Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-02-21
PRICE. FIVE CENTS
"nEAT EXTENSION DRIVE OF
VIRGINIA BAPTIST STATE
CONVENTION.

brethren, listen, get in +, b,,.,.,,,
me train is on the main line ho;,na
ior otaunton and will soon blo,v a.
your station. If you have not o1rcodv
faised the largest amount of mifS;nr
you have ever carried to tho Vift$n.
Ia baptist State Convention, get 6;,ev
LOT as a convention we must brfM
all records in our next annual gofifcr
ing, and to do this, each indiyitii,al
church must bring I'D more MONEY
than ever before.
we have organized the state into
dlstrlcts, appointed superintendent
over each district and given them the
following apportionments:
norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and
vicinities. U
~, 4. L. Madison, Superintendent
$500; Newport News, Hampton and
vicinitics, DR.. c. L. Jones $4,000:
richmond and vicinity, DR.. l.. G.
Garland $500; Petersburg and vcini
", Or. S. a. Brown, $500; Black
stone and vicinity, Dr.. II. w. Ash
burn, $500; Charlottesville and vicinl
w RcV. &c. w. Murphy, $1,000; ClR-
ton Forge and vicinity, Rev. w. C.
brown $1,000; 1Iarrisonburg and vicin
lty Rev. II. A. Arthurs, $500; Lynch.
burg and vicinity, Rev C. C. Cabbell
S5,oOo; Roanoke and vicinity Rev.
w. 10. Lee, $4,000; Danville and yiffT
ity ReV. M. G. Allen $1,000; Staunton
and vicinity Rev. M L. Gordon $1,000
tarmVille and vicinity DR.. j. IT. Ihr
VeE 5000. And there comes the ycncr
able DR. w. T.. Graham and tho ON.
or grand men Of Philadelphia with
$25o0. The distinguished DR.. ]. G
austin Will marshall our forces In
Ilttsbnrg and bring us $500. DR.. q.
II. Sims Of New York with Drs. Tins.
Patterson, Matthews, Smith, WI Fl.
Brown and others will bring us sld0e
Our Secretary, Tho Rev. w. II. r. TTy
ell will bring down from Northern
Virginia and Washington, d. G. $1,000
And on, on, on through MARYLAND.
West Virginia and New Jersey tlfey
are coming.
Some may think these figures
little large; hut brethren we are raj
lying to build our great administra-
ton hall which will cost almost
hundred thousand dollars. This Is
big thing; but we must rise in our
might, kiss the high water mark With
lips OF sacred devotion, and In the
strength Of the Lord do what MAY
seem to some to be the Impossible
II we come ESto Staunton withYhe
sweat Of hard hor on our brows, Tie
blood of strenuous effort in our !lhYftls
and the prayer Of faith in our hearts,
our God will cover his servants wfA
the glory OF tho most blessed acht@e
ment; heaven will be pleased, God Non
ored, men startled and hell intimitfat
ed. -
Let every Sucrintendcn. who has
not already done so, call the forces
together in his district. make a
church to church campaign progrfn
and help each the other raise his Gin
yention money. Those very rcnlufe
rural churches you may not be abe
to reach personally, write them ana
stir up their pure minds respect N&
this great Kingdom Extension DriH&
and If any church fails to be reach&a
by any one Of these superintendent
rally anyhow and meet us in Stsftsa-
ton with sheaves Of golden grain.
Let all of the pastors in everys DIS
trict rally around your superint ena-
emit.
You may be the superintendent,0f
Your district next year and will need
yonr men to rally around you.
Yours for the extension of our Mas
ter's Kingdom,
President of the Va. Baptist State
Convention.