The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-07
INTENSE INTEREST .IS MANIFESTED IN BIBLE CLASS DRIVE
City-Wide Campaign Being Waged For TOO Per
 Cent Increase

"Join Bible Glass;" Is the slo- gan of the Associated Mems Bible Classes of Birmingham in their an- nual city-wide campaign to increase the number of men attending Sunday school. Beginning with the average attendance for September, they have set their goal for 100 per cent in- crease. Some classes are driving usual interest Is manifested In all sections of tho city.
 The president of the association, George Bellsnyder. and members of the executive committee have been agreeably surprised by the enthu- siasm of the classes as they enter the drive and sharp competition Is already evident. The movement has started with such vim that those in charge are put to 1t to keep ahead of the game. At a meeting of the executive committee, Wednesday. re- ports from West End, Ensley, Wood lawn and Norwood showed great in- terest. and plans were laid for in- tensifying the campaign Tn the downtown sections. It was decided to ask each member of mems class to post at least one of the slogans In some prominent place. Over 4,000 slogans are already out and are much In evidence. Men who gC to Sunday school only occasionally arc yielding to the call and the public at large Is awakening to the fact that the mems bible classes are lon the march"
 All Arc Invited.
 Every mems class Is invited and urged to join the campaign and full information may be secured from the secretary, D. R. Price, at the office of the Birmingham Sunday School council, 401 Title building, telephone Main 1869. Special speakers are being arranged for to meet the demands of the classes and any church desiring one should get in touch with the sec retary. Many of our prominent lay men have signified their w4llin gness to serve and are making valuable contribution to the drive.
 The first Sunday of the drive will be October and the report of the attendance on that day will be in next Sundays Afe-Herald. Reports for each Of the six Sundays will ap- pear In The Age-Herald.
 The secretary Is already in corre- spondence with 8 nationally famous speaker for the mass meeting of the afternoon of the closing Sunday of the drive November Il.
 The following letter was sent by tno president 10 the neAuS OA eoSA class:
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 Letters to Glasses.
 To Mems Classes: The executive committee at It's meeting Wednesday was enthusiastic ever the reports of progress In the campaign from va rious sections of the city, Woodlawn, Norwood and Ensley presented a panorama of our campaign slogan, "Join a Bible Class"
 Our immediate need this week Is to get these slogans Into every promi- nent place downtown. Every class that will assist should telephone, send for, or somehow secure addi- tional slogans from headquarters, 401 Title building. Main 1869, and every member of a class should be re- sponsible for getting at least one slogan in a prominent place-on show windows, automobile windshlelds, in filling stations, in letters, every where. Reports should be mailed Monday.
 Many classes are driving for three times their September average at tendance. We wonder what Sunday will bring forth!
 One live member of & live mems class in Norwood reported seven new members secured in one evening s work.
 A business man on First avenue de- manded an explanation as to why his