The Nevada County picayune., 1919-07-31
o,rurRN BAPTISTS GO IN SUI FOR MAMMOTH SUM.
.. ooo OOO In Eight Days, November 2Oth to December 7th.

4 tbe southern Baptist Convention
 .a.,ta Georgia. in May, with more .,o, 50o0 Baptists assembled it was
 .;n,o,sIv decided to raise = mill
 aoIIars for missions, in home and .Yo;or lands for their more than 13O
 4ianal institutions for their ..nv orphanages and hospitals; for ,... ooad ministers; and for the Ma ..,,oI Memorial Church. dedicated to poger Williams and Religious Liberty, .o bo built in Washington. 4 Cam na;on Commission was appointed, with nr George W. Truett, pastor First panttst church. Dallas, Texas. as chairman and one member from each If thp Southern States. At meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, early in June, the Commission met and made out plans for raising the 75 million dollars. Dr. Scarborough. president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Sem ;rorv Pr Worth. Texas, was elected General Director and his headquarters established at Nashville. Tennessee. Five of rhe Commissioners were ap rointed as Campaign Directors, to whom the details of organization were committed Mr ]. H. Anderson, of Knoxville Tennessee. wealthy mer- chant. Va~ made Chairman.
 These Campaign Directors have elect ed the following leaders to cooperate vitb General Director Scarborough i'll the Campaign E. C Hening, of North Carolina Assistant General Director: T B Ray. of Virginia, Survey Direc- tor. H |. Moore. of Tennessee, Pub Iicity Director Mrs. ". J. Neel, ". NJ. [. Organizer. \ General Organizer is yea 10 be selected.
 Al | meeting composed of nearly POO representatives from every phase Of the denomination life and work. i'll Nashville. Tennessee. July 2nd and 3rd a complete program and organization for the campaign were effected. Each of the Southern States will be organ ized with the State Secretary of Mis- sonS +, the General Director for that state. H. will be aided by General Organizer and a Publicity Man. and an Advisory Campaign Committee, made up of the three persons above named, the Campaign Commissioner form that state. the editor ef the Baptist paper, the Secretary aHd Vice President of the Women Nnra. and the Chairman of the La9man~ organization. It will be the duty of these State Organizers to organize the subdivisions in each state, called Associations CT Districts. Each of these Associations or Districts will have an organizer and Publicity Di- rector, and these will organize the ferably the pastor and an Organizer, some select layman; and an Organizer representing the Women's Work. All these organizations are to be aided by volunteer workers, from among men and women
 The name of the campaign is Rap tlst . Million Campaign. The time for the big drive will be November 30th to December 7th. This will be called Victory Week, at which time cash and pledges payable in years are to De raised to the amount of more than 70 million dollars. All the general or gani2ationS, - The Foreign Mission Board at Richmond, Virginia, the Home Mission Board at Atlanta, Geor- gla the Educational Board at Birm- mgham, Alabama, the Old Min 'Ster's Relief Board, at Dallas, Texas, the lASmans Board at Knoxville, Tennes- see, the Woman'S Missionary Union hoafd' at Baltimore. Maryland, and all the state organizations are throwing themselves full length and full strength ihto the campaign. Three million haptlsts are to go in and put it over II lS To be the greatest and most mean Higiui movement ever inaugurated by southern BaptiSts It's issues to the cause of Christ are inealculable This money Will help every phase of reli- sloos life represented by Baptists 'nroaghout the whole world. It is ex- pe''ea tAal every Baptist Church, more ''an - thousand of them, and every 'aplNt member more than 3 million, VIII pat themselves in Il great fashion Into this movement.
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