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February 17, 1909.
Sabbath Scho
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Should there go out an appeal to the
membership of Ihe Southern Presbyterian
Church for a fund to provide
hrpflrt for 9. hfiO OftO white philHron in
South who were suffering for lack of food,
the response would be prompt, generous
and In keeping with the ability of
the Church. The Publication Committee
is charged with the duty of pre
senting a call which should be more
emphatic in its appeal to the sympathy
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and generosity of the Church than
would be a call for a charity fund.
A COMPELLING APPEAL.
We appeal for the means needed to
Kive the Bread of Life to our share of
the 2,500,000 white children in the South
who are out of the Sabbath School and
almost totally destitute of religious
.puviiBges ana instruction. rnese aesutute
children are found In our great
cities, In the mountain regions, in our
factory and mining towns, in the rural
districts, and in the rapidly growing
Southwest, and they meet with eager
interest the messengers who bring them
the Word of Life.
OUR 8HARE IN THE WORK.
Every evangelical Church in the South
is giving its best thought and energy to
thiH problem, and no department of
religious activity yields such immediate
and encouraging results. Oyr Church
has not been idle, and the manifest
blessing of God has attended our efforts
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THE PRESBYTERIAN OF THE
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T WILL YOU DO ABOU'
to enlarge the extent and increase the
fruitfulness of our Sabbath school work.
The enrollment in our schools has
increased from 170,000 in 1902 to 224,
767 in 1908. Last year the Publication
Committee aided two hundred and
ninety-six schools in conducting their
work. One hundred and fifty-three of
these schools were organized during
the year, or an average of nearly three
per week. Over 13,000 children are
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enrolled in these schools, which are
dependent in whole or in part upon the
Publication Committee for their existence.
The distribution of the ' schools
aided last year is shown by the following
table:
Alabama 16
Arkansas 17
Florida 7
Georgia 14
Kentucky 27
Louisiana '.. 11
Mississippi 10
Missouri
North Carolina 4(1
South Carolina 18
Tennessee 14
Texas 51
Virginia 58
Total *296
While we thank God and take courage
for what has been done, we have but
touched the fringe of the great field lying
open before us.
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EVERY STATE INVOLVED.
To emphasize the need for vigorous
and effective work at our very door we
present herewith a map, on which is
shown the number of white young people
out of the Sunday school in the territory
covered by our Church. The map tells
the story as effectively as figures can
present startling moral and religious
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consequences to me moral and material
interests of our country if these young
people are permitted to grow up without
being touched by the power, of the
Gospel.
FRUITFULNE88 OF THE WORK.
In every state in the South can be
found hundreds of vigorous, self-support
lng churches which' had their origin in
a mission Sabbath school which was supported
through its initial period by the
Church at large. These churches are
not only self-supporting, but they aru
now generous ccntributors to all the benevolent
causes of the Church. One instance
will illustrate this point: Less
than Ave years ago the committee aided
in establishing and conducting a mission
Sabbath school in a Western city. Out
of that arhnnl hna ornwn a vlcnrmis
church, which now occupies a' build'costing
over $25,000. They carry their
own work, contribute liberally to all the
Assembly's causes and support a missionary
in the foreign field.
This pioneer work Is absolutely neces