Kentucky Mission Monthly, volume 9, number 11

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The field is the world.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations;baptiz- ing them in the name of the Fatber, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Teaching them to ob- serve all things whatso- ever· I have commanded you; and_, lo, I am with . you .al.way.-even unto the end of the world. Amen.

And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and prea.ch the gospel to every creature.

Ye-shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusa-lem and in all· Judea, and in · Samaria, and_ ~nto the uttermost part · of the · earth.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

He that hath m;>7 com- mandments, and keepeth them, he it. is that•loveth me:

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a· 'man love ~e he will keep my words: and - my Fatber wlnove ··him.

--And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, an,d do not

·the things which I say?

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IX, M.AROH, 1910 No. 11

BIBLE INSTlTUTES.

Each one gets better, wiuh t~e e-xoop:

tton that bad, very bad weather, and aorne speakers failing ,to eome, were ap.inst the one at Bardwell.

At Murray Pastor Taylor and his great ehurch did themselves proud in entertain- mg and every speaker did ihis best.

J>reeident Perkins, of Bethel Colleg.e made one ,of the best apeeches, while per- kaps the address ,of J. L. Har.t, on Ar- gentine, and ibs DJeeds was most ap~re- tiatecl All agree, hdwever, that Arling- ton meeting was the best. From the address of S. J. Sparks, Sunday morning, to the closing address of J. W. Porter, on Friday nigbit, everytlhing seemed en- joyed. One

was

heard

to

say, "I was afraid for every one whd ~poke to close and give a whole hour to the Ii.ext, iest he might fail. ' '

H. B. T.aylor was at his best, ·a:ri.d! wrule the writer is easily fooled, 1he feels s3:fe in saying nothing spoken in this great meeting made amything like the impres-

ion 1Jhat was made by this man T•a;y- lor 's '' Unjust Steward.''

One lady was heard 1/o say at its ciose,

"I can't take my frip. No! He has bown me 1Jhat I must ~ive rthe monliy for missions. ' '

'11be writer enjoyed a visit t,o Fuiton, where he spoke the fourtih Sunday in February for Pastor- Staley, who is do- ing a marv.eUous wio.rk. ·

Last Sunday, Marnh 6th, was spent in linton, with Pastor W. R. Hill. This brilliant y,oung man ihas a great people whom he accept,a,bly serves. He has

90Dle of 11he best Sunday Scho:ol teachers anywhere; ,also ,one of the best ¥ oung People ls Unions.

i was surprised to ascertain at the 111eetirig of the secr.etaries that South datolin,a, one ,of the Best dE!v•etoped

Staites

in ,the Umon ,on the subject of mis- s1one, is $10,000 bEihihd on State Mis- sions, while Gebrgia, with more tJhan one- half million Baptists, indeed with more Baptists than there are Chtistia'ns in Kentucky, is in debt $8,000 on State Misisons.

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,am sure that tlliat I am sus•

'tained

m

this work by .such faithful pas- tors, SUperintenderuts, mission workers and W. M. U. 's that Kentucky will neve:i- be in a similar plight. I am sorry to re- port that State Missio'l1s ar,e largely over- drawn. I do not want them to get in the way of pushing Home and Foreign Missions with all vigor, but we must not forg,et ou.r obligations to the noble men of God who serve our Boar,d faithfully in their reepectiv,e :fielc1s, Brother 1·ead- er, the cost ,of living has increased, but their salaries remain the same.

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Let · i( be distinctly understood that Wihen) ~ niii.'ssiqnary itertrni~t rs his !Labors rut bne poiillt 8Jlld ~ccepts a call to anothe.r church, iJhat. his salary is discootinued, Wlhen he leaves his preserut field, and it is necessa.ry for the State Board to re- appoinJt !hii!h, l\:s though he had never been in their servioo, and

to

designate the amount 'with which his salary is to be supplemented, if ,any.

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Subscribe for the Sbate, iioml'i and Foreign Mission Journals for ohe yel\:i:.

· They cost ;vou o,nly 60c. S'end uli yoiir subscription tCYday.

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We have an abundant supply of go'Od traets · 'wlhi.ch ~ will glady send tl:I any one for distributiion, if y•ou will only se!id us stamps with which to pay postage.

4 MISSION MONTHLY.

W,e present above a baptism in the Big Sandy, wJ:iere one hundrecl ancl fifty ocld were eonvertecl and baptized in one meet- ing. This is one of ,the finest fields on the American continent for a ·man called of God, who is not afraicl of harcl work, and can preach the worcl of Goel with

·power, and the unctio,n of the Holy Spir-

it. Our Home Board is helping to take the Mountains for OhJ:ist.

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What individual or what church will send us five or six hundred dollars with

·which to· support a missionary in the

home or foreign _field? · - - 0 - Dear Mission . Monthly:

Please announce the following in re- garcl to our Sunclay School Convention, to be held in Princeton, April 12-15.

We are preparing one of the best pro- grams ever known in any Sunday School meeting in Kentucky.

