The Twin City star., 1916-06-10
STORY OF Fifteen CENTS
GIVEN FOR AFRICA'S UPLIFT
How Emily sanford's Mite Paved Way
For Great Missionary Work.

At q meeting Of the Texas foreign
mission convention, held at Bryan,
Tex, during a visit of the Rev. DR.. l.
@. 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.. Lttleton Of
Rockdale said in addressing the au-
dience that he wished to make state
ment and an Offering.
In the course of his remarks the Rev.
Mr.. Littleton said: 1.-TWO years ago
Mrs. Emily Sanford, member of our
church, was taken very ill. While on
what proved to be her deathbed she
said to the members Of her missionary
circle, Here is 15 cents; please use it
for Africa This Is cents has been
kept in the missionary box for two
years, and now want to give it to DIR.
L. G. Jordan to use in the way he
thinks best"
DR.. Jordan accepted the 10 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- ronte to headquarters he
visited Olivet Baptist church in Chi
cago and In a sermon related the Incl
dent. At the close of the service q wo-
man came forward and asked If she
might use the Is 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.
turned to Chicago, and by a mere CO.
incidence the apron came into his
hands. It was sold for missions" at
auction In the Olivet church for rs
cents. This amount was given to Mrs.
Jackson, the originator Of the idea, to
make other aprons to be sold. This
was done until 81 was accumulated.
BY the aid Of Mrs. Jordan, So or 81
worth of aprons were made for another
trip to Texas. In October, 1913, ell
route to Texas to attend the general
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 in
the proposed building for the school
organized at Grand Bassa, west coast
Of Africa, by Miss Susie NJ. Taylor be
known as the Emily Sanford hail."
On Wednesday night, Dec. 21, 1915,
DR.. Jordan spoke in Mount Gillard
Baptist church, Fort Worth, Tex, and
again told Of the Emily Sanford fund"
how it was started. how all was lost
and how he gave up. At the close of
the talk note was passed to DR.. Jor-
dan which contained so cents. The
note read: 81 am the granddaughter Of
Emily Sanford. l inclose SO cents to
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 Is cents, and to his sur.
prise the originator Of the apron pro-
ject, Mrs. Jackson, was in the audi
ence and again started to work on the
apron matter. DR.. Jordan has request
ed that the women Of the various mis-
sionary societies make 1000 aprons,
the sale Of which will go to pay for
the Emily Sanford hall at the Bible
Industrial academy at Grand Bassa,
west coast Of Africa, of which Miss
Susie NJ. Taylor and. Miss Eliza L.
Davis are principal and assistant prin.
cipal, respectively.
Changed visws.
time makes a big difference"
"What are you thinking Off
my wife's father. ! used to thinh
him Q stubborn old fool. Now ! ~
spect his Judgment"
whats happenedr
Nothing; only he did his durndest
to prevent my eloping with his daugh-
ter."-Detroit Free Press.