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$75,000 ? qoo Selfishness. I kept nil my wealth —and 1 mourn my loss; For gold, in a skeleton hand, turns to dross. Love, friendship and gratitude might I have bought. But l kept my wealth till it moul dered to naught. Pleasure. I spent all my gold—l danced and 1 sang— The palace 1 built, with hilarity rang; Plays, revels and frolics from even to dawn— But l lie here with nothing—l spent it. it’s gone Avarice. I loaned my good money—at grasping per cent — ’Twas I who got all that you kept and you spent : While l counted my Millions, Death plundered me bare —• And this grave that ( sleep in be longs to my heir. Charity. It was little I had. and f gave all my store To those who had less, or wko needed it more; And ! came with Death laughing, for here at the grave. In riches uumeasured I found what i gave! The liberty to stand apart from the reapers is license to act the part of idlers on the outside of the harvest field. It is much easier to pick a flaw than to push a program. Tf a preacher goes dumb on the campaign, a live church will soon go dead on him. Wo have been singing. “Like a mighty army moves the Church of (iod. ’’ Now we have seen au army move. And when the army moved the <iovernment took over the railroads and told us when we could not. When the army moved the Government controlled our food, told us what to eat and what not to eat. When the army moved the Government performed the miracle of Joshua and turned the sun hack in its course one hour. When the army moved avc sub scribed twenty billions in money. When the army moved Ave gave our daughters and sons—and many of them never came hack to us. When the army moved our prayers started in volume suffi cient to till all the sails of the ships that float on ocean. Has the churrh so moved" No, it has been mark ing time. It must move iioaa\ There is no place left for a stagnant in stitution. The church or preacher that will not move now will never move, hut Avill sink to rise no more.—Dr. Geo. W. McDaniel. Baptist Millions Ily Truett. Anderson and Scarborough. For Five Meaningful Months the Campaign lias Been Raging in Southern Baptist Hanks. God lias Mightily .Moved llis People to an l nparalleled Unity of Purpose, Solidarity in Co-operation, Vision of Widening Kingdom Interests. Compactness and Simplicity of .Mobili zation. The Organization lias Been Set up in 925 Associations and is Uapidly Progressing in Near 25,000 Churches. Inspiring Information Has Gone Out to the Outmost Circles of Baptist Influence. All the Forces and Factors in Our Churches Have Been Gloriously Unlisted. Such au Awakening and Spiritual Aronsement as Never Witnessed on Earth With a Great Religious People is Now Sweeping From Maryland to Mexico. From Florida to Missouri. Constructive Revi vals are Breaking Out Everywhere, Volunteers in all bines of Ser vice are Rallying to Christ’s Standards. Large Sums of Money are Being offered to God by Liberal Hearts Churches are Gladly As suming Fnprecedently Large Quotas. God’s Southern Zion is Arizing to New Strength. A Confident and Hilirious Sense of Assured Vic tory Thrills and Gladdens Millions of Hearts. Our People Have a Soul That’s Set to Win. Your Commission and General Director Bring You Baptist Brother hood This Glad Word as We Pace the Last Lap of the Race. But the Big Days—Days Frraught with Eternal Moaning—A re Just Ahead! Oh These Days of Nevember This Side Victory Week ! How God Has Packed Meaning in Every Hour Just Ahead!! Are We Ready, Are Gur Leaders Ready. Are Our Churches Redy for the Deathless Days of Victory Week? Will Our Pastors Lead lake Heroes in a Testing Battle for the Crucified One? Will Our Laymen with Money. Prestige, and Power Lie Down on Their Lord’s Greatest Task Ever Asked of Them? Will New Leaders Rise up to eLad the Leaderless Churches? / 5. Patience. 12: Faith Weapons of Victory < 3 - r 14. Wwrk f 5. Patriotic. Why Should Every Baptist Sign a Five-Year Pledge? Because — 1. These pledges will he held by the local churchli, where.we are members, and where adjustments can he made, it' necessary. We will not he dunned by some far-away agency. 2. Because it’s for Christ and his cause. We can afford to tie up with our Saviour with our property for five years, lie has lied up with us with all hehasthrou gh all eternity. 3. Because it’s the exercise in religion and for Christ of the same sort of business policy we have followed in everything in life. We buy homes, lands, autos, bank stock, government bonds, even the necessi ties of life, on lime, and hind ourselves to pay. We build our great business houses, our churches, and school buildings on time, and tie up for tlnm! in one way or another. It’s faith—it‘s for ourselves. Let s do it for < lod. 4. Because of the great fellowship in it. We get in with our broth ers and sisters andco-operateinniaking possible the greatest undertak ing for Cod in all Baptist history. W’e all are spiritual democrats, and must go with our brothers in a great forward movement. 