The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-31

! her Of churches Ia the city. there beiMo
ssixty.two churches cooperating and
this evoked favorable comment on the
part of Mr.. walker who declared that
n good start had been made. adding
that he was confitie nj that the campo gn
would he a snrce6s.
I Approximately $4,000 church mem
! bars In the city are interested in tho
campaign and this number may be IN
creased when several OF the churches
turn In their qucsttcrnair~s.
! Tabalated figures for the denom'na :
tons show that the Episcopal churches
/ have oniy sseo ar their spportiopment
YEAS based upon the number OF churches
| represented last night and tho COM
. hsned membership Of the two. Grace
Episcopal and Meade Memorial were
the Episcopal churches represented. but
the others ars expected to fail In line
and hear their share Of the burden
Probably he ov~rsubscrspssoss.
Additional churches also viii be
added to the Christian and Lutheran
denominations and the number OF
church gocrs throughout the city VIII
he Increased by approximately 1000
when tho other churches fall in line.
Indications point to an oversubscrip-
tion OF the initial $4,000.
II IL the purpose Of those In onarsc
remainder of the money from the col
tectiens taken at the auditorium. II
was estimated last night that II should
not take more than three weeks of the
six weeks cam nairn before this amount
will be raised.
"Ar, Saunders, converted nearly
Ave years ago ny Billy Sunday.
when the evangelist was holding
NEE ttngs In Scranton. Pa. ws.s pres
-i al hn tho emrcf the
meetings had upon the business men
OF Scranton.
That the work Of Sunday and his
methods leave a lasting impression
was pointed out in several instances
related by Saunders. Several Chris
tiar appeals which had fallen upon
deaf ears OF business of Scranton.
were conn jesed a year after the evan
gels. had left that city.
Come into Their Own.
Three OF these enterprises were the
erection Of a Y. w. c. A. building. an
addition to the Y. N. G. A. building
and tbs erection of railroad y. NJ.
&c. A. building. all in Scranton.
Seighborhood prayer meetings, a
fore-runner to the campaigns. were
inaugurated in homes ABOUT the city
last night. II IL estimated that APP
proxinately one hundred and fifty OF
these meetings were heiu ON the HTSt
night. Eth meeting last only a half
hour.
In addition to r. Archibald Gary,
. chair OF the finance omnn sttee,
and r. N. Williams. treasurer. the
following representatives were pres
emit:
Baptsst--Guy Gregory, Jas. w.
Gentry. VIM. l., Tyler. w. p. Kelley.
Russell c. williams. Henry C. Leon
ard. W. y. Duke. =. 4. Seaton. +. E.
Stone. j. Il. Harmon. 4. L. Barfoot,
G.. s. Dansay, Tom r. Johnson. Thos.
r Morton. Robt. NJ. Smith, walter
( Melton. C. II. Thor oson. s. c. Peek.
Christian---W. ]. Cash. r.. NJ. Kent,
Jr.. .
EpiscopaI~~Ha Meade Addison, Clar-
ence Paul.
I4uthern--J. C. sceiinger.
Methodist. A. Gawthrop. A.: l..
| Aaamson. c, s. Wells, W. r. Gibbs,
! II. r. Jackson, J. r. Kaempf.
| Methodist-~-E. l.. Bailey. J. X.
f! Redd, Jr' J. G. Wilson, Alan p.
! Clarke. W. r, Heckler. A. A. Adkins
| Presbvterian--B Pollard Cardoza
| /. y. Grant, L. q. Eurress Ernest
! Keesee, ]. w. Blount, ais. l.. A. An
/ derson, wnl. II. Hill, NJ. VI. Ander.
/ son