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This department ef= =ehr common WORT
OF southern hatfsfs. uaEeh has tor
its end generalization e ia rea
pIa IN oui=e e@n land. We mus65aye
America if We would saVe=thc Wor}d
and if W. do pot save America th9
world viii heatheHzc l. God has
here given Baptis thei1 tirst aroat
opportanty American traditions
make this country tha mest con@eniaI
for ollr doctrines and nowhere ell t.
dc they find such ready acceptance.
TIL" majority Of the BapIistS # the
world live in the south, and upon them
rests a responsibility aroa and grave.
The home board is the only agency
under their control through which The
combined will and effort Of the broth
erhood can be concentrated upon III
transcendentlv important. vital and
responsible task of making he south
land Christian. Let us give il the
support its importance demands and
the godly men Who administer its
affairs will not be without means to
do the work we have committed TO
then. and our children and our chill
dren.s children will not be without
knowledge of the truth Of which we
are Gods stewards. and which is our
richest inheritance and the best be-
quest We can make our posteritv.
3. State MISSIONS This depart.
ment of our work contemplates the
pronunciation of tho gospel within
the bounds of our own ate. the dis
semination of our doctrines. the or
eanization Of churches and the qnick-
enine of missionary life and bcnavo-
lonce Seeking to secure these ondr
Ithe money contributed for state mis-
sions is "Xpende1 as follows:
l. Supplmontn@ tn salaries Of
Fastors of needy and promising
churches. In Ordor that Il wise and
RIGHT economy may be prac iced
the board recommends hat tho most
conscientious care be taken in Dream
ling new and dependent churches
end that in e'rory case where appli-
cation is made to the board for h In
that it be for the minimum amount
necessary for the nairt oranco of the
work. and that all snch btacficiarv
churches strive earnestly to roach the
point of eolf-suport as soon as posi-
bic. This matter must bo taken to
heart by some of the churches if we
are to supply the vast dos tuition in
cur state out of tho resourco s at our
, command
.. The money is spent in employ
ing district and suppl5tmonting the
salaries of associational missionaries
Expenditures in this line of work have
in some cases yielded gratifying re-
suits. Where suitable men can be
found and the proper cooperation
is given we recommend he contin,i-
ance' of this form of missionary opera
ton
3. The class of missionary labor of
which We have had least but need
most is that of he general missionary
or state evangelist.
For some tine the conviction has
grown upon the members of the
hoard that more of 'hc mon0v con
tributed for STATE missions should ho
used in this line of work Al last this
opinion has crystaliZed ard hoc0mes
the policy of tha prescott board. For
much of the past ycar W" have sought
suitable mer.; men who may properly
he called specialists in winning
and as missionary trainers 10 under
take this work Besides the mission
ary secretary, whose work is of this
class. We have found few available
men. But we now have in vicw sev-
eTal men who possess cXc'p i9nal