The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-09-13

MACEDONIAN CRY ANSWERED
HOME MISSION BOARD RE-
PORTS THROUGH ITS CHAIR
MAN, J. P. ROBINSON, AND SEC
RETARY. X. H. BoYD-NATIoN-
AL BAPTIST CONVENTION DO
ING A GREAT WORK ON HOME
FIELDS PANAMA AND THE
WEST-GETS ..RELIEF- TEN
YEARS RECORD SHOWN IN
REPORT.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 70, 1912. The
Macedonia cry, "Come over and help
u.s." that was uttered hundreds of
years ago has been heard by the Ma
tional Baptist Convention and is be-
ing responded to by the Home Mis-
sion Board. No greater proof of
this fact has ever been brought to
light, than the report of the Board
made through its Secretary, Rev. r.
II. Boyd, d. D., Of Nashville, Tenn.
In this report the Convention is
given credit for doing a mastery
work. Secretary Boyd shows that
the banner of Emanuel has been
established in every cline and coun-
TRY where the Stars and Stripes
now float. He shows that more than
(fifty-seven thousand dollars have
fbeen expended in the prosecution Of
J mission work on what the denomina-
'tion calls "home fields" within the
/, past twelve months.
In the report he deals with the
Home Mission work as 1t affects the
National Baptist Convention. The
work is subdivided under the pecu-
liar relation that the Home Mission
Board sustains to organized Baptist
work; the organization of the Home
Mission Board in 1895, Missionary
cooperative plans OF the Home Mis-
sion Board, our work in the States
and Territories in cooperation with
the State and Territorial Conven-
tons, the combined cooperative plans
of doing general missionary, Sunday
school and colportage work general
ly, Bible conferences and Theological
Training. the National Baptist Con-
vention's Missionary work in the
western states, the work of the Field
Secretary, our missionary work in
other territories and the Canal Zone
and Panama work showing a COM
plete and systematic missionary
plan of operation that has taken in
every phase of the work
Ten years, from 1902 to 1911, of
the missionary operations are given
in this report The tabulation
shows that 467 missionaries have
been employed in that time, and that
they have delivered S4,445 sermons
and lectures; 1,435 Missionary Bap-
fist Sunday-schools and churches
have been organized; 41,51S churches
associations and conventions were
visited by them and 1,651,225 miles
Travelled with total expenditure OF
$3S5,511,24. Never in the history OF
the National Baptist Convention
have such splendid results been
shown by cooperation under the va
rious missionary Boards and the
several state organizations.
The work of the Board, this fiscal
year, which closed August 31st, 1912
as is found in the report, shows a
decided increase over the returns Of
last year, Notwithstanding the many
difficulties and obstacles that had tC
be overcome.
The recommendation of the Home
Mission Board concerning the work
in the western part of the United
st etasitwih cmfwy mfw mfw mfwy
States, with its inexhaustible field
is taken to mean that the Missionary
Baptists will not only branch out
further in the work they have been
doing in Panama, where they have
$4,000 worth Of property, three
churches and three parsonages, and
where they have been so royalty
treated, but that they will penetrate
the far West and send ministers to
the Dakotas, Wyoming and other
states where no organized Baptikt
churches are better operated.
DR.. Boyd has been secretary of the
Home Mission Board for sixteen
years, during which time Dr. ]. P
Robinson, A. NJ, D. D., of Little Rock
Ark, has been chairman. When the
report was made it was received
with hearty approval by the thou.
sands of Baptist who showed deep
interest in the work
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