The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-09-18
WILL ANSWER CALL
OF WHOLE WORLD
THIS Is AIM OF SOUTHERN DAp.
lists IN THEIR PRESENT
DRIVE FOR $4,000, 900.
ENLARGE PRESENT WORK
Forces in Field Today Are Far From,
Sufficient To Meet Needs Of Situa. <,
ton, Leaders DecIare-Europe
Included On PROGRAM.

Now that the larger liberties enjoyed
by peoples everywhere. following the
close OF the world war, have revealed
as never before the need and the op-
portunity for the spread of the gospel
to all the ends OF the earth, the Bap-
lists OF the South have launch ed. their,
program for $75,000,000, to be raised
In cash and tve-year subscriptions be-
tween now and DecefSber 7th. In tho
hope OF making worthy 6e8YnnfRS
toward supplying this world need. >.
or the total sum sought in this cam.
paign, the actual drive for the funds
to be made during Victory Week, No
vember 3O-December Z, $43,00O,OO0 will
De devoted to missions. and $40, ,000.0 900
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 people have not yet heard
the story OF Jesus Christ.
Asia. Africa, Latin America Unclud-
Ing Mexico as we'll as South America),
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 1877 native workers, 1872
o whom are ordained. IL foreign ply
sicians foreign trained nurses, 81 ma
tive physicians and 23 native nurses.
Our missionaries already on the
reld have wrought wonderfully for the
Master, considering the difficulties
tLcy nave Lad to confront" DR.. ]. F.
Love, secretary Of foreign missions.
declares. but we at home have not
supported them as we ought with help
erS or all kinds and with schools. hos
pitals and other agencies to enable
them TO do a larger work in every way.
The smallncss Of the work we have
done already can be realized when we
look at the last number of peoplay<Who
nave not been reached in the reign
llelds we are occupying today. N,hina.
Tor instance. has population four
times that or the United States. or ONE
SpurtE the population of the entire
world. and our force there consists. Of
only 60 men, 6Z married women, 40
unmarried women 81 ordained natives
ana i2O unOrdained native helpers.
Ja'ah, which has half as many people
as lhe united States, is being served
by y men. married women, 3 unmar-
ri"d women. u ordained natives and q
uhordained native helpers In Italy
there are third as many people as
there are in the United States, vet wa
have there only = men, married wom.-.
en- 30 ordained natives. and unordain.
ed native helpers. Mexico has 10 600 600
people. and We have in that country
anc on the border missionary force
CONSISTING OF | | men, IL married wom
en-, ; unmarried women, "a ordained
natives and 10 unordairNsd native helm
ers. Argentina has a Population Of
S,OoO.0oO and our missionary force
mere consists OF Z men. z married
women IA ordained natives. and un.
ordained native helpers In Africa.
we have entered only one state. that
cf Nigeria. but this state has a popu-
lation OF 20.O00,000 and to serve thnsa
people we have only men mission
aries, married women, 3 unma rried
women ; ordained natives and So un-
ordained native helpers. Brazil has a
territory larger than all the United
.tatcS and population of $4,000, ,0Oe--
serving those people we have force
or "a men, 33 married women. 2 nm.
married women. 60 ordained natives.
and 81 nnordained native helpers. Our
work In Chile. where there are 5000.
600 people, Is only two years old. but
we have II churches, and Is out-sta.
tions. in which last year there were
l22 baptisms. I'VE need at least
200 more missionaries now and from
the proceeds Of this campaign we hope
to emplo- hem and then equip them
and those on the field already for do
inG the largest work for the Master.s