The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-12-03


Evidencing the larger sphere which
women have come to occupy in church
life, as well as other activities, when
the Baptist 75 Million Campaign was
decided upon at the meeting of the
Southern Baptist Convention in At
lanta last May, the women, through
their regular organization, the Wo-
mans Missionary Union, at once
agreed to be responsible for one-fifth
of the sum sought, or $15,000000. This
means that the Baptist women OF the
South will raise for missions Of all
kinds, Christian education and benev-
olences, the sum of 100000 year
for the next five years, in addition to
their contributions to local enterprises
and special work.
Through the channels of the Wo-
mans Missionary Union, with head
quarters at Baltimore, Md, the Bap-
fist women of the South have since
their organization contributed more
than 100000 in cash to various de-
nominational proposes. With the ad.
dition of boxes of food and clothing
sent to orphanages and other benevo-
lent institutions, the total of their
contributions through this channel has
reached $5,710,433.71.
Miss Kathleen Mallory is the CORE
spending secretary of the Woman's
Missionary Union and in appreciation
of the service she has rendered In
that connection the Baptist women of
Alabama have established the Kath
leen Mallory Hospital for Women at
Lairhow-Fu, Shantung, China, Miss
Mallory being a native of Alabama
Women of many of the other states
have also undertaken special enter
prises of their own. Those of Georgia
for instance, established the Ayers
China, a girls school at Tumamoto,
Japan, the Catherine Bryan Kinder
garten School at Canton, China, and
the Mary P. Willingham School for
Girls at Blue Ridge, Ca, school de-
signed especially for the education OF
girls in the mountainous section Of
that state.
Many of the other state unions have
special projects such as Good Win
Centers in the tenement, factory and
mining districts, where effort is made
to bring more sunshine and enlighten-
ment and love into the home and
lives of needy families, especially
those of foreign birth; church building
funds, scholarships for young women
who want to obtain training for sRe-
cial Christian service, and similar I'M
dertakings.
The general w. M. u, representing
all the women of the Southern Baptist
owns and operates the
Women's Training School at Louis
vile, KY, which has already sent out
700 trained women for special service
in all parts of the world; and has es-
tsblished the Margaret Fund for the
education in the Baptist schools Of the
sionaries on the foreign fields andI
the Fannie E. 8. Heck Memorial q
church building fund established in
honor Of one Of the greatest leaders
Southern Baptist women have known
But money for the support Of these
institutions as we'll as that for the payI
ment OF the women's pledge Of $751;
900, 900 in the rs Million Campaign,
will be raised by the actual work of
the women and through economy and
sacrifice Church fairs, bazaars, sup
pers, ice cream socials and the like,
are frowned upon by the organised
Baptist women Of the South as un-
worthy means for raising funds for
carrying forward the work of the king
dom of God and their contributions
will not come from this source, 1t 10
announced.
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