· ,. 1',fqre than .thirty different speakers, among them in addition to our very best, Dr.• Van Ness has promised two address- es ,and we expect at least one, and ho.pe to hear two of our field men from our Sunday School Convention.

The following is the- order of the pro- gram:

Tuesclay, April 12, 8 p. m., two p

ular addresses. ·

·wednesclay, 9 a. m. ,and each day every service, devotions for . thiTty miJt.

_utes, conducted by· Dr. Everitt Gill.

Each day from 9:30 to_l0, an addrea on Sunday School success.'

10-10 :40 each clay, four ten minute talks on methods.

10 :40 each clay, general· discussion.

11-12 each clay, some great doctrine which we should emph_asize in Sunday

School Work. ·

Afternoon, each clay,. if 30-3, ·c1evotions,

Dr. Gill. . .

3-4, each day,· Sunday School Prob- lems, three addresses.

. 4-7: 45, recreation.

7: 45-8, devotions.

8 ,each evening, two addresses on pop- ular themes.

We are going to have ; gr!)at program ancl expect a great gathering from every

· section of the State.

Let the schools begin to appoint mes- sengers· and· send names to Pastor Hun- ter.

Notes.·

We -had a very pro-fitable' meeting at Cadiz, February 9, 10 and 11 of the Sunday School Union in Little River As-

MISSION MONTHLY.

iation. Pastor ·coakley i~ a · great

~ ' and has ,.a gr-eat and good ·people, be so acceptably ·serves. Suclh a

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0 man he. Presirlenit Hunter of is Union had __ charge and the rretary merely helped hi1:11. yve loved rh other in S. W. B. University sever- - al years ago, so our labors together are·

ud~ecl "labors of love." Hunter is e of our best. He has a Sun.clay Sc:hool trtter than most any city ,pastor, in the _

nth, only one thing agl!,inst him. He coming forward at every opportunity

0,1 may yet '' come through.'' I am now en route to Murray, where l am to speak for Pastor Taylor in his eat church Sunday ,the 13th, also on :ouaay in the Bible Institute.

The work-is getting hold of the Sunday boo! Secretary, and he hopes to be arle 1.0 say in the not distant future that he bas bold of the work. Everything eul everyborly is encouraging the new 1trretary. All otir ·preachers· seem ready to ]encl a helping hand and speak an en- rouraging word. The editors of our pa-

pt>rs, the profesosrs, in our schools, our

other secretaries, have in more ways thari one given the hand ,of fellowship.

The Unions throughout the State seem each one more anxious than the other to have the new secretary visit them. In f.ld all his helpers have been too kind, .t seems.

The Bible Institute at Paducah was greatly enjoyed by the Sunclay School man. He also enjoyed greatly one of the circle meetings of Bethel Associa- tion, held at Pembroke on the fifth Sun- ,la~• rrnd Sattirday ·befoi·e.

J. DEAN ADCOCK.

Walnut Street church incr-eased her offerings this year to Home missions about 45 per cent. We hope tha,t every cl!urch in Louisville and in Kentucky will do likewise. '.flhere must be no doubt about Kentucky giving $25,000 or more.

The State Sunday School Convention will mee,t in Princeton, Ky., April 12-15.

The meeting last year was helpful to our Sunday Scho·ol inter-ests and created a great deal of enthusiasm for the Sunday·

S,chool cause. We expect a g,ood attend- ance. Those who con-template attend- in,g will please send their name to Dr. C.

J. ·Pollard, chlairmMl of the emertain-

ruent committee, that homes may be pro- vided. Pastors ·and superintendents will please see tha,t goocl ,delegations go fr-om every Baptist Sunday School in the land.

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Evangelist Jenkins begins this week with Missipnary Bellevue.

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•a meeting Jones at

Evangelist McCarter is in a g,ood mee,t- ing with ·Missionary Grider at Summmer Shade.

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Evangelist N. F. Jones is doing. some work in the bounds of Bracken Asso- ciation.

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· We ar-e in great need ,of funds for our Church Building ·Fund work. 'Dhose who hav-e made pledges will please pay them a·t once, and those who feel the import- ,ance of aiding weak and struggling churches, at needy points to secure suit- able houses of worship, will please re- mit us at once. W,e need the funds that have been promised twelve churches, which have been recently completed.

Trusting God and the brethren we induce them to build, promis-ing that .we would give the last $25, $50 or $.100. We are sure that om· brethren will not fail in this supreme moment. Our sickness has hinder,ed ,our circulation -among the brethren, that would have been helpful in bringing to us the funds needed.

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The First Baptist church, Athens, Ga., will give this year $5,000 to mis-

sions.

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MISSION MON'l'JILY.

•... KENTUCKY MISSION MONTHLY ... . Pub. Mont]lly at 638 Fourth Ave.

~oujsyiUe₁ Ky.

W. D. POWELL ...•. Editor PRWE 25 CENTS PER YEAR.

Entered Feb. 5, 1903, at Louisville, Ky., as Second-C:laBB matter, under a&t

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C1Jngress March I, 1879.

THE STATE BOARD OF MISSIONS Meets at Norton Hall,

Tuesday. April 5 at 2 p. m.

