The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-04-23
BIG DRIVE IS ON FOR SUNDAY.
Drive for Thirty Thousand Dollars
for Casholi Church Fund Will
Be Staged Tomorrow
Results Seemingly
Assured.

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of thirty thousand dollars for the
Catholic church, to be staged tomor-
row, and as published in the columns
of The Echo last Saturday afternoon
was enthusiastically received by the
public. The plan is unanimously ap-
proved b. al Catholics and it is ap-
parent that not only will the church
debt OF $1,000 be wiped away but
| sufficient amount of cash be realized
to finish the sacred edifice.
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee with a number of the captains
of the different territories held We'd
nesday night, it was found the organ
| ization for tomorroW's work was
perfected and that the outlook was
indeed encouraging. There was not
a luke warm member present. Every
body is seemingly more than anxious
to do his or her share. And it is
this spirit that is going to make the
project one of success.
AS a feeler it was suggested that
at this meeting those present would
give their subscriptions for the five
year period and the. result was that
100000 was the total amount of
cash. Those present talked big"
since money talks. Subscription by
the $4,000 clip came IN at lively
rate. Thirty thousand dollars is a
big amount, and the people, in order
TO raise it, must talk in the hundred
dollar terms. Fives and tens will
not make it.
Rev. Father A. j. Gmelch gives
cut the following statement over his
signature, which speaks for itself, as
follows:
Church of Our Lady of the Gulf.
Bay st. Louis, Miss.
"When we consider that all we
are, all we possess, all that is good
and great and noble emanates from
God, our Creator, supreme Master
and kind Father, we realize that
there is nothing too good, no sacrl-
fees too great that we can bring In
return for the blessings bestowed on
US. The main channel through which
returns can be made to that omnipo-
tent God is the practical zeal we
show for the beauty of His house,
our church, where we participate in
and enjoy the spiritual comforts OF
our sublime faith.
'Think of what it means to have
our church beautiful within and
without and to know that we, you
and |, helped at sacrifice to make
it SO. Our Church is Gods house
in this parish. The beauty of His
house is a reflex of the beauty of
our character
"You are now given an opportun-
ity to share in mak;gg our church a
.HoUsE BEAITTIsLL.' 1t is an
opportunity for you to do duty
which you owe to God, to your chill
dren, to yourself and to your fellow
parishioners This is not a matter
of charity and yet, by giving liber-
ally, you give proof that you love
your God, because you show ZEAL
for the BEAUTY of His HOUSE.
And you can afford to give Much,
because the terms are easy. So
much a year in five installments.
Thus you can give $5D0.00 to the
church by giving $4,000 year for
five years. Kindly state what you
will give and sign accordingly the
pledges and notes which the Captain
of your section will present to you
on SUNDAY, APRIL oath.
'The first note will be due within
one month after date.
'Be BIG in giving.
Thirty thousand dollars is big
sum. To give you an idea of the ne
cessity of giving BIG amounts, just
consider that it takes TWELVE
HUNDRED TIMES, $500 or SIX
HUNDRED TIMES, $4,000, or
THREE HUNDRED TIMES, $4,000
or ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
TIMES, $25O.OO, or SIXTY TIMES,
$4,000, to make up the sum of
100000.
BOYS and GIRLS are pledging
TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS or FIVE
DOLLARS a year. You surely can
give MORE.
.Tt takes at least $30,000.00 to
pay off the debt and to finish our
Church. $3O,O00.00 is a BIG sum
to raise. BUT WE CAN RAISE 1T.
'sThe GOOD which will flow from
it. the SATISFACTION which we
will derive, is FULLY WORTH our
GREATEST effort.
II am counting on YOU to go
OVER THE TOP.
81 myself am giving BIG in this
drive and / look for YOU to do the
same.
.'With best wishes.
"Your pastor,
A. J. GMELCH."