The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-12

i 81. whIle IL lsbored under the dis
4 GInvnntaee Of our not having general
Y &x1ng O1lut for the larger part OF the
4 S6xaRs xet has been 20 blessed In its
kxta that more baptisms are report
"a from this department than for the
4fpcesdins year.
i III addition to the Tichenor memo
49, &saa- 81 % AGO sAe beard has
x&cstyed two gifts of 5000 each dur
\ ~ the year. One OF these is from
xov. w. c. Jones. of Louisville, KY.
and the other h from our Sunday
! ReAopl beard at Nashville. A }se. u
hns received $4,000 n year ago from
Sthe woman's Missionary Union.
In addition to these two large gifts,
the board has received gift of ss.-
i zoe for tn general work from Broth
or w. w. Brooks of Rome, Ga.
The report calls attention 70 the
New Mexico situation. II recites the
present status between the Home
heard and the American Baptist
Home Mission Society In the follow
7 ing words, closing. as will be noted,
With the request for instructions from
SthA convention as to the future ac-
ton In the premises of the Home
Board.
"A year ago the convention unani-
of this Washington conference between
representatives of the Home Mission
Hoard and the American Home Mis-
I sion Society of New York concerning
mission work in New Mexico. The
Home Mission Society declined to APP
. prove the recommendations of the
Washington conference. and referred
Z the matter back to their executive
committee for further consideration.
~ they might deem wise.
Our Home Board has heard moth
fng further concerning the matter. In
the meantime various churches from
New Mexico have asked cooperation
with our Home Mission Board. The
southern Baptist Convention, in APP
proving the agreements Of the Wash
inGton conference, In order that they
might be no misunderstanding as to
the right OF local churches and asso-
= rI1Il0nS 70 make such a1ignments as
they deem proper. accompanied en-
4dorsernent of the recommendation
with this statement:
I'VE commend that the agree
mNnt OF said conference be APP
proved. with the understanding
rs to limitmfw INF INF inf mfw cmm
that nothing In the agreement,
shall To so construed as to limit
any church association or other
Baptist body in the free exercise
Ut the inalienable right to make
such alignments for co-operation
a. will. for the furtherance OF
the work 1t La in
number of New Mexico churches
are asking cooperation with our
Home Mission Board Tver anxious.
convention. we request instructions
from the convention as to what reply
We shall make TO these New Mexico
churches. and would recommend the
Y appointment OF special committee
sTho shall reReFt with recommends
) tions to the convention during Its
present session
The report shows fine success In the
ro-operatiye work between the Home
Board and the Home Board OF the
National Baptist Convention (negro J.
At the expense OF less than $4,000
there have throughout this work been
employed eyangelisfic and snperinten-
dents OF mission work among the ne
grO@s In practically all of the South
srn States. Large success has charac-
t~rized this work
The literature department of the
board has grown In extent and ..T.f,
cheney during the year, The/ circu-
y lAtion OF the home field has H1creased
a huustAuttAifys ana the demand for
tracts has deoeieae
The repprs Expresses the Joy of tn,
b0afd III being out of d abt, and al tn,
substantial increase in contributions II
nearly all OF the States. with the OK.
y ception of two States only. II ear
neatly presents it's conviction of the
urgency. complexity and magnitude OF
Home Mission problems. and calls on
Southern Baptists to rally their splen
did resources for a greater campaign
than ever. to enlist the ten thousand
unenlisted Baptist churches in the
Ensath, and to reach oNt in mighty
effort TO save. and keep this country
for Christ
Sunday school Work.
s DIR. j. NJ. Frost read the report al
the Sunday-school board. This re.
port shows that the receipts OF tn.
board from 1922. the date of or,
1 ganfxation, TO 1910. have increased
from s1s.5T4.s3 to s234.sss46 7,
4 other words the receipts for thi
year are just twelve times as iarg,
Al they were in ~. The net assets O
the board In 'a2 were S4.0S1.s3, thi
year they are 5i.4443s In othe
words they are sixty times as grea
In 1910 as they were In 1899. TIL
total appropria tions of the board fn
this year were s5i,as5.2- Beside
these cash gifts TO various depart
ments of denorninational work Their
were iiberay donations in the way o