Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-07-07


Collections in cash totaling 5,103,-
424.64 have been made for general
causes fostered by the Baptist rs Mil
lion Campaign since the campaign
was launched in 1919, according to
report to the Southern Baptist Con-
vention, which has just adjourned it's
Chattanooga session, by DR.. L. R.
Scarborough, general director of the
campaign, and chairman of the Con
servation Commission. The fact that
$12,924, ,943.60 of this amount was col.
lected 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 as
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 $4,000 To-
cal Baptist churches in the South in a
larger evangelistic effort during the
ACAI IWCANG LlOulnDg LllS dlL4l uCllB "
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 1855 persons received
into the local Baptist churches by bap-
tism during the past year, and a much
larger number will be- sought during
the year ahead.
Would EVangeIiEe Europe.
One of the interesting actions of the
convention was the decision to back
up fully the Foreign Mission Board in
its program for the evangelization OF
the new European territory Of Spain,
| Jugo7Slavia, Hungary, Roumania, the
Ukraine and Southern Russia. DR.. J.
H. 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
those 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 $2,404,9SS for its missionary
operations and $27S,OOO for relie
work, as well as 100000 worth o.
clothing; 6,998 baptisms on the for
eign fields; 1877 of the Gil churches
self-supporting, with total of 4O5 for
eign missionaries and 97S native work
ers employed.
Home Mission Board Active.
The Home Mission Board reported
| 77,072 additions to the churche
through its instrumentalities churcl
extension operations of $1,248,OOO ant
29S patients treated at the Tubercula
Sanatorium at Ell Paso.
During the year the receipts Of tn
Sunday School Board reached $1,147
721.73, and the board turned back int
general work of the denomination tn
sum of $1S9,OOO.
Although only three years gof age
the Relief and Annuity Board, whicl
seeks to supply the needs of aged, de
pendent ministers and their familie:
has doubled the number of beneficial
les receiving aid from the denomins
J tion as well as the amount of relic
given. It now has permanent rC
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 70
special Christian service, such as tn
+, ministry, missionary and other specia
religious work.
The Woman's Missionary Unior
representing the organized women c
the South, reports a total of 19,4S5 o.
ganized societies of women and youn
people, while the cash contribution
by the women to the various cause
fostsred by the denomination durin
the year amounted to $3,115. .4S'