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WORKWORKIK THE LORDS WORK alHOPEFULINTHELORDSWORK HOPEFUL HOPEFULINTHELORDSWORK HOPEFua notnotwe are working in harmony with Gods plans failure is not IfvearevorkinginharmonyvithGodsplansfailureisnot If andin the range of possibility We may grow weak and weary and

usesfaint by the way but the work goes on and cannot fail God uses faintbythevaybutthevorkgoesonandcannotfailGoduses of us and with this thought we should press forward In the work ofusandviththisthoughtveshouldpressforvardInthevorkof earth evangelizing the world we are in the greatest conflict of earthevangelizingthevorldveareinthegreatestconflictofearth customs ThevorldandhellcombinetoopposeusSuperstitionscustoms The world and hell combine to oppose us Superstitions customssayforms in say sin a thousand and avarice sensuality pride policy pridepolicysensualityavariceandsininathousandformssay aaand oppose Climatic conditions BackohsoldierofChristClimaticconditionsopposeanda Christ oh soldier of Back withwith yet impossible says home form of Christianity at selfcenteredformofChristianityathomesaysimpossibleyetvith selfcentered look all If we stand and lookthe Great Commander is saying Go alltheGreatCommanderissayingGoIfvestandandlook appalling atthedifficultiesandourveaknessesthesituationisappalling at the difficulties and our weaknesses the situation is appallingaltogether and we grow sick at heart But we must not look altogetherto at self and the sinful world but rather above all we must look toatselfandthesinfulvorldbutratheraboveallvemustlookto now Christ look to Him suffering dying on Calvarylock to him nowChristlooktoHimsufferingdyingonCalvarylooktohimnov AllAll at the right hand of God and as we look hear him say attherighthandofGod3ndasvelookhearhimsayAll therefore power is given unto me in heaven and in earth Go ye thereforepoverisgivenuntomeinheavenandinearthGoyetherefore Fatherand teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father andteachallnationsbaptizingtheminthenameoftheFather observeto teaching them Ghost observe Holy Son of and and the of the andoftheSonandoftheHolyGhostteachingthemtoobserve with all things whatsoever I have commanded you and lo I am withanthingsvhatsoeverIhavecommandedyouand10Iamvith worldof the world end you alway even unto the youahvayevenuntotheendofthevorld thesecould look at our Lord Christ and hear him speak thesethese Who WhocouldlookatourLordChristandhearhimspeakthese ascension and then consider his death resurrection and ascensionwords vordsandthenconsiderhisdeathresurrectionandascension God is with us Noah hadhad into glory and say it is no use to try intogloryandsayitisnousetotryGodisvithusNoahhad and to work and wait in faith Abraham and Moses and David andtovorkandvaitinfaithAbrahamandllosesandDavidand to faith and have had of be others and thousands and Daniel job DanielandJobandthousandsofotheshadtohavefaithandbe beweary faithful waiting Gods good time Why should we grow wearyfaithfulvaitingGodsgoodtimeWhyshouldvegrovyearyafaithfulvaitingGodsgoodtimeWhyshouldvegrovyeary repine and repineandrepine andrepinndrepine Tjhe promises and proviprovi proviWe can see great signs of progress evVecanseegreatsignsofprogressThepromisesandprovi vVecanseegreatsignsofprogressThepromisesandprovi us move to and higherGod with us thrill of should joy higher dences dencesofGodshouldthrillusvithjoyandmoveustohigher willholier purposes Let hope take possession of us and then we will holierpurposesLethopetakepossessionofusandthenvevill thein we name war while and the we Gods work shout sing while dodo a will We to hopeful rejoicing people be ours want victory victoryvillbeoursWevantahopefulrejoicingpeopletodo Godin despair God work Satan would make us give up theLordsvorkSatanvouldmakeusgiveupindespairGod theLords WithWith Only believe calls to us constantly saying Fear not calIstousconstantlysayingFearnotOnlybelieveVith name hopeful hearts we can and will conquer in Christs namehopefulheartsvecanandillconquerinChristsname CC

wilwillWE Then there will NEED more spirituality in our churches WENEEDmorespiritualityinourchurchesThentherevill to us longingwithin Spirit longing create the be need We more liberality bemoreliberalityVeneedtheSpiritvithinustocreatelonging infor show and vainglory but for the salvation of men lost in not notforshovandvainglorybutforthesalvationofnlenlostin Thein work this sin The great Let us pray more for Gods Spirit sinLetuspraymoreforGodsSpiritinthisgreatvorkThe re old time monthly concert of prayer for missions could well be reoldtimemonthlyconcertofprayerformissionscouldvellbere preparationin our churches vived Let it be made interesting by preparation vivedinurchurchesLetitbemadeinterestingbypreparation sweeteston the part of the leader and it should be the sweetest beforehand beforehandonthepartoftheleaderanditshouldbethesveetest

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SAKE SPEAKING TIlE TRUTH IN LOVE FOR CHRISTS SAKESPEAKINGTHETRUTHINLOVEFORCHRISTSSAKE TheThe work in which we are engaged is a very great one The TheyorkinvhichveareengagedisaverygreatoneThe usus have He would could it if he devil would mar and retard devilvouldmarandretarditifhecouldHevouldhaveus

and divideandvasteourstrengthonthosevhomveshouldloveand divide and waste our strength on those whom we should love anddiffer asWhile at times we may as vithwhomveshouldcooperateWhileattimesvemaydifferas whom we shouldcooperate with MastertomethodsveshouldneverforgetvehaveonecommonlYIaster to methods we should never forget we have one common Master aimonecommonvaragainstthekingdomofSatanonecommonaim one common war against the kingdom of Satan one common aim should bringing the lost world to Christ Whatever we do we shouldHim standinChriststruthandlovebattlingforHim stand in Christs truth and love battling for Himdifferences During the past few years there have been some differencesDuringthepastfevyearstherehavebeensomediflrences exaggeratedamong some of our people and these have led to exaggerated have Some things have been said which should not havestatements statementsSomethingshavebeensaidwhichshouldnothave have beensaidevenunerprovocationGoodandvisebrethrenhave been said even under provocation Good and wise brethren havesay deploredthesestatementsTHEJOURNALhashadverylittletosay deplored these statements THE JOURNAL has had very little to saywewe and written have excitedly feeling that it was best Brethren feelingthatitasbestBrethrenexcitedlyhavevrittenandve knowWe know patience have said let us try to exercise charity and havesaidletustrytoexercisecharityandpatiencevVeknov organized thatbrethrenvhohavebeeninfullsympathywithourorganized brethren who have been in full sympathy with our organizedthat and vorkhaveregrettedhastystatementsoffriendsoftheBoardand work have regretted hasty statements of friends of the Board andthe feel that good brethren who have not been working with thewe vefeelthatgoodbrethrenvhohavenotbeenvvorkingviththe Board BoarddidnotapproveofmuchthathasbeensaidabouttheBoard Board did not approve of much that has been said about the Boardwhen Wearebrethrenandafterallinmanythingsveagreeandvhen are brethren and after all in many things we agree and whenWe other our life workis done we are going to see that we loved each otherourifevorkisdonevearegoingtoseethatvelovedeachother lingermore than some of us thought for and perhaps those who linger morethansomeofusthoughtforandperhapsthosevholinger togetherlongest will regret that we did not try harder to work together here herelongestvvillregretthatvedidnottryhardertoyorktogether howknew how as best who they were for those Master with trying our forourlVlasterviththosevhoveretryingasbesttheyknevhov wecertain do we us be we let Whatever to carry on His work eachfor each not love of as we speak one speak the truth in seakthetruthlloveasvespeakoneofanotherifnotforeach anotherif isothers sake then for Christs sake When we do not know it is pthersskethenforChristssakeWhenvedonotknovitis speak So often we do wrong to others when we speakbest not to speak bestnottospeakSooftenvedovrongtoothrswhenvespeak Wait give the brother the benefit of aaon ex parte testimony onexpartetestimonyWaitgivethebrotherthebenefitofa the doubt Let us do as we would be done by If ve know all thedoubtLetusdoasvewouldbedonebyIfveknovallthe is truth and it is necessary give that and remember the truth istruthanditisnecessarygivethatandrememberthetruthis and strongenoughvithoutcoloringOftentimesitisunnecessaryand strong enough without coloring Oftentimes it is unnecessary andour unbecoming and unchristian to tell all we know even about ourunbecomingandunchristiantotellallveknowevenaboutour strengthen own ownbrotherorourselvesTellvhatisgoodvhatvillstrengthen brother or ourselves Tell what is good what will strengthenforgive whatvillblessandinhumilityandcharityaskGodtoforgivetwhat will bless and in humility and charity ask God to forgivewhatvillblessandinhumilityandcharityaskGodtoforgive restthe rest therestherest herest DeWE CALL the special attention of the sisters to the Band De tWECALLthespecialattentionofthesisterstotheBandDe WECALLthespecialattentionofthesisterstotheBandDe

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FAULTFAULT FINDING FINDINGFAULT oneto find fault to censure others even when one has hasnotdoneasveIlhimselfAnybodycanfindfaultitisnota not done as well himself Anybody can find faultit is not aaheartmark of sense or wisdom or superior learning or good heart andBut it takes a person of superior head and heart to see where and Butittakesapersonofsuperiorheadandhearttoseevhereand bringwhy there has been failure and then set to work and help to bring vbytherehasbeenfai1ureandthensettoworkandhelptobring steadin its stead success successinitsstead successinitsstebutall help No one is so wise so strong so high but We need adWeallneedhelpNooneissovisesostrongsohighbut WeallneedhelpNooneissovisesostrongsohighbut oror in or in sympathy counsel be what he needs help It may vhatheueedshelpItmaybeincounselorinsympathyor

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one otherwise Never censure when you have omitted tohelp the oneotherwiseNevercensurevhenyouhaveomittedtohelptheone helpedwho vhohasfailedtosucceedvhenyoucouldhavehelped has failed to succeed when you could have helped as in no line of work are there more shades of opinion asPerhaps Perhapsinnolineofvorkaretheremoreshadesofopinionas be to method means c than in foreign missions Let each one betomethodmeanscthaninforeignmissionsLeteachonebe our certain that we are working for God and His glory and doing ourcertainthatvearevbrkingforGodandIlisgloryanddoingour one best before we find fault with others who are trying Some onebestbeforevefindfaultvithothershoaretryingSorneone may ask does this preclude all criticism Not at all We oughtought mayaskdoesthisprecludeancriticismNotatallVeought Masterto criticise methods but be sure we do so in the love of the Master tocriticisemethodsbutbesurevedosointheloveofthellaster toand our brethren and in order to help and strengthen not to andourbrethrenandinordertohelpandstrengthennotto censureweaken censure unwarranted and Ur criticism and destroy just veakenanddestroyUrjustcriticismandunwarrantedcensure In may hurt a work more than we can ever afterwards help it Inpre foreign mission work there are many ready to rasp at any preforeignmissionv0rktherearemanyreadytoraspatanypre totext to excuse themselves from duty What we want to do is to influstrengthen the little interest into a mighty potent factor for influ strengthenthelittleinterestintoamightypotentfactorforinflu willencing our people We believe a lively interest in missions will encingourpeoplevVebelievealivelyinterestinmissionsill willsettle many questions as to method while no method 75er se will meant create an interest Get the people to believing that Christ meantcreateaninterestGetthepeopletobelievingthatChritmeant work it when lie gave his last great command and they will do the workitvhenhegavehislastgreatcommandandtheywil1dotheyork butand down not but destroy us abuse by Let break and faultfinding Letusnotyfaultfindinglndabusebreakdownnddestroybut andand encourage we can let strengthen each every way rather ratherineveryyayvecanleteachstrengthenencourageand in Christ help forward the work of ChristhelpfonvardthevorkofChristhelpfonvardthevorkofChrist

THE FOREIGH HUSSION JOURNAL THE JOURNALTHEFOREIGHDIISSIONJOURNJlL withWe give our readers this month our JOURNAL in new dress with vVegiveourreadersthismonthourJOURLinnewdressvith we and will a and pictures hope paper us improved they largegive large improvedpaperandpicturesandvehopetheywigiveusaarge centsnumber of new subscribers The price per annum is only cents numberofnevsubscribersThepriceperannurnisonly35cents or in clubs of ten 25 cents each THE JOURNAL does not proposepropose to take the place of the State paper It cannot do that But youyou totaketheplaceoftheStatepaperItcannotdothatButyou find that it supplements your State paper Please see that will thatvillfindthatit*upplementyourStatepaperPleaseseethat your pastor and deacons and Sundayschool superintendent get getyourpastoranddeaconsandSundayschoolsuperintendentTet THE JOURNAL if you have to send it to them They need it to tokeep posted on our work Our leaders cannot lead well if theythey keeppostedonourworkOurleaderscannotleadvellifthey ofare uninformed and hence indifferent as to our work oil account of areuninformeandhenceindifferentastoourworkonaccountof ignorance We need wellinformed tctive earnest leaderstheir theirignorancevVeneedveIlinformedrctiveearnestleaders leaders in We would be glad to have one brother or the Masters work intheltfastersworkWevouldbegladtohaveonebrotherorintheltfastersworkWevouldbegladtohaveonebrotheror

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MUCHHOW WHEN HOW MUCH MUCHesHOWHENHOWIUUCH HOWHENHOWIUUCH first of June we sent out the following postal card to a num The numThefirstofJunevesentoutthefollowingpostalcardtoanum of our brethren whose churches are among the largest giversber givers berofourbrethrenwhosechurchesareamongthelargstgivers for MissionsForeign Missions forForeignlIissions you please give in a short article say about one hundred words an answer Will VilIyoupleasegheinashortarticlesayaboutonehundredwordsanan answeranswewer to this question How are Foreign Mission collections taken in your church PleasetothisquestionHowareForeignlrissioncollectionstakeninyourc Please urchPease let your answer indicate also when they are taken how many members in yourrchurchL letyouranswerindicatealsowhentheyaretakenhowmanymembersiny churchchurch and the amount given for the past year What proportion does the F MMIcollection MMIcollectioandtheamountgivenforthepastyearVhatproporondoestheF11colle tion nbear to the amount spent for home purposes including pastors salaryy etcbear beartotheamountspentforhomepurposesincludingpastorssalarye etccc-

rBelow Below we give some of the answers received receivedBelovvegiveomeoftheansversreceivedCBelovvegiveomeoftheansversreceived C BRowN Sumter S C C C CBROWNSumterSC CBROWNSumterSC Our mission method is very simple At the end of each year promises for thetheeefortheOurmissionmethodisverysimpleAttheendofeachyearpromisesfort forthe 1

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amounts are entered against the subscribers by a collector on a book kept thefor the amountsareenteredagainstthesubscribersbyacollectoronabookk ptforthe purpose and comprise a regular account of indebtedness payableePledges are payablee yable purposeandcomprisearegularaccountofindebtednessPledgesarep monthly If not paid within three months the collector in person visits thesubscribers monthlyIfnotpaidwithinthreemonthsthecollectorinpersonvisit the subscribersand collects thedues andcollectstheduesVehaye2S0membersAbout120arecntributorsto foreigntie have 2S0 members About 120 are contributors to oreign nmissions missions We gave last year 120 to your Board The foreign mission receiptstsan areare missionsVegavelastyear120toyourBoardTheforeignmissionrecei ten per cent of the total income for home expenses including everythingLabout everything ything abouttenpercentofthetotalincomeforhomeexpensesincludingeve ythinLANSING AugustaGagLASIGBURROWSAugustaCa ANSING BURROWS AugustaGa LASIGBURROWSAugustaCa

church presents Foreign Missions on the first Sunday in May the beginningbeginning This ThischurchpresentsForeignMissionsonthefirstSundayinllaythe

sermonoftheConventionyearwithananniversaryoftheVomansSocietyanda of the Convention year with an anniversary of the Womans Society and a ermon yearby year some invited brother At that time pledges are taken payable throughthe heyear hysomeinvitedbrotherAtthattimepledgesaretakenp3yablethrugh monthly or quarterly sums as suits the givers The Womans Society takeson in inmonthlyorqarterlysumsassuitsthegiversTheVomansSocietytak takesonson namedYBeforeethedaynaned the day namedY itself the charge of looking after and collecting these pledges itselfthechargeoflookingafterandcollectingthesepledgesBefo handsmember of the church is personally visited and envelopes put in their each eachmemberofthechurchispersonallyvisitedandenvelopesputint eirhands hands with some recent tract or statement of the foreign work these envelopestogether enelopes togetherwithsomerecenttractorstatementoftheforeignworkthes abovefor a cash offering and also for the pledge referred to above provide provideforacashofferingandalsoforthepledgereferredtoabove warwas There are now about G20 members in this church and something over 700 wasTherearenowabout620membersinthischurchandsomethingover700w lclast year including some personal gifts for the deficiency The current given ellc lc urrentexurrentex givenlastyearincludingsomepersonalgiftsforthedeficiencyThe el 4500account is about 4500 penseaccountisbout4500penseaccountisbout4500 A BAILEY Leesburg Fla FlaN NABAILEYLeesburgFla N ABAILEYLeesburgFla youryour collections taken innyour How answer to your question In are Foreign Mission Missioncollections Howare InanswertoyourquestionHowareForeignllssioncollectionstaken iswill say is No collection for Foreign Missions as such is taken in thisthis church churchwillsayNocollectionfrForeignMissionsassuchistakenint includinging including general work annually pledge We of church make a to the churchVemakeapledgeannuallytothegeneralworkofmiSsionsinclu missions every department thereof and take collections regularly to liquidateethepledge pledgethe pledge everydepartmentthereofandtakecollectionsregularlytoliquida Con collections are taken bimonthly and forwarded to the Treasurer oftheCon of the ConThesecollectionsaretakenbimonthlyandforwardedtotheTreasure These generalits general vention The Board of Missions apportion the collections received for itsgeneral itsgeneralventionTheBoardofMissionsapportionthecollectionsreceivedfo work between the Foreign Home and State workwork workbetweentheForeignHomeandStateyork proportion given by this church to missions is nearly onehalf as much asThe aas Theproportiongivenbythischurchtomissionsisnearlyonehalfasm chas beenchurch pays the pastor Since the freeze of February 1S05 the church has the been asbeen thechurchpaysthepastorSincethefreezeofFebruary1895thchurch regreatly reduced in its financial ability but our pledge to missions hassuflered no re greatlyreduedinitsfinancialabiIitybutourpledgetomissionsha suerdnoredsuerdnore duction uction

