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A I KW ?'OM> STATISTICS.
< 'ondensed Siiiiiiuai'y ?f Statistical Kducat ional Iteport.
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hssion Study Classes I.7K"> 1.51 1 " . 2 !' I IS.!?r?7 ???> i
1 1 ? I ? ? Sillily ('lassos .... I.*?22 2 0 . ."i 7 f? I I
raver Hands .... 2 . ?! f> 7 !*?;.!? II :t ssn
.i in i I v A Ha i s !?.2:5
ii tiers .... I 0. 2 ...
Total ni"s from Synodicals, $ 1 , 1 1 7,N7t?.* Increase over last year.
Tliese ligures are f-oin Auxiliary records sent to si. Louis. The reports
i>iii church sessions include Ladies* Aid Societies and show a larger tc'al.
Wat eli us irrow! This is the result of ten years' work. Where may we
"i he in ten years more''
(i:\TK I { <11 I I C< II.
\ fart ??f interest to the Indies of
? mi r church here is tlie passing into
lory of the Aid Society of Center
I'hurcli. West Hanover Presbytery. It
disappeared, hut in another form
work is to lie done by the women
>< the church, under a plan recom
mended by our church court ? to he
merged into an organization known
I lie Woman's Auxiliary. The La
ies* Aid Society was kept alive for
hi ? ny years liy two faithful members
: ('eater church, Mrs. David Stu.M-t
m l Miss Fannie Foster. Our church
ii' niliership in those days was very
mill in number. Since the installa
' "ii ui our present pastor, Itev. A.
? Carswell, our church membership
increased wonderfully. All the
inizatious of the church have
1 i Wen on life. The very bad weather
February hindered our work very
iinn-ii. but now that the weather and
?ads are much better we are at work
earnest again.
? Mlicers for 19 2 1-2 2 were as fol
1 "vs: Mrs. Turner Thomas, l'resi
it : Miss Bessie Stuart, Vice-Presi
? it; Mrs. William Dabney, Treas
1 r; Miss M. A. Corson, Secretary.
1 ?? same oflicers were re-elected for
2 :{, with the exception of Mrs.
Uiam Dabney, who resigned, and
David Stuart was elected to 11 II
vacancy.
In the few months of our work wa
?ve donated a quilt and a box of
>ks to the Presbyterian Orphanage
'' 1-ynchburg. Also a Christmas box
our pastor, made a quilt for tha
'"?'use, donated a ru^ for the manse,
? liberal supply of jellies and pre
1 ' ves for the manse pantry, donated
??(?\ of groceries weighing 300
J "U ii ds to the evangelist, ltev. A. W.
1 1 ? 'Hey ; sold $70 worth of fancy worK
'"i niir Korean schools; paid $2 tnoi
' ntal expenses of the Auxiliary, con
''?'huted $23.50 to the benevolent
? i uses of the church; organized a
,s*ion Study class for 1922-23.
Dur report would not be complete
' 1 hunt especial mention of our faith
1 "1 and efficient Secretary, Miss M. A.
' "rson. Her sincerity and Christian
1 "?? not only won many friends for
the Presbyterial at Massics
May 25th and 20th, where slid
'"l* resented this Auxiliary as a dele
hut has meant much toward the
"'"Kthening and efficiency of our
'"li here at home. Preparation, per
' v,*rance and prayer have been her
k,,yiiote.
Mrs. Turner Thomas,
President.
WHOSK PACK?
1 Jest like to let bet1 in at the
?loi>r ; the of her doe* one good
"lire,"
This was said of tine of our fine
women in th<* Kentucky mountains.
We an* "just guessing" that il is Mrs.
P. H. T., of Canoe.
TAltOlt AI'MLIAKY.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Tabor
Presbyterian church, Cro/.rt. Va.. cel
eehrated 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 eolor
scheme being white and green. The
meeting was called to order by tie1
President, Mrs. Marry P. Rhodes, and
after the usual devotional and rou
tine of business, the leader of tlia
program. Mrs. T. W. DeVane, took
charge.
