The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01
ALL-DAY SERVICE OF PRAYER AND FASTING AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Despite Weather Handicap, Baptist City-Wide Evan gelistic Campaign Is
 Very Successful

An a1l-day service of prayer and fasting will be held tomorrow at the First Baptist Church as a part of the city-wide evangelistic campaign of the Denomination now going on in thirty six of the churches of the district. The service of prayer and fasting will be open to the general public and it was said that visitors should feel free to come and go as they chose.
 This meeting will take the place of- the regular morning central service. It will begin at 10 o'clock and continue without intermission until o'clock p. m. The meeting will be divided into thirty-minute periods and a different evangelist and singer will have charge.
 The schedule for the day was an- nounced last night as follows:
 10 to 10:30, Rev. Raleigh Wright and c. W. Miller; 10:30-11, Dr. w. w. Ham, ilton and J. w. Jelks; II to 80, Rev. R. W. Thiet and L. c. Cookery; 11:30 to F, Rev A. F. Mahan and w. P. Mar tin; 12 to 12:30, Rev. F. M. Jones and J. l.. Blankenship; 12:S0 to l, Rev. U. s. Thomas and J. s. Rushing; 1 to 1:30, Rev. T. o. Reese and P. s. Rowland; l;30 to 8. Rev Forrest Maddox and w. J. Work; ? to 2:30, Rev. E. B. Farrar and w. W. Combs; 2:30 to 8, Rev. J. A. Scott and c. c. Elsey.
 There will be a musical programme during each period and prayers for the success of the revival. It is planned omake this service one of the greatest of the campaign.
 PLEASED WITH RESULTS
 Despite the handicap of the rainy weather, reports to the First church indicate that the campaign is very suc- cessful and leaders are very much pleased with results thus far obtained
 Reports from the suburban churches are particularly pleasing" said Dr. Hamilton. ''The attendance has been practically at capacity at all churches despite the weather and the response of the congregations to the appeals of the evangelists has been most encour- aging"
 Thus far in the campaign 12s addi- have been reported. One of the aims of the campaign has been to urge the reading of the Bible and thus far 3,950 chapters have been read.
 Shop meetings are being held daily in about 20 of the shops of the district, Nand there has been good response.
 Leaders in the campaign are plan- ming full day for next Sunday. It will be preceded by meetings on the
 
 which visiting evangelists will speak.
 The East Lake Church, which is hold ing services in the morning reports splendid congregations. The student body and faculty of Howard College are attending the morning service, col lege activities being suspended during the hour. 4
 GOD IS LOVE Dr. John E. White preached strong xsr[-. Church last night, on "The Love of God"
 The thing this world needs to know is, namely: God is Love,@ said pr. White in part. "The secret of the sale of the yellow back snoveI is the fact that there Is a love story in every one. This is the charm of the Bible. The Bible is love story, not book of doc trines and precepts. The Bible is on fire with the love of God. I believe in doctrines, preach doctrines, but the main doctrine which needs to be preached Is not the one that will har- den the hearts of men, but that will break them up. There is new type of atheism abroad; not the type of Hume and In- gersoll but the one that denies the love of God. It says Nature is cruel and impartial, and history is bloody; 1
 
 to Christ that they may see the love of God in him. Grace is love outflow ing love; it is love bending down to an inferior. God loves men. pr. Win gait says, God loves men because it is just like him. Dwight L. Moody 'SSSEs, God loves men because he can't bsslp it. I say God loves men because h1e knows men and is sorry for them. T Think of child with thousand fancestors and these all pulling at him. That is exactly the truth. Every child Hhas 1.02S ancestors, if you go back as far as the settlement of Jamestown. Christ came not only to save us from our own sins but from the sins of our fathers" pr. White is preaching a series of afternoon sermons on the general sub- ject of "The Christian Life." His sub- | ject for today is: Jesus has some thing to say to you" His subject for Friday is: Whatsoever he saith unto l x1<u do