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Rev. T. W. H. Gibson, Lexington 4
Rev. W. J. Brown, Trenton 20
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Rev. J. K. Polk, Mortonsville. .... 20
Rev. J. K. Polk, Midway. 30
Rev. John Abernathy, Louisville. II
Mrs. Esther Davis, New Albany 22
Rev. N. B. Bronaugh, Hopkinsville.
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Rev. A. L. Duerson, Basket Station 42
Rev. F. A. Smith, West Point 32
Rev. J. F. Drane, Eminence
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Rev. J. D. Daniel, Louisville
Rev. T. M. Faulkner, Flat Lick 14
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Rev. J. H. Perdue, Louisville
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Rev. Paul C. Cayce, N Street, Louisville. 25
Rev. W. D. Page, Lexington 5
Rev. W. D. Ware, Lexington 5
Rev. R. Mitchell, Lexington 25
Rev. T. J. Talley, Louisville 20
Rev. F. Bell, Bardstown 28
Rev. S. Carpenter, Junction City 20
Rev. Wm. Taylor, Covington 43
Rev. G. F. Watson, Louisville. 20
Bro. J. W. Waddell, Elkton
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Rev. L. W. Florer, Carrollton IO
Rev. John H. Frank, Fifth Street, Louisville, (additional) II
Prof. W. H. Mayo, Corinthian, Frankfort IO
Rev. A. M. Samuels, Fulton 25
Rev. C. M. Jacobs, Louisville 8
Rev. H. B. Orndorff, Madisonville.
Rev. T. H. Smith, Georgetown 20
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Rev. W. H. Shelbourn, Auburn 3ยบ
Rev. J. Fisher, Louisville 15
Rev. T. H. Mack, Franklin
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Mr. E. Sadler, Prospect 25
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C. H. PARRISH
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In reply to the names sent in we sent to each individual the following letter :
Dear Friend and Co-worker :-
You have been recommended to me as one deeply interested in the progress of Baptists, especially the establishment of our Mission and Educational work.
Our State University is a great racial asset. Our General Association will have been organized fifty years next August. At that time the Baptists will hold their Jubilee at Lexington, Ky. In order to have this event the grandest in the history of our de- nomination, we are organizing the "Moderator's Se- cret Service Force," which will cover the State. Membership in it will include membership in the Jubilee Session of the General Association. On joining you will receive a certificate, the Secret Serv- ice Jubilee button and, further on, all Jubilee equip- ments and plans for work in the interval. You, hav- ing been recommended, I am cordially inviting you to join our Force. In your reply send one dollar which will entitle you to membership and all the privileges without other dues, fees or assessments. Let this dollar be your personal offering for the Bap- tist cause in Kentucky.
Put your answer and money in the enclosed en- velope. May God bless you and prosper His cause.
OUR MOTTO :- "More Baptists, and more Bap- tists enlisted for efficient service.
Yours in Christ,
C. H. PARRISH,
Dict. C. H. P. Moderator of General Association.
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The following persons replied to the above letter and received the Golden Jubilee Certificate, Jubile. Button and membership in the Moderator's Secret Service Force :
Anchorage.
Mrs. Birdie Bridde.
Rev. G. W. Hampton.
Mrs. Mary Hampton.
Mrs. Sarah Shearer.
Mrs. A. B. Merrifield.
Rev. E. D. Brown.
Mr. Louis A. Johnson.
Buffalo.
Buffalo Sunday School, Thos. Barrett, Supt. Buffalo Church B. Y. P. U.
Burgin. Mr. Preston Boggs.
Bloomfield.
Mrs. Edmonia Guthrie.
Rev. J. H. Edmunds.
Mrs. E. W. Butler.
Bowling Green.
Rev. H. D. Carpenter. Miss Laura Moorehead, State St. Church.
Becknerville. Baptist Sunday School, Frank Brown, Supt.
Cloverport.
Mrs. Hattie B. Moorman. Mr. Marvel D. Green.
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Columbia.
Mr. T. B. Lasley.
Campbellsville.
Mrs. Mary Inez Fisher, Life Member.
Mr. O. L. Miller.
Rev. D. A. Rice.
Covington.
Rev. Wm. Taylor. Clarksville, Tenn.
Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. Rev. A. J. Moore.
Carrollton.
Rev. L. W. Florer.
