The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-20

organised Sunday School and are
canvassing the community with view
to organising the church; 40 pastors
in Virginia are aided by the board.
This IL practically one-third OF tho
active pastors In the territory of the
General Association.
The report shows that these pastors
have occupied 3s4 preaching stations,
have baptized In connection with these
stations 2.s9s. and In meetings held
with other pastors i.s73 have protested
conversion; that In the field covered
by these missionaries there are 6s4
Sunday Schools and in these fields -
houses of worship have been begun
and six have been completed. For
building and repairing churches and
parsonases these missionaries have
collected on their own fields ss6. 1909
and of their fields s72S.25. In the
meetings held by the evangelists there
have been i.441 professions Of con-
version with SO baptisms. Total hap
tisms reported by missionaries and
evan9siistA 3.1lE.
For its missionary and evangelistic
work the board has received during
The year $47.101.ss, and has expended
s46.s233I, leaving a small balance on
hand OF $154.47.
The Book and colportage Depart
H%AAs A1pVtSS tAbU GIuplcy HfcHl VI 6iA
colporters at the cost Of sl,T36.a4; sales
of Bibles, Testaments, etc. on tho field,
s1.637.0s. and donations of $1,000. The
depository shows receipts from the
churches Of sS.37s.sl: from the Bap-
fist Sunday School Board at Nash
Vile. $500. and sales during the year.
t1S.6Ss.11. This department has assets
amounting to s2,6a1.al, and liabilities
Of I,ss737 The report asks for a
special committee to consider this de-
partment Of its work and to recon-
department upon proper basis in the
financial plans Of the churches.
The Sunday School Department held
annual conventions in all OF the Dis
trict Associations, except the Peters
burg and Peninsula. Training schools
were conducted In Richmond. Lynch
burg. Danvil1e. Roanoke, Portsmouth
and South Boston. besides those held
in cooperation with the encampments
at Virginia Beach and Bristol. In ad-
dition to these. institutes were conduct
ed In q large number Of churches both
in towns and rural communities.
Special mention is made in the report
Of the help which the Herald has rem
dered from the beginning Of Its Sun
day School Department.
The enrolment last session ct Buch-
anan Mission School was Iz5. Thi. l.,
the largest in ita history. This school
Ia doing q wonderful work
The faithful ard loyal women
through whose efforts more than SIC :
600 came into the treasury of the
board receive special and grateful men
ton. The report concludes with a
request to the General Association Il
instruct them to enlarge their WORT
Educational Bosra Rev1sws Work.
In June, 1915. the board found it
self about $1,000 in debt This has
been paid, bnt the board begins the
new school session with a smaller
balance In its treasury than for many
years, The board has been unable
during the past year to remit to the
seminary any part of the $4,000
which Virginia was asked to give for
the support OF students from other
States. The churches are asked to
give immediate attention to the
boards financial condition. The
money on hand IL not SUFFICIENT to pay
more than two months board OF the
students, and the boards experience
is that from the General Association
until the end OF the session only
enough money is received to pay
three months expenses. Unless,
therefore. the churches take addi-
tional interest, it will be necessary
early in the year to borrow money.
Receipt for the associational year
were $4,000, expenditures, &c.