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THE   UNIVERSITY 

OF   ILLINOIS 

LIBRARY 

S.SG.oS 

XL 

\f.  I  a. 

ILLINOIS   BAPTIST 
BULLETIN 


.1 


vol..  XII. 


NORMAL,  ILLINOIS,  MAY  192« 


NO.  1 


Merging  of  Denominations 


The  Literary  Digest  of  Alay  1st  gives 
more  than  a  full  page  to  this  subject  and 
bases  its  statements  upon  a  meeting  in 
Philadelphia,  February  3-6,  1920.  It 
speaks  of  representatives  of  seventeen 
denominations  meeting  there  and  adopt- 
ing a  plan  delegating  to  the  "United 
Churches  of  Christ  in  America"  consol- 
idation of  the  Missionary  Societies  and 
the  direction  of  movements  for  the 
merging  of  local  churches  in  over 
churched  areas,  etc.  The  article  seems 
to  be  sure  that  all  the  denominations  are 
going  along  that  line  and  yet  that  meet- 
ing in  Philadelphia  was  purely  a  meeting 
of  individuals.  It  was  not  a  representa- 
tive body.  They  spoke  of  the  Baptists 
taking  part  with  as  much  assurance  as 
if  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  had 
sent  a  delegation  there.  Cornelius 
Woelfkin  was  there,  but  he  went  simply 
representing  himself,  and  he  is  known 
to  have  been  in  favor  of  open  member- 
ship for  several  years  past. 

The  Inter  Church  Movement  had 
nothing  whatever  to  do  with  that  Phila- 
delphia meeting.  No  denomination  so 
far  as  we  know  authorized  it  or  sanc- 
tioned its  doings  and  yet  a  great  maga- 
zine like  the  Literary  Digest  gives  it  to 
its  readers  as  though  it  were  a  gener- 
ally  representative  body.     Some   people 


who  are  working  with  the  Inter  Church 
Movement  take  liberty  without  authority 
to  speak  and  write  as  though  all  the  de- 
nominations were  going  to  consolidate. 
The  Inter  Church  Movement  is  not  re- 
sponsible for  this.  But  the  Baptists  of 
the  North  need  to  be  carefully  on  their 
guard.  If  the  question  of  federation  or 
union,  without  regard  to  the  teaching  of 
God's  word,  is  forced  upon  the  Baptists 
they  will  not  stand  for  it.  Nine  tenths 
if  not  forty-nine  fiftieths,  would  strong- 
ly resist  any  such  movement. 

We  are  willing  to  co-operate  with 
others  in  work  upon  which  Ave  have  to 
make  no  sacrifice  of  principle;  but  the 
Baptists  have  a  message  they  will  never 
surrender.  So  long  as  other  denomina- 
tions hold  to  and  practice  ecclesiastical 
church  government,  so  long  as  they  fill 
their  churches  with  persons  who  do  not 
profess  regeneration,  so  long  as  babies 
are  christened  for  baptism,  and  so  long 
as  people  have  a  little  water  sprinkled 
upon  their  heads  as-  a  substitute  for 
baptism.  Baptists  will  stand  aloof  and 
preach  the  truth  as  they  understand  it. 
If  the  time  ever  comes  when  our  denom- 
ination so  far  departs  from  fundamental 
truth  as  to  tie  up  with  these  errors  then 
nine  tenths  of  the  churches  will  draw 
out  and  organize  a  Baptist  demonination 


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tc  ^^aSicl  by  \t\i(e\  truth  as  taught  in  the 
New  Testament.  We  have  no  fear  that 
w^s"  will  have  to  do  this,  but  it  is  well 
to  speak  out  in  time,  and  let  a  few  per- 
sons know  where  the  rank  and  file  of  the 
denomination  stands. 


INTEK-CHURCH  VVORLJ>  MOVEMENT 

The  Baptists  of  the  South  stand  out 
against  the  Inter-Church  Movement  as 
the  only  denomination  in  those  states 
against  it.  The  Inter-Church  is  a  south- 
ern movement.  It  did  not  start  in  the 
north.  A  few  Baptists  in  the  north  are 
against  it,  but  they  are  nearly  all  of  the 
extreme  Pre-millenial  type.  I  do  not 
know  just  why  their  extreme  views  on 
that  doctrine  should  oppose  the  Inter- 
Church  Alovement.  Now  the  Baptist 
Convention  in  Denver  considered  this 
matter  very  carefully.  Strong  resolutions 
were  passed,  carefully  guarding  the  de- 
nomination from  anything  that  would  be 
injurious.  Then  Dr.  J.  B.  Gambrell  of 
Texas,  who  was  supposed  to  bring  fra- 
ternal greetings  from  the  southern  breth- 
ren, gave  an  address  against  the  Inter- 
church  Movement.  After  that  the  Con- 
vention voted  and  1,800  or  2,000  voted 
yes  and  two  persons  voted  no.  Why 
should  the  Baptists  be  afraid  of  the  Inter- 
Church  Movement?  It  is  not  entirely 
new.  The  Women's  Christian  Temper- 
ance Union  was  an  Inter-Church  affair 
in  the  interest  of  Temperance.  The  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  and  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  are  an 
Inter-Church  Movement  in  the  interest 
of  young  men  and  young  women.  The 
Red  Cross  is  practically  an  Inter-Church 
Movement  in  the  interests  of  suffering 
humanity.  If  a  union  of  church  effort 
on  the  part  of  things  upon  which  we  are 
agreed  can  do  larger  things  and  bring 
quicker  results  than  the  denominations 
alone,  why  not  do  it?     The  great  war 


taught  us  the  lesson  that  the  only  way 
in  which  Protestant  churches  could  do 
anything  was  by  united  effort ;  and  they 
united  in  war  work  and  the  Baptists  did 
not  suffer  by  it.  If  the  Inter-Church  peo- 
ple can  gather  up  $40,000,000  or  $50,- 
000,000  from  individuals  and  corporations 
that  no  single  church  can  reach  and  turn 
that  money  over  to  the  denominations  for 
Missionary  and  Educational  work,  to  be 
carried  on  without  any  dictation  from 
the  Inter-Church,  why  not  do  it?  It 
seems  to  this  writer  that  now  and  then  a 
preacher  whose  head  is  with  the  south 
will  seize  upon  this  Inter-Church  World 
IMovenient  to  prejudice  his  people  against 
the  Northern  Convention.  Let  us  look 
at  things  as  they  are  and  act  reasonably. 


"CHEERING  NEWS 

"The  many  statistical  sparrows  chirping 
so  merrily  on  municipal  boughs  seem  to 
make  the  summer  of  prohibition  a  bit 
nearer,  even  if  'one  sparrow  does  not  make 
a  summer.'  Bird  S.  Coler,  commissioner 
of  charities  of  New  York  City,  said  recent- 
ly in  a  public  address  at  Hotel  McAlpine: 
'Two  years  ago  I  should  have  been  against 
prohibition,  but  recent  results  have  been 
remarkable.  The  number  of  alcoholics  at 
Bellevue  Hospital  has  dwindled  to  seven  or 
eight  a  week,  and  the  alcoholic  wards  are 
being  abolished.  The  demands  for  ambu- 
lance calls  in  the  Harlem  colored  district 
*  *  *  have  fallen  off  one-third.  There 
are  far  fewer  children  committed  to  insti- 
tutions, while  the  decrease  in  social-dis- 
ease cases  is  phenomenal.' 


Commissioner  Roper  of  the  Internal 
Revenue  Department  has  said  that  the  cost 
of  enforcing  prohibition  amendment  is 
largely  offset  by  the  fines  collected.  'Jails 
are  becoming  tenantless  *  *  *  in  one  of 
the  large  cities  of  the  country  the  so-called 
"sunrise  court"  has  been  practically  dis- 
continued because  of  lack  of  cases.  *  *  * 
The  commissioner  of  safety  in  another 
large  city  recently  requested  a  reduction 
in  the  police  force  because  of  the  de- 
creased number  of  arrests  since  prohibi- 
tion became  effective.'  Such  are  a  few  of 
the  statements  in  Commissioner  Roper's 
report." 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTISTBULLETIN 

Published   monthly  in   the  interest  of  the 
Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 

Subscription  price,  25c  a  year;  clubs  of  20 
or  more,  20c. 

JE.  P.  BRAND,  Editor 
Superintentltnt   of  Missions, 

201  North  School  Street,  Normal,  Illinois. 

"Entered  as  second  class  matter,  June  12, 

1909,  at  the  Postoffice  at  Normal, 

Illinois,   under  the  Act  of 

March   3,   1879." 


VERY  much  interesting  news  comes 
from  churches  in  connection  with 
the  great  financial  campaign.  This  is 
true  with  regard  to  small  churches  as 
well  as  strong  ones. 

THE  Decatur  papers  report  great 
success  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
in  Decatur.  $80,000  has  been  raised  and 
$85,000  will  be  reached.  This  will  not 
all  go  on  the  $100,000,000drive,  but  a 
portion  on  a  new  church  building,  as  the 
double  campaign  was  made  at  the  same 
time. 

^c  ^1:         * 

THE  latest  report  from  headquarters 
came  May  6th,  which  gave  the  total 
amount  of  money  as  the  result  of  the 
great  drive  at  noon  May  3rd,  $46,218,- 
131  and  that  Illinois  had  reported  at  that 

time  $1,762,252. 

*  ^t     * 

THE  exceedingly  rainy  weather  and 
muddy  roads  during  campaign  week 
hindered  the  work  in  Illinois.  Perhaps 
not  much  more,  than  one  fourth  of  our 
churches   had   reported   to   headquarters 

May  3rd. 

*  *     * 

THE  pastors  and  campaign  managers 
in    the    counties    should    keep    after 
this  work  until  every  church  has  been 


lined  up  and  every  member  solicited  and 
many  who  subscribed  too  small  be  in- 
duced to  increase  their  subscriptions. 

*  *     * 

NOW  is  the  time  for  a  strong  effort 
along  spiritual  lines  in  all  our 
churches.  The  churches  and  individuals 
have  waked  up  along  financial  lines  and 
are  beginning  to  realize  the  claims  of 
God  upon  them ;  and  are  in  a  condition 
to  co-operate  in  spiritual  things  as  never 

before. 

*  *     * 

ONE  great  need  of  the  denomination 
tion  is  a  large  number  of  recruits 
for  ministerial  and  missionary  service. 
The  recruits  must  be  secured  from  the 
Sunday  School  and  from  the  High 
School.  Young  people  in  the  teen  age. 
Boys  and  girls  should  be  led  to  feel  the 
need  of  being  willing  for  God  to  call 
them  for  any  kind  of  service. 

*  *     * 

LET  every  reader  of  the  Bulletin 
make  an  effort  to  increase  its  circu- 
lation. This  paper  is  now  needed  as 
never  before.  It  is  the  only  means  of 
keeping  local  state  interests  before  the 
people.  It  is  impossible  for  a  great 
paper  for  thirty-five  states  to  give  much 
local  news  in  any  one  State.  The  Bulle- 
tin is  published  by  the  State  Convention 
and  sent  to  the  people  at  about  one-half 
its  cost.  Price  twenty-five  cents  per 
year.  In  clubs  of  twenty'  or  more, 
twenty  cents. 

*  *  * 

THE  Bulletin  is  now  beginning  its 
twelfth  year.  During  these  past 
eleven  years  it  has  been  greatly  blessed 
of  God.  It  is  a  great  power  in  the  de- 
nomination. It  was  forced  into  exis- 
tence because  of  certain  conditions  in 
some  parts  of  the  State.  Now  it  is  felt 
as  a  necessity.     The  State  could  publish 


/>   ^'-« ,    Ov  I     ■.  /  ■^ 


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10,000  with  but  little  more  expense  than 
6,000.  We  ought  to  have  10.000  sub- 
scribers. Let  every  body  help  to  get 
them.  Dear  reader,  could  }ou  not  se- 
cure one  subscriber  during  the  next 
month  ? 


H.\KM()XY 

Now  is  the  time  for  united  antl  har- 
monious work  among  Northern  l:)aptists. 
People  who  think  will  differ  in  opinion ; 
but  the  principle  of  true  democracy  is 
to  freely  express  opinion  and  when  the 
majority  has  decided  upon  a  plan,  to 
work  together  in  every  particular,  to 
keep  after  them  and  try  to  correct  the 
errors  but  not  to  pull  out  and  try  to  crip- 
ple the  work.  Great  and  new  things 
have  recently  been  undertaken  by  the 
Baptists  to  meet  the  new  conditions  of 
the  world.  It  was  impossible  for  the  ef- 
forts to  be  so  arranged  as  to  meet  with 
everybody's  approval ;  but  perhaps  there 
was  never  more  unanimity  and  harmony 
on  the  part  of  a  great  body  attempting 
great  things  than  among  the  Northern 
Baptists  at  this  time.  Even  the  few 
r)aptist  churches  that  have  pulled  out 
from  the  $100,000,000  campaign  have 
been  inspired  most  of  them,  by  this  great 
movement  to  do  larger  things  than  ever 
before.  When  the  Southern  Baptists 
were  making  their  drive  for  $75,000,000 
last  fall,  they  had  the  good  will  and 
prayers  and  sympathy  of  the  Baptists  of 
the  North,  and  the  Northern  Baptists 
now  have  the  sympathy  of  the  big  men 
of  the  South  as  shown  by  a  letter  from 
Dr.  Truett  of  Texas,  recently  published 
in  the  Watchman  Examiner.  But  a 
good  many  Southern  men  along  the 
border  have  said  and  done  everything 
possible  to  prejudice  the  minds  of  the 
people  against  the  $100,000,000  campaign 
of  the  Baptists  of  the  North.     Of  course 


t'.iis  has  not  amounted  to  nnich  in  the 
great  campaign,  but  it  has  greatly  in- 
jured the  churches  where  such  intiuence 
could   ]je  exercised. 

Some  people  seem  to  think  they  are 
doing  God  service  by  creating  all  the  dis- 
sension and  division  possible  in  the  de- 
i:omination  and  among  the  churches. 
But  as  time  moves  on  and  other  gener- 
ations comes  into  existence,  such  reli- 
gious insurgents  are  regarded  as  the 
opponents  and  not  the  advocates  of  real 
religious  progress.  Daniel  Parker,  who 
came  from  Tennessee  to  Illinois,  and 
opposed  the  constructive  work  of  Dr. 
John  M.  Peck,  who  came  from  Connecti- 
cut, was  regarded  by  many  as  a  great 
mau  in  his  day,  but  now  it  is  clearly  seen 
that  his  whole  life  work  was  a  detriment 
to  the  cause  of  Christianity  and  the  Bap- 
tist cause,  while  his  opponent,  John  Peck, 
is  regarded  as  one  of  the  greatest  and 
best  men  of  the  early  settlers  of  Illinois. 
Let  us  now  work  harmoniously  and 
shoulder  to  shoulder  for  the  advance- 
ment of  the  Redeemer's  Kingdom. 


THE   GREAT  CAMPAIGN 

The   great    drive   April   25-May   2,    is 

now  past.  Yet  much  work  remains  to 
be  done.  Not  half  of  the  churches  have 
yet  been  heard  from  and  perhaps  many 
millions  have  not  yet  been  reported.  On 
:\Ionday  noon  about  $41,000,000  had 
been  reported  from  New  York  and  more 
than  $1,600,000  reported  from  123 
churches  in  Illinois.  We  do  not  know 
what  the  other  400  churches  in  Illinois 
will  report.  It  was  very  encouraging 
to  note  how  many  pastorless  churches 
and  other  fields,  where  not  much  had 
been  said  on  the  subject,  came  up  on 
their  apportionments  the  last  week. 
\'ery  many  of  the  larger  churches  went 
far  beyond  what  they  thought  they  could 


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do.  All  our  general  Missionaries  and 
Evangelists  were  given  to  this  work  for 
one  month.  Evangelist  McMinn  did  fine 
work  among  the  former  Free  Baptists 
of  Southern  Illinois  and  he  has  been 
authorized  to  continue  in  the  same  work 
in  that  section  through  the  month  of 
May.  All  the  other  men  have  returned 
to  their  regular  work. 

We  cannot  report  in  the  May  number 
much  of  the  definite  results  of  the  cam- 
paign, but  can  doubtless  give  it  in  full  in 
the  June  issue.  So  far  as  we  can  now 
learn,  every  church  large  or  small,  rich 
or  poor  that  took  a  hearty  part  in  the 
campaign  has  received  a  great  spiritual 
blessing  and  is  greatly  rejoicing  in  what 
it  was  able  to  do.  If  the  full  $100,- 
000,000  shall  be  raised,  there  will  be 
returned  to  Illinois  for  the  State  Con- 
vention, Executive  Council  in  Chicago, 
Shurtleff  College,  Divinity  School  of  the 
University  of  Chicago,  the  Theological 
Seminary  in  Chicago  and  Frances  Shinier 
School  at  Mt.  Carroll  about  $2,500,- 
000.  If  only  three-fourths  of  the  full 
amount  shall  be  raised,  three-fourths  of 
that  amount  will  be  returned  to  Illinois. 


and  located  with  the  Bethel  church  in  the 
Rock  Island  Association  writes  as  fol- 
lows :  "No  doubt  you  have  learned  that 
I  am  located  on  the  field  at  this  place. 
The  Bethel  folks  are  a  splendid  people 
to  work  with.  The  work  is  moving  in 
a  splendid  way.  We  received  the 
amount  apportioned  us  for  the  Great 
Movement.  It  is  $7,563.  The  church 
thinks  it  a  little  high.  I  will  do  my 
best." 

Rev.  R.  J.  Anderson  of  Linn  Grove, 
Iowa,  has  accepted  a  call  to  become  pas- 
tor of  the  Litchfield  church.  The  Litch- 
field church  hopes  to  make  $4,000  on  the 
$100,000,000  drive. 

A  member  of  the  Delavan  church 
writes  as  follows:  "Our  church  at 
Delavan  has  called  Rev.  Lewis  P.  Jen- 
son  of  Hamilton,  New  York,  to  become 
our  pastor.  He  has  accepted  and  will 
be  with  us  either  the  third  or  fourth 
Sunday  in  June.  He  is  a  full  college 
and  Seminary  graduate,  is  ordained  and 
comes  recommended  very  highly  by  pro- 
fessors of  the  Colgate  Theological  Sem- 
inary." 


PASTORAL    CHANGES 

The     Morrisonville     church     in     the 

Springfield  Association  has  extended  a 
call  to  Rev.  C.  W.  Swift  who  has  spent 
a  few  months  at  Pawnee.  The  Pawnee 
church  is  not  able  to  sustain  full  time 
preaching.  Brother  Swift  has  been 
pastor  twice  at  Pawnee  besides  the  few- 
months  work  at  this  time.  He  was,  sev- 
eral years  ago,  pastor  at  South  Danville 
and  Grape  Creek.  He  and  his  wife  are 
very  much  appreciated  on  the  Pawnee 
field.  We  hope  it  will  mean  a  good  pas- 
torate at  ^Morrisonville. 

Rev.   M.   E.   Powley.  who,   some  time 
ago,  removed  from  the  Vandalia  church 


The  Editor  of  the  Bulletin  spent  Sun- 
day morning  May  2nd,  with  the  Tuscola 
church.  This  church  has  been  pastor- 
less  since  last  fall,  but  it  has  kept  up  its 
work  in  a  remarkable  way.  There  was 
a  splendid  Sunday  School,  sixty-five 
present.  The  ladies  have  just  banked 
$2,000  towards  a  new  church  building. 
They  started  on  the  Great  Financial 
drive  last  Sunday  afternoon  and  three 
persons  subscribed  $800.00.  The  church 
will  doubtless  make  a  good  financial 
showing. 

We  spent  Sunday  night  in  Danville. 
Pastor  Enslow  is  having  great  encour- 
agement in  his  work.  There  was  a 
fine  congregation  present  and  four  united 


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with  the  church  that  evening.  That 
church,  notwithstanding  its  heavy  in- 
debtedness on  its  church  building,  made 
a  canvass  for  the  $100,000,000  drive,  but 
made  their  subscriptions  for  only  one 
year.  It  amounts  to  about  $2,000. 
They  expect  to  continue  this  work 
through  all  four  years,  but  will  make  a 
canvass  each  year. 


CHURCHES 

Rev.  John  H.  Martin,  pastor  of  the 
Belleville  church  wfites  a  very  encour- 
aging letter  concerning  that  field.  He 
says :  "The  pastor  held  revival  services 
with  the  church,  closing  after  Easter. 
There  were  seven  approved  for  baptism 
and  two  by  relation  and  two  by  letter 
making  eleven  added  from  the  meeting. 
The  Sunday  before  Easter  was  deci- 
sion day  in  the  Sunday  School.  About 
thirty  of  the  Junior  boys  and  girls  ex- 
pressed a  desire  to  live  for  Christ.  It 
was  a  great  day.  We  have  been  on  the 
field  nine  months  and  there  have  been 
twenty-five  additions  to  the  church 
counting  the  four  yet  to  be  baptized. 
Belleville  will  do  something  for  the 
$100,000,000   Drive." 

The  following  note  comes  from  a  lay- 
man of  the  Collinsville  church.  "On 
Easter  Sunday  seven  young  people  were 
baptized  in  the  evening,  and  then  fol- 
lowed a  sermon  by  the  minister  on  "The 
Significance  of  the  Ordinances  of  the 
Church."  At  its  conclusion  the  Lord's 
Supper  was  observed,  at  which  time 
more  people  were  present  at  communion 
than  at  any  former  time  in  the  history  of 
the  church.  On  Sunday  morning,  April 
18th,  Pastor  Corwin  and  Rev.  V.  Colbert 
visited  Bethel  church  nearby,  at  which 
time  the  Sunday  School  was  reorganized 
and  plans  were  set  on  foot  for  the  year's 
work  of  the  church." 


Rev.  T.  Elmer  Jones,  pastor  of  the 
Barry  church  writes  as  follows :  "We 
have  just  closed  a  three  weeks  meeting. 
We  have  received  twenty-one  members 
to  the  church  in  four  months.  Let  us 
hope  and  pray  for  continued  blessing. 
We  are  ready  for  the  drive  next  week." 

Mr.  George  G.  Ford,  a  layman  of  the 
Freeport  church  writes:  "The  First 
church  of  Freeport  is  being  blessed  in 
large  measure  these  days.  The  evan- 
gelistic meetings  under  Dr.  J.  E.  Con- 
out  stirred  not  only  the  church  but  the 
rest  of  the  city.  Between  ninety  and 
one  hundred  signed  cards  at  the  close 
of  the  meetings.  About  fifteen  were  re- 
consecration,  and  the  same  number 
joined  other  churches.  Rev.  Frank  G. 
Sayers  has  baptized  about  thirty  and 
others  are  coming  in  by  letter  and  on  ex- 
perience. The  attendance  at  prayer 
meeting  last  week  was  a  hundred  and 
twenty-eight.  Our  financial  goal  for  the 
four  year  period  starting  with  May  1st 
is  $40,000.  At  this  writing  the  first  day 
of  our  forward  drive  the  subscriptions 
total  about  $30,000." 

The  new  Stonington  church  of  which 
Rev.  Victor  N.  Witter  is  pastor  seems  to 
be  doing  aggressive  work.  The  pastor 
says  concerning  the  $100,000,000  cam- 
paign. "We  began  our  campaign  Sun- 
day and  have  been  having  a  fine  time. 
Our  people  have  responded  in  a  remark- 
able fashion,  two  to  one  and  better  on 
the  basis  of  our  estimates.  We  are  over 
the  top  and  still  going.  The  people  are 
very  enthusiastic  and  I  am  sure  the  re- 
action on  the  local  church  will  prove  to 
be  most  favorable." 

Rev.  W.  E.  Pool,  pastor  of  the  church 
at  CarroUton  writes  as  follows:  "We 
have  just  closed  on  Easter  Sunday  a 
good  revival  meeting.  Prof.  M.  L. 
Barkman    of    Rochester,    Indiana    con- 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN  7 

ducted  the  music.     Had  splendid  congre-  successful  Passion  Week  Program.  The 

gations    throughout    the    meeting.      Had  meetings  were  well  attended  and  God's 

twenty-five     additions     to     the     church,  blessing   culminated    in   the    baptism    of 

Twenty  were  for  baptism.     We  are  get-  five  recent  converts,  two  young  men  and 

ting    nicely    organized    for    the    coming  three    young    women.     These    make    a 

campaign.     We  have  a  large  apportion-  total    of    fourteen    received    by    baptism 

meat,    but    are    going    to    undertake    to  since  January  1st.     Not  a  few  have  been 

raise  it  all."  received    by    letter    and    prospects    seem 

Rev.  L.  M.  Westrate  is  having  splen-  l^right  for  receiving  many  more  of  these 
did  success  in  his  pastorate  at  Macomb,  resident  Baptists  as  well  as  others  by 
Special  meetings  were  held,  assisted  by  baptism.  The  Bloomington  Association 
singing  evangelist  E.  L.  Crane  of  Den-  i-^  to  be  held  here  in  September  and  we 
ver,  Colo.,  resulting  in  sixty-three  pro-  are  endeavoring  to  get  our  church  build- 
fessions  of  faith.  The  Missionary  ap-  ing  and  people  prepared  for  the  recep- 
portionments  were  all  raised.  Current  tion  of  the  delegates, 
expenses  provided  for  and  more  than  The  First  Baptist  Church  of  Rock- 
$400.00  left  in  the  treasury.  The  prayer  ford,  Illinois,  G.  A.  Sheets,  pastor,  con- 
meetings  have  increased  from  thirty  to  ducted  a  special  series  of  meetings  from 
seventy.  The  church  has  purchased  a  March  30  to  April  4,  under  the  leader- 
fine  parsonage  on  one  of  the  best  ship  of  Dr.  F.  H.  Divine  of  the  Home 
streets  in  the  city  at  the  cost  of  $8,500.  Mission    Society.     Dr.    Divine    rendered 

Rev.  G.  P.  Burdon,  pastor  at  Shelby-  a  very  valuable  service  by  assisting  the 
ville,  writes  as  follows :  "The  work  is  church  in  the  raising  of  $36,332,  thereby 
moving  fine.  There  have  been  twenty-  completing  the  fund  necessary  to  pay  for 
six  additions  to  the  church  since  Sep-  the  new  church  edifice  now  under  con- 
tember,  twelve  by  letter  and  fourteen  by  struction.  The  value  of  the  new  build- 
baptism.  We  are  contemplating  a  great  ing  when  completed,  together  with  the 
spiritual  awakening  from  the  $100,000,-  site  and  new  parsonage,  will  amount  to 
000  campaign.  This  is  the  day  of  great  about  $100,000.  The  church  increased 
things  for  the  Baptists."  the  pastor's  salary  $400  at  the  beginning 

A    member    of    the    Tampico    church  '"f  the  year, 

writes :     "The     Philatheas     have     now  Rev.  Jesse  R.  Hastings  has  been  pastor 

thirty-two     working     members.     Seven-  of    the    Girard    Church    for    one    year, 

teen  of  these  are  members  of  the  church.  That  church  had  some  very  unfortunate 

One  has  united  by  experience,  her  hus-  experiences  for  some  time  before  pastor 

band    was    baptized    Easter.     Six    more  Hastings   went   there.     During  the   past 

have   been    received   by    letter    this    last  year    the    work    has    gone    well.     The 

week.     Since    Mr.    Matheson    came    the  church  seems  united.     There  have  been 

B.  Y.  P.  U.  has  been  organized,  also  the  quite  a  number  of  additions  to  the  church 

Junior     Society     has     twelve     members,  and    the    pastor    and    people    seem    very 

We    have    a    Young    People's    choir    of  much  encouraged, 

about   fifteen."  Rev.  Harry  H.  Belton  has  been  pastor 

The  Mason  City  church   seems  to  be  of  the  Virden  church  for  several  years, 

prospering  well.     Rev.  W.  W.  Ayer,  the  They  had  a  glorious  revival  during  the 

pastor,  writes  as   follows:     "We  had  a  past  winter.     They  have  a  large  choir; 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


I'astor  Belton  and  his  family  are  fine 
musicians.  The  church  has  voted  to 
thoroughly  repair  the  meeting  house 
this  summer.  The  Editor  had  the  privi- 
lege of  giving  a  Sunday  to  Girard  and 
\irden  recently. 

Pastor  Frank  ]\Ietcalf  of  Bradford 
sent  the  following  note :  "Last  week 
the  trustees  of  the  church  signed  a  con- 
tract for  painting  and  decorating  the 
church.  Geo.  x\ndrews  &  Co.,  of  Chi- 
cago has  the  job.  Price  $1000  I  went 
out  two  days  last  week  and  solicited  the 
people  and  have  now  over  $900  towards 
the  job." 

D.  E.  Cox  of  the  Littleton  Church 
writes  as  follows :  "I  will  say  that  our 
pastor  is  well  liked  by  the  people  here. 
Our  Sunday  School  has  been  growing 
rapidly  and  also  our  crowds  at  church 
services  are  growing.  Our  Sunday 
School  attendance  was  formerly  thirty- 
four  to  forty-five.  Recently  we  had  an 
attendance  of  107.' 

Rev.  Chas.  H.  Davies  of  Marissa 
writes  on  April  5th  as  follows :  "Work 
is  picking  up  fine.  Baptized  eleven  last 
night,  all  through  our  regular  services 
during  the  past  few  weeks.  x\lso  re- 
ceived two  b}'  letter  and  already  have 
prospects  of  some  two  or  three  more  for 
baptism  next  Sunday.  The  church  is 
working  as  it  has  never  worked  during 
my  pastorate.' 

Dr.  W.  E.  Mundell,  pastor  of  the  First 
Church  of  Belvidere,  writes  the  follow- 
ing: "Dent  just  left  on  the  train  for 
Chicago  and  we  had  a  good  meeting. 
There  were  thirty-four  young  people 
that  expressed  a  desire  to  be  Christians 
and  two  of  them  were  baptized  yes- 
terday morning.  I  will  have  a  great 
deal  of  work  to  do  to  get  all  the  others 
into  the  chi:rch,  but  I  hope  to  land  every 
one  of  them  and  then  some  others  too. 


We  like  Brother  Dent  very  much  and 
he  has  been  a  great  blessing  to  us.  I 
took  all  the  responsibility  of  the  music 
myself  and  he  did  the  preaching.  His 
sermons  were  all  good.  His  appeal  last 
night  was  very  strong  and  five  young 
people  responded  to  the  invitation  to 
accept  Christ." 

In  a  recent  letter  from  Rev.  J.  R. 
Hastings,  pastor  of  the  Girard  Church, 
we  note  the  following  interesting  items. 
At  a  business  meeting  April  28th,  the 
church  unanimously  voted  to  call  the 
pastor  for  another  year  with  an  increase 
of  $200.00  on  his  salary,  and  a  two 
month's  vacation  for  the  recuperation  of 
his  health.  The  first  year  of  his  pastor- 
ate closed  with  all  bills  paid.  During 
the  year  forty-two  members  were  added 
to  the  church,  twenty-five  of  them  by 
baptism.  They  are  now  working  hard 
on  their  allotment  for  the  New  World 
Movement  and  have  secured  in  cash  and 
pledges  thus  far,  $5,928.00. 


MONEY    RECEIVED    FOR    THE  STATE 
OONV  ENTION  FOR  APRIL, 

Only  a  few  of  the  churches  send  the 
full  apportionment  at  one  time.  When- 
ever a  payment  reported  in  The  Bulletin 
completes  the  apportionment,  it  will  be 
indicated  by  a  (*)  star. 

