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A FEW GOLD STATISTICS.
Condensed Summary of Statistical Educational Report.
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Mission Study Classes 1.783 1,511 3.294 48,957 564
Itible Study Classes .... 1,522 20,575 442
Prayer Bands .... 2,657 26,933 880
Family Altars .... 9,23b ...
Tithers .... 10,269 ...
Total Rifts from Synodicals, $1,117,876.* Increase over last year, $101,
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?These figures are from Auxiliary records sent to St. Louis. The reports
from church sessions include Ladies' Aid Societies and show a larger' tolal.
Watch us grow! This is the result of ten years' work. Where may we
not be in ten years more?
CENTER CHURCH.
A fact of interest to the ladies of
our church here is the passing into
history of the Aid Society of Center
Church, West Hanover Presbytery. It
lias disappeared, but In another fcfm
its work is to be done by the women
of the church, under a plp.n recom
mended by our church court ? to be
merged into an organization known
as the Woman's Auxiliary. The La
dies' Aid Society was kept alive for
many years by two faithful members
of Center church, Mrs. David Stu&rt
and Miss Fannie Foster. Our church
membership in those days was very
small in number. Since the installa
tion of our present pastor, Rev. A.
D. Car swell, our church membership
has increased wonderfully. All the
organizations of the church have
taken on life. The very bad weather
in February hindered our work very
much, but now that the weather and
roads are much better we are at work
in earnest again.
Officers for 1921-22 were as fol
lows: Mrs. Turner Thomas, Presi
dent; Miss Bessie Stuart, Vice-Presi
dent; Mrs. William Dabney, Treas
urer; Miss M. A. Corson, Secretary.
The same officers were re-elected for
1 '-*22-23, with the exception of Mrs.
William Dabney, who resigned, and
Mrs. David Stuart was elected to All
the vacancy.
In the few months of our work we
have donated a quilt and a box of
hooks to the Presbyterian Orphanage
Lynchburg. Also a Christmas box
to our pastor, made a quilt for the
manse, donated a ru? for the manse,
a liberal supply of jellies and pre
serves for the manse pantry, donated
a box of groceries weighing 300
Pounds to the evangelist, Rev. A. W.
Honey; sold $70 worth of fancy work
for our Korean schools; paid 92 inci
dental expenses of the Auxiliary, con
tributed $23.50 to the benevolent
fauses of the church; organized a
Mission Study class for 1922-23.
Our report would not be complete
Without especial mention of our faith
fJ'l and efficient Secretary, Miss M. A.
( ?rson. Her sincerity and Christian
Krace not only won many friends for
!|"r at the Presbyterial at Massies
Wlls, May 25th and 26th, whfere she
?""Presented this Auxiliary as a dele
*a,e, but has meant much toward the
?rengthenlng and efficiency of our
W(,rk here at home. Preparation, per
severance and prayer have been her
keynote.
Mrs. Turner Thomas,
President.
WHOSE PACK?
d00 Mko to let hef In at the
>um of her dow on? *??<1
This was said of one of our fine
women in the Kentucky mountains.
We are "Just guessing" that it is Mrs.
P. B. T., of Canoe.
TABOR AUXILIARY.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Tabor
Presbyterian church, Crozet, Va., cel
eebrated the tenth anniversary of the
organization of the Woman's Auxil
iary in an appropriate manner. The
meeting was held in the church, which
was beautifully decorated, the color
scheme being white and green. The
meeting was called to order by the
President, Mrs. Harry P. Rhodes, and
after the usual devotional and rou
tine of business, the leader of th8
program, Mrs. T. W. DeVane, took
charge.
A large cake was borne in by two
small girls and placed on a table in
a conspicuous place on the rostrum,
and as the candles were lighted and
placed on the cake one by one by a
young girl, each one reciting an
achievement each year of the Auxil
iary in a most impressive manner un
til the ten candles were all in place,
and then there was an extra candle
to represent the work that is to be
carried on. At the conclusion tho'
girls stood in a semi-circle around
the cake and sang "The Morning
Light Is Breaking." There was also
a most interesting historical sketch
of the beginning of the" Woman's
Work of Tabor church, written by
Mrs. Richard A. Yancey. Among the
first work done by the women was
the purchasing of a pulpit cushion,
which was bought in Philadelphia,
and carried home in the trunk of
one of its members, Miss Martha
Painter, and this is still in use. The
offering, which was not a generous
one, was for Miss Dowd's School for
Friendless Girls in far-off Japan. At
our last meeting it was decided to
form a third circle, which will Include
only the young girls of the church.
Mrs. T. W. DeVane was appointed
chairman of this circle, and under her
leadership it is expected this circle
will do fine work.
Our Auxiliary has been most for
tunate in having Miss Ella G. Gra
ham, a returned missionary from Ko
rea, en route to the General Assem
bly, spca kto us. Miss Graham gave
a most interesting and encouraging
report of the work of the Southern
Presbyterian Church In "The Hermit
Land." Miss S. L. Leckie.
A HOME MISSION CHALLENGE.
Ten thousand men and women from
foreign countries attend schools and
colleges in the United States and Can
ada, representing one hundred differ
ent institutions in the countries from
which they come.
LEBANON, VA.
The Wloman's Auxiliary gave a moat
delightful entertainment Saturday af
ternoon, May 13th, in honor of its
tenth birthday. The program was
entertaining as well as instructive.
