The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-06
City Wide Baptist ReDiDdl

11S ALL great enterprises there Is all
 ways some individual upon whose = shoulders the burden of organization and responsibility rests. and in the case of the "City-wide Baptist Revival hap pily the shoulders of the man who has borne a large part of the work are big and broad, for the 'job" is big and broad mans sized in every way.
 To Dr. F. H. Harrington, chairman, much of the credit for the success or the "City-wide Baptist Revival is due, for. with unfaltering energy and earnest prayerful attitude he has worked ike valiant soldier in the tremendous un- dertaking which is nearing the comple- ton of it's second week of endeavor, with great enthusiasm and spiritual uplift.
 The idea of "city-wide revivaf IS the inspiration of pr. Harrington, and last May, in Washington during the Southern Baptist convention, he began the organization for the south, which will be completed this month in Chat tsnooga.
 Dr. Harrington was made secretary of the organization and has made all the preliminary details of this great revival, which is now sweeping over Birming- ham with power and might.
 Dr. Harrington, who is native Ala bamian, having been born In Chiffon county, holds a great and honorable position in the present city-wide revival. The details of the Baptist denomina- tion in this district with the care of all the churches rests upon him, especially those churches that have not been the favored ones of the past, and he has given himself unreservedly to his task, and since coming to Birmingham he has not taken one day of vacation His of- flee represents the efforts of Baptists to meet the situation found in all great cities.
 Dr. Harrington has approached his work as a student. He has not only found the needs of his own field but has inquired of others as to ways and means and has made a canvass of Birmingham that is both informing and somewhat startling He says the figures show that the Baptist own less than one-half mil- ion dollars worth of property, while an- other denomination has nearly one and a half million dollars worth, and also nearly two for one members as com pared with the Baptists. There are 16 Baptist churches in the Birmingham district that should build in the next few years around $1 ,000.000 worth of build ings. There is no building operation going on at present Dr. Harrington says that his text is "Build;" his theme is Build" His analysis is Build" His argument is Build and his applica- ton and exhortation is Build" Bir- n1ingham Baptists, awake and arise-and put on thy beautiful garments-Build
 In talking with Dr. Harrington about the "City-wide Baptist Revival in the second week of its blooming. he said:I
 "The city-wide evangelfstic campaign being conducted by the evangelistic stan of the home board of Atlanta, Ga., i'll Birmingham originated at the close of a similar campaign held last year.
 frs church on the closing Sunday voted unanimously, to invite them back this year. There were present representatives from all the 34 cooperating churches ln the campaign. The movement originated In Birmingham in 1919 at the Baptist pastors conference. pr. J. K: HOODS made a talk on evangelism and moved that. as a conference, they invite the home board staff to nofd city-wide revival here in the spring of 1920. This invitation was accepted and up until that time there had not been as large a number uniting with the churches in any |. other similar evangelistic campaign by this staff. There were last year l,sz3 additions.
 .'The value of the revival to the churches and communities is eminently worth while. But, understand, we mean a revival, not just a protracted meeting believe a revival is sent down from Heaven, and not worked up on earth" said Dr. Farrington. "The genuineness of the reports of our meetings are worthy of note. No counting is made of those who hold up their hand or stand up or sign a card The only thing that at tention is paid to, as to reports, is the actual number who identify themselves with some church."
 q have seen some wonderful results wrought through revivals myself and what mean by this, Is that mems lives are made better, their homes hap pier and their work done better. After a great revival at Portsmouth, Va. at the Calvary Baptist church, the su perintendent of the Seaboard Air Line railroad shops met the pastor and said: T know that you had a great