Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-06-08

DR.. J. II. RUsHBRooKE
Baptist Commissioner For Europe.
Collections In cash totaling $25, ,1O3,-
424.64 have been made for general
causes fostered by the Baptist 75 Nil.
lion Campaign since the campaign
was launched in 1919, according to a
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 Sock tho Unsaved.
Feeling the need OF conserving the
spiritual interests Of the people as
we'll 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 a, 900 To-
cal Baptist churches in the South In q
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 1855 persons received
into the local Baptist churches by bap-
tism during the past year, and q much
Ia ~
the year ahoad.
Would Evangeilxe Europe.
One OF the interesting actions o7 the
convention waS the decision to back
up fully the Foreign Mission Board in
It's program for the eyangeliaation of
the new European territory of Spain.
Jugo'Slavia. Hungary, Roumania, tho
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 folds
during the past year was unusually
successful. the board reporting 70.
csipts OF S2.4o4.9s8 for It's missionary
operations and s27s,ooo for relief
work. az well as 100000 worth Of
clothing; S.s99 baptlsms on tho for
oisn fields; 1877 Of the S11 churches
seR.supporting. with total OF 405 for
eign missionaries and 978 native work.
ers employed.
Homo Mission Board Active.
Tho Home Mission Board reported
77,072 additions to the churches
through It's lnstrumentalities, church
extension operations OF $1,24S,0O0, and
298 patients treated at the Tubercular
Sanatorlum at FL Paso.
During the year the receipts Of tho
Sunday School Board reached 31,147,.
721.73. and the board turned back into
general work Of tho denomination the
sum Of 900.
the Relief and Annuity Board. which
seeks to supply tho needs Of aged DO.
pendent ministers and their families,
has doubled the number OF beneficiar.
ies receiving aid from the denomlna.
tfon as we'll as tho amount Of relief
given. 1t now has permanent re.
sources in excess Of 100000.
There are 119 Baptist educational
institutions in tho South, with a total
enrolment OF 10000 pupils, the report
OF the Education Board showed, and
2.185 OF these pupils are preparing for
special Christian service, such as the
ministry, missionary and other special
religious work.
The Woman's Missionary Union,
representing the organized women OF
the South, reports a total Of 19,485 or.
ganl@ed societies OF women and young
people, while the cash contributions
by tho women TO the various causes
iostered by the denomination during
| tho year amounted TO $3.115,437.
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