Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-09
MISSIONS CALL FOR MONEY
Work of Congregation Church Needs
Two Million Dollars This Year.
SLOGAN OF AGGRESSIVE CRUSADE
Rev. L. o. Baird al Con vention Says
Five and Ons-HaIfhyCeats Per
week Per Member VIII
Do Bis Things.

The imperative need of more money TO
home and foreign missionary work was the
slogan of the opening meeting of the con.
ference Of the western district at the First
| Congregations church Monday morning.
In his address Rev, l.. o. Baird. who
presided, strongly urged that the cam
paign Of forward movement be Instituted
here and now. He said the Congregational
church could not afford to stand still in
this great WORK of the worlds evangelical
ton, but should Join hands With the other
great missionary enterprises, He showed
that the present contribution per week per
member of the Congregational church was
but ~ cents, where II this was increased
to 81 cents per week per member meal
culsble benefit TO the cause would result.
Rev. Charles I. Riggs Of C~onstantinople
told OF what the lack OF funds meant in
the contraction of missionary work in
Turkey and Rev. Thomas Gray of tho
American Board of Congregational Foreign
Missions of Micronesia told a similar story
relative to the handicap to missionary work
in the Micronesian field.
Miss Miriam l.. Woodberry Of New York,
secretary of the woman's department of
Congregational home missionary work.
spoke of the troubles confronting the home
mission field. . 80"
TWO MILLION DBilnrh Nee0e0s
Rev. +. I. Rouse of the First Congre-
gational church gave a brier outline of the
plan of the apportionnIenr work devised by
the American board. He said 100000
would be, required for all purposes in Con-
gregatiopal missionary work during the
present year, of which $4,000 would be
apportioned to homs missions. $500 o for
foreign missions and s25O.o0 for the Amer
lean Missionary association for all other
general purposes. -rts e. -
The apportionment to the chufches OF the
Omaha association was fixed at $3.50. of
which 32,150 would be for home missions,
$3.50 for the American Missionary assoeIa-
ton, $3.50 for educational work. ;4S5 for
Sunday schools, s16 for ministerial aid,
100 for foreign missions and $50 for
church building.
THE total responsibility of Nebraska
congregational men should and lean be
$Ss, "a" said Rev. Mr. Rouse, He believed
that 1t could be raised and the question
now up to the Congregatiopalists Of Ne
braska was simply: What 1 can do l
ought to do. What I ought to do. by the
grace OF God. l will TO-"
The opening gun of the joint missionary
campaign given under the auspices of the
American Board Of Congressional Home
Missionary society and the American Mis-
sionary association, was fired in Omaha
Monday. 1t opens a-ten weeks campaign,
to be carried OF in the central western
states.
A two weeks campaign will be carried
on in Nebraska, three weeks in the Da-
kotas, two weeks in Colorado and Wyom-
ing, two weeks in Kansas and one week
In Oklahoma and Texas.
The speakers during the general cam
paign will be Miss Miriam L. Woodbury.
OF New York, Rev. Edward Evans, Jr., OF
Hyannis, Neb. Rev. thomas Gray of
| Micronesia, who has been stationed as a
missionary on. the island of PoRape In the
Caroline group, and whose missionary ter.
ritory Includes the Marshall and Gilbert
groups and thel island OF Guam; Rev.
Charles Il. Riggs of Constantinople, and
Rev. William l., Tenney, d. d, Of Sioux
City. 10
DIR. Herring TO Work Here.
Rev. Lucius o. Baird of Omaha will as
sist in the Nebraska campaign, Rev. II.
G. Herring, formerly pastor of the First
Congregational church of Omaha, win join
in the Colorado campaign, remaining there
a week. DIR. Herring is now general sec
rotary OF the Congregational Home Mis-
sionary society. % .E So. s'.
1t is the plan OF the speakers TO visit
about forty towns in their eaapaign. hold.
ing meetings one night la each place.
The Omaha district campaign concluded
Monday evening, with a supper at the
First Congregational church at $50, which
was followed by a general meeting In the
main auditorium of the church. This meet
ing was addressed by Rev. Charles 7.
Riggs, Rev. Edward Evans. Rev. W. L.
Tenney, Rev. l., o.. Baird. Rev. b. T.
Rouse. Miss Woodbury. and others. The
addresses we're all upon the great subject
Of Increased endsayor IN the Consrsgationa'
mission work. and an appeal 10 alt COngre.
gationalists to lend a hand to, the work
Il was shown in some OF the talks that
unless material aid came very soon to the
association that the work would have to
be given up In some localities completely
and only half carried on in others. DR..
Baird made an earnest plea for aid In the
work, showing that with the increase in
the church membership of 20 per cent In
the last twenty years. the per capita OF
beheyolenees had IN that time decreased