The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-18
Cormmitsee's Report.

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imously adopted
Committee's Report.
me general annual meeting of the
Foreign Mission Board was held i'm
richmond, Va, June 16-I7, with all
the state members present except
Iour. DR.. b. c. Hening. vice-presi-
GENT. and Dr. O. F. Gregory, secretary
or the convention, ex officio members
Of the board were also present TIE
local members were all present except
three.
The session was marked by the
closest attention to business. devoted
earnestness OF purpose. and great de-
ference to the will of the convention.
so Tar rs this could be ascertained
From the outset, there was de-
termined effort to do the work com
mitted to the board in the most ef.
fective manner at the least possible
expense. special committee was
appointed with time sufficient. to
look thoroughly into the whole mat
ter OF the financial conduct of the
board. and report at later meeting.
Wniie the members were moved hv
the desire TO retrench. they COM
stantiy had before them the enlarw-
Ing vision of the present opportunity
In world missions. and with the con-
sctousness that opportunity spells re-
sponsfbility, they fo1nd themselves
straitened to make reduction where
II was found that economy already
marked the management OF the
board. We wish to call attention TO
the fact that neGriy s4e,0 OF ex-
penses of the board are for a time
over which the board has no direct
control. viz: expenses In the States,
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items assigned to 1t by the convention.
DIR. Love ON Years Task.
The members were greatly inn
pressed with DIR. Loves presentation
OF the task before us for the year.
1t is to be year OF marvellous OPP
portunity for our work, and all felt n
compelling power to go forward.
According to Instructions from the
convention, the board went into the
reorganization of It's work, electing
two additional secretaries of the
board--Drs. Smith and Ray--whose
duties are under the supervision OF
the corresponding secretary, and
which are defined as follows
To Dr. Smith the conduct of the
Foreign Mission Journal. the editing
OF tracts and papers. the conduct OF
the home Offices, and such active SER
vice In the interest of the board az he
may be able to render in visiting
churches. conventions, etc. To DIR.
Ray was assigned the correspondence
with foreign missionaries. the gather
Ing and arranging of information
concerning foreign fields. the conduct
OF the educational work of the board
and the conduct of the continuing
campaign of the board in behalf OF
the Judson Memorial. AS occasion
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work of stimulating and informing
the missionary interest of the people
at home.
With reference to the State boards.
a request was made: az. That all
foreign mission collections be for
warded promptly at the first of the
month. CD. That, considering the
necessity Of lessening the expenses OF
the Foreign Mission Board. we re-
quest our State boards not to make
any charges against foreign mission
money gathered in their respective
States where 1t is possible for them
to omit such charge. and that. In no
case. they charge more than Ia
per cent. and where the State boards
do not have charge of this matter.
this request be made Of the State
organization In charge OF this matter.
Union MIssion Work.
A special committee was appoint
ed to consider the boards attitude on
union effort In mission work and
make a statement fun and complete
on this matter. We find that, in order
to make an intelligent statement,
considerable time will be required in
the way OF correspondence, etc.
One OF the most marked features
of the board meeting was the testi-
mony to the work OF the field Cor en-
listment) secretaries. II was brought
out that these men had done some
of the most thorough and economical
enlistment work done by any agency
OF our convention, and as We cannot
think for a moment that the Foreign
Board can succeed without enlistment
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