The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-04
BAPTISTS PLAN
UNIQUE CAMPAIGN
Tomorrow is Five Year Program Day
and Entire Membership Of
Church is to be Visited.

During the past five weeks the
pastor of the First Baptist church,
assisted by large corp of workers,
has been placing before his congre-
cation the enlarged scope before 1t
in view OF the fact that the five year
program, adopted by the Northern
Baptist convention and recommended
to all the churches, calls for the
maximum work of every member.
"At the convention" said the pastor,
"our church was considered one OF
the largest Baptist churches in Iowa,
and now it Is our duty to set pace
consistent with our standing and we
propose to utilize this five year day
to show that we have the spirit as
well as the sdze."
Two thousand letters and post
cards" said Rev. McAllister, tehave
been sent to the local church mem
bers telling OF the proposed work OF
the coming year, Of the enlarged bud
get because OF the enlarged work,
local and International, of the adop-
ton of larger plans. for seldom have
our undertakings, as denomination,
measured up to our ability. This
Sunday morning. the visitation COM
mittee of about one hundred, Will be
dedicated to their work in a special
service before the church, and then,
imm ediately after dinner, they will
set out on their social and religious
privilege Of visiting the entire MEM
bership, for mutual encouragement,
for more eHectual service and stimu-
lation in christian work, and to Sc
cure a pledge from each member for
the ensuing year, to begin the new
year. The slogan is. stay home Sun
day afternoon until the visitors ar
rive The budget, including missions
and benevolences Of all kinds, and
the expenses of the local church, as
salaries, lighting, heating, repairing,
advertising, and music, will amount to
$4,000 this year, and 1t is the goal
of the visiting committee to secure
pledges that will cover the entire
amount. At neither morning or
evening service will pledges be ask
ed for. At the evening service the
pledges will be returned and count
ed"
The pastor says he will continue
his ,fireside series Sunday evening
bv giving the sermon, Some Pests In
the Home Worse Than Bugs" He
saws at this service he will speak Of
some enemies OF our modern times
that are effecting the home seriously.
He said he was going to encourage
young people. when they founded
home, not to live in hotel, but in
a home of their own, and not to
mortgage it for some tom-follery
that will break their necks; to make
their home to live in and every chair
to sit in. He said he will answer
the question, 'tWwhat will do with
my cranky husband"
During the course Of the sermon he
will speak about the divorce problem
in Keokuk. ''In Keokuk," he says.
I'VE have some bad marriages and
marriage laws that are not any too
good, and when immortality. flirting
the Job hunting lawyer. too light
houseke eping, jealousy, gossiping and
nagging are reduced to the minimum
we will stand among the best and not
almost among the worst cities In the
country, in this respect"
He will dwell some time also upon
infidelity. At the conclusion OF the
sermon he will touch upon the pol1t-
ical situation before us and answer
as to whether the church people OF
Keokuk are really on the right track
in this election.