5. It’s the only way our people can do a really great thing, worthy of our doctrines and our opportunities to meet the needs of a sin ruined world. We can't pay 75 million in cash in one year, but we can secure it by our honor, and let our hoards plan for great things. Remember that all the great things Southern Baptists have ever done have hee’n on the long-time pledge basis: Tlili .ludsori Centennial, by the Foreign Board; the Church Building Loan Fund, by the Home Board; the endowment of our seminaries; the building of nearly all of our colleges and universities and church houses. It is the only way we can plan to put over big things. As we have done it this way tor the separate causes, let’s hunch all the causes in one and sign up for five years. t>. Because of what we owe to Cod. anyway—all we have is his. W e are only stewarts and trustees for a little while. Il will all soon pass 1o others. Let’s pledge it. and administer on our own estate. We owe it to Christ \vl]o did not count the cost in saving us. 7. Because of < 'lirist \s cross, his blood, hliis atonement, for us in sav ing us. keeping us. blessing us. calling us to high privilege and solemn duty. Because of the lost, ignorant, sinning, suffering world at our doors, crying for the help our money can give. Will wc withhold our best from Christ since lie needs it in reaching a lost world'? This Space is Contributed by Hilda and Marietta Faust THE BARROW TIMES, WINDER, GEORGIA. 3500,000 Enlisted Workers The Mighty Meaning of Thirty Days—Campaign Commission's Call Will Gur Noble Women Who Have Never Failed Fail Now ! Who Will he the Baptist Moroz Who Refused to Help the Lord Against the Mighty; Hod Pity the Baptist Slackers in These Times When Heroes, Willing to Dare and Die are Needed in Three Million Places in the Soul li! Southern Baptist Brothers, Make the Musts of These .Next Thirty Days! 1. Perfect the Organization in All the Churches. 2. Carry the Inspiring Messages of These Great Times to All, to the Outmost People. '■>. Put to the Speaking Task Speakers iu Every Service of Every Church. 4. Set up Victory Schools, Train and Drill Your Church Teams for Tiieir Duties in Victory Week. 5. ( all our People to Their Highest in Living, Praying, Far-see ing. I rusting, and Sacrificial Giving. Our Triumph Largely Hinges on the Spirit of the People. b. Minimize Your Difficulties by Magnifying Your God and His Power. Remember Red Seas, Swollen Jordans. Anakim, Jericho’s Walls. Lions’ Dens, Fiery Furnaces, Gethsemaues. Calvaries. Did Not Halt Nor Prevent From Victory the Heroes of the Bible Times. Diffi culties Are but God’s Call for Larger Faith and More Heroic Effort. 7. Count Nothing too Dear for Christ and His Glory in the Success of This Campaign. “He Emptied Himself for Us.” Let’s Match His Secrifices With Ours. S. Victory Week VVill l>e hull of Glory to Christ if November is lull of the Right Sort of Preparation on Our Part. God Calls us by a Thousand Voices to Oiir Highest in Fullest Duty in This list Month. 1 he very thought that there are so many millions of human beings on earth with os without any knowledge of the Saviour is a call so silent and yet so significant as to startle us. Destructive conversation requires nothing but breath, but construc tive propaganda requires gray matter and brave hearts. BUT IT WILL NOT COME. It. From the Uninformed 2 From the Uninspired and Unaroused 3. From the Unorganized 1 4. From the Unprepared f t •>. From a Slacker or Selfish Leadership R From ( cities. Dodgers. Hedgers. Kickers. IT WILL COME. > „ 1. From the Praying Churches 2 From the Informed, Aroused, Mobilized, Organized 3. From a Heroic, Unselfish, Sacrifical Leadership 4. From those who put First Things First 5. I* rom those who love Christ above money ti. From those who love lost souls more than their own ease 7. From those who -.vent to see NEW TESTAMENT TRUTH reg nant in the heart of all the world. SOME CENTRAL BAPTIST TRUTHS Jesus, the only Savior. Absolute religious liberty for all, Jew and Gentile alike. A church membershliip composed only of converted people. The supreme sovereignty of Jesus in all matters of the soul. Sel I-determination in uli religious matters for all individuals and churches without overhead meddling or management. The Bible, the only autlioriative law of God’s reign. I his is no time ior timid, shrinking souls in business, statesman ship or religion. The man of small vision is doomed. God lias moved in a mighty way in opening fields whore countless millions have not yet heard the story ol llis love and is challenging llis people to occupy in llis name. An invalid girl in Georgia wrote Dr. 11. A. Porter. Second Baptist Church, an unsigned let ter. and said : “ My doctor has told me that I may he able to walk in a year. I have been distressed about what I could do for the campaign. All I do will have to be done from my room in prayer. God impressed me to pray that one or two of your church members would make a large gift to the Campaign. I shall pray thisprayer ever y day.” The letter was read to the church, and tremendously moved the congregation. The re- sult was Dr. Porter wires that W. \\ Brooks, member of the Second Baptist Church, Atlanta, gives $.>0,000 to the Campaign, under signated. We ask for fifty thousand re cruits for special service. Twenty colleges report two thousand Fri day, and fifty-five conversions. In dieations are from colleges and churches tlial we have five thou sand. Baptists must match with their money the lives of our young people. I’raise God for answering prayer. L. R. SCARBOROUGH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER S