Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-12
BAPTIST MISSIONARIES
REPORT ON THEIR WORK
Luncheon With Foreign Mission
49,, Board n Host Held at
hp'sa Richmond Hotel.
NEEDS ARE POINTED OUT
Funds to BE Raised Expected to
Supply Forces to Conduct Schools
and Churches in Africa. China and
South America.

Covers were laid for forty guest:
at a luncheon At the Richmond Hote
yesterday at which the Official per
sonnet Of tho Baptist foreign mission
board We're hosts. Guests Of homo,
fist missionaries to foreign fields whc
are in Richmond al present in ,he
interests OF the 100000 campa ign
Other guests were officers OF the sap
Einia and Of the Women's MisSionary
Union OF the southern baptist CON
ar Esa'9rinF the iunehson was The pa-
d. y, pastor OF FRS, BaDtist church
Of Richmond. Dr. Mcdaniel said in
part
~ greet tho Soldiers q the Cross.
from the far-nunE battle line, II
with the greatest sacrifices. so are
theirs tho more intimate fellowship
Nth '. ,sni- an, and the hsh honor
sionarics themselves Or. Mcdaniel
spoke directly o. the meaning OF the
s5a.ono.ooo campaign. To them per
needed reinforccments in the way Of
men and equipment. and would also
provide a fund 10 care for tho needy
missionaries
Fund Means Progress.
The speaker declared shat the cam
paiEn would lift southern RaptistS IN
by their combined efforts 10 plane
from which they would never go back
and that. finally. the success Of tho
campo ign meant that the message OF
the gospel would be carried 20 the
ends OF the earth and TO all Condi-
tions OF men.
Verbal reports OF work in foreign
missionaries al conference With the
foreign mission hoard at headquarters
in the Presbyterian Publishing House
Among these reports was that Of
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AIRY to Africa Dir. Green has been
stationed thirteen years at oGhomoso.
field was just entering unon its great !
est era of possibilities. and that be-
cause OF commercial trade rotations
which .wSre being established with
lines OF freight steamers to African
ports. Africa VAS destined to he ono
or the great countries OF tho world
Seven new missionaries are TO %
out next month. he said. TO the Atri-
can field and four old ones would re-
turn.
Great Nc~d in China.
Great opportunity and q great nceG
G.. p. BoStick of China He has beer
eighteen years in tho foreign field
physician at Pochow. ana Of the ar.
preciat ton Of tho natives for food
which was furnished them 10y A'rcric7
thronEh the missionaries in the famine
". f. sailee. also Of China, SPOKE es.
Ho Nan Province. he said. had thre.
missionaries at first Now there arc
thirty. Recently the missions in nj,
srction had orGani@ed INTO 4 Baptist
Association. Mr.; Sallee sud
tai Of Ho Nan offered ,remendons
opportunity for educational work il
China. and pleaded for tn" enlarge
ment Of the school there, which becar
To- "a !,
roIlmt o! 100 students. Two addi-
;ional'nrn as instructors in TINS school,
are being sought now. Nj. .;,llH. said
and they needed 100000 for the
strengthening OF this ?ar,icula- work
Forty regular missionaries arc needed
for the Interior China Mission. he
stated.
Evangelism Is Required.
While the medical wo-k was heinz
Iut on good foundation in tho CEN
trail China field l.. W. Piece reported,
the evanEelistic phase Of thn work was
being neglected for lack ct mission
the work.
w. B. Glass. Of North China. thought
II highly probable that some ShantunG
Baptists would hav" 10 go to Jail in
war, but that they were going 10
preach the gospel anyway in North
The Christian rorr,;-o In this par,
OF China had inc" sed from 700 to
$4,000 IN hfteen ye.rS. Mr. Glass stated
That the RaptiStS have an open door
in North Brazil was the statement Of
l. Il. Johnson, Baptist missionary to
that country. who in "A brief repor, OF
his work gave number Of interesting
figures relative 10 Brazil which he
said. covers onc-fiftccnth OF the earth's
surface Mr.. Johnson laid special en-
phasis on the need Of funds and c1uip-
ment for Baptist school there, in
which We're enrolled +4l students
Guests IT Luncheon.
The list OF guests present at the
luncheon included. besides the thirteen
missionaries Mrs. r J Willinrham. ~
Richmond; Mrs. John + Vines OF Roa-
noke. president OF the WomenS Pap
list Missionary Union OF Virginia; Mrs
W. E. Newman, Of Nashville; DR. and
Mrs. George w Mcdaniel DR. and
Mrs w c. James president Of the "
81. u. of the Southern Baptist Convcn-
lion: Mrs :. +. Thomas. Corresponding
secretary of the Virginia W. NJ L.
MT! and Mrs = r Ray, MISS Wiluc
Harris Miss Alta Foster. recording sec
rotary Of tho State W " l.: Mrs ]
r. ,Spcig ht, miss iorary Of Argentina
Rev. r. II. PITT. T. p, Rev T. r Watts
y. D.. W. y. Harris, Scion e Woodnn.
Rev r G. skinner. r -. r T. Gaines.
William El!ySon. president Of tho
Foreign Mission BOARD Rev ! Il. Love.
D. D, r NJ Gwathmey Rev + +
Gibson, y n, Rev. ! J Wicker. H.
d. and Rev. " T. Gihson
COLONEL H. w. ANDERSON