*Alton,    1st -.--$  68.92 

Alton,   Cherry   St 28.73 

Antioch,  Rock  Island  Assn 7.50 

*Antioch    14.00 

Amboy    - 7.41 

Areola    4.41 

^Atlanta - 21.45 

''■Andalusia    8.75 

^•Auburn     48.00 

Aurora,    1st   45.50 

^Aurora,   Marion   Ave -..  16.71 

American    Bapt.    Publication    So., 

Adv.  in  Annual 15.00 

American     Bapt.     Home     Mission 

Society,  Salary  Evangelist... 128.14 

*Batavia - 14.00 

*Barrv 25.58 

*Bethel 7.56 

='Belvdere,    1st 15.75 

*Benson   35.00 

*Berwick --  23.50- 

*Bradford    8.00 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


*Blandinsville    49.01 

*Bushnell  20.00 

*Bunker  Hill  3.88 

Bulletin    Subscriptions   .-...  166.70 

*Cairo    ,--  57.75 

*Canton 73.48 

*Centralia    51.98 

*Carrollton    4 44.33 

Coles    - 2.84 

*Champaign,  University  2.55 

*Chatham    — .  7.00 

*Chillicotlie   9.30 

Clyde 4.46 

Chenoa  19.25 

*Chicago,  Austin  97.08 

*Chicago,  Calvary  22.75 

*Chicago,    Covenant    17.33 

*Chicago,   Englewood  ^ 96.75 

Chicago,    Garfield    Park 36.00 

*Chicago,  Irving  Park  1.06 

*Chicago,  Lorimer  Memorial 3.11 

^Chicago,  Marquette  Rd 5.00 

*Chicago,  Normal  Park 4.06 

*Chicago,    Woodlawn    72.63 

Collections  on  Fields,  D.  O.  Hop- 
kins   - ^ 175.10 

Collections  on  Fields,  F.  M.  Dunk  277.00 
Collections   on   Fields,   J.    B.   Lit- 
tle    178.00 

Colected  on   Pawnee  ch.   debt 29.30 

Collections  on  Field,  J.  C.  Dent..  273.19 
Collections    on    Fields,    Geo.    H. 

Yule    - - 248.00 

Decatur,  East  Park  13.33 

^■■DeKalb,   1st  29.80 

Dixon 1 13.30 

*Divernon    30.00 

*Deer    Creek    35.00 

Downers  Grove   ,  10.75 

Elgin,  1st  94.72 

Evanston 120.87 

Education  Commission  95.83 

-El    Paso    84.00 

Fairmount    4.50 

*Freeburg 3.08 

*Freeport    w 16.50 

*Gardner 11.09 

*Gilman  1.34 

Girard    w- 17.00 

Glasford   6.23 

General     Board      of     Promotion, 

Adv.  in  Annual  25.00 

Greenup  Church,  sold  -..  500.00 

*Hoopeston 23.67 

Hudson    4.00 

Interest    200.00 

*Jerseyvir.e    48.52 

Jollet,  1st  ..- - - 12.15 

*Joliet,  Ridgewood 3.00 

*Kane 35.15 

Kewanee .....: 30.00 

LaMarsh     3.60 

*Laomi     9.00 

*Marengo  7.00 

*Macomb 20.00 

Mattoon 11.25 


*Marissa    ^ 14.00 

Manlius 17.08 

Manlius,  Chas.  H.  Dabler,  S.E.F...  5.00 

■i^Mt.   Olive   7.00 

*Mt.    Carroll    ,.—  56.00 

*Morrison    11.87 

*Morrisonville   ...j 12.25 

Monmouth 40.11 

*Moweaqua 43.16 

Newark ..- 10.00 

Normal     4.00 

*Oreana    10.40 

♦Pacific  Union  7.00 

Pekin 14.00 

*Pierson    10.00 

Pontiac    2.80 

Petersburg 2.06 

Percy    ...j -89 

*Plainfield   30.39 

Pawnee   church   debt,   Mr.    D.    H. 

Starkweather 5.00 

Plvmouth     church,     Mrs.     D.     M. 

Parks    (5) 5.00 

*Raritan    -—  28.75 

Rantoul    10.00 

Rockton    7.00 

*Rockford,    State    St ,  21.00 

*Rock  Island  1st  25.00 

*Roseville 60.00 

Roseville,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Claxon  (6)  5.00 

Streator -  12.18 

*Stillman  Valley 25.90 

St.     Charles,     sale     of     meeting 

house 1,750.00 

Springfield,    Edwards   St 1.40 

*Sparland    10.00 

Shurtleff  College,  Bulletin  Ad 7.00 

*Somonauk    7.91 

*Taylorville - 40.80 

*Tremont  20.75 

Tiskilwa 1-94 

*Urbana,  Herald  of  Hope 10.00 

Urbana,   1st - 32.69 

Virden 14.00 

Woodlawn 1-73 

*Waukegan    32.40 

Woodstock   - 5.28 

*Warren    2.76 

Total   $6,549.28 


The  Jacksonville  Daily  Jotirnal  of 
May  4,  gave  an  interesting  account  of 
the  progress  of  the  Unioii  Baptist 
church  at  Pisgah.  Rev.  F.  M.  Crabtree 
has  been  pastor  five  years.  The  church 
has  decided  to  build  a  new  meeting  house 
on  the  present  beautiful  location  at  a 
cost  of  not  less  than  $20,000.  Mr.  A. 
A.  Curry  gives  a  subscription  of  $10,000. 
They   will   probably  build    a    parsonage 


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also.  There  is  a  possibility  that  this 
rural  meeting  house  when  completed  will 
surpass  the  Osceola  meeting  house, 
where  Rev.  B.  E.  Allen  is  pastor. 
There  are  great  possibilities  now  in  our 
rural  fields. 


FRANCES  SHLMER  SCHOOL 

In  our  statement  in  the  April  Bulletin 
concerning  the  amount  of  money  allotted 
to  Illinois  out  of  the  $100,000,000  Fund, 
we  failed  to  mention  the  Frances  Shimer 
School  at  Mt.  Carroll.  By  some  over- 
sight this  was  not  reported  to  the  Edi- 
tor by  Drs.  Aitchison  and  Padelford. 
Dean  McKee  writes  as  follows :  "You 
will  find  in  the  Survey,  issued  at  Den- 
ver, page  110,  under  Junior  Colleges, 
Frances  Shimer  School  set  down  for 
$150,000  for  endowment  plus  $182,000 
for  equipment.  In  the  revised  edition 
the  same  information  appears  on  page 
110."  We  are  very  glad  to  know  that 
this  splendid  school  is  included  in  the 
Institutions  assisted  out  of  the  Great 
Fund. 


A  layman  from  Chicago  sent  the  fol- 
lowing quotation  and  comment :  "Ac- 
cording to  the  income  tax  records  for 
1918  only  1,671  of  the  170,000  ministers 
in  the  United  States  earned  enough  in 
that  year  to  come  within  the  law's  min- 
imum required  for  the  payment  of  a  Fed- 
eral income  tax." 

"That  statement  in  the  April  Bulletin 
needs  correction.  There  were  over  a 
hundred  thousand  ministers  who  earned 
enough.  The  trouble  was  their 
churches  did  not  pay  them  what  they 
earned.  And  some  were  Baptist 
churches  in  Illinois." 

A   Layman, 


MISSIONARIES    AND    >aSSIONARY 
PASTORS 

The  following  items  of  interest  comes 
from  the  clerk  of  the  Hutsonville  church 
"A  series  of  revival  services  were  con- 
ducted in  March  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Little,  our 
District  Superintendent.  Twenty-one 
were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism 
and  the  church  greatly  benefited  spirit- 
ually. As  we  have  no  pastor  the  church 
requested  that  he  be  returned  to  us  to 
put  on  the  drive. for  the  Northern  Bap- 
tist Convention.  Our  apportionment 
was  $4,000.  On  Sunday  afternoon, 
April  25th,  the  committees  raised  over 
v$4,500  and  several  of  the  members  had 
not  been  visited.  Brother  Little  con- 
ducted a  praise  service  Sunday  night  and 
two  came  into  the  church  by  letter.  We 
are  looking  forward  to  having  a  pastor, 
Brother  W.  H.  Breach  having  resigned 
on  account  of  ill  health.  Our  church 
entertains  the  Wabash  Valley  i\ssocia- 
tion  in  September. — Atwood  Bowles." 

Rev.  H.  B.  Stevens,  our  missionary 
pastor  at  Rochelle,  writes  as  follows : 
"Our  allotment  on  the  $100,000,000  fund 
is  $3,862.  Sunday  night  our  teams  re- 
ported thirty-six  contributions,  the  total 
amounting  to  $4,451  and  thirty-seven 
people  yet  to  be  seen.  Of  course  the 
heavy  contributors  were  all  seen  Sunday, 
but  we  now  have  $4,521  and  feel  sure 
of  reaching  the  $5,000  mark.  Praise  the 
Lord   for  Victory." 

District  Superintendent  J.  B.  Little 
writes:  "I  was  at  Hutsonville  yesterday 
and  put  them  over  the  top.  Their  allot- 
ment was  $4,000.  We  raised  $4,505.10 
and  they  have  several  yet  to  see.  Mr. 
Utterback  said  we  were  the  first  to  re- 
port over  the  top." 

District  Superintendent  Hopkins 
writes :  "Mt.  Sterling  will  make  from 
$1,200  to  $1,500.     Clayton  about  $3,000. 


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Timewell  from  $6,000  to  $7,000.  Will 
spend  this  week  at  Payson,  Newtown 
and  Timewell." 

District  Superintendent  Yule  has  been 
very  busy  during  the  past  month,  visit- 
ing churches  in  Central  and  Southern 
Illinois  on  the  Great  Financial  Campaign. 
He  has  been  quite  successful  in  develop- 
ing an  interest  with  many  of  the 
churches,  some  of  them  pastorless  and 
some  that  had  not  been  taught  much  up- 
on this  great  Baptist  Movement. 

Rev.  James  B.  Little  conducted  a 
meeting  at  Otterville  in  the  Greene  Jer- 
sey Company  Association.  He  writes  as 
follows :  "I  will  leave  for  Hutsonville 
Tuesday.  Having  a  very  good  meeting 
here  in  spite  of  the  roads  and  weather. 
Seven  professions,  five  have  united  with 
the  church  already.' 

Rev.  D.  O.  Hopkins  writes  as  follows : 
"I  spent  last  night  in  Quincy.  The  Cen- 
tral church  is  well  organized  and  it 
would  seem  they  will  reach  their  allot- 
ment, but  the  little  pastorless  churches 
around  are  not  in  very  good  shape." 

Rev.  Geo.  H.  Yule  writes  April  6th 
as  follows :  "The  Bourbon  people  had 
an  opportunity  to  buy  a  good  parson- 
age for  $2,400.  On  Monday  night  fol- 
lowing Easter,  we  raised  $2,665,  a  bad 
night  and  roads  almost  impassable. 
Saw  several  who  will  also  contribute  this 
week.  Bourbon  people  very  happy. 
Had  a  good  crowd  at  Grape  Creek 
despite  the  storm.  Baptized  five  in  ice 
cold  water  and  received  one  by  experi- 
ence. Had  a  real  good  meeting.  Grape 
Creek   looks   encouraging." 


will  make  that  his  headquarters.  He 
has  been  holding  meetings  in  Nebraska, 
and  will  make  engagements  anywhere  in 
Illinois,  if  churches  will  correspond  with 
him. 

Rev.  R.  E.  Foster,  formerly  pastor  at 
Graymount,  Illinois,  writes  from  Tibon 
Falls,  Idaho,  the  following:  'The  Bulletin 
comes  regularly  like  a  letter  from  home. 
Friends  in  and  around  the  Bloomington 
Association  will  be  interested  to  know  I 
am  at  present  stated  supply  of  the  First 
church  here.  We  are  going  over  the  top 
in  the  $100,000,000  campaign.  Best 
wishes  to  our  friends." 

Dr.  Judson  B.  Thomas  in  writing  on 
May  3rd  says:  "I  leave  the  office  to- 
morrow and  go  back  into  private  life." 
Dr.  Thomas  has  done  a  fine  work  for  the 
denomination  in  this  Great  Movement, 
and  he  is  no  doubt  needed  in  his  work 
at  Austin,  but  if  it  had  been  possible 
for  him  to  have  continued  one  month 
longer  in  reaching  out  after  churches 
that  have  not  fully  awakened  to  their 
responsibility  yet,  it  would  have  been  a 
great  thing  for  the  denomination,  but 
nobody  can  blame  Dr.  Thomas  for  want- 
ing to  get  back  to  his  pastorate. 

EvangeUst  J.  N.  Edmonson  of  At- 
wood  writes  April  5th : 

"Dear  Brand :  I  am  booked  with  team 
twenty-two  Inter  Church  for  Harrisburg, 
McLeansboro,  Carmi  and  Shawneetown, 
four  days  of  my  time  this  week  is  put 
in  this  way.     My  subject  is  evangelism." 


PBRSONAX,S 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Gray,  who  closed  his 
work  some  time  ago  at  Blandinsville. 
is  now  engaged  in  evangelistic  work.  He 
has  purchased  a  home  in  Galesburg  and 


District  Superintendent  J.  C.  Dent 
spent  four  weeks  under  the  direction  of 
Dr.  Thomas  on  the  Great  Financial 
Movement.  This  gave  him  an  opportun- 
ity of  visiting  many  of  the  people  in  his 
territory  although  not  definitely  engaged 
in  his  special  work.  He  will  begin  a 
meeting  at   Tampico  Alay  9th.     He   re- 


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ports  that  Pastor  Ostema  of  Savannah 
is  having  a  good  start.  He  and  his  wife 
held  a  two  weeks'  meeting  in  April, 
which  resulted  in  one  hundred  boys  and 
girls  making  a  profession  of  Jesus 
Christ.  Two  hundred  and  twenty-five 
were  present  in  one  afternoon  meeting. 
Pastor  Gellespie  of  Piano  is  supplying 
the  Somonauk  church  Sunday  after- 
noons. 


"There  will  be  no  trouble  about  raising 
ONE  HUNDRED  MILLION  DOL- 
LARS from  the  nearly  One  Million  and 
a  Half  of  northern  Baptists,  provided  we 
can  find  a  way  to  achieve  the  aim — that 
is  TO  REACH  THE  LAST  MEMBER 
OF  THE  LAST  BAPTIST  CHURCH." 


"Statistics  compiled  by  G.  E.  Lindquist, 
director  of  tlie  Indian  survey  of  the  Inter- 
church  World  Movement,  show  there  are 
336,000  Indians  in  the  United  States,  of 
which  number  44,730  are  members  and 
70,000  are  adherents  of  the  Protestant 
churches,  and  57,645  are  Roman  Catholics. 
There  are  429  Protestants  and  208  Catholic 
missionaries  at  work  among  them.  Only 
120,102  Indians  speak  the  English  lan- 
guage, and  only  80,782  read  or  write  it. 
Mr.  Lindquist  says  that  the  race  is  in- 
creasing, instead  of  decreasing,  as  is  some- 
times reported." 


"SIC  TRANSIT 

Carve    your    name    high    o'er    the    shifting 

sand 
Where  the  stedfast  rocks  defy  decay; 
'All  you  can  hold  in  your  cold,  dead  hand, 
Is  what  you  have  given  away.' 

Build  your  pyramid  skyward  and  stand 
Gazed  at  by  millions,  cultured  they  say; 
'All  you  can  hold  in  your  cold,  dead  hand, 
Is  what  you  have  given  away.' 

Count  your  wide  conquests  of  sea  and  land, 
Heap  up  the  gold  and  hoard  as  you  may; 
'All  you  can  hold  in  your  cold,  dead  hand. 
Is  what  you  have  given  av.ay.' 

Culture,  and  fame  and  gold— ah  so  grand! 
Kings  of  the  salon,  the  mart,  a  day; 
'All  you  can  hold  in  your  cold,  dead  hand, 
Is  what  you  have  given  away.'  " 

— G.  Frederick  Watts. 


CENTRAL  BAHIST  CHILDREN'S  HOME 

MAY  WOOD,  LLUNOIS 
Rev.   D.   H.   MacGilllTray,   Sapt. 
Mrs.  D.  H.  MacGillivray,  Matron 


Dear  Editor : 

Our  article  did  not  appear  in  the  last 
Bulletin ;  first  because  there  was  uncer- 
tainty concerning  the  attitude  of  the 
Promotion  Committee  towards  Philan- 
thropic work,  that  we  thought  best  to 
wait  developments,  and  second,  to  have 
written  at  all,  we  were  in  danger  of  writ- 
ing something  that  might  prove  detri- 
mental to  the  $100,000,000  drive. 

Now,  that  matters  have  changed  some- 
what and  partial  provision  is  made  for 
Philanthropic  work,  we  feel  safe  in  ex- 
pressing ourselves. 

I  call  attention  to  the  apportionment 
of  $5,000  a  year  that  is  just  one-fourth 
of  our  last  year's  needs  and  outlay,  so 
the  statement  that  we  are  provided  for 
by  the  allotment  through  the  state  con- 
vention is  misleading.  The  fact  is,  so 
far  as  the  Central  Baptist  Children's 
Home  is  concerned,  we  realized  through 
the  liberality  of  some  churches,  Sunday 
Schools  and  individuals,  larger  returns 
than  came  through  the  apportionment 
last  year,  and  besides,  the  donations  of 
fruits,  vegetables,  eggs,  etc. 

To  shut  us  otT  to  the  amount  of  $5,000 
a  year  is  simply  to  starve  us  out.  There- 
fore, be  it  knowa  that  we  shall  have 
to  have,  at  intervals,  liberal  oflferings 
from  the  friends  of  needy,  homeless 
children.  All  we  ask  is  the  opportunity 
to  present  our  needs  to  churches  and 
Sunday  Schools,  and  we  are  assured  of 
support.  We  shall  have  to  call  on 
friends  in  the  near  future  to  help  lift 
tl:e  balance  of  debt  on  the  new  addition. 


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Department  of  Religious  Education 

Chainnaa  Rev.  Herbert  Hines,  El  Paso,     Director  Rev.  Louis  H.  Koehler,  Normal 
Elementary  Directory  Miss  Marian  E.  Kimble,  Galesburg 


STATE  B.  Y.  p.  U.  NOTES 

President  Harold  J.  Howard  requests 

the  young  people  to  make  note  of  the 
following :  Transportation  Committee, 
Chairman,  Lawrence  Kester,  Park 
Ridge,  III,  Geirge  Stalker,  LaSalle;  J. 
C.  Wilkinson,  303  W.  Columbia  Street, 
Champaign ;  F.  G.  Warren,  Carbondale. 
]\Ir.  Kester  succeeds  T.  W.  Bryant,  who 
resigned  because  of  absence  from  state. 
b'iHance  (Committee,  Chairman,  Victor 
Sundberg,  1034  Massasoit  Avenue,  Chi- 
cago; Miss  Helen  Eaton,  Rockford; 
Miss  Thelma  Gorham,  Centralia.  New 
Vice-President  for  the  western  district, 
Henhy  Younggren,  409  S.  Chestnut  St., 
Kewanee.  Please  send  in  your  per 
capita  dues  as  soon  as  possible  to  either 
Miss  Elsie  Oberg,  Box  10,  Kewanee, 
Mr.  Glen  Shuler,  Ottawa,  or  the  mem- 
ber of  the  fianance  committee  in  your 
district. 


STANDARD    SCHOOLS    AND    SOCIETIES 

But  one  school  reported  standard  this 
year,  that  at  ElPaso.  Five  societies 
reported  standard  as  follows :  Carthage, 
Kewanee,  La  Moille,  Oglesby,  and 
Princeton.  This  is  an  increase  of  three 
over  last  year.  The  records  show  that 
in  1919  ninety  schools  and  forty  societies 
reported,  while  this  year  but  seventy 
schools  and  thirty-four  societies  re- 
ported. The  loss  is  largely  due,  no 
doubt,  to  the  fact  that  the  pastors  were 
busy  pushing  the  New  World  Move- 
ment. Our  superintendents  and  presi- 
dents ought  to  be  trained  to  report 
promptly   without   the   pastor's   aid,   but 


we  have  not  achieved  that  goal  as  yet. 
One  indication  of  progress  is  the  fact 
that  in  1919  there  were  twenty-two  star 
schools  out  of  ninety  reporting,  while 
this  year  there  were  thirty  star  schools 
out  of  seventy  reporting. 

MEETING  OP   THE   STATE 
DEPARTMENT 

The  department  held  a  meeting  at  the 

Osceola  church  following  the  Easter 
storm  and  conducted  important  business, 
most  of  which  had  to  do  with  the  sum- 
mer assembly.  The  committee  on  pro- 
gram put  in  several  hours  of  work  and 
considered  carefully  the  complete  pro- 
gram. The  time  is  so  short,  only  five 
days  for  morning  instruction,  and  the 
requests  to  address  the  assembly  were 
so  many,  that  the  committee  found  it 
absolutely  necessary  to  put  over  several 
subjects  until  1921.  Besides  announce- 
ments already  made.  Dr.  Edwin  M. 
Poteat  will  present  a  course  on  Steward- 
ship; Dr.  F.  F.  Peterson,  also  of  the 
Board  of  Promotion  will  be  present  two 
days  and  give  address  on  "The  Church 
and  Her  Responsibility  for  Religious 
Education"  besides  assisting  in  confer- 
ence on  Sunday  afternoon;  Rev.  Martin 
S.  Bryant  will  conduct  the  vesper  ser- 
vices ;  and  the  Board  of  Promotion  will 
ship  one  of  the  five  sections  of  the 
Buffalo  Convention  exhibit  to  our  assem- 
bly. The  next  leaflet,  containing  details 
as  to  cost,  local  arrangements,  faculty 
and  courses  will  be  mailed  early  this 
month,  its  issue  having  been  postponed 
on  account  of  the  New  World  Move- 
ment. 


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Woman's 
Baptist  Missionary  Society  of  Illinois 

MRS.  W.  P   TOPPING,  Pres. 

Mrs.  Martha  V.  Higman,  Editor  Mrs.  H.  W.  Tate,  Treasurer 

^lorgan.  Park  2331   Hartzell  Ave.,  Evanston 


A  CALL.  TO  ALL  WOMEN 

What  have  the  days  of  April  23rd, 
to  May  2  meant  to  you  and  your  church  ? 
The  accomplishment  of  these  days  will 
mean  advance  in  all  lines.  May  every 
Illinois  woman  feel  the  need  of  the  world 
as  never  before.  May  every  woman 
take  advantage  of  all  opportunity  for 
service,  and  help  to  bring  God's  good- 
ness to  other  hearts. 

What  will  the  days  of  May  mean  in 
your  life?  It  is  the  month  w^hen  prepar- 
ation must  be  made  for  our  year's  work 
of  service,  which  cannot  be  delegated  to 
others,  by  arranging  our  time  and  re- 
sources so  that  we  may  be  able  to  at- 
tend some  of  the  conferences  and  meet- 
ings which  will  be  held  in  June  and 
August,  where  we  may  receive  instruc- 
tion and  at  the  same  time  have  the  ben- 
efit of  a  vacation  from  every  day  duties, 
enlarge  our  acquaintance  with  people 
whom  we  will  be  pleased  to  know  and 
be  of  mutual  help  to  each  other. 

After  years  of  successful  trial,  it  has 
been  demonstrated  that  the  Inter-denom- 
inational Summer  Schools  of  Missions 
are  a  splendid  agency  for  the  renewal  of 
physical,  mental  and  spiritual  life. 

The  one  which  is  nearest  to  very  many 
of  us,  will  be  held  June  24-27,  in  Mc- 
Kendree  College  building,  Lebanon,  111., 
which  is  twenty  miles  from  East  St. 
Louis.  Mrs.  Hallie  Linn  Hill  of  New 
York,  who  for  several  years  has  been 
the  lecturer   for  the   school  at  Winona 


Lake,  will  teach  the  study  books. 
There  will  be  others  in  parliamentary 
law,  methods  for  young  people,  Bible 
study,  children's  work  and  other 
branches,  who  are  teachers  of  first  class 
ability.  The  registration  fee  is  $1.50. 
Room  and  board  may  be  obtained  in  the 
college  for  $1.00  a  day.  Further  infor- 
mation may  be  obtained  from  Mrs.  David 
Tristan  Magill,  Alton,  Illinois. 

At  the  same  time,  June  24th,  a  similar 
school  will  be  opened  at  Winona  Lake, 
Indiana.  This  lasts  until  July  1st.  On 
August  17-24,  a  school  will  be  held  at 
Conference  Point,  Lake  Geneva,  Wis. 
It  is  a  delightful  spot  on  that  famous 
lake  on  whose  shores  are  homes  known 
afar  for  their  beauty.  If  neither  of  the 
others  can  be  attended,  do  not  miss  this 
one. 

For  those  who  can  go  farther  afield, 
there  are  the  meetings  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention  to  be  held  in  Buffalo, 
June  22-30. 

Why  will  any  one  of  these  places 
give  you  a  satisfactory  and  inspirational 
vacation?  You  will  hear  a  wonderful 
presentation  of  some  portion  of  the 
Bible  each  day.  You  will  hear  the  most 
thrilling  stories  of  changed  environ- 
ment and  lives.  You  may  enter  classes 
where  the  study  books  for  1920-21  are 
presented  by  leaders  of  national  fame. 
You  will  learn  how  to  present  missions 
in  your  Sunday  School  and  to  your  class. 
Life  will  be  given  a  new  impulse  and 
greater  activity. 


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Rev 


State  Board  of  Promotion 


A.  E.  Peterson 
Director 


417  South  Dearborn  St. 
Chicago,  111. 


TO  THJE  B.IPTISTS  OF  II/LrlNOIS 

1  take  this  advantage  of  Dr.  Brand's 
kind  offer  to  give  me  space  in  the  Bulle- 
tin, to  say  just  one  word  to  the  pastors 
and  churches  of  Illinois.  This  is  the 
word :  Kec[>  up  the  canvass  until  the 
last  person  in  your  community  has  been 
given  an  opportunity  to  make  an  ade- 
quate contribution  to  the  great  forward 
movement  of  the  denomination!" 

On  account  of  heavy  rains  over  the 
state,  the  canvass  was  greatly  delayed 
last  week  and  consequently  the  returns 
have  been  slow.  Other  churches  also, 
because  of  a  lack  of  clear  understand- 
ing of  the  movement,  did  not  begin  pre- 
parations early  enough.  They  have 
caught  the  meaning  of  it  now  however, 
and  are  doing  their  best  to  take  their 
rightful  place  in  this  great  task.  They 
have  discovered  that  this  is  our  regular 
missionary  and  educational  program,  but 
placed  upon  a  greatly  increased  scale, 
and  understanding  this  fact,  they  are 
ready  to  co-operate  with  enthusiasm. 

At  this  writing,  Tuesday,  May  4th, 
we  have  incomplete  returns  from  one 
hundred  and  twenty-three  churches  in 
the  state  and  the  total  is  approximately 
two  million  dollars.  Incomplete  returns 
from  the  whole  field  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention  at  noon  today  was 
forty-six  million,  two  hundred  eighteen 
thousand. 

The  canvass  is  by  no  means  completed 
anywhere.  It  has  only  begun.  Instead 
of  consuming  a  week's  time,  it  will  take 
months    to    cover    the    field    thoroughly. 


Thousands  of  dollars  have  been  pledged 
in  Illinois  that  have  not  yet  been  re- 
ported to  the  State  headquarters,  and 
this  unreported  sum  from  the  various 
states  will  aggregate  millions. 

Pastors  and  campaign  directors  should 
report  to  this  office  the  totals  pledged  in 
their  churches,  including  the  amount 
paid  on  their  apportionment  last  year, 
at  the  earliest  possible  dates,  if  such 
reports  have  not  been  mailed  to  us 
before. 

We  are  in  this  thnig  to  do  our  best. 
The  goal  is  a  high  goal  because  the  task 
is  a  great  task.  And  it  is  a  great  task 
because  it  is  the  Great  Commission 
brought  down  to  date.  No  true  disciple 
of  Jesus  Christ  with  a  clear  understand- 
ing of  what  is  involved  in  this  campaign, 
will  fail  to  do  his  best. 


The  Alton  church  and  citizens  are  do- 
ing great  things  for  Shurtleff  College. 
Already  they  have  received  a  subscription 
of  $96,000  and  will  make  it  more  than 
$100,000  within  a  few  days.  The  Upper 
Alton  church  subscribed  $30,000. 


"Everything  is  charged  to  prohibition 
nowadays!  Commenting  on  tlie  report 
that  sixteen  children  were  killed  in  Chi- 
cago streets  by  reckless  motor-ists  in 
March,  1920,  as  against  four  in  March, 
1910,  a  coroner  of  that  city  declares  with 
almost  Solomonic  wisdom,  "I  really  believe 
that  a  certain  class  of  automobile  drivers 
are  speeding  through  our  streets  this  year 
for  the  thrill  they  have  lost  in  the  absence 
of  beer  and  wines.'  Of  course.  The 
heavy  snowstorms  of  the  last  winter,  and 
the  high  price  of  potatoes,  are  likewise 
to  be  referred  to  the  Eighteenth  amend- 
ment!" 


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Shurtleff  College 

A  Million  Dollar  Plant 


January  1,  1919— Old  Endowment $182,883.05 

Xew   Endowment,   included  in  the   One   Hundred   JMillion 

Campaign 500,000.00 

Total - $682,883.05 

January  1,  1919— Buildings  and  Grounds 105,223.44 

New  Buildings  and  Equipment  in  the  One  Hundred  Million 

Campaign 225,000.00 

Total $330,223.44 

Grand  Total— Endowment  and  Plant $1,013,106.49 

Have  you  made  your  contribution  to  Shurtleff  College  ? 

Illinois  Baptists  should  remember  that  any  gifts  made  to  Shurt- 
leff College  will  count  on  their  church  allotments  in  the  National  Fi- 
nancial Campaign. 

If  it  will  clarify  the  matter  and  help  in  the  work,  gifts  may  be  sent 
direct  to  Shurtleff  College  and  the  college  will  certify  the  amount  to  the 
General  Board  of  Promotion. 

Information  will  be  gladly  given. 

GEORGE  M.  POTTER,  President. 
MYRON  W.  HAYNES,  Endowment  Sec'y. 


ILLINOIS   BAPTIST 
BULLETIN 


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VOJ^  XIL  NORMAL,  ILLINOIS,  JUNE  192»  NO.  2 


A  Spiritual  Campaign 


During    the    past    twelve    months    the  disasters.     Now    is    the    time    for   every 

Baptists  of  the  North,  and  in  fact  all  de-  pastor  and  missionary  society  to  work  for 

nominations  have  been  emphasizing  the  the  spiritual  regeneration  of  society,  and 

idea  of  giving  large  sums  of  money  for  society  cannot  be  regenerated  except  as 

the   Lord's   work   at   home   and   abroad,  individuals    are    regenerated.     The    old 

both  in   religious,   educational   and   mis-  fashioned   gospel   needs   to   be   preached 

sionary  work.     While  much  remains  to  now,  the   doctrine  that   men  are  lost  in 

be  done  to  complete  this  great  financial  sin,  not  only  as  society,  but  as  individuals 

drive,  yet  the  great  bulk  of  that  task  is  and  that  the  only  salvation  and  only  hope 

u\  er  and  now  something  more  important  is  through  the  acceptance  of  the  atone- 

r.eeds  to  be  done.     The  Great  Survey  of  nient  made  by  Jesus  Christ  upon  the  cross 

the  world,  as   gotten  out  by  the   Inter-  and  by  faithful  and  complete  surrender 

church  surveys,  shows  the  fearful  needs  to  him  and  his  cause.     So  many  thou- 

of  the  world  at  this  time  and  the  great  sands  of  people  seem  to  think  that  when 

opportunity    for   the   churches.     Now   is  they  make  a  profession  of  faith  and  are 

the  time  that  the  world  needs  the  spir-  baptized    and    join   the    church,    nothing 

itual   power   of   Christianity.     The   high  more  is  needed  of  them  except  a  kind  of 

cost  of  living  is  largely  the  result  of  pro-  n;oral  life  until  they  leave  this  world, 

fiteering.     Sugar    is    not    selling    at    30  Every  disciple  of  Jesus  should  be  an 

cents  a  pound  and  potatoes  at  $6.00  per  unselfish  consecrated  worker  for  the  sav- 

bushel  because  of  shortage  but  because  of  ing    of    this    world.     Every    disciple    of 

selfish  profiteering.  Jesus  should  feel  it  his  or  her  duty  to  win 

The  difficulty  between  so  many  nations  others  to  Christ  and  to  do  all  in  his  power 

today  is  because  of  selfish  interests  and  to  build  up  a  strong  and  efficient  local 

hatred  existing  among  the  races  and  na-  church  and  through  the  local  church  to 

tions.     Warfare  does  not  remedy  these  help  evangelize  the  state,  the  nation  and 

evils,    but    only    increases    them.     The  the  world.     There  is  but  little  real  joy  in 

spirit  of  Christian  teaching,  to  think  of  half-hearted  Christian  service.     The  hap- 

others  rather  than   self,   and  to  be   fair  ])iness  of  Christian  life  comes  in  connec- 

and  honest   in   personal   and   social   and  tion  with  active  Christian  service.     It  is 

national   afifairs    is    the   only   thing   that  th.e  happy  joyful  Christian  that  influences 

will  save  this  world  from  the  direct  social  others.     Let  us  now  get  over  this  Cliris- 


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lian  lethargy  of  the  last  fifty  years  and 
take  hold  of  Christian  work  as  though  it 
were  the  greatest  thing  in  this  hfe.  Dur- 
ing the  first  two  centuries  of  Christian 
history,  the  whole  body  of  disciples 
seemed  to  feel  their  great  life  work  was 
to  save  the  people  and  they  worked  at 
their  trades  and  professions  and  farms 
simply  to  make  a  living  while  working 
for  the  advancement  of  Christ's  King- 
dom. Now  most  Christians  live  as 
tb.ough  they  think  their  great  interest  in 
this  life  is  to  get  the  riches  and  pleasures 
of  this  world  and  then  go  to  heaven 
when  they  die.  We  need  not  think  much 
about  getting  to  heaven  after  we  leave 
this  world.  God  will  take  care  of  that 
and  make  that  all  right  with  us  if  we 
are  all  right  with  him  and  doing  his  will 
while  we  tarry  in  this  world.  The  world 
could  be  very  largely  won  to  Christ  in 
this  generation  if  all  professed  Christians 
had  a  true  conception  of  Christianity  and 
would  live  and  work  as  the  New  Testa- 
ment plainly  teaches.  What  might  we 
not  expect  within  the  next  ten  years  if 
every  pastor  would  become  an  evangelist 
and  ever\-  member  of  his  church  would 
become  a  hel])er  in  this  work. 


