Evening journal., 1922-05-10


your patience with statistics OF tn
financial results. You will remem
Der that with the consent of tn
last convention Il was decided q
combine the appeal for the work o
the general church and the appea
for diocesan needs into the one fun'
OF the nation-w wide campaign, witt
the understanding that the fun'
should be divided on the basis OF a
per cent. for the general church anC
25 per cent. for the diocese. Ih'
sum total Of these combined bud
gets was S55,OOO. After the canvass
reports indicated that S3S,000 OF thii
amount had been pledged, and aftei
making careful study OF tho situation
and noting the payments made &c
/ date your executive council looks e
receive at least $4,000 OF thii
amount. We hope for more. but this
| Is the minimum expectation.
"The division Of this amount viii
I mean that we shall be able 10 send
10 the general church $4,000 as
against the $4,000 asked. and have
at least $4,000 10 apply TO the work
OF the diocese.
ION the money side alone ! am
sure that you will agree with me
that under the circumstances OF the
year that is a matter OF sincere
qualification. II does not mean that
we shall have made much advance,
il any. on what has been given the
general church in previous years,
but we shall have more 20 expend
on the needs OF our own work. One
large advantage Of this EFFORT lies
in the fact that II has distributed
the privilege OF missionary giving
much more widely throughout the
diocese.
This amount puts the individual
average Of gift at a relatively high
figure. for counting our communi-
cants as 4425 the average is 81 for
diocesan and So for general church:
a total Of IS a year for missions for
each commitment. II that average
could be maintained throughout the
church It would mean that there
would be available for missionary
enterprise in the general church
$500, 600 instead Of something less
than half that sum. I state these
facts OF favorable comparison
to explain my appreciation OF
your efforts in this direction.
and TO say again that il is my hope
and confident expectation that our
diocese will always hold a place OF
honor in meeting its obligations TO
the Kingdom OF Christ.
God forbid that we should even
seem to boast especially IN view Of
the fact that others have done still
tained what has been assigned 70 US.
! am more and more convinced that
this comparison OF figures is a mis-
take. We ought not 10 measure our
gift IN comparison with others. more
especially with those parts OF the
church, where they are now making
large investments in things which
the faithful of a past generation
have provided TO us. places where
they have no invested funds at all
for diocesan work and are putting
so much into the buying OF prop
erty and the construction OF church
buildings. We ought 10 give not in
to others. but in ac-
cordance 10 our ability. irrespective
OF what others do. Eight dollars a
year Is good only by comparison. Il
Is hardly the measure OF very great !
sacrifice for most OF our people. II
would remind you that among the
church schools OF the diocese the |
members of the school at Emmanuel /
Church. Wilmington. accumulated 81 I
a member during the seven weeks Of /.
Lent. II children and young people I
,an make such a record the adult
ought 10 be able to raise
.wice the amount during the year.
We must recall we come into a COM
oarison with a generate church.
which has not begun 20 do what it
,an or ought 10 do in this matter.
A glance at the reports confirms
his statement for the amount given
oy this one church school OF our
diocese Is ten times the whole
AMOUNT given by a diocese OF forty
thousand communicates in the three
months from January ! 10 March 81.
md forty times the amount given
" another diocese OF twenty-five
thousand communicates in the same
,eriod Of time. Our effort is not a
ubject Of boastinC. but Is a matter
Il qualification. / am happy over
he prospect and hope you will be,
.lso.
This fall the general convention
Will meet and decide upon quotas
or the next three years. The
hurch ought TO trust us to do our
,est under any circumstances and
.al average is high think we ought
o ask them TO give US a quota more
n accord with the average maintain
d in the church at large, n quota we
an meet. trusting us 10 go beyond
/ II possible. I feel there is a de-
ided element OF discouragement in
training to reach a goal beyond our
resent capacity, and II you feel this
-ay about the matter it might be
-ell to make representation to the
department OF Missions on the sub
sct.
But whatever the quotas which
lay he determined upon at the next
ask that all be pre-
ared to enter upon a simultaneous
and canvass next Novem-'
er. There ought to be no question. !
I the mind of those who have tried
his experiment OF the value there is {
l such an effort not only for rails
lg the necessary funds. but in the
fellowship in our common G
bligations and tasks. l should
.eIcome such discussion of these