Richmond planet., 1923-05-05
PRESIDENT KING CALLS TO THE
FORCES OF VIRGINIA BAPT.
STATE CONVENTION
Presidents Office,
GIG Lady Mile Rd,

Presidents Office,
GIG Lady Mile Rd.
Richmond, Va, Mar. &c, '23.
Dear Brethren:
The Virginia Baptist State Conven-
ton will hold it's fifty-sixth annual
session with the First Baptist Church,
Roanoke, Va, Rev. A. l.. James, d.
d., pastor, Wednesday, May 9th,
through the 18th, 1923.
Through fifty-six years of glorious
struggle, we have been steadily
climbing towards the goal of righte-
Gus achievement to which our Bless
ed Christ is calling us, and on our
arrival in Roanoke, when the breth--
rem from the five hundred different
points on the great field of conflict
shall assemble with hearts burning
with the spirit of gratitude and SER
vice, our God will be there, myriads
Of heaveiy hearts looking on, and a.
Thousand immortal heroes watching
and checking up our reports Who
can afford to be absent? | tell you
it will be little short of a calamity
to miss it.
Great messages will be delivered
by such eminent pulpiteers as the
Rev. c. T. Murray, A. b., Rev. C. p.
Madison, ID. d., Rev. G. l.. Wells, and
DIR. A. A. Gavin. Addresses will be
delivered by such men of mark as
Drs. w. W. Brown and G. III. Simms
OF New York, w. F. Graham, w. b.
Reed, j.. +. East, w. II. r. Powell
and the matchless j. C. Austin of
Pennsylvania, and from Virginia, such
men OF affairs as Mr.. B. L. Jordan,
the secretary-treasurer of the South
ern Aid Society of Virginia, Nine.
Maggie l.. Walker; Secretary-Treas.
st. L., George E. Moore, M. D.; Rev.
M. L.. Gordon of Staunton, Mr.. Wat
klnS thompson of DanVille and 9th
ers whom we cannot here mention.
Every church and district organi-
zation, every big hearted Baptist.
should be there; not some time dur
ing the session; but at the opening
hour, to join the first chorus of
thanksgiving and receive the rich
welcome which the great hearts of
Roanoke hold in reserve for US.
l take this method of thanking Won
for the kind and very hearty SUPPORT
you have given me during the five
years L have had the honor to be your
president. However feeble the eff
forts, have done my best under the
circumstances to add something
worth while to the heritage which we.
are to leave our children. We have
sought to make the work of His king
dom go, spread His gospel and build
great Christian institution of learn
ing which shall stand in the shadows
OF the eternal, and spread it's light
for and wide.
The further we go the greater the
work, and thus the greater the need
of both moral and financial support.
Brethren, don't go back but forward.
don't give less but more each year
until His work is done and His king
dom is come.
we are asking you for $4,000 as
your contribution towards the sup
port of our great school at LYNCH
burg and Christian Missions this
year. And when you consider how
little this is for each member of
your church, | am sure you will say
we cannot afford to give less than
our president is asking of us, for the
amount per member is too small and
the needs of our Lords work are too
great.
III you cannot possibly send a dele
gate, mail your contribution to our
secretary, Rev. M. C..
Allen, 4. b., Almagro, Va.
fray Tor a great success and meet
us at the First Baptist Church, Ro-.
aanoke, Va, Wednesday, May 9th, at
9 a. m.
-, Memorial service will be held on
Tuesday night, the 8th, at 8 O'clock.
TO the memory of Doctors Nelson
Jordan, b. S. Nowlin, Harvey John
son, w. G. Parks, A. K. Robinson and
T.. Z. Morris. Don't fail to be pres
ent to do homage to the worth of
these immortals.
Yours for great Convention.
T. j. KING, Pres.