J. M. WEAVER ... President E. G. VlCK ... Recording Secretary R. E. REED ... Ass 't Secretary W. D. POWELL .. Corresponding Sec'y ,\, c qr ding to r<icently prep<J.r~d sta- tistics 14,119 Baptists in Louisville and they gave only $0.39 per capita for for- eign missions the past y,ear and a small- er amount for home missions. We urge the pastors of Louisville to lay upon the ,hearts of their people the urgent need -of funds with which to meet our obli- gations to our misisonaries at home and abroad. A chµrch will ordinaFily do_

about what a pastor -asks them, especially when he sets the pace by ma]µng a lib- eral gift himself. Like priesit, like peo- ple.

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Our contributions to miss1ons sh-ould be systematic, individual and propor- tionabe.

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We urge our friends to renew theil"

subscription to the Kentucky Mission Monthly and to send us subscribers foF the three misison journals at the surpris- ingly low rate .of 60c per annum.

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Will the tr,easurers .of churches and asociations pJ.ease send to us all funds that may be in their possession for State, Home and Foreign Missions, or for the Church Building Fund.

Missionary Adkins is in a meeting "

Mt. Zion church, Lawrence county.

Set.

efal have joined. He will hold a meer at Olive Rill the last of March.

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We appeal to every loyal pastor to

be.

-stil" himself for the cause of missions If never befo.re. We can and ,we must

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the $25,000 for the Home Board, 8.114

$40,000 for tihe F,oreign Mission Bo11r•

by the 30th of April. We have raiae4 more for Foreign Missions to date thlll we ~ad at this time last year, but we 111' behmd a few hundred dollaxs in our of.

fePing to Home Missions. The Ho111e and Foreign Boards will pr,esent reporta at Baltimore in May, showing the great.

est advances that ,have ever been made in one year, and no greater calamity could befall them, and the Baptist ca11111 in the Southland, than for us to fail to meet our obligations to those missiona- ries who have labored so faithfully it our own and in other lands. We mun have ·enlarged gifts --from each chlll'ch and we urge pastors who· are interested in missio•ns to see thrut eve1·y church ia their T•espective association is thorough- ly canvassed in behalf of this important enterprise.

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We would urg,e the Moderators, Clerks and Treasurers of our seventy-six asso- ciations to see that a thorough campaign of ev,ery church is made during the next forty-five days in behalf of our Home and Foreign Missions. Our receipts will be largely increased by spch a course.

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We need money. Please send it to UB

without delay.

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One o,£ om· m1sswnru:ies m Kentucky pleads with us to send his salary on the first day of the month, because the cost of living has increased so much. We would be glad to _do so, if we could only be supplied with the funds necessary.

MISSION MONTIILY.

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e ^Of our ClhUTches use the budget

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in their g1vmg and others use the plll\ule plan·. No plan will work itself

~e plaJ1D.lllg wcl systematic giving will

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insure success._

This is the t~me when our women · in tbfir misssio-nary societies should bestir tbeJJlselves a,s never bei\nre. The seed wat they have been :fa.itihfully sowing during the past years is beginning to

t)ellr abundant harvest.

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It is most encoUTaging to note how the rank and file of our Baptist hosts ai:e bravely meeting t,he emergency that is upon us. Brother Pastor, you must take advantage of the rising tide of enthusi- asJJ1 to spread a,mong your people a clue appreciation of Christian giving.

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Large sums of money are annually lost to our mission cause because the pas- tors and cihUTches have n•ot given seri- ous consicleration to the plan of weekly offerings to missions.

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The Baptists of Baltimore expect an attendance of five thousand delegates and visitors to the Southern Baptist Convention in May. W-e trust there will be a full delegation from Kentucky. We have never known any Baptist in good st:in,l,ng in his churcJh that wanted to attc-nd too Southern Baptist Conv,ention that failed to receive an appointment.

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The Methodist church, from their Church Extension Fund haw> put $2,000,- 000 in tlheir edifices during t!he past tw@ty-seven years. This caused ten mil- lion dollars to be put into church prop·

erty. Gifts in small amounts to weak churches do not pauperize them, but stiniulates them to heroic action.

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The misionaries of our Foreign Boa,rc1 in BeuDJos Ayres neec1 $500 for a Book fuel. Who will furnish itf-

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We urge one hundred Baptist Sunday Schools in this St-ate to send us $100 each for Ij:ome and Foreign Missions.

, This can easily be clioille if the supePin- tendent and pastor will interest them- .selves in the matter. Other schools can

send smaller amounts.

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We have several vacant pulpits in the State that could pay a Godly man from six to eight hundred dollars each.

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Every Ba,ptist family should subscribe for and read a good denominational pa- per.

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Missionary L. P. Arvin bas resigned at Barbourville and accepted work at Pine- ville. He is a good minister.

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Churcbes which have borrowed money from our Church Building Fund should pay promptly when the amount is clue.

The bank expects us to meet our obli- gations at the time set.

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Last year we re0eivecl during the month of April thirty-fiv,e thousand dol- lars for State, Home and Foreign Mis- sions. '.Ilbis year we confidently expect the churches and Associations to remit mor-e than $40,000.