Crestwood, Ky. Rev. J. M. Caldwell, Poplar Grove Baptist Church. Danville.
Mrs. Fannie Wood, First Church.
Mrs. Martha Jones, First Church.
Miss L. A. Sinkler, New Mission.
New Mission Sunday School,L. A. Sinkler, Supt.
Mr. Joseph S. Bright, Funeral Director & Emblamer First Church. Mrs. M. B. Ewing, First Church. Elkton.
Mr. J. W. Waddell. Baptist Sunday School.
Earlington.
Prof. J. W. Bell.
Falmouth.
Rev. Aaron Broaddus.
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Ford. Rev. John Talbott.
Frankfort.
D. D. Madison.
Mrs. Mary L. Brooks.
Mr. Thos. L. Brooks.
Mrs. Frances Hocker.
Mr. Jesse Hocker.
Mr. J. W. Gordon.
Coriinthian Sunday School, Miss W. A. Scott, Supt. Roddie D. Gleen.
Miss Martha Williams.
Rev. W.T. Silvey, D.D.
Prof. W .H. Mayo.
Glasgow.
Mr. John Garnett.
Guthrie.
Rev.P. D. Dennis, D.D.
Ghent.
Mrs. Nancy Board. 1
Georgetown
Rev. A. W. Nix.
Mr. George Henry Thomas.
Mr. Abraham Burley.
Rev. T. Timberlake, Evangelist.
Rev. A. J. Burgess.
Mr. J. H. McCoy, Centreville Baptist Church.
Greenburg.
Mrs. A. F. Robinson.
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Henderson. Rev. W. J. M. Price, D.D. Rev. P. H. Kennedy, D.D.
Mr. T. I. Bryant.
Hopkinsville.
Mr. G. W. Mills.
Mrs. Blanche Leavell.
Rev. Wm. Dickerson.
Rev. Jas. L. Allensworth.
Forest Hill Sunday School, Jake Wallis, Supt.
First Dist. Sunday School Convention, President, Mrs. B. G. Garrett. Miss Georgie Massye.
Hickman.
Rev. O. Durrett. Harrodsburg.
Mrs. Rebecca Sallee.
Mr. G. W. Lytle.
Mrs. Nora McGowan Smothers.
Jeffersontown.
Rev. Richard Reynolds.
Mrs. Mollie Ray.
Junction Run.
Baptist Church. Mr. Thos. Tyler. Mrs. Minnie Powers.
Keene.
Rev. G. W. Canada. Mr. J. F. Elkins. Kansas City, Kan.
Rev. W. A. Bowren.
Livermore. Mrs. Dennie Taylor.
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Lancaster.
Rev. G. R. Redd.
Mrs. Eugenia McBath.
E. L. Penman.
Lexington.
Rev. J. M. Harris.
Deacon P. L. Parrish.
Mrs. M. P. Burnside, First Church.
Miss Rachel M. Stout, First Church.
Mrs. Lizzie B. Fouse, First Church.
Rev. Robt. Mitchell, D.D.
Mrs. S. W. Underwood, First Church
Mr. S. W. Underwood, First Church.
Rev. E. T. Offutt, Pleasant Green.
Mrs. R. F. Edmunds.
Athens Baptist Sunday School, Mrs. Mary West, Superintendent.
Lewisport.
Mrs. Sallie Smith. Mrs. Kittie Dulin.
Lagrange.
Rev. W. P. Offutt.
Mr. William Taylor
Mr. W. Z. Russell.
Mr. Harry Miller.
Louisville.
Mrs. Delora Yancy, Centennial. Miss Alice Dortch, Centennial. Mr. A. D. Porter, W. Chestnut. Mrs. Lucy Burton, Calvary. Mrs. Ophelia Williams, Calvary.
Mrs. Clara Shivers, Calvary.
Mrs. Hophie Parker, Calvary. Mrs. Lottie E. Smith, Calvary.
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Mrs. Ida Loving, Calvary.
Mrs. Sarah Thompson, Calvary.
Mrs. Zolena Hill, Calvary. Mrs. Bettie Baker, Calvary.
Mrs. Lucinda Dean, Calvary.
Mrs. Daisy F. Vandyke, Calvary.
Mrs. Mary H. Davis, Calvary.
Mrs. Ann Owsley, Calvary.
