The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07
REVIVAL PLANNED
 FOR SOUTHS|DE BAPTIST CHURCH
Activities of Church Extend in Many Lines-Down-
 town Office for Baptist Educational Board

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 The simultaneous evangelstic cam paign which the Baptist churches of Birmingham are planning from March 2s to April Is is making considerable headway. Some forty churches have already made their plans for meetings and a number of distinguished Baptist preachers will be in the city during pr. W. w. Hamilton of Atlanta, Ga, who is in general charge of the evan selistic forces of the Southern Baptist Convention. who wii. be at the First Baptist Church. pr. John l.. White, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Anderson, e.. and president of the Anderson Woman's College, will be the preacher at the Southside Baptist Church for eleven days. pr. White is one of the most prominent preachers in tho south He IS 4 striking figure in the Southern Baptist Convention and is in constant demand at assem- plies and conventions throughout the nation. Plans are being made for pr. White to speak at one of the down. tcwn thea tres each day at noon.
 It is expected thas Dr. John Roach Straton, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, New York City. will be with the Southside Church five days follow ing Dr. White. Dr. Straton is pastor of tho leading Baptist church In New York. He has recently received a good deal of notoriety because of his at tack upon the theatres of New York City. He is perhaps the best loved and lest hated man in New York City, Bir- mingham will await his coming with great interest.
  lieves in doing things. Among the lat est stunts pulled off are rifle range ir the basement of the church and two study course classes just completed among the young people of the church. More than sixty have been in attend ance and examinations were passed putting the unions in the Al class.
 Mrs Edward Powell Lee. director of music. has organized a ladies chorus of fifty voices. with Mrs. Charles Sharp as president, Mrs C. F. Scruby, first vice president: drs. J. F.. Broom, second vice president: Mrs. W. F. Tre- nary secretary-treasurer Also a male chorus of fifty voices mas been organ ized, with T. D. Hutchins as president. and junior chorus of 100 voices will be organized this week It is proposed to unite these three choruses during the revival services. Plans are also on foot for the organization of an or chestra In the near future.
 Pastor J. E billiard begins Sunday two series of three sermons each. The morning topics are as rollows March "Who Are the Baptists and What Do The Believe?" March 14. Where Did the Baptists Come From and What Have They Done?' March 21. 'T1ow Baptists Work Together and Why They Do Not Join the Interchurch Movement"
 Sunday evening topics: March 2, 7:30 D. m.. Wild Animals I Have Known: March H. :sO D. m., "Ghosts I Have Met"; March 21, 7:S0 p. m., Dreams That Have Come True"
 The ~aptist education board. which is located in Birmingham. with head quarters in the Jefferson County Bank building, and of which pr. J. E. Dill lard Is corresponding secretary, an- nrOnccs the establishment of a new Baptist college located at East Las Vegas. N. NJ. This institution will be opened in the fall with property valued at $1,000.000. with a full corps of teachers. and it is exnected that it will become one of the leading insti- tutions of the denomination. The edu- cation hoard announces that the pron- ertv will be clear of debt and they will contribute the first s100.000 toward the endowment