The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-05-05

Million Campaign.
Knoxville, Tenn. II. Anderson
OF this city, commissioners for Tennes
see in the Baptist - ailiion Campaign
and chairman OF the executive con-
mittce Of the campaign commission
looks for q larger life TO come 10 the
Eaptists OF Tennessee as result OF
the Information impaired and the en-
listment IN Christian service brought
about in this state through the cail
paIgn. MIR. Anderson is president o!
the B:pt.st Cor ntion OF Tennessee
and the i.aymen's Missionary Move
ment. ald in addition TO giving 500
600 TO tho campaign. contributed $50.
900 TO the erection OF q new church IN
his homo city.
Discussing what the campaign VIII
mean % Tennessee and how the sun
to BIO raised by the Baptists of this
state will be expended, Mr.. Ander
son said:
The most expanding thought that
has ever entered tho human brain is
that historic sentence spoken by OUT
first great world Citizen, nineteen
huadred years ago, Go ye into ali
the world and preach the Gospel 10
ev(|x living creature The humsn
. bran Mt able to compass ono thou
sandth lrart of an inch more expan.
sion. without eDcroaching upon the
Infinite, and that's Gods realm.
Southern Baptists have been claim.
ing the above sentence a. one OF
their fundamentals ell the past years
Why is il, then. we have remained
such little foil: with such biz
thought In our brain? IL II not Be
:rsc VIC have not followed the
thUGght with action? And this IL one
Of the greatest. indeed. the greatest
blessing that IL going 10 come out OF
the 40 Million Campaign to our do
domination. We are vitalizing that
expanding thought and never moro
will we be merely citizens OF our OWE
little ncighborhood. our own county
or state or nation. Every man OF
us must 10. indeed Is, a world citizen.
Dr. Tr,ett has been hammering this
thought into the minds and hearts III
our people wherever he has gone dur
ing the past weeks.
For the first time IN AL history
Baptists have put on a program that
even approaches IN magnitude that
world.girdling order. Go ye into ali
the world
Dare ! say to my beloved Tennes
see brethren that the opportunity 10
before us To demonstrate TO our
selves and 10 the world that We have
outgrown provincialism and have DO
come world citizens?
The pure uumiNed blood that ha,
made our mogntaiu people so fine
and loyal hGs N the past beon the
cause of MAY | say it?) our feeling
of sloolness from othC- parts of thu
country and world. W. have had
no melting pot in our midst. no neec
for one. and so have had no training
IA extending our sympathy and com
passion for others. The 20 Milliou
Campaign Is going to lift us out Of
this limited vision. and give US a VISION
a. wide as the world.
Tho enthusiasm and confidence er
erywhcrc are wonderful Many OF
our people feel that 100 million dol
lars will be raised instead Of - mil
lion We must not allow our over
confidence TO cause "a to relax our
efforts. Day and aisht let Us work
with hand and heart and brain for
these few remaining days 10 make
certain the greatest VICTORY ever
won for God and humanity.
"Tcnncssee's task in this big cam
paign is TO raise the sum Of sass.
900. this sum 10 be subscribed during
Victory Week. November soDsceip
Der z, but 20 be paid daring the next
five years. The money that Ne raise
viii be apporiioned among the various
Interests of the campaign a. follows:
roreiEn missions. slice 457. HON.
missions. setSoOo: state missions.
$4,000. Christian education. Si.ts7.
ts7: hospitals. $4,000: orphans
home. tsiSsoo. and ministerial r,sisf
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