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BREWTON Eastman Ga JJ CC GaGaCBREWTONEastmanGa REWTONEastmanGa Ga We We have 125 125 members For purposesweweraised Forallallpurposes raisedduring Conventionalduringthethelast Conventional nalConventionalConventional last nal year 16S5 which was paid out as follows Pastors salary 700 Foreign Mis Missions 450 Home Missions 125 State Missions 125 Ministerial Education ion 75 Mercer University 25 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 35 CharitiesCharities ritierities etc 150 For Missions and kindred objects we pay monthly Once a year we haveseaaea-a ea week of prayer selfdenial and study for missions These meetings have been exex eenexeenex ceedingly helpful We endeavor to view the work from a Scriptural standpoint pointand and then give our means from a sense of duty and as a glorious privilege isNo begging is gingisgingis ever done to raise money for the Lords causeeverdonetoraisemoneyfortheLordscauseJeverdonetoraisemoneyfortheLordscause cause

JJDANDERSONMemphisTenn D ANDERSON TennJ D ANDERSON Memphis DANDERSONMemphisTenn Memphis Tenn TennTenn

In In answer answer to yours ofofthe to yours the5th church 5thinst inst I Idesire enen desiretotosay sayforforMillington Millington church WeWe en een deavor to get every member to subscribe the amount lie or she can pay to missions ssions during the Associational year This we do in the fall Then we collect rward just as fast as possible In the spring we take a public collection as a and forward freewill offer ewilloffer ing Last year we gave 7520 to Foreign Missions 3880 to State Home 3615 Assocational 50 Total 20015 Our home expenses including salary c was just about that amount This is a country church Urge the churches to senddas as much abroad as they use at homemuchabroadastheyuseathomemuchabroadastheyuseathome home JJ H Ga H KILPATRICK KILPATRICK White White Plains HKILPATRICKVhitcPlainsGa GaPlains GaGa Our collections for missions Our collections for missions are forraise for are quarterly quarterly beginning beginningwith January WeWe withJanuary raise for raisefor all benevolence about 325 per member Of this 1 per member for Foreign Miss sions Pastors salary 400two Suudays in the month Members last reported 134 ed134 Nearly all the members give something We have more members than ten years rsago ago but not so much moneybutnot50muchmoneyGbutnot50muchmoney money GEORGE

COOPER Richmond Va GEORGE COOPER Richmond VaGEORGECOOPERRichmondVa EORGECOOPERRichmondVa VaVa To the To theFirst is the day FirstChurch dayChurch the theday dayfor forthe theannual offeringforforForeign annualoffering ForeignMissions Missions is the day nsistheday of highest spiritual privilege It is the great day of the year The other Sabbathsof of the year seem to stand about this one as the foothills stand about and look up to okuptothe the great peak thatrises thousands of feet above them From this height we look out on ookouton the horizon of humanity Then most thoroughly we feel that we are not the final ob inalob jects of Gods salvation but the media through which the light is to shineeonthosein on those in darknessdarkness For have on night the week preceding For some some years years we precedingwe haveheld heldspecial specialservices services oneach each nightofof the week eceding the Sabbath of offering These do not take the place of the monthly missionary onaryser ser vice They are times of prayer for the Holy Spirit to touch our hearts withhrenewed renewed love for the work and generous response to its needs We try by eopleby the way of the throne of prayer as well as by other methods to reach our people These have been very nvery precious seasons Prayer has been answered No great sermon ded Lowtoned appeals have been dismissed Spiritual power has been has been needed manifested in the stedinthe service of the offering serviceoftheofferingGladlyisitmade

Gladly is it made madeOur offerings for all causes about as for home expenses WeOur offerings for all causes aggregate aggregate aboutasasmuch much as for home expenses We We aim to give as much as we spend for ourselves Of this Foreign Missions receives ivesthe the largest proportion For recent years our gifts have been for Foreign Missions issionsfrom from twentyfive hundred to thirtyfive hundred dollars a year yearL G BROUGHTON Roanoke VaVa L GBROUGHTONRoanokeVa G BROUGHTON GBROUGHTONRoanokeVacRoanoke VaVa Your request for my of raising Foreign Mission is before me and L Your request for mymethod method of raising Foreign Missionmoney money is before me and I cheerfully respond heerfullyrespond cheerfullyrespond

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I have found about February or March the best time to 1IhavefoundaboutFehruaryorMarchthebesttimetotakethecollect onto take the collection on

22Ialwaysprecedethecollectionwithatleastthreedaysofprayerme I always precede the collection with at meeting ininat least three days of in tingin prayermeeting of prayer every night in Bible study and prayer for the guidance of the HolyGhost church the thechurcheverynightinBiblestudyandprayerfortheguidanceofth GhostHoly Ghost IIbelievemoreandmoreintheHolyGhostintheChurchItiseasyenough believe more and more in the Holy Ghost in the Church It is easy enough tooget getget

people to give when the Holy Ghost for one week lias been sought as a teacher howpeopletogivewhentheHolyGhostforoneweekliasbeensoughtasatea of how herofhovherofhov much to give muchtogre 33SundayfollowingmjrweekofprayerIpreachonsomeappropriatetex Sunday following my week of prayer II preach on on some appropriate text Last LastForeignMission day I preached on Missions the Heart and Pulse of the ChurchForeignMissiondayIpreachedonMissionstheHeartandPulseoftheC urch Church Following the sermon we have prayer again for Holy Ghost guidance then slips oflipsofFoBowingthesermonwehaveprayeragainforHolyGhostguidancethen lipsof of paper are distributed and the pledges taken paperaredistributedandthepledgestaken 44Thesepledgesareplacedinthehandsofacommitteetocollectvhich These pledges are placed in in the hands of which isisssdonedonedone doneof aa committee toto collect which done in months about two monthsinabouttwomonths is about all II can say about the plan This By way of sayThis say saysay ThisisaboutanIcansayabouttheplanBywayofgeneralinterestImig ofgeneral interest 11 might tsay missionary societies male and female are kept in constant touch with our ourmissionarysocietiesmaleandfemalearekeptinconstanttouchw missionmission the ththemission fields Regular correspondence is kept up letters read from missionaries etc at atfieldsRegularcorrespondenceiskeptuplettersreadfrommissiona monthly meetings This helps wonderfully in collections I would liketosay their theirmonthlymeetingsThishelpswonderfullyincollectionsIwoul saylike to say also that my experience has been that the pastor must be a missionary mannhimself alsothatmyexperiencehasbeenthatthepastormustbeamissionarym himselfhimself He must put his money down and his people must see it Besides lie must realizeHemustputhismoneydownandhispeoplemustseeitBesieshemustreal ze realize zthat Gods plan is to give and receive and he must so convince his people TheethatGodsplanistogreandreceiveandhemustsoconvincehispeopleT thatGodsplanistogreandreceiveandhemustsoconvincehispeopleT Theeepastor who is afraid of hindering home progress by giving to Foreign Missions notpastorwhoisafraidofhinderinghomeproessbygivingtoForeignMis is not ionsisnot fit to lead his people He is wanting in spiritual discernment Gods plan is fittoleadhispeopleHeiswantinginspiritualdiscernmentGodspla give to giveistogiveistogive back in increased measure Why cannot we all see itbackinincreasedm1sureVhycannotweallseeit it This has been plan for our three years and newnew and though we newwe have Thishasbeenourplanforthreeyearsandthoughwehavebeenbuilding have been been building our new our urnew church and the times hard we have grown in collections from 25 to nearly 1000churchandthetimeshardwehavegrownincollectionsfrom25tonearl 1000 and ForeignMission day is the happiest day in the year with us God help usstorealize andForeignMissiondayisthehappiestdayintheyearwithusGodhelp realize to realizepersonality of the Holy Ghost in our givingthat He will guide us as toohowmucthe thepersonalityoftheHolyGhostinourgivingthatHewillguideusas how muchmuch ohowmuch we ought to give and take care of us when we obeyobey hweoughttogiveandtakecareofuswhenweobey weoughttogiveandtakecareofuswhenweobey weoughttogiveandtakecareofuswhenweobe-

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L WHITE Macon GaGa GaJJLVUITEMaconGa yJLVUITEMaconGa is in our custom the It in Missions our church to an annual to take take an annual collection for for Foreign MissionsMissionsMissions ssions Itisthecustominourchurchtotakean1nnuaIcollectionforForeinM during the month of March Besides this the three missionary societiessmakemonthly duringthemonthoflIarchBesidesthisthethreemissionarysocieti make monthlymonthly contributions The total for past year was 1000 Our membership numbers 725 720contributionsThetotalforpastyearwaslooQOurmembershipnumber 5Our Our home expenses are 6000 which includes the salary of a city missionary OurhomeexpensesareGOOOwhichincludesthesalaryofacitymission ThisThis ryThis amount does not include our gifts to education home missions orphanage last lastamountdoesnotincludeourgiftstoeducationhomemissionsorp anage orphanageanagcharity echarityc charitycccis my purpose to secure It tcsecure the to Foreign Missions the gifts to ItismypurposetosecurethegiftstoForeignMissionsbyDecemberso by December tcMissions by December so so as asstc tc to in part the interest paid out by the Board for usfor us because should prevent preventinparttheinterestpaidoutbytheBoardforusforusbecause ourour houldour churches send in their contributions early in the fall and winter the great churchesendintheircontributionsearlyinthef1IJandwintertheg ofquestion of eatquestionofeatquestionof would be solvedebt solved debtwculdbesolved

We have heard much of dWe of of plan and ofand S3Tstem The VehaveheardmuchofplanandsystemTheexperienceof The experience ofof these brethren shows that we need men back of plans 1110 plan planworks itse The pastor should teach his people but it should be beworksttscifThepastorshouldteachhispeoplebutit*houldbe business to gather the funds regularly somebodvs somebodysbusinesstogatherthefundsregularly We need more of the funds Con funds given in Conin the the opening of of the Con the Convention year This would save much in interest This changechange will not come of itself Live brethren in different churches shouldvi11notcomeofitselfLivebrethrenindifferentchurchesshould should take hold of the matter and make the change at oncetakeholdofthematterandmakethechangeatoncetakeholdofthematterandmakethechangeatonce once We note that some of the amountthe churches churches giving the the largest amounts amounts

TlftloreigniJIissollJotrJal give toafter earnest prayer Every church and individual ought to prayergiveafterearnestprayerEerychurchandinqiviqualoughtto in that way give giveinthatvaygiveinthatvay We need earnest prayer to God for guidance We need to get getreneedearnestprayertoGodorguidanceVeneedtoget 88

and give information as to the work We need to give timeand timeandtalents to plan and arrange We need to hive money to carry on oninthe work The spirit of missions is the spirit of giving It in volves Gods love and Gods gift and our love and our gifts giftsvolvesGodsloveandGodsgiftandourloeandourgifts We would be glad for many of our strong churches to considerrevouldberladformanyofourstrongchurchestoconsider consider

whether they could not serve God better by giving the salary salaryoo or 6oo of a missionary on the foreign field They could couldthus have two preachers one at home and one in foreign lands landsHow easily a church with boo members could give 125 each eachfor this work What blessings would flow back in return ouarter ouaterforthisvorkVhatblessingsvouldflovbackinreturn returnGOOD RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONSGOODRESOLUTIONS The following resolutions were written by Bro S G Clark ofThefollovingresolutionsverewrittenbyBroSGClarkof of Salem Ky while at the Convention in Chattanooga While theythey were not introduced there they are good to act on He says lie has tested this plan and knows it will work good resultsZresults ZVhereas Vhereas YherepheForeignMissionBoardofourSouthernBaptistCoUentionis the Foreign Mission Board of our Southern Baptist Convention is eeply in debta condition due as we believe to a lack of information on thepart off our ur people peopleandaproperprsentationofthedaimsofsaidBoardandwhereas and a proper presentation of the claims of said Board and whereas webe webeebeebe

lieve that a true Baptist will do his duty in this wort when made sensible offthesamthe same sameffthesam thesam given an opportunitybe it therefore resolved and ndgenanopportunitybeitthereforeresohed 11ThatwethedeJegatestothisConventionobligateourselvesuponou That we the delegates to this Convention obligate ourselves upon our returnreturn to our homes and respective fields of labor to earnestly urge upon our churches toourhomesandrespectefiddsoflabrtoearnestlyurgeupmourchurc thatthat esthat they by church act appoint one or more in each church to canvass said church theybychurchactappointoneormoreineachchurchtoC311aSSsaidch churchrchrch and present tile claims of the Foreign Mission Board privately to each member and berand learn of them how much they are willing to pay for Foreign Missions and at whatlearnofthemhbwmlchtheyarewillingtopayforForeignMissionsand time it will suit them to paysame during this conventional year 22ThatwewillvisitourdlstrictaS50iationsorcausethemtobesovis That we will visit our district associations or cause theca to be so visited andand tedand urge upon the messengers composing said associations by resolution orrotherwise urgeuponthemessengerscomposingsaidassociationsbyresolution otherwisethat they will urge upon their respective churches the adoption and execution thattheywillurgeupontheirrespectivechurchestheadoptionande ecutjonoftheecutjonofthe of thethe aboveplanaboveplan above plan

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Brother W P Winn and wife have just started for Africa with Brother C E Smith who returned to his work These mission mission-

qries go to work with Brother Smith without any salary from the Board so that the only expense incurred was getting them to the field Most excellent accounts are given of this brother and sister by those who know them well We believe they will be able to do doa good work in Africa where our mission so greatly needs re

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inforcement vhb have forcement on account of the number who h i e recently1 diedatatdied at diedat

thereposts there theirpoststhere their heirpoststhere

we give short accounts of their lives writtenat Below our re Beovvegiveshortaccountsoftheirlivesvrittenatorre rerewritten at our themof them quest by each questbyeachofthem I was born in Hanco*ck county Illinois September 27 W P Winn writes 2717 I was When years old myparents moved to Iowa and about my two about 1854VhenIwasabouttwoyearsldmyparentsmovedtoIowaandaboutmy myyear they moved to Ohio tvhere I lived until I was grown MIy father diedfourth fourthyeartheymovedtoOhiowhereIliveduntil1wasgrownlIyfathe died when I was about 11 years old leaving my mother whenIwasabout1yearsoldleavingmymotherwithfourchildrenofwho other with four children of whom I-IIwas oldest In my twentyfirst year I moved to Arkansas illy life has been spent spentfarm onn the farmnthefatm thefatm IIwas was converted at the ageof age Of seventeen seventeen and joined Beulah Baptist nearnear IwscOlwertedattheageofseyentee1andjoinedBeulabBaptistChllr Church lne nearBaptistChurch near I always Ohio have felt a deep interest in the Lords work andhave triedSonora SonoraOhioIhavealwaysfeltadeepintcrestintheLordsworkandhav tried to take an active Part in the churchtotakeanactivcpartinthechurch church For the last ten or twelve years II have taught in the Sundayschool and haye hayeForthclasttcnortwelveyarsIhvtpghtintheSundayschooandhave havemission schools I have always felt a great desire to engage superintended gemre superintendedmissIOnschoolsIhaveawflYsfeltagreatdesiretong moremore in the Lords work but have tried to do what the Lord priced at my handsfully fullyintheLordsworkhuthavetriedtodohattlieLQrdpiicedatmyha hands ds da number of years I have been impressed For sFornumberofyearsIhaebeenimpressedthtIvOliIdIiketoworkinAfd FornumberofyearsIhaebeenimpressedthtIvOliIdIiketoworkinAfd that II would like to impressedthat AfricaAfrica in Africato work in Africa a missionary but thought it impossible until suggested by Rev C E Smith reassrimissionarybutthoughtitimpossibieuntilsuggestedbyRevCESm re cently and now I am greatly rejoiced that the way has been opened forme to ga gacentyandno1amgreatlyrejoicedthatthewayhasbeenopenedformeto and as I go forth my prayer is that I may be used of the Lord inpointing sinners nerstoandasIgoforthmyprayeristhatImaybeusedoftheLordinpointingsi nersto toto Saviour of the worldworld the theSaviouroftheworld I was born in Platteville Wisconsin January Mrs Winn writes TheJanuaryn5 1857 The Theand example of pious Christian parents which I had is a legacy Iprize precepts I prizepreceptsandexampleofpiousChristianparentswhichIhadisalegac above everything else For three years I attended the Wisconsin State Normal aboveeverythingelseForthreeyearsIaendedtheWisconsintateNor prealprpre alpr teaching paring myself for teachingparingmyselfforteaching My most successful and enjoyable work in teaching both in in day school inin Iymostsuccessfulandenjoyablelorkinteachingbothindayschoqan in school and inchildren has always been among the childrenSundayschool Sundayschoolhasalwaysbeenamongthechildren IIhavetaughttheinfntclassintheJudsoniaBaptistSundayschoolin have taught the infant class in the Judsonia Baptist Sundayschool in churchin the church churchhechrh in which I was converted and of which I have been a membersince I came to Ar hiwhichIwasconvertedandofvhichIhavebeenamembersince1camtoA Arkansas tokansasin876fortenyearsanditiswithmanyheartachesthatIleavei in 1S76 for ten years and it iswith many heart aches that I leave it soonto soon to go to work among the children in faroff Africa But surely God has a work there forgotoorkamongthehildreninfhroffAfricaButsurelyGodhasaworkth reforfor refor me to do or else he would not send meme metodoorelsehewouldnotsendme IIdodesirethatallwhor*adthiswillpraythat1mayspedilyeart1the do desire that all who read this will pray that II may speedily learn languagelanguageanguaganguage learn the language and be useful in the Lords work in AfricaAfrica i My prayer is that I may be a living witness for Jesus 1854