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The territory and opportunities of our Home Board increases year by year. The Inchans preserut an inviting •and needy field of endeavor. A good work is be- ing clone a.mong the negroes. The mag- nitude of the work amo-ng the foreigners who ar-e pouring into our cities and the Southwest, cannot easily be understood.

'1.1hey furnish ,a great field for Obristian work. When converted they become good citizen,s and zealous followers for 1rnr Master. We Baptists must not fail to stanc1 by the Home Board in their great unclert-a.king in this country a,ncl in Cuba and Panama.

MISSION MONTHLY.

We trust_ that many o_f our churches will liberate their pastors _ for two o_r three weeks that -they may visit · other churches -and -preach o·n missions, and create an enthusiasm in behalf of th_at cause which is doing .so much to extend the Redeemer's kingdom in our own and foreign lands. We -expect our Home Mission Board to i:eport more than thir- ty- thousand baptisms · by their mission- aries· and evangelists, while the .Foreign Board will r.eport more baptisms for the present ye,ar on the foreign field than we had -members at the end of forty years -of labor there. · Truly the Lord is doing marvellous things in bestoWlll.g His blessings upon the heralds of the (.;ross, at. home_ and abroad, and we can not prove recreant to the obligation He has pl-aced upon us to furnish the neces- saries -0f life to these zealous and self- dPnyin g missoinaries. .

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God ha-s greatly blessed the people"of Kentucky :financially as never before. In this emergency it is the duty of those who have larg,e means to make liberal of&irings to sup_port our mission work.

Wfl -are praying that some may give their thousands, others their hundreds, and ev-

·er:y one according as G-od has prospered Jiim. I have reoontly been with our great Secretaries and their hefl,r-ts are weighed

<lown with deep anxiety in regard to the heavy indebtedness that rests upon their respec,tive Boards. They have about bor- romid to the limit of their credit in the banks and they now turn with wishful eyes to the constituency to meet these ooligations. I 'have assured them that Kentucky Baptists will not aefault in th:~ payment of the full amo11nt we have solemnly promise_d, Reaaer, _it is time to pray, to reflect and to act. Please send us a remittance at once.

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The chur<lh at Mt. Sterling has called EidCil' W. C. Taylor, ODJl'l of our ablest _ and most efficient young ministers, ;i,s pastor. We are sure that under God's

blessing he will _cfo a great work. We

congratulate both past_or and church.

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This would be a good time for the 1a 1. men in each Association to plan a vigor.

ous carn.p¹aign in the bounds of tre 4 sociation in behalf of the interests of Home and Foreign Missions. Pastora should be· urgecl _ to secure an offering from every member of each c·hurch. The

success wJ:rich has attended the labors of our missionaries and the burdens no"

resting on our Board should be present•

ed. in the strongest. manner _ possible, Then· oonferences and rallies should be held that would serve to reach the luke- w,arm and -careless. Tlhe secretaries of eitber of our Boards will be only too glad to· present the 'claims of missions at certain strategic points. Pastors desir- ing their aid may correspond with them.

Brethren plan wisely and do something that is worthy o-f this ~reat cause.

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During the pas,t nine months the Meth- dists have spent $4,000,39,6 in the con•

struction of houses of worship, and the

PAS TORS AND SUPERINTEND- ENTS, ATTENTION!

The fourth Sunday, March 27th has been agreed upon 1,:v the Home, Fo1·eign and Sunday School Board as Annuru Mission Sun<'l.ay.

We want Kentur:ky to )lead the list.

Pastors ask your seho,)l~ for large off·

e: '11~!'~- There ough+, to be at least five schools to give $1,000; ten to give

$1,01)0; .still twen,ty-ave others to give

$1,000 and fifty other~ to give *1,_;00;

then 1-he remaining several hun,lre,l 1.o give at l,•ast, $1,000. so let eve1·y Sun,l,;y Scho,;l in theState m'.lko a large oiforrng on the foµrth Sunday in this 11vw,h, March ~7th.

J. DF.AN ADCOr.K, Stai,e $ecretary Sunday School Wnrk.

MISSION MONTHLY.

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We present above our Cuban Missiona-

1 • It shows what a strong force we hare of noble men, called of God to la- bor in the Pea.rl of the Antilles. Nearly all of these are natives. Tlhe work was

tM'rer more prosperous or more hopeful

than toc1ay. 'Dhey deserve and ask our rayers, our sympathies, and our :finan- atl aicl Let the responses be liberal.

The editor remembers with greatest pleasure his own labors in this fair Isl•

~cl, mhere God gave us several hundred NJo,erts, and many followed Christ in he ordinance of baptism. We preached m Mantazas, Sagua la Grande, Santa · l'lara, Cienfuegos, Remedios and San-

iago.

Pastor Wood is doing gr-eat things at :Vayfield. Already the church has paid n $800 for For,eign-Missions, and is now rounding up $1,000 more. This may llO sibly put them , in the lead of any lturch in the State, but it ought not so o be. We have churches that ought to iire $3,000 or $4,000 to Foreign Mis-

sions alone. ! ' ·

· We al'e delighted to know of so many institutes, assemblies, conferences and rallies, that are being hela' throughout the State, ,among our Baptist brethren.

