The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-16
MAKE REPORT ON STATE
AND FOREIGN MISSIONS

The normal courses of the Southern
Baptist convention are being follow
ed by many hundreds of our people.
During the past three years more than
seven hundred have received diplo-
mas and seals for one or more of
these courses, while more than half
Of these accomplished the work with
in the associational year.
Realizing that the city churches
are responsible for setting before the
Sunday-school workers of the State
worthy examples of efficiency we have
pressed with renewed emphasis the
large training schools, where able
faculties are brought TO bear upon
officers and teachers. The training
schools held in Bristol, Roanoke. DAN
vile. Petersburg. Charlottesville and
Richmond were of high order.
reaching thousands OF workers and
substantial results have been obtain
ed. This has not been done, how
over. to the neglect of the country
fields, where an active campaign has
been carried on.
We record with gratitude the SPLEEN
did help accorded us by the Sunday
school board and It's field workers,
without which we could not have ac-
complished such rich results.
While the encampment at Virginia
Beach Is carried on as separate and
Independent organization, we gladly
recognize In 1t great opportunity for
reaching, inspiring and training hun
dreds Of our workers who could not
be reached so effectively by the or
binary methods of this department.
The training school held at the en-
campment this year was attended by
woi kers from every section OF the
State, thus affording our secretaries
a point of contact in the various asso-
Citations.
The Book and Coiportage Depart
ment.
We have been encouraged by a
steady increase OF the number OF
schools who have ordered their
literature and have obtained their
other Sunday-schooi supplies from u.s.
Now about one-half OF the schools
are ordering from this department..
IL we can enlist the cooperation of
the remainder OF the schools we
would not only have a larger In
come from this source. on" 'wotid- be
in closer touch with those schools.
ana thus the board and the schools
be mutually helpful.
Missionary and ESangciistiC Depart
ment.
- The visible results as shown In tbs
statistical part OF our report of the
iabors of our missionary forces do
not compare favorably with those of
last year. THIS is due In part of small
tngatherings in most of the churches
of the general association, but per-
haps more largely to the fact that
during the year three OF our evan
CYCLISTS resigned and several months
interviewed before we secured the ser
vices of other brethren. and besides
more than the usual number Of our
important fields were supplied with
pastors for only a short period OF the
year.
From the tabulated report of our
missionaries and esangcftsts. we
make the following summary OF their
work:
Number OF preaching stations OF
our missionaries are. 1896: number OF
sermons preached, I2,os7: number or
conversions. 1891: number Of bap-
tisms, i.s4a: number OF visits. si,-
ees: number of Ss,nday-scheois or
ranized. Al: number Of churches. 4:
number OF church houses being built
q; number of church houses COM
pleted, 2.
In the erection and renovattng or
church houses and parsonages the
missionaries raised on their fields
sl1s54I3 and of their fields, S2a.se.
or a total of $i7,ST9.ss.
Our evangehsts report number OF
sermons preached. 1.244: number OF
convers' ons, 1.I49: number of bap-
tisms. STD.
Your board would not close this re-
port without making suitable recog-
milton of the Invaluable services rem
dered by cur former evanEeiists. w.
s Leake. Willis l.. Wayfs and J. II.
Powers, who resigned to accept otner
work. In place OF these brethren We
secured the services of O.. w. Trip
lett. NJ. r. Sanford and w. A Hash
We again would reafiirm our con-
ysction that an enlarged evangeiistfc
force would very materially increase
our ability to reach the large un-
saved portion of our population
May the great Head OF the Cnurch
give us Increased wisdom and fervor
10 nut into operation those forces
which will more speedily. bring to
ga wing knowledge of eur LeFd-Jesus
Chris, the unsaved Of our state.
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