Mr. Jesse Cliff, Calvary. Miss E. A. Jackson, Calvary.
Miss Jennie Moore, Calvary.
Mrs. Amanda Harper, Calvary.
Mr. Harrison Booker, Calvary.
Prof. Frank L. Williams, Calvary.
Mrs. Celia Smith, Calvary.
Mrs. Minerva Dunn, Calvary.
Mrs. Mary Stout, Calvary.
Mrs. Bettie Withers, Calvary.
Mrs. Amanda Edmunds, Calvary.
Miss Lillie R. Jackson, Calvary.
Rev. C. J. Fishback, Calvary. Mr. James Mack, Calvary. Mrs. Mary Anderson, Calvary.
Mrs. Julia Satterwhite, Calvary.
Mr. C. E. Satterwhite, Calvary. Mrs. Mary. Fletcher, Calvary.
Mrs. Margaret White, Calvary.
Mrs. Mary Lee, Calvary.
Mrs. Francis Evans, Calvary.
Mrs. Marinda Brown, Calvary. Mrs. Belle Meaux, Calvary.
Miss Marie Jones, Calvary. 2
Mrs. Bettie Baker, Calvary.
Mrs. Lucinda Vaughn, Calvary.
Mr. Elisha Cundiff, Calvary.
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Mr. Lee Fletcher, Calvary.
Mrs. Martha Chapman, Calvary.
Mrs. Dora Cross, Calvary.
Mrs. Charles H. Watts, Calvary. Mrs. M. V. Parrish, Calvary, Life Member.
Rev. C. H. Parrish, Calvary.
Vienna Parker, Zion Society.
Mr. G. T. Butler.
Mrs. Fannie Berry, 9th St.
Mrs. J. C. Hughes, W. Chestnut.
Miss Eugenia Pierce, Zion Life Member.
Dr. W. T. Amiger, State University, Life Member. Mrs. Eleanor G. Amiger, State University.
Mrs. E. D. Walker, Fifth Street Church.
Rev. Wm. Johnson, 9th St.
Mrs. Lucy Summers, Calvary.
Rev. J. G. Green, Calvary.
Mrs. Amelia Slaughter, Fifth St.
Rev. John Flowers.
Prof. A. E. Mayzeek (Associate)
C. G. Williams.
Rev. H. A. Scott.
Mrs. Etta Eubanks Baker, 9th St.
Rev. S. Johnson, Calvary.
Rev. W. J. Harris.
Rev. Jno. Hinkle. Rev. J. D. Daniels.
Rev. Chas. Jacobs, Calvary.
Mrs. Mead Hightower, 5th Street.
Rev. C. A. Hutchinson, Shiloh.
Miss Belle Anderson, State University.
Rev. J. E. Bailey, Berean.
Rev. R. H. Hughes, Gethsemane.
Rev. R. P. Whitesides, Gethsemane.
Rev. J. M. Moore, Mt. Lebanon.
Mrs. Julia Brown.
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Prof. H. B. Britt, Calvary.
Rev. Benj. J. Davis. Mrs. Jane Johnson. Licentitate W. L. Board.
Rev. J. R. Cushinberry.
Mrs. J. E. Givens, 5th.
Miss Annie Vandyke, Lampton St. Rev. H. D. Cox. Col. T. D. Osborne.
Mr. Jonas Parks, W. Chestnut.
Licentitate Jno. A. Hunt, 5th St.
Rev. E. B. Milton, Beargrass.
Rev. G. W. Ward, Beargrass.
Mrs. M. E. Steward, Fifth St.
Mrs. Rosa Roberts.
Mrs. Jennie Brown, Calvary.
Mr. James Brown, Calvary.
Rev. W. B. Hall.
Mrs. Lizzie Dyer.
Mrs. Hattie Owens.
Rev. H. W. Jones.
Rev. J. W. Gibson.
Rev. A. H. Shumake.
Mr. H. Wilson. Rev. P. C. Cayce.
Mrs. Mary Blinkenship, W. Chestnut.
Mr. Henry Haley, 5th St.
Rev. W. T. Jones, St. Paul.
Rev. W. H. Bailey.
Rev. J. M. Williams, Lampton St. Rev. J. R. Walker,
Rev. Jno. H. Frank, 5th St.
Rev. J. W. Lewis, Centennial.
