Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-02-13
ME7AODISTS HOLD
FIRST MEETING
TO RAISE FUND
Quota for This District Is
$4,000 a Year For
Five Years.

The first session of group meetings
of the Pine Bluff district, Southern
Methodist church, for the purpose of
gaining this districts quota of sew
en- million dollar fund which the
Southern Methodist church expects
to raise, was held yesterday afternoon
and last night at the First Methodist
church, with % visiting preachers and
half score visiting layment in attend
'nef'. besides large attendance of To-
cal Methodist pastors and laymen.
"This group meeting i: part of the
centenary offering movement" Rev.
w. c. Watson stated, land it is the big
gest thing the Methodist church has
ever attempted"
The group meeting, as explained by
Rev. Watson, is for the purpose OF
raising this districts quota of 100000
year for five years, and the drive for
funds to begin April q, and end May
a The money, which will be raised,
will be devoted to educational pur-
poses, widows and orphans funds.
and the supplement- of underpaid
preachers salaries.
Explains Purpose.
Rev. Stonewall Anderson, of Nash
Vile. Tenn, one of the biggest fig
ures in the Southern Methodist church
was the speaker last night, and in
his address. he explained in detail the
purpose of the meeting.
"The purpose for which We are go
ing to raise this sum- he stated, is
to Americanize Americans. We are
:v,%o ~, to;,1 ho
ued, land educate the people there,
and by educating them, Christianize
them.
1--WE are going to supplement the
salaries of our underpaid preachers.
We are going to build churches in the
impoverished districts, where they
have not money enough to erect
churches. We are going to Christian
ize the negro, and teach him to be
better man and better citizen"
+ Dr> Anderson stated that layman
once said to him: 1--WE will give mon
ey if you can prove to us that it will
yield a dividend"
Must Christianize the World.
4 Or. Anderson stated that he had ac-
cepted the challenge. He stated that
the war had cost 220 billion dollars.
But fraction of that would have
been needed to Christianize and edu-
cate the world. That money was spent.
he stated. because of the greed and
righteousness of one man. I'VE
/ must Christianize the, rest of the
world" he stated, "or become pagan
| lied by it."
The last session of the conference
will be held this morning at S:15 at
the First Methodist church. Visiting
preachers to the conference are: Rev.
Stonewall Anderson, Nashville, Tenn;
Rev. J. r.. Moore, Corea; Rev. K. w.
Mckay, Little Rock: Rev. S. T. Baugh,
I Prescott; Rev. Glenn Baker, Little
Rock; Rev. J. G. Rogers, Gillette; Rev
]. M. Shaw, Stuttgart Rev. J. w. OIL
yer, Roe; Rev A. l.. Miller, Humph-
reys; Rev. J. d. Rogers, Althelmer'
Rev. A T. Clanton. Sheriff.; Rev. A.
G. Cason, Swan Lake: Rev. r. A. Nc
Clintock, Grady; Rev. NJ. o. Barnett
Star City: Rev. A. f. Jacobs. Rowell
Rev. ]. l.. Dedmon. Rison: Rev. A
Turrentine. Sheridan: Rev. R. H. Bam-
burg, Sheridan circuit; Rev. }. d
Fonby, New Edinburg.
Laymen present We're: E. c. Young
Star City; H. Gentry, Sheridan; J. I
Johnson, Glendale; Y. Roberts, Row
Il ell; A. c. Crum, Humphreys; j. I
,Mouser, Humphreys; w. 7. Minor, Al
theimer.
Ladies visiting the conference were
Mrs. R. H. Rascoe, Dewitt; Mrs. l.. M
Miller, Humphreys; Mrs. Bryant
Humphreys; Mrs. ]. d. Rogers, AL
theimer: Mrs. r. A. McClintock, Ora
DIV. and Mrs. w. T. Minor, Altheimer
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