The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-26
TALKED OF MISSION WORK.
BAPTIsTs ADDRESSED BY THEIR
STATE SECRETARY.

Aha NnC
Board, Talked to the Baptist Con-
gregatiOns of the City Yesterday.
Told Them What the Mission Board
Is Doing-SOuth Georgia the Com
ing section of the state, Said DR..
JamesOn-Thc MOrmons Aggressive
in Their Missionary Work in GeOr-
gia.
Rev. s. Y. Jameson, D. D., secretary
and treasurer of the Baptist state mission
| board, spent yesterday with the Baptist
Churches of the city, laying before their
| congregations the work of the board.
Dr.. jameson was only recently elected
10 this important position, succeeding the
venerable Dr.. J. G. Gibson. who was com
PEELED to retire from active work on ac
count Of failing health. The secretary and
treasurer practically has entire charge of
the work of the board, and upon his eff
cheney depends to a considerable extent
the income for the several lines of work
aided or directed by the board. 1t is a
part of his duties TO visit all sections of
the state and arouse interest in the vari-
GUS line of mission work conducted by the
! church. The Baptists have their mission
work divided in under three heads, for
eign missions, home missions, which in
cludes the entire South and Cuba, and
| state missions. The state board takes
charge of collections for all three lines
| of work.
DIR. Jameson occupied the pulpit of the
| First Baptist Church yesterday morning,
| that of the Duffy Street Baptist Church
| at night. and spoke at the Southside
| Church in the afternoon. Among other
/ things of interest he told his congrega tons
| that the Baptists of the state raised about
| $4,000 for missions last year. OF this
amount $4,000 was for state mission work,
| $4,000 for foreign missions and about S15-
| for home missions. The board divides
this state into three fields, North Georgia,
| Middle Georgia and South Georgia. In
| North Georgia the work is chiefly among
! the mountain people, in Middle Georgia
among the factory people in the cities and
in South Georgia in the backwoods dis
| tricts, and in the new towns which are
! springing up along the lines of railroads
There is a great deal of work TO be
| done in each section" said DR.. Jameson,
| in discussing his work. Middle Georgia
is considered to be the best developed sec
ton of the state resigiously. though there
are portions of North Georgia and of
South Georgia which will compare favor
ably with any section of the state. In
the mountains of North Georgia there are
between 1000 and $4,000 people who are
nominally missionary Baptists, but who
| are largely missionary in name only A
| great deal of work has been done by the
board in developing a higher standard of
Christian life among them and with very
| gratifying results. We encourage their
! young people to seek literary instruction,
| and where the young men are religiousy
inclined to seek theological instruction
also. AS a result of this work the denom-
| nation has drawn a number of its ablest
| young ministers from North Georgia
! From my own county of Towns have
come Dr. George Truett, who now pre-
sides over Baylor University the chief
| Baptist educational institution of Texas;
Rev. F. c. Mcconnell now at Lynchburg
Va, the three O Kelleys, all well known in
this state, and others"
1--WE have an immense work in South
Georgia" said Dr. jameson. THE growth
of this section has been so rapid that
it is with great difficulty that We have
been able to keep pace with its religious
needs. There are portions of South Geor-
| gia where the people are backward, and
in need of educational as we'll as relig-
| ious Improvement We are doing what
we can to uplift them 10 higher ideals.
Our chief difficulty in South Georgia has
been to supply the new communities which
have sprung up along every new line OF
railroad. Hundreds of men have come
into this section from other states and
other portions of this state who were
affiliated with churches in the communi-
ties from which they came, but who in
their new surroundings and engrossed in
business have given little thought to re-
ligiouS matters. 1t is a part of our work
to revive religious interest among them
and bring them to a sense of their duty
in order that religious growth may fol-
low. A Bible colportage department has
been established for the beneht of the
poorer classes"
South Georgia is the coming garden
spot of Georgia. said DIR. Jameson. ut
has possibilities which are undreamed of.
1t is developing very rapidly and, in my
opinion, is the coming section of the
state.
THE aggressiveness of the Mormons is
one thing with which we have Go con-
tend, said DR.. Jameson, "They have COW
cred the state with their missionaries.
They have between so and 100 mission
aries travelling in pairs throughout the
state. Recently they had two mission
aries preaching on the streets of Atlanta.
This was doubtless done to offset the
charge made against them that they con-
fine their work to the ignorant and be-
nighted people to be found in many of the
country districts. Their work is almost
white people of the state, and l under
stand that they have established some
churches among them"
DIR. Jameson is well known among the
Baptists of Georgia, and especially in At
lanta, where he presided for over ten
years over the West End Baptist Church.
lie left large and fourishing congrega-
ton with a handsome house of worship,
free from debt, to accept the work with
state board. Re has the confidence of
the leaders of the denomination, and is
web fitted for the work which he has un-
dertaken. BY careful, panstaking meth
DDS and constant intelligent work he
hopes to further develop the already
growing interest among the Saptists OF
the state in their mission work
HRIsH POTATOES" MUST GO.