The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29

Will - 49, o4IlIdE schools
IL ie4'iSs pupils. 173 hosnits1s 80
ar~,5eilaarles with 3o5.035 natien,e
ten presses, issuing a. 1o5 80
the So l3st year. Ali this costs Ia
1nah one-half the annual h11doa,
O0i'ilpia university alone"
MISSIONS in the Philippines.
ohdfy statistics in the PhiIin-
pIieS are thus given bv T, Wjihnr
t,rnod u chicago, who has lust re.
.ThaSi from a visit to the islands.
e are lo0 evangelical mission.
naive u d large number Of Filipino
re- heipers. over 200 young men
Chris1i. ~ school preparing for
GnliSlidn work. There are six mis-
sloh schools exclusively for women
,oul boarding schools for bows. six
.osloh printing plants and twenty
80 81 dormitories. There are
.',o'o evangelical church emb
aHu as many adherents. There is >
houns mems Christian Association
ouiiuIns LOT Americans. one has been
5000 aor %tlliplnos, and another is
aIso LOT flhpliro students. There is
80 d very successful army branch
~ E or Mckinley. There are two or
sidlases, eight hospitals and twenty
pio~penSafles III the islands vperated
oS the evangelical missions. There
= SIN Ior Americans in Manila. The
american and the British Foreien
Iiple societies distributed over 100
wv blDleS and T~esta1nents last wear
printed in more than twenty lano,o
SeS and Dialects"
southern Church and War Fund.
Inc society for the OF
the gospel has received a fire tribute
rom the wardens and vestry of ST.
James church, Goose Creek. South
NdIcll02. u. = Wbn onaJo-cI 49,.
hundred dollars as a contribution to
me Prince of Wales Fund"
IN forwarding this amount they
wrote as follows: "Cherishing as we
nave always a deep affection for the
mother church of England, and
gratitude to the noble society for he
propagation of the gospel in foreign
parts, by whose efforts this old parish
was founded in 1906, and under whose
fostering care it prospered and passed
us earlier years, We desire to express
IN this manner our gratitude to the
Nother Church and our esteem for
the Mother Land
The blood in our veins and in
those of your soldiers springs from
the same An~glo-SaXon source, and
calls forth our sympathy in the hour
or their trials M suffering.
May our contribution serve to
dhiSS IN 11tIb u DIlHS
succor and comfort 10 those brave
sons of old England, who are she'd
ding their blood in defense Of her
honor, and in the protection Of their
affairs and their homes.
With it we send greeting from old
st. James church, and the hope that
the Great God of Battles will crown
your righteous cause with victory, and
send speedily to your beloved country
| the BLESSINGS of neacon
Northern Presbyterians Facing a
Deficit.
The board Of foreign missions OF
the Presbyterian church, u. S. A,
ended the last fiscal year on March
81 with a deficit of s292,150.16.
In a statement just issued the
board of foreign missions says:
THE deficit did not arise from any
unwarranted or injudicious expansion
or the work. The work was en-
larged during the year With the full
and the general assembly. But it was
not unduly enlarged. The increase
was the normal increase which haG
been made year after year. 1t pre-
suIned no greater rate of increase
Of gifts than had been made in pre-
ceding years. 1t fell far short OF
what the work demanded. But the
contributions of the year did no
equal the necessities and the new
year begun, accordingly, with The
largest deficit which the board ha:
ever known.
What is t o be done with it? The
general assembly considered thi!
question and appointed a representa-
tive committee with the moderator a:
chairman to raise this deficit and, a
the suggestion Of the foreign board
TO include also the deficit of tn
board of home missions. which wa
$137,S95.79.
s292.OCO, II in the current flsca
wear there must be contributions t
nreyent the recurrence OF the sam
deficit this year with an increase, 70
the work 1914-1915 is a larger worl
than ever before. Also apart Tron
the deficit OF last year there will nav
to be an increase in the gifts OF tn
churches and Sunday school an
wornen's boards of 60 per cent owe
h gifts Of last year in order to NEE
The fuu needs of the current year y
insnre the provision OF this Increase
.no,,nt the deficit should be raise