Vvi \S c. ♦ O «* €> «* * <• O «• O <• Do You Know These Facts ABOUT THE WORK OF THE American Baptist Foreign Mission Society AND THE Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society Missions Ten missions are main¬ tained, which are lo¬ cated in Burma, Assam, South India, Bengal-Orissa, South China, East China, West China, Japan, Belgian Congo and the Philippine Islands. Assistance is also given to the Baptists in Europe. In these ten fields there are 127 stations and 3,237 outstations. Missionaries There are 726 missionaries, in¬ cluding those of the Woman’s So¬ ciety. These include ordained ministers, physicians, teachers, in¬ dustrial and agricultural experts, business managers and printers. They are assisted by 6,673 native workers. Evangelism In 1916 on all fields 9,977 con¬ verts were baptized. During the 103 years of missionary work, 338,810 baptisms were reported in non-Christian lands, where there are now 183,505 members enrolled in 1,732 regular Baptist churches, of which 1,027, or fifty-nine per cent., are self-supporting. Medicine Sixty-nine agen¬ cies for healing are maintained. These consist of 21 hospitals and 48 dispensaries, and are in charge of 56 medical mis¬ sionaries assisted by 133 American and native nurses. More than 83,000 patients received medical and surgical treatment during the past year. Education There are 2,602 schools of all grades, including 6 colleges, 29 seminaries and training schools, with a total enrolment of over 85,000 pupils. Sunday schools number 2,301, with 89,544 pupils. The missionaries have translated the Bible, in whole or in part, into over thirty dialects and languages. Three publication plants publish Bibles, periodicals and other literature. Finance During the first year of organized missionary effort the total receipts for foreign missions were $1,059. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 1918, the total receipts amounted to $1,257,508.30, including receipts of the Woman’s Society. The Challenge These facts constitute a great Baptist challenge. The responsibility for maintaining this great missionary work rests not upon the societies, but upon the churches, women’s circles, and in¬ dividuals in the territory of the Northern Baptist Convention. The societies are merely their agents in advancing the Kingdom of God throughout the world. While the Nation is at war and its needs are clearly paramount, nevertheless, can the work of the Kingdom, even under the exigencies of war suffer retrenchment or curtailment? For this reason, the societies appeal to their constituency for the maximum loyal and generous support. F OR information regarding the work of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, write to any of the following: 1. The District Secretary of your district. 2. Department of Missionary Education, 23 East 26th Street, New York City. 3. Literature Department, Box 41, Boston, Mass. For information regarding the work of the Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society write to either of the following: 1. Publication Department, 450 East 30th Street, Chicago, Ill. 2. Literature Department, 704 Ford Building, Boston, Mass. CONSECRATION SERVICE Program of the Wednesday Evening Session, May 16, 1918 of the Northern Baptist Convention at Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 15-21, 1918 Rev. Emory W. Hunt, D.D., Pastor First Baptist Church of Newton Centre, Mass., President American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, presiding. 1. 2 . 3. 4. 5. 6 . 7. 8 . 9. 10 . Hymn, “In the Cross of Christ I Glory” In the cross of Christ I glory, Tow’ring o’er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. When the woes of life o'ertake me, Hopes deceive, and fears annoy; Never shall the cross forsake me; Lo! it glows with peace and joy. When the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love upon my way. From the cross the radiance streaming Adds more luster to the day. Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure. By the cross are sanctified; Peace is there that knows no measure, Joys that through all time abide. Prayer .Rev. Emory W. Hunt, D.D. Presentation of Foreign Students Introduced by Foreign Secretary James H. Franklin, D.D. and Foreign Secretary, Miss Nellie G. Prescott Presentation of New Missionaries of Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society Introduced by Foreign Secretary, Miss Nellie G. Prescott Presentation of New Missionaries of American Baptist Foreign Mission Society Introduced by Foreign Secretary, James H. Franklin, D.D. Brief Address: “Conscience or Camouflage in Missions” Rev. J. C. Massee, D.D. Pastor First Baptist Church, Dayton, Ohio Scripture Reading .Mrs. Andrew MacLeish Vice-president Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society Charge to the New Missionaries Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery President Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society Hymn, “The Son of God Goes forth to War’ The Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain; His blood-red banner streams afar; Who follows in His train? Who best can drink his cup of woe, And triumph over pain, Who patient bears his cross below; He follows in His train. A noble band, the chosen few, On whom the Spirit came, Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew And mocked the torch of flame; They met the tyrant’s brandished steel. The lion's gory mane. They bowed their necks the stroke to feel: Who follows in their train? The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave; Who saw his Master in the sky, And called on Him to save; Like Him, with pardon on his tongue, In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong; Who follows in his train? A noble army, men and boys, The matron and the maid. Around the throne of God rejoice. In robes of light arrayed. They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain: O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train. Consecration Prayer . Rev. Herbert J. White, D.D. Pastor First Baptist Church, Hartford, Conn., Chairman Board of Managers Page four ] CONSECRATION SERVICE OF New Appointees Sailed Previous to Convention J. Lee Lewis and Mrs. Minneola Mabey Lewis Home: Illinois (Mrs.) Massachu¬ setts. •Church Membership: First Baptist, Ashland, Mass. Burma. Miss Henrietta McKeen Home: Massachusetts. Church Membership: North Avenue Baptist, Cambridge, Mass. China. Henry S. Philpott Home: Ohio. Church Membership: First Baptist, Xenia, Ohio. Burma. Mrs. Anna James Philpott Home: New Jersey. Church Membership: Clarendon St. Baptist, Boston. Burma. Expected to sail in 1918 or later Olive A. Hastings Home: Massachusetts. Church Membership: First Baptist, Arlington, Mass. Burma. William R. Hutton and Mrs. Chloe Sprecher Hutton Home: Kansas. Church Membership: First Baptist, Winfield, Kans. (Mrs.) Christian Church, Rosalia, Kansas. Assam. Elma R. Tharp Home: Washington. Church Membership: First Baptist, Chicago, Ill. Elmer T. Thompson and Mrs. Elmer T. Thompson Home: New York. Church Membership: First Baptist, Rensselaer, N. Y. Japan. Chester F. Wood Home: Massachusetts. Membership: W. Somerville Bap¬ tist, Somerville, Mass. China. Norris E. Woodbury and Mrs. Emma Dary Woodbury Home: New Hampshire. Church Membership: First Baptist, Nashua, N. H. China. Candidates in War Service Harold deB. Barss, M.D. Cecil M. P. Cross E. Bixler Davis Alvin T. Fishman J. H. Foster W. H. Hauck George Kilpatrick C. R. Stoddard Harold Thomas, M.D. A. D. Waltz S. B. Weld F. B. Whitmore, M.D. New Appointees of the Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society Sailed Previous to Convention Lydia B. Brown Home: Iowa. Church Membership: First Baptist, Ames, Iowa. Ginling College, East China. Marguerite Everham, M.D. Home: Illinois. Church Membership: First Baptist, South Chicago, Ill, South China. NEW FOREIGN MISSIONARIES [ Page five M. Jean Gates Home: Illinois. Church Membership: Baptist, De¬ catur, Ill. East China. Martha J. Gifford, M.D. Home: New York. Church Membership: Hyde Park Baptist, Chicago, Ill. Burma. Carrie Hesseltine Home: Nebraska. Church Membership: Baptist Church, Peru, Neb. Burma. Abbie G. Sanderson. Home: Maine. Church Membership: First Baptist, Houlton, Maine. South China. Carrie E. Slaght, M.D. Home: New York. Church Membership: Baptist Church, Interlaken, N. Y. South China. Expected to Sail in 1918 or later M. Elsie Barnard Home: Rhode Island. Church Membership: Metropolitan Tabernacle, New York City. Bengal-Orissa. Mabel E. Bovell Home: Iowa. Church Membership: Walnut St. Baptist, Burlington, Iowa. West China. L. Emma Brodbeck Home: Illinois. Church Membership: Covenant Baptist, Chicago. West China. Ursula Dresser Home: Wisconsin. Church Membership: First Baptist, Sheboygan, Wis. Designation: South India. Ella A. Hill Home: New York. Church Membership: Baptist Church of the Redeemer, Yonkers, N. Y._ East China. Emilie G. Lawrence Home: Kansas. Church Membership: Baptist Church, Ottawa, Kans. Burma. F. Jane Lawrence Home: Oregon. Church Membership: McMinnville, Baptist, McMinnville, Ore. East China. May A. Nichols Home: New York. Church Membership: First Baptist, Waverly, N. Y. Assam. Mary Phillips Home: Indiana. Church Membership: First Baptist, Madison, Ind. Burma. Ethel M. Ross Home: New Jersey. Church Membership: Baptist Church, North Orange, N. J. South China. Emma H. Simonsen Home: Kansas. Church Membership: First Baptist, Kansas City, Mo. East China. Ruth E. Smith Home: Ohio. Church Membership: First Baptist, Columbus, Ohio. Japan. E. May Stevenson Home: Colorado. Church Membership: Galilee Bap¬ tist, Denver, Colo. Assam. Frances Therolf Home: Ohio. Church Membership: Euclid Ave. Baptist, Cleveland, Ohio. West China. Mary D. Thomas Home: Ohio. Church Membership: First Baptist, Lima, Ohio. Burma. Page six ] CONSECRATION SERVICE OF Our Distinguished Visitor from France /''A UR entire constituency, through the Northern Baptist Convention, heartily welcomes to America Rev. Reuben Saillens, D.D., of Paris. He has come at the invitation of the Foreign Mission Society to bring a message from our brethren in France and Belgium, who have been called upon to pass through such fearful suffering and to make such heroic sacrifices during these recent years. Dr. Saillens has twice witnessed his beloved France fall a victim of German military aggression. In 1870 he served as a volunteer in the Ambulance Corps, which went from Lyons to the field of battle in the Franco-Prussian war. Since 1914 he and Mrs. Saillens have given themselves without reserve to meeting the demands of the hour in France. He comes to us not only as a representative of Baptists in France and Belgium but also as a citizen of a great country to which we as a nation are now united in the struggle against autocracy and militarism. It is hoped that during his brief stay he will be able to visit several cities in the East and in the Middle West, to give addresses in Baptist churches and at conferences of ministers. His itinerary is now being arranged by Home Secretary J. Y. Aitchison. Missionary Speakers L-1 OW long a time has passed since your 11 church enjoyed the visit of a mission¬ ary? A number of missionaries have recently returned to America on furlough and during the year will be available for deputation service among the churches. Some of them are in attendance at the Convention and pastors who desire to have any of these missionaries speak in their churches should see them personally, or preferably should make arrangements with the District Secretaries of their respective districts as early as possible. Daily Prayer Meeting T N accordance with the custom of A previous years, a morning prayer meet¬ ing will be conducted jointly under the auspices of the Home and Foreign Mis¬ sion Societies, at eight o’clock each morning with the exception of Sunday, beginning Thursday, May 16. The follow¬ ing leaders have been appointed: Thursday: Rev. Emory W. Hunt, D.D. Friday: Rev. H. F. Stillwell, D.D. Saturday: Rev. Fred P. Haggard, D.D. Monday: Rev. Herbert J.White, D.D. Tuesday: Rev. G. N. Brink, D.D. NEW FOREIGN MISSIONARIES [ Page seven Baptists in World Service A NEW book, giving an interesting array of incidents and thrilling experiences of 726 Baptists in world service, has just been published. It is beautifully illustrated and bound in a khaki colored cover with a red, white and blue service flag. All who read it will at once become impressed with the fact that in addition to the great war against military autocracy which is now claiming the attention of the entire world, there is also a great war being waged against the forces of evil, religious auto¬ cracy, superstition and idolatry in the non-Christian world. The book en¬ deavors to describe the experiences of our missionaries abroad while engaged in this great Christian war. The following chapter headings will in¬ dicate the scope and character of the book: 1. In the Trenches 2. Field Hospitals and Their Units 3. In the Training Camps 4. Behind the Lines 5. Cooperating with our Allies 6. In France 7. Selective Conscription 8. Planning the Big ffensive 9. Spiritual Morale The book sells for only fifteen cents per copy and will be a choice addition to any library. Copies can be secured from the Literature Department of either of the two Foreign Mission Societies, addressed either Ford Building, Boston, Massachusetts, or 450 East 30th Street, Chicago, Illinois. Copies can be seen and orders placed at the Literature Exhibit. Stereopticon Lectures DASTORS whose churches are equipped A with a stereopticon lantern are invited