Each guest was requested to bring a
penny for each year she had lived,
and this will go to help build a new
home for Miss Dowd's School for
Friendless Girls in Japan. Miss Bes
sie Dinwiddie had a pleasant surprise
in store for us after the program with
delightful refreshments, which were
served by the young people.
The first Ladies' Missionary Society
of Lebanon church was organized in
1886, with Miss Humphreys as presi
dent, and was reorganized in 189.r?,
with seven members, Mrs. J. L. Sher
rard, president. In August of that
year a Prayer Band was also started.
Mrs. Sherrard served as president
for six years, and was regretfully
given up when her husband's pastor
ate ended in 1901. The record of
March in that year shows there were
then twenty-six members.
Miss Bessie Dinwiddie was then
elected president, and has served ever
since, except one year, 1916, when
Mrs. R. A. Lapsley was elected. Her
ill health prevented her serving long
er.
Until 1916 all contributions were
given to Foreign Missions only; now
they are given to all the causes of
the church, as requested by the Gen
eral Assembly.
The name has been changed to
Woman's Auxiliary, but no circles
have yet been formed, principally be
cause no one has been found willing
to take the lead in them.
M. S. A.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
Union and Ricliwood Auxiliaries of
Boone County, Ky., celebrated the
tenth anniversary of our woman's
organized work of the Southern Pres
byterian Church, with an all-day
meeting at the home of Mrs. William
T. Spears, President of Union Auxil
iary, with a splendid attendance. At
noon a delightful lunch was served
and enjoyed by all. After lunch the
guests adjourned to the front porch
and lawn. Scripture was read and
prayer was offered by Rev. William
T. Spears. Mrs. Spears welcomed the
guests to her home, and told why
she thought the two auxiliaries
should celebrate this event together.
The program was carried out in full,
with Mrs. Helen Dickey Tomlin, Pres
ident of Ricrwood Auxiliary, as lead
er. She said "the Invitation to this
birthday party stressed three things ?
guests, gifts and cake with candles
on It. Having ourselves supplied the
first, we were now ready for the sec
ond." An opportunity was given to
present their gifts, and more than
twenty-five dollars was put in the
gift box. Then a most beautiful
prayer of consecration was offered by
Mrs. Hattie Bedinger Stevenson. A
real birthday cake was borne to the
front by two young ladies of Rich
wood, and the maids and matrons of
both auxiliaries represented the can
dles and to**l of each year's progress.
Interesting histories were given of
both societies, of their organizations
and some of their work. A letter
was read from Rev. Robert Bedinger,
of our Congo Mlan!on. He is a son
of Dr. B. Frank Bedinger, once an
elder of Richwood church. There was
a delightful social hour, and we can
but say the hostess, and her efficient
assistants had done all they could for
the success and pleasure of the occa
sion, and the congratulations extend
ed by departing guests were very
hearty.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON
MISSIONARY" ENFORCE
MENTS.
By Rev. S. H. Chester, D. D.
The readers of the Presbyterian of
the South will remember that at its
December meeting the Executive
Committee of Foreign Missions took
action to the effect that, until our
financial condition was radically im
proved, no new missionaries would
be sent to the field, no matter how
urgent the need, except such doctors
and nurses as were necessary to oper
ate our hospitals and take proper care
of the health of our missionaries. At
the same time action was also taken
making a reduction of 10 per cent,
in all appropriations made to our>
missions for other purposes than
those of missionary support and co
operative work. These actions were
taken in view of what seemed to be
a heavy impending increase in our
missionary debt.
This action of the Executive Com
mittee was commended by our Com
mittee on Stewardship, when it met
to consider the committee's annual
report, and also by the General As
sembly at Charleston.
The Executive Committee submit
ted to the General Assembly at
Charleston the cases of certain mis
sionaries under appointment, who
had made their plans for sailing, and
for whom certain churches had of
fered pledges of support, on the basis
of the annual cost fund of $1,350
each, the amount hitherto required
as the condition of sending out new
missionaries except in cases of spe
cial emergency. In addition to these
special cases, certain imperative
needs were also presented for the
Assembly's consideration, with the re
quest for instruction as to whether
or not they should be filled. The
Assembly authorizezd the committee
to send out a few of those whose
cases were thus presented, seven in
all. Having given this authority, the
Assembly then took the following ac
tion:
"That besides the above mentioned
reinforcements, the Executive Com
mittee is enjoined to exercise the ut
most caution in assuming additional
obligations, either by sending out ad
ditional workers or otherwise enlarg
ing the work, that are. not, In the
committee's best judgment, fully cov
ered by additional income, over and
above the previous donations of those
offering special contributions for such
special objects."
At the June meeting of the Execu
tive Committee action was taken that
"in the judgment of the committee
the amount required for this purpose
Is $2,700 for each new missionary."
This represents the per capita cost
of the entire work at home and
abroad, and is reached by dividing
the total cost by the number of mis
sionaries on our roll. The amount
varies of course in individual cases,
but this is the general average. The
elements Included in it are salaries
and allowances, rents, medical and
other emergency expense, furlough
and out-going travel, home adminis
tration, plus the cost of all the work
on the field.
This is a very considerable increase,
more than the doubling, of the per
capita cost of the work since the
year 1907, when our missionary plat
form was adopted, and when we es
timated that the per capita cost was
$1,200 a year, and that $1,000,000
a year would be sufficient to finance
the entire work until It was finished.
The causes of this increase are
manifold, the chief one, perhaps, be
ing the general rise of all prices r?*
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