The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-18
CENTENARY DRIVE
BEGINS TODAY
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS TO BE
RAISED FOR CAUSE
OF METHODISM.
Assessments of All County Churches.
Lists of Committees-Scope of
Recommendations For
Success.

half OF the cause OF MethodlSm the
world over begins today.
The enormous sum of one hundred
and forty-fve million dollars is to
be raised, payable in FIVE annual in
stallments. The Canadian churchs S
quota is ten million; the Northern
church is to raise a hundred million
and the Southern church is to raise
thirty-five million dollars to spread
the cause of Methodism over the
earth. The North Mississippi Con-
ferences share of this sum is $780,
600. LOwndes county is to raise the
following sums, apportioned to her
churches as follows: Columbus,
First church, $1s,OO0.OO; Central
church, $6,690.OO; Mayhem $3.50;
Piney Grove $66s; Andrews Chap
ell $2S; Murrah's Chapel sec; New
Hope $685. Crawford $2,SO0;
Schaeffer's Chapel $4,000. This is
the total sum expected from the
various churches and it will be di-
vided into FIVE annual installments.
Services will be held today in ev-
cry Methodist church within the
confines of the area represented in
the movement and elaborate plans
have been completed for the sue
cess of the drive. Special services
willsbe held in both OF the Methodist
churches in this city this morning
in which the drive will be under
taken and the work of solicitation
will be completed by committees
this afternoon, which will visit the
homes of all members. The country
churches will hold all-day services
and it is expected that most of the
quotas win be written today The
drive will last for eight days and
the various churches will complete
their quotas in this time. Rev. W.
L. Duren, presiding elder of the Co
lumbus district of the North Mis-
sissippi Conference, ambitious for
the success of the drive in his dis
trict, has been working very earnest
ly for the past several weeks for
the success of the movement and
those churches without pastors have
been visited by him and many of
them have already subscribed their
quotas
When asked for an expression Of
opinion of the movement and the
prospect for success locally in his
church, Rev. J. H. Felts, pastor of
the First church, said:
Already activities in Methodist
circles are bearing fruit. Many
churches have met their quotas
ahead of time. The little city of
New Albany, asked for SIS, 100000,
responds with s3O,O00O0. Through
out the church there is found
spirit of things so large that it is
like a dream-a dream being real
lied, however. The Methodist
church is one of the live churches of
the world. Her membership pro-
poses to do things on a scale in
keeping with the need of the hour
and the spirit of the age. In the
good old L. s. A and Canada they
are raising nearly two hundred mil
lion dollars for missions this week.
More than half of this sum will be
spent in our own country. In city,
village. hamlet and country place
money is being and will be spent in
reconstruction work. Pastors work
ing on a starvation basis will be
helped, needy places will be occu-
pied by men specially equipped for
leadership, so backed by the great
church of which they are represen-
tatives that they can do real. definite
things. Waste places are TO be
built up. II is a time when a man
can make his dollars do real things
for humanity. Liberty Bonds will
be accepted at par The man who
has made sacrifice for his country
may put those bonds to work for
humanity, thereby making his dol
lars do double duty-serving his
country and his God. II is a real
to put money where it
will do the greatest amount Of good.
Here in Columbus will be found the
same spirit that obtains through the
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