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even sugsug Foreign Mission Board never has dictated or The sugoreven TheForeignlVlissioUBoardneverhasdictatedorevensug in to our foreignhow missionaries should dress the gested they foreign gestedtoourmissionarieshovtheyshoulddressjntheforeign field We feel that is a matter for the missionaries to decide forfor fieldVlefeelthatisamatterforthemissionariestodecidefor themselvesthemselvethemselves mis plan for churches to assume the support of individual The individualmisssThe1anforchurchestoassumethesupportoCindividualmis The1anforchurchestoassumethesupportoCindividualmis individual missionaries Weionaries has been encouraged by the Board for yearspast We sionarieshasbeenencouragedbytheBoardforyearspastVe many more of ourchurches would take a missionary each towish to visItmanymoreofourchurchesyouldtakeamissionaryeachto Boardsupport The funds To direct to the missionary The Board supportThefundsgodirecttothemissionaryTheBoarcl theexercises an oversight in the location and arrangements Of the exercisesanoversightinthelocationlandarrangementsQfthe As the committee appointed by the churches send missionares missionaresAsthecommitteeappointedbythechurcheseQenmissionaresAsthecommitteeappointedbythechurcheseQ i

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ing the missionaries the Board feels responsible to these churches churcheschurchesingthemissionariestheBoardfeelsresponsibJetothesechurches for work the general direction of the workforthegeneraldirectionoftheork same principle which would do away with the ForeignThe ForeignForeign ThesameprinciplevhichvoulddoavayviththeForeign Mission Board Conven would do away with the State Boards and Conven11issionBoardvoulddoaayiththeStateBoardsandConven mintions also all Associations and all Committees appointed for min tionsalsoanAssociationsandallCommitteesappointedformin isterial education as well as all denominational schools collegescolleges isterialeducationasVenasalldenolninationalschoolscol1eges and seminariesseminaries andseminaries Some Boardpersons are under the impression that the Foreign BoardBoard SomepersonsareundertheimpressionthattheForeignBoard Thepays for the servants of the missionaries That is a mistake The paysfortheservantsofthemissionariesThatisamistakeThe themfor servants when have missionaries and employ pay them they missionarieshentheyhaveservantsemployandpayforthemthmissionarieshentheyhaveservantsemployandpayforthem themselvesthemselves themselvemselves InSome ask as to the salaries of missionaries This varies InIn esSomeaskastothesalariesofmissionariesThisvariesIn SomeaskastothesalariesofmissionariesThisvariesIn all of our missions except China and Africa it is 6oo a year for manallofourmissionexceptChinaandAfricaitis600ayearfor111an man or woman with an allowance of ioo for each child until ten years yearsorvomanvithauallovanceof100foreachchilduntiltenyears old In until sixteen China then Africathen nothing and Africa oldthen150untilsixteenthennothingInChinaandAfrica 15o a rule adopted several years ago the rates are soo for a manby man byaruleadoptedseveralyearsagotheratesare500foramanobyaruleadoptedseveralyearsagotheratesare500foraman womanor woman orvoman rvoman Maryland Baptist Mission Rooms have gotten out the cardsThe cardsThelVfarylandBaptistlVlissionRoomshavegottenoutthecards cards for the systematic study of our Home and Foreign Mission workwork forthesystematicstudyofourIIomeandForeignlIissionwork for to the July year July The 1896 the arrangement of thefortheyearJuly1896toJuly1897ThearrangcInentofthe 1S9 follows is as Home Board July August subjects Foreign BoardBoard subjectsisasfollowsJulyIIomeBoardAugustForeignBoard September Italy October Mexico November Brazil DecemberSeptemberItalyctoberMexicoNovemberBrazilDeceIl1ber December in Southern StatesState Missions January ColoredMissions Colored 1VlissionsinSouthernStatesStatelIissionsJanuaryColored People February Frontier Missions March Japan AprilApril PeopleFebruaryFrontierllissionslIarchJapanlpril China May Africa June CubaCuba ChinalfayAfricaJnneCuba Maryland Mission Rooms have just issued aa tract by DrThe DrDr ThelJarylandl1issionRoomshavejustissuedatractbyDr Dill The S 11lission on Foreign JrSDillonTheForeigul1IissiollBoardIts11dllillistration 4dminishationBoardIts 4dminishation Policy It is excellent You can get a copy by writing to theand the 11lldPolicyItisexcellentYoucangetacopybyvritingtothe Va Board at Richmond VaBoardatRichmondVa The sisters of the W M U have been quite active in assistingassisting assistinglift to the heavy burden of debt resting on our foreign mission worktolifttheheavyburdenofdebtrestingonourforeignmissionvork work is Gleanings a little paper monthly published in YokohamaGlealllgsisalittlemonthlypaperpublishedinYokohama Yokohama YokohamaJapan by the missionaries of the Baptist Missionary Union andJapanbythemissionariesoftheBaptistlIissionaryUnionand and Southern Baptist Convention The copy for May has just come SouthernBaptistConventionThecopyforlIayhasjustCOIne comeis neat and gives an account of the work in Japan It JapanItisneatandgivesanaccountoftheyorkinJapan Rev Joseph Aden of Maceio Brazil recently RevJosephAdenofl1aceioBrazilrecentlyreturnedtothis thisreturned to this to thisHe country gives encouraging accounts of the workcountryHegivesencouragingaccountsofthevork work Dr J H Eager and famity are at Bedford City Va BroBroBro DrJIIEagerandfamilyareatBedfordCityVaBro will Eager supply for Eutaw Church Baltimore one monthEagerwillsupplyforEutavChurchBaltimoreonemonth1hEagerwillsupplyforEutavChurchBaltimoreonemonth month This summersummer 1hissummer 1hissummissummer Dr W D Powell wrote that he expected to greaerDrWDPovellvrotethatheexpectedtoattendthenreat DrWDPovellvrotethatheexpectedtoattendthenreat to attend the great greatgathering of the B Y P U of Texas at San Antonio and thenthen accompany a party of excursionists from that body on a trip throughacompanyapartyofexcursionistsfromthatbodyonatripthrouoheXacompanyapartyofexcursionistsfromthatbodyonatripthrouoh through Mexico eXlCO lCO 11

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22God GodItwasorigina1Jyspokentotheprieststhroughtheprophel1alac It was originally spoken to the priests through the prophef Malachi Godsreason of this terrible threat was that they failed to give glory to Gods Thereasonofthisterriblethreatwasthattheyfailedtogivegloryt The themuse them nameGodthreatenstochangeevenourblessingsintoacurseifwefail name God threatens to change even our blessings into a curse if we fail toousethem is employ them for His glory What a solemn thought this isarighttoemploythemforHisgloryVhatasolemnthoughtthisis arightto testi-i testiAll the testi it any lesson for us God has been blessing our Southland Has HasitanylessonforusGodhasbeenblessingourSouthlandAllthetes thanprospectus of the than are better South and tterthan monies agree in saying that the state moniesagreeinsayingthatthestateandprospectusottheSouthareb is sperityisisthey have been for years crops are promising prices are good and the prosperity theyhavebeenforyearscropsarepromisingpricesaregoodandthepr toto dsto notbasedonamereCboombutisonasolidbasisMenaresellingtheirla based on a mere boom but is on a solid basis Men are selling their lands not factoriescrops factories they have increased facilities for finding a market for theirircropsfactories emigrants emigrantstheyhaveincreasedfacilitiesforfindingamarketforth ave have arebuiltminesworkedandtradeprospersOfcoursetherearemanywho are built mines worked and trade prospers Of course there are many who havegoodnessgottensousedtocryingChardtimesJJthattheyfailtorecognizeGod gotten so used to crying hard times that they fail to recognize Gods goodness truth the truthelthetruth ortobethankfulfortheirblesingsButsensibleandthoughtfulmenf or to be thankful for their blessings But sensible and thoughtful men feel weShall we rityShallwerrityShallwe ofthestatisticsthatprovethattheSouthisenjoyinganeraofprosp of the statistics that prove that the South is enjoying an era of prosperity i-

GodefusetoacknowledgethisasablessingsentbyGod refusetoacknowledgethisasablessingsentbyGod to acknowledge this as a blessing sent by God refuse concon coWhy is is it How do we respond are cutting clown their con it that our churches are HowdowerespondVhyisitthatourchurchesarecuttingdowntheircon furniturebuying furniture clothes They gospel heathen are to sending esfurniture tributionsforsendingthegospeltotheheathenTheyarebuyingclot the the tributions for Godsand yet Gods f1rmsf1ctoriesfixingtheirhomesrebuildingandimprovingchurch farms factories fixing their homes rebuilding and improving churchessandyetGods restcause Ali brethren have a care lest Gods curse rest rserest for heathen lands languishes causeforheathenlandslanguishesAhbrethrenhaveacarelestGodsc will-l I will He says upon your blessings How did God threaten to punish the Jews uponyourblessingsHowdidGodthreatentopunishtheJewsHesaysIwi of thethe or with a different vowel pointing ofthe rebuketheseedforyoursakeRevVerorwithadifferentvowelpointin rebuke the seed for your sake Rev orGod can give poor crops or HebrewassomeancientversionshaveitCyourarmGodcangivepoorcro Hebrew as some ancient versions have it your arm may If we withhold more than is meet we maypalsythearmthatlaborsbysicknessIfwewithholdmorethanismeetw palsy the arm that labors by sickness storeif we neglect to bring all the tithes into the tore guiltyy of robbing God beguiltyofrobbingGodifweneglecttoCbringa11thetithesintothe be ions contributionshousewemayloseGodsblessingIfweproveHimbyourliberalcontribu house we may lose Gods blessing If we prove Him by our liberal contributions to hasHenotpromisedtopouroutablessinguntilthereisnotroomenoug has He not promised to pour out a blessing until there is not room enough topromprom has God tempt fearful He iii to us for thing is Mal a It receheit11a1iii810ItisafearfulthingforustotemptGodHehaspro receive it 510 downdown ingdown isedbythissameprophetthatfromtherisingofthsunevenuntiltheg ised by this same prophet that from the rising of the sun even until the going HisHis ofthesame1IynameshallbegreatamongthegentilesandGodwi11fulf the same My name shall be great among the gentiles and God will fulfillllHis of of promise and not disappoint those who are laboring to make known the name ofpromseandnotdisappointthosewhoarelaboringtomakekuownthenam curse rse Jesus but woe be unto those who have no share in this work Remember the curseJesusbutwoebeuntothosewhohavenoshareinthisworkRememberthec tymighty ty ofMerozbecausetheycamenotuptothehelpoftheLordagainstthemig of Meroz because they came not up to the help of the Lord against the mightyadsadad DeliermcewillcomefromsomeothersourceforGodsworkwillgoonbut Deliverance will come from some other source for Gods work will go on but sad fellowfellow irfellow willbetheconditionofthosewhodeclinetohelpintheworkandletth will be the condition of those who decline to help in the work and let their celled their celledmenperishinthedarknessofheathenismwhiletheythemselvesdwell men perish in the darkness of heathenism while they themselves dwell inntheirceihd MayMay selfishness a merely own help as to their housesJandemployGodsblessingsmerelyasahelptotheirownselfis houses and employ Gods blessings us aaand us make bless blessings but our curse not and GodaertHisangerandnotcurseourblessingsbutblessusandmakeusa anger God avert His race blessing to our racblessingtoourrace l-

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oof ofSThe of the the Conferenceceof of above was the subject discussed at recent meeting of The TheabovewasthesubjectdiscussedatarecentmeetingoftheConfere at aa recent ofl1issionariesinCantonChinaTheconferenceiscomposedofthemiss onariesof of in Canton China The conference is composed of the missionaries Missionaries bjectwouid wouldwould alldenoinationsworkinginCantonandvicinityBelievingthatthes all denominations working in Canton and vicinity Believing that the subject missionarieslifeI naries1ifeI beofinteresttopeopleathomeinthatitgivessoineideaofthemissi be of interest to people at home in that it gives some idea of the missionarieslifeIdiscussioniscussionhavebrieflysummarizedthepointsbroughtoutinthepaperandinthe have briefly summarized the points brought out in the paper and in the iscussion which followed whichfollowed

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ThefirstspeakerilLlltroducingthe5ubjectbroadeneditintothin misThe first speaker in which mis introducing the subject broadened itit into things swhichmis swhichmissmis sionariesshouldglHlrdagainst ionariesshouldglHlrdagainst sionaries should guard against 11Amissionaryshouldtakecareofhishealthgetplentyofsleepbecar A missionary should take care of carefulof his ful becareful get plenty of carefuhis health get of sleep be laboutgoing in the sun and not try to live as the Chinese do People at home may aboutgoing mayaboutgoinginthesunandnottrytoliveastheChinesedoPeopleathom see so much need of such advice In not In this hot damp climate more sleep isisneces necesneces notseesomuchneedofsuchadviceInthishotdampclimatemoresleepi in the home land Alan missionaries have broken down for continuing sarythan sarythaninthehomelandManymissionarieshavebrokendownforcont nuing continuinghabits formed at home Then again the tropical sun is especially severe and evenhabitsfonnedathomeThenagainthetropicalsunisespeciallysever even andeven in th midst of the winter season it is necessary for one often to carry annumbrella umbrellainthemidstofthewinterseasonitisnecessaryforoneoftentocarry when going in the sun As to living as the Chinese do it was pointed out thattthe thewhengoinginthesunAstolivingastheChinesedoitwaspointedoutth the Chinese do not live in a model way and we are here to set them an example WeWe should lift them to a higher plane of living rather than to descend to theirs shouldliftthemtoahigherplaneoflivingratherthantodescendtot While itit eirsVhileit is proper and highly desirable for us to show our true sympathy for the Chinese isproperandhighlydesirableforustoshowourtruesympathyforthe yet ithineseyetit it wrong to pander to their conceit Our influence over them is spiritual l is iswrongtopandertotheirconceitOurinfluenceoverthemisspiritu 22Amissionaryistemptedbythealmostboundlessopportunitieswith A missionary isis tempted by heby the the almost boundless opportunities with he hewith which which he hichhe isissurrounded1tohavetoomanyironsinthefireJJand2todistribute hisiss surrounded 1 to have too many irons in the fire and 2 to distribute his is energyover too wide a field Concentration on some definite kind of work cenergyovertoowideafieldConcentrationonsomedefinitekindofw and ina inarkandinarkandina field was restricted was urged restrictefieldwasurged 33Missionariesaretemptedtoregardtoolightlytheopinionsofothe Missionaries are missionare tempted to to regard too too lightly the the opinions ofof other missionothermission ission ariAsaruleonlythosewhohaveEtrongwmsandpositiveconvictionco aries As a rule only those who have strong wills and positive conviction collie colli-eeetothe foreign field Missionaries should consider all questions candidly totheforeignfieldMissionariesshouldconsiderallquestionscan tothe onon and not idlrandnoton the principle How can I carry my point but rather Ilow far is it proper for metheprinclpleHowcanIcarrymypointbutratherHowfarisitproperfo me to toyieldInyopinions nly opinions to yield my 44MissionariesmustguardagainstworkingJortemporaryappearance Missionaries must must guard against working Jor andfor temporary appearances and andand results There are many discouragemeiits in having to wait long for results resultsTherearemanydiscouragementsinhavingtowaitlongforres andand ltsand people at home want to know fully about ghat is being done in the foreign field fieldpeopleathomewanttoknowfuIiyaboutwhatisbeingdoneintheforeig is tempted not missionary as The not to bapto scrutinize carefully enough those for Themissiol1afistemptednottoscrutinizecarefuIlyenoughthosea those applying bapforbap bap plyingforbap is other On the hand he tism apt to send home too glowing reports of his worknot tismOntheotherhandheisapttosendhometooglowingreportsofhisw worknotrknot he is likely to that is-isto tell tell anything untrue is untrue but but failing toto tell thatheislikelytotellanythinguntruebutfailingtotellallafais tell all all aa false false impression impressionis is made It was emphatically urged to make the reports convey the whole truth InadcItwasemphaticaIlyurgedtomakethereportsconvYthewholetn TheThe thThe large majority of those who crowd to hear a foreign preacher in a new place largemajorityofthosewhocrowdtohearaforeignpreacherinanewpl are atat ceareat traded much as sheer curiosity tracted by sheer curiositymuch as they they would would be tractedbysheercuriositymuchastheywouldbetoseeanelephantora be to to see see an anelephant or kangaroo oraa kangaroo angaroo 5 The multitude multitude of of those those around andaround who who are steeped inin sin are steeped sin having having no andno hope hope and and God in the world without often too exclusively engages the attention offthemis withoutGodintheworldoftentooexclusivelyengagestheattention misthe mis sionaryand lie neglects liisown spiritual life We should look 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representedrepresentednted our annual offering and as you were not as you not represented last Sunday was taken our On OnlastSundaywastakenourannualofferingandasyouwerenotrepres canliberally as you can as allyasyoucanallyasyoucan that you contribute inthiscollectionwewritetoaskandurgethatyoucontributeaslibe in this collection we write to ask and workimportant work and tothisgreatandimportantwork this great to TheThethis cause The desire that every one of our 800 members shall contribute to The to this We Vedesirethateveryoneofour800membersshallcontributetothisca We Tribblebble textattheheadofthisletteristheonefromwhichourpastorRevHWTr text at the head of this letter is the one from which our pastor Rev H W Tribble last ast preachedlastSundayThesewordsGoteachallnationsHwereamongthe preached last Sunday These words Go teach all nations were among the lastdutyour duty lizeourduty Let us realize wordsofourLordtohisdisciplesjustbeforehisascensionLetliSre words of our Lord to his disciples just before his ascension oflackoflack We often fail to give not for lackof of inthismatterandobeytheMasterscommandreoftenfailtogivenotfo in this matter and obey the Masters command willingness lneansbutforlackofwillingness but for lack of willingnessmeans andand by andyal1d is ordained that the gospel message shall be the nations by and be carried to to the It Itisordainedthatthegospelmessageshallbecarriedtothenations thisin this part idualpartinthis Let us see to it that our individual li the insh uminlality of man ilzrouglltheillsbIt11zollalilyofmallLetusseetoitthatourldi throng thepray were the to that when Christians asked time was a t the performed is There workisperormedTherewasatimewhenChristianswereaskedtoprayth work andanswered has been prayer and opened that might be doorstotheheathennationsmightbeopenedthatprayerhasbeenansw nations redand heathen to the doors case itit hecaseit everllaliUllisnowreadytohearthegospelmessageandsincethisis every nation is now ready to hear the gospel message and since this is the inin nclosedin You will find an envelope enclosed only remains for us to send the missionaries onlyremainsforustosendthemissionariesYouwillfindanenvelope we so that wewhichtoplaceyourcontributionwhichpleasereturnassoonasyouca sothate which to place your contribution which please return as soon as you can sothatemtreasurerthe treasurer to forward may mayforwardtothetreasurer ayforwardtothetreasurer missionaries missionaries- ssMISSION JOURNAL gives much encouraging news news about our our missionariesTHE THE1lIssIOJOURALgivesmuchencouragingnewsaboutourmissionari workersourworkersworkers ourworkers andtheirworkSubscribeforitandkeeppostedbyreadinglettersfro and their work Subscribe for it and keel posted by reading letters from our fieldontheforeignfieldontheforeignfield the foreign field on leaflet Read leafletReadcarefullytheenclosedleafletReadcarefullytheenclosedleaflet Read carefully the enclosed leafletfraternally Very and fraternallyVerytrulyandfraternally Very truly and MCTHOMASTHOMASM C THOMAS 11CTHOIASMCTHOMAS jvv tr SINCLAIRC CGSINCLAIRG SINCLAIR CGSINCLAIR C GSINCLAIR

