The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
Dr. Hamilton Discusses Method or
 Conducting Great Baptist Campaign

question was asked the response showed that 674 chapters had been read" The programme this week that has been adopted for the Birmingham district will include union service every day al lo o'clock in the First Baptist Church, over which Dr. Hamilton will preside Tne first thirty minutes of this service Will be devoted to Bible study, conducted by
 Dr. Raliegh Wright of Greenville, $. C.
 Dr. Wright is one of the south's great Bible scholars, and is widely known as the author of that wonderful book TOT personal workers called 1.-The Gospel Fisherman, Tackle, and Bait" Tne sec ond thirty minute period of the union meeting, from 10:30 to Il o'clock, will be devoted to special music, and to reports that wilsbe given by personal workers. The concluding half hour of this serVice will be given over to the sermon, which will be delivered each day by one or the many notable eyangelists who are stop ping in the city. Besides these morning
 services there will be an evangelistic meeting every evening at 7:S0 o'clock In
 each of the thirty five Baptist churches
 of the district, with an evangelist ana a singer in charge.
 The programme for the services tornor-
 row morning at 10 o'clock at the First
 Baptist Church will be especially at-
 tractive, in the form of a sacred concert
 Even on Monday mornings these song
 services always draw overfowing crowos.
 .'Sunday, April Il, the closing day or our campaign, will be celebrated by a
 union service at the First Baptist Church. said Dr. Hamilton. we expect
 great time when all the pastors evan
 gelists and singers come with thelr con-
 cra atulation for a conservation Servlce on
 Baptist day At this time we will call
 for volunteers who are willing to devote
 their lives to Christian service at home or abroad.
 ~Well do I remember a service of this
 kind when I was a child" recalled Dr.
 Hamilton. Tt was after pr. J. R. liar
 rison of Virginia had preached that l
 gave my heart to God, and that, with all my childish will I offered my life to His service. My mother had talked with me before, and had taught me to pray the prayer of self-surrender. From that day until I began to preach l was impressed that my life should be devoted to the m1n- istry but it was hard for me to make up my mind to do this.
 T never decided fully upon it as my life work" he said with a. thoughtIul, reminiscent smile, until I talked about it with the young woman who afterward became my wife, and she said, with sim pie directness, All you have to know is what God wants you to do.
 Dr. Hamilton added happily: T have never regretted the choice made several hours later"
 AS I looked at the man who is happy in his work of soul-winning, thought
 of the days when he was with big city daily as newspaper reporter; of his at taniment of the position coveted by
 cubs as city editor; of the time he
 spent studying law, and then of the day
 when he found his life work, and con-
 cluded he was right when he said; If one little child decides at any of these meetings to devote his life to Christian
 service. no man can claim that our hefforts are in vain.