AFTEK  THE  CAMPAIGN 

The  week,  Ai)ril  23-May  2,  was  the 
greatest  financial  campaign  the  Baptists 
of  the  North  have  ever  experienced. 
Many  churches  went  over  the  top  and  are 
greatly  rejoicing  in  the  efifort  and  suc- 
cess. Many  other  churches  made  just 
as  honest  an  efifort  and  could  not  raise 
the  whole  apportionment,  but  if  they 
made  a  reasonable  effort  and  did  what 
they  could,  they  have  just  as  much  right 
to  rejoice  in  the  great  campaign  as  those 
who  succeeded  and  God  will  bless  them 
not  so  much  in  what  they  did,  but  in  the 


effort  they  made,  .\bout  the  only 
churches  today  that  are  not  happy  are 
those  that  refused  to  make  any  reason- 
able effort,  and  some  that  made  no  eftort 
at  all  because  it  seemed  to  them  too  big 
a  task,  but  there  is  time  yet  for  these 
churches  to  wake  up  and  fall  in  line. 
Some  churches  did  not  have  a  good  op- 
portunity, some  did  not  understand  the 
Movement,  some  were  not  organized  for 
the  campaign,  some  were  pastorless,  and 
a  few  had  pastors  who  were  not  in  sym- 
pathy with  the  New  World  JMovement ; 
but  there  is  time  enough  for  all  these 
churches  to  move  up  in  the  Onward 
Movement  of  the  whole  Baptist  denomin- 
ation, north  and  south,  and  with  all  Pro- 
testant denominations  who  are  moving  in 
the  same  direction.  There  are  perhaps 
200  churches  in  Illinois  that  have  not  yet 
completed  the  drive,  some  of  them  have 
not  started.  There  are  many  pastors  and 
laymen  and  women  who  are  willing  to 
aid  these  churches  without  expense  to 
organize  and  push  the  canvass. 

There  were  many  causes  for  some 
churches  being  behind  in  this  work  and 
some  of  these  could  not  be  overcome  at 
the  time.  Every  church  affiliated  with 
the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  should 
be  able  to  report  in  its  letter  to  the  As- 
sociation that  it  is  in  line  with  the  great 
denomination  and  made  a  serious  effort 
to  raise  the  apportionment  and  if  it  was 
not  able  to  do  that,  report  the  amount  it 
did  raise.  Let  us  all  work  together  and 
work  together  now. 


The  First  Baptist  Church  of  Alton, 
after  it  had  raised  its  full  apportion- 
ment on  the  $100,000,000  drive  more  than 
$60,000  and  voted  to  put  a  new  heating 
plant  in  the  church  to  cost  $3,500,  also 
voted  to  increase  the  salary  of  the  pastor 
Rev.  M.  W.  Twing,  $600  per  year. 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BDLLETIN 

Published   monthly   in   the   interest  of   the 

Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 

I 

Subscription  price,  25c  a  year;  clubs  of  20 
or  more,  20c. 

E.  P.  BRAND,  Editor 
Superiiiteiident  of  Missions, 

201  North  School  Street,  Normal,  Illinois. 

"Entered  as  second  class  matter,  June  12, 

1909,  at  the   Postoffice  at  Normal, 

Illinois,   under  the  Act  of 

March   3,   1879." 

THE  Spring  has  been  unusually  late 
in  Illinois  this  year.  Cold  wet 
weather  has  kept  back  the  farmers.  Corn 
ir,  being  planted  three  weeks  late. 

*      :;:      :|: 

ILLINOIS  has  never  failed.  Some 
times  we  have  a  shortage  of  crops, 
but  Illinois  has  never  had  a  failure  in  its 
history.  The  weather  is  fine  now  and 
ever}'  thing  is  coming  on  rapidly.  A 
late  spring  is  almost  sure  to  be  followed 
by  a  late  fall. 

WHEN  the  young  people  from'  all 
over  the  state  come  to  Shurtlefit"  for 
the  Summer  Assembly,  they  can  get  ac- 
quainted with  the  great  plans  and  possi- 
bilities for  the  future  of  Shurtlefif  Col- 
lege. The  trustees  recently  increased  the 
teachers'  salaries  to  a  reasonable  degree 
and  also  increased  the  salary  of  the  presi- 
<Ient. 

>;:     :;;     ^ 

IN  the  July  number  we  shall  give  a 
brief  but  concise  account  of  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention 
in  Buffalo.  The  Bulletin  is  too  small  a 
paper  for  a  comprehensive  report,  but 
we  will  give  it  so  that  the  readers  can 
get  the  gist  of  the  doings  of  the  Con- 
vention. The  Editor  and  his  wife  will 
attend  the  meetings. 


*  *  * 

THE'  purchase  of  so  much  splendid 
land  in  Upper  Alton  on  both  sides  of 
the  college  campus  seems  to  have  in- 
spired the  people  of  Alton  to  attempt 
large  things.  No  great  school  for  the 
future  can  be  built  up  on  a  small  space 
of  ground.  There  must  be  ample  room 
for  buildings,  lawns  and  play  grounds.  It 
Vi'ill  take  some  time  to  do  the  proper  land- 
scape gardening  that  must  be  done  on 
the  new  addition  to  Shurtleff  campus,  but 

il  can  be  done  and  must  be  done. 

*  *  * 

PEOPLE  who  live  in  such  a  peculiar- 
ly favored  place  as  Illinois  have  great 
reasons  to  be  thankful  to  our  Heavenly 
Father  and  should  give  him  faithful 
service.  No  interest  of  religion,  either 
at  home  or  abroad,  should  suffer  for  lack 
of   support  in  this  rich  and  prosperous 

state. 

*  *  * 

THE  city  of  Alton  is  showing  its  in- 
terest in  Shurtleff  College  in  a  re- 
markable way.  $100,000  has  been  raised 
in  that  one  city  for  Shurtleff  Endowment. 
About  half  of  that  was  raised  by  the  three 
Baptist  churches  and  the  remainder  by 
the  citizens  of  Alton  who  are  not  Bap- 
tists. 

LET  every  body  remember  that,  when 
the  blue  cross  a])pears  on  his  paper, 
he  will  not  receive  another  copy  tmtil  he 
renews.  Man}-  subscription  lists  for  the 
churches  run  out  and  are  not  renewed 
for  several  months  because  nobody 
makes  an  effort  for  a  new  club.  The 
pastor  should  see  to  it  that  a  large  club 
of  the  Bulletin  is  taken  in  his  church, 
but  if  the  pastor  is  too  busy  to  look 
after  this  matter,  some  layman  or  some 
woman  should  take  it  up  and  push  it  to 
a  success. 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


PASTORAL  CHANGES 

it  i:*  reported  that  the  Griggsville 
church  has  extended  a  call  to  Rev.  C.  H. 
Davies,  pastor  at  Marissa.  We  have  not 
learned  as  to  whether  or  not  he  will  ac- 
ce])t  the  call. 

Rev.  L.  D.  Lainkin,  D.D.,  has  been  se- 
cured to  take  the  pastoral  care  of  the 
Olney  church  for  three  months.  Mis- 
sionary Vule  and  his  wife  spent  three 
weeks  on  that  field  and  Dr.  Lamkin  will 
find  a  great  opportunity  there  for  this 
summer. 

Rev.  H.  C.  Leland,  Ph.D.,  who  has 
been  pastor  at  Divernon  for  about  five 
vears,  recently  offered  his  resignation  to 
take  eft'ect  May  31st.  Brother  Leland 
vill  retire  from  the  pastorate  and  make 
his  home  in  Dixon.  After  he  has  taken 
'^ome  time  for  resting  he  will  supply 
churches  within  reasonable  distance  of 
his  home  as  he  may  be  needed.  Brother 
Leland  has  spent  many  years  in  pastoral 
work  in  Illinois  and  has  been  one  of  our 
most  faithful  men.  Any  church  within 
reasonable  distance  of  Dixon  that  needs 
supply  work  will  do  well  to  correspond 
with  Brother  Leland. 


tee  to  secure  a  parsonage  at  once.  Un- 
der those  conditions  Brother  Judd  felt 
that  he  ought  to  remain  at  New  Berlin. 


PERSONALS 

Rev.  ^^^  H.  Breach,  of  Danville,  has 
recovered  from  a  very  serious  affliction. 
He  says.  "I  am  very  well  and  in  pretty 
good  condition  and  from  what  I  learn 
will  h.e  able  to  do  larger  and  better  serv- 
ice. I  sincerely  hope  so.  Shall  be  ready 
tf  consult  with  fields  calling  for  the  Bible 
Message." 

Rev.  A.  W.  Judd,  who  has  been  pastor 
at  New  Berlin  for  about  five  years,  was 
called  by  the  Bourbon  church.  He  anti- 
cipated accepting  the  call  but  when  he 
mentioned  it  to  the  church  they  called  a 
special  meeting  and  raised  his  salary  from 
$1,500  to  $1,800  and  appointed  a  commit- 


( HURCHES 

The  following  was  published  in  a  Shel- 
byville  local  paper : 

"At  a  regular  business  session  of  the 
Baptist  congregation  following  prayer 
meeting  Thursday  night.  Rev.  G.  P.  Bur- 
don,  the  pastor,  'was  given  an  increase  of 
salary  of  three  hundred  dollars  a  year. 
The  increase  was  given  as  a  mark  of  ap- 
preciation for  Mr.  Burdon's  work  here 
since  he  assumed  the  pastorate  last  Sep- 
tember. The  church  is  in  a  flourishing 
condition  and  there  is  growing  interest  in 
all  branches  of  the  church  work.  Twen- 
ty-six new  members  have  been  recently 
added  to  the  church  membership." 

The  Barry  church,  of  which  Rev.  T. 
Elmer  Jones  is  pastor,  seems  to  be  doing 
good  work.  They  have  an  orchestra  of 
eight  members  that  is  taking  quite  an  ac- 
tive part  in  the  church  services. 

Rev.  R.  T.  Gasaway,  pastor  of  the 
Mendota  church,  seems  to  have  great  en- 
couragement in  his  work.  He  made  out 
a  program  for  the  year's  work  from  Nov. 
19,  1919  to  Nov.  19,  1920.  It  is  a  very 
rational  but  progressive  program  and  the 
church  is  measuring  up  to  it  in  good 
shape.  The  pastor  says  :  "We  have  had 
no  special  meetings,  yet  we  have  added 
fifteen  to  the  membership  since  the  first 
of  the  year,  thirteen  of  this  number  by 
baptism,  of  whom  eleven  were  young 
men  and  young  women." 

The  LaGrange  church,  of  which  Rev. 
Otis  B.  Read  recently  became  pastor,  has 
been  in  a  very  critical  condition  for  some 
years  past,  but  it  is  coming  up  remarka- 
bly well  now.  The  apportionment  of 
that  church  was  $10,713.00  and  they 
raised  $11,595.17,  $882.17  over  its  quota. 


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A  member  of  the  Morrisonville  church 
w  rites :  "The  First  Baptist  Church  of 
^Morrisonville  has  called  Rev.  C.  W. 
Swift  recently  of  Pawnee.  Mr.  and 
Airs.  Swift  have  transferred  their  per- 
sonal belongings  to  the  parsonage  here 
and  have  entered  into  active  service.  A 
fruitful  administration  is  being  looked 
forward  to,  both  by  church  and  pastor. 
-A  reception  was  given,  welcoming  the 
new  pastor  and  his  wife.  The  young 
people  do  not  stand  back  and  look  on  all 
the  time  either." 

The  Normal  church  is  doing  well  un- 
der the  leadership  of  its  new  pastor,  Rev. 
Edward  L.  Bayliss.  He  began  his  work 
Alarch  1st.  The  church  was  carefully 
organized  and  an  every-member  canvass 
was  made  on  the  $100,000,000  drive.  The 
pastor's  wife  is  building  up  a  fine  class 
of  Normal  students  in  the  Sunda}' 
School.  The  church  will  send  the  pastor 
to  Buffalo  and  pay  his  expenses.  Pas- 
tor Bayliss  is  very  anxious  that  any  pas- 
tors who  know  of  Baptist  students  in- 
tending to  attend  the  Normal  school, 
should  send  him  their  names  at  once. 


The  Editor  spent  Sunday,  May  23d,  at 
Galesburg.  We  had  a  good  day.  \'isited 
the  splendid  Sunday  school  in  the  morn- 
ing at  the  First  chm-ch  and  the  two 
Ijranch  Sunday  schools  in  the  afternoon. 
Also  spoke  a  few  minutes  to  the  Junior 
congregation  that  meets  at  eleven  o'clock. 
Every  seat  in  that  room  was  taken.  The 
mterest  at  the  morning  congregation  was 
good.  Visited  the  Swedish  Baptist  Sun- 
day School  from  twelve  to  one  o'clock. 
IMie  Swedish  church  has  called  a  new 
pastor  and  is  doing  well.  They  have  a 
good  meeting  house.  The  two  afternoon 
Missions  of  the  First  church  have  splen- 
did buildings.  The  church  did  a  great 
thing    on    the    ?100,000,000    drive.     Dr. 


Fowle,  the  pastor,  is  getting  along  well 
on  that  field. 

The  Editor  spent  May  9th,  with  the 
Petersburg  church.  This  church  is  much 
stronger  than  at  any  previous  time  in  its 
history.  Rev.  John  B.  Martin  has  been 
pastor  for  one  year.  There  are  great 
possibilities  in  this  church  but  many  in 
the  church  have  not  learned  to  do  things 
on  the  large  scale  that  the  present  time 
c'.emands.  Dr.  Hopkins,  our  District  Su- 
perintendent, will  give  them  a  few  days, 
lielping  in  a  more  thorough  organization 
and  subscription  for  home  expenses. 
Brother  Alartin  seems  to  be  doing  good 
work. 


MISSIONARIES  AND  MISSIONARY 
PASTORS 

Rev.  C.  C.  Long  of  Urbana,  writes  a 
very  encouraging  letter  concerning  the 
work  of  Rev.  George  H.  Yule  and  wife 
on  that  field.  Conditions  were  such  that 
the  work  was  very  difficult  but  he  speaks 
in  very  high  terms  of  their  work.  He 
sa^s:  "He  was  all  that  we  expected  of 
him,  and  his  wife  was  also  very  strong. 
We  have  words  of  the  greatest  praise  for 
her.  There  are  fields  in  which  they  will 
do  a  magnificent  work." 

Rev.  D.  O.  Hopkins  has  been  spending 
some  time  working  with  the  Plymouth, 
Colchester  and  Bushnell  churches.  He 
at  this  writing  is  spending"  some  time  at 
I  etersburg. 

A  member  of  the  Colchester  church 
writes  as  follows :  "Mr.  Hopkins  did  a 
g"^od  work  here.  He  raised  over  $600 
and  preached  two  very  good  sermons. 
The  sermon  he  preached  at  the  Sunday 
evening  service  must  have  been  just  for 
me  because  I  received  so  much  help  from 
the  many  good  things  he  said.  I  think 
V,  e  should  congratulate  ourselves  on  hav- 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


ir;g  'such  men  connected  with  the  State 
Convention  work." 

One  who  attended  an  Institute  at  Mon- 
mouth, writes:  "I  spent  two  days  at 
Monmouth  April  15th  and  16th.  The 
program  was  good  and  I  felt  well  repaid 
for  my  trip.  ]\Ir.  Koehler  is  the  right 
man  for  the  work  he  is  doing." 

Missionary  George  H.  Yule  writes  as 
follows :  "Wonderful  is  the  change  that 
has  come  over  these  people  at  Olney. 
They  are  not  like  the  same  we  met  two 
weeks  ago.  They  have  warmed  up  and 
believe  we  would  have  had  a  great  re- 
vival if  we  could  only  stay  a  month.  We 
only  bajitized  four  and  took  in  three 
more.  It  is  just  wonderful  what  we  got 
them  to  do.  We  have  in  good  pledges 
$1,800  and  at  least  $200.00  more  good 
pledges  to  come  in." 

Missionary  J.  C.  Dent  writes  as  fol- 
lows :  "I  expect  to  work  at  Enon,  Grant 
Park  and  Deer  Park  before  the  Conven- 
tion in  Buffalo.  Pastor  ]\Iatheson  of 
Tampico,  will  supply  the  Thomas  church 
every  Sunday  afternoon  this  summer. 
Rev.  G.  B.  L.  Johnson  has  resigned  at 
.Shabbona  and  Air.  Percy  Mundy,  a  stu- 
dent of  the  Northern  Baptist  Theological 
Seminary,  is  supplying  the  pulpit." 

Rev.  T.  O.  McMinn,  our  State  Conven- 
tion Missionary  for  southern  Illinois, 
sjient  the  whole  months  of  April  and 
May  in  the  $100,000,000  drive  among  the 
former  Free  Baptist  churches  of  south- 
ern Illinois.  The  exceedingly  wet  weath- 
er and  high  waters  prevented  his  doing 
much  that  he  could  otherwise  have  ac- 
complished. He  says,  "On  account  of  so 
much  rain  and  high  waters  we  could  not 
carry  out  our  plans,  but  we  are  going 
to  enlist  every  one  of  our  churches  in 
missionary  giving  before  we  get  through." 
He  says  further,  "We  came  in  contact 
with  the  influences  of  the  Southern  Bap- 


tists and  they  are  doing  all  they  can  to 
prejudice  our  people  against  the  whole 
thing  and  where  we  have  an  indifferent 
pastor  in  the  field,  they  succeed  in  doing 
us  great  harm.  We  have  raised  nearly 
$80,000  and  I  believe  we  will  have 
reached  $100,000  when  we  get  through." 

Rev.  James  B.  Little  writes:  "Next 
I  went  to  New  Douglas.  They  were  not 
aiming  to  do  anything,  said  they  had  been 
sending  their  missionary  money  to  the 
Southern  State  Association.  I  preached 
morning  and  evening  and  at  the  close  of 
the  evening  service  I  gave  the  invitation 
and  the  principal  of  the  school  came  for- 
ward and  requested  baptism.  She  was 
received  as  a  candidate,  after  which  I 
dismissed  the  audience,  called  a  meeting 
of  the  church  and  asked  them  to  decide 
just  what  and  where  they  were.  I  left 
it  entirely  with  them  and  after  a  few 
minutes  of  wise  deliberation  they  voted 
unanimously  and  enthusiastically  so,  too, 
to  line  up  wholly  with  tlie  Northern  Bap- 
tist Convention  and  to  support  the  New 
World  Movement.  An  effort  was  made 
the  next  day  and  we  raised  $395.00  on 
the  $100,000,000  drive  and  there  are  sev- 
eral others  yet  to  see." 

A  layman  of  the  Sycamore  church 
writes  concerning  their  new  pastor  as 
follows  :  "I  wish  to  take  this  occasion  of 
again  thanking  you  for  helping  us  secure 
the  services  of  Rev.  E.  K.  Masterson, 
who  seems  to  be  the  man  for  the  place 
and  is  doing  things.  His  first  work  here 
was  in  regard  to  the  5100,000,000  drive 
and,  although  new  in  the  field,  he  took 
active  charge  of  the  work,  with  the  re- 
sult that  pledges  were  secured  for  be- 
tween $1,200  and  $1,500.  While  this  is 
but  a  small  part  of  our  apportionment, 
still  it  is  much  better  than  we  have  done 
heretofore.  He  then  took  up  the  matter 
of  the  Baptist  Bulletin  with  the  results 


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gixen  below,  twenty-seven  subscriptions." 
Rev.  W.  W.  i\yer,  pastor  of  the  church 
at  Mason  City,  sends  a  communication 
concerning  Missionary  D.  O.  Hopkins  as 
follows  :  "Just  a  line  to  let  you  know 
how  thankful  I  am,  personally,  that  you 
sent  Dr.  Hopkins  to  us.  We  did  need 
him  and  he  surely  has  been  proving  his 
r.sefulness  and  abilit\\  for  after  three 
days  of  hard  work  on  an  every-member 
:^olicitation  we  have  raised  nearly  $900 
more  than  has  ever  previously  been  sub- 
scribed to  the  local  church." 

Rev.  Alex  Matheson  of  Tampico, 
writes  as  follows  concerning  the  meeting 
of  Missionary  J.  C.  Dent  on  his  field : 
"Brother  Dent  has  just  closed  his  meet- 
ing with  us  and  we  have  been  greatly 
helped.  I  baptized  six  and  there  are 
others  to  follow.  In  all  there  were  twelve 
conversions.  Brother  Dent  is  indeed  a 
preacher  of  power  and  is  greatly  loved 
wherever  he  goes.  Our  church  has  been 
greatly  revived  in  spirit." 

Rev.  V.  Colbert  of  Collinsville,  writes 
as  follows:  "Rev.  J.  B.  Little  has  been 
with  us  to  our  delight  and  we  feel  that 
he  is  the  right  man  in  the  right  place.  I 
have  told  him  that  I  want  to  co-operate 
with  him  in  any  way  possible." 


MONEY    RECEIVED    FOR    THE  STATE 
CONVENTION  FOR  MAY 

Only  a  few  of  the  churches  send  the 
full  apportionment  at  one  time.  When- 
ever a  payment  reported  in  The  Bulletin 
completes  the  apportionment,  it  will  be 
indicated  by  a  (*)  star. 

*Aledo    $  7.80 

*Ava 14.70 

*Arcola    28.15 

*Aurora,  Claim  St 9.42 

-Belvidere,   South 73.60 

'^Belleville 18.10 

*Berlin 32.33 

*Bourbon   24.00 

Canton    29.91 

*Cambridge 15.27 

*Carthage    61.60 

Champaign,   1st  12.71 

Champaign,  University  25.00 

Charleston    18.00 


Chrisman .46 

Centralia,    Mrs.    J.    H.    McGuire, 

pledge  (S.E.F.)   5.00 

*Clyde    4.78 

^Chicago,  Auburn  Park 12.25^ 

Chicago,    Austin 12.55 

*Chicago,  Belden  Ave 82.13 

Chicago,   First   --- - 17.39 

^Chicago,    Galilee 14.77 

Chicago,  Irving  Park  7.20 

*Chicago,   LaSalle  29.90 

*Chicago,  Morgan  Park  ,..  141.34 

"Chicago,  Maplewood  25.00 

Chicago,  Parkside  6.60 

"■Chicago,  Ravenswood  78.16 

♦Chicago,  Rogers  Park  39.41 

'-Chicago,  Second  118.47 

Chicago,  Tabernacle  28.31 

♦Chicago,  Western  Ave 19.27 

Chicago,    Woodlawn    38.99 

DeKalb,    1st   19.87 

'■'Delavan    25.00 

Downers   Grove  4.40 

*Erie    7.00 

*Edinburg 14.00 

"■'Elgin,    1st    19.59 

Elgin,    Immanuel    10.40 

*Evanston 254.14 

Estate,  Lou  Divilbiss,  Normal 25.00 

Fairfield _ 16.10 

♦Fidelity    5.20 

♦Galva    - 69.50 

♦Gilman   32.01 

*Graymont    46.00 

♦Greenville 18.10 

Greenup,  sale  of  furniture 61.00 

Grape  Creek,  Insurance  36.15 

♦Griggvilles 9.75 

General     Board     of     Promotion, 

Adv.  in  Bulletin  8.00 

♦Harvey  7.63 

♦Hillsboro    9.75 

Interest    --  412.50" 

♦Joliet,   Eastern  Ave 52.30 

Kankakee  6.66 

♦Kinderhook 11.15 

LaGrange 20.00 

♦Latham 16.00 

Lexington 2.77 

♦Lincoln  39.20 

'■Mattoon    27.15 

Maywood    11.62 

♦Mason  City  15.75 

♦Marseilles  8.78 

Mendota 13.50 

♦Moline    84.92 

♦Minonk 12.72 

Normal  ...^ 4.58 

Oak  Park,  1st  27.00 

Oglesby    14.56 

Orion 4.20 

Ottawa   —  16.57 

Paris  13.16 

♦Paw  Paw  26.80 

Percy    4.41 

♦Princeton 89.72 

♦Providence,  Rock  Island  Assn...  15.27 


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Pittsfield    11.15 

Piano    5.85 

Pontiac    35.00 

Quincy,  Central  154.00 

Roodhouse  ..--, 19.60 

Roseville    3.86 

Rockford,  1st  16.27 

Rockford,  State  Street  15.55 

♦Sandwich   26.49 

*Sidell    19.89 

Springfield,  Central  65.82 

*St.  Anne  7.00 

Shurtleff  College,  Adv.   in  Bulle- 
tin   7.00 

^Toulon    81.77 

*Tremont  13.27 

Troy    9.21 

*Tuscola  : 10.50 

Taylorville 7.00 

Touica,  T.  C.  Henning  50.00 

Tonica,  Parsonage  Rent  99.47 

*Utica    44.89 

Urbana,   1st  9.73 

*Watertown 14.41 

Waukegan    7.02 

Westville,    rent    9.00 

*Wilmette    19.88 

*Woodstock  - 8.96 

*Whites  Grove 5.00 

Total    $3,480.14 


last  year,  but  lost  a  few  members.  While 
that  is  trtie  of  the  white  Baptists,  the 
negro  Baptists  in  Chicago  have  probably 
increased  several  thousands.  However, 
the  white  Baptists  do  not  feel  discour- 
aged, but  are  beginning  to  understand 
something  of  the  greatness  of  the  work 
to  successfully  meet  modern  conditions. 


THE  CHICAGO  ASSOCIATION 

The  Chicago  Association  met  with  the 
E^anston  church  June  3  and  4.  The 
weather  was  fine  but  the  attendance  was 
only  fairly  good.  The  program  was  fine 
and  the  spirit  of  the  meetings  good.  The 
Chicago  Association  has  ninety  churches 
and  about  25,000  members,  yet  they  have 
only  two  day  meetings,  afternoon  and 
night.  They  have  no  morning  sessions. 
The  reports  this  year  showed  1,160  bap- 
tisms, 56  baptisms  less  than  last  year. 
The  gains  reported  by  all  the  churches 
were  2,SS<2.  One  hundred  seventy-five 
more  gains  than  last  year.  The  entire 
loss  of  the  churches  the  past  year  was 
2,688.  One  hundred  six  more  loss  than 
gain.  The  Chicago  Association  is  a  great 
body  of  Christian  people  and  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  is  doing  fine  mission 
work.  Yet  conditions  are  such,  and  the 
great  foreign  population  so  prominent 
that  the  Association  did  not  hold  its  own 


ORDINATION 

Rev.  ^Ir.  Castle,  who  has  been  pastor 
at  Utica,  Illinois,  for  a  few  months,  was 
ordained  Friday,  June  4th.  Mr.  Castle 
has  attended  the  Alood}"  Bible  Institute 
two  years  and  the  Northern  Baptist 
Theological  Seminary  in  Chicago  two 
years.  The  people  at  Ctica  seem  well 
pleased  with  him  and  his  wife.  Quite 
a  large  council  assembled.  There  were 
fifteen  or  sixteen  ordained  ministers 
present,  and  several  laymen.  Mr.  Castle 
made  a  statement  of  his  Christian  Ex- 
perience and  call  to  the  ministry,  and  then 
read  a  well  prepared  paper  giving  a  state- 
ment of  his  views  of  Christian  Doctrine. 
.\fter  some  time  had  been  spent  in  asking 
questions  upon  certain  points  the  council 
voted  unanimously  to  recommend  his 
ordination.  After  supper,  which  was 
served  in  the  parlors  of  the  church,  or- 
dination exercises  were  carried  out.  Dr. 
Ceorge  Taft,  Dtan  of  the  Theological 
Seminary,  preached  the  sermon. 


SPECIAL  CONVENTION  RATES 

All  delegates  and  visitors  to  the  North- 
ern Baptist  Convention,  in  order  to  se- 
cure the  low  rates  to  the  Buffalo  meet- 
ing, must  have  an  identification  certificate 
before  they  can  purchase  a  ticket  at  the 
special  reduced  rate  at  their  home  ticket 
office. 

These  certificates  may  l)e  secured  upon 
cii)plication  to  your  state  secretary  or  to 
Mr.   W.  Ct.  r>rimson,  manager  of  trans- 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


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portation  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Con- 
vention, at  125  N.  Wabash  Ave.,  Chi- 
cago. There  is  no  time  for  delay.  These 
certificates  will  make  it  possible  to  se- 
cure one  and  one-third  fare  for  all  where 
the  round  trip  fare  is  in  excess  of  one 
dollar.  This  rate  is  applicable  to  all 
those  attending  the  convention  and  de- 
pendent members  of  their  families.  This 
notice  supersedes  the  previous  notice  of 
the  certificate  plan  which  has  been  with- 
drawn. Tickets  will  be  sold  from  June 
19  to  June  25.  This  arrangement  does 
not  apply  to  New  England  or  to  the 
Pacific  Coast,  rates  on  which  will  be 
given  next  week. 

'  Parties  who  are  planning  to  attend  the 
Baptist  Young  People's  L^nion  of  Amer- 
ica Convention  in  Toronto,  July  1-4,  may 
secure  their  identification  certificates  as 
above. — The  Baptist. 


Rev.  Mr.  Hertell,  pastor  of  the  Cooks 
Mills  and  Coles  churches,  was  married 
]\Iay  27th,  to  Miss  D.  C.  Stevens  of 
Grape  Creek.  Rev.  F.  L.  Enslow,  of 
Danville,  officiated  at  the  marriage. 


The  income  tax  returns  for  Chicago 
show  that  there  are  731  individuals  and 
corporations  in  that  city  reporting  in- 
comes for  1919  of  $1,000,000  or  more. 
Thirty-one  individuals  were  added  last 
year  to  the  number.  One  corporation 
Ijaid  $6,000,000  as  the  first  installment  of 
its  tax  of  $24,000,000. 


ASSOCIATIONS 

The  Rock  River  Association  met  with 
the  Sterling  Church  June  1-2.  It  was 
exceedingly  rainy  the  first  half  day  of 
the  meeting.  The  attendance  was  fairly 
good  and  the  interest  very  deep.  The 
spirit  of  the  Association  was  on  a  high 
grade.     Six  churches  that  were  pastor- 


less  and  very  much  discouraged  one  year 
ago,  now  have  pastors  and  all  of  thejii 
are  doing  good  and  encouraging  work. 
Some  of  the  other  churches  are  doing 
much  more  aggressive  work  than  for- 
merly. At  the  writing  of  these  notes, 
five  of  the  churches  had  not  yet  sent  a 
letter.  Nineteen  churches  had  sent  let- 
ters and  twelve  of  these  reported  154 
baptisms.  This  is  a  larger  number  of 
baptisms  than  is  generally  reported  by 
that  Association.  Six  churches  reported 
no  baptisms.  There  is  not  now  a  pastor- 
less  church  in  the  Rock  River  Associa- 
tion except  Lena,  and  that  church  could 
be  supplied  from  Damascus. 