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MissionSEVENyearsagotheChurchIission ago the the Church ChurchMission MissionMission ary Society of England had on its list four arySocietyofEnglandhadonitslistfour fourhonorary missionaries chonorarymissionariesthatismis misthat is mis sionaries who supported themselves fromsionarieswhosupportedthemselvesfrom from their own means Now there are seventyseventy such missionaries connected with thesuchmissionariesconnectedwiththessuchmissionariesconnectedwiththe the societysociety ociety societ-

IT overIT isis aa remarkable yITISaremarkablefactthatofoer remarkable fact fact that thatofofover overover ITISaremarkablefactthatofoer

fourteen millions given for Protestant for fourteenmillionsgivenforProtestantfor foreign missions last year

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over seven millions and the United States oversevenmillionsandtheUnitedStates Statesover five millions The two strongest strongestcountries of earth are back of the foreign countriesofeartharebackoftheforeignmcountriesofeartharebackoftheforeign foreignmission missionenterprismissionenterprise issionenterprise enterpriseenterprise THE country of China is open as never TIlE country of China is open asnevereTIlEcountryofChinaisopenasneer TIlEcountryofChinaisopenasneer nevernever before to foreigners beforetoforeignersManyareapplying Many are applying applying-

to enter schools where English and toenterschoolswhereEnglishand andWestern Learning are taught andand already arrangements are made for railalreadyarrangementsaremadeforrail rail road building Where railroads go thereroadbuildingThererailroadsgothere there prejudice and superstition are weakenedprejudiceandsuperstitionareweakened weakened and the gospel messenger is more wel andthegospelmessengerismorewelandthegospelmessengerismorewel welcome The emperor has issued a decreecomeTheemperorhasissuedadecree decree directing that a railroad be built fromdirectingthatarailroadbebuiltfrom from Tien Tsin to the Lit Kow bridge which is TienTsintotheLuKowbridgewhichTienTsintotheLuKowbridgewhichis iseight miles from Peking iseightmilesfromPekingThedecree eightmilesfromPekingThedecree The decreedecree also suggests that the merchants build aaalsosuggeststhatthemerchantsbuilda line from the Lu Kow bridge to HankowlinefromtheLuKobridgetoHankowlinefromtheLuKobridgetoHankow Hankow Other lines will soon follcwOtherlineswillsoonfollOtherlineswillsoonfollw follcw THE climate of Western Africa has TuE climate of Western Africa haswTHEclimateofVesternAfricahas THEclimateofVesternAfricahas has been terrible for missionaries beenterribleformissionariesScoresof ofScores of them have died Foreign mission boards themhavediedForeignmissionboards have had to send physicians with thehavehadtosendphysicianswiththe the missionaries One missionary wrote wroteI think it is with African missions as HIthinkitiswithAfricanmissionsas

stones lying in an African grave I am enstoneslyinginanAfricangrleIam stoneslyinginanAfricangrleIamcamstoneslyinginanAfricangrleIam contentcontencontent ontent

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nineteenth century is the massacre in nineteenthcenturyisthemassacrein inArmenia of seventyfive to one hundred Armeniaofseentyfietoonehundred hundred-

thousand Christians with other abomi thousandChristianswithotherabomi abominations and persecutions too horrible to nationsandpersecutionstoohorribleto torelate in detail But God reigns andrelateindetailButGodreignsand and another century it may be only a decadeanothercenturyitmaybeonlyadecade decade will show again that the blood of the wiJIshowagainthatthebloodofthewiJIshowagainthatthebloodofthe theis the seed of the church martyrs martyrsistheseedofthechurchTur TurTur key and her heartless sultan have haskeyandherheartlesssultanhavehas has tened their own downfall and destruction tenedtheirowndownflJanddestnlction destructionON death father MuzaferedONthethe deathof ofhishis fatherMuzafered OthedeathofhistltherlIllzaferedOthedeathofhistltherlIllzafered MuzaferedMuzafered

Din has come to the throne as shah of ofDinhascometothethroneasshahofDinhascometothethroneasshahof Persia He is highly spoken of as tem PersiaHeishighlyspokenofastemPersiaHeishighlyspokenofastem temperate devout humane and a friend ofperatedevouthumaneandafriendof of education But his health is said not toeducationButhishealthissaidnotto to be vigorous May the tendencies of hisbevigorous1faythetendencieofhis his disposition make for the advancement dispositionmakefortheadvancementodispositionmakefortheadvancement advancementof ofChristianityinhisdominionSChristianity in his dominionofChristianityinhisdominion fChristianityinhisdominion dominion SIR CHARLES ELLIOTT lieutenant gov govSIR CIIARLEs ELLIOTT lieutenant SIRCHARLESELLIOTTlieutenantgov IRCHARLESELLIOTTlieutenantgov govgov SIRCHARLESELLIOTTlieutena-

ernor of Bengal says ntgovernorofBengalsaysThereisun ernorofBengalsaysThereisunamoernorofBengalsaysThereisun unThere is un questionably an undercurrent working workingamong the higher classes in India toward amongthehigherclassesinIndiatoward ngthehigherclassesinIndiatoward towardChristianity in spite of all the open maniChristianityinspiteofaHtheopenmani mani festations against it and we look forwardfestationsagainstitandwelookforward forward with confident expectation to the dayday when all India shall bow at the feet of whenaHIndiashaHbowatthefeetof ofChrist who alone can uplift justifycand Christwhoalonecanup1iftjustifylandsChristwhoalonecanup1iftjustifyland justifycandsave savave THERE is an African area large THERE is an African arealarglargelarge

enough to hold all Europe that is with eenoughtoholdaUEuropethatiswith enoughtoholdaUEuropethatiswitenoughtoholdaUEuropethatiswith witha single missionary out outasinglemissionaryAddanother houtasinglemissionaryAddanother Add another another-

sentence and say it is surrounded onon every side by missionaries and if the everysidebymissionariesandiftheeverysidebymissionariesandifthe

The BYTheForeigllMisszoll70ttrllaI Foreignn Mission Jotirnal TheForeigllMisszoll70ttrllaI yearsprogress is made the next fifty years same sameproressismadethenextfiftyyears as the last it will be lighted up by thethe asthelastitwillbelightedupbythecrasthelastitwillbelightedupbythe cross Christ crossofChriscrossofChrist of ChristossofChrist

THE Ashantees in West Africa are aatTIlEAshanteesinVestAfricaarea TIlEAshanteesinVestAfricaarea beliefsuperstitious people There is a belief superstitiouspeopleThereisabelief

among them that the spirits of dead perper amongthemthatthespiritsofdeadper thesons are to be treated the same as if the sonsaretobetreatedthesameasifthe kingpersons were on earth So when a king personswereonearthSowhenaking his dies a number of men are killed to be hisdiesanumberofmenarekilledtobehis chief When the baby son of a chiefservants servantsVhenthebabysonofachieservantsVhenthebabysonofachief dies a woman is put to death that herher fdiesawomanisputtodeaththather diesawomanisputtodeaththatherspdiesawomanisputtodeaththather may take care of himhim spirit spiritmaytakecareofhimspiritmaytakecareofhim iritmaytakecareofhim IN they THE Yoruba country Africa theyINTHEYorubacountryAfricatheINTHEYorubacountryAfricathey childin spirit worship believe When a child ybelieveinspiritworshipVhenachild believeinspiritworshipVhenachild has convulsions they believe lie sees aahasconvulsionstheybelieveheseesa spirit and so the medicine man washeswashes spiritandsothemediciriemanwashes ofhis eyes with a solution from the bark of hiseyeswithasolutionfromthebarkofhiseyeswithasolutionfromthebarkof plantaplantplant plant aaplant inA WONDERFUL change has come in AWONDERFULchangehascomein A AWONDERFULchangehascomeWONDERFULchangehascomein

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KOKURA JAPANOKURA JAPANoKuRA JAPAN KOKURAJAPA KOKURAJAKURAJAPA theDear Brother When we read of of the Dear BrotherWhen PADearBrotherVhenwereadofthe DearBrotherVhenwereadofthecDearBrotherVhenwereadofthe Foreigncondition of financesthat the Foreign conditionoffinancesthattheForeign onditionoffinancesthattheForeign Mission underBoard was still resting under MissionBoardwasstillrstingunder such a burden of debtwe were almost almoststIchaburdenofdebtwewerealmost

ashamed of having burdened your heartashamedofhavingburdenedyourheart heart anwith another appeal True we need an withanotherappealTrueweneedanwithanotherappealTrueweneedan other man badly and equally true thatthat othermanbadlyandequallytruethat we need a house in Moii but we feel that thatweneedahouseinlloiibutwefeelthat we cannot expect expenses to be incurredwecannotexpectexpensestobeincurred incurred while there is a decrease in contributions contributionswhilethereisadecreaseincontributions is the matter with our ChristiansChristians What VhatisthematterwithourChristians VhatisthematterwithourChristiaWe say read of great revivals and we saynsVereadofgreatrealsandwesay VereadofgreatrealsandwesayTVereadofgreatrealsandwesay Yetmeans more for missions That Yet ThatmeansmoreformissionsYetThatmeansmoreformissionsYet hatmeansmoreformissionsYet money seems the one thing that even aamoneyseemstheomthingthateenaCmoneyseemstheomthingthateena Christian clings to Now we are readingreading ChristianclingstoNowwearereading hristianclingstoNowwearereading with pleasure of the marshalling of ourour withpleasureofthemarshallingofour young people and again we hope that thatyoungpeopleandagainwehopethayoungpeopleandagainwehopethat means more for missions God grantgrant tmeansmoreformissionsGodgrant meansmoreformissionsGodgranmeansmoreformissionsGodgrant it may be so We most earnestly praypray titmaybesoVemostearriestlypray itmaybesoVemostearriestlypraytitmaybesoVemostearriestlypray this year may find the Board freethat free hatthisyearmayfindtheBoardfree thatthisyearmayfindtheBoardfree from the clog that is retarding its workfromtheclogthatisretardingitswork work and that it may be enabled to send ings sendingsandthatitmaybeenabledtosend much needed help to these beggingbegging the themuchneededhelptothesebegginthemuchneededhelptothesebeggin missionaries as some of our friendsfriends missionariesassomeofourfriends missionariesassomeofourfriein America call us We have been aandsinAmericacallusVehaebeena inAmericacallusVehaebeenaloinAmericacallusVehaebeena long time getting our house tolerablytolerably longtimegettngourhousetolerably ngtimegettngourhousetolerably and before we could get thecomfortable comfortableandbeforewecouldgetthe the numerous crevices of a Japanese househouse numerouscrevicesofaJapanesehouse closed succeeded in laying up a goodgood closedsucceededinlayingupagood of cold With this exception ourstock our stockofcoldViththisexceptionour health is good and we are busy hopefulhopeful healthisgoodandwearebusyhopeful happy Sometimes it is very lonelyand lonely andhappySometinesitisveryloneandhappySometinesitisverylonely for me tonight for instance when I lyformetonightforinstancewhenI formetonightforinstancewhenI suppose I am the only foreigner in a citycity supposeIamtheonlyforeignerillacity in10000 Japanese Mr Maynard is in of of10000JapaneseMrllaynardisinFof10000JapaneseMrllaynardisin and I am here with only a ser serf*ckuoka ukuokaandIamherewithonlyaser f*ckuokaandIamherewithonlyasf*ckuokaandIamherewithonlyaser vant yet I do not feel the least fear I ervantyetIdonotfeeltheleastfearI vantyetIdonotfeeltheleastfearI could hardly have done this in AmericacouldhardlyhavedonethisinAmerica America but there is nothing more sure than that butthereisnothingmoresurethanthat thatneeded strength is given for times of needneededstrengthisgivenfortimesofneed need are learning the language muchWe VerelearningthelanguagemuchmVerelearningthelanguagemuch much more rapidly since we have been thrownorerapidlysincewehavebeenthrown morerapidlysincewehavebeenthrowmorerapidlysincewehavebeenthrown thrown upon our own resources nuponourownresourcesSomeofour uponourownresourcesSomeofour Some of ourour friends would be intensely amused to seefriendswouldbeintenselyamusedtosee see me walking around giving the cookmewalkingaroundgivingthecookmewalkingaroundgivingthecook cook directions with my dictionary in onedirectionswithmydictionaryinone one hand and sometimes recipe book in the handandsometimesrecipebookinthe I-

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Sundayschool larger girls attending SundayschoolthelargergirJsattendingSundayschool the

pinfor a Christmas gift meaning a hair pin foraChristmasgiftmaningahairpinforaChristmasgiftmaningahairpin ofkangashi We laugh at the English of kangashiVelaughattheEnglishokangashiVelaughattheEnglishof these people our Japanese must bebe fthsepeopleourJapanesemustbe thsepeopleourJapanesemustbeethsepeopleourJapanesemustbe equally anc ag to themthem equaHyanwlgtthemYequaHyanwlgtthem quaHyanwlgtthem Your Your reference totoour reminded remindedour pictures remindedYourreferencetoourpicturesreminded ourreferencetoourpicturesreminded me of something that amused us so muchmeofsomethingthatamusedussomuch much t the time One of the country churchesatthetimeOneofthecountrychurches churches in Tennessee spoke of writing to you andinTennesseespokeofwritmgtoyouand and asking fora hundred copies to be sold at ataskingfora1llIldYdtopiesthesoldat ten cents a piece for missions tellcelltsapieceformissionsIlowwe we Ilow welaughed One old sister said laughedOneoldsistersaidIfthatwthatlaughedOneoldsistersaidIfthat that woman looks like a corpse she will beomanlookslikeacorpseshewiIJbe womanlookslikeacorpseshewiIJbe be dead in less than a year it wont ay toto deadinlessthanayearilWOlltpaJ10 deadinlessthanayearilWOlltpaJI was so very tired at the send her the10se1ldherIwassovcrytiredatthe se1ldherIwassovcrytiredatthe time that the picture was really very poortimethatthepicturewasrealJyverypoor poor yet I am sure our friends are welcome toyetIamsureourfriendsarcwelcometo to muuit as a reuinder of one of their muuis use useitasareminderofoneoftheirmis issionaries sionaries Mr Maynard will soonsoon acknowledge your letter lie is kept veryacknowledgeyourlettcrheiskeptvery very busy indeed and I find myself reminding busyindeedandIfindmyselfreminding remindinghim of his correspondence quite oftenhimofhiscorrespondencequiteoftchimofhiscorrespondencequiteoftcn often do not want to get away from our We nVedonotwanttogttawayfromour VedonotwanttogttawayfromourVedonotwanttogttawayfromour ourpeople but if possible to keep in closepeoplebutifpossibletokeepinclospeoplebutifpossibletokeepinclose close touch with them Our love to friends friendstouchwiththemOurOCtofriendsPretouchwiththemOurOCtofriends touchwiththemOurOCtofriends Praying Gods blessing upon you and the PrayingGodsblessinguponyouandthe theayingGodsblessinguponyouandthe inwork with affection we remain yours in workwithaffectionwenmainyoursinCworkwithaffectionwenmainyoursin Christ hrist BESSIE MAYNARD MAYNARM vsuw Bksstn vsuwESSIE1YZRDESSIE1YZRD DCMI24A CMI24ACMI24A CHINACHINA CHIN-

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The Association The our Association connected connected with 1TheAssociationconnectedwithour TheAssociationconnectedwithour with ourourour

Canton Mission held its eleventh annualCantonMissionhelditseleventhannual annual

session with the Shiu Hill Church on sessionwiththeShiuBingChurchon onFebruary February2jthl1archJstTheopeningFebruary2jthl1archJstTheopening 27thAlarch ist The opening openingsermon on the evening of the 26th on sermonontheeveningofthe26thonsermonontheeveningofthe26thon onReceive ye the Holy Spirit ReceiveyetheHolySpiritjohnxxReceiveyetheHolySpiritjohnxx John xx 22

seems to have left its impress onon

the meeting All felt that it was good to themeetingAllfeltthatitwasgoodtothemeetingAllfeltthatitwasgoodto to-

therebe betherethere bethere The Shiu King The Shin Fling Church abundaTheShiuHingChurchmadeabundant Church made madeabundant abundantabundant provision for the entertainment of theprovisionfortheentertatimentofthe the delegates and had their meetinghouse delegatesandhadtheirmeetinghouse meetinghousedecorated with mottoes and evergreens evergreensdecoratedwithmottoesandevergreens We indeed had a right royal welcome VeindeedhadarightroylwelcomeVeindeedhadarightroylwelcome

