The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-16

about $3SO.000. but a number of
these appropriations were condition
al. For example, they were So made
that the failure of a church or OF
a mountain school to comply with the
prescribed conditions xaHld-epeFate-
to delay the paying of the appropria-
ton until the conditions should be
complied with. The board canot know
in advance whether all conditions
will be complied with. This explains
how. with Il total of $366.Q50 receipts.
the board closes the years work with
small balance to its credit.
The number OF workers of the
board this year has been 1909. They
have preached the gospel in Ass
communities. or these workers, 269
are employed by the board independ-
entity Of other Southern BAPTIST agen-
cies, and LAO are employed in CO.
operation with these agencies, The
agencies referred to are In almost ev
cry case State Mission boads. Re
sultant upon the work of the mis-
sionaries have been $500 baptisms
and a total addition to the churches
of 47.72s. There have been 2oI
churches organized. or more than one
in every two days Houses If wor.
ship have been built or improved In
1874 places: eighty-tWo workers
among people OF foreign speech have
! been employed. ffty-fve of whom
have worked in the States OF the con-
vention and twenty-one In Cuba Be
sides these, sixteen missionaries have
iabored among the Indians, six being
| maintained entirely by the board and
the other cooperative. Twenty nine
mountain schools have been conduct
ed and in them there have been 1896
students and 142 teachers Seventy
FIVE of the students are young preach
ers and during the year 267 converts
were baptized among the students of
these schools, far the larger proper
ton Of whom are already members Of
churches. The value Of the mountain
school property is approximately
100000 These schools are doing Il
great work to train the youth among
the mountain population of $685.
! 600. who live in an area of approx
! nateiy $4,000 square miles in seven
/ of our Southern States,
The Home board has offered to
| employ Secretary j, T. Henderson,
IF the Lasmen's Movement, in CO.
Of GRAFTON with the Foreign Mission
teerd, on condition that Secretary
Henderson gives half of his time and
attention to home missions
Extracts From, the Twenty-Ffrst
! Annual Report OF the Sunday
! school Board
| With this year the Sunday school
| ! GARD becomes Of age and submits
| its twenty-tirst annual report 10 the
convention. We must record again
as last wear. the work Of death among
our members. Captain A. j. Harris
| died in May. we'll advanced in years
| a member Of this board from its
start, an honored and honorable citi-
zen. true man, faithful in all the
relations OF life.
| Acting in what seemed the part of
wise forethought and hoping to have
! the approval of the convention, the
board purchased a piece of property
which Will be held for building pur-
poses, as the future may require 1t
| 10 choice building lot, located ad-
Misunderstanding Eighth avenue
north, and well suited to our pur-
pose. Ii fronts fifty-six feet on one
of the best streets. runs back In
parallel lines 1876 feet to another
street and has an allev fifteen feet
wide on one side. The buildings.
| though substantial and giving small
| rental are counted of little worth
the chief value being In the lot IT,
self.