Richmond planet., 1920-03-20
VOLUME. XXXVII, NUMBER lC
DIR. CALVIN AND THE VIRGINIA
\ BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION.

!
- Newport News, Va, March Is
TO all Of tho members and friends
Of the Virginia Baptist State ConVcn-
tom
Greetings. Truly this is the day
Of big things both IN church ana
state along many lines. Men arc get
ting Va brighter and better vision OF
life and it's responsibility than over
before The human horizon is being
g6nlargcd as the days go by. All the
. tchristiun denominations arc coming
2fos themselves and are doing them
rjsrlves proud" by their unprecedent
ESed efforts for education and missions
{ ltcr this laudablc line work millions
afc but common financial terms.
The southern whites Of our own
denomination have put on seventy
+ five million dollar drive for the Spir
I itual and intellectual >up!ift of the
aeople And n neat sum Of this Is TO
be devoted to the hettormrnt OIL our
people.
Such large hearted help is not i'll
tended to encourage our siackheSs.
llut to lnSpi u 10 exert, to apply
ourselves more Strcnuously for our
y own advancement. Brethren, VIC can
not afford to stop here and while
| away the time: but let us 80 forth
as never before.
present times and conditions de-
mand colored Baptists to arise anu
70 hence" in the work Of making all
men know and realize that the light
Is come and the glory of the LORD
is shining upon them.
Tn view Of such ends we have Plan
ned n hundred and fifty thousand
dollar drive to reach glorious com
lnplction five years hence. Two years
tago while in session at Zion Baptist
Church, Newport News, the conyen-
lEtioga decided to have a great reunion
Lso3 MI OF oul,y state bodies every seYen,
years 4 Oh Seminary Ilill. So this wSii
Wiring the completion Of this big
drive in the reunion meeting of our
convention, the Woman's, the Sunday
\ School and B. Y. p. u. State conven
ton five years from now on the Sem
mary Campus.
To realize the amount in view II
only remains for the mems convention
to, average twenty thousand dollars
II year and all together Of our other
4 state DOuleS lo average lci lhuuS"'i"
\ per year.
This can be readily done by. a
strong pull, long pull and pull
together" There is dire need Of
money to meet the demands Of condi
tions ut the "School on the hill" The
present dormitOrv space there Is fill
ed up and over-running, while many
\ worthy young people have to be turn
\ Cd away from the doors OF that great
institution. Under the guidance Of
. that master workman, President
:. Woods, we are soon to erect Il build
inS approXimating seventy five thous
j land dollars. Let us push forward
&his work in the name Of the Lord
and His leaders.
Our President. and Faculty we'll de
! serve our help and encouragement.
Brethren the time has past for our
leaders to do nothing for the work
all the year and come to the conven
tion with diarrhea Of words and con
stipation Of thought in effort to get
by, as some used to do. In our con-
! ventiOn now when a brother has so
much to say his work record is look
! ed up and il lit Is found to be defi-
cient, that talk is simply put down
as mouth and moment. And no real
man would like to be so estimated.
President King >and many Of his
assistants are doing their best to make
the Staunton meeting red letter at
fair exceeding all proceedence, from
4 all viewpoints.
Think of it.~the convention is only
Sahout So days away. And If some of
kS would make any show at our next
oeeting, these few days must be very
busy ones indeed.
Brethren the time and conditions
are demanding Of us means with
which to do the educational and mis-
sionary work Of the Lord.
Set all Of our Pastors and church
es get busy in the cities, in rurals
ald everywhere a.* Es.'.o.
Rally, brethren, rally! And make
all hearts happy in Staunton at the
great Mt. Zion Baptist church, May
70, 16, 1920.
I am yours for the work,
"A. A. CALVIN.
zoos Madison Avenue,
Newport News, Va