They do much to foment the cause of missions, and to stimulate our people to the great importance o-f Sunday School work. Our thustling Sunday School Sec- retary is present at ooarly all -of them, and is making his influence· felt, wher- ever he goes: We ,are delighted with the fine iieports we ·are receiving of the work he has done wher.-ver he has gone. The edit.or has not boon permitted to attend

many

the past mon1Jh. .or two becauoo of ill health, but we are now rested and are ready for more and oetter work than ever before. We are' grateful for the prayerful and loving sympathy that has been mam.if.ested by the br-ethren :and the general responses that are coming to us for en.1argec1 gifts, to our State, Home and Foreign work. My absence from the office has naturally interfered wiilh the flow of Mission funds into our treasury, but by a vigorous and stren- uous _campaign, we can meet our appor- . --- _ .. tl6nine":ri~fOjr-ihe··3oth of April. Let ev•

Pry one put his shoulder to the wheel.

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MI£SIQN MONTIJLY:

Woman's Missiqnafy Union of H;entu~ky

KENTUCKY CENTR.i\J; CO:r.):Ml'!-1'!':Jl:lj) Miss E. S. Broadu§, chairmaµ, 122'7 T\ii!'d

avrmue, Louisvi11e, Ky.

Miss Willie Lamb, secriitary !!:I\d trel}sur- er, :icio:x; 39g, Loui!lviJ!ll,

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The spe~ial offeripg tor Home Mis-

&ions w11s taken the µrst weejr in March, b11t it is not Yllt toe lf!te fqr soci,aties to take 0ollections fp1, tliis qbje~t. ~e,11- tucky is woefully hep.ind on oontributions for spniading the gospel in our owp land and the Board is needing money to pay its missionaries. So let eyery one give something to meet this need, even if ·you can not have the meetings pr•o,vided for.

In sending on your money be sure to de- signate it as given in this special collec- tion, and say whether it is for Mountain Schools, which is meant to be the object of the W. M. Societies. Tihe Y. W. A. 's are to give to the Immigrant work, es- pecially as conducted by Miss Buhl.maier and the Galveston workers. The Sun- beams and Royal Ambasadors send their gifts to the Indian Missions, for which they are trying to raise $8,500 this year.

':rhese figures are for the whole South, and Kentucky's share is $600, of which

pnly a small part has yet been paid 111 giving to Mountain Schools do not

~ignate to particqlar schools, as :ijome Bpard does not receive such d pated mone,r, ]:mt it goes on PU?

work,

'.f!le !lliddl!) pf ,April is the time all r,epprts must come to 11'):is~ Lamb the ytil!,r 's '\'l'Prk, !IP.d W!l mill!• all

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zealo11s!;r until t4en, si.µce all our

reMftl

are yet short of the mark, except Margaret Home apq the McKenzie•₁ :firmar;r, which ar!] :tinished up for prese:gt.

One of the best tr;Lcts ever read Mountaiµ Missions ·i~ ''A· Visit te Moi,ntai.n Home,'' by Dr. R. R. Acree, tells of the c•onversion of a 16-y~

boy and the visit of tihe minister to ihome, followed by the winm.ng of wiho,le family.

Here is an humble Baptist home amo our mourutain folks, that y<m see on eva, hand, as you pass along the narrnw trailii or down the •str-eams. However, the11 are many beaurtiful -and well appointea homes to be fou:q,d in every county Prosperity is coming their way, and now is <the time to reach them with the Word of Life, and win them to Christ. We plead for more ,evan<gelists and m01'

missionaries for the mountains of Kea tucky.

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MISSJON MONTHLY,· 11 Do you subscribii for Tbe Holl\e Field f

is is the periodic~l wl!icb ke!)ps us Tit ed about tbe worl!; of the Home

:=rd

^and without which we shoµld be dlY 'at a loss. It grows Il\Ore inter- ting all the time, bering a,bly edited by , I Masters, who never wrote a dull

~~e-· Mrs. B. D. Gray edits the W. M.

[I. Department, and Miss Heck supplies be Union mail, giving in brief pews from

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all the States and many misswnanes.

}(iss }leek has sent out a tract enti- tled "The Women and the Laymen's y_{0, 6}went,'' calling upon us to join in tbe advance movement which t4e laymen

118 carrying on ,and to seize the oppor- tunity of awakened interest in missions 10 secure contributions from every woman and child in rbhe churnh. Miss Heck makes very plain the importance of regu- lar ;.eekly or monthly gifts, and shows bow much can be done by even very small gift.s from a great many people. For

10 ta.nee, forty boys and girls giving five rents a week can support a native preach- er on a foreign field, while 100 persons giving ten cents a week each will ~up- rort a misisonary at home or abroad. '' It i important tlhat a full 0,nd exact record of the contributions made by women and rbilclren be kept by the societies, and a arernenit o.f the same be made to the church treasurer each quarter, that a complete statement of the gifts of the church as a whole can be given by him at the close of the year.''