to use the stereopticon lectures furnished by the Society. Seventy-two sets of slides, comprising forty different lectures are in circulation. Each set has approxi¬ mately fifty slides and is accompanied by a typewritten description in book form, making it easy for any one to give the lecture. A new catalog of lectures has been pub¬ lished with the title, “A Visit to the Orient,” giving complete information, in¬ cluding a brief description of each lecture. Copies of the new catalog can be se¬ cured* at the literature exhibit. Be sure to visit the stereopticon demonstration room, where beautifully colored slides will be exhibited daily during the Convention. Opportunities Abroad LJAVE you seen the architectural plans 1 A for the expansion and further develop¬ ment of some of the large institutions on the foreign field? It will pay you to make a careful study of these plans which are on exhibition at the literature exhibit. They show some of the outstanding needs and the plans to meet those needs at some of our great institutions, such as Shanghai Baptist College and Theological Seminary, Jorhat Christian Schools in Assam, Way- land Academy at Hangchow, China and Rangoon Baptist College. Some of the new buildings urgently needed have already been provided for and the con¬ struction of others is made possible through definite pledges on the part of friends who are interested in the mis¬ sionary enterprise. Here are some great opportunities which may come only once in a life time to those who are interested in the erection of a permanent memorial on the foreign field, and which will have an important part to play for ages to come in the Christianization of the Orient. Any of the officers of the Society would be pleased to assist you in going over the plans and in explaining any details. New Literature COME attractive and interesting new ^ missionary literature for 1918 has been published and copies can be secured at the literature exhibit. Copies in quan¬ tity for distribution in the churches, young people’s societies and other organizations can be obtained from the offices of the district secretaries. The best way to secure this new litera¬ ture is to send thirty-five cents to the literature department as a New Literature subscription. You will receive regularly for one year sample copies of all such attractive literature issued by the Society. Memorial Service A MEMORIAL SERVICE for the late Rev. Henry C. Mabie, D.D., will be held in the First Baptist Church of Atlantic City, N. J., on Sunday after¬ noon, May 19, at three o’clock. An¬ nouncement regarding speakers at this service will be made at the Convention. I II it Kingdom Contributions 1. IMMEDIATE GIFTS. it i ji 2. Vastly greater sums are needed at once in order properly to develop our work. Inadequacy of equipment and lack of workers to relieve overburdened missionaries, or to care for stations now without any missionaries in charge, seriously embarrass our missions. Funds are needed also for evangelistic, medical and educational work. GIFTS THROUGH LEGACIES. The confidence of individuals in the work of the Society is evidenced by the substantial income from legacies received during the past ten years. Some of our greatest work has thus been made possible by the gifts of friends who although dead are yet speaking. Those who are now making their wills have the privilege of becoming channels of blessing to spiritually thirsty people for ages to come. The correct form of bequest is as follows: 1 also give and bequeath to the AMERICAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY .. dollars for the purposes of said Society as specified in the Act of Incorporation. And I hereby direct my executor (i or executors) to pay said sum to the treasurer of said Society, taking his receipt therefor, within . months after my decease. 3. CONDITIONAL GIFTS. Our Life Annuity Agreements make it possible for those who desire to give to missions, but who really need the income from their money, to give the principal to the Society and yet receive a good rate of income as long as they live. Better than the guarantee of income promptly paid is the consciousness that the net principal of Annuity Gifts will, automatically, upon the death of the giver, go into the general, or special, work of the Society as the donors may elect. For information concerning any form of gift for the work of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society Write to J. Y. AITCHISON, D.D., Home Secretary Post Office Box 41, Boston, Mass. 125-3M-5-8-1918