The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
5000 Members of Church
Hear Inspiring Message
Of Campaign.
HOLD BIG RALLY
AT AUDITORIUM
National Director Lewis
B. Franklin Among
Those Who Present
I Plan for Extending
Influence

One million members OF the Ep-
. tscopai church welded into n COM
| part fighting body. with single pur-
| pose and common objective-~that
d the picture which dlstinG uished
speakers on behalf Of the nation W da
/ campaign held up last night al the
CITY Auditorium before great andi
| roee of 5000 Tptscopaiians.
That the same tireless energy and
. patriotic enthusiasm WHICH charac~
ferized the drives for war purposes be
brought to hear III marshalling the
forces of the church for CARRYING into
far places the banner of Christ was
/ the plea of Lewis B. Franklin, direc-
f No~ Of the every member canyass ami
. formerly national director of the Eve
liberty loan campaigns.
Rev. Randolph II, MeKim. n. d,
rector Of the Epiphany church. Wash
ington. pleaded that the church of
God move like an army, rather than
body OF awkward squads. in apply
tnE Il, the ills and unrest of the coun~
sr~ the only solution that the world
has 10 offar~-the religion OF Jesus
Christ
The meeting was ono of the iarg-
Ass ard most enthusiastic denomina-
tloral gatherings ever held under one
roof In Richmond and the effective.
ness of the speakers arguments for
sha greatest measure oAindivfduai CT
fort III making a SUCCESS OF the cam
paign was evidenced time after time
In the spontaneous applause which
SWEPT the building.
symbol Not Dollar Mark
mr.. McKin struck the keynote of
stha meeting when ne said the symbol
III the campaign Is not The dollar
+ Stewart Bryan, who presided and In
+ Produced the speakers. emphasized the
truth OF this statement Try declaring
that Richmcnd's quota must not be
realized through the eontrihu hors OF
few rich men, but through those OF
~yerv COMMUNICATE. IT lie estimated
/ that each church member In the city
IL assessed tire ssrn ~f ss-ssa-~-Fsseh-
rnond's quota being $4,000.
Both Mr.. Franklin and DR.. McKim
! declared themselves in favor az dras-
tic legislation to thwart sedltious
usans Of Reds and /. W. WIS. but ex-
/ pressed little faith in the uitsrnste sue
| cess OF laws without permeating the
/ world with the spirit of Christianity.
The object of rho nation wifse
lam paiwn." Mr. Frankfin said ~ to
hrfnr All the power OF the church to
F bear on It's whole task. For the first
+ time IN the history of the church a
rornpl~te survey of it's work at home
and abroad has heen made. The most
pressing nerd that has been show-n
~ this survev ts that for 500 men
md women who will dedicate their
. lfrrs 70 the work of God, and In
Vulnerable others who arc willing To
give at least n part NJ their time to
+ hts great task
The material need ,of the church
In the Tinted States calls for the sum
| Of &42 600 hho, to he u@ed In building
new schools and hospitals. In rur
chaxinS automobiles for use in rural
sections and carrying on the work OF
Christ In every part OF the globe where
| the Episcopal church can possibly
operate
Must Use Personal Tonch
This is large program. bur,
when we eu1stah her that Episcopal
ians are leaders in this country in all
walks OF life. It should not be hard
10 put II over Statistics show the
startling fact that only one-third OF
the mem hers in the United States are
regular church gosrg and that less
than that number contribute TO the
work of the church. Our task in this
campaign Is to so out and get those
. 100, con members who do nothing and
M AXE them a vital and working part
III the membership. This cannot be
dore from the pulpit. 1t is mp 10 the
iaymen and laywomen. We cannot
content ourselves. cither, with plac-
Ing literature inside the door. hnt We
rntist sec them personally and use all
our influence in getting them to work.
sThe sunday school membership IT
( the church has gone down. We have
In the church plenty of officers. but
+ tire prtvates are all too few. We can
not stand the decline If we are tn
rs.v tho mart w should In the better
naent and the Characterization of the
srrid. THIS natinn-N vide campaign
II going 10 prove the test of the
ehurehss success or failure in fulfll-
iRg her destiny.
@seThe task OF the church today in
winning souls liz big enousll to cbal-
lerge tho attention OF the biggest
business men In the cs1nfrv. II must
hr welded into one mighty host with
u single purpose and a common OBJ
tecfiva We have been looking NJ its
task with the opera glasses turned the
wrong way. If yon would know the
reason for the nation wide campaign
and the churchs unprecedented ac-
ttvity. look a. the first page. Of your
rev spaper. with its accounts of ~prac-
kfcally every crime against society
| The religion Of Christ il tho only So
luton to this terrible world condi-
ftOn. In this country alone there arc
NA.000,000 people who profess allie
&fance to NO church"
Revival In Large Sense.
81 George l.. Browning. former menu
Der OF the. house Of delegates from
Grange county, who has been touring