The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-05-19
METHOD|STS HAD
A VERY FINE DAY
Went Way Over the Top in
Their Drive in the Cen
tenary Movement.
RAISED NEARLY $31, 900

the top yesterday in their Centen-
ary drive and greatly exceeded their
quota for this church, which was
$22,00O.0O. the membership volun-
tarily raised this sum to $25, 100000,
then exceeded this by $5,S27.00 the
first day of the campaign.
Quite naturally the membership
is greatly pleased as the result of the
campaign which opened yesterday
and runs this week. And since the
defatigably and so earnestly yester-
! day to exceed the quota on the
first day were not able to see all the
members of the church, because
expected that before the campaign
closes at the end of this week that
| the total will be greatly increased
and that the church with about
700 membership will make as fine a
showing, numbers considered, as
| any in the South.
Two interesting meetings were
| held yesterday in the morning and
| the evening. At the morning ser
vice the campaign was eloquently
| explained by Colonel John F. Bru-
| ton. He went at length into the ne
cessity for raising the money, which
the responsibilities resting upon it,
| following the world war which had
| left a large part of the world in a
| chaotic condition, that must be
brought to a realizing sense that
only through a knowledge of Jesus
and the blessed gospel that He
taught, and the principles He laid
down was there hope or salvation
either for time or for eternity.
In this colossal work and in this
wonderful oportunity the Methodist
are preparing to carry their share
of the burden which they assume
gladly, and it is up to this church
to give a good account of itself
and having always manifested deer
and earnest spirituality, and a de.
termination to meet every move
ment for the uplift of humanity and
the advancement of the cause of
Christ, I am encouraged to feel thai
it will give a good account of itselt
in this undertaking.
Col. Bruton then read a Est O.
the members of the teams which
i wa ich cd Cot
urday and stated that the $4,000.
900 which had been allotted tn,
Southern Methodists of the $135,
100000 which the entire church il
America expected to raise would b.
divided and expended as follows:
Reserve fund for all purposes
900; for. General Mission
: airy work $7,87O,0O0.00: Fo
Home Missions s2.850,0O0.00; An
1ual conference work $2,50O,0O0
90; Church Extension work, So
100000; Foreign woman's Mis-
sionary Work 100000; HON
, Woman's Missionary Work $11
100000; War Work in Destitut
countries, $3.50, 100000; Tota
j, $35, 100000.
!. Rev. Mr.. Stanbury followed Co
Bruton. He was equally optimisti
regarding the success of the entel
prise. He SAID that the Methodist
generally were noted for doin
:, things, and the Wilson church e
/, pecia11y and while now and the
there had been an expression ths
y the task seemed large, yet he coul
/, only feel that the sum asked fC
would be over subscribed.
|. The inspiration for a sp1endi
sermon of encouragement was foun
), in the scouting expedition that VIZ
i. sent into the promised land ahea
of the Israelites, to sly out tt
IS land and to see if it could be take
1, from those who inhabited it An
ong the twelve who were sent wel
"a Caleb and Johsua, who reports
3. that it could be dcp~a the othe
J" were appalled,. He knew that the nil
r. teams were made of the same XIII
of stuff of which Caleb and JOSH
e, were made, and their report wou
+, be in line with their determinatit
which had already been express'
j. in the interest they had mar