The Denver star., 1916-04-29
STORY OF Fifteen CENTS
GIVEN FOR AFRICA'S UPLIFT
How Emily Sanford's Mite Paved Way
For Great Missionary Work.

At meeting of the Texas foreign
mission convention, held at Bryan
Tex, during a visit Of the Rev. DR.. L.
G. Jordan, corresponding secretary of
the national Baptist foreign mission
board, the work of two cent stamp in
central Africa was related. After hear
ing the story the Rev. Mr.. Littleton of
Rockdale said in addressing the au-
dience that he wished to make a state
ment and an offering.
In the course of his remarks the Rev.
Mr.. Littleton said: 1.-TWO years ago
Mrs. Emily Sanford, a member Of our
church, was taken very i'll. While on
what proved to be her deathbed she
said to the members of her missionary
circle, Here is 10 cents; please use 1t
for Africa This 10 cents has been
kept in the missionary box for two
years, and now I want to give it to DR..
L. G. Jordan to use in the way he
thinks best"
DR.. Jordan accepted the IS cents
with thanks, but at the time did not
see to what use he could put it except
to deposit it in the common treasury.
But while en- route to headquarters he
visited Olivet Baptist church in Chi
cago and in sermon related the Incl
! dent. At the close Of the service wo
man came forward and asked If she
might use the 10 cents to buy cloth
with which to make an apron, from the
sale Of which other aprons could be
made until an Emily Sanford fund
could be started She made the apron
and returned it to the church. Time
passed on, and the incident was seem,
ingly forgotten.
A few months later Dr. Jordan re
turned to Chicago. and by mere co
Incidence the apron came into his
hands. 1t was sold for missions AT
auction In the OIivet church for I:
cents. This amount was given to Mrs
Jackson, the originator Of the idea. tc
make other aprons to be sold This
was done until 81 was accumulated.
By the aid of Mrs. Jordan. So or s.
worth Of aprons were made for anothe.
trip to Texas. In October, 1913, Ell
route to Texas to attend the genera
Baptist convention at San Antonio, he
lost all baggage, including the last YES
tige Of the Emily Sanford" aprons
He told the story to the foreign mis-
sion board and asked that the hall IL
the proposed building for the schoo
| organized at Grand Bassa, west coast
| Of Africa, by Miss Susie NJ. Taylor be
! known as the Emily Sanford hail."
On Wednesday night, Dec. q, 1915
Dr. Jordan spoke in Mount Gillart
Baptist church. Fort Worth, Tex, an(
again told of the Emily Sanford fund
how it was started, how all was los
and how he gave up. At the close OF
the talk note was passed to DR.. Jor
dan which contained 80 cents. The
note read: 81 am the granddaughter OF
Emily Sanford. I inclOse 80 cents t.
revive your apron project"
Providentially. as on a previous oc
casion, DR.. Jordan stopped in Chicago
en- route home and again related the
story of the - cents, and to his sur
prise the originator of the apron pro
ject, a Mrs. Jackson was In the audi
ence and again started to work on tht
apron matter. DR.. Jordan has request
ed that the women Of the various mis-
sionary societies make 1000 aprons
the sale Of which will 90 to pay fol
the Emily Sanford hall at the Bibl.
I Industrial academy at Grand Bassa
west coast Of Africa, Of which Miss
sude N. Taylor and Miss Eliza L
Davis are principal and assistant pfin
ctpal, respectively.