Rev. G. F. Watson, Antioch.
Mr. W. M. Steward, 5th.
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Rev. Jno. Abernathy, New Hope. Mr. J. W. Wall, Lampton Church. Mr. Wade Young, Lampton Church. Mr. E. H. Courtney, Calvary. Miss Mary Bond, Calvary. Mr. John Parrish, Calvary.
Mr. W. Waverly May, Calvary.
Mrs. Mary E. Rothwell, Calvary.
Mr. Abel Hill, Calvary.
Mrs. Fannie Jackson, Calvary.
Deacon Charles Watson, Calvary.
Mrs. Ethel Jones, Calvary.
Mr. Richard Jones, Calvary.
Mrs. Lee Smith, Calvary.
Rev. G. T. Britt, A.M., Calvary.
Mr. George Mundy, Calvary.
Mrs. Sallie Mundy, Calvary.
Rev. R. H. L. Mitchem, Lampton.
Pink Apron Workers, Mrs. E. Dortch, President, Centennial.
Mrs. Ida Alexander, West Chestnut Church.
Mrs. Edwinia K. Thomas, Fifth St. Church.
Prof. Harvey C. Russell, Calvary.
Rev. W. L. Turner, Calvary.
Mr. A. E. Beatty, Calvary.
Mrs. Emma E. Dortch, Calvary.
King's Daughters, Mrs. Parrish, President, Calvary
Mrs. Helen Merriwether, Calvary.
Mrs. Mary Coffee, Calvary.
Miss Katie Frain, Zion Church.
Mrs. Mattie Blackburn, Calvary.
Mr. William Gohiggin, Portland Baptist Church.
Mrs. Adelia Pierce, Calvary.
Prof. R. R. Brown, A.B., Fifth St.
Prof. J. W. White, B.Th., Calvary.
Hill Street Baptist Church.
Parsonage Rev. A. J. Moore, Clarksville, Te
Hope Baptist Church, Louisville, Ky.
Residence of the late Rev. C. C. Bate Louisville, Ky.
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Rev. P. Vaughn, New Castle, Ky.
Rev. G. W. Floyd, B.Th. Lebanon, Ky.
Rev. J. J. Mccutcheon, D.D. Lexington, Ky.
Rev. Me!ville M. D. Perdue. Danville, Ky.
Rev. Milton McIntvre, Georgetown, Ky.
Rev. A. J. Moore, D.D. Clarksville, Tenn.
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ST FAJLBAPTIST CHURCH.
St. Paul's Baptist Church, Louisville, Ky.
Bethel Baptist Church, Anchorage, Ky.
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Rev. John H. Perdue. D.D. Louisville, Ky.
Rev. W. A. Scott Louisville, Ky.
Mrs. Amanda V. Nelson First President Baptist Women's Educational Convention
Rev. W. D. Page, Evangelist Lexington, Ky.
Rev. J. W. Calamese. Paris, Ky.
Deacon Morgan Baughman Treasurer Calvary Baptist Church Louisville, Ky.
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Mrs. Jennie Ross, Calvary.
Mrs. Hattie Mayfield, Bloomfield.
Mr. Morgan Baughman, Calvary. Mrs. Nellie Baughman, Calvary.
Mrs. Mamie Ward, Calvary.
Mrs. Mattie Johnson, Calvary.
Mrs. Lillian P. Hightower, Calvary.
Mrs. Mahalia Richmond, Calvary.
Marcellus.
Mr. Williams Bronston.
Madisonville.
Mrs. Mattie Wakefield
Mrs. Mattie Cross
Prof. P. R. Cabell.
Midway.
Rev. J. K. Polk, D.D.
Mrs. Rachel Williams.
Baptist Sunday School.
Rev. E. Brooks.
Rev. E. Boards.
Mr. H. Craig.
Morton's Gap.
Mr. Lewis Clements.
New Albany, Ind.
Rev. R. W. Christian.
Nicholasville.
Rev. M. L. Porter.
Mrs. Lucy Clark, First Church. Mrs. M. E. Smalley, First Church. Mr. Chas. McQuery.
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New Liberty Baptist Church. Miss Cora Clark.
Mr. Henry Anderson.
O'Bannon Station. Mr. Thos. T. Hillman.
Owensboro.
Rev. W. H. Williams, Fourth St. Church.
