Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-18

RAISE that amount Oh money ny
sunday, december (, 1881. "haV Is
rII1een Thousand Dollars to raise at
second Bapust Church. You don
know what you are talking ABOUT
AMPLIFIER: I'm my esrimauon'
Slo,UuU.UU Is a pretty large sum,
especially 1or you all to raise at
second BapGlst Church. L don't De-
neve Unat you people are going W
raise the sum, that's my OPINION.
COUNCILMAN: "Ampitier, you
are absolutely of your base this tlme'
we have never heard you SPEAK 80
u1scouraglng oerore. NeVertneless' Il
,ne Lora DE with us, we are going
over the top. Where there IS WILL
mere Is a way. Everything u ihe9ii
oood) we undertake TO do at Secohu
oaptlst Church, we accomplish our
membership is very large, ther
rltreen Thousand (l5,UUO.OO) Dol
lars is considered an ordinary sum
Tor us to raise at SECOND bAPIloA
CHURCH. Certainly, we are gong ~
raise that AMOUNT"
AMPLIFIER: Il realize that you
nave a large membership, but noun
me at all, comparing the amount Oh
money you are trying to raise Dy I he
TIN OF december, 1880. Remember
IN raising S15,OU0.0O by the TIN OIL
none, / don't think you are gong 10
ra,Sa S15. 900 90; YOU might get
Sl500,00"
MRS. CHURCHMAN: "Let me say
q word; Ample, 1 find that you are
lust like douDtlng Thomas, was; doh
believe until you see. Answer TINS
question; DO you believe that ChfisV
IS risen from the dead? Did you De
lIeye on Christ before you were con-
verted? Certainly, and we beheVe
that we are going to RAlSE tha'
SO, 100000 by Sunday, December u
1880"
AMPLIFIER: SISTER Churchman,
YOU askt very good question thaU
Tune. You, in bringing IN that pas
sage of Scripture, said that lnomas'
one of the disciples, doubted the res
surrection of Jesus until he naa
SEEN Him; well, that was goou,
doubling Thomas was convinced. NOW
YOU members at Second Baptls'
Church resurrect $15,000.OO by De-
cember 7, 1880 and l will believe
that YOUR church and people are a.
,,,onr +ba greatest in the State OF
Virginia"
CHURCHMAN: Second Baptist
Church stands on par with any
church in the city. That we nave
lawyers, doctors, bankers, realtors
business men and women, printers,
insurance rankers, music teachers,
stenographers and others who are
well-to-do in civic and financial al
fairs members of our church. So now
can we fail; of course we are gong
over the top with S15, 100000.
AMPLIFIER: "Bro. Churchman'
don't think am a pessimist and wish
to see your church fail to raise the
sum of money you are rallying tor
by the 7th of December, but | have
some knowledge of the Bonton-
ClIurch-Members. They do not pay
in the church the money they should
paw. But the working class of people
who toll hard the year round for
meager living; narrowly can make
ends meet, work in the hot and cold
weather to support their church
Now, if those members OF your
church would be fair to their church
it would be very easy to raise the
S15,0OO.O0 and all would be happy
CHURCHMAN: "Ampie, do yoa
think we ought to raise that much
money anyway"
AMPLIFIER: eyes, l certainly do;
and those bonton members who are
in good circumstances, ought to GO
DOWN IN THEIR POCKETS and
bring out that TENTH, which the
Lord specifically requires of every
body to give to the church. They
have it, and should give it, especially
that TENTH He requires of all of us
to give to the church. Some of your
members who are better off than you
financially, may pretend like they
don't have the money to give, but
don't you get discouraged. Let Ana
Mas and Sopphira liar and slack back
!, +b;s ra1iuious movement I heard