The Kentuckian., 1919-11-06


Evidencing the larger sphere which
women have come to occupy in church
life, as well as other activities when
the Baptist IS 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 S15,O 900 900. This
means that the Baptist women of the
South will raise for missions of all
kinds, Christian education and benev.
olences, the sum Of $3,OOO,OOO year
for the next five years, in addition to
their contributions to local enterprises
and special work
Through the Chanels of the Wo.
mans Missionary Union. with head.
quarters at Baltimore. Nd, the Bap.
list women Of the South have since
their organization contributed more
'h2n $5O00,Q09 in cash to various de.
nominational purposes. With the ad.
a-.ton Of boxes Of food and clothing
sent to orphana-es and other Sbenevo.
at institutions the total Of their
72triburions Though this channel has
cached S5,Iljt33.71.
Miss Kathleen Mallory is the c1rr7-
nonding secretary Of the Womaa's
Missionary Union, and in appreciation
Of the Service she has rendered in
that connection the Baptist women of
Alabama have established the Ka;h.
leen Mallory Hospital for Women at
Laichow-Fu, HShanturg. China, Miss
Mallory being native of Alabama.
Women of many of the other states
have also undertaken special enter
prises of their owA. Those of Georgia,
for instance, established the Ayers
Hospital for Women at Hwanghien.
China, a girls school at Kumamoto,
Japan, the Catherine Bryan Kinder
garten School at Canton, China, and |
the Mary p. Willingham School for
Girls at Blue Ridge, Ga, 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 Will .
Centers in the tenement, factory and |
mining districts, where effort is made
to bring more sunshine and enlighten-
ment and love into the homes and |
lives OF needy families, especially
those of foreign birth; church building
funds, scholarships for young women
who want to obtain training for spe-
cial Christian service, and similar un-
dertakings.
The general w. NJ u, representing
all the women of the Southern Baptist
Convention 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-
'NDiAollSN VIC hdl6dltL II ulu IOl lll0 /
in the Baptist schools of the
South the sons and daughters of mis-.
'ionaries on the foreign fields, and
he Fannie E. S. Heck Memorial, a
;hurch building fund established in
lonor of one of the greatest leaders
Southern Baptist women has known.
But money for the support of these
as well as that for the pay
nent of the womens pledge of $15,-
10000 in the rs Million Campaign,
will be raised by the actual work Of
he women and through economy and
'acrince. Church fairs, bazaars, sup
,ers, ice cream socials and the like,
re frowned upon by the organized
Baptist women Of the South as un-
worthy means for raising funds for
arrying forward the work OF the king.
om Of God and their contributions
yilI not come from this source. 4 b
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