Foreign Mission JournalMTheForeignJ1IlssJ1J7oltrllalMTheForeignJ1IlssJ1J7oltrllal alTheForeignJ1IlssJ1J7oltrllal Tire The 7orcrnulJournal atMisses North and McMinn who reside atat MissesNorthand1clinnwhor*sideat issesNorthand1clinnwhor*sideat isses station gave unstinted hospitality toto the thestationgacumtintedhospitalityto Af theAmericanpartofthecelegationAf the American part of the Qelegation Afterorganizing the work of the AssociationterorganizingtheworkoftheAssociation Association went on as usual Important papers bearbear wentonasusualImportantpapersbear ing on our work were read and discusseddiscussed ingonourworkwerereadanddiscussd in resolutions against intemperance and inresolutionsagainstintemperanceandin favor of the sending out of women workwork favorofthesendingoutofwomenworkfavorofthesendingoutofwomenwork ers were unanimously passedpassed erswereunanimouslypassederswereunanimouslypassed lovelove utmost harmony and brotherly loveThe Theutmostharmonycmdbrother1loe prevailed and the presence of the HolyHoly prevailedandthepresnceoftheHoly Spirit was evidently felt in our midstmidst Spiritwasevidentlyfeltinonrmidst com Our meeting would bear favorable comOurmeetingwouldbearflorablecom atparison with most of our Associations at parisonwithmostofourAssociationsat prevailed home in the good order which prevailedhomeinthegoodorderwhichprevailed thethe reverent spirit manifested and the thereverentspiritmanifestedandthe constant attendance and attention to busibusi COnSL1ntattendanceandattentiontobusi Withon the part of the delegates ness With nessonthepartofthedelegatesVith few exceptions the papers were wellwell aa fewexceptionsthepaperswerewell prepared and discussed with earnestness preparedanddiscussedwithearnestness earnestnessand order practical The culminating practicalandonltrTheculminatingpractical outcome of the meeting was the determidetermi outcomeofthemeetingwasthedetermi nation to appoint an Associational misnationtoappointanAssoclationalmis mis sionary and the raising of 14280 towardsionaryandtheraisingof14280toward toward his support and the opening of a newnew hissupportandtheopeningofanewmhissupportandtheopeningofanew missionstatiomissionstation station issionstation mission stationSimmons who was a leadingBrother leading nBrotherSimmonswhoasaleading BrotherSimmonswhoasaleading spirit in our meeting suggested this newnew spiritinourmeetingsuggestedthisnew theadvance movement and conducted the adancemoementandconductedtheadancemoementandconductedthe I never saw a collectionsubscription subscriptionInecrsawacollectionwcollection subscriptionInecrsawacollection which seemed to be a more earnest exex whichseemedtoheamoreearnestex hichseemedtoheamoreearnestex pression of real interest and quiet enthuenthu pressionofrealinterestandquieenthu siasm There was no Iighpressure exex siasmTherewasnolighpressurecsiasmTherewasnolighpressurecx tortion of money I t a voluntary outout tortionofmoneyItaoluntaryoutpoxtortionofmoneyItaoluntaryout tortionofmoneyItaoluntaryout pouring of offerings o the Lords causecause pouringofofferingsJtheLordscausepouringofofferingsJtheLordscause uringofofferingsJtheLordscause puOne hundred and one names were put OnehundredandonenameswereputOnehundredandonenameswereput downmenandwomensubscribingfodownmenandwomensubscribingfor for tdownmen and women subscribing fordownmen themselves and their children As oneone rthemselvesandtheirchildrenAsone themselvesandtheirchildrenAsone Spirit of the Chinese brethren said The SpiritoftheChinesebrethrensaidTheSpirit hearts of God seemed to move their heartsofGodseemedtomovetheirhearts were fortyfive delegates presentpresent There Therewerefortyfivedelegatespresent and all the eight Churches but one werewere andalltheeightChurchesbutonewere represented showed representedThestatisticsshowed83The statistics showedrepresentedThestatisticsshowed S3 year baptisms for the year83baptismsfortheyear83baptismsfortheyear baptismsfortheyear only The net gain in membership was onlyonlyTlIenetgaininmembershipwasonly thenine owing chiefly to the fact that the nineowingchieflytothefactthatthe Canton Church has been revising its rollsCantonChurchhasbeenrevisingitsrolls rolls and excluded or dropped a number ofof andexcludedordroppedanumberofnandexcludedordroppedanumberof namesnames nameames ladies visited over The sTheladiesvisitedoveronehundred over one hundred Theladiesvisitedoveronehundred

withwithvillages during the year and met with villagesduringtheyearandmetwith in only four or five opposition ThisoppositioninonlyfourorfiveThisThis oppositioninonlyfourorfiveThis isshows how unfounded the outcry is showshowunfoundedtheoucryis against single ladies as mission workersagainstsingleladiesasmissionworkers workers Provided they wait until they are acac Providedtheywaituntiltheyareac quainted with the Chinese language and andquaintedwiththeChineselanguageand the people and use Christian discretionthepeopleanduseChristiandiscretion discretion in their work they are no more unwelintheirworktheyarenomoreunwelcintheirworktheyarenomoreunwel unwel come than men wouldbe wouldbeomethanmenwouldbe comethanmenwouldbcomethanmenwouldbe Altogether we fet that God was withwitheAJtogetherwefetthatGodwaswith AJtogetherwefetthatGodwaswith with AJtogetherwefetthatGodwaswitus and that we could Thank God andand husandthatwecouldThankGodand usandthatwecouldThankGodandusandthatwecouldThankGodand courage take We closed by singingsinging takecourageVeclosedbysingingtakecourageVeclosedbysinging Work Till Jesus Comes andWell and VellVorkTillJesusComesandVellVorkTillJesusComesand feeling that Christs promisedparted promised partedfelingthatChrstspromised presence will be with us in our wort aspresencewillbewithusinourworkasipresencewillbewithusinourworkas as it was during our meetingmeeting itwasduringourmeetingtwasduringourmeeting itwasduringourmeeting GRAVER H GRAVES GRAVER H RHGRAVES RHGRAVE-

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SHANGHAI CHINA March 55 1896 HANGHAI HANGHAI 18961896SHAGHAICUINAMarch5189SHAGHAICUINAMarch51896 AGHAICUINAMarch51896

Dear Brother Perhaps you would like Dear like6DearBrotherPerhapsyouwouldlike likeDearBrotherPerhapsyouwouldlike BrotherPerhaps to hear a word about our Shanghai work tohearawordaboutourShanghaiwork workfall our three churches in Last in Central CentralLastf111ourthreechurchesinCentral CentrChina united to forrI an Association and andChinaunitedtoformanAssociationand appointed an Educational Board and aaappointedanEducationalBoardanda Mission Board The Educational Home EducationalHomeIissionBoardTheEducational Board has begun a male school in Shang ShangBoardhasbegunamaleschoolinShang

charging I a month for tuition and hai haicharging1amonthfortuitionanhaicharging1amonthfortuitionand anda month for board The schoolschool d250amonthforboardTheschool 250amonthforboardTheschoolo2so 250amonthforboardTheschool opened last Tuesday with twentyfive twentyfiveopenedlastTuesdawithtwentyfive penedlastTuesdawithtwentyfive openedlastTuesdawithtwentyfiall we had room to receiveand more moreveallwehadroomtoreceeandmore allwehadroomtoreceeandmorewallwehadroomtoreceeandmore want to come All but one are day pupu wanttocomeAUbutonearedaypuwanttocomeAUbutonearedaypu anttocomeAUbutonearedaypu pils eight of them are children of our pilseightofthemarechildrenofour ourchurchmembersItisastepinadvance churchmembers It is a step in advanceadvance to have schools controlled by the nativetohaveschoolscontrolledbythenative native Churches and run entirely on the payChurchesandrunentirelyonthepay pay basis We teach the Bible and ChristianChristian basisVeteachtheBibleandChristian books one hour and a half geography geographybooksonehourandahalfgeographybooksonehourandahalfgeography and arithmetic half an hour each Chi ChiandarithmetichalfanhoureachChandarithmetichalfanhoureachChi nese books two hours English onenesebookstwohoursEnglishonehone inesebookstwohoursEnglishone nesebookstwohoursEnglishone hour and writing a half hour each dayday ourandwritingahalfhoureachday hourandwritingahalfhoureachday The demand for English is very great UnThedemandforEnglishisverygreatUn Un less we give it to them they will get it fromlesswegiveittothemtheywillgetitfrom from unchristian sources The English booksunchristiansourcesTheEnglishbooks books which we use have a great deal about whichweusehaveagreatdealaboutGwhichweusehaveagreatdealabout aboutin them We use a series which wereGod GodinthemVeuseaserieswhichwere were odinthemVeuseaserieswhichwere prepared by Christians for this purpose purposepreparedbyChristiansforthispurpose All the pupils who attend the school haveillthepupilswhoattendtheschoolhave have to attend Sundayschool and preaching toattendSundayschoolandpreaching preachingSunday on In this way we are reaching onSundayInthiswaywearereachingonSundayInthiswaywearereaching

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3abetterclassofpeopleandatthesame better class ofof people and aetterclassofpeopleandatthesame sameandatatthe same- could thesame same couldnot notread readwhile MrsGraves whileMrs MissGravesMiss Misscould110treadwhile1lrsGravesMiscould110treadwhile1lrsGravesMiss Miss time are making them pay the expenses 1imearemakingthempaytheexpens1imearemakingthempaytheexpenses expensesWhite and Miss McMinn gave regular sVhiteandMissMcMinngaeregular VhiteandMissMcMinngaeregularVhiteandMissMcMinngaeregular regularof doing it We could easily get a hunesofdoingitVecouldeasi1ygetahun ofdoingitVecouldeasi1ygetahun hun courses of Bible lessons The women womencoursesofBiblelessonsThewomen

dred pupils at two dollars a month if we dredpupilsattwodollarsamonthifwe we-

had room Would that God would put hadrool11VouldthatGodwouldput put-

it in the heart of some of His wealthy chil jtintheheartofsomeofHiswealthychil children to give us the money to build suita drentogiveusthemoneytobui1dsuita suitable buildings for both male and femaleblebuildingsforbothmaleandfemaleblebuildingsforbothmaleandfemale female schools

Yours sincerely sincerelyRRTBRYAN BRYAR TT BRYAN BRYAN BRYARTBRYA-

NClass Class WomenCNClass for liis Women Class Training for Train women womenCClassCorTralnlnomenCAlICANTON CHINAANTON CHINA CANTON CAlITONCHINA ANTON CHINACHINA CAlITONCHITONCHINA The semiannual hasClass Womans The semiannual NAThesemiannualVomansClasshas hasWomans Class has ThesemiannualVomansClasshaThesemiannualVomansClasshas has just been held here in Canton We feelsjustbeenheldhereinCantonVefeel justbeenheldhereinCantonVefeel feel

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that it has been a time of blessing boththatithasbeenatimeofblessingboth both for the workers and for the Christian fortheworkersandfortheChristianwChristianfortheworkersandfortheChristian women who attended and we would ask askwomenwhoattendedandwewouldawomenwhoattendedandwewouldask omenwhoattendedandwewouldask for most earnest prayer on the part ofskformostearnestprayeronthepartof formostearnestprayeronthepartoformostearnestprayeronthepartof of our colaborers at home that the endourcolaborersathomethattheendmaend fourcolaborersathomethattheend ourcolaborersathomethattheend may soon yield an abundant harvestmaysoonyieldanabundantharvest maysoonyieldanabundantharveysoonyieldanabundantharvest harvest object The the object of The this class of this stTheobjectofthisclassistogivethe class isis totogive theTheobjectofthisclassistogivethe givethethe Christian women Christianwomnespecialythosewho especially those whowho live in the country villages an opporoppor tunity to learn more fully the way of Life tunitytolearnmorefullythewayofLife LifeIt is often impossible for them to leaveItisoftenimpossibleforthemtoleave leave homes and children and come for anyhomesandchildrenandcomeforany any length of time to the Boarding School forlengthoftimetotheBoardingSchoolfor for Girls and Women so the plan has beenGiilsandromensotheplanhasbeen been adopted of holding a special class twice aaadoptedofholdingaspecialclasstwicea year during vacation to which theyearduringvacationtowhichthewyearduringvacationtowhichthe the women are allowed to come with theirtheir omenareanowedtocomewiththeir womenareanowedtocomewiththeir babies and stay for ten days in thethe school At the recent session there wereschoolAttherecentsessiontherewere were nearly one hundred women and childrennearlyonehundredwomenandchildren children who ate rice in the school about aboutsixty or seventy being Christian womensixtyorseventybeingChristianwomen women with perhaps a half dozen heathen whowithperhapsahalfdozenheathenwhowwithperhapsahalfdozenheathenwho who were sent by Christian relativesweresentbyChristianrelatives eresentbyChristianrelatives weresentbyChristianrelativrelatives It was no easy matter to manage such It was no easy matter to manage suchesItwasnoeasymattertomanaesuch ItwasnoeasymattertomanaesuchItwasnoeasymattertomanaesuch such a number of women unaccustomed toanumberofwomenunaccustomedto to the restraint of keeping still and so manytherestraintofkeepingstillandsomany many unruly children but Mrs Graves andunrulychildrenbut1IrsGravesandunrulychildrenbut1IrsGravesand and Miss White seemed equal to the underMissVhiteseemedequaltotheunder under taking with the hearty assistance of thetakingwiththeheartyassistanceofthe the other ladies of the mission MeetingsMeetings were held nearly all day long one or twowereheldnearlyallaylongoneortwo two teaching and some one else trying to tokeep the children quiet in another roomkeepthechildrenquietinanotherroom room Miss Whilden and Airs Green had charge11issVhildenand11rsGreenhadcharge charge of the heathen women and those who oftheheathenwomenandthosewho

also attended one of Dr Graves Gravescourses of lectures before a similar class coursesoflecturesbeforeasimilarclass classfor men and there were besides twoformenandtherewerebesidestwoprformenandtherewerebesidestwo two prayer meetings held every day one conayermeetingsheldcverydayonecon prayermeetingsheldcverydayonecon con ducted by the women themselves whileductedbythewomenthemselveswhile while the other it was Iny own privilege to leadtheotheritwasmyownprilegetoleadtheotheritwasmyownprilegetolead lead through an interpreter It is refreshingrefreshing to see how willing these women whotoseehowwillingthesewomenwhtoseehowwillingthesewomenwho who have had so little training are to take ohavehadsolittletrainingaretotake havehadsolittletrainingaretotake takepart in the meetings in any way theythey can It would be a helpful object lessoncanItwouldbeahelpfulobjectlesson lesson to some of the sistersand brethren alsotosomeofthesistersandbrethrenalsotosomeofthesistersandbrethrenalso also at homeathomehome athome The spirit manifestly thespiritwas thetheThe was Thespiritwasmanifestlypresentinthe manifestlypresent presentin in the meetings in giving the messages and inmeetingsingivingthemessagesandin in opening the minds of the women to reopeningthcmindsofthewomentoreopeningthcmindsofthewomentore re ceive it Many of them seemed fairly hungry to know more of the doctrinehungrytoknowmoreofthedoctrine doctrine and we believe that the promise will beandwebeJievethatthepromisewillbe be verified that such shall be filledverifiedthatsuchshal1befilledVfilled verifiedthatsuchshal1befilled Will not Christians in the home landViIInotChristiansinthehomeland land iIInotChristiansinthehomeland pray especially for this class that it may prayespeciallyforthisclassthatitmay become an increasingly important factorbecomeanincreasinglyimportantfactobecomeanincreasinglyimportantfactor factor in the lives of the Chinese womenrinthe1esoftheChinesewomen inthe1esoftheChinesewomeninthe1esoftheChinesewomen women E EBSALE SALLB BSALE SALE SALEBSALEGainedCEditraiice ditraiice EEntranceGained GainedCEntranceGainedCEntrance EntranceGained Gained

CANTON CHINAANTON CANTON CHINAANTONCHINA CHINA CANTOCHIA ANTOCHIA CANTOCHIDear I had a good trip to Brother Dear BrotherI had a good trip toto Kwang Sai province At Ug Chau se AKwangSaiprovinceAtUgChause KwangSaiprovinceAtUgChauseKwangSaiprovinceAtUgChause secured a place for a chapel and schoolcuredaplaceforachapelandschoolcuredaplaceforachapelandschool school Much property is being bought at Ug MuchpropertyisbeingboughtatUg Chau by foreigners with the expectation Chaubyforeignerswiththeexpectation expectationit of being opened as the principal port ofitbeingopenedastheprincipalport porton the West river It was thought best bestnot to let this opportunity to begin worknottoletthisopportunitytobeginwork work there slip again We have been driventhereslipagainVehavebeendrivcnthereslipagainVehavebeendrivcn driven from Ug Chau three times out outfromUgChauthreetimesThinoutfromUgChauthreetimesThink ThinkThink we will be able to stay this time kwewillbeabletostaythistimeAt wewillbeabletostaythistimeAtSwewillbeabletostaythistimeAt AtAt Stick Tong I spent ten days in BibleShekTongIspenttendaysinBiblesShekTongIspenttendaysinBible hekTongIspenttendaysinBible Bible study with the members studywiththemembersVhiIethere tudywiththemembersVhiIethere While therethere fourteen were baptized fourteenwerebaptizedTheonechurch The one churchchurch at hwang Sai has over SO members nowatKwangSaihasover80membersnoatKwangSaihasover80membersnow now But what are these in a province of over wButwhataretheseinaprovinceofoer Butwhataretheseinaprovinceofoer overeight millions We are praying muchmuch for the Convention which is in sessionfortheConventionwhichisinsession session at this time This month of waiting will atthistimeThismonthofwaitingwill willbe one of anxiety to us for we are much beoneofanxietytousforwearemuchbeoneofanxietytousforwearemuch

