The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-03-22
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Holmes county Baptists are
launching a campaign during the
last week ofsthis month and the
first week CT .pril which has
never been a; npted in this Sec
ton before.
This particula- campaign is an
evangelistic CT lie which will be
carried on in practically every
Baptist church east of the Missis-
sippi river at the same time dur
ing the period mentioned.
The purpose of the crusade is
to make every Baptist an active
Christian - to win the lost to
Christ and to try by great stimuli
taneous effort to make the world
more conscious Of Christ.
The latter paragraph is my own
Interpretation Of the purpose of
the crusade.
This great revival to be con-
Quoted simultaneously by some
$4,000 churches cannot hello but
result in a great good being &C.
complished.
have always felt that one OF
the main easons why our
churches have so many empty
seats is because Christians are not
rs active as they should be in
winning others to Christ.
How many active Christians do
YOU know? Persons who are
honestly trying to get their fri
ends and fellow citizens to go to
church regularly, join a Sunday
School class. speak to the lost
about Christ?
I'm afraid we all fall far short
on our duties and privileges as
Christians and as citizens of
what is supposed to be the lead
ing Christian nation in the world.
This country was founded as a
haven for those oppressed who
wanted more than anything else
in the world to be free to wor-
ship God as they pleased.
Today we are citizens of a coun-
try which has become so apollo
getic about Christ that we per-
NIT an organization like the
United Nations to open an assem-
bly, in San Francisco without
prayer - because we are afroid
of offending non Christian ma
tons.
think it is no wonder that
one of India's greatest statesmen
said: Il think ! might have
been q christian had II not neen
for Christians
Watch next weeks paper for
news about the church services
to be held in your community
the following week.
Easter seals have been mailed
out to citizens of Holmes county
by Mrs. c. A. Doster of Durant
who is county chairman of the
drive this year.
Persons who have received
these seals are asked to mail their
contributions, whatever they feel
able to make, to Mrs. Doster at
Durant. If you have not received
seals and would like to a contri-
button, however large or small,
to this worthy cause. you are
asked to do so at once.
The Easter seals are sold to help
crippled children by the Missis-
sippi Society for Crippled Chill
dren and Adults which is a pri-
vate charitable organization that
cooperates with but does not du-
plicate the work of other public
or private agencies. 1t aids the
crippled throughout the state OF
all ages, races and creeds whether
crippled through birth, disease, OF
accident. Its only condition for
aid Is a valid need not otherwise
provided for.
Funds derived fro m E aster
seals last year helped provide &c
crippled children with l,03t
camping days; 1865 physical ther.
apy treatments; $500 teaching
days for crippled children; 461
hospital days for the handicap
ped; SO wheelchairs, braces and
other devices; transportation, me.
defines. hearing aids and home,
bound services too numerous L
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