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 FORCEFUL FACTS 
 
 Sf FIGURES 
 
 I T is within the power of the American Epis¬ 
 copal Church to makea larger contribution to 
 the progress and welfare of the American 
 people than any other church. The Nation 
 needs her balance, her reverence, her sane 
 Americanism. 
 
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 T HE Church,through the Board of Missions, 
 is giving help to 42 of the 65 dioceses, and 
 to 19 missionary districts, on the North Ameri¬ 
 can Continent. This means that the privilege 
 of Christian worship is extended to thousands 
 of people who would otherwise be deprived of it. 
 Moreover they are being aided to lay sound 
 moral and religious foundations in many new 
 communities in the great commonwealths of the 
 West and Southwest. 
 
 Porto Rico, the Panama Canal Zone, the 
 Hawaiian Islands and the Philippine Islands 
 are part of the Home Field, too, because over 
 them the Flag of the Nation flies. 
 
 The roll of home missionaries includes 20 
 bishops, about 750 other clergymen and 450 
 lay workers—men and women. 
 
F OR the last fiscal year, ending September i, 
 1908, the Church gave $480,000 for the 
 Home Work. Still greater things remain to be 
 done for 1908-9. On every side the leaders of 
 the campaign are moving forward. They expect 
 the Church to stand by them. They will need 
 this year at least $550,000, to be used in estab¬ 
 lishing the Church from Maine to the Philip¬ 
 pines and from Alaska to Porto Rico. The 
 Watchword is “Extension and no Debt.” 
 
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 HAT should be the programme for 
 1908-9? 
 
 1. Larger aid for the Church in the great 
 West. The Mississippi Valley is rapidly be¬ 
 coming the centre of population and power. 
 Years ago the Church was carried into this 
 region in the face of overwhelming difficulties 
 by Chase, Kemper, Vail, Clarkson, Whipple 
 and other pioneers. Progress has been made in 
 many directions but much remains to be done. 
 Churches must be built; men are needed to 
 begin work in new communities. The Church, 
 through the Board of Missions, is aiding 16 of 
 the 18 dioceses in this region. Help given now 
 is the truest economy for the future. 
 
 2. Greater facilities for carrying the Church 
 to the Southern Mountaineers. There are more 
 than 3,000,000 of them. For years they were 
 hidden away in the mountain “coves” and neg¬ 
 lected. They are hungry for Christian education 
 and Church privileges. Fine work is being done 
 in our schools and mission chapels, but they are 
 all too few. 
 
 
 
3. Continued effort to help the dependent 
 peoples—the Negroes and the Indians—to 
 Christian living. The Negro graduates of the in¬ 
 dustrial and other schools are making good in 
 every day life. They have been transferred from 
 thedangerous class to the helpfulclass. No gradu¬ 
 ate of St. Paul’s, Lawrenceville, has ever been 
 convicted of crime. What university can show 
 a like record? The 90 Indian congregations of 
 South Dakota, with their 10,000 baptized 
 members, 20 Indian clergy, 60 Indian catechists 
 and helpers and their generous offerings for their 
 own support and for Church Extension show 
 plainly the capacity of Indians to receive and 
 apply the Gospel. 
 
 4. Steady following of the receding frontier. 
 Alaska, vast in area, growing in population, 
 rich in mines and fisheries, is a mission field of 
 promise and importance. Undaunted by physical 
 obstacles, Bishop Rowe and his helpers are 
 carrying the Church to miners and merchants, 
 Indians and Eskimos. Our stations stretch in a 
 thin line along the south coast, the Yukon River 
 and the northwest coast. The Church hospitals 
 and the devoted missionary nurses, are caring 
 for hundreds of people. 
 
 5. Patient work in Mormon strongholds. 
 Mormonism is menacing a large part of the 
 farther West. With singular foresight the 
 Mormon authorities are planting colonies in 
 the states adjoining Utah. The Church seeks 
 to counteract the teaching of Mormonism by 
 positive and constructive effort rather than by 
 denunciation. To extend this work is a patri- 
 
otic duty. At present only a few men and a 
 trifling amount of money are available. 
 
 6. Greater effort to bless and better life in 
 Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. It is 
 daybreak in those islands. More men and 
 money must be consecrated to meet the chal¬ 
 lenge of present opportunity. In addition to 
 the native peoples, Americans, living in these 
 new possessions are being ministered to through 
 churches and hospitals. 
 
 W ORK and money invested in the home 
 field bring results. Compare these fig¬ 
 ures for a western missionary district and an 
 eastern parish. 
 
 The Western 
 District 
 
 Income for one year $18,000 . 
 
 Parishes and missions . . 51 . 
 
 Clergy.16 . 
 
 Communicants . . . 1680 . 
 
 Baptisms.245 . 
 
 Confirmations . . . . 169 . 
 
 Gifts for Church Extension 
 through the Board of Missions$909 . 
 
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 Corresponding Secretary, 281 Fourth Avenue, New Yoik, by 
 asking for Leaflet No. 967. 
 
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