St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-09-13

to be made during Victory Week. No.
vember 30-December Z, $43,O00,00O will
be devoted to missions, and $40, 900, 900
| of this sum will be devoted to enlarg.
ing the work on the ten important
foreign fields occupied already and to
opening up new fields where countless
millions of peoples have not yet heard
the story of Jesus Christ.
Asia, Africa, Latin America (includ-
ing Mexico IS well as South America) i,
and Europe are the four continents In
which the missionaries of Southern
Baptists are operating today, but in all
Of the ten countries Of these cont
nents, Southern Baptists have only 316
missionaries, 787 native workers, 1872
of whom are ordained, IL foreign ply
tive physicians and % native nurses.
Our missionaries already on the
field have wrought wonderfully for the
Master, considering the difficulties
they have had to confront" DR.. J. F.
Love, secretary Of foreign missions,
declares, "but we at home have not
supported them as we ought with help
ers of all kinds and with schools, hos.
pitfalls and other agencies to enable
them to do larger work in every way.
The spallness Of the work we have
done already can be realized when we
look at the vast number OF people who
have not been reached in the foreign
fields we are occupying today. China,
for instance, has population four
times that of the United States, or one.
fourth the population Of the entire
world, and our force there consists OF
only IS men, 81 married women, 40
unmarried women, "a ordained natives
and 400 unordained native helpers.
Japan, which has half as many people
as the United States, is being served
by 9 men, married women, unmar.
ried women, II ordained natives and
unordained native helpers In Italy
there are a third az many people as
there are in the United States, yet we
have there only 2 men, 2 married WON.
en-, IS ordained natives, and 8 unordain'
ed native hslpers. Mexico has $4,000, 900
people, and we have in that country
and on the border missionary foroa
consisting Of II men. II married WON.
en-, 3 unmarried women, "a ordained
natives and Is unordained native help
ers. Argentina has a population OF
100000 and our missionary force
there consists Of Z men, married
women, IA ordained natives, and Z I'm.
dained native helpers. In Africa,
we have entered only one state, that
Of Nigeria, but this state has popu'
lation of 20 600, 900, and to serve those
people we have only Z men mission.
aries, married women. 8 unmarried
women, ordained natives and 81 I'm.
ordained native helpers. Brazil has a
territory larger than all the United
States and population of 50,000,000
Serving those people we have forca
Of 81 men, 80 married women, 2 un
married women, 50 ordained natives
and 81 unordained native helpers. Our
| work in Chile, where there are 5000.
| 600 people, is only TWO years old, Dus
we have IL churches, and Is out-sta.
tions in which last year there were
| 122 baptisms. We need at least
| 200 more missionaries now and from
| the proceeds of this campaign we hope
| to employ them and then equip them
| and those on the field already for do
;up the largest work for the Master
now maintained part of the time
from the special tax, it will be neces,
sary for those pupils attending
either OF the high schools from out
side of the Third or Ninth Wards tt
pay a tuition depending upon theil
pro rata of the running expenses TO-
tht school OF course, / have II
mind Ina puuilq coming from ont