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the faultfinders I do deplore thethe joinedthefaultfindersIdodeplorethe of- joined l MyDearllrotherYourletterofMDear BrotherYour letter of 9tMyDearllrotherYourletterof MyDearllrotherYourletterof butspiritual deficiencies in our churches but spiritualdeficienciesinourchurchesbut mailMarch6threachedmebythelastmail 6th reached me by the last mail arch6threachedmebythelastmail March6threachedmebythelastmaMarch believe that the remedy must be a Ibelieethattheremedymustbea of IIbelieethattheremedymustbeaspIIamverygladtohearoftheweekof ilIamverygladtohearoftheweekof Iamverygladtohearoftheweekofpam very glad to hear of the week ofa-

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theeffort to raise for its work during the efforttoraiseforitsworkduringthe thouconventionalyear189697thirtythou conventional year 189697 thirty thou

dollars onehalf in cash to aid sand sanddollarsonehalfincashtoaidin

inin

paying the salaries of our missionaries payingthesalariesofourmissionaries missionaries-

suppliesandtheotherhalfinboxesofsupplies and the other half in boxes of supplies

forthoseofthemuponthefrontiforthoseofthemuponthefrontier those of them upon the frontier for the22Veinvitespecialattentiontothe er2Veinvitespecialattentiontothe 2VeinvitespecialattentiontotheWe invite special attention to the among the colored women and andorkamongthecoloredwomenandcorkamongthecoloredwomenand work in and about our homes While children childreninandaboutourhomesVhilehildreninandaboutourhomesVhile childreninandaboutourhomesVhile

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organizatwo Baptist Home Mission organiza the thetwoBaptistHomeMissionorganiza he eletions of America are cooperating to ele tionsofAmericaarecooperatingtoele canthis race no more helpful work can vate vatethisracenomorehelpfulworkcan BaptistbedonethanmaybedonebytheBaptisbedonethanmaybedonebytheBaptist be done than may be done by the Baptist andwomen of the South for the moral and twomenoftheSouthforthemoraland womenoftheSouthforthemoraland womenimprovement of these women intellectualimprovementofthesewomen intellectual There OnthisalltnleprogressdependsThere On this all true progress depends ThereMayis placed before us an open door May isplacedbeforeusanopendoorMay many Christlike manyenterittoengageinthisChristlikemanyenterittoengageinthisChristlike enter it to engage in this Christlikeworwork solici33 The Board renews its earnest solici k3TheBoardrenewsitsearnestsolici TheBoardrenewsitsearnestsolici poptation that the wants of our foreign pop tationthatthewantsofourforeignpop

French Germans Frenchulation Mexicans ulationIexicansGermansFrenchulationIexicansGermansFrench strugglingIndians and the struggling Chinese ChineseIndiansandthestruggling from Cubans may receive special favor fromCubansmayreceivespecialfaorfrom not theBaptistwomenoftheSouthLetnot the Baptist women of the South Let notgreat our cities become as some of the greatourcitiesbecomeassomeofthegreat norcities of this and other continents nor citiesofthisandothercontinentsnor the our rural districts as some sections of theourruraldistrictsassomesectionsofthe country where our Christian Sabbath iscountrywhereourChristianSabbathiscountrywhereourChristianSabbathis is setatnaughtsetatnaught set at naught 44 The Board suggests that the Missionthe Mission 4TheBoardsuggeststhattheMission TheBoardsuggeststhattheMission TUESocieties take special interest in TUE SocietiestakespecialinterestinTHE MISSION JOURNAL of the ConventionConvention MISSIONJOURNALoftheConention MISSIONJOURNALoftheConandalso in and The hind Words and entionandalsoinTheIirdIVrdsand andalsoinTheIirdIVrdsandOl-

andalsoinTheIirdIVrdsand

Young Peoples Leader These TheseOllrYoungPeolesLeaderThesearOur OllrYoungPeolesLeaderThese lrYoungPeolesLeaderThese ourall helpful to every department of our are areallhelpfultoeerydepartmentofour eallhelpfultoeerydepartmentofour seemission work and we would gladly see missionworkandwewouldgladlysee

theircirculationgreatlyincreased their circulation greatly increased 55Gratefullyacknowledgingtheliberal Gratefully acknowledging the liberliberalthe liberal liberal help the Board has received in past years yearshelptheBoardhasreceivedinpastyears from the Week of SelfDenial we earn earnfromtheVeekofSelfDenialweearn estly ask for its observance in the interest estlyaskforitsobservanceintheinterest interestof our Home Mission work during theofourHomel1issionworkduringthecofourHomel1issionworkduringthe the comingyear comingyeaomingyear comingyalretterfrom TlcheuortoSretterfrom rLetter from Dr rI T T Tlcheuorto to Letter earLetterCrolnDrITTichenorto LetterCrolnDrITTichenortoWTichenor toLetterCrolnDrITTichenorto

WomansMIs810DaryUnionExpWomansMIs810DaryUnionEx Missionary Union Ex omansMIs810DaryUnionEx Womans ExlanatoryoCtbeKeCOUlD1cnda planatoryoCtbeKeCOUlD1cnda planatory of the Recommenda Recommenda1100811008 tionstions Such has been the uch the uniform uniform and increasand increas Suchhasbeentheuniformandincreas increas

ing interest manifested by the women ofinginterestmanifestedbythewomenof of the Southern churches in the work of our ourtheSouthernchurchesintheworkofour theSouthernchurchesintheworkofMission Board that I feel it Home itourHomeMissionBoardthatIfeelit HomeMissionBoardthatIfeelitscHomeMissionBoardthatIfeelit scarcely necessary to add a word to thescarceynecessarytoaddawordtothe arceynecessarytoaddawordtothe the requests presented to them by the BoardrequestspresentedtothembytheBoard Board Whenever we have asked for a specified Vheneverwehaveaskedforaspecified specifiedsum their liberality has equalled it and sumtheirliberalityhasequalleditand and-

oftentimes exceeded it To make a re reoftentimesexceededitTomakeareoftentimesexceededitTomakeare quest of them is deemed by the Board questofthemisdeemedbytheBoarquestofthemisdeemedbytheBoard Boardtantamount to receiving the sum redtantamounttoreceivingthesumre tantamounttoreceivingthesumreqtantamounttoreceivingthesumre re quested uested

The years work before usus promises toTheyearsworkbeforeuspromisesto tototo be the most extended one in our history historybethemostextendedoneinourhistory Not to speak of other departments there thereNottospeakofotherdepartmentsthere incan be but little doubt that our work in canbebutlittledoubtthatourworkin Cuba must before the end of the year yearCubamustbeforetheendoftheyearuCubamustbeforetheendoftheyear upon which we are entering be greatly greatlyponwhichveareenteringbegreatly uponwhichveareenteringbegreatly enlarged exWe cherish the confident ex enlargedVecherishtheconfidentex

pectation that before the close of the curpectationthatbeforethecloseofthecur cur

willrent year the patriot cause in Cuba will rentyearthepatriotcauseinCubawill

have succeeded and that beautiful island islandhavesucceededandthatbeautifulisland will be free That will mean the removal removalwillbefreeThatwillmeantheremoval of all obstructions to our mission work workofallobstructionstoourmissionwork and the opening of that enticing field to toandtheopeningofthatenticingfieldto

I will not stop to enour missionaries ourmissionariesIwillnotstoptoen en large upon the amount of means and the thelargeupontheamountofmeansandthelargeupontheamountofmeansandthe benumber of men and women that will be numberofmenandwomenthatwillbe required to meet this opening of DivinerequiredtomeetthisopeningofDivinerequiredtomeetthisopeningofDivine Divine ProvidenceProvidence ProidencProidence

Another and what seems and what Another seems to anme an to me an eAnotherandwhatseemstomean AnotherandwhatseemstomeanAnotherandwhatseemstomean equally important field is the work workequallyimportantfieldisthework

which must be done for our negro women whichmustbedoneforournegrowomen womenthroughout the South The cooperation cooperationthroughouttheSouthThecooperation

of the Home Mission Society with the theoftheHomeMissionSocietywiththe

Southern Baptist Convention and with withSouthernBaptistConentionandwith the State Boards of our Southern States StatestheStateBoardsofourSouthernStates in the work of evangelizing the negro isintheworkofevangelizingthenegrois is meeting with the most gratifying success meetingwiththemostgratifyingsuccess successand is being received everywhere with withandisbeingreceivedeverywherewith

the deepest interest on the part of our ourthedeepestinterestonthepartofour people We know that the true basis of peopleVeknowthatthetruebasisof ofall morality and social order and the up allmoralityandsocialorderandtheup uplifting of any race whatever its color liftingofanyracewhateveritscolor colormust highrest upon the culture and the high mustrestuponthec11tureandthehigh moral character of its women This ismoralcharacterofitswomenThisis is the one great point which is not embraced theonegreatpointwhichisnotembraced embracedin the cooperative work of these bodiesinthecooperativeworkofthesebodies bodies The experiments which have been made Theexperimentswhichhavebeenmade madeby our sisters in Baltimore assure us not byoursistersinBaltimoreassureusnot notonly of its necessity but the ease and andonlyofitsnecessitybuttheeaseand economy with which a great workin this economywithwhichagreatorkinthis thisfield can be accomplished and the BoardfieldcanbeaccomplishedandtheBoard Board proposes this year to work vigorously vigorouslyproposesthisyeartoworkvigorouslproposesthisyeartoworkvigorously along this line Not much may be acyalongthislineNotmuchmaybeac alongthislineNotmuchmaybeac ac complished beyond organizations here andcomplishedbeyondorganizationshereand and there before our next meeting but if wetherebeforeournextmeetingbutifwe we sow the seed with a generous hand we are sowtheseedwithageneroushandweare aresure it will ripen into a glorious harvest sureitwillripenintoaglorioushanest harvestWe shall need the sympathy and the coVeshallneedthesympathyandtheco co operation in this work of all the BaptistoperationinthisworkofaUtheBaptist Baptist sisters everywhere and we invoke their sisterseverywhereandweinvoketheir

YTonza7as Tonza7as Missionary Union fVo1JzallslJ1isSiOllarylhzioJi 3consideration consideration to this great work and considerationtothisgreatworkand andtheir active efforts in promoting it theiractiveeffortsinpromotintheiractiveeffortsinpromotingit itI feel I need say nothing about thegitIfeelIneedsaynothingaboutthe IfeelIneedsaynothingaboutthenIfeelIneedsaynothingaboutthe the noble work of sending supplies to ourobleworkofsendingsuppliestoour nobleworkofsendingsuppliestoour our missionaries In that your generosity has exceeded all expectations though ithasexceededallexpectationsthoughit it has not surpassed the needs of our workhasnotsurpassedtheneedsofourwork work

ers We are confident that in the coming ersVeareconfidentthatinthecoming coming-

year as in the one that has passed you youwill not be forgetful of those who are willnotbeforgetfulOithosewhoare arelaboring for us on meagre salaries and laboringforusonmeagresalariesand andunder underthetryingconditionsofourwildfunderthetryingconditionsofourwild the trying conditions of our wildwild frontierfrontiefrontier rontier Thanking you for the kind interest yourThankingyouforthekindinterestyou Thankingyouforthekindinterestyou you have evinced in the past and wishing youhaveevincedinthepastandwishingyou you aamostpleasantandprofitablemeetingI most pleasant and profitable meeting I amostpleasantandprofitablemeetingIam Your brother brotherYourbrother I T TIcnENORLTTICIlEORCTIcnENOR LTTICIlEOR Corresponding SecretarCorresolldi1lgSecretaCorresolldi1lgSecretary orresolldi1lgSecretary Secretary I-

yFrontier ryFronUerBoxes FronUerBoxesFFrontier 3oxesFronUerBoxes 3oxes From the following W M U Societies FromthefollowingVMUSocieties FromthefollowingVMUSocietiesromthefollowingVMUSocieties Societiesboxes of supplies valued as below have boxesofsuppliesvaluedasbelowhave havebeen reported as sent to home mission beenreportedassenttohomemission mission-

aries from April 15th to April 20th i eeariesfromApril15thtoApril20thie before the close of conventional year beforethedoseofconventionalyeabeforethedoseofconventionalyear yearSunbeams South Macon ChurchrSunbeamsSouthMaconChurch SunbeamsSouthMaconChurchSunbeamsSouthMaconChurch Church Georgia 20 Woodlawn Alabama 15 Georgia20VoodlawnAlabama15Georgia20VoodlawnAlabama15 15Pratt City Alabama contribution PrattCityAlabamacontribution14 1414 Avondale Ala 10contribution 10 First Church Baltimore Maryland conFirstChurchBaltimoreMarylandcon con tributed to German work 230 Young Ladies Society Franklin Square ChurchLadiesSocietyranklinSquareChurch Church Baltimore Maryland contribution to GerBaltimoreMarylandcontributiontoGer Ger man work 6 Franklin Square Churchmanwork6FranklinSquareChurchmanwork6FranklinSquareChurch Church Baltimore Maryland BaltimorelIarylandcontributiontoBaltimorelIarylandcontributionto contribution toto colored work 6 Cedartown Georgia 40 Hopewell Church Mississippi 29715 Harmony Church Mississippi2275HarmonyChurchMississippic2275HarmonyChurchMississippi Mississippi contribution 1160 Thomson Churchcontribution1160ThomsonChurccontribution1160ThomsonChurch ontribution1160ThomsonChurch Church Georgia 6040 Nays Georgia 2525 Crawfordville Georgia 30 FirstFirst Church Augusta Georgia 65 WayneshChurchAugustaGeorgia65Vaynes ChurchAugustaGeorgia65VayneChurchAugustaGeorgia65Vaynes Waynes boro Church Georgia sboroChurchGeorgia35Richland boroChurchGeorgia35RichlandboroChurchGeorgia35Richland 35 RichlandRichland Church Georgia ChurchGeorgia30040VineviUChurchGeorgia30040VineviUe 3040 VinevilleVineville Church Georgia 100 eChurchGeorgia100Lancaster ChurchGeorgia100LancasteChurchGeorgia100Lancaster LancasterLancaster Texas 5645 Total 54990 PrevTexas5615Total54990PrevioPrev rTexas5615Total54990Prev iously reported 2002513 uslyreported2092513Total21 iouslyreported2092513Total21 Total 21 47503

Texas5615Total54990Prev

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For the new year beginning with April ForthenewyearbeginningwithAprilForthenewyearbeginningwithApril

20 1896 the following are reported 201896thefoIIowingarerepor201896thefoIIowingarereported reported-

Riceville 99Church Tennessee tedRicevilleChurchTennessee9 RicevilleChurchTennessee9SRicevilleChurchTennessee9 Slater Missouri 55 MlissisKosciusko Mlissis SlaterMissouri55KosciuskollissislaterMissouri55Kosciuskollissis SlaterMissouri55Kosciuskollissis

sippi 32 S5 Washington Ave Church sippi3285VashingtonAveChurch sippi3285VashingtonAveChurchChurchDallas Texas 2665 Lone Oak Texas DalJasTexas2665LoneOakTexaDalJasTexas2665LoneOakTexas 16 flacon Mississippi 55 Canton s16lIaconMississippi55Canton 16lIaconMississippi55CantonM16lIaconMississippi55Canton CantonMissouri 25 Beulah Church Missouri Missouri25BeulahChurchMissourMissouri25BeulahChurchMissouri issouri25BeulahChurchMissouri 620 Covington Tennessee 20 Total i620CovingtonTennessee20Total 620CovingtonTennessee20Tot620CovingtonTennessee20Total 24570 ANNIE WV ARMSTRONG ARMSTRONal24570ANIEVARtsTRONG 24570ANIEVARtsTRONG24570ANIEVARtsTRONG GAnnual Report of Corresponding Annual AnnualReportoCCorrespDndlng Secretary to Womans Dltssion SecretarytoVomanHMtislonSecretarytoVomanHMtislon ary Union Auxiliary to SDltssionaryUnionAuxllIarytoSBConaryUnionAuxllIarytoSBCon B Convention Chattanooga May Con ventlouChattanoogaMay8thxventlouChattanoogaMay8th 8th 1896x896x896

896 Over

the heapedup wealth of letters Overtheheapedupwealthofletters lettersreports statistics etc lying before us reportsstatisticsetclyingbeforeus usfrom which to construct the eighth anfromwhichtoconstructtheeighthan an nual report to Womans Missionary UnionnualreporttoVomansMissionaryUnion Union assembled in Chattanooga there seems assembledinChattanoogathereseems assembledinChattanoogathereseeseemsto wave a bright banner As it folds mstowaveabrightbannerAsitfolds towaveabrightbannerAsitfoldsoptowaveabrightbannerAsitfolds foldsopen to the breeze we read its Heaven opentothebreezewereaditsHeavenbopentothebreezewereaditsHeaven HeavenentothebreezewereaditsHeaven born inscription borninscriptioninscriptionborninscription orninscription To God be the glory great things He bath done ToGodbetheglorygreatthinsHehathdone done-

Let this be the keynote to our song of Letthisbethekeynotetooursongof ofthanksgiving and in the review of thethanksgivingandinthereviewofthe the years work the source of our keenest yearsworkthesourceofourkeenestjyearsworkthesourceofourkeenest keenest-

oy joy joyIf

If the limits of space allowed and if IfthelimitsofspaceallowedandifIfthelimitsofspaceallowedandif ifyour time and endurance permitted yourtimeandendurancepermitted permitted-

delightful delightfulandhelpfulextractscouldbe and helpful extracts could bebe culled from these letters from faithful cuBedfromtheselettersfromfaithful faithfulpersevering workers over our Southern perseveringworkersoverourSouthern SouthernZion who have not been in feverish haste Zionwhohavenotbeeninfeverishhaste hasteto gain results yet yvho have been privi togainresultsyetwhohavebeenprivi privileged as they have patiently continued legeda5theyhavepatientlycontinued continued-

in well doing to see them inwelldoingtoseethemFaithfulness FaithfulnessFaithfulness over our few things here is the Saviours overourfewthingshereistheSaviours Savioursground for reward by many things heregroundforrewardbymanythingshere here after Our report is a general summarysummary of this faithfulness ofthisfaithfulnessthroughoutour throughout our ourborders which the Master has graciouslyborderswhichtheMasterhasgraciously graciously crowned even now with the present recrownedevennowwiththepresentre re ward of success If the comparatively few engaged in this effort to tell the gladfewengagedinthisefforttotelltheglad glad gospel news afar and near have accomgospelnewsafarandnearhaveaccomgospelnewsafarandnearhaveaccom accom plished much who can compute the replishedmuchwhocancomputethere re sults if all were actively at work sultsifallwereactivelyatworkVhat WhatWhat better definite aim for the new year could betterdefiniteaimforthenewyearcould couldbe steadily and prayerfully set beforebesteadilyandprayerfullysetbfor before each of us than the winning of one more eachofusthanthewinningofonemoreYeachofusthanthewinningofonemore