"REPORT  SHOWS  COST  WAR 

LORD  LEVIED  AGAINST  FRENCH 

PARIS,  May  19. —  (French  Wireless 
Service.) — What  is  perhaps  the  first  con- 
cise and  comprehensive  statement  of 
France's  war  losses  has  just  been  made  by 
Capt.  Andre  Tardieu,  former  French  high 
commissioner  in  the  United  States. 

In  describing  what  he  call  the  "balance 
sheet  of  France,  Capt.  Tardieu  states  that 
during  the  five  years  of  the  war  8,000,000 
men  were  mobilized,  of  whom  1,400,000 
were  killed,  800,000  maimed,  and  .300,000 
wounded.  France  thus  lost  57  per  cent  of 
her  men  under  3  2  years  of  age. 

Concerning  material  losses,  Capt.  Tar- 
dieu states  that  600,000  houses  were  de- 
stroyed, 75,000,000  acres  of  arable  land 
laid  waste,  and  3,000  miles  of  railroad  and 
25,000    miles   of   highways   destroyed. 

Mines  which  produced  5  5  per  cent  of 
France's  total  coal  output  were  damaged 
or  destroyed;  11,50  factories,  which  be- 
fore the  war  produced  95  per  cent  of  the 
woolen  goods,  90  per  cent  of  the  linen  ma- 
terial, 70  per  cent  of  the  sugar,  and  60 
per  cent  of  the  cotton  goods,  were  crippled. 

One-third  of  France's  ships  were  sunk 
bv  German  submarines. 


The  Northern  Baptist  Convention  will 
meet  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  June  23-30.  Spe- 
cial meetings  will  be  held  in  the  interest 
of  Evangelism  the  Sunday  and  Monday 
preceding  the  Convention.  The  General 
Board  will  meet  Monday  and  Tuesday, 
June  21-22.  The  Women's  Societies  will 
h^.ld  meetings  preceding  the  Convention. 


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ll  is  expected  that  the  Convention  will 
1)0  one  of  exceedingly  great  interest  this 
;ear.  We  hope  .ve  shall  have  a  large 
number  of  Illinois  representatives  there. 
Many  churches  will  do  a  nice  thing  to 
aid  the  pastor  in  ]"»aying  his  expenses  to 
the  Convention.  These  are  times  when 
laymen  are  taking  a  special  and  deep  in- 
terest in  denominational  affairs  and  many 
of  them  should  attend  this  great  Con- 
vention. 

As  the  Northern  Convention  is  a  dele- 
gated body,  no  one  can  be  admitted  into 
the  body  of  the  building  except  those  who 
have  certificates  of  membership  showing 
appointment  from  some  church  or  State 
Convention.  Any  church  may  appoint 
one  delegate  and  one  additional  for  every 
one  hundred  members.  The  certificate 
should  be  about  as  follows  in  form : 
To  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention : 

^Ir.  or  Rev.  or  ]\Irs.  is 

herebv   authorized   to  act   as   a   delegate 


tions  are  that  there  will  be  a  large  at- 
tendance this  summer. 


from ,  111.  Baptist  church  to 

the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  meeting 
iu  Buft'alo,  N.  Y.,  June  23-30,  1920. 


Church  Clerk. 


SU.ALMKR  ASSE>1BLY 

The  Summer  Assembly  of  Illinois  will 
n.eet  this  summer  at  Shurtleft'  College, 
Alton,  Illinois,  July  12-18.  Rev.  Louis 
H.  Koehler,  S.  S.  and  B.  Y.  P.  U.  worker 
in  Illinois,  is  giving  much  attention  to 
the  work  of  this  Assembly.  A  fine  pro- 
gram has  been  provided.  Forenoons  will 
be  given  to  study,  afternoons  to  recrea- 
tion and  evenings  to  inspirational  lec- 
tures. The  dormitories  at  the  College 
and  the  rooms  at  the  women's  buildings 
will  be  used  for  the  entertainment  of 
those  who  attend,  and  many  private 
homes  in  Alton  will  all  be  open  for  those 
who  attend  the  Assembly.     The  indica- 


I  he  following  quotation  was  taken 
from  a  noted  Presbyterian  paper:  "The 
r.aptist  Church  New  World  Movement 
has  already  proved  itself  remarkably  well 
organized.  None  of  the  other  denomina- 
tional drives  which  made  up  the  Inter - 
church  World  Movement  seems  to  have 
had  the  force  shown  by  the  Baptists. 
The  Baptists  were  not  afraid  to  announce 
beforehand  what  they  expected  to  do  and 
to  take  the  attitude  that  of  course  they 
would  do  it.  Tlie  Presb}terian  churches 
unfortunately  have  often  been  fearful  to 
let  their  people  know  what  was  expected 
of  them,  have  apologized  for  the  figiu^es 
and  acted  as  though  they  were  absurd. 
No  wonder  the  Presbyterians  last  year 
fell  five  million  dollars  short  of  thirteen 
millions." 


INCREASE  IN  SALARIES 

The  First  I'aptist  Church  of  Urbana 
has  increased  the  salary  of  its  pastor, 
Rev.  C.  C.  Long.  $400.  This  is  the  sec- 
ond time  they  have  increased  his  salary, 
which  now  amounts  to  ^3  1/3  per  cent 
over  what  they  were  paying  when  he  en- 
tered the  field. 

Rev.  Russell  A.  Rapson,  pastor  of  the 
I'aptist  church  at  Roodhouse.  sends  the 
following  items:  "We  have  just  paid 
off  an  old  debt  of  $800  and  with  the  re- 
])airs  on  the  church  we  spent  over  $3,000 
the  ]:)ast  year.  This  is  aside  from  the 
regular  expenses.  We  have  received 
twenty-one  new  members  of  wliom  fif- 
teen were  by  ba])tism  since  the  first  of 
hebruary.  We  begin  the  canvas.>>  for  the 
New  W^orld  Movement  Fund  next  Sun- 
day. The  work  in  general  is  in  good 
shape." 


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Rev.  Ernest  N.  Cox,  pastor  at  Oilman, 
writes:  "I  am  sending  you  herewith 
names  and  addresses  of  twenty-nine  sub- 
scriptions to  the  Bulletin  for  one  year. 
Our  work  is  going  nicely.  AVent  over 
the  top  on  our  New  World  Movement 
allotment.  My  daughter  is  going  to  the 
Toronto  Convention  and  I  hope  to  go  to 
Buffalo  mvself." 


ILLINOIS  CHURCHES  AND  $100,000,000 
DRIVE 

The  Aledo  church  that  does  not  have 
a  pastor  at  this  time,  raised  $3,041.00  on 
the  great  financial  drive.  This  was  not 
its  full  allotment,  but  it  was  splendid  for 
that  church  in  its  present  condition.  We 
hope  to  get  a  pastor  located  on  that  field 
soon. 

A  Great  Little  Church  in  a  Great  Lit- 
tle Town.  Toulon,  in  Stark  County,  in 
1910.  had  a  population  of  1200.  Last 
year  the  Baptist  church  reported  a  mem- 
bership of  320.  The  apportionment  on 
the  $100,000,000  drive  for  that  church 
was  $31,717,  and  they  raised  $32,000. 
They  celebrated  the  great  victory  with  a 
jollification  meeting.  One  of  the  laymen 
says,  "It  did  look  impossible  but  with 
much  prayer  we  tackled  it  and  the  re- 
sponse was  just  as  much  of  a  surprise." 

( dasford  and  LaMarsh  churches : 
"^'ou  may  be  interested  to  know  how  we 
came  out  on  the  $100,000,000  drive.  Glas- 
ford  pledged  so  far  $1,046.20.  LaMarsh 
$1,455.00.  together  $2,501.20.  We  sent 
in  cash  from  both  fields  $500.00.  This 
is  an  increase  from  500  per  cent  to  1000 
per  cent  in  the  last  three  or  four  years 
for  Afissions." 

"The  Xew  World  Movement  was 
pushed  heartil}-  at  Areola  and  some  of 
the  i>eople  are  really  sacrificing  to  give  to 
this  great  cause.  For  instance,  there  are 
some  who  had  never  given  as  much  as 


$10.00  per  year  to  missions  and  who  are 
now  giving  from  $300  to  $500.  About 
$5,000  had  been  pledged  May  1st." 

The  Greenville  church  of  which  Rev. 
R,  M.  Webdell  is  pastor,  had  an  appor- 
tionment on  the  $100,000,000  drive  of 
$10,812.  They  raised  $10,967.  Went 
over  the  top  by  $155.70.  The  pastor 
writes :  "We  had  a  Men's  Banquet  that 
put  vim  and  push  into  our  people,  (jur 
four  minute  speakers  did  excellent  work 
in  the  campaign." 

Charlotte  Rapp,  church  correspondent 
of  the  New  Stonington  church  in  the 
Springfield  Association,  of  which  Rev. 
\ictor  X.  'Witter  is  pastor,  writes:  "In 
the  recent  drive  of  the  New  World 
r\lovement  the  allotment  assigned  this 
church  went  over  the  top  by  a  margin  of 
$5,338.00,  raising  $17,442.00.  Under  the 
leadership  of  our  energetic  pastor  the 
church  is  progressing  nicely,  both  as  to 
organization  and  increased  attendance. 
Within  the  last  six  months  the  Sunday 
School  has  more  than  doubled  its  attend- 
ance." 

The  New  Berlin  Church,  in  the  Spring- 
field Association,  of  which  Rev.  A.  W. 
Judd  is  pastor,  went  over  the  top  in  rais- 
ing its  apportionment  on  the  $100,000,000 
drive. 


Chicago,  111.,  May  18,  1920. 
Dear  Dr.  Brand : 

I  have  just  read  your  editorials  in  the 
F5ulletin  for  Alay  and  am  glad  that  such 
a  trenchant  stroke  can  be  made  for  both 
tlie  subjects  treated.  I  am  only  sorry 
that  more  of  our  denomination  cannot 
read  the  articles.  I  am  very  sure  that 
the  position  which  you  have  taken  in 
them  will  meet  the  approval  of  the  vast 
majority  of  Baptists,  North  or  South. 
Sincerely, 

W.  G.  Brimson. 


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The  Baptist  Old  People's  Home 

Maywood,  Illinois 
IMrs.   A.  W.  Rimyan,  Sec'y. 


CENTRAL  BAHIST  CHILDREN'S  HOME 

xMAYVVOOD,  ILiJNOIS 
R«T.   D.   H.   MacGillivray,   Supt. 
Mrs.  D.  H.  MacGilllTray,  MAtron 


The  members  of  the  Home  are  glad 
of  June  with  its  flowers  and  opportunity 
to  get  out  of  doors  into  the  sunshine  and 
health-giving  atmosphere. 

As  other  things  besides  air  and  sun- 
shine are  necessary  to  existence,  and  the 
allotment  of  $5,000  per  year  for  two 
years,  from  the  $100,000,000  Campaign 
will  not  half  meet  the  running  expenses 
of  the  Home  with  the  present  high  cost 
of  living,  we  call  to  your  attention — if 
the  Home  is  properly  cared  for  we  must 
have  additional  support  aside  from  this, 
and  suggest  that  as  many  Sunday 
Schools,  Woman's  Societies  and  indi- 
viduals as  possibly  can  care  for  the  Home 
for  one  day.  Average  expense  per  day 
$25.00.  (This  not  including  coal  and 
property  expense).  \\'ill  you,  my  reader, 
stand  for  one  day?  Either  do  it  your- 
self or  call  to  your  aid  twenty-four  other 
individuals  or  classes  who  will  stand  for 
one  hour  at  $1.00  per  hour. 

While  we  of  the  Home  and  I'.oard  re- 
joice in  tlie  great  work  planned  by  the 
General  Board  of  Promution  of  the 
Xorthern  Baptist  Convention  and  are 
glad  to  have  a  little  part  in  it — we  regret 
that  it  was  not  deemed  possiljle  to  make 
an  allotment  for  enlarging  the  building 
of  our  Baptist  Old  People's  Home — the 
only  one  in  the  Northern  Baptist  Conven- 
tion district  west  of  Ohio,  so  we  might 
take  some  of  those  now  on  the  waiting 
list.  Perhaps  God  will  lead  individuals 
to  do  this. 


Slowl}-  but  surely  summer  has  come. 
Seeding  time  is  almost  over  and  much 
has  been  accomplished  by  the  Superin- 
tendent and  our  boys  in  planting  the  big 
garden. 

Xext  week  school  closes  and  a  number 
will  be  leaving  us,  probably  not  to  return. 
Eight  of  our  ho'usehold  graduate  from 
eighth  grade  and  all  are  aiming  to  con- 
tinue school  somewhere  next  September. 

During  Aiay  our  children  numbered 
eighty-four,  the  largest  number  ever  here 
at  one  time,  and  as  soon  as  some  leave, 
others  are  ready  to  enter. 

The  mumps  and  chicken  pox  have 
made  in  our  midst  their  annual  spring 
appearance,  but  no  serious  results. 

The  children  and  entire  household 
have  sadly  missed  the  helpful  visits  of 
our  sister,  Mrs.  H.  S.  Alerrill,  who  has 
been  confined  to  her  home  by  illness. 
We  trust  that  she  will  soon  be  restored, 
tc  home  and  friends  and  to  this  work 
for  which  she  has  done  so  much. 

We  wish  to  express  our  grateful 
th.anks  to  friends  throughout  the  state 
who  supplied  us  so  generously  with  eggs 
at  Easter  time.  There  is  no  gift  which 
luav  ])Q  sent  to  us  more  highly  appreciated 
than  a  case  of  eggs  and  none  which  doe:, 
more  good.  Such  churches  as  Roseville, 
I  alNlarsh.  Alanlius,  Walnut.  Osceola, 
LaMoille,  Cornell  and  Hutsonville  could 
not  be  tempted  by  the  high  price  of  eggs 
to  forget  their  animal  gift  to  the  Chil- 
dren's Home.  X'erily  they  shall  not  lose 
their  reward. 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN  29 

Department  of  Religious  Education 

Chairman  Rev.  Herbert  Hines,  El  Paso,     Director  Rev.  Louis  H.  Koehler,  Normal 
Elementary  Directory  Miss  Marian  E.  Kimble,  Galesburg 

A  Question  and  An  Answer 

Why  did  Christ  spend  so  much  time  training  his  disciples? 

When  you  have  answered  that  answer  this — 

Does  he  want  his  disciples  of  today  trained? 

As  you  reply  in  the  affirmative  don't  you  hear  him  calling  you  tO' 

Attend  the  Summer  Assembly 

One  of  Christ's  Training  Schools  of 

Today 

THE  FACULTY  IS  CX SURPASSED. 

THE  COURSES  THE  MOST  NEEDFUL. 

THE  COST  IS  UNUSUALLY  REASONABLE. 

THE  RECREATION  WILL  RECREATE  AND  RENEW. 

THE  FELLOWSHIP  WILL  BE  RICH  AND  ENTERTAIN- 
ING. 

THE  RESULT  WILL  BE  COMPLETELY  SATISFACTORY. 


LISTEN  !     Opportunity  is  knocking  at  your  door.     Of  course  you 
will  open  it  and  GO  TO  SHURTLEFF  COLLEGE  JULY  12-18,  1920 


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Woman  s 
Baptist  Missionary  Society  of  Illinois 

MRS.  W.  P   TOPPING,  Pre*. 


Mrs.  Martha  V.  Higman,  Editor 
Morgan,  Park 


Mrs.  H.  W.  Tate,  Treasurer 
2331   Hartzell  Are.,  ETaastoa 


The  seventh  annual  meeting  of  the 
Central  District  was  held  in  Carbondale, 
May  4-6.  Women,  from  Michigan, 
Missouri  and  Illinois  came  together  for 
three  days  to  hear  reports  from  the 
fields  and  devise  plans  for  better  work- 
in  the  year  to  come. 

The  weather  was  fine  and  the  people 
Oldened  their  homes  with  a  splendid  cor- 
diality to  all  who  came.  Reports  were 
given  from  six  fields  in  the  Orient, 
where  the  district  supports  twenty- four 
missionaries.  ]^Iiss  Ruth  Daniels  of 
]\iidnapore,  India,  and  ^Irs.  S.  A.  Boggs 
of  Assam  gave  vivid  word  pictures  of 
their  stations  and  spoke  of  the  confidence 
the  native  officials  have  in  the  children 
who  attend  their  schools  by  giving  them 
preference  in  filling  government  posi- 
tions. 

Miss  Ina  llurton  brought  a  message 
from  the  training  school.  Miss  Alice 
Brimson  from  the  New  American  in  our 
land.  Miss  Sarah  E.  Xoyes  told  of  her 
experiences  in  Conmiunity  Work  and 
Miss  Ethel  Ryan  told  of  the  Hopi  Indians 
who  are  trying  to  "walk  true  to  God  and 
to  the  Government." 

Mrs.  H.  E.  Goodman  reported  that 
$52,456.71  had  been  ])ledged  for  the 
Jubilee  Fund.  Of  this  amount  $28,899.56 
was  from  Illinois. 

The  W.  W.  G.  girls  gave  some  fine 
reports  and  had  charge  of  a  banquet  on 
the    last    dav,    at   which    some    very    in- 


spiring toasts  were  given  and  which 
brought  the  meeting  to  an  enthusiastic 
climax. 

The  Inter-church  World  Movement  is 
planning  to  raise  a  fund  to  pay  for  the 
expenses  of  the  past  year  and  support  the 
Vv^ork  for  1920-21.  The  women  are  ex- 
pected to  assist  in  this  and  a  plan  has 
been  outlined  through  which  it  is  hoped 
the  women  of  all  denominations  will  be 
reached.  The  leaders  are  to  be  a  State 
Captain  and  a  Lieutenant  for  each  coun- 
ty and  also  a  Lieutenant  for  each  town 
or  cit}-  of  50,000  population  or  over. 

Mrs.  W.  P.  Topping  was  appointed 
State  Captain,  and  has  as  her  commit- 
tee ~S\rs.  L.  O.  Lee,  Congregationalist ; 
]\Irs.  Luce.  Alethodist ;  Mrs.  Austin  Hun- 
ter, Disciple;  Mrs.  N.  C.  King,  Presby- 
terian ;  Mrs.  R.  C.  Gibson,  LInited  Pres- 
byterian. These,  with  other  committees, 
will  work  out  the  plan.  Their  objective 
will  be  to  secure  women  who  will  give 
<A-  get  $100  each  towards  the  fund,  which 
it  is  desired  to  raise.  Illinois  is  appor- 
tioned for  $800,000.  and  the  women  are 
asked  to  raise  $200,000  of  the  amount. 

The  women  of  the  Wabash  \'alley  As- 
sociation recently  held  a  mid-}ear  meet- 
ing with  the  church  at  Olney.  They  re- 
port a  very  interesting  and  helpful  time. 
.\n  instructive  lesson  on  Medical  Mis- 
sions was  led  by  Mrs.  Mabel  Hender- 
shott  and  a  pageant  was  given  by  the 
W.  W.  G.  Girls. 


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State  Board  of  Promotion 


Rev.  a.  E.  Peterson 
Director 


417  South  Dearborn  St. 
Chicago,  111. 


IMPORTANT  INFORMATION  TO 
t'HURCH  TREASURERS 

1.  Church  treasurers  are  expected  to 
remit  before  the  5th  of  each  month 
moneys  collected  on  the  New  World 
Movement  pledges  and  to  send  the  same 
to  A.  E.  Peterson,  State  Promotion  Di- 
rector. 417  South  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago. 

2.  It  i>  very  important  that  any  money 
on  hand  sliould  be  sent  at  the  earliest 
possible  moment.  During  the  intensive 
cami)aign  for  pledges  actual  cash  has  not 
been  forthcoming  in  sufficient  amounts  to 
nieet  tlie  immediate  needs  of  the  societies 
involved.  Please  do  not  allow  any  money 
to  lie  idle  in  the  local  church  treasury ! 

0.  Treasurers  should  be  careful  to  in- 
dicate what  part  of  a  remittance,  if  any, 
{n  designated  for  a  special  object  by  the 
donor.  Failure  to  make  such  notation 
will  cause  confusion  and  will  divert 
funds  into  the  regular  or  general  chan- 
nels and  not  as  specified  by  the  indi- 
vidual giver. 

4.  Report  blanks  to  be  used  when 
making  the  monthly  remittances  are  now- 
being  mailed  out  from  the  state  ofifice. 
Any  treasurer  not  having  received  such 
blanks  should  notify  Mr.  Peterson  at 
once. 

5.  Individual  ledger  cards  for  the  use 
of  local  church  treasurers  have, just  been 
received.  These  cards  have  been  pre- 
pared for  the  purpose  of  recording  rec- 
ords of  payments  as  they  are  being  made 
by  the  individual  givers.  They  will  be 
n^ailed  free  of  charge  upon  request,  indi- 
cating the  number  wanted,  allowing  one 
for  each  subscriber.     Treasurers  should 


avail  themselves  of  this  oft'er  unless  a 
system  of  bookkeeping  already  in  vogue 
full}'  meets  the  present  requirements. 

6.  Duplex  envelopes  can  be  secured 
from  the  Publication  Society,  125  North 
Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 


CONCERNING  FOLLOW-UP  WORK 

.  This  is  now  receiving  careful  consid- 
eration. There  are  some  churches  in 
each  association  that  have  for  various 
reasons,  postponed  the  financial  ingath- 
ering, or  have  not  yet  completed  their 
task.  The  Associational  Boards  of  Pro- 
motion, under  the  direction  of  the  chair- 
man and  with  the  assistance  of  pastors 
and  laymen,  co-operate  with  pastors  and 
churches  where  a  little  help  may  mean 
much  toward  a  successful  outcome. 

This  opens  up  a  wide  field  of  useful- 
ness for  the  Promotion  Boards  within 
the  Associations.  Their  opportunity  is 
coming  now  and  will  continue  to  come  in 
ever  enlarging  scope.  The  pastors  and 
churches  within  the  associations  need  to 
get  together  more  frequently  than  is  al- 
lowed by  a  mere  attendance  upon  an  an- 
nual meeting  of  a  given  association.  This 
will  mean  a  united  co-operation  work  in 
the  interest  of  our  Baptist  work  within 
the  fields  of  our  endeavor. 

Any  helj)  that  can  be  furnished  in  any- 
way in  co-operation  with  the  Associa- 
tional ISoards  will  be  gladly  given  by  the 
State  Promotion  Board. 

The  character  of  the  men  and  women 
composing  the  Association  Promotion 
Boards  in  Illinois  give  promise  of  excel- 
lent   returns. 


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Shurtleff  College 

A  Million  Dollar  Plant 


January  1.  1919— Old  Endowment $182,883.05 

Xew   Endowment,   inchulerl   in   the   One   Hundred   Million 

Campaign 500,000.00 


T 


Total $682,883.05 

January  1,  1919— Buildings  and  Grounds 105,223.44 

Xew  Buildings  and  Equipment  in  the  One  Hundred  ^lillion 

Campaign 225,000.00 

Total $330,223.44 

Grand  Total — Endowment  and  Plant $1,013' 106.49 


Have  you  made  your  contribution  to  Shurtleff  Colleger- 
Illinois  Baptists  should  remember  that  any  gifts  made  to  Shurt- 
leff College  will  count  on  their  church  allotments  in  the  National  Fi- 
nancial Campaign. 

If  it  will  clarify  the  matter  and  help  in  the  work,  gifts  may  be  sent 
:t  to  Shurtleff'  College  and 
General  Board  of  Promotion. 


direct  to  Shurtleff'  College  and  the  college  will  certify  the  amount  to  the 


Information  will  be  gladly  given. 

GEORGE  M.  POTTER,  President. 
MYRON  W.  HAYNES,  Endozvment  Sec'y. 


ILLINOIS   BAPTIST 
BULLETIN 


.1 


VOL.  XII. 


NORMAL,  ILLINOIS,  JULY  192» 


NO.  3 


The  Inter-Church  Organization 


This     organization     seems     to     have 
grown  out  of  our  experience  in  war  work 
a  few  years  ago.     When  it  was  brought 
before  the  Baptists  of  the   North  there 
was  quite  a  divided  sentiment,  but  the 
majority    seemed    to    approve    the    plan. 
Yet  so  cautious   were  they   that  strong 
resolutions  were  passed  at  Denver  guard- 
ing every  Baptist  principle  and  voted  by 
the   Convention   that   unless   these   were 
adopted   by  the   Inter-Church   the   Bap- 
tists   would    stay    out.     They    were    so 
strong   that    some    of    us    thought    they 
would  be  rejected,  but  the  Inter-Church 
people  complied  with  them  and  the  Bap- 
tists went  in.     All  denominations,  North 
and  South,  did  this  except  the  Baptists 
of   the    South.     It   was    not   long,   how- 
ever, until  it  began  to  appear  that  a  mis- 
take had  been  made.     The  Inter-Church 
was   not   an   organization   that   had   any 
ilnancial  standing.     They  could  not  bor- 
row money  except  as  the  denominations 
underwrote  or  in  other  words,  went  their 
security.     They  held  out  the  strong  as- 
surance that  they  would  raise. from  $30,- 
000,000  to  $50,000,000  and  could  pay  all 
their  expenses  and  have  millions  to  turn 
over  to  the  denominations.  There  can  be 
no    denying    the    fact    that    they    spent 
money    freely.     Some    good    was    done. 


The  surveys  they  made  are  invaluable  to 
all  Christian  people  but  there  was  much 
mismanagement.  Almost  any  organiza- 
tion that  has  no  body  to  control  it,  with 
a  free  hand  with  other  people's  money, 
will  do  unwise  things.  When  it  came  to 
the  end  of  the  year,  the  Inter-Church  or- 
ganization had  become  so  unpopular  that 
it  had  raised  only  $3,000,000  and  had  ex- 
pended from  $10,000,000  to  $12,000,000. 
The  Baptists  had  underwritten  $2,500,- 
000  of  this. 

The  Promotion  Board  after  long  and 
careful  consideration  voted  to  recom- 
mend to  the  Convention  to  withdraw 
from  the  Inter-Chi^rch  Movement  June 
30th,  and  to  pay  up  all  obligations  so  far 
made. 

The  Baptists  cannot  afford  to  be  dis- 
honest if  they  do  make  financial  mistakes. 
John  D.  Rockefeller,  Jr.,  was  greatly  in 
favor  of  the  Inter-Church  Movement 
and  gave  $1,000,000  toward  its  expenses 
and  he  gave  $1,000,000  on  the  Baptists' 
$100,000,000  drive.  Yet  he  saw  the  mis- 
takes made  and  was  willing  and  anxious 
to  close  up.  It  may  be  said  for  Western 
P-aptists,  that  one  man  in  the  East  is  will- 
ing that  $1,000,000  of  his  contribution  gO' 
toward  paying  the  $2,500,000  that  the 
Baptists  will  have  to  pay  and  one  Eastern 


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organization  that  subscribed  $600,000  is 
willing  for  that  to  go  in  the  same  way. 
so  that  the  Baptists  at  large  will  have 
to  pay  but  a  very  small  percentage  on 
account  of  the  Inter-Church  organiza- 
tion. Drawing  out  from  the  Inter- 
Church  does  not  mean  that  the  Baptists 
will  have  nothing  to  do  with  other  de- 
nominations. The  Baptists  were  heartily 
co-operating  with  other  denominations  in 
various  ways  before  the  Inter-Church 
Movement  was  thought  of  and  similar 
work  will  be  continued.  One  of  the 
causes  of  the  failure  of  the  Inter-Church 
^Movement  for  the  past  year,  was  some  of 
the  foolish  unwise  sayings  of  certain 
workers  entirely  contrary  to  the  agree- 
rr.ents  with  the  Inter-Church  people. 
Some  of  them  talked  as  though  the  In- 
ter-Church was  practically  a  union  of  de- 
nominations and  of  course  the  Baptists 
would  not  stand  for  that.  But  now  this 
embarrassing  situation  is  out  of  the  way 
and  there  is  no  good  reason  why  every 
Baptist  church  in  the  state  affiliated  with 
the  Northern  Baptists  should  not  fall  in 
line  and  make  a  thorough  canvass  before 
November  21st.  It  matters  not  whether 
the  whole  apportionment  can  be  raised 
or  MOt.  For  the  sake  of  the  church  it 
should  fall  in  line  and  try  to  get  a  four 
years  subscription  from  every  member 
of  the  church.  The  happy  and  hopeful 
churches  in  Illinois  today  are  those  that 
made  a  thorough  canvass  of  their  mem- 
bers and  got  the  membership  in  the  spirit 
of  the  times  in  which  we  are  living. 


AX  ERRONEOUS  13IPRESSIOX 

An  impression  prevails  among  some 
Baptists  that  the  action  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention  withdrawing  itself 
from  the  Inter-church  World  Movement 
releases  them  from  further  payment  of 
pledges  made  to  the  New  World  Move- 


ment of  our  denomination.  A  glance  at 
our  pledge  cards  is  sufficient  to  prove 
that  this  is  a  mistaken  idea.  The  Inter- 
church  World  Movement  is  not  once 
mentioned  on  those  cards.  The  Inter- 
church  World  ^lovement  and  the  New- 
World  ^lovement  of  Northern  Baptists 
are  not  synonymous  though  the  latter 
two  words  in  the  titles  are  the  same. 
We  would  have  had  a  New  World  ]Move- 
ment  had  the  Inter-church  Movement 
not  been  in  existence.  We  made  pledges 
towards  our  own  work,  to  carry  forth  our 
teachings.  The  only  difference  between 
our  benevolent  giving  this  year  and  for- 
mer years  is,  that  we  pledged  ourselves 
to  a  larger  denominational  program  and 
for  a  longer  time.  We  are  undertaking 
greater  things  because  the  need  of  the 
world  is  greater.  Let  no  reader  of  the 
Bulletin  be  confused  upon  this  question, 
but  enlist  himself  and  his  money  in  larger 
measure  towards  Baptist  propaganda. 
We  must  not  fail  our  Christ  in  this 
crucial  hour  of  history. — D.  O.  Hopkins. 


The  following  interesting  letter  comes 
from  a  pastor  in  the  Alton  Association : 
Dear  Brother : 

It  may  be  of  interest  to  the  Bulletin 
to  know  that  the  Fidelity  and  Troy 
churches  sent  me  as  their  delegate  to  the 
Buffalo  Convention,  paying  my  expenses. 
Both  of  these  churches  are  progressing. 
Fidelity  plans  to  put  in  a  basement  and 
paint  and  re-decorate  this  year.  Ti-oy  is 
also  going  to  paint  and  re-decorate  the 
interior  of  the  church  building.  There 
have  been  six  baptisms  at  Fidelity  the 
past  year,  and  two  are  awaiting  baptism 
at  Troy  at  present.  May  we  be  remem- 
bered in  the  prayers  of  all  the  churches 
for  God's  people  even  as  we  hope  to  re- 
member all.  Sincerely  yours, 

Orlo  Brees. 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BLXLETIX 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTISTBULLETIN 

Published    monthlv  in   the   interest   of   the 
Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 

Subscription  price,  25c  a  year;  clubs  of  20 
or  more,  20c. 

E.  P.  BRAXD,  Editor 
Superintendent   of  Missions. 

201  Xorth  School  Street,  Normal,  Illinois. 

"Entered  as  second  class  matter,  June  12, 

1909,  at  the  Postoffice  at  Normal, 

Illinois,   under  the  Act  of 

March   3,   1879." 

LET  everybody  remember  that  any 
and  all  money  collected  in  on  the 
3100,000,000  Fund  in  Illinois  should  be 
sent  to  Rev.  A.  E.  Peterson,  417  S. 
Dearborn  St.,  Chicago.  He  is  the  Pro- 
motion  Board   Financial    Secretary    for 

Illinois. 

*  *  * 

IF  any  money  has  been  given  by  any 
person  or  church  for  any  particular 
object  within  the  Sur\-ey  of  the  SlOO,- 
000.000  Drive  make  the  statement  clear 
to  Mr.  Peterson  and  he  will  assign  the 
money  to  the  particular  object  to  which 
the  donor  intended  it  to  be  given,  but 
write  carefully  to  Mr.  Peterson  just  how 
the  money  is  to  be  used  if  it  is  for  any 

particular  object. 

