The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-03-28

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All Russian Baptist Union.
From the beginning OK the Baptist
Is Million Campaign to January, 1922,
q total Of $3o,356,s1s.41 had been paid
in to objects fostered by the Cam
paign, 1t is announced by the general
headquarters office at Nashville. OF
this amount S2S,799,971.16 came in
through the payment Of regular Cam
Dalgn subscriptions and the remaining
S1,556, 34S.26 in special contributions.
Regular receipts from the various
states follow: Ala, $1,301. 1916; Ark,
$714,6S3.09; D. of G., s123.28001; Fla.
sEe9,753.53; Ga, 3,00O,174.1o; ILL.,,
$23S,576.13; KY. $3,187,66615; La,
1907 ,ee1.13.; Md, $393,51746; Miss.
$1,243,846.5O; Mo-, $1.19O,7547O: N. NJ.
45,229.e7; N. c.. $2,211, TAI so; Okla,
$S40. 1926; s. c., $2,533, S40.53; Tenn.
s1,797 ,483.10; Tex, $5.162,65S.S5; Va.
So, ,0S5. More than 100000 BAPTISM,
were reported by Southern Bapt:si
churches last year
How Money Was Distributed
Seven general objects of the demon
nation were embraced in the Ca.n-
palgn program, and from the reguJ.T
Campaign contributions those objects
have received the following amounrA.
according to compilation by the het.a.
quarters office: Foreign missions, S.
434, D12.53; home missions, 1862
6oO.67; state missions in the seventeen
states and local work in the District
OF Columbia, S4,95A.S1326; Christian
education, 1912, 442.79; Baptist hos
pitfalls, s2,004,G99.16: orphanages, ST.
03,7S7.33; and Relief and Annuity
Board, which ministers to aged de-
pendent ministers and their families.
S799, 1859
What Money Has Done
These funds represent an advance,
ranging from 200 to 800 per cent, in
the contributions OF Southern Baptists
TO their general missionary, educa-
tional and benevolent work, prior to
the Inauguration Of the Campaign, and
have enabled the boards and other
agencies to greatly extend their serv-
ices in all departments. In addition
to sending out more than $50 new mis-
sionarie5 since the Campaign began,
and providing many church buildings
mission residences, schools, theolog-
ical seminaries, publishing houses,
hospitals and the like on the older
fields the Foreign Mission Board has
been enabled to open work in the new
fields Of Spain, Jugo-Slavia, Hungary
Roumania and Southern Russia in
Europe, and Palestine, Syria and ST.
IBERIA in Asia, and Or. Everett Gill, for
many years missionary in Italy, but
more recently g pastor III Kansas City.
has been named special European rep
Tesentative to supervise the greatly
expanded work on that continent. Dr.
Gill is giving much Of his time to dis
trioutlng Baptist relief funds in Rus
STA and otherwise looking after the in.
terestS Of the denomination there.
Nome Work Enlarged
Among the outstanding accomplish
mems u tie Home Mission Board ara
the aiding Of more than 1000 churches
With loans and gifts for church build
'ngs, completion OF the big tuberculo-
ais sanatorium at FL Paso. ENLARGE
Canal Zone, siren gthening Of the az
mountain mission schools and the de.
yeiopment Of all eleven departments
Sf the work Of the Board. In ali sew
ant8en states Of the Southern Rantlst
convention the state mission work has
been greatly extended the number. =,
Baptists hospitals in the South has
been increased from eleven to twenty.
.hree, al CT the older eighteen Baptist
'rrhanages have beer aided III mate
rial ways and two new ones have been
$50 oiisned, while the number Of AGED
dependent ministers ard their families
aas oean doubled and the an05.,,t Of
~ given them Increased 100 per cent.
Collections Are Pushed
"aiia the collections so far raDre-
ient zig gain over the contributions
! So..tAeGD Barsists TO their work he
ere lie Campaign. the sum collected
slo- 81 that is due and ia all the
o1z1 al :ffc:t IS being made to col
80 = ruth more as possible by tina
$50 {. 80 ccsr!cuticn year. Nav
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