oct
Nearly this much was raised last Sept
and Oct. So victory is confidently
looked for
A Great Day: Sept. oath.
Sunday, Sept. oath, will be red-let-
ter day in the annals of the Baptists of
Georgia 1t is State Mission Day in the
Sunday Schools and also Statewide,
Go-To-Sunday-School Day for Georgia
Baptists The aim set for the day is
a quarter of million pupils in attend
opca unon tho Sunday CohooIr aDd n