Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-09-18
$4,000 IS RAISED To
BEGIN SUNDAY REVIVAL;
$4,000 MORE NEEDED
Balance of Amount viii Be
Raised in Special Campaign
in Atlanta Next Sunday, J,
K, Orr Announces

Eighty-eight per cent of the funds
necessary to start the Billy Sunday re-
vival in Atlanta November 4 have been
underwritten by Atlanta churches and
the remainder is expected to be pledged
ankaFseries of meetings in Atlanta
hrehes next Sunday.
Mrfus was announced by J. K. Orr,
Z innan of the finance committee Of
A|all1a ministers and laymen at
nI'&eoing held Monday morning in the as
sefiSiy room Of the Young Mems Chris
tian association.
Mr.. Orr announced that there was no
ana4ety concerning the remainder of the
100000 fund.
DIR. James A. Walker, advance agent
for the evangelist, who was one of the
two Sunday men to speak, said that At
lanta had made an enviable record and
he hoped the record of every cent under
written could be reached before the act
ual revival started.
Far-reaching plans, involving ire
mendous organization for seven weeks
of Billy Sunday in Atlanta, were un-
folded at the meeting. The next great
step will be the observance of Evange-
Ustic Sabbath in the churches In Al
lanta. a meeting to perfect arrangements
for which was held at l o'clock Mon
day afternoon The preparations Will
include the assignments of special re-
vival speaker at every church IN the
city for Sunday morning.
Two weeks of ward meetings wnlch ~
"a hoped to win ten thousand Blple class
men for the Sunday evangelistc cam
paign will be launched next Mohu~y'
nreceded bv a mems mass meeting In
the wesley Memorial church. corner
of Auburn avenue and Ivy street. rms
meeting will be held at $3.50 O'CLOCK
Sunday afternoon, no epuAK
The Bible class organization Is unoer
the direction of the Rev. George Dowey,
specialist in this work, who is atIacneu
10 the Billy Sunday stan. MI DoweE
will be the. principal speaker
afternoon The other meetings. "'
which. he willSspeak are:
Monday. September 24-An churches
~ FIRST and Second wards; meeting Ia
Trinftx, Methodist, corner washington
street and Trinity avenue
Tnesday. September 25-An churcnes
~ third ward, Capitol Avenue Baptist
church. s52 Capitol avenue
Thursday. September 27-All churche-
of Fifth ward; Western Helshts Dap
list 5s7 Chestnut street D,,,..-s,.. 20
Friday. September 2S-An cnuIcnes "a
s,1th ward. First Baptist Peachtree ana
Cain streets. 80 I 80
So,.o,,tb ward; Park Street Methodist,
Park and Lee streets. -
Tuesday, October 2-Al churches OF
Fourth and Eighth wards; 81 MARX
Methodist. Peachtree and Fifth streets,
THURSDAY. October ALL churches or
Ninth ward: Inman Park Methodist f'o
Edgewood avenue.
Friday. October 5-All churches OF
Tenth ward: Bonnie Brae Methodist III
Tiff avenue.
-ov,vaI Is TO be held is already under
construction, DR.. Walker announced In
an address to the ministers, In whlch
he exnlained the scope of the preliml-
nary work necessary, he said, to sue
cessful revival. Charts upon the wall
exD1ained that hundreds of workers In
botb the permanent and temporary Sum
dav organizations would be needed.
For example. every ono of the ap-
proximateIy one hundred Oh lrches IN
IN revival district will be called Upon,
FOR nine representatives: One to be In
charge Of the neighborhood prayer serv'
ices which begin four weeks in advance
of the revival; one in charge Of finance;
one in charge of the mems Bible classes
one for personal work; one for choruses;
one for ushers; one to be secretary; one
to provide automobiles necessary ana
one for women's work.
GREAT wOMANS ORGANIZATION.
The women will have tremendous or
ganization. There will be three divisions
a central division having charge OF the
campaign in stores office buildings. tele-
phone exchanges, business colleges and
u tbe street sections desiSnat ed; a
luncheon division which will arrange for
noon meetings Of business women, and
an extension division which will carry
the revival work into factories, laun-
dries, hospitals, hotels, restaurants and
the homes where women are employed.
Billy Sundays own organization,
which he carries with him. includes
singers, musicians, secretaries, choir
leaders, a custodian for the tabernacle
and many assistants who go out into
the churches Of the district for special
UoYlr and services.