Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-11-29
P.ice Fiye'Cents
BAPTIST DRIVE IS
. ON TOMORROW
Excess of Quota By Richmond
Frat Church May Go To
Oneida Institute

Sunday will be the biggest day
among Baptists in all their history.
There are 25,000 churches in the
bounds of the. Southern Baptist Con-
vention with practically three mil
lion members and not one of these
will be overlooked or neglected in the
campaign for rs millions of dollars
for the various branches of denomi-
national work.
Many evidences point to victory in
this worthy cause but warning is
given by the leaders OF the campaign
against "overconfidence, prayerless-
ness and inactivity. These have de-
feated many a worthy program. On
the other hand people are urged to
greatest diligence prayer and con-
secration that victory may be as
sured.
An effort is being made by director
Rev. o. o. Green, of the First Bap-
tist church and Mr.. L. P. Evans or
ganizer, to reach not only all the
members of the First church but
Baptists who live in Richmond and
hold membership elsewhere. Pledges
will be taken from these as well as
members of the church here and will
be sent to the church where they be-
long unless it is the purpose of the
Individual to place their membership
here.
The country churches throughout
the county are vigorously pushing
the campaign in their respective
churches. The Calvary church, Rich
mond, has already gone beyond it's
quota having raised about $500, in
stead of $625 the amount they were
asked to give. The Valley View
church has raised nearly three times
its quota. Republican, Waco, King
ston, Red House and Newly are all
confident of victory. Kirksville' is
sure to come in with her part. Mt.
Tabor at Paint Lick has already
raised over $3.50 of their $4,000.
This is fine for this splendid country
church. All of the twenty-four
churches of the Tate's Creek As
sociation will reach their quotas and
some will go beyond them.
The quota Of the First Church,
Richmond, is $500 and there is no
doubt of their raising this fund and
even more. 1t has been suggested
that the amount above their quota
be designated to Oneida Institute and
the church will no doubt do this.
The First Church was not appoltion-
ed so large an amount as it would
have been because of the fact that
they expect to raise a large amount
of money in the near future for the
erection of new house of worship.
The program in all Baptist
churches Sunday will be practically
the same. At the Sunday School
hour, 9:30 a. M, o'clock service the
pastor will deliver message in keep
ing with the great movement. At 2
o'clock the captains and their teams
will meet at the church for prayer,
conference, and final instructions and
then proceed to the work of can
vassing the membership. At $50
o'clock Sunday evening all the teams
are expected to meet at the church
and foot up the results of the cam
paign. Different churches will decide
upon their own time. Then the re-
suits will be phoned to the District
Organizer, Rev. c. s. Ellis, Paint
Lick. He in turn will phone or wire
the results to the State Organizer,
Prof. John L. Hill, Louisville. Mr..
Hill will wire the results to DR.. L. R.
Scarboro, General Campaign Director,
Nashville, Thus it is hoped that
within few hours reports from the
twenty-five thousand Baptist church.
es of the South may be received.
Leaders are confident that the
amount will go far beyond the rs
millions. Some are so optimistic as
to hope for 100 millions.