*  *  * 

y^  LL  money  given  on  the  SI 00,000,- 
-i^  000  Campaign  that  is  not  desig- 
nated for  any  particular  thing  will  go  into 
the  general  fund  and  be  divided  among 
all  the  Societies  and  Organizations  in- 
cluded within  the  Surs-ey  such  as  Home 
and  Foreign  Missions,  ^^'ome^■s  Work, 
Education,  Cty  Missions,  State  Missions 


and  other  things. 


*  *  * 


SIXCE  the  Inter-Church  misunder- 
standing is  now  out  of  the  way  and 
the  Baptists  of  the  Xorth  seem  to  be 
more   heartily   agreed   and   united   than 


ever  before  upon  the  great  denomina- 
tional work  of  the  world  and  since  we 
are  living  in  the  greatest  world  crisis  in 
all  history  and  are  having  the  greatest  op- 
portunity for  evangelizing  the  world  that 
we  have  ever  had,  let  everybody  work  to- 
gether heartily  and  enthusiastically  for 
denominational  work. 
*  *  * 

WHILE  some  mistakes  were  made  in 
organizing  and  carrj-ing  out  the 
great  S  100,000,000  Campaign  yet 
ail  people  who  have  given  a  careful  and 
impartial  study  are  agreed  that  it  is  do- 
ing larger  and  better  things  than  the  de- 
nomination has  ever  attempted  before 
and  the  outlook  for  the  future  of  our  de- 
nominational work  was  never  so  bright 
as  now. 


D 


R.  Myron  W.  Ha\-nes,  financial 
agent  of  Shurtleff  College,  closed 
up  his  work  with  that  institution  at  Com- 
mencement time  early  in  Time.  He 
worked  only  eighteen  months,  but  in  that 
time  he  raised  8317,000,  and  the  entire 
expense  for  everything  was  less  than 
SI 2.000.  Shurtleff  College  now  has  an 
Endowment  of  invested  funds  and  sub- 
scriptions bearing  six  per  cent  interest 
of  a  little  over  S500,000.  This  is  a  great 
advance  during  the  seven  years  of  Presi- 
dent Potter's  administration. 

*      5<:      3C 

THE  purchase  of  new  grounds  and 
buildings  makes  it  appear  almost 
like  another  institution.  We  have  now 
twenty-three  acres  of  ground  in  the 
heart  of  L'pper  Alton  which  in  the  future 
can  be  used  for  buildings  and  campus. 
L'pon  the  ground  there  are  at  present  ten 
dwelling  houses,  four  of  them  large,  three 
of  these  buildings  are  used  for  ladies* 
dormitories. 


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PENSIONING  MINISTERS 

I  am  exceedingly  desirous  of  obtain- 
ing the  names  and  addresses  of  the  Presi- 
dents of  the  Boards  of  Trustees  (or  of  a 
leading  member)  in  the  IlHnois  Baptist 
churches.  The  Benefit  Board  in  work- 
ing out  its  new  plan  for  pensions  is  ex- 
ceedingly desirous  of  obtaining  the  co- 
operation of  the  churches.  In  justice  to 
our  ministers  the  annual  church  budget 
should  contain  an  item  covering  not  only 
the  salary  of  the  pastor  but  also  provid- 
ing for  the  pension  of  the  pastor  of  that 
church.  I  appreciate  keenly  the  fact 
that  our  ministers  are  in  no  condition  to 
agitate  the  matter  or  even  request  this 
action  to  be  taken.  Our  Board,  however, 
is  eager  to  undertake  this  task  and  if 
names  and  addresses  as  I  Jiave  requested 
can  be  sent  me  the  work  will  be  very 
much  facilitated  and  we  shall  deeply  ap- 
preciate the  courtesy  and  kindness  of 
those  who  help  us. 

Cordially, 

E.  T.  Tomlinson, 
Executive  Secretary. 
276  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York. 


The  Fundamentals  Conference  at  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention,  was  an 
overwhelming  success.  Its  projectors  at 
first  thought  that  they  might  get  250  or 
300  men  together.  Their  faith  grew,  and 
they  decided  that  maybe  enough  people 
would  assemble  to  fill  the  auditorium  of 
the  First  church.  Then  it  was  decided 
to  go  to  Delaware  avenue  church,  with  its 
more  spacious  auditorium.  At  the  open- 
ing session  of  the  Conference  every  seat 
was  filled,  hundreds  stood,  and  many 
were  turned  away.  So  it  continued  un- 
til on  Tuesday  evening  the  Conference 
was  removed  to  the  Convention  auditor- 
ium, where  fully  3,000  people  assembled. 


THE   NORTHERN   BAPTIST  CX>NVEN- 
TION   AND  PRE-eONVENTION  MEET- 
INGS AT  BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 

Evangelistic  Conferences  were  held 
Sunday  and  Monday,  June  20-21  at  the 
First  Baptist  Church.  They  were  under 
the  management  of  the  Superintendent 
of  Evangelism,  Dr.  Stilwell  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio.  This  meeting  was  well  attended 
and  very  profitable.  There  was  a  meet- 
ing of  the  State  Secretaries  and  Promo- 
tion Board  Secretaries  on  Saturday,  but 
the  Editor  of  the  Bulletin  could  not  at- 
tend. The  General  Promotion  Board 
held  three  meetings  of  about  three  hours 
each.  One  of  the  principle  points  of 
discussion  was  the  Inter-Church  Move- 
ment. After  at  least  three  hours  of  dis- 
cussion it  was  voted  almost  unanimously 
to  recommend  to  the  Convention  that  it 
withdraw  or  cease  to  co-operate  with  the 
Inter-Church  after  June  30th,  but  voted 
also  to  pay  up  the  last  dollar  of  our  share 
of  expenditures  promised,  which  is 
$2,500,000.  Aside  from  this  Inter-Church 
discussion,  all  the  action  of  the  Board 
was  practically  unanimous  and  a  good 
and  hopeful  feeling  prevailed.  The  at- 
tendance of  the  General  Board  meeting 
was  very  good. 

The  especially  called  meeting  on  "Bap- 
tist Fundamentals"  was  something  new. 
This  meeting  was  held  in  the  Delaware 
Ave.  Baptist  Church.  It  was  held  Mon- 
day night  and  Tuesday.  The  crowd 
was  very  large.  The  church  was  over- 
packed  on  Alonday  night  and  Tuesday 
night  it  met  in  the  great  auditorium. 
There  was  probably  3,000  people  there 
Tuesday  night.  The  subjects  discussed 
Were  nearly  all  vital  Baptist  principles 
and  they  were  discussed  with  no  un- 
certain sound.  The  writer  heard  four 
of  these  addresses  and  parts  of  two 
others.     Those  whch  he  heard  were  by 


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Dr.  Fred  Anderson  of  Newton  Theolog- 
ical Institute,  Dr.  T.  J.  X'illers  of  De- 
troit, Michigan,  Dr.  Courtland  Myers  of 
Tremont  Temple,  Boston,  and  Dr.  B.  F. 
Riley  of  Minneapolis,  and  Dr.  J.  H. 
Brougher  of  Los  Angeles  in  part.  The 
addresses  were  on  the  whole  very  strong 
and  very  fine.  Courtland  Myers  was  un- 
necessarily severe  in  some  of  his  state- 
ments, his  criticisms  of  some  people  were 
severe,  but  his  talk  was  along  the  line 
of  fundamental  truth.  There  is  much 
interest  in  this  meeting  on  "Baptist 
Fundamentals,"  but  it  is  too  early  yet  to 
know  the  outcome.  Some  resolutions 
were  passed,  asking  the  Convention  to 
do  certain  things,  to  which  we  will  refer 
later. 

The  Convention  proper  assembled  on 
Wednesday  morning,  June  23d.  There 
was  the  largest  attendance  in  the  history 
of  the  Convention.  On  the  first  day 
more  than  3100  persons  registered.  The 
Committee  had  provided  only  2500 
badges  so  that  about  1000  extra  ones  had 
to  be  ordered.  The  Convention  hall  was 
not  a  good  place  for  the  Convention  tO' 
meet.  It  was  too  large  and  almost  all 
in  one  room.  It  was  impossible  for 
more  than  one-half  the  audience  to  hear 
most  of  the  speakers  well.  A  few  men 
could  be  heard.  The  feature  of  great- 
est interest  the  first  day  was  the  intro- 
duction of  a  resolution  on  the  part  of  the 
"Assembly  on  Baptist  Fundamentals," 
for  the  Convention  to  appoint  a  com- 
mittee of  nine  to  investigate  the  re- 
ligous  condition  of  our  Baptist  Colleges, 
Theological  Seminaries  and  all  Baptist 
Schools  within  the  territory  of  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  and  report 
next  year.  It  was  a  long  spicy  debate 
and  the  Convention  seemed  almost  equal- 
ly divided ;  but   by  a  substitute  motion 


and  some  changes  and  amendments,  the 
matter  was  passed  almost  as  first  intro- 
duced and  it  passed  practcally  unani- 
mously. There  was  a  very  general  good 
feeling  when  it  was  concluded.  It  seems 
to  be  general  among  Baptists  that  when 
there  is  an  opportunity  for  free  discus- 
sion and  plenty  of  time  for  it  they  can 
come  together. 

The  second  day  of  the  Convention  was 
a  busy  one.  The  leading  feature  of  that 
day  was  the  first  Annual  report  of  the 
Board  of  Promotion,  read  by  Dr.  J.  Y. 
Aitchison.  It  indicated  that  $65,000,000 
have  been  raised,  but  on  account  of 
about  $10,000,000  being  deducted  for 
special  objects  and  the  expenses  of  the 
Promotion  Board  and  the  expenses  of 
the  Inter-Church  Movement  only  about 
$50,000,000  can  now  be  planned  to  be 
used  for  the  next  four  years  for  work. 
It  cuts  down  the  work  along  all  lines  for 
this  year,  or  rather  not  much  advanced 
work  can  be  undertaken  this  year.  The 
reader  seemed  very  hopeful  that  the 
$100,000,000  will  all  be  raised  during  the 
next  four  years  and  much  of  it  this  year, 
but  they  can  onl}-  plan  to  expend  what 
we  actually  have  subscribed.  The  two 
points  in  Dr.  Aitchison's  report  that 
called  out  strong  debates  was  the  Inter- 
Church  Movement  and  the  Baptist  paper. 

The  General  Board  of  Promotion  after 
the  discussion  of  the  Inter-Church  for  a 
full  half  day  recommended  the  Conven- 
tion that  we  pay  our  full  obligations  of 
S2,5O0,00O  on  the  expenses  of  the  Inter- 
Church  Movement  and  withdraw  entire- 
ly from  any  associations  with  it  after 
June  30th  of  this  year.  There  was  some 
strong  opposition  to  withdrawing,  led  by 
Dr.  Cornelius  Woelfkin  of  New  York 
City  and  Mrs.  Helen  Barrett  Montgom- 
ery of  Rochester,  N.  Y.     But  the  mo- 


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tion  to  withdraw  was  carried  by  an  over- 
whelming majority.  It  was  practically 
unanimous  when  the  vote  was  taken. 
Again  the  denomination  seemed  happy 
in  getting  rid  of  a  very  vexing  problem 
and  doing  it  without  serious  division. 

The  question  of  the  wisdom  of  mak- 
ing an  appropriation  to  subsidize  a  Bap- 
tist paper  was  discussed.  Drs.  Massee 
of  New  York  and  W.  B.  Riley  of  Min- 
neapolis, spoke  against  the  proposition 
of  such  a  paper  and  others  spoke  in 
favor  of  it.  Dr.  ]\Iassee  introduced  a 
resolution  that  the  Convention  sell  the 
paper  to  the  highest  bidder.  A  resolution 
was  finally  passed  that  the  matter  be  sub- 
mitted to  a  committee  to  report  at  this 
meeting  before  the  session  closed. 

Thursday  night  was  given  to  Foreign 
Missions.  Addresses  were  given  by  Rev. 
J.  C.  Robins,  Rev.  W.  L.  Ferguson  of 
South  India,  Aliss  Nellie  G.  Prescott, 
Mrs.  Ida  B.  Elliott  of  Burma,  Miss  Alary 
Stone,  AI.D.  of  China,  Rev.  C.  B.  Tenny 
of  Japan  and  Rev.  J.  H.  Franklin,  D.D., 
Foreign  Mission  Secretary. 

On  Friday  the  meetings  were  as  largely 
attended  as  on  previous  days  and  the  in- 
terest good  and  the  audiences  quiet,  yet 
not  more  than  one-half  the  audience  at 
any  time  could  hear  the  speakers  dis- 
tinctly. One  of  the  most  interesting  re- 
ports of  the  day  was  the  report  of  the 
Ministers'  and  Missionaries'  organiza- 
tion. The  society  now  has  a  permanent 
fund  of  $6,000,000,  $3,000,000  of  this 
sum  was  given  by  John  D.  Rockefeller, 
Sr.  All  worthy  and  needy  aged  and  dis- 
abled pastors  and  mssionaries  are  aided 
as  well  as  widows  and  dependent  chil- 
dren, about  700  in  all.  Plans  are  now 
beng  made  to  give  pensions.  Arrange- 
ments will  be  made  for  preachers  of  30 
years  of  age  and  upward  to  plan  to  go 


on  the  pension  list  at  the  age  of  65  years 
and  35  years  of  continuous  work.  Tliis 
will  also  apply  to  preachers  who  work 
in  Theological  Seminaries  and  Baptist 
Colleges.  Men  who  are  now  past  65 
years  of  age  and  have  given  35  years  to 
the  work  and  who  stand  well  in  char- 
acter and  work  are  entitled  to  it  as  soon 
as  established  some  time  this  summer. 

The  afternoon,  Friday,  was  given  to 
eleven  dififerent  conferences  upon  that 
many  different  topics  such  as  "Efficiency 
of  the  Local  Church,"  "Young  People's 
Work,"  and  other  things. 

At  noon  a  serious  accident  occurred. 
It  was  announced  and  strongly  urged 
that  the  Convention  meet  in  the  rear  of 
the  auditorium  for  a  picture.  Seats 
had  been  arranged.  Five  sections  upon 
which  800  were  seated  fell  and  quite  a 
sensation  occurred,  but  good  order  was 
preserved.  Twenty-one  were  injured 
sufficiently  to  be  taken  to  hospitals. 
Seven  of  these  had  fractured  bones,  the 
remainder  sprains  and  bruises.  The  city 
authorities  claim  that  no  permit  had  been 
asked  for  it,  and  the  city  did  not  know 
that  such  a  structure  had  been  erected. 
It  was  wholly  the  responsibility  of  the 
photographers.  The  night  session  was 
given  to  discussion  and  a  stereopticon 
lecture. 

On  Friday  the  Convention  passed  a 
very  important  resolution.  There  has 
been  within  the  past  year  a  great  deal  of 
foolish  agitation.  Alaking  an  effort  to 
create  trouble  between  this  country  and 
Great  Britain.  There  are  not  a  great 
many  Irish  in  this  country  and  most  of 
those  who  are  here  are  splendid  Amer- 
ican citizens,  but  they  are  mostly  great 
politicians  and  most  of  them  are  strong 
Catholics  Some  American  senators  and 
congressmen  have  been  active  to  create 
trouble  with  Great  Britain  on  account  of 


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Ireland.  The  Convention  unanimously 
passed  a  resolution  stating  that  we  would 
resist  any  country  by  a  unanimous  vote 
if  it  should  attempt  in  any  way  to  meddle 
with  the  internal  affairs  of  this  country 
and  we  as  Baptists,  resist  the  effort  to 
create  trouble  with  Great  Britain  by 
meddling  with  her  national  affairs.  It 
was  also  voted  to  send  by  cable  the  mes- 
sage to  Honorable  David  Lloyd  (jeorge, 
the  Premier  of  Great  Britain. 

On  Saturday  many  missionaries  were 
introduced.  Formerly  and  not  many 
years  ago,  the  missionaries  were  intro- 
duced and  each  one  made  a  short  ad- 
dress, but  this  year  they  were  introduced 
one  by  one,  just  giving  the  name  and 
one  or  two  from  each  group  would  speak. 
In  one  or  two  sections  the  whole  group 
was  introduced  without  naming  them. 

The  last  report  of  the  Enrollment  Com- 
fnittee  was  3,800  enrolled. 

Saturday  evening  the  Brotherhood  and 
the  women  had  each  a  separate  banquet 
and  then  all  met  together  for  a  social 
time.  The  writer  attedned  the  men's 
banquet,  but  had  to  leave  before  the 
speaking  and  could  not  attend  the  social 
gathering  on  account  of  a  meeting  of  the 
State  Secretaries  which  continued  until 
eleven  o'clock  at  night. 

Pastor  Hanley,  ex-president  of  Frank- 
lin College,  preached  the  Annual  Sermon 
at  the  auditorium.  The  Editor  and  his 
wife  went  to  the  Presbyterian  Westmin- 
ster church  to  hear  Dr.  Carter  Helm 
Jones  of  Philadelphia,  preach  in  the 
morning,  and  to  the  Delaware  Ave.  Bap- 
tist church  to  hear  Dr.  Brougher  of  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  preach  at  night.  They 
were  both  fine  sermons.  The  attendance 
at  the  meetings  keeps  up  remarkably 
well.  The  attendance  from  Illinos  is 
very  large. 

Rev.  J.  D.  Crumley,  pastor  at  Plain- 


field,  was  injured  in  the  crash  that  took 
place  when  a  photograph  was  about  to 
be  taken,  but  not  seriously.  An  ankle 
and  shoulder  were  sprained  so  that  he 
suffered  considerably. 

The  place  for  the  next  meeting  has 
been  decided.  The  Convention  voted 
unanimously  to  go  next  year  to  Winona 
Lake,  Indiana.  It  is  reported  that  the 
Convention  can  be  well  taken  care  of 
there,  and  it  is  a  central  location  for  the 
whole  country. 

]\Ionday  was  given  up  largely  to  busi- 
ness. One  important  item,  the  election 
of  officers.  Some  very  strong  addresses 
on  the  economics  as  well  as  the  spiritual 
conditions  of  many  foreign  countries 
were  made.  The  Women's  Foreign 
Mission  Society  introduced  their  mission- 
aries and  a  few  of  them  gave  short  ad- 
dresses. The  Foreign  Mssion  Society  is 
sending  out  this  year  fifty-eight  new 
missionaries  and  the  Women's  Foreign 
Mission  Society  thirty-nine,  making  in 
all  to  the  foreign  field  this  year  ninety- 
seven  new  missionaries  in  one  year.  That 
is  a  wonderful  advancement  over  other 
years,  and  it  begins  to  look  as  though 
the  pagan  world  will  soon  have  an  op- 
portunity to  hear  the  gospel.  The  at- 
tendance is  holding  up  fine.  There  must 
have  been  3000  present  until  ten  o'clock 
Monday  night.  Drs.  Aitchison  Heath 
and  Padelford  gave  a  dinner  Monday 
evening  to  the  State  Convention  Secre- 
taries, the  State  Convention  Promotion 
Directors  from  states  where  they  have 
them  and  Superintendents  of  City  Mis- 
sions, about  fifty-five  in  all.  A  confer- 
ence of  several  hours  was  held  after  the 
luncheon  discussing  the  great  Onward 
Movement  and  the  relation  of  the  work 
to  the  states  and  cities.  Also  how  to  se- 
cure the  $35,000,000  yet  back.  There 
seems  to  be  a  general  feeling  that  we  will 


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secure  the  $100,000,000  before  the  end 
of  four  years,  although  only  $65,000,000 
have  been  reported  at  this  time. 

The  interest  and  attendance  held  up 
splendidly  until  the  closing  hour  of  the 
Convention  late  Tuesday  night.  The 
Committee  on  the  Baptist  reported  to 
continue  the  Baptist  as  last  year  with  a 
committee  to  make  further  investigation 
and  report  next  year.  Dr.  L.  A.  Cran- 
dall,  the  Editor,  has  been  seriously  ill 
for  some  time  and  was  not  at  the  Con- 
vention. 

Mrs.  Helen  Barrett  Montgomery  was 
injured  by  an  automobile  the  latter  part 
of  the  meeting  and  was  taken  to  her  home 
in  Rochester,  New  York. 

The  general  feeling  in  the  Convention 
was  that  it  was  on  the  whole  the  greatest 
meeting  the  Northern  Baptists  have  ever 
held.  The  attendance  was  exceedingly 
large.  Full  liberty  was  given  for  every- 
body to  express  his  opinion  and  almost 
all  matters  were  passed  practically  un- 
animously by  the  Convention. 

Attorney  Shull  of  Iowa,  was  an  extra- 
ordinary president.  From  every  stand- 
point he  handled  the  Convention  well. 
Attorney  Ernest  L.  Tustn,  L.L.  D.,  of 
Philadelphia,  was  elected  president  for 
the  coming  year  and  Dr.  Massee  of  New 
York,  first  vice-president.  Dr.  E.  T. 
Mullins,  president  of  the  Louisville,  Ken- 
tucky Seminary,  was  one  of  the  speakers 
the  last  night  of  the  meetings.  The  Ban- 
ner was  given  to  Rev.  H.  O.  Morton, 
superintendent,  of  Arizona,  the  first  state 
to  go  over  the  top  on  the  $100,000,000 
drive.  BrotVer  Morton  is  an  Illinois  boy, 
a  graduate  of  Shurtlefif  College,  and  was 
ordained  at  Danvers.  North  Dakota 
was  the  second  state  to  complete  its 
budget  on  the  great  campaign.  Its  su- 
perintendent was  introduced. 


B.IPTIST  GROWTH 

We  often  hear  persons  contending  that 
the  world  is  growing  worse  and  that  the 
Baptists  are  making  no  impression  upon 
this  country  nor  the  world.  Some  of 
these  pessimists  actually  think  that  the 
Baptists  are  not  nearly  holding  their  own. 
Notice  the  following  facts:  In  1796, 
one  hundred  and  twenty-six  years  ago, 
there  was  one  Baptist  to  every  ninety- 
four  of  the  population.  In  1840,  forty- 
six  years  later,  there  was  one  Baptist  to 
every  thirty  of  the  population  in  Amer- 
ica. Fifty  years  later  in  1890,  there  was 
one  Baptist  to  every  twenty-one.  In 
1900,  one  to  every  nineteen  and  in  1920 
there  is  one  Baptist  to  every  fifteen  of 
the  population.  These  statements  are 
true  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  for  the 
last  one  hundred  years  very  much  of  the 
increase  in  our  population  is  by  imigra- 
tion  and  almost  no  Baptists  immigrate 
to  America.  The  immigrants  are  mostly 
Catholics  and  Lutherans,  and  yet  our  in- 
crease has  been  far  greater  than  the  in- 
crease in  population  and  Baptist  prin- 
cipals have  grown  more  rapidly  than 
Baptist  numbers.  Many  of  the  things 
the  Baptists  stood  for  alone  two  hundred 
years  ago  are  now  accepted  by  nearly  all 
Christian  bodies.  Congregationalists 
drove  Baptists  out  of  Massachusetts  and 
Episcopaleans  whipped  and  imprisoned 
Baptists  in  Virginia,  and  now  both  de- 
nominations teach  the  same  doctrines  of 
liberty  of  conscience  for  which  they  per- 
secuted the  Baptists. 


CHURCHES 

On  the  evening  of  the  29th  of  June, 
the  Immanuel  Baptist  church  in  Chicago 
gave  a  reception  to  its  pastor,  Dr.  John- 
ston Myers  and  his  wife,  celebrating  the 
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years  ago.  During  that  time,  practically 
all  the  churches  in  that  section  of  the 
city  have  gone  out  of  existence,  but  the 
Immanuel  church  is  yet  doing  good  work. 

The  new  tSonington  church  is  reor- 
ganizing its  various  departments.  The 
church  is  making  progress.  As  evidence 
of  the  progress  and  on  their  own  initia- 
tive the  church  increased  the  pastor's 
salary  $500,  making  a  salary  of  $2,000 
and  parsonage  beginning  June  1st.  The 
pastor,  Rev.  Victor  N.  Witter,  is  attend- 
ing the  Northern  Baptist  Convention, 
also  Dr.  W.  T.  Bridges. 

A  member  of  the  DeKalb  church 
writes:  "Rev.  W.  R.  Yard  has  been 
with  us  three  years  and  at  the  end  of 
each  year  the  church  has  increased  his 
salary.  This  year  they  voted  to  make 
an  increase  of  $700  per  year.  The  work 
IS  in  splendid  condition  and  we  have  the 
largest  Sunday  School  in  our  history." 

The  First  Baptist  church  in  Decatur 
is  now  holding  a  Sunday  evening  service 
on  the  church  steps.  They  meet  at  7  :30. 
They  have  quartette  and  other  singing 
and  Dr.  T.  Harly  Marsh,  the  pastor,  gives 
a  short  talk  before  the  regular  services 
in  the  church.  This  meeting  house  is  lo- 
cated at  a  great  center  of  downtown  and 
people  in  large  numbers  who  do  not  go 
to  church  hear  the  Gospel  by  this  plan. 

The  Moline  church  of  which  Rev.  Roy 
Babcock  is  pastor,  raised  their  apportion- 
ment of  $40,000  on  the  $100,000,000 
drive  and  then  increased  the  pastor's  sal- 
ary $500.00. 

The  Edgewood  church  in  Rock  Island 
of  which  Rev.  W.  H.  F.  Jones  is  pastor, 
is  contemplating  erecting  a  new  building 
in  a  more  desirable  location.  His  church 
sent  him  to,  the  Buffalo  Convention. 

The  East  Moline  church  has  granted 
Pastor  Henry  L.  Duff  leave  of  absence 
for  three  months  in  order  to  visit  rela- 


tives and  friends  in  the  northern  part  of 
Ireland. 

Rev.  Mrs.  Critchett,  pastor  of  the 
Watertown  church,  is  reported  to  be  do- 
ing good  work  and  is  well  liked  by  the 
people. 

Rev.  L.  V.  Edwards  has  been  pastor 
at  Mahomet  since  April  25th.  He  has 
preached  the  annual  sermon  for  the  high 
school  and  Memorial  sermon.  His 
congregations  are  fine  and  he  is  much 
encouraged  in  the  work  at  Mahomet. 


MISSIONARIES  OF  STATE  CONVENTION 

The  work  at  Rochelle  seems  very 
hopeful.  This  was  one  of  our  Mission 
churches  that  raised  more  than  its  ap- 
portionment. Rev.  H.  B.  Stevens,  the 
pastor,  was  very  enthusiastic  in  the 
$100,000,000  drive.  They  are  now  plan- 
ning for  a  six  weeks'  Summer  Bible 
School. 

The  Erie  church  of  which  Rev.  A.  C. 
Lillie  is  our  missionary  pastor,  has 
started  to  build  a  new  meeting  house. 
Their  meeting  house  burned  down  last 
winter  and  they  are  now  using  a  store- 
room for  services.  The  pastor  seems 
enthusiastic  and  hopeful. 

Rev.  Frank  Metcalf  is  our  missionary 
pastor  of  the  Bradford  church.  He  re- 
cently raised  about  $1,000  to  repair  the 
meeting  house.  They  have  painted  the 
inside,  put  in  nine  new  windows  and  re- 
roofed  the  building.  The  reopening  of 
the  church  will  take  place  July  18th. 

The  Elvaston  church  of  which  Rev. 
J.  T.  Finnan  is  our  missionary  pastor, 
is  talking  of  repairing  the  church  build- 
ing and  parsonage  the  coming  fall  to  the 
extent  of  $4,000.  During  the  one  year 
pastorate  of  Brother  Finnan  there  have 
been  fifteen  addtions  to  the  church. 

Missionary  A.  J.  Rendleman  of  East 
St.  Louis  writes :     "Last  December  the 


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record  of  attendance  at  the  Sunday 
School  was  seventy-two.  The  average 
attendance  for  this  quarter  is  one  hun- 
dred and  ten.  Attendance  at  church  av- 
erage about  the  same  increase. 

Rev.  Martin  S.  Bryantj  our  mission- 
ary pastor  at  the  State  University,  says 
concerning  last  year:  "In  many  re- 
spects it  was  really  a  good  year.  I  bap- 
tized eight  students  and  one  faculty  man 
and  had  six  decisions  for  the  ministry 
and  missions  service,  and  last  week  thir- 
teen of  our  men  attended  the  Lake  Gen- 
eva Students'  Conference  and  six  of  the 
young  ladies  will  attend  the  one  in  Au- 
gust." 

The  Wood  River  church,  of  which 
Rev.  C.  W.  Webb  is  pastor,  is  pushing 
on  in  the  work.  The  pastor  has  organ- 
ized a  mission  in  South  Wood  River  and 
the  outlook  is  hopeful  for  that  field. 
The  pastor  says,  "I  have  just  written 
this  week  for  six  more  letters  and  have 
a  number  of  others  who  will  come  by 
letter.  I  have  some  others  waiting  bap- 
tism and  will  be  baptized  soon." 

District  Superintendent  Dent  has  been 
doing  considerable  work  in  the  Rock  Is- 
land Association. 

District  Superintendent  Hopkins  has 
been  working'  lately  in  the  Salem  Asso- 
ciation. 

District  Superintendent  Yule  is  now 
working  in  the  Springfield  Association. 

District  Superintendent  Little  has  been 
working  n  the  Wabash  Valley  Associa- 
tion. 

Enon  church  in  the  Rock  Island  Asso- 
ciation, enjoyed  the  services  of  Rev.  J. 
C.  Dent  from  Wednesday  evening,  June 
2d,  until  Sunday  morning,  June  6th. 
There  was  quite  a  bit  of  interest  mani- 
fested. He  raised  pledges  to  the  amount 
of  $500  for  work  on  that  field  in  con- 
nection with  Aledo.     Brother  Dent  ex- 


pects to  go  back  to  Enon  soon  and  hold  a 
meeting  for  them. 

Rev.  George  H.  Yule  spent  about  two 
weeks  with  the  Chenoa  church.  This 
church  has  been  in  a  rather  weakened 
condition  for  several  years  and  last  win- 
ter called  Aev.  Ernest  Cox  for  one-half 
time.  The  result  of  Brother  Yule's 
meeting  was  ten  conversions.  Nine  ex- 
pected to  come  into  the  church.  The  ap- 
portionment on  the  great  Campaign  was 
$6,331.00  and  he  raised  $6,451.40.  They 
paid  one-half  of  the  pastor's  expense  to 
Buflfalo  and  donated  $75.00  to  the  work 
of  Brother  Yule.  Let  some  of  the 
churches  that  voted  to  not  make  any  .ef- 
fort on  the  $100,000,000  drive  think  of 
this  splendid  work  at  Chenoa. 


The  Watchman-Examiner  in  its  issue 
of  June  17th,  publishes  an  editorial  from 
which  the  following  quotation  is  taken : 

"The  past  year  has  been  one  of  the 
most  eventful  in  the  whole  history  of  our 
denominational  life.  It  has  been  a  year 
of  reorganization  and  experimentation 
but  at  the  same  time  a  year  of  progress 
and  large  achievement.  Our  chosen 
leaders  have  been  faithful  to  every  trust 
and  diligent  in  the  performance  of  every 
duty.  They  are  not  to  blame  for  mis- 
taken polices  adopted  at  the  Denver  Con- 
vention, policies  which  have  stood  in  the 
way  of  greater  progress  and  larger 
achievement. 

We  have  set  new  standards  of  giving. 
The  grand  total  of  our  pledges  is  far 
short  of  the  $100,000,000  sought,  but  far 
beyond  anything  of  which  we  have  hith- 
erto dreamed.  We  confidently  expect 
that  the  campaign  work  of  the  next  four 
years  will  enable  us  to  reach  the 
$100,000,000  goal.  If  the  churches  that 
have  not  given  will  fall  into  line  victory 
is  certain." 


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43 


PASTORAL  CTLIXGES 

Rev.  J.  E.  Corwin,  recently  pastor  at 
CoUinsville.  has  accepted  a  call  to  the 
Flora  church.  That  church  has  been 
pastorless  for  almost  a  year.  It  is  a  good 
field  and  they  seem  willing  to  undertake 
large  things.  Brother  Corwin  and  hi» 
wife  are  energetic  church  workers. 

Rev.  Chas.  H.  Davies  closed  his  pas- 
torate of  several  years  at  Marissa  and 
has  located  at  Canby,  Minn.  The 
Marissa  church  writes  that  they  are  now 
anxious  to  locate  a  pastor. 

