Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-06-02

papttst commissioning FoF GuEoPSs
4 Collections in cash totaliHg s25,lOs,-
424.64 have been made for general
caiises fostered by the Baptist IS Mil
lion Campaign since the campaign
was launched in 1919, according to
report to the Southern Baptist Con-
vention, which has Just adjourned itf
Chattanooga session, by DR.. L. r.
Scarborough. general director OF the
campaign, and chairman Of the Con-
'seryation Commission. The fact that
$12,S24, 94S.60 OF this amount was col
ected during the past year. under the
most depressing conditions known in
years, is very encouraging TO- the de-
nominational leaders. they say.
Will Seekthe unsaved. B
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 Commissions to seek to.
enlist, through the state and associa-
tional organizations. all the $1,000 To-
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
enc soul to Christ during the new year.
Reports to the convention showed that
there were 1855 persons received
into the local Baptist churches by hap
tisn during the past year, and much
larger number win be sought during
the year ahead.
Would EyangeIixe Europe.
One OF the interesting actions Of the
convention was the decision to back
up fully the Foreign Mission Board in
It's program for the evangelization OF
the new European territory Of Spain.
Jugo-Sfavia. Hungary, Roumania, the
/ Ukraine and Southern Russia. DR.. j.
II. Rushhrooke. 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. Z
Work on the older foreign fields
during the past year was unusually
successful. the board reporting re-
ceipts Of $2.4O4.9sS for It's missionary
operations and $27s,0oo for relief
work, as we'll as 100000 worth d
clothing; 6.99S baptisms on the for
eign fields; 1877 Of the Gil churches
| self-supporting, with total Of 405 for.
eign missionaries and s7S native work.
ers employed.
Home Mission Board Active.
The Home Mission Board reported
77,072 additions to the churches
through its instrumentalities church
extension operations Of $1.24S, 600. and
S9S patients treated at the Tubercular
Sanatorium at El Paso.
During the year the receipts of the
Sunday School Board reached s1,147,'
721.7S, and the board turned back into
general work Of the denomination the
sum OF $1s9,00o..
Although only three years Of nge,
the Relief and Annuity Board, which
seeks to supply the needs OF aged, de.
pendent ministers and their families,
| has doubled the number Of beneficiar
| les receiving aid from the denotnina.
| tion as well as the amount Of relief
| given. It now has permanent re-
!, sources in.excess Of 5000 600.
There ire lIs Baptist educational
! Institutions in the South. with q total
enrolment Of zO.001 pupils. the report
OF the Education Board showed. and
I 2.ls5 Of these pupils are preparing 70,
special Christian service, such as the
/ ministry, missionary and other special
!. religious worA
] The Woman's Missionary Union
representing the organized women 81
/ the South. reports d total OF 1885 Or
ganized societies Of women and yourif
people, while the cash constitution:
bY TIE sornen to The yafions causes
foztersd BY tie denomination aarins
| tbs year amounted 70 SS.a35.1s7,