The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-20
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
MAKE GREAT STRIDES
REV. CALLAWAY REPORTS THE
RECENT CONVENTION ONE
OF LARGEST AND BEST.

Rev. T. M Galloway has returned
from Atlanta, where he attended the
annual session of the Southern Bap-
list convention. Between $500 and
5000 delegates attended the conven-
ton, and according to Mr.. Galloway
1t was one of the largest and best
ever held in the history of that de4
nomination.
One peculiar feature of interest in
this convention was the first appear
ance of women as delegates with full
suffrage. Last year the convention
conferred laity rights upon the wo-
men of the church, and this year full
ly 10 per cent. of the delegates were
women.
Report Work for Year.
DIR. Lansing Burrows, statistician
of the convention and for 33 years
its secretary, had ready for the con-
vention the report of the work of
the last year, a most remarkable
one. He reported that the Baptists
this year exceeded their contributions
of the previous year by $3,5O6,262,
the grand total being $17,857,929.
Values of property owned have risen
to S69,974,092, an increase in the
year of more than 100000.
Baptisms have fallen off during the
year, DR.. Burrows reported, by about
$4,000. Among the general results
of the work have been about 10000
baptisms; total additions to the
churches, 59,068; churches constitut-
ed, 1872; Bibles and Testaments dis
trlbuted, 118,727; number of mis-
sionaries, 1925.
Georgia's Record Good.
The Baptists of Georgia made an
exceptionally fine record, according
to this report. They have raised for
home missions alone $88, 1852, and
for foreign missions $117,662.O3,
making a total for the two causes
of $206,237.55. These figures show
an advance by Georgia Baptists for
home missions of $23,412.9O over the
previous year, and an advance for
foreign missions of $22,895.82.
In the Georgia record the Baptist
women have played a large part. To
foreign missions they have contrib
uted during the year the sum of $780,
848.88, an increase over the year
previous of $6,62402; to home mis-
sions they have contributed this year
$22, 065.54, making an advance of
$1,963,29. Of the $206,237.55 given
by Georgia Baptists this year to home
and foreign missionary work Georgia
Baptist women gave SCI, 914.42 of
the total amount.
Five Millions for Retired Ministers.
Authority to appeal to Southern
Baptists to contribute to fund OF
at least $5,0OO,0OO for annuities tt
and the relief of. superannuated min
listers was asked by the board Of
Ministerial Relief and Annuities in its
annual report to the convention.
The report of the Sunday schoo
board, located at Nashville, Tenn.
submitted to the convention by DR.
l. j. Van Ness, shows the past veal
to have been the greatest in its his
tory. The receipts for the fiscal yea
amounted to $638,857, a gain o:
$96,192 over the previous year, anc
this is the greatest gain of any yea
in the life of the board.
Will Raise SIS, 100000.
The convention adopted a resolu
ton to raise the sum of S75,00O,OO(
in five years for the objects fosteret
by the convention.
The specific. objects to which tn,
immense fund of money is to be ap
piled are education, state, home ant
foreign missions, church building
sanitariums and orphanages. The plal
contemplates that the fund shall pre-
sumably 100000 each year,
The convention voted to meet il
Washington, D. c., May IL, 1920.