The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-25

not give them. and which IL Is under
no Obligation to give them.
| 40 spoke then OF tho high standard
of morality OF tho c,phanago. and said,
so far as he knew, no child who had
| been cared fer and trained had driftcfl
! into the path of wrong living after
leaving tho institution.
lie emphasized tho Importance OF
| Christian training for children In tho
work OF world evangelization. and said
that In order 10 win tho world for Jesus
Christ tho church must win for Him
first the children.
Home Mission Claims.
The claim of homo missions was
ABLY presented TO the association this
morning in tho report Of the board Of
homo missions Of tho Southern Baptist
convention. and in the address OF Rev
W. Thoburn Clarke. OF Parkslcy, whose
subject was Accumulation for a
Church Building Fund" and IN the adj
dress OF Roy. \. c. Cree. u. ID, of At
iantn, enlistment secretary OF tho
homo mission beard OF tho Southern
Bnptist Convention. whose subject was
Tho Ilone Task in Relation TO tho
World Tasi5."
Alr. Clark called attention nrst 10
the fact that west or tho Mississippi
thcre arc 5000 houseless baptist
| Churches. and 1900 Of these east of
tho mississippi. Speaking then or tho
church building fund OF the Southern
baptist Convention. Ito showed the,
100000 has been expended in aidin;;
IL. the erection OF houses OF worship,
bat only $4,000 has been collected for
the establishment OF the church build
ing FUND. lie spoke further Of tho inn
portance OF The establishment OF \
large fund to aid in church building,
ana called attention 10 the benefits
which have come 10 other dcncnina-
tions as tn" result OF largo sums OF
money available ms II church building
fund. and lie urged the members OF
the General Association to rally lib
orally 10 the aid OF tho Southern I!ap-
tiSt Convention, In the effort to secure
Sl0o0.o00 rs n permanent church build
in;, FUND. lie spoke also of the me-
iIoriol funi department &c tho church
building fund. the payment II SO cstab-
lishins sucn fund in memory OF any
Individual
pr. Cree lesan his address with tha
statement that Beptis,s arc great peo-
pic Ia do things, ana To braG about
what they do. that Southern Baptists
number 100000. and are great about
counting numbers. but that they arc
not 50 great IN making members count.
Many Without Pastors.
lie called attention then TO the fact
that OF 5000 churches Of southern
Baptists. 10000 are embraced IN the
rural districts. and 1900 ct these
churches arc without q pastor. and that
in thcs" churches there is preaching
only once Il month.
lie then urged more cooperation In
all the work OF the church, tho en-
listmcnt OF All the members of the
churches ia tho work "i the church.
and. lie said, III this connection That
nj! backward churches AFRO not back
woods churches" lie said tina, he
knew OF one large Baptist Church
with :: membership OF ..0Uo. where
1880 oi the members We're uncnlistcu
in the work OF tho church. Speaking
nest Of Individual responsibility, ~.
cree said no nation can live 10 itself,
ana no Individual can live TO himself
emphasizing then tho responsibilities
Of individuals and churches La homo
missions he said. Your interest ia
China /. not found in the amount Of
money YOU send 10 china. but found III
the interest you take In the Chinese
lauudrymun in your town. The test
OF religion s found At home.
Your interest IN Africa is not meas
ured by your gift TO extend missionary
effort in that continent, but II is meas
ured by your attitude toward tho sal
va,ion OF the black woman III your
l,itrhen only when wo make the .e-
iigiom Of Jesus Christ the dominant
force ut home can we hope 10 make IL
dominate the world.
The report on home missions was
adopted NJ tile close Of this address.
Report ON Home Missions.
Immediately after the close Of the
devotional service the report on homo
missions was presented 10 the general
associations This report showed that
during The past year the liapt!sts OF
virginia have contributed through the
home mission board S3i,2S6.34, which
was S3,Ti3.66 less than tho allotment
for this CAUSE FOR the general aSso-
citation the allotment being S@S.Ooo.
Tho entire receipts OF the home mis-
sion board, apart from those derived
from supplementary sources, werc
S&G95923S being less by $40, ioI.G2
than the total apportionment OF $+l2-
900 fixed by the southern baptist Con
vcntion for the General Association OF
Virginia The Womau's Missionary
Union OF the southern Baptist convcn-
ton contributed SloJ.2l3.25. OF more
tnan onc-fuurtA OF the total receipts OF
the board. ami III Virginia the Nonans
Missionary Union contributed 10 home
missions SlA,l59ll, or about $4,000 less
than onc-halt Of the entire amount con-
tributcd by the general association.
During the year tWoaty-four cvaugcl-
lists and 427 missionaries were in the
employ oil the home mission board OF
the Southern BAPTIST Convention. these
woikcrs being employed Independently
~ III cooperation with the state mis-
sion boards There We're also thirty
iaountain sch ools, win 100 teachers ana
more than 1000 pupils. maintained dur
ina, the past year; also 30 churches
ana eco Sunday schools We're organ
izcd: ilS houses OF worship were built
or improved, and there We're io.Ods AID
ditious 10 tho churches OF the Southern
Baptist Conventional .935 10y baptism
and l",l0i by letter 81 otherwise.
The report called attention next to
The fact that = survey Of the field Of
the convention body shows that OF the
% 659 churches l0,o2S gave nothing last
year ia missions. and 3,3S2 gave less
than 50 each. making IN all - per cent
81 the whole munger of tn" churches
which take practically no part IN the
work OF the convention.
In Virginia there were 267 such
churches out OF 1913. or - per cent Of
The entire number Of churches in the
general association. the record In this
respect being better III Virginia than
i'm any state in the Southern Baptist
Convention. The report for the year
inSt ,loseN showed imprpycmput