The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-10-22

BILE and sanitary homes for the mis-
sionaries, houses of worship for
struggling congregations, Christian
schools for the education of the
young people and the training of
Christian workers of all classes,
and hospitals for the relief Of hu-
man suffering.
Probably you are accustomed to
thinking of China as vast aggre-
cation of laundrymen, proprietors
of chop suey restaurants and COO
| lies; of Japan as SO many almond
eyed brown men, smooth but un-
principleed designers upon their less
| aggressive neighbors; upon Brazil
as vast collection OF dark peoples
Of the tropics who are all right in
their place but who have no legiti-
mate claim upon the rest of the
world; or upon Mexico as one big
family of banditti, "greasers,' and
makers of hot tamales, chile and
| revolutions.
If so, you are not informed. Out
Of the ignorance, superstition and
backwardness of China there have
come some of the finest Christians
the world has ever known. The
light and love of the gospel have
made new creatures of them;. life
ha staken on an entirely different
aspect in regard to everything since
God came into their souls; they
have espoused the Christian religion
under circumstances that required
heroic sacrifice; and they have be-
gun the service Of God in an manner
that would make many an Ameri-
can Christian ashamed of himself
, were all the facts known. These
Chin 70
as we'll as their lives to God, once
they have accepted the gospel
They give freely to the support of
the Christian institutions of every
character in their own country and
are helping to send these blessings
to the peoples of other lands. And
what is true of the native Christians
of China may be said, also, of those
| i'll Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina,
Africa, Panama, Cuba, Italy, Rus
sla, Bohemia and wherever else the
gospel has been carried to the
people. Surely money invested in
the redemption Of people who con-
tribute SO much to the kingdom of
God is wisely expended.
What Years Labors Produced
Indicative of the visible results
obtained by the 316 missionaries
maintained by the Southern Baptist
convention on foreign fields last
year, 5,635 baptisms were reported,
al new churches constituted, two
churches became sclf-supporting,
total Of $173,372 was contributed to
various purposes So by the native
given by the medical missionaries,
human suffering was relieved in
n ho,, tI,n ~<
was sown in many places and the
borders of Christ's kingdom were
extended a little further in all the
lands which are occupied. But when
it is recalled that these mission
aries are laborng among practical
~ half the people Of the globe the
inadeQuacy of their numbers can be
readily realized. The Foreign Mis-
sion Board needs to employ 200 ad-
dltlonal missionaries at once.
Home Missions Gets S12,OO0,O0O.
But important as is foreign mis-
ions, it has no monopoly on the
and that is being raised by the
BAPTIST rs Million Campaign. A to-
nj of $12,000,000 has been appor-
oned to home missions; which,
,riefly stated, includes the mission
FORK in Panama and Cuba; reach
rg the foreigners in the homeland
18th the gospel; caring for the
2eds of the million Mexicans in the
outhwest; uplifting the Negroes;
rorking among the Indians, many
{ whom are located in the South
est; the maintenance Of schools in
,e mountainous territory of the
outh where there have been but
cry few public high schools, help
g the weak churches in the re-
'ote districts and in the large CEN
rs of population in securing houses
worship; cvangelizing the mass
) in the congested cities, and en-
ting them in the work of the
'ngdom; and various other phases
work Of an interstate character
Nich can be done more advanta-
rously bv the Home Mission Board
'"n by the several state mission
cards.
100000 Are Not Christians
TO the task Of state missions the
nm of $11 ,O00,, 10000 has been appor-
'oned in this campaign. Few per-
ms who have not had an opportu-
'ty to make an intimate study Of
us situation have any comprchen-
ION of the enormity Of the need
re. Accurate information just
implied at the headquarters of the
rmpaign reveals the fact that there
re approximately 13 100000 wNite
aople Of IL years Of age and older
I this territory of the Southern
'aptist convention who are not
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