The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-02
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WINNER \ 81; /.
Money Raised for the tt Work Of 4.
Of Foreign Missions. ...s
OREATEFF oRT' VIRGINIA
Was Beaten IL The Race for the Fire
Time II Many Years Foreign Mls.
slon Board Meets and Adopts
3 Report


10 Baptist here And throughout thsi
South II viii be 1 source OF no little
igraAifioation to learn that the Foreign
Mission Board the nucleus o< the most
Important Of this three great benevolent
enterprises conducted BY. the dsnou,ina--
tlon has Just closed It's books after
year Of unparalleled SUCCESS.
g5g5Whe,, tbs Board reports to 4the eouth-s
jorn Baptist Convention In Savannah nsxt
week, the great record It win exhibit
viii be OF such character a. 70 cause
some stir. Money has beon pouring IN /
during the past few days, ana when the
flnai count was made Thursday night.
the last OF tho fiscal year, the total was
something suoh - the Board in ali IL
long history has never known befors.
The exact figures are not given out, but
It may DO stated post tivsly that tho con-
str4butions will foot up considerably more
than 500, 600 Last year 3l7s, 600 8$ was
raised. and Southern Baptists rcjoic
is Is, VrR GINA BEATEN. q
For tho flrst time since tho war vir--,
str,,a has failed TO lend in her oontr1bu-
tons and tho fact has caused nc title I
depression among tho Haptists in tho
State. Though ~ rgtnla won way head 4
1 OF what sho raised last year and came
out second on tho list, sho could not
compete with Georgia. which Increased
her contributions over nifty per cent.
5.S The race between Virginia and Georgia
has been spirited from start to finish.
Up TO a few days ago tbs two States
wore running neck and neck, and local
ministers were encouraged TO believe
that they would yet win out. But Il was 4
mot to DO So Tho total of virginia crspt
up slowly but surely; Georgia went BY
leaps and bounds. Last year Virginia
raised &2b.D12.M, and the otherS State
81. 7o4 co. When the book IS were closed \
Thursday night Virginia had turned II, Z
close on to SD 900. An amount which
might reasonably be expecIed to overtop
that OF any other State. But TO- the con-
sternation OF tho locals, Georgia shot sur5
like . rocket and by the time the last
had come in had given in all about
IS. 900 moro than svirginia-about &34, 900
in all. Worst Of all. tho Georstans sent \
word that II this was not sufficient they
would send some more " Il
1{g This remarkable advance made by
Georgia was source OF delight to tho
Board. and everybody else. though there
Still remains among the yirginianH tho
soreness arising from the fact that they
have for the time being been ousted
from the frst place, Local ministers nro
wont q to II console themselves with tho
fact that there are 1914 900 white Baptlsts
In Georgia and only 122 900 in Virginia
MET YEsTERDAY. j8s.
The Foreign Board met yesterday al
Its Offices here ana adopted the annual 7
report, which will be presented in savnn-
nah next week. q While ngures nro not
given out. 1t Is learned that the news
from the foreign fields OF conversions
and baptlsms dr,ling the year will be as
encourag cling rs tho great In crease In con- 3
&trlbutions Tho Board 10 very hopeful
and gees prospects OF q continuation of
the advance which has marked the last Z
few years. Everything 10 In fine shape
and Dr.. illingham Is ovcrjoyed at the
prospect OF reporting himself out OF
debt again. He said yesterday:
1.-THE receipts this year have been re-
markably large. going over 800, ooo--de- 4
2cidedlyl the largest contribution in tho
history OF tho Board. Many States
made fine Increases. Virginia gave 3, 90
more but Georgia made such a large In
crease that she leads by about 5000.
This will be a notable foreign mission
year Several OF the best known mis-
sonaries from the fields will be at the
conventions. DR.. r.. II. Graves, the dvete-
ran worker In China, VIII be there 4 Win \
his wife. There will also DO present Dr..
r. II. Bryan, OF Shanghai, and Rev. W.
T !, Lumbley and wife, OF sgA beokuta.
Africa ". 58 n " 33s5 rs
VIRGINIA DELEGATION.
Il Great preparations are being made for
the convention. The Virginia delegates.
including many local ministers and lay
men, are preparing to$leave within the z
next few days, Il S5B IN ~ q. /
The next issue OF tho Religious Herald
will BIO special Illustrated Convention
number Of twenty pages. VIII cons
tain a symposium on the Relative
Growth and the Prospects q tho Bap' 4
lists in the South. There Will be artl-
cles describing the condtt tons In Rich &
3mond, Norfolk and vicinity, fillmore
Atlanta, Nashville and 14ouisvl Ills. Tbs
articles on Richmond will be prepared BY
Mr., John Garland Pollard. SS 5
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