The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-20
neral Director Baptist sTs ,ooo. 90"
Campaign.
s7S. 600 600 IN EIGHT DAYS
November 80: December :

Ss November 80: D~sernber :.
"a the Southern Baptist convention IN
#M Atlanta Georgia. In May
with more than 5000 Bapti~ts aa'
nmbled. II Was unanimously de
- to raise SIS. GOO, 600. for mis-
lit, In home and foreign lands .
WY their more than I30 educational
Institutions. for their many oTrrah-
7es and hospitals, Tor their aged
1ntsters, and for the National Me
EnfiAl church. dedicated 10 Roger
E41l1amE and Religious liberty, 10 10
tilt In Washington A campaign
aHn1ssion was appointed. with Or.
SorTe w. Truett pastor First Zap
church. Dallas. Texas, rs chair
~ and one member from each ~
~ Southern states.
AZ q meeting TN Atlanta, Georgia
Riy In June, tho commission met
~ made out Plans for raising the
48.0O0. 900 TT l. r Scarborough,
e4ttaenf o, the Southwestern Baptist
A4clog1cal serrtrrary r. Worth,
sras, was elected general director,
"a his headquarters established at
N1hviliei Tennessee. ftNe OF fte
Embellishments were appointed as
enpaigr directors. 10 whom The de-
45a Of orca nizafiou ware c0n mitf"d
H. Anderson, n Knoxville Tenn"s~
: wealthy merchant, was made
narman-
Ehese campaign directors have
Scted the following leaders 70 CO
crate with General Director scar
rourh in the campaign Y. { Hen
Of North Carolina assistant zen ~
~ director r, r RAY, ~ Virginia.
fvey director. II G. Moore. 81
&Anessee. publicity director. Mrs.
0nerAi organizer Is yet To be selected.
~ . meeting composed - nearly
n0 Representatives from every phase
the denomination i!fe and work.
sl1aehville, Tennessee July End and
r.. 4 complete program and organi-
KtfOn for the campaign were effected
Neh Of the Southern States VIII be
khnixed, with the State Secretary
Missions as the general director for
- state. He will ne aided by a
Sneraj organizer and publicity
In, and an advisory campaign com
S1ftAe. made up Of the three persons
RHOve named, the campaign commits
DnaF from that state the editor ~
S1n Baptist paper, the secretary and
of the Women's Work
I'd the chairman Of the L4ayr1en g or
1n0fxa ton. II will he the duty Of
Sese state organizers 10 orga nlze the
Mnb-dfvieions in each state, called as
or districts. Each Of these
5N6oociations or districts VIII have an
Ranizer and a publicity director, and
ShSse viii organize the churches, with
y general director preferably the
nnefor. and an orga nicer. Some select
1nynnAn and an organizer represent
1T the Women's Work. All these or
NTH tons are 10 be aided hy Vo}pn-
)Yaor workers. from among men and
0men.
u The name 81 the campaign is
Daptist $4,000 900 Million Com
1naen.' The time for the big drive
l51l be Novembe 3oth to December
sYSh. This will be called Victory
EAi /. at-wi4ieh tsfr4a cash trFt.4
saodges payable in FIVE years are 70
raised TO the amount Of more than
TIT. 0Oo. 900 All the general oreani-
Foreign Mission Board
RI Nichmond. Virginia. the Home Mis-
- Board of Atlanta, Georgia. the
A1ucatfonal board AT Birmingham,
sAaahana. the Old Minister'S Relief
ard. at Dallas Texas the Laymeu' s
ard. at Knoxville, Tennessee. the
dIomaE's Missionary Union Board. at
ala1tinore, Maryland. snd all the state
T nAnizattonse are throwing themse YES
III length and full strength into the
0snpaixn Three million Baptisis
- to 70 in and put it over.
Hs II II to be the greatest and most
Innoantngful movement ever insugu-
|&n4od by Southern EaptIsts It's issues
n the cause of Christ are fncalcul-
|nnaA This money will help every
1900 OF religious rts represented by
HnD&1Gks throughout the whole world.
~ expected that every Baptist
knrch. more than twenty-five thou
az them and every BAPTIST mem
ogneelves In a great fashion into this
Dyement.