Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-25
GA. BRPTISTS TO HEAR LEADERS
ON CHURCH IS MILLION CAMP AICN
By Louie D. Newton.

Inc most remarkable series of gath
'erlngs among the Baptists of Geor
gia in the history of the denomination
VIII begin Sunday morning. Seplem
per 70, and will continue through
Thursday.
Dr. L. X. Scarborough, director gen
eral OF the Baptist Is Million Cam
palgn, and Y, ell known leader among
Baptists for a number of years, DR..
George w. Truett, recognized as the
greatest preacher of the denomination
in the South; Hon. T. H. Anderson,
president of the Tennessee Baptist
Convention, and leading Iaymen;
Miss Kathleen Mallory, Corresponding
Secretary Of the W B. NJ. u of the
Southern Baptist Convention, Dr.
Arch c. Cree, director of the cam
paign in Georgia and secretary of
the State Mission Board. Ben S.
Thompson, chairman Of the Laymen's
Missionary Movement for Georgia,
and Mrs Kate C. Wakefield director
of the W. B. NJ. U, of Georgia, will
NC INC DIluG Apui > pGohClS LII TIC LOul
Every one of these men and women
are leaders and their addresses on the
campaign will furnish opportunity to
every Baptist in the state to come in
close touch with the biggest thing
Baptists have tackled
The TOUR
The tour will begin at Gainesville
and Rome Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock, with DR.. Scarborough speak
ing at Gainesville and DR.. Truett at
Rome. The people from northeast
Georgia are to attend Dr. Scarbor-
-oughs address at Gainesville. The
Baptists of Gainesville will provide
lunch at the church for the out of
town visitors, and following the lunch .
there will be a workers conference .
at two o'clock to which all the cam
paign officials will go. Rev j. Fred
Eden will conduct the conference. The
same program will be followed at
Rome. Lunch will be served by the
Baptists Of Rome to all visitors and
then a workers conference at two
o'clock conducted by Rev Carl A. De
Vane
The chairman of entertainment at
Rome is H. j. Arnold and at Gaines
vile James w. Merritt. All Baptists
who expect to attend will send mott
fication to these chairmen. Church
and associationai officials Of the cam
paign will be entertained at every
- wit
MONSTER MEETINGS IN ATLANTA
y Sunday afternoon at four o'clock
there will be two meetings in Atlanta.
The men will assemble at the Baptist
Tabernacle, where they will be ad-
dressed by ]. H. Anderson of Knox
willie. Tenn; Ely r. Galloway, Ben S.
Thompson and DR.. NJ. Ashby Jones.
1t is expected that there will be three
thousand Baptist laymen at the Sun
day afternoon meeting.
AT the same hour in the First Bap-
fist Church of Atlanta, Miss Kath-
Ieen Mallory and Mrs. Kate Wake
field will address the Baptist women
of the city and surrounding towns
Sunday night will see the largest
gathering of Baptists in the history
Of Georgia All Of the Baptist
churches of the city will close and
the churches within a radius OF fiji
ty miles of Atlanta will close and all
win assemble at the Atlanta audi
forum for a mass meeting to hear
DR.. Truett and DR.. Scarborough. DIR,
Truett will speak at 8 o'clock aid DR..
at 8 o'clock. This meet
ing will break all records for at
.endance and enthusiasm, it is be-
Iieved.
TWO SECTIONS ON MONDAY
AND TUESDAY,.
The tour breaks into two sections