Do not wa~t for the treasurer to ask for your report, for he may know noth- ing of yom society. It is the duty of the society secr,etary and treasmer to keep posted as to when the church re- ports a.re due and to offer theirs to the rhurch treasurer.

The Sunday School Boa.rd asks for no contributions except for its Bible Fund, and they add a. dollar to every one we gire to that fund, In this way they are nble to supply Bibles and Testaments to the immigrants and the needy in all the land. Our shal'0 of the Bible Fund for

this y,iar is $130, and we lack $85 of it.

S4all the veFy smallness of the .amount caqse us to fail' Woman's Missionary Union has aided i:q. the success of the Sqnday School Board by extencling the use of its publications and tht'lre is still room for our efforts in this direction.

The Teachers' Quarterlies and Child's Gem should be in every Sunday School, while the school that does not take Kind WordB for its pupils robs them of a chance to read interesting, wholesome stories and historical articles that will build up character and afford mental and religious stimulus. Many grown people find it worth while to read it week by wek, and children from six years up will be pleased and benefited.

WHY DO I READ THE FOREIGN MISSION JO URN AL f

1. Because I learned to love it when a child. My father used to say, '' Daugh- ter, here is an article you would en- joy," or "Here is a letter from a mis- sionary you know,'' and reading these articles the attention would be attract- ed to others, until befor-e long the whole number was r,ia-d and a life-long habit

formed.

2. One wishes to know how the battle is going. When the war with Cuba was in progress, how many were content with headlines or a few vivid facts, Pages after pages wer-e eagerly studied to get all the facts ,and they were discussed at every gathering. The triumphs of the cross are of not less absorbing interest. -Read the splendid news from Pingtu, and remember Miss Lottie Moon's pion- eer work in that region, and her call for helpers that led to the Christmas Offer- ing, whose results in extending missions iu China eternity alon!) can rev-eal. Read aoout the schools, the hospitals, the the- ,o1ogical classes, the tourn into new dis- tricts, and you will long for the next number to continue the fascin;;iting rec- ord.

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· 3. The missionaries are my friends, of whose trials and'· successes· I desire to know, and whose personal letters give . life and_vividness which no resume could have. · Here also we are introduced to the· new recruits in the army of Imman- uel, who in turn will becoine the war- corespondents,- and whom we shall learn to know and love, for their work's sake.

4. The Special Departments for W. M. S. and Young People are brimful of interest, the former ~dited by Mrs. W. S.

Leake and the latter by Miss Heck, who also presides at the Round Table of the W.M.U.

E. S .. BROADUS.

Inez, Ky., March 7, 1910.

Z. J. Amerson, Paintsville, Ky.:

Dear Brother Amerson : - I have your letter of recent date. Was glad to hear from you. We _thank you very mucl:1; for the interest you seem to take in ·us over here and would be glad to have you with

us

again at any time y,ou could come over and preach some for us. The peo- ple over here like to he_ar you preach and

r

am co:nstantly asked w·hen you ar,e coming back again. Last Sunday a week ago we organized a Sunday School with an attendance that exceeded our expectation. We received your literature this last week in time for Sunday last.

We had a :fine school yesterday, with an increased attendance. I am again re- mindecl that "man's extremities aTe God's opportunities.'' We had almost given it up, discouraged and seeming ttb.at we would have to giv-e up the work. The prospects are bright now; God is going to bless us in the cause here if we work solely to his glory. .

I had a talk with Bro. Lucian Kirk yesterd•ay; I urged him to make a start preaching some fQr us and he ·pr9mised to do so. I told him to pick him out a subject and give us a talk shortly and he is now preparing for it. :)Ie told me ·yes- terday that he thought he would be a°Qle to do this right away. It is his inten-

tfon to give us a series of talks on the Scripture. When we get the meeting started I want ysoti to ,arrange your but, iness !So that you can come over the and help us vush a revival meeting. 11

Yours fraternally,

J. S. CASSIDY.

Inez, Ky.

Dear Mission Monthly:

_ ,Silice the collllng .of Rev. J. M. Ha 1• more to your State as an evangelist, who is n.ow _located ,at Prestonsbmg, Ky., it has been my full purpose to write you ₁ word concerning that gifted young brother, and especially has God gifted him· in evangelistic work. I speak from experience; he has held two meetinga for me in the same Church, and such n1 eetings were never experienced in that section before or since, in our generatio₁₁ anyway. My judgment i_s, therefore, that Provide1fCe has· sought out a young Da-

vie!

for you all in the evangelistic wort for such a time as this. May God's rich- est blessings rest both on your great State _and this br,ottb.er as one of ite evangelistic factors.

_ Sickness in my home has prevented this communication before this time.

With prayers an_d best _wishes for both you and our evangelistic work of the s·outh, but not to the exclusion of the evangelistic work of the whole, I am,

J. V. VIPPERMAN.

Spencer, N. C.

Dear Mission Monthly:

On February 17th I ·had the pleasure cif baptizing Bro. Lucian Kirk, of Inez, into the fellowship of .the First Bap- tist church ,of Paintsville. Bro. Kirk has felt a call to the ministry for a number of years, but fought off the impression.

H,e now surrenders to the Lord and is willing to do the will. of the Master. Bro.

Ktlrk comes of a noble family and he is u fine young man._ His father was a United Baptist preacher for a number oJ years before· his ·death. Bro. Kirk

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fine voice and is a splendid evan- lllS a.

Jistic singer. He .. has done some fine

ge

It with us along this line. Any pas-

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r or evangelist nee mg a srn gei: or

:e

spring and summer coul~ not• do bet-

\rr than to ; secure tl)e serwces of Bro.

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. Kirk. ·. His addr•ess is Inez, Ky. He will enter _the Seminary in the fall. Since his baptism he has organized a Sunday School at I11ez and will preach once a month there.

Z. J .. AMERSON, Evangelist.

BAPTISTS

[AST ANDWE:ST OF THE: M1.SSISSJPPI.

11ie abo,e diagram shows the relative schools in the mountains.

rcngth of Baptists ancl other denomi- -thy Baptist will fail or· refuse to con- n~tions east a,nd west of the Mississippi ·tribute the funds necessary to· carry on rirer. The Catholics by immigration: oc- so important a work.

ruJ'Y a large space. west· of the Missis- ippi river. The Baptists through the Jahors of the Home Board are growing rapidly. We remember well those _early

d:ii-s in Texas, when Huckins, Tryon,

Cr~ath, Burleson and others supported by the Home Board laid the foundation for the great superstructure that now stands to tue glory of our Master in the Em- pire State of Texas. It was the Home Board that started the work in Galves-

Ion, Houston, Waico, Austin, San Anto-

nio, Dallas, Fort Worth, and the vast do- main of the Western Phi.ins. No mission erer ·ha.cl such .. grolrious· triumphs as have been accorded to ,our own· Home Board in this va:st t•erritory. East of the Mis- lissppi the Home Board has labored suc- N!8Sfully and e:ffici,ently in the capital of each State and· in nearly every important city, lending needful aid to struggling bands, whioo are today our strongest ehurches. Behold what a gre·at ·work has been accomplished in the -twenty-eight

· The church at Mun-ay, Ky., supports an Italia,n mission in ·Tampa, Fla., con- ducted through our Home Board. It was my privilege to visit .it some ten clays ago. I did not see

a

more encouragi~g missi001 ,anywhere in Italy than I found here. There were eighty-six pupils pres- ent that day, in the day · school, an.d from their contact with the Cubans they can all ·understand ·Spanish, so it was my 'privilege to speak to them about a· ·sa-

·viour 's love. I found one of our Owen county girls working as a missionary among them. A great work is being ac- complished. The Home Board had just . completed a beautHul · chapel for ··this woi:k and Bro. Zurelli :had some candi- dates to· be baptized on the following Sunday. I met some of the Italian Bap- tists, who impressed me as earnest, thor- ough-going Christians. Pastor Taylor and the Murray church are doing great things to demonstrate to us how much

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depends upon the pastor to thoroughly- saturate his people with the missioh spirit.

The Baptist State Secretaries of the Soutih held their annual meeting in At- lanta, Ga., March 8-11. Rev. Livingston Johnston read a most instructive paper on '' The Fundamentals of State Mis- sion Work.'' Rev. W. T. Derieux spoke informingly on the value of women mis- sionaries in State misison work. It was agreecl tlhat they could be. very helpful in prosecuting city mission work. Rev.

W. C. Golden read a splendid paper on the adv,anta.ges and disadvantages of special ap]Jeals. Rev. W. B. Crumpton discussed in an interesting manner '' The Challeng,e to Southern Baptists for Need- ed Reinforcements on Our Foreign Field,'' and it seemecl to be the opinion of all that we should close the year out of debt, and enable the Foreign Board to send out sixty new missioimries this year. Rev. S. B. Rogers r•ead a good pa- per on '' The Effect of Educational Campaigns on Mission IDJterests.'' The editor discussed "Why a Church Build- ing Fund f " We had Round Tables on finam.ces; evangelism and the developtnem of a denominational spirit, These wete r•eplete with interest and very pfofitable Nine States were i,epresentd, and we had possibly the best meeting in our history.

The Secretarres will meet nert February in Tampa; Fla.

RECEIPTS FOR FEBRUARY.

Long Run Ass'n; as follows: West Broadway ch,, per Geo. Gehring, $24;

Pleasant Grove ch,; per Mrs. Nannie Smith, $2,64; Clifton ch., per J. D.

Haynes1 $4:l; 'Fllk OreP.k r,h., f>P.t J,i.s.

Van Arsdale, $25.20; Little Flock ck, per Mrs. J. R, Holsclaw, $1.75; Little Flock S. S.; per Mrs. J,_ R. Holsclaw, 50~_ 'Dabeirnacle, per G. C. Dilikson, $50;

Portland Ave, per L. M. R(\nder, $3·2 .. 68;

Twenty-second and Walnut; per L. M:.

Render, $70.07 J Parkland ch,, 'per L. M.

Render, $55,18 i Kbsmosdale, per G, K.

Hoagland, $1; Beechland, per Mte.

MoreIIien, $1.15 i tmmanuel ch !>et R. G. Fallis, $29.68; Third Av~. ch L. M. Render, $24.63; Eight Mil~•

per

W. H. Rowland, 67ti; Eight

Mlle

S.1 pei- W. H. Rowland, 74c. Oak per E. L. Averitt, $3.'/5; Calvary, W. H. Johnson, $29.06; Broadway T. J. HU1Diphreys, $368.33. ' Pllr

Blood Riv-er Ass'n, per H. B. Ta lot

$65. '1

Barren River As'sn, per R. H. Sp man, $2; Glasgow Junction ch., per M:

James Chenault, $1.

Bethel Ass 'n, per H. H. Abernalbi

$233.29.

Bracken Ass 'n, Salem ch., per

w.

Hampton, $5.

Central Committee, per Miss Wille Lamb, Sec'y and Treas., $248.67. ·

Campbell County Ass'n, First ch., Ne,r.

port, per J. H. White, $5.46; First cl,.

Newport, per R. E. Kuhnhein, $20.

Central Ass '.n Lebanon ch., per J.

Bouiware, $80.60.

Daviess County Ass'n, Eaton Memorial ch.; per W. W. Williams, $20; Elllel Memorial ch.; per N. F. Jones, $28.81 Greenville ch., per N. F. Jones, $15.11 Owensboro ch.1 per N; F. Jones, $5; , - A .K W ohlbold, $36,40.

Elkhorn Ass 'n₁ First llh,; Lexinglll, per A. S. Petrey, $61.

Enterprise Ass 'n, Paintsville (lb., Z, J. Atnersoli.1 $40.

Edmonson As·s 'n, Brownsville ch., , - S. M. Mccarter, $Bl,

East Lynn Ass 'n, per

.r.

F. McFlf.

llind; $15.90.

Fi'eedom Ass

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Green Grove ch., M. L. Bfab.kensl:iip₁ 55(l; Burkesville It., per

.t.

R. Hunt, $6.30.. per J. Leslie

A._

kihs, Tt., $6,20.

Florida Baptist Board, per 8. B. llaf- ers, Sec,· and Trell.a.; $5.

Greenup Ass 'n, Willard ch., per A.

Adkins, $1.72.

Liberty Ass 'n; Poplar Springs (lb., S. M. McCarter, $Ill; Glawgow ch., J. L. Bry,a-h, Dist. Tteas,; $150.

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I,ogan County Ass¹rt, pet J. T. MidcUe- ton, $93.91.

orth Bend Ass 'n, per F. P. Gates, . ,5. S. S. Union, per E. A. Burli:s, $15.

~Ohio County Ass'n, per J. N. Jarna- gin, $80.

Ohio River Ass'rt, Marion <?!h,, per J.

Henry, $100.

Ohio -Vailey Ass'n, First er., Hertder- n $98.50; Hitesville ch,, per H. M.

Gri~gs, $1.25; Ooryddn i!h., per G. B.

yartin, $100.

Oneida Ass 'n, Big Creek di., per R.

. Barnes, _$3.70.

Pulaski County Ass 'n, Eden ch., per . G. Coker, $40.

Rockcastle Ass 'n, Mt. Vernon ch.; per Don Q. Smith, $8.16.

South District Ass 'n, Clem's Chapel, per R. A. Barnes, $7.40.

Three Forks Ass'n, Hazard ch., per A . . Petrey, $205; Hyden ch., per Wm.

Fields, $1 i Hindman ch., per S. J.

parks, $2.05.

Upper Cumberland Ass'n, Harlan ch., per J. K. Smith, $3.

West Kentucky Ass'n, Clintdn ch., per Don Singletary, $15.

West Union Ass'n, Paducah ch,, per J. R. Clark, $8.50; First ch., Paclucali, per J R. Putyear, $60.

Warren Ass'n, Clear Fork ch., per Clara McLemore, $14.75.

Book Sales as follows: Per S. S.

Foss, 25c; per E. G. Sills, $1.25i. per F.

P. Gates, ~2.

B. B. Band, as follows: Per J. W.

Acton, $6; Miss Maggie Kuhnhein 's S.

B. Class, per Miss Leora Wood, $1. · W. M. Societies as follows: ::.mith 's Grove ch., per Mrs. G. C. Garman, $2;

First ch., Paducah, per J. R. Puryear, rb. treas., $33.60; of Lonisville chs., per Mrs. Geo. W. Lewis, $20; trniontown eh., per E. H. Garrott, $2.75.

Journals, as follows: Per .S. M. Mc- Carter, $8.76; J?ef 0. M. Ifoey, $1.80; pet J. T. McGlothlin, $1; per D. H. Hower- ton, $1.80; per Mrs. Belle Moremen,

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Home Board, per Walker Dunson,

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Foreign Board, per R. J .Willingham,

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Totll.l fot month of February, $3,- 115.81.

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