The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-23

! vention. The results OF this co-opera-
ton In the varying needs of the State,
are large and gratifying. but not so
easily reducible to tabular statement.
+ These cooperative efforts are helping
to bind together our agencies of all
: races, and to make of Southern Bap-
lists great and united people.
Evangelism: This has been a re-
markably fruitful year for our evange-
lists. More baptisms are reported by
! the department than were ever re-
ported by all the activities of the
board in any year prior to 1905. No
mission board in the world by combin-
ing the results OF all its departments
can boast of so many haptisfns as are
credited to this one department of
our home board. The staff of twenty
seven men is large enough TO meet the
needs of any of the larger city cam
paigns, by the addition of a few extra
men. This unique work is impressing
other denominations. They can see
/ the distinct advantage and wisdom
Of teamwork. During each city cam
paign aggressive work is done among
the colored churches. The personal
workers conferences Of these cam
paigns. in which the negro preachers
and workers are taught and trained in
the fundamentals of the gospel. are
! worth all the money we put into this
department
Publicity: More has been done this
year in the way of publicity than any
/ time previously. People must more
and more learn the power of the
printed page If the Baptists of the
South had decided forty years ago to
put as much money into tracts and
( publications in proportion to their
wealth, as the kussellites, in proper
D . 4 ~nv
the past ten years, we would have
taken the world for God and His
truth as we see it. and the millennium
would already he here. We cannot
TOO highly recommend The Home
Field" baptist Home Missions and
Baptist Missions in the South" by
DR. V. l. Masters. The Gospel FISH
erman--Tackle and Bait" by Drs.
Bruner and Wright, should be in the
hand of every soul winner. Many
tracts relative to our UNCONVENTIONAL
work and distinctive tracts can be Sc
cured from this board for the ask
ing.
Enlistment: This department has
suffered in the loss Of its efficient
secretary. Or. Arch c. Cree, who re-
signed 10 take charge of the state
mission work OF Georgia. The twen-
ty-one field workers employed in this
department labored in seven States.
Their main purpose Is not financial.
but educational. In cooperation with
pastors and other workers they seem
to secure a more vital. active and
definite spiritual life and service in
the local church of which the iinan-
ciai advance is only one evidence.
Not money. but men: not material
gains but spiritual growth: not "a
MULTIPLICATION of church machinery.
but realization of the church 6
potentially Evangelism wins men.
enlistment works them; evangelism
makes congregation. enlistment
cultivates it. gratifying feature of
this department is the increasing APP
prevail given 1t by our brethren as
they become better acquainted with
its greatness.
As to Church Extension.
Church extension: The financial
dapraSsiau- haa-greatly- hinaered the
work of this department. yet graft
flying progress has been made. The
cry of 5000 needy fields and nearly