The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20

Thirty three visiting evangelists and
ministers will assist the local pastors in
the great campaign. At 2S churches the
pastors will conduct their meetings with
only the assistance OF their laymen,
hut by corps of laymen. stirred to
intense religious enthusiasm as re-
suit of one of the most widespread
movements OF prayer and intercession,
older residents say they have ever seen
in Memphis
For the past two weeks Christian
people of Memphis have been literally
on their knees before God, in earnest
supplication for mighty outpouring
Of the Holy Spirit that shall bring con-
viCtion Of sin to every unsaved man,
woman and child within reach of the
churches.
Ministers of the city are frankly
amazed at the spiritual interest mani
tested. II is estimated that from 5000
to 5000 people attended the cottage
prayer meetings Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday nights. From
every community in the city. the neigh
bors gathered in some home for a
neighborhood meeting.
Churches Filled.
An unprecedented thing happened
last Wednesday night. At one or two
churches chairs had to be placed in
the aisles to seat people who came to
the midweek prayer meeting. Within
the memory of this generation, did such
thing occur in Memphis before?
Pastors relate instances in which
persons testified that they had never
attended prayer meeting before in
their lives.
A recent editorial in The Manufac-
turers' Record says:
above all else, this country needs
nation wide revival of old fashioned
rrayer meeting religion" 1t would seem
| that such a revival Is in prospect for
this city. That the time is ripe for a
| great revival, representative church
men unite in saying During 1919 the
churches of Memphis contributed TO
| Christian benevolences amounts that
| almost stagger imagination,
Thirty-four Baptist churches In
| Shelby county contributed over $1,000, =
900 to the denomination program for
home and foreign mission work Chris
| tian education church extension, min
| isterial relief, hospitals, orphanages and
SO spontaneous that the entire quota as
| signed Shelby county churches was
| subscribed the first afternoon of what
was to have been an eight-day CAM
| paign.
Likewise. the Methodists, in their CEN
| tenary drive last May, contributed over
100000 for similar purposes every
church in Memphis subscribing its
| quota on the first day Of the campaign
Y The Presbyterians last year contrib
| uted to the enterprises of their church
one of the largest average amounts pei
| member that any church has ever at
] tempted to raise. The Christian
| churches of the city and other denomi-
nations as well, have been equally gen.
erous in their support of church activi-
tiles.
rClose to People.
The remarkable success Of every cam
| paign for Christian benevolences at
tempted by the churches of Memphis
churchmen say, proves that the inter
ests of the churches were never closer
| to the hearts of the people,
The churches where the pastors will
have the assistance Of visiting evan
gelists and ministers in the revival
and the evangelists who will participate
in the campaign, are
METHODIST-Fir church. Rev.
o. Hanes, of Birmingham; St. Johns
Rev. Fl. C. Morrison, of Louisville
Union avenue, Rev, O, r. Hobbs, Of
Louisville: Harris Memorial, Rev
Pat Davis, of Louisville: Pepper Me
mortal, Rev, George A. Baker. of the
North Mississippi Methodist conference
Galloway Memorial Rev. w. E. Swope
Of Charleston. Miss, Highland Heights
Rev. j. II. Bell; Binghamton, Rev. c
f. Norman. of Brownsville. Tenn
Greenland Heights, Rev A. l.. Conner
of Frankston Tex.
PRESBYTERIAN-Fir church, Rev