Rev.  Floyd  X.  Darling  resigned  the 
pastorate  of  the  First  Baptist  church  of 
Champaign  to  accept  a  pastorate  in  Bing- 
hamton.  New  York.  A  member  of  the 
Champaign  church  says,  "Rev.  Mr. 
Darling  is  a  conscientious  worker  as  well 
as  a  man  of  fine  spirituality  and  broth- 
erly love.  He  has  the  most  cordial  feel- 
ings of  the  Champaign  church." 

Rev.  P.  H.  Blunt  has  resigned  the 
pastorate  of  the  Havana  church  to  take 
effect  August  29th. 


AUXUTE  MEN   AXD  WOMEX 

Dr.  Hugh  A.  Heath  of  New  York, 
writes  that  the  Minute  Men  and  Women 
have  been  so  efficient  and  helpful  that  it 
is  desirable  to  retain  them  in  all  churches. 
They  will  be  of  great  help  in  evangelistic 
and  other  work.  Rev.  Henry  E.  Hodge, 
276  Fifth  Ave..  New  York,  will  have 
charge  of  this  branch  of  work. 


WEDDIXGS 

Aliss  Winifred  Morris,  daughter  of 
Rev.  W.  B.  Morris  of  Winchester,  and 
Paul  \'.  Hoover,  son  of  Rev.  H.  A. 
Hoover,  of  Ashland,  were  married  at 
Winchester.  June  8th.  It  was  a  very 
pretty  church  wedding.  The  ceremony 
was  performed  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Morris, 
father  of  the  bride,  assisted  by  Rev.  H. 
A.  Hoover,  father  of  the  groom. 


RELIGIOUS  EDUCATIOX  .IXT)  OUR 
ASSOCIATIOXS 

More  and  more  our  Associations  are 
becoming  important  units  in  our  denomi- 
national life  and  organization.  The 
larger  gatherings  are  absolutely  neces- 
sar}-,  but  the  Association  meeting  is  a 
vital  link  in  the  chain  and  it  is  here,  in 
a  reasonably  small  and  workable  field, 
that  pastors  and  people  ought  to  receive 
help  to  solve  their  local  problems.  The 
larger  gatherings  do  not  spend  time  to 
meet  the  needs  of  the  schools,  societies 
and  other  religious  educational  organiza- 
tions in  the  smaller  and  weaker  churches, 
yet  here  we  often  have  the  hardest  prob- 
lems and  here  it  is  where  help  is  most 
sorely  needed. 

A  survey  as  shown  at  Buffalo  shows 
that  75 *f  of  our  Illinois  schools  have  an 
enrollment  of  less  than  150  and  if  we 
were  to  eliminate  Chicago  the  percentage 
would  be  about  83  to  85.  The  survey 
also  showed  that  60%  of  our  Sunday 
schools  have  less  than  100  enrolled. 

In  view  of  these  facts  it  becomes  more 
imperative  than  ever  that  we  spend  a  fair 
share  of  the  time  of  the  Association 
meeting  in  helping  workers  meet  the 
problems  in  their  own  fields.  The  writer 
has  heard,  in  more  than  one  section,  that 
we  need  more  conferences  to  encourage 
and  inspire  pastors  and  church  leaders 
than  that  we  need  annual,  doctrinal  and 
concluding  sermons.  A  suggestive  pro- 
gram for  a  religious  education  session  of 
an  Association  has  been  sent  to  all  mod- 
erators of  the  Asscxriations  which  con- 
vene in  August,  September  and  Octo- 
ber. It  is  sincerely  hoped  that  the  pro- 
gram committee  will  plan  the  program 
of  the  Association  so  as  to  give  as  much 
time  as  possible  to  this  important  phase 
of  our  common  task.  The  committee 
should  adapt  the  suggestive  program  to 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


meet  their  own  needs  and  feel  free  to 
call  upon  the  various  members  of  the 
state  department  of  religious  education 
to  help  them  put  across  the  program. 
Superintendents  of  schools  and  presi- 
dents of  socities  ought  to  plan  to  attend 
the  meeting  of  their  Association  and 
count  it  necessary  if  they  would  be  in 
touch  with  the  leaders  of  the  denomina- 
tion in  their  field  of  work.  Tlie  state 
workers  are  always  pleased  to  hold  con- 
ferences with  those  who  hold  responsible 
positions  in  the  local  church.  Now  that 
the  emphasis  more  and  more  will  be 
placed  upon  the  giving  of  life  (for  we 
have  given  our  money)  our  Associational 
meetings  this  fall  ought  to  be  power 
houses  to  all  who  are  engaged  in  the 
great  task  of  helping  other  lives  to  be- 
come more  Christ  like. 

Notes 

Illinois  won  the  attendance  banner  at 
the  Toronto  Convention. 

The  outlook  (at  this  writing)  for  the 
Summer  Assembly  is  fine. 

If  you  have  recently  organized  a  train- 
ing class  using  the  new  standard  course 
and  you  think  the  class  is  not  registered, 
kindly  send  word  to  the  state  director. 

Talks  to  Sunday  School  Teachers,  by 
Weigel,  is  a  splendid  book.  Get  a  copy, 
digest  it  and  you  will  be  a  better  teacher. 


CENTRAL  BAHIST  CHILDREN'S  HOIkffi 

MAYWOOD,  ELLJNOI8 
Rev.   D.   H.   MacGilliyray,   Supt. 
Mrs.  D.  U.  MacGillivray,  Matron 


"Two  hundred  eighty-eight  midshipmen 
on  their  graduation  from  the  Naval  Acad- 
emy at  Annapolis  were  presented  with  Bi- 
bles by  The  American  Seamen's  Fr'end 
Society,  of  76  Wall  street,  New  York, 
which  maintains  port  homes  for  sailors  in 
many  parts  of  the  world.  Dr.  George  Sid- 
ney Webster,  secretary  of  the  Society, 
made  the  presentation  in  Bancroft  Hall, 
v/hich  was  the  forty-eighth  observance  of 
this  custom.  The  midshipmen  who  com- 
prised the  graduates  ths  month  were  the 
first  half  of  the  class  of  1921.  Of  the  288 
graduates,  242  were  presented  with  Prot- 
estant Bible,  forty-two  with  the  Roman 
Catholic  version  and  four  with  the  Hebrew 
version." 


The  first  of  July  finds  our  family 
somewhat  reduced  in  numbers.  A  num- 
ber of  both  boys  and  girls  having  gone 
with  friends  for  short  vacations.  Many 
applications  are  coming  in  to  fill  the  vac- 
ancies made  by  those  who  have  gone  with 
expectation  of  not  returning. 

The  Boys'  caretaker  and  one  of  our 
small  boys  are  in  Bufifalo  enjoying  three 
weeks'  rest  from  duty. 

The  Superintendent  has  been  in  at- 
tendance at  the  Northern  Baptist  Con- 
vention and  will  attend  the  B.  Y.  P.  U. 
Conrention  in  Toronto. 

A  bright  baby  boy  is  here  six  weeks 
old  waiting  to  make  some  home  busy  and 
happy.  At  present  he  is  demanding  a 
good  deal  of  the  matron's  time,  but  the 
time  and  effort  will  be  well  spent. 

The  garden  has  yielded  lettuce,  rad- 
ishes and  onions,  these  will  soon  be  fol- 
lowed by  other  vegetables  which  are 
much  enjoyed  by  everybody. 

All  the  youth  are  looking  forward  to 
Independence  Day  celebrated  this  year 
July  5th.  Maywood  is  putting  forth 
every  effort  to  have  a  sane  Fourth  and 
yet  have  a  celebration  which  will  be 
creditable  and  enjoyable.  We  hope  the 
weather  man  will  smile  upon  us  and  send 
a  fine  day. 

We  are  very  grateful  to  our  friends 
in  the  Sunday  Schools  who  have  so  kind- 
ly put  forth  a  special  effort  to  co-operate 
with  us  in  the  work  for  the  children  by 
taking  an  offering  for  the  Home  on 
Children's  Day  or  some  other  time  better 
suited  to  their  circumstances  during  June 
or  July.  Every  dollar  will  help  and  will 
be  appreciated. 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


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THE  BIBLE  IN  THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS 

There  has  been  a  strong  effort  made 
in  Ilhnois  by  the  Inter-denominational 
Committee  on  "The  Bible  in  the  Public 
Schools  of  Illinois,"  to  get  some  action 
on  the  part  of  the  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion now  being  held  in  Springfield. 
About  one  week  ago  a  resolution  was 
passed  by  a  vote  of  48  to  18  upon  the 
following  proposition.  "The  reading 
from  any  version  of  the  Old  and  New 
Testaments  without  comment  in  the  Pub- 
lic Schools  shall  never  be  held  to  be  in 
violation  of  this  constitution."  It  will 
be  remembered  that  a  few  years  ago 
that  the  Courts  in  Illinois  decided  that  it 
was  unconstitutional  to  read  the  Bible  in 
the  Public  Schools.  This  act  on  the  part 
of  the  Constitutional  Convention  does 
not  require  the  reading  of  the  Bible  in 
the  schools,  but  if  any  district  or  school 
or  section  of  the  state  decide  to  have  the 
Bible  read  it  will  not  be  in  violation  of 
the  Constitution.  This  act  that  was 
passed  by  a  majority  of  48  to  18  was  the 
first  reading.  There  must  be  two  more 
readings  that  will  come  November  and 
December,  but  the  large  majority  in  the 
first  reading  indicates  that  the  law  or 
something  similar  to  it  will  be  passed. 


Rev.  J.  H.  Bagwill  has  closed  his  pas- 
torate at  Carterville,  Illinois.  For  two 
weeks  he  has  been  assisting  Rev.  J.  W. 
McKenney  of  Marion,  in  a  meeting.  At 
the  present  time  seventy  persons  have 
made  a  profession  of  faith,  thirty-seven 
have  been  added  to  the  church,  thirty- 
five  by  baptism.  Brother  Bagwill  has 
been  appointed  chaplain  of  the  Southern 
Illinois  Penitentiary  at  Chester  and  will 
report  for  duty  in  about  one  week.  He 
stated  that  he  has  not  sought  this  ap- 
pointment and  it  came  as  a  surprise,  but 


he  is  in  a  position  of  accepting  this  posi- 
tion and  will  enter  upon  the  work  there. 
Dr.  Samuel  J.  Skevington,  pastor  of 
the  Beldon  Ave.  Baptist  church,  Chicago, 
has  accepted  a  hearty  and  unanimous 
call  to  the  Baptist  church  of  the  Holly 
Wood,  Los  Angeles.  It  is  with 
deep  regrets  by  the  people  of  Chicago 
and  the  state  of  Illinois  that  Dr.  Skeving- 
ton should  leave  us  at  this  time.  His 
life  and  work  in  Illinois  have  been  very 
helpful  to  the  denomination,  both  in  Chi- 
cago and  in  the  state. 


"Just  a  year  ago,  following  his  long 
illness  that  resulted  in  his  resigning  the 
pastorate  of  the  E'nglewood  church,  Chi- 
cago, which  he  had  served  with  large  suc- 
cess, Dr.  Smith  Thomas  Ford  accepted  the 
call  of  the  First  church,  Wheaton,  Illinois, 
a  beautiful  suburb  of  Chicago.  It  was 
hoped  that  the  less  strenuous  life  and  de- 
lightful surroundings  would  restore  his 
health.  This  hope  has  been  fully  realized, 
and  Dr.  Ford  is  entering  upon  his  new 
pastorate  with  the  energy  and  force  that 
has  always  marked  his  leadership.  The 
church  is  crowded,  and  great  evening  au- 
diences show  that  attractive  methods  and 
a  virile  gospel  message  are  still  capable  of 
awakening  a  large  response.  As  an  indi- 
cation of  their  approval  and  affection  for 
the  pastor  the  church  has  purchased  a  fine 
parsonage,  which  means  a  generous  in- 
crease in  salary  in  these  times  when  rent- 
ing is  almost  prohibitive.  Mrs.  Ford,  with 
her  charming  personality  and  leadership, 
has  made  a  deep  impression  on  the  young 
life  of  the  city,  and  especially  on  the  col- 
lege life  of  both  young  men  and  women 
who  throng  the  church." 


THE  TRUTH  W^LL  WIN 

These  (Baptist)  principles  of  ours  have 
stood  the  test  of  time,  they  are  essential 
to  the  progress  of  our  religion,  they  come 
from  the  very  core  of  the  gospel,  they  are 
already  largely  victorious,  they  are  bound 
to  win,  for  they  are,  we  believe,  the  truth. 
They  are  therefore  sure  to  be  enshrined  in 
the  ChristJian  church  of  the  New  Age 
through  our  agency  or  that  of  others. 


"There  are  9,000  Japanese  students 
learning  English  in  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  English  schools  in 
Japan.  The  Tokyo  Association,  with  ac- 
commodations for  350,  has  had  120  in 
educational  classes." 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


DEATHS 

Mrs.  Phylinda  J.  Allison  of  Alpha, 
died  June  9th,  at  the  age  of  sixty-one 
years  and  eight  months.  She  had  been 
a  member  of  the  Alpha  Baptist  church 
forty-three  years. 


Mount  Omei,  the  sacred  Buddhist  moun- 
tain of  West  China,  overlooks  our  Baptist 
mission  station  at  Kiatingfu. 


Infanticide  is  common  in  China,  and 
goes  uncondemned  by  social  or  legal  jus- 
tice. 


In  the  southern  part  of  Szechuan  bor- 
dering on  Tibet  live  many  aboriginal  tribes, 
who  dwell  apart  in  the  mountain  fast- 
nesses. 


Forty-one  thousand  Chinese  women  and 
girls  are  studying  in  mission  schools.  Only 
13,000  are  taught  in  government  schools. 


The  five  Baptist  stations  in  West  China 
aim  to  reach  six  and  a  half  of  the  sixty 
millions  in  the  province. 


District  Superintendent  James  B.  Lit- 
tle of  Alton,  returned  from  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention  quite  sick  and  seems 
to  continue  so  at  this  writing.  We  hope 
that  he  will  recover  quite  soon. 


"Japan  has  a  population  of  more  than 
60,000,000  in  a  territory  smaller  than  the 
state  of  California,  and  the  increase  is 
700,000  a  year.  More  than  half  of  the 
nation  is  agricultural.  The  average  size 
of  a  farm  is  two-thirds  of  an  acre. 


"The  total  population  of  the  Philip- 
pine Islands  is  estimated  at  10,350,640,  of 
whom  9,495,272  are  nominally  Christians, 
and  855,368  are  non-Christians.  Classi- 
fied by  nationalities  9,429,857  are  Fili- 
pinos. 45,156  are  Chinese,  6,684  Japan- 
ese, 6,405  Americans,  4,015  Spanish,  1,063 
English,  and  2,092  of  other  nations.  Two 
million  natives  speak  English  fluently,  and 
there  are  700,000  English-speaking  chil- 
dren in  the  public  schools." 


CHURCHES 

The  Morrison  church  of  which  Rev. 
C.  W.  Swift  is  pastor,  is  doing  encour- 
aging work.  Recently  three  have  been 
added  to  the  church  membership.  The 
Sunday  school  is  doing  well  and  moving 
forward  in  all  lines  of  work.  The 
prayer  meetings  are  well  attended  and 
helpful.  The  meeting  house  has  re- 
cently been  painted  and  otherwise  im- 
proved. The  Children's  Day  was  great- 
ly enjoyed. 

The  Littleton  church  of  which  Rev.  J. 
Livingston  Dufif  is  pastor,  seems  to  be 
doing  good  work.  The  pastor  is  well 
pleased  with  the  outlook.  He  is  doing 
considerable  work  among  the  Union  Bap- 
tist people  in  a  small  church  of  that  de- 
nomination not  very  far  from  Littleton. 


"Billy  Sunday  is  now  in  Oklahoma  City, 
Oklahoma,  where  the  campaign  is  being 
heartily  supported  by  all  the  evangelical 
churches,  and  promises  to  be  successful. 
The  meetings  are  held  in  a  tabernacle  that 
seats  9,000  persons.  This  is  the  last  cam- 
paign Mr.  Sunday  will  undertake  until  au- 
tumn." 


"According  to  the  last  religious  census 
the  gain  per  cent  of  the  Protestants  was 
more  than  twice  the  gain  per  cent  of  the 
Roman  Catholics.  But  we  may  feel  less 
complacent  over  this  fact  when  we  learn 
that  the  Mormons  increased  faster  than 
any  other  important  religious  organization 
in  the  country." 


The  West  China  Mission,  opened  in 
1889,  is  the  most  receAt  of  our  Baptist 
China  Missions. 

The  plains  of  Szechuan  are  fertile  and 
well-watered  by  rivers.  They  could  under 
proper  conditions  support  a  much  larger 
population  than  they  do  at  present. 

Copper,  gold,  iron  and  coal  abound  in 
the  mountains  of  southern  and  western 
Szechuan.  They  have  always  been  mined 
a  little  by  the  Chinese,  but  their  richest 
resources  have  not  been  gauged,  much  less 
developed. 

In  some  sections  the  women  of  China 
are  little  better  than  slaves  in  the  house- 
hold and  can  be  sold  at  will.  They  are  not 
supposed  to  appear  on  the  streets  or  in 
public  gatherings. 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


47 


RAIiLIES  AND  INSTITUTES 

At  the  splendid  B.  Y.  P.  U.  Rally  of 
the  Ottawa  Association,  at  Ottawa  last 
month,  three  societies  reported  standard. 
This  organization  heads  the  list  as  there 
were  only  five  standard  societies  (out- 
side Chicago  Association)  in  the  state. 
The  LaMoille  church  reported  fifty-four 
tithers,  most  of  these  in  the  B.  Y.  P.  U. 
The  young  woman  who  led  the  Prince- 
ton group  as  cheer  leader  was  some 
"cheerer." 

Instead  of  rallies,  as  formerly,  the  de- 
partment of  religious  education  of  the 
Peoria  Association,  put  on  a  two  day  in- 
stitute at  Monmouth  at  which  seven 
churches  were  represented  and  eighty- 
one  delegates  registered.  There  were  ten 
periods  of  lectures  and  addresses  and 
six  persons  were  given  certificates  for 
taking  notes  on  all  periods.  A  Life  Serv- 
ice eLague  was  organized  with  Miss 
Kathryn  Sneath  of  Monmouth  as  presi- 
dent. The  workers  expressed  them- 
selves freely,  saying  that  this  kind  of  an 
institute  was  much  more  helpful  than 
the  rallies. 

The  young  people  of  the  churches  of 
Rock  River  Association  met  at  Freeport 
and  organized  an  associational  B.  Y.  P. 
U.  with  Miss  Margaret  Leininger,  of 
Freeport  as  president.  The  Belvidere 
society  won  the  prize  of  $25  for  sending 
largest  delegation.  The  money  is  to  be 
used  to  send  delegate  to  Toronto.  Sev- 
eral volunteers  were  secured  at  a  special 
service  conducted  by  Freeport  pastor  on 
Sunday  morning.  Emphasis  was  placed 
upon  service  by  the  "toasters"  at  the  ban- 
quet. The  practical  side  of  young  peo- 
ple's work  was  strongly  emphasized  in 
two  addresses  on  Community  Activities 
and  B.  Y.  P.  U.  Objectives.  The  out- 
look in   the   Rock   River   Association   is 


more    promising    for    the    young   people 
since  this  rallv.  L.  H.  Koehler. 


"SOME  REASONS  WHY  WE  MUST  NOT, 
CANNOT  FAIL 

In  mLsGions,  especially,  we  have  been 
leaders.  Carey,  Judson,  Clough,  and  Ash- 
more  are  names  ever  sacred  on  the  roll 
of  missionary  heroes.  And  in  the  home 
field,  Jonathan  Going,  John  M.  Peck,  and 
Henry  L.  Morehouse  are  no  less  worthy  of 
honor.  Our  Foreign  and  Home  Mission 
Societies  rank  among  the  greatest  in  the 
world,  and  are  ever  advancing  In  methods 
and  vision. 

Ebccept  for  the  Methodists,  who  are  some 
thousands  in  advance,  the  Baptists  are  the 
most  numerous  Protestant  body  In  the 
counry,  having  seven  and  a  half  million 
members  and  rapidly  increasing.  Our 
Northern  Baptists,  however,  count  only  a 
million  and  a  half,  ranking  fourth  in  the 
northern  states. 

On  this  account  no  small  share  of  the 
total  work  has  been  assigned  to  us.  We 
are  practically  responsible  for  Burma,  As- 
sam, Bengal-Orissa,  and  definite  areas  in 
South  India,  Japan,  the  Congo  and  the 
Philippines,  besides  having  recent  assign- 
ments to  cultivate  in  Porto  Rico,  Cuba  and 
Central  America.  Heavy  tasks  and  respon- 
sibilities are  ours  and  ours  alone  In  our 
own  beloved  land.  If  we  do  not  reap  these 
fields,  the  harvest  will  perish.  It  Is  our 
work  and  no  one  else  can  do  it. 

All  this  puts  us  under  the  heaviest  ob- 
ligations in  the  great  offensive  in  which  we 
are  about  to  engage.  Our  long  and  honor- 
able history,  our  great  leaders,  our  former 
victories,  our  large  numbers,  have  given  us 
the  honor  of  a  long  and  difficult  sector  on 
the  battle-line.  It  is  a  large  contract,  but 
we  must  do  our  part  for  the  sake  of  our 
past,  for  the  sake  of  our  allies,  for  our  own 
honor,  for  the  good  of  our  beloved  coun- 
try, for  the  salvation  of  men  and  nations, 
and  for  the  glory  of  Christ.  Baptists  were 
never  slackers  or  cowards,  and  they  are 
not  today.  WE  MUST  NOT,  WE  CAN- 
NOT, WE  WILL  NOT  FAIL.  God  help 
us!" — Prof.  F.  L.  Anderson. 


"WHO  WON   WAR? — 54,180   SMITHS! 

Washington,  D.  C.  June  4. — There  were 
enough  Smiths  in  the  American  army, 
navy,  and  marine  corps  in  the  late  war  to 
make  fifteen  regiments  of  3,600  men  each 
or  two  divisions  of  27,000  men  each. 

Here  is  the  war  department's  census  of 
leading  surnames  in  the  army: 

Smith,  54,180;  Johnson,  41,580;  Brown, 
29,960;  Williams,  28,140;  Jones,  25,720; 
Miller,  25,620;  Davis,  21,245;  Anderson, 
20,546;   Wilson.  17,080." 


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Shurtleff  College 

A  Million  Dollar  Plant 


January  1,  1919— Old  Endowment $182,883.05 

New  Endowment,  included  in  the  One  Hundred  Million 

Campaign 500,000.00 

Total L $682,883.05 

January  1,  1919— Buildings  and  Grounds 105,223.44 

New  Buildings  and  Equipment  in  the  One  Hundred  Million 

Campaign 1 225,000.00 

Total $330,223.44 

Grand  Total— Endowment  and  Plant $1,013,106.49 

Have  you  made  your  contribution  to  Shurtleff  College  ? 

Illinois  Baptists  should  remember  that  any  gifts  made  to  Shurt- 
leff College  will  count  on  their  church  allotments  in  the  National  Fi- 
nancial Campaign. 

If  it  will  clarify  the  matter  and  help  in  the  work,  gifts  may  be  sent 
direct  to  Shurtleff  College  and  the  college  will  certify  the  amount  to  the 
General  Board  of  Promotion. 

Information  will  be  gladly  given. 

GEORGE  M.  POTTER,  President. 
MYRON  W.  HAYNES,  Endoivment  Secy. 


ILLINOIS   BAPTIST 
BULLETIN 


.1 


vol-  XII. 


NORMAL,  ILLINOIS,  AUGUST  192» 


NO.  4 


Similar  Conditions 


Conditions  in  this  country  with  refer- 
ence to  Baptist  Missionary  work  are 
somewhat  similar  to  what  they  were 
about  ninety  years  ago,  especially  in  Illi- 
nois. At  that  time  there  was  the  great 
anti-mission  controversy.  The  time  had 
come  when  the  local  churches,  or  local 
or  State  Associations  could  not  do  the 
missionary  work  that  was  pressing  upon 
the  denomination.  So  the  great  Na- 
tional Missionary  Societies  were  organ- 
ized. The  center  of  the  opposition  to 
the  Missionary  Societies  was  in  the  Wa- 
bash Valley.  At  the  time  that  John  M. 
Peck  was  doing  such  a  great  work  in  the 
Mississippi  Valley,  Daniel  S.  Parker  was 
opposing  him  in  the  Wabash  Valley. 
Scarcely  an  association  or  church  was  or- 
ganized in  central  or  southern  Illinois  at 
that  time  without  a  fight  on  Missions. 
The  Anti-Mission  Baptists  did  not  claim 
to  be  opposed  to  Missions,  but  opposed 
to  those  large  societies  and  opposed  to 
the  new  way  of  doing  things  so  the 
denomination  divided.  So  strong  was 
the  Anti-Mission  side  that  as  late  as 
1840  there  were  in  Illinois  twenty-eight 
Baptist  Associations  and  fourteen  of 
them  were  missionary  and  fourteen  were 
anti-mission.  The  denomination  was 
about  equally  divided  at  that  time  but 


now  there  are  about  175,000  Missionary 
Baptists  and  about  3,000  or  4,000  Anti- 
Mission  Baptists. 

Now  the  same  thing  seems  to  be  de- 
veloping again.  The  time  came  when 
there  was  such  an  opening  up  of  the 
world  and  such  a  demand  for  Missionary 
and  Educational  work  that  the  great 
societies  could  not  do  it.  The  Northern 
Baptist  Convention  was  organized  and 
later,  the  General  Board  of  Promotion. 
Things  were  undertaken  on  a  many  times 
larger  scale  than  ever  before.  Some 
mistakes  were  made  as  is  always  the  case 
in  great  undertakings;  but  a  marvelous 
success  has  been  attained.  But  there  are 
some  pastors  and  some  churches  that  re- 
fuse to  co-operate  with  this  great  move- 
ment. The  spirit  of  opposition  seems  to 
be  very  similar  to  that  of  ninety  years 
ago.  They  do  not  seem  to  like  the  larger 
movement.  It  involves  too  much  money. 
It  is  too  centraized.  It  leads  away  from 
the  democracy  of  the  churches.  Educa- 
tion is  not  of  the  right  type.  These  are 
almost  identical  with  the  arguments  of 
ninety  years  ago.  But  suppose  these 
churches  and  pastors  do  not  change 
their  minds.  What  will  be  the  result? 
Will  they  raise  money  for  Missions  and 
Education  in  proportion  to  the  needs  of 


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these  times  and  in  proportion  to  what 
they  are  able  to  give?  If  they  do,  how- 
will  they  spend  it?  All  our  Missionary 
Societies  are  in  co-operation  with  the 
General  Board  of  Promotion  and  are  be- 
ing supported  by  it.  AH  our  Educational 
Institutions  are  co-operating  and  are  be- 
ing aided  by  this  organization.  All  the 
State  Conventions  are  heartily  lined  up 
in  this  work. 

This  new  plan  of  work  is  pushing  on  to 
success.  It  cannot  go  back  to  the  old 
way  of  doing  things.  It  has  made  some 
changes  and  corrected  some  errors.  It 
will  do  more  of  this  as  time  goes  on. 
This  withdrawal  from  the  Inter-Church 
Movement  was  one  large  change  and  that 
corrected  nuich  of  the  cause  for  lack  of 
co-operation.  It  is  not  too  late  for  every 
pa'^tor  and  every  church  that  has  not 
fallen  in  line  with  the  $100,000,000 
Movement  to  correct  the  error  and  make 
a  faithful  efifort  to  raise  its  apportion- 
ment. Many  churches  were  not  able  to 
raise  the  full  amount  but  it  was  the  privli- 
edge  and  duty  of  every  church  to  make 
n  thorough  canvass  and  raise  as  large 
a  sum  as  possible  and  work  in  line  with 
the  denomination  in  this  great  onward 
movement.  There  is  great  danger  that 
the  churches  that  hold  back  now  will 
soon  cease  to  be  active  strong  churches. 
It  seems  ridiculous  that  two  churches 
located  near  together  in  the  same  Asso- 
ciation, one  a  .strong  church,  the  other  a 
very  much  weaker  church.  The  weaker 
church  raised  for  Missions  during  the 
next  four  years  anywhere  from  $6,000 
to  $10,000  and  the  strong  church  doing 
almost  nothing  and  drifting  along  in  the 
old  ruts  of  twenty-five  years  ago.  The 
church  that  is  doing  nothing  or  but  little, 
in  these  times,  will  soon  drift  back,  and 
cease  to  be  aggressive.  Now  is  the  time 
for  all  our  churches  that  did  not  make 


the  canvass  to  fall  in  line.  Nov.  15-21 
is  the  time  set  for  the  churches  that  did 
not  make  the  canvass  in  May,  whatever 
may  have  been  the  cause,  to  make  an 
every-member  canvass  on  the  Forward 
Movement. 

Assistance  from  the  State  Board  of 
I'romotion  or  from  the  National  Board 
or  from  the  State  Convention,  will  be 
given  to  any  church  that  asks  for  aid 
in  making  this  canvass. 


ASSOCIATIONAL  LETTER  BLANKS 

There  will  be  some  difficulty  this  year 
in  making  out  accurate  Missionary  re- 
ports from  the  churches  to  the  Associa- 
tions. Last  year,  until  May  1st,  we  went 
along  the  old  lines  of  raising  money  for 
various  missionary  objects  according  to 
the  apportionments  of  each.  Since  May 
1st  most  of  our  churches  have  fallen 
into  the  great  Onward  Movement  and 
are  sending  money  on  the  One  Hundred 
Million  Dollar  Drive.  No  one  blank 
would  suit  both  parts  of  this  year,  so  we 
have  sent  out  our  old  form  of  blank  for 
this  year.  Each  church  will  have  to  make 
up  its  report  as  accurately  as  possible 
and  next  year  we  will  arrange  a  new  re- 
port blank  suited  to  conditions  as  they 
are  now  and  will  be  for  some  time  to 
come.  We  hope  that  every  one  will  un- 
derstand the  situation  and  see  the  im- 
possibility of  arranging  a  blank  that 
would  be  suitable  and  harmonious  for  the 
two  parts  of  this  year.  However,  with 
most  churches,  perhaps  three-fourths  of 
those  giving,  two-thirds  of  the  time  was 
under  the  old  plan. 


"The  British  Minister  of  Education  re- 
cently said  that  civilization  had  literally 
fallen  to  pieces  in  many  parts  of  Europe. 
Reports  have  come  in  that  cannibalism  has 
been  discovered  in  Armenia  and  Austria 
and  other  sections  where  food  shortage  is 
drving  the  people  mad." 


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Published   monthly   in   the  interest  of   the 
Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 

Subscription  price,  25c  a  year;  clubs  of  20 
or  more,  20c. 

E.   P.   BRAND,   Editor 
Superintendent  of  Missions, 

201  North  School  Street,  Normal,  Illinois. 

"Entered  as  second  class  matter,  June  12, 

1909,  at  the  Postoffice  at  Normal, 

Illinois,  under  the  Act  of 

March   3,   1879." 


THE  Summer  Assembly  held  at 
Shurtleff  College,  was  quite  success- 
ftil.  Nearly  one  hundred  were  registered 
and  every  one  seemed  to  be  greatly  de- 
lighted with  the  success  of  the  meeting. 
We  hope  next  year  to  have  more  than 
twice  as  man}-  as  attended  this  year. 

READERS  of  the  Bulletin  are  re- 
ferred to  the  article  by  Rev.  Her- 
bert W.  Hines  of  El  Paso,  upon  the  Sum- 
mer Assembly  at  Shurtleff  College.  He 
gives  an  interesting  account  of  that  meet- 
ing and  all  are  requested  to  read  it. 
^  >^  ^ 

REV.  A.  E.  Peterson,  Director  of  our 
State  Promotion  Board,  writes 
quite  a  number  of  articles  for  this  num- 
ber of  the  Bulletin,  taking  considerable 
space.  While  these  articles  are  so  im- 
portant and  up-to-date  we  are  giving  this 
large  space  this  month.  Let  every  one 
carefully  read  Peterson's  articles. 

OUR  Associational  meetings  will  be- 
gin the  latter  part  of  August  and 
continue  through  September  into  Octo- 
ber. I  believe  that  we  are  going  to  have 
fine  Associational  meetings  this  year  and 
hope  that  there  will  be  a  large  attend- 
ance. Very  special  attention  should  be 
given  to  the   work  of  finishing  up   the 


8100,000,000  drive  where  churches  have 
not  fallen  in  line  or  where  they  only 
made  a  partia  canvass  of  the  member- 
ship. 

^      ^      -;' 

RE\'.  George  H.  Yule  spent  ten  days 
with  the  First  Baptist  Church  in 
Joliet,  helping  them  to  make  an  every- 
meniber  canvass  for  Current  Expenses. 
Rev.  D.  O.  Hopkins  has  been  spending 
some  time  in  the  Quincy  and  Salem  As- 
sociations. Evangelist  Frank  ]\I.  Dunk 
is  supplying  the  church  at  Tuscola. 
Evangelist  T.  O.  ]\Ic]\Iinn  of  Southern 
Illinois,  will  take  a  two  weeks'  vacation 
and  then  press  on  in  his  work. 

^'      ^      ^ 

ANY  church  anywhere  in  the  state 
that  is  needing  assistance  in  the 
fall,  either  in  evangelistic  work  or  in 
putting  on  a  campaign  for  Current  Ex- 
penses or  in  bringing  up  the  church  on 
the  $100,000,000  drive  should  communi- 
cate with  the  Superintendent  at  once.  We 
will  accommodate  as  many  fields  as  pos- 
sible, but  we  need  to  know  before  hand 
where  help  is  needed  and  what  kind  is 

desired. 

^  ^  ^ 

AT  the  meetings  of  the  Associations 
is  the  time  to  talk  up  and  work  up 
subscriptions  for  the  Bulletin.  There  is 
a  greater  need  for  this  paper  than  ever 
before  in  the  State.  It  has  done  a  splen- 
did work  for  the  past  dozen  years  but 
tlie  Superintendent  does  not  have  time 
to  make  a  canvass  for  new  subscriptions. 
That  is  in  the  hands  of  the  pastors  and 
la}men  all  over  the  state.  Let  every  pas- 
tor, in  whose  church  there  is  not  a  large 
list  fof  the  Bulletin,  see  to  it  that  a  large 
number  of. subscribers  are  secured.  Sub- 
scriptions of  twenty  or  more  names  sent 
in  at  one  time,  twenty  cents.  Less  than 
twenty  names,  twenty-five  cents. 


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THE  BIGGEST  YET  TO  COME 

News  disi)atches  from  New  York 
carry  the  information  that  a  conference 
was  recently  held,  participated  in  by  four 
or  five  of  the  leading  evangelical  denom- 
inations, at  which  plans  were  discussed 
for  a  nation-wide  and  comprehensive 
evangelistic  effort  beginning  January 
first  and  continuing  over  Easter. 

If  there  is  any  denomination  pre-emi- 
nently qualified  because  of  its  faith  to 
take  an  imixirtant  place  in  such  an  ef- 
fort it  is  tlie  Baptist.  And  if  there  is 
any  denomination  that  may  well  be  ex- 
pected for  the  same  reason  to  he  zealous- 
ly active  in  such  a  program,  it  is  the 
I'aptist. 

Belief  in  the  necessity  of  personal  re- 
generation is  a  foundation  stone  of  our 
faith.  Now,  if  this  doctrine  is  accepted 
and  if  it  is  allowed  to  be  something  more 
than  a  dead  letter,  well  directed,  spirit 
controlled,  efforts  to  make  disciples  must 
be  the  logical  result.  With  a  mad  pas- 
sion for  amusement  rampant  in  village 
and  city  alike,  with  a  lowering  moral 
standard  throughout  the  country  to  such 
a  degree  that  it  has  recently  called  forth 
expressions  of  alarm  from  some  of  our 
nation's  leading  educators,  and  with 
strife  and  chaos  and  suspicion  in  the 
industrial  world,  it  is  time  that  men  are 
called,  in  tones  of  emphasis,  back  to 
God,  as  the  only  safe  anchorage,  or  even 
our  sliij)  of  state  may  hit  the  rocks. 

Drives  for  money  alone  will  not 
achieve  this  goal.  Money  has  its  place, 
and  a  very  large  place  in  God's  program. 
But  what  shall  it  profit  if  we  give  only 
money?  For  a  church  to  subscribe  large 
sums  of  money  to  the  New  World  Move- 
ment will  not,  of  itself,  compel  those 
from  the  "highways  and  the  hedges  to 
come  in."     Nor  will  it  enable  the  church 


to  look  upon  the  multitude  with  the 
compassion  of  Christ. 

Emergencies  in  the  Kingdom  enter- 
IM-ise  have  made  large  demands  for 
n.'oney  necessary  and  the  response  has 
been  magnificent.  We  have  gone  after 
it  with  a  tremendous  effort  and  there  is 
not  a  church  so  remote  that  it  has  not 
felt  the  push.  The  next  big  thing  (and 
a  bigger  thing  it  is)  must  now  receive 
attention. 

P.  S. :     Let  no  one  who  has  balked  at 

the  New  World  Movement  take  comfort 

in    the   above.     Every   church    that   has 

postponed  the  drive   for  one  reason  or 

another  should  get  busy  at  the  earliest 

possible  moment  to  complete  the  effort 

and  clear  the  way  for  what  is  to  come. 

The  person   who  has   done   his  best   to 

help   achieve   the   Hundred    Million   can 

enter  with  a  most  joyful  enthusiasm  into 

this  other.     He   can   say,   "I   will   show 

thee  m}^  faith  by  my  works."     And  thank 

God    for   that    large    number   who   can 

say  it ! 

A    REASONABLE    POSSIBLE    GOAL 

That  goal  is  a  hundred  per  cent  co- 
operation in  the  New  World  Movement 
on  the  part  of  our  churches  in  Illinois. 
This  does  not  mean  that  every  church 
can  reach  its  allotment  at  the  present 
time,  but  it  does  mean  that  every  church 
can  make  a  reasonable  and  worthy  ef- 
fort. Now  that  connections  with  the  In- 
ter-Church have  been  fully  severed,  this 
unfortunate  relationship  cannot  be  held 
up  as  a  reason  for  failure  to  participate. 
Not  a  few  churches  and  pastors  were 
sincere  in  their  opposition  to  the  move- 
ment on  account  of  the  Inter-Church  and 
will  now  show  their  sincerity  by  entering 
with  enthusiasm  into  a  simon  pure  de- 
nominational program. 

Every  Baptist  church  in  the  state  and 
connected  with  our  Convention,  whether 


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large  or  small,  with  a  pastor  or  without 
a  pastor,  lined  up  and  its  pledges  re- 
ported by  November  21st — this  is  the 
Goal!  Surely  every  loyal  Baptist  will 
co-operate  to  the  full  in  the  attainment 
of  such  a  desire. 

PROMPT  PAYMENT  liMPCHtTANT 

//  is  i)nportaiit  because  if  the  average 
contributor  to  church  expenses  and  bene- 
ficences, allows  his  pledges  to  lag  unpaid 
he  will  tind  it  exceedingly  difficult  to 
n:ake  up  the  arrears.  This  is  the  testi- 
mony of  many,  and  every  church  treas- 
urer can  verify  the  statemenl.  There- 
fore pay  promptly. 

It  is  important  because  the  needs  to 
be  met  and  for  which  the  money  was 
I'jledgcd  are  constant  and  conlinuous. 
They  do  not  vary  according  to  the  sea- 
sons, and  are  not  affected  by  climatic 
conditions  and  least  of  all  by  individual 
moods  or  whims.  The  large  and  varied 
i;eeds  which  we  have  been  called  upon 
to  meet  because  we  are  the  disciples  of 
one  who  gave  Himself,  are  prior  claim- 
ants.    Therefore   pay  promptly. 

//  is  iiiiportanl  and  vastly  important, 
because  even  now  while  ten  thousand 
subscribers  may  fail  to  recognize  this 
fact  and  a  thousand  church  treasurers 
are  not  prom|)l  in  remitting  each  month 
to  the  State  offices  the  amounts  collected, 
our  societies,  through  which  the  denom- 
ination functions  in  its  missionary  tasks, 
are  obliged  to  pay  large  sums  in  inter- 
est on  borrowed  money  to  cover  these 
unpaid  pledges  and  unremitted  funds. 
Therefore  pay  ])romptly.  And  for  this 
reason,  church  treasurers  slu)ul(l  remit 
regularly  and  promptly. 

Jt  is  important  that  all  subscriptions 
be  paid  prrimptly  and  all  money  collected 
be  remitted  promptly  because  even   for 


the  few  days  the  money  lies  in  the  Chi- 
cago bank  interest  is  paid  on  deiK>sits 
over  a  certain  siun.  Ihe  last  (juarter 
this  interest  amounted  to  $7.S.0(),  and  will 
be  larger  in  the  future  bc-cause  larger 
sums  will  be  collected.  y\ny  church  treas- 
urer that  neglects  to  forward  his  money 
will  reduce  a  sum  which  for  Illinois 
each  year  as  a  clear  gift  to  the  denomi- 
nation.    Therefore,  please  remit  prom])t- 

Iv- 

A    lirNDHKI)   PHIl  (^^NT  ASSOCIATION 

That  is  an  Association  where  every 
church  co-operates  in  the  New  World 
Movement  and  will  comi)lete  its  Drive 
not  later  than  the  week  of  November 
14-21.  The  Association  Chairmen  of 
Promotion  are  beginning  to  vie  with  each 
other  as  to  which  Association  will  be  the 
("irst  to  meet  this  requirement.  Begin- 
ning with  September  (irst,  we  will  see 
nnich  thorough  follow-up  work  done  and 
hear  of  many  churches  coni])leting  their 
canvasses. 

-NEW  STATK  PHOMOTIOIV  HIOAD- 
QUAIITIOKS 

On  account  of  a  greatly  increased 
rental  demanded  after  May  first,  where 
the  Promotion  Board  has  had  its  office, 
it  has  been  necessary  to  look  about  for 
other  (|uarters.  iy\  very  fortunate  ar- 
langenient  has  been  made  with  the  Wom- 
an's Foreign  Mission  Society  by  which 
the  State  Promotion  Hoard  will  take 
most  of  the  space  occui)ie<l  by  them  in 
the  Stevens'  Building.  This  offers  a  su- 
perior location  and  at  about  the  price 
paid  heretofore.  After  September  first 
the  new  address  will  be  Room  143.3, 
.Stevens'  Ihu'lding,  ('hic.'igo,  Illinois. 

A.  [•"..  Peterson, 
i)ii-ect(jr  Stale  P.<»ar<l  of  Promotion. 


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MEETINGS    OF    LOCAL.    ASSOCIATIONS 

Rock     River    Association     meets     at 
Sterling,  June  1-2. 

Chicago  Association  meets  at  Evans- 
ton,  June  3-4. 

Aurora  Association  meets  at  jMorris, 
June  15, 

Green-Jersey    Association     meets     at 
Carrollton,  August  25. 

Rock     Island    Association     meets     at 
Bethel,  August  31-Sept.  1-2. 

iMacoupin    Co.    Association    meets    at 
Palmyra,  Sept.  1. 

Shelby  Association  meets  at  Union  Ch. 
Sept.  3. 

Central   Illinois   Association   meets   at 
JNlt.  Zion  Ch.,  Sept.  2-3. 

Salem  Association  meets  at  Carthage, 
Sept.  7. 

Bloomington     Association     meets     at 
i\Iason  City,  Sept.  7-9. 

Bloomfield  Association  meets  at  Ar- 
eola, Sept.  15-17. 

Peoria   Association   meets   at   Canton, 
Sept.  15-17. 

Quincy  Association  meets  at  Ouincy, 
Sept.  21-22. 

Wabash   \'alley  Association  meets  at 
Hutsonville,  Sept.  22. 

Ottawa  Association  meets  at  LaSalle, 
Sept.  28-30. 

Alton  Association  meets  at  Mt.  Ver- 
non, Sept.  30-Oct.  1. 

Southern  Illinois  Association  meets  at 
Christopher,  Sept.  30. 

Springfield  Association  meets  at  Bois 
d'  Arc,  Oct.  6. 

Morgan  Scott  Co.  Association  meets  at 
INIanchester,  Oct.  ^-7 . 


FAITH   HEALING 

The  Editor  attended  a  great  Faith 
Healing  meeting  in  July.  A  Avoman  was 
holding  meetings  for  the  Pentecostal  peo- 
ple in  Alton,  which  continued  for  several 


weeks.  She  was  having  special  Faith 
Healing  sessions.  The  Editor  attended 
one  of  these  meetings  on  Wednesday  aft- 
ernoon at  2  o'clock.  Although  it  was  a 
hot  week  day  afternoon  and  held  in  the 
Methodist  church  in  Alton,  the  large 
meeting  house  was  packed  full.  The 
side  room,  the  gallery,  the  isles  and  the 
front  entrance  to  the  church  were  full. 
I  got  into  the  meeting  house  by  going 
to  a  back  door  and  standing  up  on  the 
choir  platform  steps.  The  lady  was  a 
fine  speaker.  Her  address  was  along  the 
line  of  Faith  Healing  and  seemed  to  be 
a  good  interpretation  of  scriptural  pas- 
sages. She  also  taught  the  doctrine  of 
repentance  of  sin  and  faith  in  Christ 
as  the  only  hope  of  salvation. 

After  speaking  about  thirty  minutes 
she  s:ave  the  invitation  to  come  forward 
for  all  who  desired  to  be  healed.  I  re- 
mained about  one  hour  and  a  half,  and 
during  that  time  there  must  have  been 
from  sixty  to  seventy  people  with  all 
manner  of  imfirmatives  who  came  for- 
ward. There  seemed  to  be  some  indi- 
cations of  physical  helpfulness.  Some 
persons  laid  aside  their  crutches  and 
walked  up  and  down  the  aisles  of  the 
church,  especially  one  boy  and  one  young 
n:an.  The  young  man  who  had  walked 
on  crutches  since  last  September.  The 
boy  seemed  to  walk  with  difficulty  and 
the  young  man  seemed  to  walk  quite  well. 
One  person,  who  was  carried  in  on  a  cot 
and  seemed  to  be  in  a  very  low  condi- 
tion, possibly  with  tuberculosis,  was  in- 
fluenced to  get  up  and  walk  across  tiie 
platform  and  he  walked  out  of  the 
church.  They  ordered  his  cot  carried 
out. 

I  did  not  notice  any  cases  where  there 
seemed  to  be  any  perfect  healing,  but 
some  cases  where  there  seemed  to  be 
some    helpfulness.     Among    those    who 


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came  forward  there  were  perhaps  twenty 
or  more  of  incurably  afifhcted  people, 
that  is  people  that  were  so  afflicted  that 
there  was  no  possible  remedy  for  them 
unless  it  were  a  miraculous  divine  heal- 
ing. So  far  as  I  could  see  not  one  of 
these  were  helped  in  any  way.  While 
she  seemed  to  make  an  effort  in  all 
cases  by  annointing  with  oil,  praying  and 
laying  her  hands  upon  them,  yet  it 
seemed  to  me  she  made  less  effort  and 
spent  less  time  with  those  apparently 
hopeless  cases  then  others.  Nearly  all  of 
that  great  audience  seemed  to  be  positive 
that  she  was  performing  miracles.  We 
do  not  say  that  there  was  not  some  evi- 
dence of  divine  healing.  It  was  evident- 
ly a  very  deeply  spiritual  and  interest- 
ing lueeting  and  those  afflicted  people 
who  came  forward  seemed  to  receive  a 
spiritual  blessing  whether  they  received 
any  physical  benefit  or  not.  In  most 
cases  their  faces  seemed  to  show  the  real 
spirit  of  rejoicing.  It  was  in  some  re- 
spects the  most  remarkable  meeting  I 
have  ever  attended. 

I  have  given  the  facts  as  they  have 
appeared  to  me  without  expressing  my 
personal  opinion  upon  the  subject  of 
laith  Healing. 


The  following  quotation  from  the  Bap- 
tist Times  and  Freeman  of  London 
shows  prett}^  clearly  what  the  English 
]:eople  think  of  Temperance  in  America, 
although  they  are  making  very  slow  pro- 
gress in  England  toward  destroying  the 
liquor  power  and  yet  they  are  making 
some  advancement: 

PROHIBITION  IN  AMERICA 

"It  is  clear  that  Prohibition  in  America 
has  come  to  stay.  Both  at  the  Republi- 
can Convention  at  Chicago  and  at  the 
Democratic  Convention  at  San  Francisco, 


the  most  determined  efforts  were  made 
by  the  liquor  trade  to  commit  one  or  both' 
of  the  two  great  political  parties  to  a 
reversal  of  the  "dry"  policy,  but  without 
success.  At  San  Francisco,  indeed,  the 
defeat  of  the  "Wets"  was  more  severe 
than  at  Chicago.  Possibly  there  may  be 
some  relaxation  of  the  strictness  of  pres- 
ent prohibition,  by  the  admission  of  some 
of  the  lighter  alcoholic  beverages,  but 
the  days  of  the  saloon  are  gone,  never  to 
return. 

The  action  of  the  two  Conventions 
should  stimulate  us  to  greater  activity  in 
working  for  temperance  reform  in  this 
country.  Apart  from  any  moral  consid- 
erations. Prohibition  will  have  such  an 
effect  on  industrial  efficiency  in  America 
that  we  shall  'be  compelled,  in  self-de- 
fense, to  follow  her  example.  To  quote 
the  striking  words  of  an  American,  we 
shall  have  to  'go  dry  or  go  under.' " 


CHURCHES 

The  LaAIoille  church  recently  raised 
the  salary  of  its  pastor,  Rev.  A.  A.  Gor- 
cionier,  $300.  This  is  the  second  raise 
in  six  months. 

The  Aiken  Institute  in  the  Old  Sec- 
end  church  building  in  Chicago  is  doing 
a  great  work.  It  is  now  working  among 
a  population  of  about  600,000  foreigners. 
Last  year  the  Vacation  Bible  School,  so 
far  as  it  was  known,  was  the  largest  in 
the  world.  The  attendance  was  over 
1200.  The  Institute  works  among  twen^ 
ty-six  nationalities. 

Rev.  Edgar  Ford,  pastor  at  Hudson, 
recently  baptized  ten  converts  as  the  re- 
sult of  regular  work  on  that  field. 

Rev.  W.  E.  Mundell  is  supplying  a 
church  at  Russelville,  eight  miles  from 
Belvidere.  The  church  pays  $600  for 
this  kind  of  work. 


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Rev.  A.  C.  Drummond,  who  has  been 
pastor  for  quite  a  number  of  years  of 
the  Western  Avenue  Church  in  Chicago, 
is  doing  good  work  on  that  very  diffi- 
cult field.  Besides  carrying  on  the  ac- 
tivities of  the  church  during  the  summer 
iiionths,  he  has  conducted  a  Daily  Vaca- 
tion Bible  School  with  a  good  attend- 
ance. Miss  Grace  Dent,  daughter  of 
one  of  our  missionaries,  was  one  of  the 
teachers. 

Rev.  Wilfred  Noble,  pastor  of  the 
Logan  Square  church  in  Chicago,  is  do- 
ing splendid  work  and  he  and  his  wife 
are  highly  esteemed  by  the  members. 
They  have  a  good  Sunday  School  and 
junior  Choir  and  the  attendance  at  their 
Daily  Vacation  Bible  School  was  from 
125  to  150. 

A  letter  has  recently  been  received 
from  the  pastor  of  the  First  Church  in 
Hoopeston  which  states  that  the  new 
Mission  building  on  the  west  side  of 
town  is  now  completed.  Apart  from  the 
lots,  which  cost  $400.00,  the  building  has 
cost  the  church  $2,800.  About  one-half 
of  this  has  already  been  paid  and  the  lots 
are  all  paid  for.  The  building  consists 
of  a  five-room  modern  tenement  up- 
stairs. The  rent  from  this  will  help  out 
considerably  in  paying  the  balance  due  on 
the  building.  Friday  afternoon  sessions 
are  being  held  in  the  church.  The  object 
is  "To  make  disciples." 


"The  El  Paso  church  has  been  main- 
taining large,  enthusiastic,  and  spiritual 
prayer  meetings  through  the  summer 
months.  The  men  of  the  church  take 
hold  well ;  at  some  of  the  recent  meet- 
ings there  were  actually  more  men  in  at- 
tendance than  women." 

Rev.  W.  H.  Parker,  pastor  at  Antioch, 
writes:  "Dear  Dr.  Brand:  I  just 
wanted  to  thank  you  for  lending  us  the 


services  of  Brother  Dent  in  a  two-and-a- 
half  weeks'  meeting.  Our  people  were 
greatly  helped  and  strengthened  by  his 
splendid  messages  and  wise  counsel.  All 
departments  of  the  church  have  taken 
on  new  life  and  we  feel  like  doing  the 
larger  tasks.  It  is  putting  it  mildly  to 
say  that  Brother  Dent  did  us  great 
good." 

Rev.  Claud  Richmond,  pastor  of  the 
Tiskilwa  church,  writes  encouragingly 
concerning  the  work  at  that  place.  The 
B.  Y.  P.  U.  now  has  twenty-four  mem- 
bers. On  July  25th,  forty-two  were  pre- 
sent. The  meeting  house  has  been  re- 
paired. The  church  has  raised  a  budget 
of  $1,500  for  Current  Expenses  for  the 
year  and  during  the  first  six  months 
raised  $587.30  for  Missions. 

Rev.  G.  W.  Chessman,  pastor  of  the 
Ottawa  church,  whites  concerning  a  near- 
by country  field  as  follows :  "I  am 
preaching  at  Deer  Park  Sunday  after- 
noons with  the  aim  of  rehabilitating  this 
fine  field.  I  feel  that  city  churches  have 
a  duty  to  perform  in  giving  attention  to 
rural  churches  in  contiguous  territory. 
It  will  be  a  calamity  for  these  churches 
to  go  to  the  wall.  It  seems  very  hard 
to  find  men  willing  and  qualified  to  as- 
sume leadership  as  pastors  of  rural 
churches.  The  Deer  Park  church  is 
beautifully  situated  and  has  a  rich  field 
for  achieving  splendid  results.  I  trust 
there  will  be  hopeful  things  to  report 
in  the  near  future." 

Mrs.  L.  S.  Briggs,  clerk  of  the  Old 
Stonington  Church  writes:  "It  is  with 
a  heart  full  of  joy  and  thanks  to  God 
that  I  am  able  to  inform  you  that  the 
Old  Stonington  Church  is  putting  on 
new  life.  There  Avere  fifty-one,  and 
more  came  in  later,  at  the  Sunday  school 
service  last  Sunday.  Children's  Day 
was  observed  with  a  crowded  house  and 


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fine  program  June  20th.  On  June  27th, 
Rev.  R.  G.  Crawford  preached  morning 
and  evening.  The  church  has  since  ex- 
tended him  a  call  at  $1,400  and  parson- 
age. He  wired  me  that  he  had  accepted 
the  call." 

The  place  of  meeting  of  the  Ottawa 
'Asso,ciation  has  been  changed  from 
Streator  to  LaSalle. 

Rev.  H.  C.  Leland,  Ph.D.,  who  has 
just  closed  his  work  at  Divernon  and 
located  at  Dixon,  Illinois,  writes  as  fol- 
lows :  "Brother  Vule  has  been  with  us 
five  days  and  accomplished  a  good  serv- 
ice. I  am  glad  also  that  I  have  been 
permitted  the  privilege  of  seeing  so  good 
an  ingathering  of  those  whom  I  have 
been  expecting  to  see  decide  for  Christ ; 
for  all  but  two  or  three  of  those  who 
have  come  into  the  church,  I  have  per- 
sonally labored  with  and  have  had  them 
on  my  prayer  list  for  a  couple  of  years. 
I  generally  read  the  Bulletin  from  cover 
to  cover  and  I  want  to  say  that  your 
editorials  in  the  May  number  are  as  brief, 
yet  complete  and  comprehensive  and 
forceful  puttings. of  the  subject  consid- 
ered as  I  have  seen.  They  ought  to  be 
put  in  tract  form  for  general  distribu- 
tion. Your  kind  words  and  deeds  of 
helpfulness  during  the  past  twenty-five 
years  will  remain  a  pleasant  memory." 


DEATHS 

"Rev.  Robert  Wallace  died  in  Berwyn 
at  his  home  July  7th.  The  funeral  was 
conducted  by  Judson  B.  Thomas  on  July 
10.  Mr.  Wallace  graduated  from  Colgate 
in  18  75  and  from  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary in  1878.  He  went  at  once  to  Illinois 
and  was  ordained  in  Lanark  in  the  fall 
of  18  78.  He  held  several  pastorates  in 
the  state  of  his  adoption  and  rendered  a 
real  service  to  the  kingdom.  He  was  es- 
teemed highly  by  all  his  brethren  in  the 
ministry.  Of  Scotch-Irish  blood  he  had 
positive  convictions  and  was  of  tenacious 
courage,  and  yet  was  modest  and  retiring. 
He  leaves  a  widow  and  three  children." 


"Robert  Midkiff,  younger  son  of  Rev.  J. 
J.  Midkiff,  one  of  the  older  ministers  of 
central  Illinois,  was  instantly  killed  in 
an  aeroplane  accident  at  Tulsa,  Oka.,  on 
July  18.  Robert  became  an  officer  in  the 
air  service  during  the  war,  and  was 
counted  one  of  the  most  popular  and  effi- 
cient officers  in  the  service.  He  took  part 
in  a  number  of  cross-country  flights  with 
noted  success.  Since  leaving  the  army  he 
has  been  interested  in  the  commercial  de- 
velopment of  the  aeroplane,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  had  just  become  manager 
of  such  a  company.  He  was  from  boy- 
hood a  faithful  member  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  a  splendid  Christian  character. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a  member 
of  the  First  Church  of  Decatur.  The  fun- 
eral service  was  held  at  his  old  home 
church  in  Stonington,  the  services  being 
in  charge  of  his  pastor,  Dr.  T.  H.  Marsh, 
assisted  by  Rev.  Mr.  Witter  of  Stoning- 
ton. The  funeral  service  was  the  largest 
ever  held  in  Stonington." 


]\Irs.  Helen  E.  Finity,  daughter  of  Rev. 
David  Cary  and  wife  of  Dr.  Peter  Finity, 
d^ed  at  her  home  at  Kane,  Illinois,  June 
15th,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five  years  and 
eight  months.  She  had  been  a  very 
faithful  member  of  the  Kane  church  for 
manv  vears. 


PERSONAL 

Evangelist  J.  ]M.  Edmundson  of  At- 
wood  starts  his  summer  and  fall  engage- 
ments August  16th  at  Henderson,  Miss- 
ouri. This  line  of  engagements  last  at 
least  six  weeks.  He  has  some  open 
dates  which  may  be  had  by  addressing 
him  at  Atwood,  Illinois. 


DEDICATIOXS 

Rev.  D.  J.  Scott.  D.D.,  became  pastor 
of  the  St.  jMary's  church  something  more 
than  a  year  and  a  half  ago,  and  located 
in  the  parsonage  at  that  place.  He  took 
in  connection  with  it  the  Plymouth 
church  and  about  six  months  ago  he  re- 
signed the  Plymouth  church  and  took  the 
Bethel  church  in  connection  with  St. 
Marys.  They  have  erected  a  fine  new 
meeting  house  at  St.  Marys  which  is  per- 


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liaps  the  second  best  Baptist  meeting 
house  in  the  state  entirely  away  from  the 
railroad.  It  costs,  including  donateil 
h<'bor  and  hauling,  not  very  far  from 
$15,000.  It  was  dedicated  July  25th. 
Fifteen  hundred  dollars  was  needed  to 
pay  off  all  indebtedness,  but  the  churcli 
needed  to  put  in  a  good  cistern,  pay  off 
a  $200  piano  debt  and  some  other  work 
so  an  effort  was  made  to  raise  $2,000 
We  succeeded  in  raising  a  little  more 
than  $3,000.  The  Superintendent 
preached  morning  and  afternoon  and 
made  the  appeal  for  funds.  Several 
other  pastors  were  there  and  took  part 
in  the  afternoon  service.  St.  Marys  has 
a  parsonage  and  four  acres  of  valuable 
Isnd  in  conneition  with  it.  Dr.  Scott 
keeps  a  fine  Guernsey  cow.  Has  a  splen- 
did calf  which  he  will  bntcher  for  his 
winter  meat,  has  ten  hogs,  250  chickens 
and  an  abundance  of  all  kinds  of  vege- 
tables and  a  great  deal  of  fruit.  The 
house  and  ground  is  at  least  worth  $600 
a  year  to  him  and  his  two  churches  pay 
him  $1,200  each,  making  him  a  salary 
of  $2,400  besides  what  he  gets  off  the 
ground.  He  has  held  two  revival  meet- 
ings during  the  past  year,  resulting  in 
perhaps  seventy-five  or  eighty  additions 
lo  the  churches.  The  people  seem  to 
appreciate  him  and  his  wife  very  much. 
A  great  crowd  of  people  attended  the 
dedication.  Perhaps  more  than  400 
were  given  dinner  in  the  basement  of  the 
church. 

There  are  great  opportunities  in  our 
country  fields  wherever  we  can  find  men 
that  can  work  them. 

This  church  was  organized  in  1837 
and  it  is  now  eighty-three  years  old. 
They  first  planned  for  a  building  in  1840 
and  a  house  was  erected  for  cliurch  and 
school  which  lasted  thirtv  vears. 


THE  SUMMER  ASSEMBLY 

The  Illinois  Baptist  Summer  Assembly 
at  Shurtleff  College,  Alton,  July  12-18, 
met  the  high  expectations  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  department  of  Religious  Edu- 
cation and  established  itself  as  one  of 
the  permanent  institutions  oj  the  Bap- 
tists of  Illinois.  It  presented  an  ui^usu- 
ally  fine  program  for  training  workers 
in  Sunday  School,  B.  Y.  P.  U.,  Missions, 
Devotional  and  Bible  study,  with  courses 
by  many  men  of  nation-wide  reputation, 
such  as  Dr.  Poteat  of  the  Board  of  Pro- 
motion and  Dr.  Sly  of  the  Publication 
Society.  Over  one-third  of  those  in  at- 
tendance earned  certificates  for  taking 
notes  on  twenty  lectures,  which  showed 
the  spirit  of  earnest  effort  pervading  the 
school.  The  dean,  Mr.  Koehler,  had  all 
ai  rangements  pertaining  to  classes,  meals, 
good  times,  etc.,  perfected  as  to  detail 
and  preserved  a  healthy  equilibrium  be- 
tween recreation,  study  and  devotion. 
A  spirit  of  unity  seemed  to  weld  the 
group  together.  The  Shurtleff  College 
grounds  and  buildings  proved  well 
adapted  to  the  work  and  housing  of  the 
Assembly. 

One  of  the  hopeful  signs  in  the  attend- 
ance was  its  state-wide  reach ;  delegates 
came  from  as  far  north  as  Freeport,  and 
as  far  south  as  Johnston  City ;  they  came 
also  from  widely  scattered  localities. 
This  will  mean  a  great  deal  another  year 
as  all  went  home  enthusiasticly  declaring 
they  would  boost  loud,  long  and  hard 
for  the  Assembly  next  year.  Twenty- 
nine  churches  were  represented  by  nine- 
ty-seven registered  delegates.  The  cry 
from  Chicago  to  Cairo  is :  "Give  us 
trained  Church  Leaders."  When  it  be- 
comes generally  known  among  the 
churches  that  the  Department  of  Relig- 
ious Education  really  has  a  school  to 
v.'eet  this  need,  Shurtleff  College  build- 


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ings  will  not  begin  to  accommodate  the 
people  who  will  come  to  spend  a  week 
in  training,  recreation  and  fellowship. 
The  impression  this  first  attempt  of  the 
department  to  serve  the  churches  through 
its  training  school  made  upon  those  in 
attendance  from  different  parts  of  the 
state,  may  *be  gleaned  from  the  follow- 
ing spontaneous  testimonies : 

The  Summer  (Assembly  has  been  a 
most  delightful  affair. 

Harold  Howard, 
Pres.  State  B.  Y.  P.  U. 

I  feel  that  the  time  spent  at  the  As- 
sembly has  wonderfully  benefited  me  in 
my  Christian  experience. 

Anna  K.  Huisinga,  Freeport. 
Sec,  Rock  River  Asso.  B.  Y.  P.  U. 

