The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-15
Evangelism At Home and
Abroad Is Strengthened By
the Cash Gifts
FINE REPORTS MADE IN
ALL THE DEPARTMENTS
Woman's Missionary Union Reflects
Officers and Collects Large
Amount for Furtherance of the
Plans for Missions.

Louisville, May 14-hTidway in the
work which it must do before adjourning
on Monday, the Southern Baptist conven-
tion today heard reports of its mission
works and backed the report with cash.
During the course OF today's session at the
Armory, which was packed with sew
eral thousand delegates, money and
pledges amounted to a few thousand dol
lars This will be used to favor Baptist
evangelism at home aud abroad.
The last of the auxiliaries to transact
its business was the Womans Missionary
union, which reelected its officers today
and In few minutes collected SO, 1S7 90 for
missions. The union yesterday pledged it
self TO raise $500 in all for the further
ance of its plans. 1t was announced to
the accompaniment of much applause that
there will be an increase Of As per cent.
in the forces for home missions by the
union while the foreign missions will be
increased in capacity 10 per cent.
After devotional exercises and the re-
ports of home and foreign missions to the
general convention. impromptu discussion
of the work was launched A mass meet
ing for home missions was held during the
afternoon. while foreign missions drew
the attention of the delegates tonight
1t learned that the committee ON
the next convention city will not report
andi tomorrow night or Monday Raltl
more. Memphis, Ashesias. Charlotte aud
ST Joseph, Mo. are still n,alsing q hard
fight.
! The report Of the missions follows.
Home Missions.
B. D. Gray of Atlanta, Ga, in his report
as corresponding secretary of the homo
mission board said in part:
There have been organized 5,9l7 Bap-
tist churches and 1888. .oo2 persons baptized
by this board during the year. Our work
in Cuba and the southwest is yielding
large returns and the probability of our
entering New Mexico makes our trans
Mississippi territory the greater. The edu-
cation of 43l6 mountain boys and girls in
excellent mission schools in the Appalach-
ian noun tains at a cost to the denomna-
tion of slightly more than So for each per
year is an achievement.
THE amount expended by the home
mission board during the year is divided
| as follows:
Alabama, $34S4.2S; Arkansas. $500: Flor
ida, S9669 "A; Georgia. 500: Kentucky,
$2S19 "a; Louisiana, 81, ,49S 20: Maryland,
Ssl97, Mississippi, $3.50; Missouri, s4105;
North Carolina, $946o 49, Oklahoma sls-
80 81; South Carolina, $500: Tennessee,
$sS25; Texas. $15,5s6 S5: Virginia, S9O4. Is.
These states, their own initiative,
expended in the work a total of
$293 Os6. Al.
Expenditures for the purchase and i'm
provement of mountain school property
in Alabama, Kentucky. Tennessee and
Virginia not included in the above
table.
The board has had in the field a total
of HOS workers in comparison with 961
the previous year And has held as an
example 1898 prayer meetings in the
southern states
1t is pointed out that the work in PAN
anna which has been pursued during the
year, opens the way toward the evan
gelization of the South American re-
publics.
The work among the negroes is treated
with the claim that southern negroe Bap-
with the claim that southern negro Bap-' \
than those Of any other section.
Report of Treasurer.
The report of Treasurer Walker Dun
son of the board ends the report. This
shows a total receipt in cash during the
year of 1911, ,974.05. All reports are from
May l. 1908, to May l. 1909
r. j. Wllingham of Richmond pre-
sented a voluminous report for the for
eign mission board as corresponding Sec
retary. This shows in part the following
gifts from the various states during the
year:
Alabama, s26, S2s II; Arkansas S12, ,4s2 %;
District OF Columbia. s5oS1 10; Florida.
s5664. 27: Georgia, $69, 514 l6; Kentucky,
S37 527 .54 Louisiana, $500 So: Maryland.
$40 400 81 Mississippi, sal, ,sS4. g. Missouri
tsome to northern convention), S36,4T4.61:
North Carolina, $50, 956 30; Oklahoma part
to northern convention), $2970.67; South
Carolina. .03; Tennessee, $24, ,0s2. IS;
Texas. s62, ,3O4S6; Virginia, s5S,sS2 20; other
sources, s5SS0.47.
Contributions from women in the south
to foreign missions totaled s96, GAL. "A during
the year.
In conclusion Mr.. Willingham said that
receipts were s5S000 more than in 1908.
and more conversions than bapusms fe-
corded than ever before.
The reports, with detailed efforts from
the Baptist missionaries all over tho
world. describing each town and mis-
sion and the work going on therein