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Show BAPTISTS FULLY ORGANIZED! WILL RAISE BIG FUND Notable Men in 34- Statu Lead Churches in $100,000,000 Drive. ' IS TEST OF DENOMINATION. ; ,Nsw World Movement Qaln Momen- Jj urn Where, the Money, I win oo. ' .jirpi Trp By LUPTON WILKINSON. Tho eyes of the Protestants everywhere) every-where) will be directed toward Northern North-ern Baptists between Sunday, April 25, and Sunday, May 2. The 10,060 church e constituting the Northern" Baptist Convention noted for Independence of action have fitted fit-ted themselves with Iron-clad nnlty Into a temporary bat none the less powerful machine. On May 2 the machine ma-chine will cease to exist, bat 1b the meantime It Is expected to have raited the Imtfotlng sum of 1100,000,000. Leaden say that probably never before be-fore have the layatM ud laywomen ot a denomination pat their ahouldera more completely to the wheel In a re- llglous undertaking. In each of 34 I tates some man of marked ability has I given his entire time for the past two I months to the building of a campaign I organization that reaches Into every I local church. The state directors In- v,"J elude such men as ex-Governor Run- vL yon of New Jersey, Smith G. Young, 4 financier, ot Lansing, Mich.; ex-Go v- ' crnor William W. Stlckney of Vermont and Dr. John W. Bally, president ot Colorado Women's College, Denver. The lay organization extends down Into, each ot 10,000 churches. D. O. Shull ot Sioux City, la., president ot the Northern Baptist Convention, Hummed Hum-med up Its challenge as follows: 'Those thousands ot Baptists who learned the discipline and efficiency ot planned campaigning while they were serving their country during the war can now apply that knowledge In the performance of the greatest task the Baptist denomination baa ever faced a a unIL Thouaaada of others can bring their talent tor baa In a drive that wll combine modernity of method with-deep spiritual realisation of a world la need. v ' Barely It caa be aald with all rave eaca that as- graatnr arhtta baa confronted con-fronted evangelical ' CartetlaB alaca those early days when, after the Ascension, a ban! of 4eterm!ed men aat.out oo 'the' Initial effort to make faith In thellasterworldwlde."' The great toewentam' which tha New World Movement of Northern Baptists baa achieved la due to many men, but to those In touch with Ita progreas two name stand out ' Dr. John Y. Altehlsotr,' director ot tbe General Board of Promotion of the Northern Baptist Conventlbn, a man ot unusual personal ma'gnetlsm and winning win-ning character, has set the Important campaign conferences on fire tn every section of the country. Standing shoulder shoul-der to shoulder with him Is Dr. Frank W. Padelford, head of tho naptlst Board of Education. Charged with the administration of OS schools and colleges, col-leges, Dr. Padelford nevertheless found time to write the survey on which the approaching campaign Is based and Is aiding heavily In the actual drive. jJ "The task before us," Dr. Altchlson HI raid In a recent Interview, "will stand M or foil by one test Are our people IJ strong enough In their faith and vision W (o forget the old measurements of jt ihurch giving? If they will realize the JS Christian crisis which exists, If they JQ will hear the call of tho whole world for help, nnd for tho supreme soul-help of the Man of Galilee, there can be no I possibility ot holding back." I The proposed $100000,000 fund will I be used for the expansion of forty Bap- I tlst schools and colleges In tho United I States ; tho enlargement ot missionary R activities In all foreign fields of tho do- re nomination; Christian Amerlcnnlza. fi tlon work among "new citizens" In the (S United Slates; an ndequato pension- jSj Ing fund for missionaries and minis- j ten and kindred purposes. Approxl- M mutely three-fourths of tho money will 1 be spent In this country. i |