Miss Ethel Helm, Fourth St. Church.
Miss Nellie Porter, Fourth St. Church.
Miss Nannie Locke, Fourth St. Church.
Miss Georgia Howard, Fourth St. Church.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dr. L. G. Jordan.
Providence. B. Y. P. U., Mr. Jno. Curdle, President. Pleasant Hill Sunday School, Ben Pugh, Supt.
Parkland. Pleasant View Sunday School, Mr. M. L. Coffee, Superintendent.
Pewee Valley.
Baptist Sunday School, Mrs. Harriet Gibson, Supt Mrs. Rebecca Porter.
Deacon Ben Hinkle.
Pembroke.
Rev. W. J. Brown.
Pikeville.
Mr. Edward Hayse. Paducah.
Mr. Stewart Nelson. Rev. V. S. Smith, D.D.
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Deacon Lewis Woods. Deacon Granville Reeves. Deacon Otha White. Deacon Andrew Condley.
Mr. W. C. Edwards. Mr. P. D. Rucker. Mr. W. A. Watkins. Rev. B. L. Ivory.
Rev. Wm. Foster.
Mr. W. M. Young.
Mrs. Lucy Reed.
Mrs. Maggie Steed.
Paris.
Rev. R. Quarles. Mrs. Florence Berryman.
Rev. J. W. Calamese.
Mr. R. Ross, Centreville Baptist Church.
Russellville.
Rev. C. P. M. Bigbee.
Richmond.
Rev. T. H. Broaddus.
Mr. M. D. Flack.
Rev. C. D. Winkfield.
Rev. C. D. Winkfield, State Federation of Women's Clubs of Kentucky. Springfield, Ohio.
Rev. R. T. Frye. Sweeneyville. Rev. L. T. Buckler.
Settle.
Mr. A. Landers.
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Smith's Grove.
Rev. G. R. Ford.
Sparta.
Park Ridge Baptist Church.
Mr. Ben Castleman.
Rev. G. W. Floyd.
Mrs. Cave Allen Morton.
Shelbyville.
Mrs. Rhoda Howard.
Dr. F. B. Hawkins, M. D.
Mrs. Daisy M. Saffel.
Mrs. M. K. Caldwell.
Rev. Wm. Brown.
Rev. N. Caldwell.
Stanley Station.
Mr. Joe Fields.
Somerset.
Rev. Reuben Goggins.
Sebree.
Mrs. Matilda Alves.
Sharpsburg.
Mrs. Geo. Thirkles.
Union City, Tenn.
Rev. B. F. Stone.
Utica.
H. A. Moorman. Mr. Peter Roado.
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Versailles.
Mrs. Lottie Jackson. Mrs. Emma J. Smith.
Rev. T. J. Smith.
Rev. I. N. Smith.
Wallace.
Deacon H. Crittenden.
Winchester.
Rev. Chas. Penince.
Mrs. W. W. Banks.
Rev. J. Ray, First Church.
Rev. W. R. Richardson, First Church. Rev. H. Logan, First Church.
Rev. H. D. Colerane, First Church. Mrs. Elizabeth Colerane, First Church.
Mrs. Mary Perkins, First Church.
Mrs. Annie Taylor, First Church. Mr. William Taylor, First Church. Mr. Stephen Penn, First Church.
Life Members.
Mrs. Inez Fisher, Campbellsville. Mrs. Fannie Berry, Louisville. Lawyer W. H. Wright, Fifth St., Louisville. Miss Eugenia Pierce, Louisville, Zion. Mrs. Mary V. Parrish, Louisville, Calvary. Dr. W. T. Amiger, State University, Louisville.
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MEMBERS OF THE BOY SCOUTS AND GIRLS LEAGUE OF THE MODERATOR'S SECRET SERVICE FORCE. Louisville, Ky.
C. H. Parrish, Jr., Calvary. Frankie Parrish, Calvary.
Winchester First Baptist Church.
Velmer W. Mason. Toliver Reeves.
Cardwell Jacobs. Walter Bell.
New Liberty Baptist Church.
Paul Morgan. Ella M. Lives.
Joseph Nichols. Edith Bond.
Olie Nichols. Etna Senions.
Katie Graves Bonds
Lou Ella Bonds.
Emma Nichols.
Maggie Schruggs.
Frankfort.
