Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-03

Collections in cash totaling $25,lO3.-
424.64 have been made for general
causes fostered by the Baptist % Mil
lion Campaign since the campaign
was launched in 1919, according to Il
report to the Southern Baptist Con
vention, which has just adjourned its
Chattanooga session, by DR.. l.. r.
Scarborough, general director of the
campaign, and chairman of the Con
servation Commission. The fact that
$12.924,943.6 80 of this amount was col
1ected during the past year, under the
most depressing conditions known in
years, is very encouraging to the de
nominational leaders, they say.
Will seek the UnsaVed.
Feeling the need OF conserving the
spiritual interests of the people "a
well as the financial aspects of the
campaign, the convention asked the
Conservation Commission to seek to
enlist. through the state and associa-
tional organizations. all the 1900 10
cal Baptist churches in the South in
larger evangelistic effort during the
next twelve months. the aim being to
induce as many individual members OF
the churches as possible to win at least
one soul to Christ during the new year.
! Reports to the convention showed that
there were 1885 persons received
into the local Baptist churches by bap
tism during th2 past year. and much
| larger number viii be sought during
the year ahead.
Would Evangelze Europe.
One of the interesting actions of tho
/ convention was the decision to back
I'D fully the Foreign Mission Board in
! its program for the CHARACTERIZATION CT
the new European territory of Spain,
| Jugo-SIavia. Hungary Roumania, the
Ukraine and Southern Russia. Dr.. J,
RI. Rushbrooke, of London, Baptist
! Commissioner for Europe, addressed
the convention. telling how he had dis
| tributed the relief funds contributed
by Baptists for the needy families Of
these countries and how the giving Of
this relief had opened wide the door
of missionary opportunity.
Work on the older foreign fields
during the past year was unusually
| successful the board reporting re-
ceipts of S2,404,9S8 for its missionary
operations and $278,OOO for relief
work. as well as 100000 worth OF
clothing; 6,99S baptisms on the for
eign fields; 1S7 of the Gil churches
self-supporting, with total OF 4O5 for
eign missionaries and 978 native work
ers employed
Home Mission Board Active.
The Home Mission Board reported
1902 additions to the churches
through it's instrumentalitles, church
extension operations of $1,24S,000, and
29S patients treated at the Tuberculs1
Sanatorium at El Paso.
During the year the receipts of tbs
SUNDAY School Board reached S1,147,
721.73, and the board turned back into
general work of the denomination the
sum of $189,O00.
Although only three years of age
the Relief and Annuity Board, which
seeks to supply the needs OF aged, dc
pendent ministers and their families
has doubled the number of beneficiar
les receiving aid from the denomina
ton as well as the amount of relic
given. 1t now has permanent re
sources in excess of 100000.
There are 119 Baptist educationa
institutions in the South, with a tota
enrolment of 10000 pupils, the repor
of the Education Board showed, an
2.1S5 of these pupils are preparing TO
special Christian service, SUCH as tn
ministry, missionary and other specta
religious work
The Woman's Missionary Union
, representing the organized women o
the South, reports a total Of 19.4S5 OF
gained societies of women and youn
people, while the cash contribution
by the women to the vafious cause
fostered by the denomipation durin
the year amounted to sS.115.4s'
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