The Baptist headlight., 1894-05-16
New s from the State
An "A ppeaI to the Four Baptist
Associations.

lO eaCn dSSOC1dL4OA
the State Baptist Convention OF
Kansas:
Dear Brethren and Sisters;-l
want to speak a few words to you III
Christ's name and for his sake, | beg
vou listen while speak. At the last
meeting ofthe State Convention IN
Atchison, Kans., the officers with
one member from each association
as near as possible were appointed
the executive board. 1t was MADE
the duty of this hoard to superln-
tend the Mission Work IN the state
and to aid all it could the State,
Home and Foreign Mission boards.
Also to help all it could the Church
Edifce Funds. Rev. w. L. Grant
having decided to take a special
course in Seminary, offered his
resignation as State Missionary
which was reluctantly received.
The board then proceeded to negot1-
ate with Rev. CASTOR, of Missouri;
being unable to secure his services,
they proceeded to negotiate with
Rev. w. L. Grant who soon saw
the grasp that the Baptists OF the
state had upon him as the man Tor
the state work; the same was induced
to give up his plans for school and
accept the state work. Since that
time, September 1893, he has been
giving all his time and talent to
this work. His report will show
that he has done faithful and eff
cient work. But unless each asso-
ciation, pastor and members there
of, Shall bestir themselves, and do
their financial duty that report will
show that we have been slothful
servants; to our great shame it will
show that we have not done our
duty. It would be too humiliating
for me to say here what we have paid
Our state missionary. Dear brother
pastors, brethren and sisters you
know what you have done, or rath-
what you have not done. Now I
want to ask each one of you, in the
name Of Jesus, what have you done?
Has each pastor of the churches
made any effort to get the members
to take their paper and support the
mission work? If not, will you do
SO during the next three months.
Brother pastors will you see the
members of your churches in per
son and beg them, in the name Of
Christ and for his sake, to help us
in the mission work and report the
results Of your efforts to the HEAD
LIGHT and also to the next board
meeting? Will you brother pastors
preach at least one special sermon
during the three months-four
would be better-to each of your
churches Dear brother pastors do
you not know that your churches
to a good extent are just what you
make them? Every converted
member of the Baptist church wants
to do his or her duty; and when
duty IS made plain by a loving pas
tor they will at least try to do it; Je-
sus says my sheep hear my voice
and they follow me" so you see
brother pastors that the sheep are
waiting upon you to make the fnan-
cial call. Will YOU make the call
for $1,000 and see to it that the as
sociations come up with their ap-
portion, and see to it that each mem
Der sends in his per capita, IS cents,
and let us raise the $1,000 III the
association. We need your prayers
and means to push the work to the
front. Just think of the churches
needing mission work and no means
and men to send the light needed.
We have twenty-five churches in
the state without pastors.
S. w. BEASLEY,
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