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22 THE PRES " . i7 I ? ?? j1? DEPOSITARY OF PRESBYTERIAN C At Texarki SABBATH .SCHOOL WORK. In 190U the Southern Presbyteriau Church organized a department of R:ib bath school extension work under the direction ot' the Publication Committee at Kichmcnd. The special duties of this department are to promote the organization of new Sabbath schools and encourage the workers to equip themselves for more efficient service. The development of the Sabbath school interests of our church during the past six years has been extraordinary and the blessing of God has rested richly upon the efforts of those in charge of this work. The table below gives the increase in enrollment in the schools of our church but no statement can present the uplift that has coine to the workers in our Schools. and the hteccincr ? ?? c uc acuuuib have brought to the quarter of a million now under their influence. SIX YEARS' GAIN IN SABBATH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN THE SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN CHU RCH. 12.211 4,71)1 7.C41 Florida 2,53'J 1,012 . 1.5,2:12 15,818 Kentucky 12.117 15,351 . ........ 1.1(1 . ,??S1 Mississippi 6,769 10,1.7.7 Missouri 9,317 11,63.7 stn Mi Carolina 25,397 30,f?l>7 Sniiiii Carolina 12.986 16,39.7 'IViinessue 13.847 16,29s . 1.1,888 2.7,131 Virginia 37,064 50,969 ( rami Total .... 170,2.76 224,336 Total Rain in onrollniont ...74.070 5BYTERIAN OF THE SOUTH. ^ X " ST-* m ' <***" OMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION >na, Ark.-Texas. ENLARGED HELPFULNESS OF OUR In no department of its work has the Publication Committee rendered greater aid to tiie church than in the improved quality and increased circulation of the literature it publishes for use in our Sabbath schools. The enlarged use our schools are making of the literature is shown by the table below which gives the single copies published each year during the past six years. r PUBLICATION BUILDING / February 17, igog. This is seen still more Hourly when we look at the subscrintion lists hv tin year: In January li?05. we had lISJMio subscriptions to the Kurnest Worker, in January l'JOW :t,.5oo; in i:iu."?? tio.nun subscriptions to ilu* Quarterly, in llht'J t'.h.uuo: in I Jin.".?15,000 subscriptions in tile Home Department Quarterly, in ' ISlOa? 21,000; in I !)05?15,000 subsets nlions to th.' Junior Quarterly, in 1000 ? :u,500. This shows in the' most iiractieal way , the appreciation of our people for the lesson helps published by our Committee. We publish also a few expressions of commendation which show how our readers appreciate the improvement in the quality of our Periodicals: "1 can and do most sincerely congratulate you on the excellence and completeness of the helps you are publishing. 1 am sure our people will and do appreciate the efforts you and your co womers of the Committee are making to improve our Sunday school helps." CLIFFORD P. BOLES. Fayetteville. Ark. "I have been looking forward with mticipated gratification to the appear4 VT RICHMOND. VA.