Marie Antionette Brooks Etta Ray Brooks
Danville, New Mission.
Lee Smith.
Louise Taylor.
Rosie Lapsley.
The following is a duplicate of Certificate given AUGUST.
No. 374 1915
GOLDEN JUBILEE Of Baptists at Lexington, Ky.
This is to certify that.
has been enrolled in the Moderator's Secret Service
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Force and is hereby constituted a Member of the General Association of Colored Baptists in Ken- tucky.
OUR MOTTO: "More Baptists, and more Bap- tists enlisted for efficient service."
General Association of Colored Baptists.
WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED.
C. H. PARRISH,
Moderator.
WM. H. STEWARD. Secretary.
The following is a copy of instructions sent each one :
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MODERATOR'S SECRET SERVICE FORCE.
Pledge:
Having become a member of the Moderator's Secret Service Force, I hereby pledge, God helping me, to pray every day for the work of the General Association.
Suggested Prayer.
Lord have mercy upon the General Association, the foster mother of Kentucky Baptists.
Pledge :
I shall also seek to have others join the Force by personal efforts. What I shall accomplish in this direction, I will report to the Moderator at the re- quired time so that my church and pastor will have
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due credit for the work done as well as a surprise. I shall from time to time distribute such denomina- tional literature and information, as well as help the work of Missions and Christian education. I shall seek to enlist the boys and girls of our denomina- tion in the Baptist Scouts and Girls' League of the State.
Explanation :
Boys or girls may be members of the Baptist Scouts or Girls' League by donating twenty-five (25) cents which will entitle them to enrollment in the Moderator's Secret Service Force and a Jubi- lee button. Should they solicit seventy-five (75) cents more, they will be entitled to annual member- ship in the General Association and a Golden Jubi- lee Certificate. Should they raise $4.75 more they will be entitled to Life Membership in the General Association and a golden Jubilee certificate.
Soliciting cards may be given boys and girls or members of the Secret Service Force on application.
Test :
More Work, Secret Prayer, Soul Saving, Faith in God. Motto :
More Baptists and-
MORE BAPTISTS ENLISTED FOR EFFI- CIENT SERVICE.
Texts :
I. Let your moderation be known unto all men. -Phil. 4:5.
. 2. What mean ye by this service ?- Ex. 12:26.
3. Go forward .- Ex. 14:15.
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4. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him .- Ps. 25:14.
5. The forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee .- Ps. 60:5, 11, 12.
6. And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force .- Matt. II :12; Heb. 9:17.
Give diligence to present thyself unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth .- II Timothy 2:15.
C. H. PARRISH, Moderator,
847 Sixth Street, Louisville, Ky.
In order to stir up the interest we have kept let- ters in the American Baptist every week for the past ten months, publishing letters from the breth- ren and suggestions how to make the work succeed. All told, there have appeared 52 articles during the interval. We have sent out from our office the fol- lowing different communications : Dear Co-worker :
This, perhaps, is my second or third reminder to you personally, besides an open letter to you ev- evry week in the American Baptist, that this is the Jubilee year for Baptists in Kentucky, and YOU ARE ASKED to pray publicly in pulpit and prayer meeting, and urge others to do likewise, for the success of the General Association.
YOU ARE ASKED to send your $1 or $5 at once as a Jubilee offering.
YOU ARE ASKED to answer my communica- tions and send the names of persons in your locality who would appreciate a line from the Moderator.
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YOU ARE ASKED to organize a new Sunday School, or Church.
YOU ARE ASKED to do some definite work to mark your gratitude for this Jubilee year.
C. H. PARRISH, Moderator, 847 Sixth Street.
P. S .- Send photograph and brief history of yourself and church for Jubilee Volume.
Jubilee Greeting 1865
Golden Jubilee Year 1915
Accept the Moderator's Cordial Christian Greetings, his earnest prayer for the continued prosperity of yourself and yours.
January, 1915, is the year of Jubilee for our Bap- tist host in Kentucky. Will you mark the occasion by sending a thank offering of one dollar? and in return you will receive a Golden Jubilee Certificate ; large, beautiful, imposing. A souvenir you can hand down to posterity-Making you an annual member of the General Association, your name appearing in the Jubilee Volume for all time. Aso a Golden Ju- bilee Button, a thing of beauty. If you have not sent the names requested some time ago, may I have them for the American Baptist next week? Begging a reply by return mail, I am, Yours in Christ, C. H. PARRISH,
847 Sixth St., Louisville, Ky.
Read Third John; I-2.
