The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL HAS
90 STARS N FIG
Hepers OF secoaa Haptlas saperastom-
deaf Compares F>avsrnbIy with
Amy Church In south.

Lewis Pitcher. superintendent of tbs
sunday school at the second Baptis,
church in his annual report, shows a
wonderful work that has been accom-
plished in that organization. The en-
rolfment compares favorabiy with that
OF any other church in the South. stated
the Rev. Mr.. Watts state superinten
dent OF Sunday schools. on his wisf,
here In connection with the training
course recently given at that institu.
ton.
The Membership inclAdfng the Grads
roll and the home department runs s07
while the expenses for running all the
departments was sI.so2e2. The bulge.
allowance from the church was q. 600
OF which amount $685. was expended
for literature and other immediate
needs. A large sum was expended for
permanent improvements on the school
rooms. The remainder of the expense,
were raised by offerings in the classes
sand other special methods
The school has sixty members In the
national service. the large majority OF
which comes from the young mems
Bible CASA The church oflcials are
now preparing an honor roll containing
the names OF each man. A service flag
ts also being prepared. and will be hung
as soon as possible. AN effort n beins
made to secure an autographed photo
graph OF each of those now following
the colors.
On the Red Cross rolls ll3 mem bers
Of that school are found. The young
woHnan's auxiliary has been doing good
work among the poor, and the House
OF Happiness and doing other settle
ment salvage. In addition they have
been lending their services 20. the Red
Cross on Friday afternoon of each
week.
The church membership January l.
} 1877. totaled zoe. During the year TWEEN
ty-six have been added by baptism
forty-stx by letter. eleven by statement
and two By reinstatement, for a gross
gain of eighty-nve. The losses durins
the year were. thirty-nve by letter. If.
teen by death. seven dropped. a gross
. total OF ffty-seven. These figures show
net gain Of twenty eight members
The number on the roll at the present
Is s37.
The treasurer's report shows the re-
ceipts for the year to amount to t12,-
2a6.Et, and the total disbursements ia
equal Sl2.2S0.0<. A balance Of 500. os
was left In the treasury last year. MAX
Ing a balance for this year. sS5.72. Col
lection not given through the hands oil
the treasurer for work among the diff
ferent departments Of the church wori;
amounted to S2s.05&s0. ~
The church asked from Its mem her.
ship budget for the coming year to-
| falling s12.s1s. This IL q slight In.
crease over that OF the preceding year
of 1874 which was considered unavcid.
able.
The collections and disbursements oil
the missions Of ali kinds amounted to
ss.as6.es. This was an excAss OF S3s1.7t
more than had ever been received be-
fore. Part OF this is attributed to the
instalimsnt of the duplex envelope
system that has Just been established
In addition the following contributions
| we're made. Baptist council, s1.sl5.7s;
hudson Memorial. 1856: Red Cross
sf05; Baptist encampmsnt, 1856, and
foreign mission department, $40 This
brings the total expenditures for mis-
sion work up to s10.e4l.Ss for the year
Superintendent Lewis Pitcher havine
resigned. Frank r. Crimp was ap-
pointed In his stead. One other i'm
portant, change In the ofiiciafs 10 that
Of the appointment Of Luke Drury "a
I'LL the vacancy caused by the rssigna
tion OF Frank @. Louthan as missions
treasurer.
A. 4 token of the appreciation Of the
members OF the finance committee,
ChairmanS John B. winston. was pre-.
sented with large silver loving cup al
. meeting OF that committee the other
day. Another interesting happsnina
was the taking up OF collection :,
the door for Christmas present for
the tAnitcr Of the church. The amount
received was tt7.