El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-23
TEXAS LEADING The
sOUTHIN NUMBER
Of BAPTISIS
Secretary's Report Shows
This State Stronghold
of Denomination.

Jacksonville, Fla, May zS-l eAds
leads in the number OF Baptists in the
southern states. In the Lone Star
stare 29s.71S are affiliated with this
denomination. according to the annual
report of the statistical secretary, Dr.
Lansing Burrows. to the Southern Bap-
fist convention. now in session here
Texas also led last year in the num-
Der of baptisms-23. 1855 She also has
the largest amount Of money invested
in church property-s5, Az, 904, and has
contributed to the church work ST.
S12.23O. the largest amount of any
state in the south
Within the bounds Of the conven-
ton, there are 23.24s churches and SbV
associations.
The number received by baptism
into these churches last year was 1874
40. by letter 100.S53. by restoration
1856 and by statement 1883 From
these churches 1856 were dismissed
BY letter 24.s4S were excluded. the
names Of 1922 were erased and 1898
died. The total membership at the
end Of the year was 1882. 464-
These churches gave for missions
s1.5Os.S 44- and for al purposes which
include pastoral salaries and home ex-
penses. 10424.3S5.
The value of the church property IS
s4s.39S. SeS. There are 14,522 Sunday
schools in which there are 124,116 pu-
pills being taught the word of God
WomaR's Part in the Work.
Woman is contributing large share
to the worth Of the Southern Baptist
convention The report of the Wom-
ans Missionary union. submitted 10
the convention today BIZ Miss Edith
NJ Crane. the corresponding secretary.
shows that there are 1850 societies
actually at work in the suth with 81
POI women at work in the different
societies and 1902 young women
There are 44,344 girls gathered togeth-
er in the Sunbeam societies. and H.
473 boys in the Royal ambassadors.
There are now 1900 societies of young
women. 200 having been added since
lase year Six hundred and eighteen
new Sunbeam bands are reported. but
some have discontinued work. There
is an increase over last year of only
20 There were 100 bands of Royal
ambassadors disbanded since last year,
but there is really an increase of SO.
The report shows that substantial
improvements have been made on the
Margaret home in Greenville, S. c..
Mace in which the children of mis-
sionar ies are cared for. and that the
training school in Louisville is grow
ing in usefulness. It has only been
in operation a few years. but more
than 100 yosng women have gone out
trained to do mission work in foreign
lands. and to serve as missionaries or
helpers in the churches in the home
land.
Report of sunday school Board.
All the profits made by the Sunday
school board of the Southern Baptist
convention go into the mission work
of the denomination. The annual re-
port of the board shows that during
h. II och RI
the different departments Of the work
the sum of s60.S21. and in gifts Of
periodicals and books sSS21 additional
OF this amount $4,000 was given to the
home mission board. $500 to the for
eign mission board. and $4,000 toward
the endowment fund for Southern
Baptist Theological seminary.
The growth Of the work is shown by
the statement that the total receipts in
1892 were but $4,000. During the past
year they were s27S446. Since 1892
the board has given away to various
departments OF the convention 1921. 692.
Year by year the board is enlarg-
ing its business so that it is predicted
that it eventually will grow into a
great Baptist publishing house. "Ail
that is being done by the board" says
the report whether in publishing or
in the several forms of Sunday school
work. or in the 3. Y. P. U. work, all
centers and moves along the one line
Of the better training in the Christian
life and service, with better church
members and faithfulness everywhere
in doctrine and life"
Home Mission Board Reports
The preaching Of the gospel all over
the south, among the negroes. the in
dams. the Mexicans- in Texas and
among the immigrants arriving at
southern ports has been fruitful OF
results during the past church year.
according to the report of the home
mission board.
This board also looks after the work
in Cuba, the Isle Of Pines and the
canal zone Of Panama.
During the last year a general evan
gelist and % assistants have been
employed to hold meetings among the
churches. In addition to this there
have been 1910 white missionaries and
35 negroes employed, a total Of 1902
missionaries. There have been 1850
professions Of conversion under the
preaching Of the evangelists. There
have been 30S2 received for baptism
into the churches and 21.142 have been
baptized by the white missionaries and
2642 by the negro missionaries total
of 26.S66.
In the meetings held by the evan
gelists there have been received into
the churches 4577. The white. mis-
sionaries have taken in 40.047 and the
negroes 1873. a total of 1927. One
new church has been organized by
evangeIists snd 224 by the white mis-
sionaries Two hundred and eight
nine houses of worship have been
built and 731 Sunday schools have
been started.
War in Mexico Hurts Cause.
The war in Mexico has greatly in
terfered with the mission work. Several