The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-13
DELEGATES ARE
 ENTHUSIASTIC
 OVER PROSPECTS : OF RAISING FUND
Interest at Baptist Conven. ton Centered on Plans for the Approaching Cam paign to Raise S75,-
 100000 for Church

With the largest attendance in history at the Alabama Bap- tist State convention, in session at the First Baptist church, in- terest is growing in the $75,- 000,000 campaign, the discus sion of which featured the ses- sion of the convention yester- day afternoon.
 This campaign was started last May by the Baptists, but actual solicitation for funds will be made November 30 to December 8, and the concensus of opinion of the delegates and visitors is that every church will raise it's quota. Alabama will furnish $4,00O,OOO of this amount, it was stated.
 [. Following talks by w. W. Campbell ana J. Carter Wright of Roanoke yesterday afternoon on this campaign and the splen- did things to result from it, the firm of Campbell Wright pledged $5O,OO0 to the campaign. This announcement was made by Mr. Wright and was enthusiastically received
 An open forum session on the campaign was held with J. T. Henderson presiding. and talks were made by B. c. Cox. who Told what the laymen could do in $75,OoO,- SSs campaign. He spoke of the splendid work the fourmnute speakers were do- ing and of the enthusiasm being spread among the people who were confident tn at the money would be subscribed J. w. Minor gave his reasons TOT supporting the campaign, which were most interest ing.
 THE LAW AND TITHE
 pr. D. F. Greens subject was "The Tithe and This Campaign" "The Bap- lists of Alabama must tithe, he said and # every Baptist in the state would bring ohe-tentn of his income and lay 1t on the altar we could raise the s4OO0,- GOO n Alabama in one year and have one million left 70 operate on. The tithing law has never been repealed and it IS our duty to stand by the law and tithe."
 J. c. Maxwell made a brief talk on whether one-renth was enough, and said it was, and if every Baptist would give II. x. Lambert told what the campaign meant to the country church, and he urged that more attention be paid to these churches. He declared the need for consecrated tarined workers was most urgent, al- though preachers were needed as well.
 Dr. Oscar Sergeant of Jacksonville who has recently organized 1T churches in Alabama, made spls ,Iid talk on his work. He stated that only one church had refused to join in this campaign, while all the others he had visited had been enthusiastic over this work, and were going 10 put the campaign over.
 D. Fl. Maroury spoke briefly on the 2,500,9j0 converts the Baptists expected to bring into the kingdom wei as the s75,- 0o0,o0O campaign, and stated that this was a most important matter. D. c. Cooper, G. [. Conner, w. A. Davis, Lafayette Cook, D. H. Brown and A. L. Smith made short talks regarding this campaign.
 MINISTER'S ALL TITHERS
 At the conclusion of these talks pr. J D. billiard, pastor Of the Southside Baptist church, stated that all Baptist pastors in Birmingham were tithers, and that no minister could ask his laymen to tithe vixen he did not do so himself. He then asked that all laymen who would pledge themselves to tithe to stand then