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missionsworkerapiecetothecauseofmissioworkerapiecetothecauseofmissions apiece to the cause of missions worker orker at cannot reach all our members atWe nsVecannotreachallourmembersat VecannotreachallourmembersaVecannotreachallourmembersat one once each one of us can reach oneonceeachoneofuscanreachoneHtonceeachoneofuscanreachone onceeachoneofuscanreachone inHHaI1dpickingisachoicemethodinHHaI1dpickingisachoicemethodin HaI1dpickingisachoicemethodin Handpicking is a choice method in LordLord the garden of thegardenoftheLordthegardenoftheLord the praise Vehavesoundcdthekeynoteofpraise Vehavesoundcdthekeynoteofpraihave sounded the keynote of praiseWe maintained seforsuccessHadweonlymaintained forsuccessHadweonlymaintainedforsuccessHadweonlymaintained Had we only maintainedfor success this ourlastyearsrecordof18500inthis our last years record of 4S500 in thishave time of strain and stress we should havetimeofstrainandstresswshouldhave Boards designated that success The BoardsdesignatedthatsuccesTheBoardsdesignatedthatsuccesTheBoards last HomeandForeignca1ledonuslastMHomeandForeignca1ledonuslast and Foreign called on us lastHome reached Maytoaimfor55000Vehavereached May to aim for 55000 We have reachedaytoaimfor55000Vehavereached Maytoaimfor55000Vehavereacheof it we have exceeded it for our total ofditwehaveexceededitforourtotalof itwehaveexceededitforourtotalof box col1ectionsinmoneyandfrontierbo collections in money and frontier boxover values is 56000 or S200 advance overvaluesis56000or8200advanceover ofof collection Centennial year lastyearTheCentennialcollectionof The last 1S92 1892ourbanneryearwasmorethan1892ourbanneryearwasmorethan our banner year was more than at 62000Asoursecondhighpjzeofatt62000Asoursecondhighpjzeofat 62000 As our second high pize of atwefor the coming year could we tainmentforthecomingyearcouldwe ainmentforthecomingyearcouldwe tainment more notsetbeforeusthereachingoncemore not set before us the reaching once morewethis top notch in our history now that we thistopnotchinourhistorynothatwe dis areforthefirttimewithinseeingdis are for the first time within seeing disworking tanceofitIfwedoubleourworking tance of it If we double our workingshould membershipasfirstsuggestedweshould membership as first suggested we shouldtreasury notstopatadding6000toourtreasury not stop at adding G000 to our treasurysecondThefirstattainmentsecuresthesecond The first attainment secures the second work as aalook a have at the We taken VehavetakenalookttheworkasawVehavetakenalookttheworkasa four whole spreading out through our fourwholespreadingoutthroughourfour holespreadingoutthroughourfour view teen States Let us take a nearer viewteenStatesLetustakeanearerview vofsomeofthepulsebeatsoflifethatvi of some of the pulsebeats of life that vi areThey corners ibrate are bratetotheremotestcornersTheyare brate to the remotest dry presented in statistics which are not drypresentedinstatisticswhicharenotdry be to thoughtful minds One letter may betothoughtfulmindsOnelettermaybe drooping quickener under God to a droopingaaquickenerUliderGodtoadrooping aquickenerUliderGodtoadroopinginspira worker one leaflet may be an inspiraworkeroneleafletmaybeaninspiratworkeroneleafletmaybeaninspira lifetion under God to an awakened life tionunderGodtoanawakenedlifeSTtionunderGodtoanawakenedlife ionunderGodtoanawakenedlife FROM OF STATISTICS SECRETARY STATISTICSOFSECRETARYFROI1v-MAY ATISTICSOFSECRETARYFROI1v STATISTICSOFSECRETARYFROI1v 18961895 1895TOIAYlS9GTO MAY 1896 1895TOIAYlS9G 8112Letters written S1128112 LetterswrttenLetterswrtten 181181 written Postals PostalswnttePostalswntten distribPamphlets Leaflets distrib etc nLeafletsPamphletsetcdistrib LeafletsPamphletsetcdistrib LeafletsPamphletsetcdi153651153651 uted Mission Cards Prayer 2115021150 stribllissionCardsPrayer21150 Mite 2665Barrels or Boxes 20652665 MiteBarrelsorBoxes2GG5ChriEnvelopesEnvelopes Christmas ChristmasEnvelopChristmasEnvelopes stmasEnvelopes Papers 30503050 will formulate the report in the theWe esVewillformulatethereportinthe VewillformulatethereportintheoVewillformulatethereportinthe and on the lines of the Recommenorder Recommen rderandonthelinesoftheRecommen orderandonthelinesoftheRecommenorderandonthelinesoftheRecommen dations of the BoardsBoards dationsoftheBords

llissionCardsPrayer21150llissionCardsPrayer21150

MiteBarrelsorBoxes2GG5

HOME BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS HOIEBOARDRECOI1IENDATIONS HOIEBOARDRECOI1IENDAT-

1IONS1Alotalof25000wasaskedfrom A total was asked from

of 25000 1Alotalof25000wasaskedfrom

allMission Societies covering all Womans VomanslissionSocietiescoveringan alspecial efforts The request was but aaspecia1effortsTherequestwasbut small advance upon last years total of smalladanceuponlastycarstotalof3smalladanceuponlastycarstotalof It was unanimously accepted23500 accepted 500Itwasunanimouslyaccepted 3500Itwasunanimouslyaccepted3500Itwasunanimouslyaccepted at Washington as our aim for 1896 andatVashingtollasouraimfor189Gand and suggestively apportioned among thewas wassuggestivelyapportionedamongthe the States the distribution based upon theStatesthedistnbutionbaseduponthe the gifts of previous years The Treasurers giftsofpreviousyearsTheTreasurers Treasurersreport will show 3354204 as the Soreportwillshow3351264astheSoSo reportwillshow3351264astheSo cieties brave response to the HomeHome cietiesbraveresponsetotheHomcietiesbraveresponsetotheHom Boards request The Week of SelfBoardsrequestTheVeekofSelfDeSelf BoardsrequestTheVeekofSelf

Denial throughwas observed in March through DenialwasobservedinMarchthrough nialwasobservedinMarchthrough DenialwasobservedinMarchthroDrout the States An appeal from Dr ughouttheStatesAnappealfromDr outtheStatesAnappealfromDrTicouttheStatesAnappealfromDr inTichenor was issued and distributed in Tichenorwasissuedanddistributedin henorwasissuedanddistributedin its advocacy accompanied by a leafletit*advocacyaccompaniedbyaleaflet leaflet itsadvocacyaccompaniedbyaleaflHoltcalled Experience of Rev A J Holt etcalledExperienceofRevAJHolt calledExperienceofRevAJHoltwhcalledExperienceofRevAJHolt when Missionary among the IndianswhenMissionaryamongtheIndians Indians enMissionaryamongtheIndians This embodied a touching recital of realThisembodiedatouchingrecitalofreal real facts a handkerchief story as it wasfactsHahandkerchiefstoryasitwafactsHahandkerchiefstoryasitwas was called by Rev E V Mullins little boyboy calledbyRevEYIullinslittlcboynscalledbyRevEYIullinslittlcboy calledbyRevEYIullinslittlcboy gone home to glory The historynow history nowgonehometogloryThehistory owgonehometogloryThehistory nowgonehometogloryThehistothis Week of SelfDenial ryofthiseekofSelfDenialwould of wouldwould ofthiseekofSelfDenialwouldforofthiseekofSelfDenialwould form a beautiful chapter in our annalsformabeautifulchapterinourannals mabeautifulchapterinourannals annals the smallest gifts doubtless proving the thethesmallestgiftsdoubtlessprovingthe largest as they did in the days when the thelargestastheydidinthedayswhenthe Master stood over against the treasury treasuryIasterstoodoveragainstthetreasury One little orphan girl who was presented presentedOnelittleorphangirlwhowaspresented with two centsan unusual possession withtwocentsanunusualpossessiwithtwocentsanunusualpossession possessionfor hergave both to this offering A AonforhergacbothtothisofferingA forhergacbothtothisofferingA cook in a family seeing the earnestness cookinaflmilyseeingtheearnestness earnestnessthe children of the household didof did ofthechildrenofthehouseholddidofthechildrenofthehouseholddid extra service and contributed the extraserviceandcontributedthe1extraserviceandcontributedthe1 earned by her labor Such gifts go up upearnedbyherlaborSuchgiftsgoupaearnedbyherlaborSuchgiftsgoup as a sweet incense before God and put asasweetincenseheforeGodandputtputsasweetincenseheforeGodandput asasweetincenseheforeGodandput to the blush many who could give themtotheblushmanywhocouldgivethem otheblushmanywhocouldgivethem totheblushmanywhocouldgivethethem a hundred times over and not feel itit mahundredtimesoverandnotfeelit ahundredtimesoverandnotfeelitahundredtimesoverandnotfeelit The actual returns of this and other otherTheactualreturnsofthisandother efforts cannot definitely be known to useffortscannotdefinitelybeknowntous us but they all contribute as rills to swellbuttheyallcontributeasrillstoswell swell the streams of beneficence and conicthestreamsofbeneficenceandcome conic back as refreshing dews upon the givers backasrefreshingdewsuponthegivers 2 Boxes to Frontier 17lissionariesA 17lissionariesAd2EoresfaFrontieri1fissiollariesA doxology to God would be appropriate oxology appropriatedoxologytoGodvouldbeappropriate in this connection 353 boxes against inthisconnection358boxesagaininthisconnection358boxesagainst 224 for last year valued at 21475224forlastyearvaluedat21475ca21475 st224forlastyearvaluedat21475 224forlastyearvaluedat21475 carried necessaries happicomforts happi carriednecessariescomfortshappicarriednecessariescomfortshappi rriednecessariescomfortshappi ness and hope into hearts and homesnessandhopeintoheartsandhomesnessandhopeintoheartsandhomes homes would have known thisthat none this of thatwouldhaveknownnoneofthischthatwouldhaveknownnoneofthis cheer without them The increase shows showscheerwithoutthemTheincreaseshows eerwithoutthemTheincreaseshows a deepening and broadening sense of the theadeepeningandbroadeningsenseofth need and worth of our frontier mission needandworthofourfrontiermission 11-

Womans rVOl1ZallSiJfissiollaryUnion Missionary Union aries Let no less be done in this direction directionreV riesLetnolessbedoneinthisdirection oif is none too much But with this grow iiisnonetoomuchButwiththisgrowigrowiiisnonetoomuchButwiththisgrow ing knowledge of Home Mission workngknowledgeofHomeMissionwork ingknowledgeofHomeMissionworingknowledgeofHomeMissionwork work let moneyed contributions which havekletmoneyedcontributionswhidhave letmoneyedcontributionswhidhave have been already stimulated by nearer acbeenalreadystimulatedbynearerac ac inquaintance with the missionaries life in quaintancewiththemissionarieslifein increase year by year according 1o our in creaseyearbyyearaccordinglOourinccreaseyearbyyearaccordinglOourin creasingabilitiesandmembers creasing abilities and members reasingabilitiesandmembers creasingabilitiesandmembeWork Among Foreign Populations o33IforkAmongJreigllPoulatioNfbjiulations3rs3IforkAmongJreigllPoulatioNs IforkAmongJreigllPoulatioNs by year is this department ofYear sYearbyyearisthisdepartmentof Yearbyyearisthisdepartmentof of Home Missions becoming more importantHomeMissionsbecomingmoreimportant important as the heathen and godless are flockingflocking astheheathenandgodlessareflocking to our shores and latterly locating in thetoourshoresandlatterhlocatinginthe the South At the gateway of BaltimoreBaltimore SouthAtthegatewayofBaltimoresSouthAtthegatewayofBaltimore to New York as an entry port forsecond for secondtoNewYorkasanentryportfosecondtoNewYorkasanentryportfor econdtoNewYorkasanentryportfor Germans the Home Board has wiselywisely rGermanstheHomeBoardhaswiseh GermanstheHomeBoardhaswisehloGermanstheHomeBoardhaswiseh located a wise and consecrated womanlocatedawiseaudconsecratedw0111a1 woman catedawiseaudconsecratedw0111a1 Miss Bulilmaier whose tender tenderworker workerMissBuhlmaierwhosetenderworkerMissBuhlmaierwhosetender sympathies strong common sense andand sympathiecstrongcommonsenseand thorough piety admirably fit her for thethoroughpietyadmirablyfitherforthe the emergencies of emigrant work and theemergenciesofemigrantworkandthe the more missionary usual duties of city missionarymoreusualdutiesofcitymissionarymoreusualdutiesofcitymissionary labor among the 100000 German resiresi laboramongthe00000Germanrelaboramongthe00000Germanresi In Missouri dents and Kentucky anddentsIn1lissouriKentuckyandTesidentsIn1lissouriKentuckyand dentsIn1lissouriKentuckyand Texas peo Texasearnestworkisdoneforthispeo xasearnestworkisdoneforthispeo earnest work is done for this people The peculiar and individual workwork pleThepeculiarandindividualwork of the Chinese Sundayschools is bearingoftheChineseSundayschoolsisbearing bearing fruit in New Orleans Augusta BaltimorefruitinNewOrleansAugustaBaltimore Baltimore areand elsewhere Other nationalities are andelsewhereOthernationalitiesandelsewhereOthernationalitiesare being reached and needing to bebe arebeingreachedandneedingtobe beingreachedandneedingtoberebeingreachedandneedingtobe in other localities reached Ameri As AmerireachedinotherlocalitiesAsAmerreachedinotherlocalitiesAsAmeri achedinotherlocalitiesAsAmeri cans as well as Christians we shouldshould cansaswe1lasChri5tiansweshoudsuicansaswe1lasChri5tiansweshoud cansaswe1lasChri5tiansweshoud support this department of missions supportthisdepartmentofmissionsupportthisdepartmentofmissions pportthisdepartmentofmissions 44ColoredIV1llC1landChildrclColored Women and Children Children4s4ColoredIV1llC1landChildrcll ColoredIV1llC1landChildrcll ofMore and nearer is the importance of lMoreandneareristheimportanceof Moreandneareristheimportanceof Moreandneareristheimportanceneighbor work this thegrowing in the thisneighborworkrowingintheestiofthisneighborworkrowinginthe thisneighborworkrowinginthe estimation women estimationofSouthernBaptistwomen of Southern Baptist womenmationofSouthernBaptistwomen whose opportunities for it are unequalled whoseopportunitiesforitareunequa1led unequalledinand whose responsibilities and vital in andwhoseresponsibilitiesanditalin terests are are unsurpassed plan The planterestsareareunsurpassedTheplan in of unpaid personal missionary effort inofunpaidpersonalmissionaryeffortin prayer the home the Bible class the prayerthehometheBibleclassthfrayer meeting mothers meeting and industrialmeetingmothersmeetingandindustrial industrial schools is acknowledged as the idealideal schoolsisacknowledgedastheideschoolsisacknowledgedastheideal ofby Miss Burdette Secretary of one alonebyMissBurdetteSecretaryof onebyMissBurdetteSecretaryofVoonebyMissBurdetteSecretaryof Womans Baptist Home Mission SocietySociety VomansBaptistHomelIissionSociety mansBaptistHomelIissionSociety headquarters at Chicago Its resultsresults headquartersatChicagoItsresults have been good and only good whereverwherever havebeengoodandonlygoodwherever tried universal triedandtheplanonlyawaitsuniversal and the plan only awaits 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in program to which the missionaries indis China contributed able articles was disChinacontributedablearticleswasdis appeal tributedtosocietiesAnearnestappeal tributed to societies An earnest appealMissfor the offering was also written by Miss fortheofferingasalsowrittenbyMiss Stateand published in all of the State Heck HeckandpublishedinalloftheStateHeckandpublishedinalloftheState pro papers The Christmas Offering propapersTheChristmasOfferingpro for gram fitted into the general program forgramfittedintothegeneralprogramfor Week of Prayer observed in January theVeekofPrayerobservedinJanuatheVeekofPrayerobservedinJanuary the ofrylSGTheobsenanceofthisVeekof 1800 The observance of this Week of lSGTheobsenanceofthisVeekofPrlSGTheobsenanceofthisVeekof Missions for Home and Foreign MissionsPrayerforHomeandForeignMissions Prayer ayerforHomeandForeignMissions Christ with its midweek collections of ChristwithitsmidweekcoIlectionofClrist and masofferingsislookedforwardtoanmasofferingsislookedforwardtoand mas oflerings is looked forward to andthe for by many Upon such theprepared dpreparedforbymanyUponsuchthe preparedforbymanyUponsuchthe preparedforbymanyUponsuchtobenediction of the Spirit falls to thebenedictionoftheSpiritlllsto benedictionoftheSpiritlllstostrreturnsstrengthen and to bless The returns strengthenandtoblessThereturns engthenandtoblessThereturns accounted fromtheChristmasofferingareaccounted from the Christmas offering are accountedyear421754 an advance upon last year at421754anadvanceuponlastyear at dis Vestillfacethedisadvantageanddis We still face the disadvantage and disacknowledgmentappointmentofpartialacknowledgment appointment of partial acknowledgment becauseof the returns from this effort because ofthereturnsfromthiseffortbecause desome of the State Treasurers fail to de someoftheStateTreasurersfailtode signate the sums sent for this object signatethesumssentforthisobject signatethesumssentforthisobj22ATotalof30000Askcdfor A Total of 30000 Asked forforN2ATotalof30000AskcdforNeafor ect2ATotalof30000Askcdfor year Nearly 25000 were contributed last yearNearly25000werecontributedlastyear rly25000werecontributedlastyear early 5000 to Foreign Missions An advance of 5000toForeignllissionsAnadameof5000 recommendawassoughtintheBoardsrecommenda was sought in the Boards recommenda beentions We believe if the times had been tionsVebelieveifthetimeshadbeen distributedpropitious as the advance was distributed propitlOusastheadvancewasdistributed Washing andacceptedbytheStatesatVashingandacceptedbytheStatesatVashing and accepted by the States at Washington theamountcould have been secured tontheamoutcouldhavebensecutontheamoutcouldhavebensecure

