The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
TO RAISE A MILLION
FOR MISSION WORK
Arkansas Apportionment at Home,
$4,000, and Abroad Given
as Sl1,500.

Oklahoma City, May l8.-Today
will go down in the history of the
Southern Baptist Convention as a
day of momentus undertakings.
The browning event from the for
eign mission standpoint was the de-
cision to raise 100000 for foreign
mission educational work in COM
memoration of the centenary Of
Adoniram Judson, the pioneer
Baptist missionary of America,
who sailed for India in 1912.
The report Of the committee ap-
pointed a year ago was read by Sec
rotary Lansing Burrows. One mill
lion dollars is to be used as an edu-
eational fund in foreign lands,
100000 Of it going for the educa-
ton work in the foreign fields. 1t
lis to be made payable in three
years, the final payment to be made
lin 1915. Provision also is made for
S250.000, to be known as the Judson
fund. This will be used in build
ing missionary homes, meeting
houses and hospitals. DR.. S. b. Ray,
educational secretary of the For
eign Board, was nominated to look
after raising this fund, with the
power to select his assistants. The
report of the committee was adopt
ed by a rising vote.
Appointment by States.
After this the report Of the Com
mittee on Appointment recom-
mended that Sl,030,000 be raised for
mission work during the coming
year. OF this sum $4,000 is for
home mission work, and S6i8.000 is
for foreign mission work. This is
an increase of ten per cent over
last year.
The appointment by states in
cludes. Arkansas, home missions,
$4,000; foreign missions, Sii,500
Louisiana, home missions, $4,000:
foreign missions, $iO,000;. Okla
homa, home missions, $1,000; for
eign missions, $1,000. Tennessee
home missions, $4,000; foreign mis-
sions, $4,000.
st. Louis Gets Convention.
The convention voted to meet at
st. Louis, May II, 1913.
Among other nominations con-
flrmed was that of the Rev. +. K.
Gibson of Arkansas, as vice-presi-
dent of the Home Mission Board;
the Rev. Ben Cox of Little Rock, as
a vice president of the Foreign Mis-
sion Board, and the Rev. S. II.
Campbell of Little Rock, as vice
president of the Sunday School
Board.
John L. Briggs of Arkansas, was
elected a state secretary of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union.
Womcn's Work Reported.
The Rev. S. H. Campbell of Lit
tie Rock, Ark, made report on
woman's work. In an address fol-
lowing the detailed report, he de-
clared the woman's societies were
bringing the church to higher and
better standard Of excellence and
purity and that they We're destined
to even greater accomplishments.
During the "a years Of w0men's or
CARNATIONS s2.G07 .90065 had been
contributed through those chan
nels. There are 1915 new societies
oreanized during the year. and in
dieaiions suggest a larger increase
during the year 1919.
Although the report has moi been
formally returned. The number of
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