The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-09-19

20 be- made during Victory Week. No
yombcr 3O-Decomber z Sf3, o 600 viii
be devoted 10 missions, and $500 900
lf this sun will be devoted to enlarf-
ing the work on tho ton important
foreign fields occupied already and 40
opening up new fields where countless
millions Of peoples have not yet heard
the story OF Jesus Christ
Asia, Africa. Latin America Onclud.
ing Mexico rs well as South Amorica).
aud Europe are the four continents ln
which the missionaries or Southern
naptista are operating today. but 10 an
OF tho ten countries OF these CONT.
nonts. Southern Baptists have only $40
missionaries. 7S5 native workers. 1872
OF whom are ordained. ~ foreign ply.
s%icians. d foreign trained nurses. n na.
tive physicians and 23 native nurses.
"Our missionaries already on the
noid have wrought wonderfully for the
Master. considering the difficulties
they have had TO confront" Or. j. r..
Love, secretary Of foreign missions.
declares. "but We az homo have not
supported them az We ought with help,
crs OF an kinds aud with schools. hos.
pitfalls and other agencies TO enable
them 10 do a larger work I'm every way.
The smallnoss OF the work We have
done already can Do realized when We
look at the vast number OF people who
have not been reached IN the foreign
fields We are occupying today. China.
Tor instance. has "a population four
times that OF the United States. or one.
fourth the population OF The entire
world, and our force there consists OF
only 81 mon. 90 married women, IN
unmarried women, 90 ordained natives
and ago %unordaiucd native helpers.
Japan. which has half az many people
ns the United Stgtoa. n being served
by . men. s married women. 3 unmar
ried women. II ordained natives and 9
unordained native helpers. In Italy
there are a third as many people rs
there are In the United States. YET we
have there only 2 men. ? married wum.
en-. 30 ordained natives. and 2 unorialn.
I'D native helpers. Mexico has no 100000
N"ANANi NWN w NANN TT NNNN NNNNN
and on the border a missionary forco
consisting OF ~ men. II married WON.
on. 3 unmarried women, "A ordained
natives and rs u%nordained native help
erH. Argentina has a population Of
100000 and our missionary force
there consists OF z men. 2 married
women. IL ordained natives. and z IN.
dained native helpers, In Africa,
we have entered only one state. that
OF Nigeria. but this state has a popu
lation OF 20. 100000. aud TO serve those
people we have only Z men mission.
aries, 6 married women. 3 unmarried
women, B ordained natives and 81 AN.
ordained native helpers. Brazil has q
territory larger than an the United
States and a population OF 10000. 0o0.
serving those people vi have a forcu
OF "a men, aa married women. = un.
married women. go ordained natives.
and 81 %unordained native helperF Our
work IN Chile. whore there ara 1000.
900 people. "a only two years old bat
we have ~ churches. and IS ontata.
lions IN which last yenr there wtfl
122 baptiams. We nead nt least
200 more missionaries roW and from
tho proceeds OF this cam pniTn We horl
10 employ them and 10 BE- equip then
and those on the field oireadY iqf dn
ing tho largest work r,f The Master
els"