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ness uniinfluences which have been uni nessinfluenceswhichhavebeenuni versally felt have made their impress impressversallyfelthavemadetheirimpress here as well The total contributions contributionshereaswellThetotalcontributions were 2219955 A closer relation withwith were2279955Acloserrelationwitwere2279955Acloserrelationwith w ho missionaries the supportedare supported hthemissionarieshoaresupported themissionarieshoaresupportedothemissionarieshoaresupported only in part as yet by WV I U offeringsofferings onlyinpartasyetbyV1UofferingswonlyinpartasyetbyV1Uofferings nlyinpartasyetbyV1Uofferings was secured through correspondence wassecuredthroughcorrespondence correspondenceassecuredthroughcorrespondence more extensive than heretofore CopiesmoreextensivethanheretoforeCopies Copies of these letters when practicable haveoftheseletterswhenpracticablehave have been forwarded to Central Committees CommitteesbeenforwardedtoCentralCommittees for stimulating interest in Foreign Mis MisforstimulatinginterestinForeignMis sions or more widely disseminated sionsormorewidelydisseminatedtsionsormorewidelydisseminated disseminatedthrough State papers This corresponcorrespon hroughStatepapersThiscorrespon throughStatepapersThiscorrespon dence has mutually aided the workers atdencehasmutuallyaidedtheworkersatdencehasmutuallyaidedtheworkersat at home and abroad homeandabroad homeandabroa33l1IissiollaryDay11theSlwda SundayRJllissioxary Day in in the d3l1IissiollaryDay11theSlwda 3l1IissiollaryDay11theSlwdathe Sunday SundaySchoolsReviewed under S S Board BoardSchoolsReviewed SchoolsReviewedunderSSBoardReSchoolsReviewedunderSSBoard RecommendationsRERecommendationsRRecommendations commendations

RECOMMENDATIONS ECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMENDATIONS OF SUDAYSCHOOL SUDA1SCHOOLECOMMENDATIONSOFSUDAYSCHOOL RECOMMENDATIONSOFSUDAYSCHOOLBRECOMMENDATIONSOFSUDAYSCHOOL SUDA1SCHOOL BOARD OARD BOAMissionary Day in the Day in RD1J1Iissio1aryDay1ztheSlmday 1J1Iissio1aryDay1ztheSlmdaySthe Sunday 1J1Iissio1aryDay1ztheSlmday SundaySchoolsPrimarily SchoolsPrimarily SchoolsPrimarilythejointworkofthe choolsPrimarilythejointworkofthe SchoolsPrimarilythejointworkothethe joint work of the S S Board and W M U it is one ofof ftheSSBoardandVMUitisoneof SSBoardandVMUitisoneofthemany instances and proofs of the the thethemanyinstancesandproofsofthe manyinstancesandproofsofthe facts and advantages of uniformity andfactsandadvantagesofuniformityand and identity of interests in our entire circleidentityofinterestsinourentirecircle circle mission work S B C The programof ofmissionworkSBCTheprogramanofmissionworkSBCTheprogram program and collection design were furnished byandcollectiondesignwerefurnishedby dcollectiondesignwerefurnishedby andcollectiondesignwerefurnisheby WV M U as usual This year the printprint dbyV11UasusualThiseartheprint V11UasusualThiseartheprintinV11UasusualThiseartheprint ing was done in Nashville for the firstingwasdoneinNashvilleforthefirst gwasdoneinNashvilleforthefirst first time and distribution made as for thethe timeanddistributionmadeasforthtimeanddistributionmadeasforthe past two years from Nashville epasttwoyearsfromNashviIJeThe pasttwoyearsfromNashviIJeThepasttwoyearsfromNashviIJeThe TheThe Foreign and S S Boards advoHome HomeForeignandSSBoardsadvocHomeForeignandSSBoardsadvo advo cated the observance of the day in a joint jointatedtheobservanceofthedayinajoint catedtheobservanceofthedayinajoint circular which W Al U diligentlydiligently pressed while the treasuries of the HomepressedwhilethetreasuriesoftheHome Home and Foreign Boards were final recipientsandForeignBoardswerefinalrecipients recipients of the moneyed results What theseofthemoneyedresultsVhatthesewofthemoneyedresultsVhatthese these were as with the Christmas offering offeringwereaswiththeCJristmasofferingwereaswiththeCJristmasoffering ereaswiththeCJristmasoffering cannot be definitely known as theythey cannotbedefinitelyknownasthey might have been if every Superintendent SuperintendentmighthavebeenifeverySuperintendent had made returus of Inc ney to the S SShadmadereturusof1JlMleytotheSS Board and furnished reports alone to hishis Boardandfurnishedrrortsalonetohis church and State Perhaps we shall inchurchandStatePerhapsweshallin in the distant future all be willing to bendthedistantfutureallbewiJlingtobend bend ourselves to the one way of doing thingsthings ourselvestotheonewayofdoingthings which shall secure their largest successwhichshaHsecuretheirlargestsuccess success But we are Baptist and Baptists are ButweareBaptistandaptistsare 11

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nothing ififnot educanothingifnotindependentTheeduca The not independent Theeduca ontional feature of The Day will tell on tionalfeatureofTheDaywilltellon the future as well as on the present itsits thefutureaswellasonthepresentit* repetition year by year cannot fail to torepetitionyearbyyearcannotf1ilto its lasting impress for God and make andmakeitslastingimpressforGodandgmakeitslastingimpressforGodand googood ood 22C0l1VeJlti011SeriesofSSLilera Convention Series of Lilerad2C0l1VeJlti011SeriesofSSLilera ofSS SS Litera 2C0l1VeJlti011SeriesofSSLilScirculars from S S trrreThrough eratureThroughcircularsfromSS tureThroughcircularsfromSSBotureThroughcircularsfromSS Board to Womans Mission Societies by byBoardtoVomansMissionSocietiesby ardtoVomansMissionSocietiesby

large distribution of sample copies of thelargedistributionofsamplecopiesofthe the literature and by constant notices in TiuE TiuEliteratureandbyconstantnoticesinTilE MISSION JOURNAL these publications as as1IISSIOJOURNALthesepublicationsas educational forces in the missionary ac aceducationalforcesinthemissionaryac tivities of the Southern Baptist Conven ConventivitiesoftheSouthernBaptistCOI1en tion have teen urged upon the attentiontionhletenurgedupontheattention attention of our workers The conviction of thethe ofourworkersTheconvictionofthe usefulness and the necessity of such aausefulnessandthenecessityofsucha series is a growing one if the young youngseriesisagrowingoneiftheyoungpseriesisagrowingoneiftheyoung people of today who will be the adultseopleoftodaywhowillbetheadults peopleoftodaywhowillbetheadults adults of tomorrow shall be conserved to up upoftomorrowsha11beconservedtoup hold the lines of definite work which are areholdthelinesofdefiniteworkwhichare holdthelinesofdefiniteworkwhicrepresented by S B C It is sought soughtharerepresentedbySBCItissought representedbySBCItissought in some directions to scatter the interestinterest insomedirectionstoscattertheinterest of the young by the fascinating plea ofoftheyoungbythef1scinatingpleaof of

broadness when concentration for effec effecbroadnesswhenconcentrationforeffec tivenesss was nevermore needed than to totivenessswasnevermoreneededthanto tivenessswasnevermoreneededtday The S S Board S B C can do dohantodayTheSSBoardSBCcando dayTheSSBoardSBCcandothisthis work as it can be done by none othersthisworkasitcnbedonebynoneothers workasitcnbedonebynoneothers others it should have the earnest constant and anditshouldhavetheearnestconstant constantanditshouldhavetheearnestconstAlissupport of every lover of S B C Alis antsupportofeveryloverofSClIis supportofeveryloverofSClIissisupportofeveryloverofSClIis sicnsicns cns

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Dear Sisters Most earnestly in the name of the Master would we your aid aidDearSisters1IostearnestlyinthenameoftheMasterwouldweaskyou aidwe ask your in the organization and direction of Childrens Missionary Societies Thisiswork intheorganizationanddirectionofChildrensMissionarySocietie workThis is work for which women are responsible If we do not do it it will not be done Our hearts forwhichwomenareresponsibleIfwedonotdoititwillnotbedoneOur areare eartsare

heavy with the debts overhanging our home and foreign work As another has heavywiththedebtsoverhangingourhomeandforeignworkAsanother saidsaid assaid Southern Baptists last year insulted the Lord by giving only eight cents SouthernBaptistslastyearinsultedtheLordbygivingonlyeightce apiece forfor tsapiecefor Foreign Missions and less than that for Home ForeignllissionsandlessthanthatforHomeThefaultwasnotwithth theThe fault was not with the few but the fewbutthe many The seed for this result was planted twenty years ago when ignorance manyTheseedforthisresultwasplantedtwentyyearsagowhenignora ir and irceandin difference to missions were allowed to grow unheeded in the hearts of the differencetomissionswereallowedtogrowunheededintheheartsof As children AshechildrenAs is today it will be twenty years hence if we the women of the Baptist churches it ofof itistodayitwillbetwentyyearshenceifwethewomenoftheBaptistc urchesof the South do now not train Thechildren theSouthdonot1100trainthechildrentoaloveforandknowledgeofm to a love for and knowledge of missions the The ssionsThe duty lieth at our door If it is not performed on us will lie the sindutyliethatourdoorIfitisnotperformedonuswillliethesin sin At the last meeting of the Womans Missionary Union we taketake takeAtthelastmeetingoftheVo11ansMissionaryUnionwewererequested we were requested to tootake up the work so well begun and carried forward among the children by Dr GeorgeGeorge uptheworksowellbegunandcarriedforwardamongthechildrenbyDrG oqe Braxton Taylor We trust that the work thus formally given into our handsswillbe beBraxtonTaylorWetrustthattheworkthusformallygivenintoourhan will be up at once with eagerness and enthusiasm and that many very many ocieties taken takenupatoncewitheagernessandenthusiasmandthatmanyverymany societiesmay be organized during the year while those already organized may receive heartymaybeorganizedduringtheyearwhilethosealreadyorganizedmayre hearty eivehearty encouragement Below is given a constitution and suggestions for the rganization organizationencouragementBelowisgivenaconstitutionandsuggestionsforthe maintainence of such societies which it is believed will be found e1pful and helpfulandmaintainenceofsuchsocietieswhichitisbelievedwillbefound us say again that while all agree that this work should be Let bearbear we must tbear bearLetussayagainthatwhileallagreethatthisworkshouldbedonewemu be done donewe responsibility if it is left undone In our hands is the training of these the theresponsibilityifitisleftundoneInourhandsisthetrainingof young heartshearts heseyounghearts For the Saviours sake we then beseech you to hasten to train them for the wideningand FortheSaviourssakewethenbeseechyoutohastentqtrainthemforth widening andand icestrengthening of His kingdom and for their own development in His servicestrengtheningofHiskingdomandfortheirowndevelopmentinHisser ice service FANNIE HECHECKFANNIE EE SS HECK FANNIEESHECKFANNIEESHECK President Union PresidelltoftheIVlllallslJIissiollaryUnion of the llonans Missionary UnionKCONSTITUTION CONSTITUTION OF CHILDRENS OR YOUNG PEOPLES SOCIETY SOCIETYSOCIETYCONSTITUTIONOFCHILDRENSORYOUNGPEOPLESSOCIETY ARTICLE IIThis SoThis Society shall be known as Missionary So Soas the or ARTICLELThisSocietyshallbeknownastheSunbeamorMissionarySo the Sunbeam or So ciety Baptist church ofof the of cietyoftheBaptistchurchof II ARTICLE andIt object shall be to educate its dand-d in aa knowledge of its members in and ARTICLEIIItobjectshallbetoeducateitsmembersinaknowledgeofa of and love for missions and to aid the Home and Foreign Mission work of the Southern SouthernhernloeformissionsandtoaidtheHomeandForeignMissionworkoftheSou hern ConventionBaptist Convention BaptistConvention ARTICLE GodIII It motto shall be GodARTICLEIlLItmottoshallbeIVvrkerstogetherwitzGod be Workers together with with God God ARTICLE IV genThe officers shall be aa Lady Manager who genbe gen who shall have gen shall have ARTICLEIVTheofficersshaHbe1aLadyManagerwhoshallhavegen IVThe eral oversight of the work a President who shall preside at the meetings 3 aaeraloversightofthework2aPresidentwhoshallpresideatthemeeti whoVicePresident who shall preside in the Presidents absence 4 a Secretaryywho VicePresidentwhoshallprsideinthePresidentsabsence4aSecreta who keep the minutes correspond give notice of the meetings and prepareequar shall quarquar shallkeeptheminutescorrespondgivenoticeofthemeetingsndprpa 5 a Treasurer to take charge of the money and forwardand annual reports terly rwardterlyandannualreports5aTreasurertotakechargeofthemoneyandf rward Societyas directed by the Society asdirectedbytheSociety ARTICLE V onAnyone may become aa member of onthis Society by by attendance on ARTICLEVAnyonemaybecomeamemberofthisSocietybyattendanceon VAnyone on of this the meetings and the payment of one cent a week or as they may be able themeetingsandthepaymentofonecentaweekorastheymaybeable

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The organization ofofthis thisSociety Societyshall Secretary shallbebereported VIThe reportedto tothetheSecretaryNSecretarySecretary of the State Central Committee of Missions and a quarterly report of alllmoney oftheStateCentralCommitteeofMissionsandaquarterlyreportofa money concon tributed and other items of interest shall be sent regularly to the sameeofliccofficerNeofliccr NAMENAME AME NANIEANIE rNIE NIE Ass isis well large a well known number known a large numbrofofchildrens Mrsuggestion Mr childrenssocieties societies atatthethe suggestionof of Mr fMr Taylor have taken the name of Sunbeams As there is help and inspiration inthein the theinthe thought that many are working under the same name for the same purpose this name hisname is recommended It is however by no means obligatory that the societies have thisthis aethisaethis name A common aim is greater than a common name A society under any namename provided only that its object is to learn more and give more to missions will be wiJIbemost most heartily welcomed to the work and to all the help which call be given either by the erbyth Womans Missionary Union or by the Central Committees of the various StatesSVomanslIissionaryUnionorbytheCentralCommitteesoftheariousS atesStates ates A

SUGGESTIONS SUGGESTIONSUGGESTIONUGGESTIONS SUGGESTIOS SBegin Begin SBegin and Begin and close close promptly promptly

Do HaveDonot not letletthe themeeting meeting exceed exceedone Haveonehour hour Have Have plenty of singing Open and close with prayer Sometimes have the rememberssre re srespond to rollcall by repeating a verse of Scripture asVary the meetings as much as uchasuchas possible Give all in turn some part Prepare programs beforehand ssDismissDismiss ss meeting rather than let it lag Be quick bright spirited Suggest ways of making money and being Sunbeams at home As far as possible encourage the children to rento Bible reading and study Teach thoroughly one missionary Bible text atteachmeet each meet ing Review texts constantly Neer let the children beg Teach them thattthetthethe tthe money they give should be theirsnot merely given them by their parents tobringto to bring to obringto the society Keep before them always the motive For Jesus sake sakeOther Other officers Other Officers maybemaybe officersthan OfficersOther than those OilierOfficersOtherofficersthanthosem*ntionedintheconstitu thosem*ntioned mentioned in inthetheconstitution constitution may be ionmaybe be created Organist Editor Item Gatherer Curio Collector Historian Artist or rtisto 1 lap Drawer News Gatherer Reporter Traveller etcMapDrawerNewsGathererReporterTracJleretc etc Committees Committees may Music LookoutLookout ConnilleesCommittees may bebeappointed appointediningreat greatvariety varietyMusic kout Lookout Absentee Floral etcAbsenteeFloraletc etc Ways Selfdenial birthday offerings Christmas offeringsIicays of Making Money of Making MoneySelfdenial birthday offerings Christmas offerings offerings raising chickens selling eggs picking berries raising vegetables missionary sionarycotton cotton patch saving and selling rags and paper doing errands tending baby makingglamp lamp lighters selling wild flowers gathering sumach dressing and mending dolls etcetc oUsetc Suggestions Receive new members formally introduce new offi Suggestions for offi17Teelings for Meetings Receive new members formally introduce new ffi offi cers to society formally remember to call for report of each committee appointed cerstosocie1yformalIyremembertocalIforreportofeachcommitte appointedBlake make much of importance of work to he done Write out subjects for prayer to be takenhomc taken home Member dressed to represent native of country studied Products of country untryexhib exhib itedtea coffee oranges lemons figs etc Special meeting for mitebox opening ening once in six months Open meeting occasionallyeach child allowed to invite two tetwo Questionbox Alphabetical texts each one repeating text beginning with A B etc thABetc Bible drillfinding texts in different parts of the Bible quickly Debate Which is teVhichis the Neediest CountryChina or Africa etc Map exercise map drawn by member er of society society to mention stations and to put in correct places on the map Match hemapMatch ing party names of missionaries written on one set of slips stations on anotherto be matched Childrens mission day in the Sundayschool once a yearIyear INDISPENSIRLE

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