The Era-leader., 1921-03-17

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DR.. L. r. SCARBOROUGH,
Chairman Conservation Commission
Baptist rs Million Campaign
DR.. l.. R. Scarborough, who was
general director OF the Baptist 75'
Million Campaign, and who was later
elected chairman Of the Conservation
Commission that is seeking to cca'
serve all the interests Of that cam
paign, has issued a report from the
Nashville headquarters showing the
various interests that have profitcd
from the $16,S51, ,1Oo.6S collected on
campaign pledges up to Dec. /, 1920
With it's receipts Of s2,s5S,SOSOH
the Foreign Mission Board has added
to its territory five new provinces In
China and made the beginning for
opening up work IN the new fields OF
Spain, Hungary, Roumania, Jugo'
Slavia, and the Ukraine in Russia;
strengthened It's work in Syria and
Palestine, made a beginning in East
ern Siberia, added 100 new workers
to its force of American missionaries
in foreign lands, provided new houses
of worship, hospitals schools, pub
| fishing plants and other institutions
needed in the proSecutioh Of mission.
ary work. What Is Of even more I'M
portance, In the estimation Of Secrs.
tary Love, is tha completion of many
institutions and undertakings that
had been held up for lack OF funds.
Home Missions Doubles Budget
By reason Of the larger receipts
from the campaign, the Home Mis-
sion Board has been enabled to prac'
tically double It's annual budget for
It's work Of evangelism, church build
Ing, work among the foreigners, IN.
dians and negroes, mountain mission
schools, enlistment, and general mis-
sion work in Cuba and Panama. The
appropriations to evangelism have
been practically doubled, those III
church building increased between
500 and 900 per cent, those to the
mountain schools, forty in number
100 per cent, and those to the work
Of enlisting undeveloped churches
300 per cent.
In the realm Of state missions
which embodies such work as provid
ing missionaries and other spec1a
workers for needy fields within TIT
states and aiding weak congregations
in the building Of houses Of worship
the advance made possible by The
campaign ranges from rs to 100 pei
cent in the eighteen states Of the con
vention territory.
Returns to the Conservation Com
mission by forty.five Of the Baptis
institutions OF learning which ar,
sharing in the returns from the cam
paign, show that they have receive.
s2,71S,756 so far. OF this sum, ST.
5000 has been expended on i'm
provements, 100000 has gone to en-
dowment, several hundred thousan'
dollars In old debts have been wipes
out and other improvements are TN
der way.
Ten New Hospitals Provided
Southern Baptists were operatin
fourteen hospitals when the campaign
began, and as q result Of the new n
terest In this work aroused by tn
campaign ten additional hospital
! have been launched. These hospital
!. have received $1,111,4S945 from tn
campaign SO far while local eommu
mites in which the hospitals are X
. Gated have subscribed approximate
$2,o00,OO0 additional. The hospital
have practically 100000 in In
provements Under way. The sever
teen Baptist orphanages have likt
wise come In for much larger suppor
as a result Of the campaign, thei
receipts from this source bein
!, $101S,79S.67. AS a result Of this ii
come the orphanages have been Ell
abled to make improvements value
, at $325,oOo.
The work Of aiding aged preacher
/ Is a new one among Southern Ba,
, lists az d whole, but as q result 4
the campaign the Relief and Annuit
Board has received s4oS,14s.s2 fror
that sourcs and 100000 from NJ
Roess!qllsr. sr,
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