The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
REMARKABLE GAIN
SHOWN IN Church
WORK OF BAPT|STS
Memphis Hospital Lauded in
Addresses Made at State
Convention in Jackson.
Meet in Nashville Next.
BY ROY T. RiSLEN
(Staff corresro ndent of The News
Scimitarl

JACKSON Tenn. Nov. 19.--The
growth of the work of the womans
organizations of the Baptist church
in Tennessee, as presented at the
state convention Friday by Rev. j.
Carl Mccoy. OF Memphis. chairman
of the committee on woman's work,
was one of the outstanding features
of the DENOMINATIONS remarkable
progress for the year.
There were formed during the
year 1875 new organizations, making
total of $50 woman's societies in
the state. Forty-nine of the 81 asso-
Citations In the state have superin-
tendents of wOmans work. Moro
far-reaching work along educational
lines, including mission study was
accomplished than ever before, Nine
Tennessee girls are now training in
Summaries to devote their life work
TO the church.
The Baptist women assumed one
fifth of the Tennessee quota in the
; $75,O00,000 campaign and much more
than that amount was pledged. For
the year ending May. 1920, the
women's organizations contributed
S225.79S.41.
Personal Service.
Personal service is the aim Of
these organizations, visiting of tho
sick looking after the poor, making
Strangers welcome and serving the
higher interests Of theNcommunity,
that souls may be won to Christ
Memorials to the members of the
Tennessee convention called by death
during the year were read by Rev.
wilson Woodcock, of Dickson Tenn,
and appropriate services held in
their memory at the morning session.
Reports on ministerial relief, de-
nominational literature and other
phases of work were also made.
The Baptist Memorial hospital at
Memphis was declared one OF the
greatest assets of the church in Ten
nessee,, in the report of Rev. Ed
ward Stubblefield. of Clarksville,
chairman of the hospital board, sub
mitted Thursday night. in which he
reviewed the work of the institution
during the year. The work of the
orphans home was also presented by
w. j. Stewart, the superintendent.
Nashville Chosen.
BY a unanimous vote Nashville
was chosen as the meeting place for
the next annual convention, to be
held in october. Rev. j. w. Storer,
OF Paris, was named to preach the
convention sermon, with Rev. T. w.
Gayer as alternate. .
The triumphs and opportunities of
the state. home and foreign mission |
field was the theme of the conven-
ton Thursday afternoon. Among the |
speakers were DR.. S. Y. Jameson.
Of Atlanta, secretary of enlistment |
work for the home mission board; |
DIR. T. B. Ray. OF Richmond. Va. |
secretary of the foreign mission |
board; DIR. Ryland knight, presi- +,
dent of the extension board; Miss |
Olive Edens. missionary to Africa, !
and. DIR. Lloyd T. Wilson. secretary |
of the executive board. Many other
ministers and laymen participated in
the discussion following the report
of each department.
The Southern Baptist church has
set aside $3.026.O00 for the foreign
field in 1921. The church is open
ing up six new provinces in. China, a |
great section of territory in Siberia. |
and new fields in other lands. The |
church maintains in foreign lands |
five colleges, II girls schools, "a |
boys schools and about 900 other
schools, with over $4,000 students en-
rolled. II is planned to build 90 new
churches and send ont 100 new mis- |
sionaries this year.
The convention was to adjourn at |
the end OF the Friday afternoon ses- !
sion