The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-03-10
0lGATSEERS SHOULD KEEP OUT
OF EUROPE UNTIL PEOPLE
GET ON FEET AGAIN.
BAPTIsTs ENLARGE WORK
Mission Secretary viii Recommend
How EvangclistIc, Educational and
Benevolent Program Can
BE Carried Out.


ope, unless they have important bust.
ness there, until Europeans have had
an opportunity to get on their feet
again, declares DR.. J. f. Love, secre.
tary OF the Foreign Mission Board OF
tho Southern Baptist Convention.
Dr. Love, as chairman Of O. commits.
sion named by the Baptist rs Million
Campaign to visit Europe and make a
survey OF the mission fields there, has
Just returned from five months tour
or the continent. He says Americapg
nave distributed cash with such Law.
I ish hand in many places on the cont.
nent that tho people have become con.
vincsd that every American has money
TO throw away and as soon as they
spot citizen from this country they
proceed to overchaYe him for every.
thing he buys and ;eYery service rem.
dered. Unlesg Americans forego
sightseeing in Europe for few years
lot Of tho natives s1iefe Will become
professional beggars, In Or. Loves
opinion.
Baetlato Suffered Heavily.
Along with the other religious de,
nominations Baptists suffered heavy
losses OF property In Europe during the
war, Dr. Love reports, but he found
that such Baptists as survived the war
remained loyal to their convictions and
they are now ready to welcome the
aid and cooperation Of American Bap.
lists In tho rehabilitation OF their coun.
tries and the propagation of the gospel.
From the contact formed with the
Baptists Of the chief countries OF Eur.
| ope by these representatives OF the
Southern Baptist Convention Dr. Love
believes there will ultimately be
formed cooperative alignment of the
| Baptists OK the world that will max.
them larger factors in world evangeli.
cation than they have ever been bo,
| fore.
Carry on Relief Work.
While the program which Southern
Bapttsts will carry on in the European
countries which they have not ocoi,,
pied before will not be determined un.
til aftor the commission has reported
to the Foreign Mission Board, members
OF the commission found crying need
for money with which to meet casee
demanding immediate relief and cabled
home Tor funds to be employed In thie
connection in northern France and
Belgium. This money was promptly
forwarded and has been distributed
through an agency set up in Paris In
conjunction with the Foreign Mission.
ary Society Of the Northern Baptist
Convention. Prior to the visit Of this
commission, missionary work by South
ern Baptists In Europe has been con
fined to Italy and Bohemia. However,
the commission visited England, Scot
land, France. Belgium, Holland and
Italy, but found It impossible to get
into Czecho-Slovakia, the Balkans and
Russia at this time.
PaIootine and Egypt Visited.
After the tour of Europe had been
completed, the commission. which IN
cluded DR.. u. r. Cody, editor of the
Baptist Courier, of, ;, ,Greenville, 8. c.,
and DR.. Everett Gill, formerly missions
airy to Italy, but now pastor in Kan
sas CITY, went to .Ralestiheto look into
the missionary work there formerly
done by the Baptists OF Southern I'LL
nois but recently taken over by the
Foreign Mission Board Of the Southern
Baptist Convention. A trip into Egypt
tor the purpose OF studying the Moham
medan situation was made by the party
while awaiting ship on which to re-
turn to Italy. SO far, Christianity has
made very little inroad on Mohamme
danism anywhere DR.. Love found
though some OF the missionary agen
cies in Palestine have been established
FOR more than half century. He an
ticipates better chance for the Chris
tian religion there. following British
occupation OF that country.