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My Dear Pastor :-
Since last August we have urged individual ef- forts on the part of pastor and laity to send one dol- lar to the Moderator as a Golden Jubilee donation. Our purpose was to get this money in hand by July the first, so as to give the rest of the time to local efforts, on part of pastor and people, to raise in their own way their money for the General Association. Whatever money came through your efforts, the church or the member giving it would have the credit. After repeated letters we have not heard from a great number. I am therefore begging that you use your efforts and have your members send one dollar to the Moderator, and please send your one dollar. Since this is the Jubilee year, I am ask- ing that your church, outside of what may be sent to the Moderator, will line up by raising as much as twenty cents from each member, or an amount equivalent to that. The Methodists, aside from their local church expenses, collect one dollar for their general work from each member. We should make a strenuous effort to do twice as much in this, our year of Jubilee.
Please read this to your church. Tell the church unless they will come to the help of our educational and missionary work, the Baptist cause of Kentucky will go to the rear.
Inroads are being made into our denomination by others who are doing a more creditable work fi- nancially, with only one-third as many members. I am asking also that you emphasize prayer. Pray for the General Association publicly and teach your members to pray for the Association in their mid- week prayer meetings.
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I appeal to you as pastor, deacons and officers of the church. Read this letter to the people, I am sure they will work as never before.
Yours,
C. H. PARRISH, Moderator
Chairman of Deacon Board or Clerk of the Church. My Dear Brother :-
I have written three times to your pastor in ref- erence to our Jubilee Anniversary to be held in Lex; ington, Ky. You will note that we hope to interest all of our preachers and Baptists, we have asked therefore for the names of twenty-five members of your church, to whom we may write. You will also see that we have placed the name of pastor, church and number of names given in the American Bap- tist. Look at that list and you will see the name of your pastor and church are missing. People are asking why, and I have been telling them that your beloved pastor has just forgotten and left my letters in his other coat pocket, or piled them up with other unanswered letters by mistake. So I am writing, asking that you please call his attention to it, so that your church will get the same information as other churches. I know your pastor will thank you for it. Tell him what we are trying to do-raise one dollar from every Baptist. One dollar will make you a member of the General Association, to be held in Lexington, and you will receive in return a golden certificate and Jubilee button. Send your one dollar at once so that you will be in a position to have others do the same. Now, if your pastor hasn't the time, will you please ask him to give you permission
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to send me a list of twenty-five names of the mem- bers of your church? Hoping to hear from you at once,
I am yours, C. H. PARRISH, Moderator.
Louisville, Ky., October, 1914.
My Dear Sister :-
At the Baptist Women's Educational Convention when in session at Frankfort, Ky., the Moderator of the General Association made a request: First, you would pray daily and publicly for the General Asso- ciation; Second, that you would send at once to his address ONE DOLLAR which will make you an Annual Member of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the General Association.
I am writing this reminder, hoping to know by your reply how often, if at all, you have prayed for the General Association. Have you heard your pas- tor or any of the deacons pray for it? If not, show your pastor this notice and ask him to make mention of the General Association in his prayers.
If you have overlooked it in the meantime, will vou not from this day make mention of the Associa- tion in your family prayer as well as the Prayer Meeting and in your secret devotion?
In your report, please send ONE DOLLAR in the enclosed envelope and receive in return a re- ceipt for the Annual Membership in the General Association ; a button of the Moderator's Secret Ser- vice Force and a Certificate of membership therein.
Do not delay ; the Master's work requires haste. Yours in Christ,
C. H. PARRISH, Moderator.
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The following letter was sent to the Superintend ent and members of the Sunday School, and to Presi dent and members of the B. Y. P. U .:
Beg leave to inform you that this is the year of Baptist Jubilee in Kentucky. We will meet at Lex ington, August II, 1915. We are asking that your Sunday School be represented in our Jubilee volume by paying one dollar or five dollars, or, if you will fifty dollars as this is the Jubilee year-between this and the first of July. Send the money direct to the Moderator and he will send you a Golden Jubilee Certificate suitable to hang up in the Sunday School showing that you are a member of the General As- sociation.
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