The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-09-05
FIRST LAP OF THE BIG
BAPTIST CAMPAIGN
Remarkable Progress Recorded At
End OF First Month In Organing
State For Movement
BY LOUIE D. NEWTON
Director Publicity

The first lay in the Baptist rs Mil
lion Campaign was marked by the
passing of the month of August. The
progress smade in this first month of
real work is declared by DIR. Scar
borough. the director general, and by
DR.. Cree, the Georgia director, to be
more than they had expectedsor could
have wished for, - - sA... =.
The work Of organizing the more
than three hundred thousand white
Baptists in Georgia for the great task
of subscribing a tenth of the total
amount of the seventy-five millions
Of dollars was>started about the first
of August. During the month the
entire state has been covered by the
organization and every association af-
filiated with the Georgia Baptist Con-
ventin is now in line with the big plan
of systematzing all contributions to
the purposes Of the Kingdom.
DR.. Cree states that this is an ac-
cOmplishment of results that should
gratifuy every Baptist in the state.
With this beginning and with three
months yet to. complete the plans, he
believes that Georgia is going to be
ready for a successful drive during
the week of actual canvass. which is
from November 80 to December z.
Last Sunday marked a big day in,
the progress Of the campaign due to
the Fifth Sunday meetings which were
held in every partSof the state. Spe-
cial speakers, sixty-seven in number,
were sent to the various big gather
nigs and presented the campaign. ~'
The associations are now meeting
in every part of the state and the cam
paign officials have a plan of sending
two strong speakers to every associa-
tional meeting and of asking for q
whole day to present the movement.
This is going to be one of the signi-
ficant approaches to the mass of peo-
pie.
DR.. John D. Nell, of Athens, presi-
dent of the Georgia Baptist Conven-
ton, state that he believes the asso-
ciRtional meetings will afford the best
opportunity to reach the people, Fol-
lowing these. meetings, the same appeal
will be taken to the local churches by
special speakers to. be known as the
Baptist Four Minute Speakers.
An extensive program of publicity
In the form of posters and folders
Is just now taking form. The COM
mittee of boosters for each church
will handle the local publicity matter
and the Atlanta Office is waiting for
the appointment of the committee to
supply every church in the state with
this convincing publicity matter.
The most attractive poster that has
been printed for the campaign will
go int othe mails this week 1t is
called, Lifting the World into the
Light" 1t is the suggestion of the
hands of Jesus lifting the world into
the light of His truth.
The month of September is to be
known as Intercession Month. Special
days of prayer will be observed, par
ticularly Wednesday, September "a.
The leaders of the campaign feel very
dennltely the Importance OF lnterces-
sion and it is believed that it will re-
suit in unanticipated progress in the
camjaign.
AS the campaign develos during the
fall there is one outstand feature and
that is the big meeting of the Georgia
Baptist Convention at Macon, where
it is the hope of the leaders that an
unprecedented number of Baptists
viii gather for the purpose of hear
ing such leaders as DR.. George w.
Truett and DR.. Scarborough present
the appeal of the campaign.
81 am gretaly pleased with the out
look, and wish to express my APP
probation to everyone who is helping
to make possible this great work
stated DR.. Cree few days ago.