The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-19

debt SO substantially and without any
special effort OF the denomination to
secure this result The board has
carried on the work OF all Of its vari-
| Gus departments during the year with
undated zeal and effectiveness. The
! cooperative mission work. conducted
| in conjunction with the various state
mission organizations took s11S.942
of the boards resources In this field
alone l8.49l baptisms and 24.03a ad
ditions TO the churches were secured,
while etc churches and 56s Sunday
schools were organized and All
church buildings erected or improved.
A summary OF all the work Of the
various departments shows that a..
72d have been received into churches
by baptism and "A total number added
OF co, 2o2; l.T1o volunteers for the
ministry and missions have been re-
fort 81
The evangclistic department has
engaged tWenty -four eVauRelistS and
eyangelstic singers who have con
Quoted 345 eVangelistic meetings and
who reported 1920 haptisms and
20.9i2 additions to the churches.
This work was conducted at @ cost
of s4l.295 OF which ss0670S3 was
provided in The free will offerings
taken by the evangelists in the
churches they served.
In the depart mnnt Of enlistment
seventeen workers We're employed for
whole or a. part Of the year the
average number being about fifteen.
These workers served in six states,
held 266 institutes for the education
ana stimulation of the churches,
conducted thirty-five campaigns in
district associations developed seven
tN-stN pastoral fields grouped eighty
IA ia
ty-tWe churches to increase the mum
Der of preaching services served
sixty -four pastorless churches. secured
S24,1Sl advance in pastors salaries
local support and henevolenees
raised sS-5is in cash, and in raising
subscriptions for pastors salaries
benevolences and church building, to-
d taling s5S624.
& In the mount iueer neld. emhrac-
ing the Southern highlands and the
J ozark mountains in Arkansas. thir-
ty-atx mission schools have been con
Quoted with 2ol teachers and 5,7e4
/ students. Two new schools have been
inauCurated during the year. The
total cost of the work has been $i33.-
a00 of which S3S 900 has been given
by the home hoar3. while the balance
( has been stimulated by this gift from
among Highlanders themselves These
schools have graduated l49 students
OF whom IA have gone to college
The far greater service which they
haVe rendered. though tess conspfcu-
Gus and advertised, is tho splendid
| training which these schools have
given hundreds of Highland Youths
who have returned to their own
homes among this Highland valleys
and mountain sides to make life bet
ter and more attractive. II is the idea
of these schools that It is unethical
10 receive money from the supporting
Christian bodies to support teachers
and erect buildings. without giving to
the pupils in return a definite train
ing for church work. and the schools
are living up to their ideals In the
various elections which have taken
place II is n matter Of record that not
a vote has been cast against prohibl-
ton in any township in which one
OF these Highland schools were To-
Gated, though the Highlands are
popularity supposed To be prejudiced
~ favor OF the maintenance and sale
of intoxicants.
In Cuba, thirty-five missionary
workers have served twenty-three
churches and thirty seven mission
stations and taught in twelve day
schools, one hundred and fifty-two
persons have been baptized and six
teen additional Sunday schools or
ganized. The Cuban work is pros
pering.
In the canal zone the board MAIN
tains three missionaries and their
families. while the local work employs
Il fourth missionary, During the
year an admirable church building
has been erected at Balboa Heights.
between the Pacific terminus and the
city of Panama. The house has cost
$4,000 and is worth more. 1t is said
to he the best house of worship
owned by any evangelical body in
Central America. There are seven
churches in the canal zone and total
mem bership of 694. The value of
church property owned by the board
in the canal zone is $4,000
The permanent population OF the
zone is about 10000. and includes
many soldiers. Panama city. ad join
ing the zone has $4,000. while there
are 10000 more at Colon. the Ameri-
can terminus. Our missionary super
tIntendent is alarmed over the dissi-
patton and pleasure seeking which
seems to dominate the thoughts Of
many of the young men going from
America to the zone, and warns Amer
I lean parents that the enticements TO
youths are many. He begs that pas
tors and religious workers in the
| states follow members of their
| churches who 20 TO the zone and try
to help them TO remain steadfast.
The church building department
has received during the year $bs.691
in cash and sl0i.S5s In subscriptions.
| making a total of $3.50. 900. During
the year the gifts to churches have
been s3S.735, and the loans have to-
tailed s43,550.
During the year just closed the
churches which have been added by
| loans or gifts have contributed to
missions and benevolences total of
$3.50, 600
In the department OF publicity and
education large International cor
respondence has been maintained to
| meet the needs of pastors women
leaders, Sunday schools. young peo-