A large cake was borne in by two
small girls and placed on a table it:
a conspicuous place on the rostrum,
ami as the caudles 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 the
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 vSeneral Assem
bly. sp? a 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 0110 hundred differ
ent institutions in the countries from
which they come.
LEBANON, V.\.
The Woman's Auxiliary nave a most
delightful entertainment Saturday af
ternoon, May 115th, in honor of its
tenth hirtliday. The program was
entertaining as well as instructive.
Kach guest was requested to bring a
penny for each year she had lived,
and Ibis will go to help build a new
home for Miss liowd's Kehool for
Friendless (Jiiis ill .!;i|>un. Miss Ites
sie Dinwiddie had a pleasant surprise
in store for us after the program with
delight fill refreshments, wliieh were
served by the young people.
The first Ladies' Missionary Society
of Lebanon church was organized in
issn, with Miss Humphreys as presi
dent. :iml was reorganized in I s'.i.'i,
with seven members. Mrs. J. I,. Slier
raid. (.resident. In August of Ilia'
year :i I'rayer Hand was also started.
Mrs. Sherrard served as president
for si\ years, and was regretfully
given up when her husband's pastor
ate ended in IJ'ul. The record of
March in that year shows there were
then twenty-six members.
Miss Hessie Dinwiddie was then
elected president, and has served ever
since, except one year. l'.Hii. when
Mrs. H. A. Lapsley was elected, Her
ill health prevented her serving long
er.
Until Hllli all contributions were
given to Foreign Missions only; now
they are given to all the causes of
the church, as requested by the (Jen
era 1 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.
Ill ItTII D.\ Y ( i:iJ:iil{.\TH>\.
I'liion and Richwood Auxiliaries of
lloone County, Ky., celebrated the
t ?*ii t li 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 I'nioti Auxil
iary, with a splendid attendance. At
noon a delightful lunch was served
and enjoyed by all. After lunch tho
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 Toinlin. 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 tlie
first, we were now ready for the sec
ond." An opportunity was given to
present their gifts, and more than
twenty-live dollars was put in the
gift box. Then a most beautiful
prayer of consecration was offered hy
Mrs. llattie Dedinger 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 A! 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 Hedinger,
of our Congo Miss'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 elllciont
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.
THK (?(?'NKItAli .nSSKMBLY ON
M ISSION'Ai: V KN I'OIU K
MK.VTK.
liy Itev. S. II. Chester. D. D
The readers of tin* Presbyterian of
tlio South will reineiuber that at its
December meeting the Executive
Commit tee of Foreign Missions took
anion to tin; effect that, until our
tinaix'ial condition was radically im
proved. no now missionaries would
sent to the field, no matter how
urgent l lw 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
makiim a reduction of in 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 he
a heavy impending increase in our
missionary debt.
This action of the Kxecutive Com
mittee was commended by our Com
mit tee 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
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 lie tilled. The
Assembly aut liori/.e/.d the committee
to send out a few of those whose
cases were thus presented, seven in
all. Having given this authority, the
Assembly then look 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 Kxecu
tive Committee action was taken tliat
"in the judgment of tiie eommittee
tlie amount required for this purpos"
is $2,700 for each new missionary."
This represents the per capita cost
of the entire work at home and
abroad, and is reached l?y dividing
the total cost hy the number of mis
sionaries on our roll. The amount
varies of course in individual cases,
hut this is the general average. The
elements included in it are salaries
and allowances. rents, medical :t 11 ? 1
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 thiin the doubling, of the per
capita cost of the work since the
year 1!???7. when our missionary plat
form was adopted, and when we es
timated that the per capita cost was
$l.2?o 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 am
manifold, the chief one, perhaps, be
ing the general rise of all prices rn
(Conlinued on pa,*e 12)