The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-07
|BAPTISTS GIVE DAY TO
 DISCUSSION OF MISSIONS

MT. George closed his sermon with the thought that the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation to every enc who believes. and he made an earnest plea for the members of the Association to be more thoroughly giv- en to the work of spreading the Gospel.
 s20,OO0 for State Missions.
 In the speech of pr. Crumpton, sec- retary of the Alabama Baptist Board Of Missions some interesting figures were given, showing what the Baptists in Alabama are doing for the cause of missions. Last year they gave $2o,000 for state missions and $27,00o for home and foreign missions. J. c. Bush. prominent Baptist layman. of Mobile, gave at one time s10.0oo for foreign missions. This year the Baptist peo- rle of Alabama expect to contribute to the cause of missions sum far in ad- vance of that of last year.
 Reports were read at the morning session by Rev. E. M Stewart. pastor of the South Side Baptist Church. on state missions; by Rev. E. F. George. of the Prattviile Baptist Church. on home missions: by Rev J. A. Jenkins, on foreign missions. and by w. R. Saw yer. cn temperance.
 In the report on state missions. Rev. E M. stewart expressed thankfu'ness | that the efforts along the line Of mis- sions had met with so great success m | the pat year. He showed a vast in- ! crease in the spirit of missions. em | phasized by the pastors in the pulpit: | hy the number of people who are de- voting the whole of their lives to the cause; by the hand held out to help all classes of people from the highest to the lowest; by the fellowship ex- isting in the ranks of the Baptist 1 Church; savoring of heart religion: | IL l1 errn ruth attendance upon mission schools; and iE the interest in the distribution of | that literature which meets a response | in the human soul
 Needs of the Work.
 l He expressed the hope that Sf,000 would be contributed to the printin g I this year of tracts bearing on the mis- sion subjects. He recommended the Alabama Baptist to every member of l the Baptist denomination. Twenty-two | thousand dollars Is the amount asked l for the work of missions in the State for this year.
 | In the report, Mir. Stewart urged the adoption of the schedule. recommend ] ed by the Mission Board. Of the wo- mans work. he said. 1t was far in ad- | vance of all previous years. and the young peoples societies and the chill dren's work are in splendid condition
 The report read on home missions by Rev. E. E. George, of the Prattville Baptist Church, showed last year to have been the greatest year in the history of the home mission work ol Alabama. The Southern Baptists are just awakening to the importance of this branch of the work, he stated. Ht spoke in the report, of the emphasis stressed on the mission work at tho Southern Baptist Convention at Chat tsnooga. The report showed an In crease in the workers in the hom' field during the year, of about seventy with i5.436 baptisms by missionaries It showed in spite of adverse condi' tions in the South an increase of more than $30,000 for the cause in the year
 He reported the work in Cuba. Isle of Pines and Panama in splendid con ditions. He spoke of the school work among the mountainous districts of the South as being one of the most suc- work. The work among the negroes during the year had been successful | Church Building Fund.
 The church building fund is proving t great advantage, and in order to carry cut the plans of the Board along this line. s350,000 will be necessary. The lcommittee. in the report, recommends | that $25,OO0, which is asked by the lkoard for the work of Dr. w. w. Ham .!ton Of Louisville. Ky. as General Evangelist. be contributed Dr. Ham Hilton has already entered upon the work. and promises to be of inestimabie value to the cause of home missions in | the South.
 Rev. J. A. Jenkins, field worker in the State Sunday School Association. made report on foreign missions. in which he gave figures to shcw a decided in crease in the amount of money con' tributed to this cause from year to year He urged that the members of the Sap tist denomination exert every effort to ;he carrying out of the commission "Go in to all the world and preach the Gospel to every living creature
 The report on temperance, made by w R. Sawyer. was read. and with some amendments. was adopted. FollowinS is the report. as amended:
 ] Your Committee on Temperance begs to report as follows: