Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1895 — THE COST OF MISSIONS. [ARTICLE]

THE COST OF MISSIONS.

Facts Brought Out at the Southern Baptist Convention. At the Southern Baptist convention held in Washington, G. A. Nuunelly, of Memphis, presented a report recommending the establishment of a permanent building board, to have geiVeral charge of the erection of church edifices within the territory of the Southern convention. The report showed that, although there were now over 30,000 Baptist churches in the South, there were 3,000 homeless congregations. Most of them were in the Southwest. In Texas alofie there were 1,000 Baptist (‘hurrhrs without shelter.—The report also stated that there were in the South 10,OOO.COO peopl# without the gospel, aud tlint 2,000 missionaries were needed within the territory of the convention. Dr. Tichenor, secretary of the Home Mission Board, opposed the dismemberment of that board, which had heretofore had charge of the work of aiding in the construction of churches. The report was rejected—3o to 155. J. J. Taylor, of Mobile, Ala., treasurer of the Foreign Missionary Board, reported the apportionment of the levy for the foreign mission work of the ensuing year. It aggregated $150,000. distributed as follows: Alabama. $10,800; Arkansas, $2,G 00; District of Columbia, $1,200; Florida, $1,800; Georgia, $18,000; Kentucky, $lB,000; Louisiana, $2,-100; Maryland, $13,200; Mississippi, $2,000; South Carolina, $0,000; North Carolina. $3,000; Missouri, $9,000; Tennessee. $13,000; Texas, $15,000; Virgin In, $21,000, aud Western Arkansas and Indian territory, SGOO. The report was adopted, after which the convention resumed the consideration of the report on pngan fields. Bev. It. 11. for thirty years a missionary residing at Canton, China, in discussing the report, urged eloquently aggressive work in China. The result of the Japancsc-Chin-ese war, he said, would be to open Chinn to modern thought and enlightenment, and now was the time for Christianity to strike. He spoke of the inadequacy of the money expended by the church in foreign mission work, and suggested that at each communion service every church member give fire cents to carry the news of the gospel to the heathen. Dr. Willingham, secretary of the foreign board, said that during the fifty years of the existence of the convention it had contributed over sl,800,000 and 310 missionaries to work in foreign fields. The report was adopted, ns was the report of the treasurer of the home mission board, presented by Rev. Ycatman, of Washington, which showed a marked improvement in the financial condition during the past year.

English turf critics are still issuing bulletins against American runners and their jockeys, form, style and get-there ability all beiug questioned; but the American owners abroad are either beating the English horses or the pool boxes with alarming regularity. The census of the city of Buffalo, taken May 1, showed the population to be 335,709. __ John Gehrig and Alex. Btruben were drowned while trying to lord Wood river, Idaho. .