The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-13


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The south Brazil Mission reports Q
year attended with real prosperity.
II has been a glorious year In the In
gathering OF precious souls. There
were $50 converts baptized during the
year. Notwithstanding the desperate
financial condition in Brazil. the ma
tive Christians have done heroic CIV
ing. The total membership OF the
| fourteen churches In South Brazil Is
1928. and they gave for all pur-
poses during the year $2152s. nearly
s12 per member. Our brethren In
Brazil are greatly rejoiced over the
new missionaries which have been
sent to the field during the year.
The Brazilian Home Mission Board
has supported four workers In four
different States, who have baptized
i eighty candidates during the year.
| This board raised and expended
something over $1,000.
The Carroll Memorial Publishing
House has issued / SO. 900 copies OF the
formal Baptista, 1880 copies OF the
Sunday School Quarterly. and
smaller number of monthly leaflets
for the children. The house has also
sent out an enormous number OF
tracts, leaflets and books. 1t Is inn
possible to estimate the vast amount
of good done by such publishing
work. This publishing house is des-
tined to be one Of the mightiest fac
tors in the cvangeiization of Brazil.
The Rio Baptist College and Semi
nary reports d year of solid growth.
The seminary matrtcuiated twenty stu
dents. Nearly all Of the students re-
ceived some help from the churches
in Brazil, but they also work part
Of each day in order to help them
selves.
There has been added this year
q correspondence school, and already
two hundred students have been en-
rolled. All of the other schools In
South Brazil report a successful year.
The one great thing needed In the
school work Is better equipment.
Missions in China.
In our four great China missions
the year has been filled with glorious
opportunity and crowned with sue
cess.
In the Central China Mission. which
occupies five strategic centers around
Shanghai, there have been 2s0 hap
tfsms. Every church and every
other missionary agency has been
successful.
The Yangchow Hospital and the
Medical Department of the Marking
University are doing a great work.
not only in relieving suffering. but in
dispeiling prejudice and making ef-
fective the preaching of the gospel.
The Eliza Yates Boarding School
has been practically seif-supporting.
and there has been deep spiritual
growth among the students. Eighteen
were baptized during the year and
many others made public confession
of faith In Christ.
The We Lin Girls School 1T 60
chow had a good attendance. and
many of the girls are learning to con-
duct meetings. lead in prayer. and
do personal work.
The Yangchow Girls' School has
done years work which has brought
Joy to the workers and has been
LARGELY elf-supporting.
The Boys Academy in Shanghai
entered it's new building during the
year It has a capacity for seventy
boardere. and this department has
been filled. There were ninety-six
students in attendance. twenty-seven
OF whom are processing Christians.
This school hopes to be se1f-support-
ing during 1918.
The Yates Memorial Boys Academy
at Sochow enrolled 104 students and
is almost seif-supporting. Nine stu
dents were baptized during the year.
The Smith Bible School for women
and the Hsia su Bible School for
men, both self-supporting, report a
year of gratifying success.
The Shanghai Seminary for men.
t,~f Echrol far fha xrtynx
OF married students, also the Shang-
hal College for men. are run in con-
nection with our Northern Baptist
brethren. The Breakers Memorial
Hall for the seminary building Ia near
ing completion. These institutions
are all working to train natives for
the evangelization of their own coun-
try.
The evangelistic work in this mis-
sion is carried on in thirty-three
churches and fifty-eight out-stations.
These churches have 2,0s6 members
and their total contribution last year
was $3,377 The Home Mission Board
Of the Shanghai-Soochow Baptist
Association Is doing a good work
The Interior China Mission occupies
n great field at Chengchow. Kiafeng
and Pochow, each OF these centers
being surrounded by out-stations.
This work is in a population OF ten
millions of people. There were sixty
six baptisms during the year.
The Girls Boarding School at Kia-
feng now occupies the building given
by the women in Texas. There are
twenty-nine girls in the school. These
girls give every evidence Of growth
in Christian life. Nearly all OF the
girls are processing Christians.
The Boys Boarding school ct KiA-
feng il being carried on In limited
quarters and by a more limited FAC
ulty, but 1t IL laying the foundations
for the Kiafeng Baptist College OF the
future.
The work at medical Chengchow
was carried on by strained nurse,
as the pysician in charge was at home
on furlough. The work was con-
fined to women and children and was
exceedingly successful.
The deepest need Of the Interior
China Mission 10 for trained native
workers, the foreign force is also
small and is in great need OF rein
forcements.
The North China Mission has work