The  Assembly  was  one  of  the  finest 
courses  of  spiritual  education  I  ever  at- 
tended. The  very  best  instructors  pos- 
sible were  secured.  I  sincerely  hope  and 
pray  that  a  great  number  of  our  young 
people  will  make  arrangements  to  attend 
next  year. 

W.  H.  Lammon,  Johnston  City. 
Pres.  B.  Y.  P.  U. 

The  Summer  Assembly  has  offered  op- 
portunity for  development  in  study,  spir- 
itual growth  and  social  life.  Every  need 
of  young  life  has  been  anticipated  and 
met.  No  young  person  can  afford  to 
miss  this  gathering. 

Effie  Hoover,  Berwick. 
Under  appointment  of  W.  A.  B.  H.  AI.  S. 

I  shall  always  look  back  to  this  As- 
sembly as  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  and 
beneficial  weeks  of  my  life.  The  fellow- 
ship has  been  particularly  pleasant  and 
the  training  and  study  very  inspirational. 
Evelyn  L.  Waller,  Galva. 

Pres.  B.  Y.  P.  U. 
Herbert  Hines, 

El  Paso. 


THE  UNIVERSITY  BAPTIST  CHURCH 

There  will  be  more  than  400  Baptist 
students  in  the  University  of  Illinois  the 
coming  year.  It  would  be  a  great  help 
in  getting  into  touch  with  these  students 
if  parents,  pastors  and  friends  would  not 
only  send  me  a  line  regarding  them  but 
would  also  tell  them  of  the  University 
Baptist  Church  and  urge  them  to  af- 
filiate themselves  with  it  the  first  Sunday 
they  are  in  town.  The  church  is  located 
at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Daniel 
streets.  The  Bible  School  which  is  a 
veritable  School  of  Religious  Education 
meets  at  10  o'clock,  the  one  service  of 
worship  of  the  day  at  11  and  the  B.  Y. 
P.  U.  at  6 :30.  All  the  work  is  planned 
especially  for  the  students.  Courses  will 
be  given  this  year  in  the  Fundamentals 
of  the  Christian  Faith,  the  History  and 
Literature  of  the  Hebrew  People,  the 
Life  of  Christ  and  the  Social  Principles 
and  Teachings  of  Christianity. 

Martin  S.  Bryant.  Student  Pastor. 
807  S.  Fourth  St.,  Champaign,  111. 


PASTORAL   CHANGES 

Rev.  Henry  Clay  Miller,  who  has  been 
the  successful  pastor  of  Marion  Ave., 
church,  Aurora,  for  several  years,  has 
resigned  to  take  effect  October  1st,  at 
which  time  he  will  enter  Columbia  Uni- 
versity for  some  special  work.  Brother 
iVIiller  will  be  greatly  missed  in  Aurora 
and  Illinois  when  he  leaves. 


MISSIONARIES  AND  MISSIONARY 
PASTORS 

The  Bradford  church,  of  which  Rev. 
Frank  Metcalf  is  pastor,  has  done  some 
excellent  repair  work  at  a  cost  of  about 
$1,500.  The  house  has  been  beautifully 
decorated,  new  lights  installed,  new  roof 
and  painted  on  the  outside.  Also  new 
windows  have  'been  placed  in  the  church. 


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The  church  was  re-opened  Sunday,  July 
18th.  Superintendent  Brand  gave  a 
stereopticon  lecture  in  the  basement  of 
the  church  Saturday  night  and  preached 
in  the  opening  service  Sunday  morning. 
The  Sunday  School  was  quite  good  and 
the  meeting  house  was  crowded  for  the 
preaching  services.  Sunday  night  Rev. 
B.  E.  Allen,  pastor  of  the  Osceola  church 
preached  the  sermon  and  they  had  a 
crowded  house  and  many  people  could 
not  get  insde.  At  the  close  of  the  Sun- 
day night  service  the  church  gave  a  free 
ice-cream  and  cake  luncheon  for  every- 
body. Brother  Metcalf  is  doing  good 
work  with  the  Bradford  church. 

District  Superintendent  J.  C.  Dent  held 
a  meeting  for  two  weeks  and  a  half  in 
the  Antioch  church,  north  of  Aledo. 
Brother  Dent  says :  "The  farmers  were 
busy  with  their  hay  and  oats  but  we  had 
splendid  congregations,  especially  on 
Sundays.  We  had  fourteen  converts  and 
two  united  by  letter.  Brother  Parker 
baptized  eight  of  the  converts  yesterday 
morning.  Nearly  all  the  members  came 
forward  for  reconsecration.  The  Young 
People's  Society  was  greatly  strength- 
ened.'' While  Brother  Dent  was  en- 
gaged on  that  field  he  worked  up  an  in- 
terest at  Reynolds  and  arranged  for 
Brother  Parker  to  preach  Sunday  after- 
noons on  that  field.  Reynolds  has  been 
witl;out  preaching  for  about  two  years. 

Rev.  H.  B.  Stevens,  our  Missionary 
pastor  at  Rochelle,  writes  July  25th : 
"Just  now  we  are  very  busy  with  our 
Department  of  \'acation  Bible  School. 
Have  sixty-five  scholars  and  five  workers 
enrolled.  Busy  is  no  name  for  it.  I  am 
putting  in  from  fifteen  to  eighteen  hours 
a  day.  This  is  my  vacation.  Attend- 
ance at  services  today  was  fair.  Sun- 
day School  fifty-five.  Morning  Worship 
forty-two  and  Evening  Service  -fifty- 
four." 


The  Baptist  Old  People's  Home 

Maywood,  Illinois 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Runyan,  Sec'y. 


■  ■ 

A  visit  to  the  Home  last  week  found 
the  members  for  the  most  part  well  and 
happy.  Mrs.  Hendee,  who  had  recently 
passed  her  90th  birthday,  had  slipped 
quietly  away  to  her  Heavenly  Home. 

The  vacancy  in  our  Home  is  already 
filled  by  a  dear  frail  little  lady  who  has 
been  waiting  for  about  three  years. 

Another  member  of  the  Home  who 
has  not  been  able  to  go  up  and  down 
stairs,  and  in  bed  mudi  of  the  time — re- 
luctantly consented  to  leave  the  room 
which  had  been  home  to  her  for  a  long 
time,  and  go  into  the  hospital  cottage. 
She  was  found  sitting  in  an  easy*  chair 
on  the  front  porch  so  thankful  and  happy 
for  her  sunshiny  room  on  the  first  floor 
where  she  could  also  "get  out  in  the  air. 

The  scarcity  of  coal  is  giving  us  great 
anxiety  as  our  bins  are  empty.  Also  our 
fruit  closet.  "A  word  to  the  wise  (and 
generous )   is  sufficient." 

We  need  soon  a  janitor  and  laundress. 
This  is  a  good  opportunity  for  a  man 
and  wife  who  will  work  for  a  fair  salary 
with  room  and  board  furnished.  We 
have  electric  washing  machine,  mangle 
and  dryer. 

This  ought  to  appeal  to  some  of  our 
own  people.  Any  one  who  wishes  to  ap- 
]ily  or  can  give  us  information  leading  to 
suitable  persons  for  these  positions  may 
address  the  Home,  316  Fourth  St.,  May- 
wood,  111. 

We  also  need  a  cook.  The  problems 
of  the  Old  People's  Home  are  the  same 
as  come  to  all  our  homes  in  these  times 
of  high  cost  of  living.  Help  us  solve 
them. — Mrs.  A.  W.  Runvan,  Field  Sec. 


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ONTRAL  BAPTIST  CHILDREN'S  HOME 

MAYWOOD,  LLLINOIS 
Rev.   D.   H.   MacGiUivray,   Supt. 
Mrs.  D.  H.  IVIacGilllTray,  Matron 


HUDELSON  BAPTIST  0RPHAJ4AGE 

Kev.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Supt. 
Mrs.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Matron 


Our  Home  and  grounds  seem  strangely 
quiet  the  last  two  weeks  as  all  our  big 
family  with  the  exception  of  a  few  un- 
able to  go  because  of  indisposition,  are 
up  at  Lake  Delavan,  Wis.,  camping  out 
and  enjoying  the  open  to  the  fullest  ex- 
tent. 

The  Superintendent  is  in  charge  with 
cook,  caretaker  and  some  of  the  older 
girls  as  aids.  Their  letters  speak  in 
glowing  terms  of  the  good  times  they 
are  having,  and  we  trust  it  will  be  a 
pleasant  memory  in  minds  of  all  for  days 
to  come. 

Through  the  kindness  and  generosity 
of  the  Northwestern  Railroad  free 
transportation  was  secured  which  made 
it  possible  for  all  the  children  to  reach 
Williams'  Bay  where  they  were  met  by 
good  friends  with  automobiles  and  taken 
seven  miles  to  camp. 

Taking  advantage  of  the  absence  of 
the  children  the  decorators  are  here  do- 
ing the  work  which  is  usually  done  in 
August.  A  good  force  of  workmen  are 
here,  so  by  the  time  the  family  return 
most  of  the  work  will  be  done. 

The  baby  boy  spoken  of  in  our  last 
letter  is  no  longer  here,  having  been 
adopted  into  a  home  where  no  children 
have  come.  He  was  thriving  wonder- 
fully well  and  had  taken  possession  of 
quite  a  large  place  in  our  hearts,  but  hav- 
ing his  best  interest  in  mind  we  gladly 
overruled  our  feelings  and  relinquish 
our  right,  praying  that  God  may  make 
him  a  great  blessing  where  he  has  gone. 

The  Maywood  celebration,  July  5th, 
won  the  silk  flag  given  by  The  Daily 
News    for    the    best    celebration. 


Not  by  intuition,  but  by  oversight, 
there  has  been  no  news  from  Hudelson 
Home  in  the  Bulletin  for  some  time. 
The  superintendent  has  always  supposed 
he  could  take  care  of  considerable  work, 
but  must  confess  that  he  cannot  keep 
up  with  this  game.  With  twice  as  many 
children  as  one  year  ago  and  with  the 
improvement  work  still  in  full  blast  the 
correspondence  and  other  office  work  is 
tremendous.  Also  the  money  must  be 
found  somewhere  and  it  does  not  come 
easy  just  now.  The  disappointing  re- 
sults of  the  great  campaign  leaves  us 
with  very  little,  if  any  more  budget 
money  than  formerly.  Also  many 
churches  still  believe  we  are  fully  taken 
care  of  and  that  no  more  offerings  are 
necessary.  LTntil  the  churches  again 
learn  the  facts  we  are  bridging  the  chasm 
with  tag  days  in  the  towns  nearby  where 
the  work  of  the  Home  is  known  and  ap- 
preciated. Since  May  1st  more  than 
$800  have  been  secured  in  this  way,  and 
another  town  is  yet  to  hold  its  tag  day. 
A  truck  load  of  our  children  aroused 
much  public  interest  by  singing  at  each 
tag  day  when  held  within  easy  driving 
distance. 

The  general  health  of  our  large  fam- 
ily is  good,  but  a  year-old  baby  died  of 
introcolites  July  20th,  and  a  boy  lost  an 
arm  by  a  fall  from  a  tree  about  the  mid- 
dle of  June.  We  have  just  expelled  two 
more  of  our  boys  (after  a  similar  expul- 
sion in  April)  in  the  effort  to  keep  pure 
the  ideals  of  the  Home.  Any  institution 
that  takes  children  from  the  streets  will 
occasionally  get  one  that  should  go  to  a 
reform  school. 


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Woman's 
Baptist  Missionary  Society  of  Illinois 

MRS.  W.  P   TOPPING,  Pres. 


Mrs.  Martha  V.  Uigman,  Editor 
Morgan,  Park 


Mrs.  H.  W.  Tate,  Treasurer 
2331   Hartzell  Ave.,  ETanston 


These  are  the  days  of  Summer  Confer- 
ences, when  one  can  combine  pleasure 
and  recreation  with  instruction  which 
they  can  secure  in  no  other  way.  Wi- 
nona Summer  School  of  Missions  is  over. 
There  was  an  attendance  of  365  which 
included  150  young  women.  The  faculty 
and  leaders  were  never  better.  The 
Geneva  Summer  School  is  to  be  held 
August  17-24  at  Conference  Point,  Lake 
Geneva,  Wisconsin.  There  will  be  lead- 
ers and  lecturers  of  the  first  class  on 
various  subjects.  Lake  Geneva  itself  is 
an  attraction  worth  going  a  long  ways 
to  see  and  enjoy. 

If  you  want  a  week  of  real  pleasure, 
profit  and  rest,  plan  to  be  there.  For 
reservations  address  ^Irs.  ^ladge  Ash- 
ton,  7322  Greenwood  Ave.,  Chicago. 

There  are  only  two  months  before  the 
State  Convention  meet^  in  Kewanee.  In 
connection  with  it,  on  Oct.  19,  occurs  the 
annual  meeting  of  our  State  Society. 
We  want  more  women  present  than  ever 
before  on  Woman's  Day,  which  promises 
to  be  of  great  help  and  inspiration  as 
well  as  of  keen  enjoyment. 

\\q  are  happy  to  announce  that  Miss 
Nellie  Prescott,  recently  returned  from  a 
trip  among  the  mission  stations  of  the 
Orient,  will  be  one  of  the  principle  speak- 
ers before  the  Convention.  The  study 
books  for  the  year  will  be  presented  at 
four  different  periods  by  Miss  Alice 
Brimson  and  ]\Irs.  G.  A.  Taft.  The 
Woman's  Banquet  which  every  woman 


will  wish  to  attend,  will  be  at  the  close 
of  the  afternoon  session.  Plan  to  go  and 
stay  until  the  close  of  the  Convention 
Thursday  evening. 

Has  your  church  adopted  the  Exten- 
sion Plan  and  have  an  extension  visitor 
in  your  church?  If  you  do  not  konw 
about  it,  write  to  the  State  President  or 
tc  2969  Vernon  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  ^Minnie  Oberholser,  our  first  vice 
president,  is  seriously  ill  from  a  nervous 
breakdown.  We  sincerely  sympathize 
with  her  husband  and  son  in  these  days 
of  anxiety  and  pray  for  her  recovery. 

The  circle  in  Griggsville  report  that  it 
has  used  the  Survey  in  study  work  and 
also  the  one  on  Americanization.  The 
meetings  were  very  interesting  and  at- 
tractive. At  the  last  one  tiny  flag  was 
given  to  each  one  present  and  all  stood 
and  repeated  the  pledge  of  allegiance. 
The  church  has  been  without  a  pastor 
for  a  year,  but  the  women  "carry  on*' 
just  the  same.  Unfortunately  it  is  not 
always  the  case. 

The  organization  of  a  Mission  Circle 
at  Eldred  is  reported.  We  wish  several 
could  be  reported  next  month. 

Our  new  State  College  Counsellor  is 
more  than  making  good.  She  writes  of 
a  conference  of  the  counsellors  in  the 
state,  also  of  the  interest  aroused  by  a 
questionnaire  recently  sent  out.  Many 
of  the  counsellors  expect  to  be  in  Ke- 
wanee. 


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Our  missionary,  Rev.  I.  A.  Fox,  seems 
to  be  having  good  work  in  the  Riverside 
church,  Decatur.  AA'ithout  any  sugges- 
tion from  the  State  Convention  Board 
they  voted  to  discontinue  receiving  any 
assistance  from  the  State  Convention 
Board  in  paying  their  pastor's  salary. 
\Mien  the  basement  of  the  new  meeting 
house  was  built,  they  borrowed  $2,000 
from  the  Home  ^Mission  Society  and  the 
State  Convention  guaranteed  its  payment 
within  five  vears.  Onlv  two  vears  have 
passed  and  they  have  paid  that  all  oft. 
They  hope  to  soon  be  entirely  out  of 
debt. 


"A  LITTLE  MORE  CROSS 

A  little  more  cross  and  a  little  less  creed, 
A  little  more  beauty  of  brotherly  deed; 
A  little  more  bearing  of  things  to  be  borne, 
With  faith  in  the  infinite  triumph  of  morn. 
A  little  less  doubt  and  a  little  more  do 
Of    the    simple,    sweet    service    each    day 

brings  to  view; 
A  little  more  cross,  with  its  beautiful  light, 
Its  lesson  of  love  and  its  message  of  right; 
A  little  less  sword  and  a  little  more  rose 
To    soften    the    struggle    and    lighten    the 

blows; 
A  little  more  worship,  a  little  more  prayer, 
With  the  balm  of  its  incense  to  brighten 

the  care; 
A  little  more  song  and   a  little  less  sigh, 
And  a  cheery  good-day  to  the  friends  that 

go  by. 
A  little  more  cross  and  a  little  more  trust 
In  the  beauty  that  blooms  like  a  rose  out 

of  dust; 
A  little  more  lifting  the  load  of  another, 
A    little    more    thought   for    the    life    of    a 

brother; 
A    little    more    dreaming,    a    little    more 

laughter, 
A    little    more    childhood,    and    sweetness 

thereafter; 
A  little  more  cross  and  a  little  less  hate. 
With  love  in  the  lanes  and  a  rose  bv  the 

gate!" 


DAVID  LLOYD  GEORGE 

Mr.  Lloyd  George  was  at  home  on  Sun- 
day last  at  the  Welsh  Baptist  church. 
Great  Castle  street,  for  he  is  not  only  a 
frequent  worshiper  there,  but  takes  part 
in  some  of  its  more  homely  services.  The 
occasion  was  that  of  the  annual  flower 
service,  at  which  he  spoke  both  in  Welsh 
and  afterwards  in  English.  We  take  ad- 
vantage of  a  report  in  the  Daily  Chronicle. 


A  speaker  having  remarked  that  the  peo- 
ple were  thinking  for  themselves,  he  said: 
'That  is  quite  right,  and  I  am  not  afraid 
of  the  people  thinking.  It  is  the  action 
without  thinking  that  I  am  afraid  of.  It 
is  only  those  who  have  things  that  will  not 
bear  thinking  about  you  have  to  fear.  It 
is  only  those  who  have  vested  interests 
that  are  indefensible,  that  are  corrupt,  that 
are  oppressive,  that  are  wrong,  that  are 
unjust — they,  and  they  alone,  need  fear 
thinking.  Thinking  is  as  a  ray  from  heav- 
en, and  it  will  filter  through,  and  you  may 
depend  upon  it  it  will  illumine  ail  in  the 
end.  I  am  not  afraid  of  thinking,  and  I 
am  very  glad  to  hear  of  these  conflicts  of 
thought  that  are  going  on.  It  may  not  be 
my  thought;  it  may  not  be  other  men's; 
it  may  be  someone  else  whose  thought 
comes  out;  but  I  trust  in  God,  and  I  kno^- 
the  right  thing  will  come  out.'  " 


"THE  RECORD  KEPT 

It  was  only  a  cup  of  water,  with  a  gentle 
grace  bestowed. 

But  it  cheered  a  lonely  traveler  upon  the 
dusty  road; 

For  the  way  was  long  and  dreary,  and  the 
resting  places  few, 

And  the  sun  had  dried  the  streamlets,  and 
drunk  up  the  sparkling  dew; 

None  noticed  the  cup  of  water  as  a  beauti- 
ful act  of  love. 

Save  the  angels  keeping  the  record,  away 
in  the  land  above; 

But  the  record  shall  never  perish,  the  trif- 
ling deed  shall  live, 

For  heaven  demands  but  little  from  those 
who  have  least  to  give! 

It  was  only  a  kind  word  spoken  to  a  weep- 
ing little  child; 
But   the   thread    of   its   grief   was    broken. 

and  the  little  one  sweetly  smiled; 
And  nobody  stayed  to  notice  so  tiny  an  act 

of  love. 
And  she  who  had  spoken  kindly  went  on 

in  her  quiet  way. 
Nor   dreamt    such   a  simple   action   should 

count  in  the  last  great  day. 
But    the    pitying    words    of    comfort    were 

heard  with  a  song  of  joy, 
And  the  listening  angels  blessed  her  from 

their  beautiful  home  on  high. 

It  isn't  the  world-praised  wonders  that  are 
best  in  our  Father's  sight, 

Nor  the  wreaths  of  fading  laurels  that  gar- 
nish  fame's   dizzy  height. 

But  the  pitying  love  and  kindness,  the 
work  of  the  warm  caress. 

The  beautiful  hope  and  patience  and  self- 
forgetfulness; 

The  trifle  in  secret  given,  the  prayer  in  the 
quiet  night. 

And  the  little  unnoticed  nothings  are  good 
in  our  Father's  sight." 


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NEW  MEETING  HOUSE  AT  ST.  MARYS 
Dedicated  July  25,  1920 


A  GROUP  OF  THE  SUMMER  ASSEMBLY  AT  SHURTLE  FF  OOL.LEGE 


ILLINOIS    BAPTIST 
BULLETIN 


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NORMAL,  ILLINOIS,  SEPTEMBER  192» 


VOL.  XII. 


NO.  5 


Southern  Illinois  Baptists 


Those  who  keep  in  close  touch  with  the 
doctrinal  peculiarities  of  many  Southern 
Illinois  Baptists  cannot  fail  to  notice  the 
striking  difference  between  them  and  the 
Southern  Baptists  and  wonder  how  they 
can  work  together  with  such  harmony. 
Some  people  seem  to  think  that  there  is 
perfect  harmony  on  every  point  between 
the  leaders  of  Southern  Illinois  and  the 
leaders  of  the  Southern  Baptist  Conven- 
tion, but  there  seems  to  be  almost  as 
much  real  difference  between  them  as  be- 
tween Southern  Illinois  and  the  North. 
For  example :  The  Southern  Convention 
people  in  Southern  Illinois  have  taught 
that  Roger  Williams  was  not  a  Baptist. 
Of  course  all  of  us  understand  that  he 
was  not  a  Landmark  Baptist.  He  was 
so  much  better  Baptist  by  not  being  such. 
The  Southern  Illinois  paper  discouraged 
all  effort  to  build  a  Memorial  in  Wash- 
ington city  to  commemorate  the  name 
of  Roger  W^illiams  as  the  great  pioneer 
Baptist  of  America.  But  the  Southern 
Baptist  Convention  when  it  met  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  in  May,  held  a  special 
meeting  at  the  lot  in  the  city  where  the 
memorial  is  to  be  erected  and  gave  it  all 
the  encouragement  possible. 

The  leaders  in  Southern  Illinois  have 
been  teaching  their  people  that  David 
Lloyd  George,  Premier  of  Great  Britain, 


is  not  a  Pjaptist.  Of  course  Lloyd  George 
is  not  a  Landmark  Baptist.  The  people 
of  the  Northern  Convention  have  consid- 
ered him  a  good  true  loyal  Baptist  broth- 
er. That  was  held  as  one  thing  against 
Northern  Baptists  in  Southern  Illinois. 
Dr.  J.  B.  Gambrell  the  president  of  the 
Southern  Baptist  Convention,  recently 
visited  London  and  he  speaks  of  this  man 
as  follows.  'Tt  has  come  about  that  the 
head  of  the  British  Government,  a  Bap- 
tist, Premier  Lloyd  George,  appoints  the 
Bishops  for  the  Episcopal  attachment  to 
the  British  Government."  If  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention 
has  called  Lloyd  George  a  Baptist,  it 
would  have  been  resented  in  Southern 
Illinois.  Five  of  the  Southern  leaders, 
Truett,  Love,  Mullins,  Wolfe  and  Gam- 
brell visited  Spurgeon's  Tabernacle.  Dr. 
Gambrell  says  concerning  this  church, 
"Its  services  are  very  plain  and  deeply 
spiritual,  not  very  different  from  the 
First  church  in  Dallas,  Texas.  Any  de- 
vout soul  feels  at  home.  It  is  a  wonder- 
ful place  to  honor  God'';  and  yet  if  the 
Spurgeon  Tabernacle  were  in  Southern 
Illinois,  it  would  not  be  recognized  as  a 
Baptist  church  by  the  Landmark  Baptists 
of  Southern  Illinois.  These  brethren  at- 
tended a  Presbyterian  church  in  London, 
concerning   the    service   and    sermon   of 


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w  hich  Dr.  Gambrell  writes.  'T  was  never 
so  penetrated,  rebuked,  comforted  and 
invigorated  by  a  sermon.  The  people 
hung  on  the  words  to  the  last  syllable.  It 
was  a  universal  message  of  the  Hoh 
Word  to  universal  struggling  humanity." 
What  do  the  Southern  Illinois  Baptists 
think  of  the  president  of  the  Southern 
Baptist  Convention  writing  that  way  of  a 
Presbyterian  sermon  ? 

Sometime  ago  the  Tennessee  Baptists 
received  two  or  three  whole  Associations 
of  Free  Baptists  into  their  fellowship. 
In  Southern  Illinois  the  Association  that 
afifiliated  with  the  North  would  not  take 
in  the  whole  Free  Baptist  body.  But 
after  these  Northern  churches  had  or- 
ganized themselves  into  a  regular  Baptist 
Association  it  voted  to  receive  Free  Bap- 
tist churches  when  each  church  sent  i 
letter  requesting  admission  into  the  Bap- 
tist Association.  It  took  a  little  more 
care  and  exercised  better  Baptist  meth- 
ods than  the  Tennessee  Baptists  and  yet 
the  Southern  Baptists  in  Southern  Illi- 
nois will  not  recognize  the  churches  of 
this  Association,  will  not  give  letters  nor 
receive  letters  from  these  churches  and 
yet  two  of  these  churches  are  fields  where 
the  Editor  of  the  Illinois  Baptist  was 
formerly  pastor.  This  division  in  South- 
ern Illinois  does  not  seem  to  be  on  ac- 
count of  doctrinal  differences  so  much  as 
because  of  leadership  and  the  Southern 
Convention  has  made  its  strong  effort  to 
secure  New  IMexico,  Oklahoma,  Missouri 
and  40,000  or  50,000  Baptists  in  Southern 
Illinois  not  so  much  because  of  doctrinal 
diflferences  as  because  of  territorial  ex- 
pansion. 


hand.  Much  of  the  talk  and  writing 
against  Prohibition  comes  not  from  the 
men  who  formerly  drank,  but  from  the 
iT!en  v/ho  have  lost  their  business  in  man- 
ufacturing and  selling  intoxicating 
drinks.  Any  one  who  travels  is  im- 
j.ressed  with  the  great  amount  of  travel 
these  times  and  the  over-crowded  hotels 
in  the  large  and  small  cities.  There  is 
only  one  explanation  for  this  great  in- 
crease within  the  last  two  years,  and  that 
is  that  some  of  the  billions  of  dollars 
that  were  formerly  spent  for  strong  drink 
are  now  being  spent  for  travel.  In  all 
good  parts  of  our  cities,  rents  for  good 
and  reasonable  houses  and  flats  have 
greatly  increased,  while  the  poorer  classes 
of  dwellings  are  in  less  demand  and  in 
some  of  our  large  cities  many  miserable 
houses  that  were  formerly  in  demand  are 
now  empty.  Families  that  are  saving 
some  as  the  result  of  Prohibition  are  not 
willing  to  live  in  the  wretched  hovels 
they  lived  in  when  a  large  proportion 
of  their  wages  went  for  drink.  Some 
people  are  writing  and  complaining  as 
though  Prohibition  had  never  been  tested 
until  now ;  yet  more  than  twenty-five  of 
our  states  had  Prohibition  laws  and  were 
prospering  under  Prohibition  before  the 
National  law  went  into  efifect.  The  liq- 
uor interest  will  die  hard,  but  the  death 
knell  has  struck  and  there  is  no  salvation 
for  the  liquor  interests. 


PROHIBITION 

The  results  of  a  year  or  more  of  Na- 
tional Prohibition  can  be  seen  on  every 


"Harvard  Divinity  School,  the  Andover 
Theological  Seminary  and  the  Episcopal 
Theological  Seminary  at  Cambridge  com- 
bined had  only  fifty-nine  students  last  ses- 
sion, of  which  number  thirteen  were 
special,  graduate  or  unclassified  students. 
Certainly  the  thinning  ranks  of  the  min- 
istry cannot  be  replaced  from  such 
sources.  Liberalism  is  having  a  hard  time 
tc  get  preachers.  Is  there  any  wonder? 
What  gospel  have  such  men  to  preach? 
The  seminaries  that  stick  close  "to  the 
faith  once  for  all  revealed"  are  over- 
whelmed with  students." 


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Published   monthly   in   the   interest   of  the 
Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 

Subscription  price,  25c  a  year;  clubs  of  20 
or  more,  20c. 

E.   P.   BRAND,   Editor 
Superintendent  of  Missions, 

201  North  School  Street,  Normal,  Illinois. 

"Entered  as  second  class  matter,  June  12, 

1909,   at  the   Postoffice  at   Normal, 

Illinois,   under  the  Act  of 

March   3,   1879." 


^r^  HE  Convention  meets  in  Kewanee, 
JL   October   18-21.     This  is  so  near  at 
hand  that  people  must  begin  now  plan- 
ning to  attend. 

*  *  * 

THE  fidl  program  of  the  State  Con- 
vention appears  in  this  ntimber  of 
the  Bulletin  except  the  \\'omen's  Pro- 
gram for  Tuesday.  Our  Program  is 
comprehensive  and  definite  and  the 
names  of  many  good  speakers  are  upon 

it. 

*  *  * 

THE  \\'omens"  Program  will  be  given 
on  Tuesday.  They  have  a  splendid 
program  for  the  whole  day,  incktding  ad- 
dresses at  the  dinner  and  supper  hours. 
The  women  do  not  hold  a  night  session, 
but  will  be  in  the  General  Session  on 
Tuesday  night.  Five  women  speakers 
appear  in  the  General  Program.  Tues- 
day night,  Wednesday  forenoon,  Wed- 
nesday afternoon  and  Thursday  after- 
noon and  at  the  Banquet. 

*  *  * 

POSSIBLY  some  pastors  will  not 
feel  able  to  attend  the  Convention 
unless  assisted  by  the  church.  Every 
church  affiliated  with  the  State  Conven- 
tion should  see  to  it  that  its  pastor  at- 
tends the  Convention.  If  he  needs  as- 
sistance, they  should  give  it  to  him. 


THE  \\'omen's  Societies  in  the 
churches  should  see  to  it  so  far  as 
possible  that  the  pastor's  wife  has  an  op- 
portunity to  attend  the  Convention. 
These  Conventions,  including  the  Wom- 
en's meeting,  are  almost  as  much  benefit 
to  the  pastor's  wife  as  to  the  pastor  him- 
self. 

*  *  * 

MAXY  more  laymen  ought  to  at- 
tend the  Conventions  than  have 
been  in  the  habit  of  going.  The  laymen 
need  the  meetings  and  they  can  do  very 
nnich  toward  making  the  meeting  a  suc- 
cess. 


T 


*  *  * 

HE  Kewanee  church  and  its  friends 
will  furnish  lodging  and  breakfast 
for  all  delegates  and  visitors  free  and  ar- 
rangements will  be  made  for  every  one 
to  secure  dinner  and  supper  at  reasonable 

prices. 

*  *  * 

THE  Convention  will  give  a  free  din- 
ner to  all  the  ^lissionaries  of  the 
Convention  who  are  present  and  their 
wives  at  12:30  \\'ednesday.  This  gives 
one  opportunity  a  year  for  the  ^^lission- 
aries  to  look  into  each  other's  faces  and 
have  some  consultation  together. 

*  *  *  • 

THE  General  Banquet  will  be  given 
on  Wednesday  evening  from  five  un- 
til seven  o'clock.  Everybody  will  have 
the  privilege  of  attending  that  Banquet. 
Possibly  provision  can  be  made  for  400 

or  more. 

*  *  * 

LET  all  the  churches  see  to  it  that 
delegates  are  appointed  to  the 
State  Convention.  Xo  one  is  entitled  to 
vote  in  the  Convention  unless  he  is  a  life 
member  or  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Board  or  has  been  appointed  by  his 
church.  Each  Baptist  church  in  the  State 


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contributing  to  the  funds  of  the  Conven- 
tion shall  be  entitled  to  one  delegate  and 
one  additional  delegate  for  each  one  hun- 
dred of  its  members  or  major  frac- 
tion thereof.  'Every  person  will  be  ex- 
pected to  state  when  he  registers  whether 
he  is  a  delegate  or  a  visitor. 

jji     ;|c     S;: 

IT  is  suggested  that  at  the  Wednes- 
day night  prayer  meeting,  October  13, 
and  at  the  Simday  morning  service,  Octo- 
ber 17,  i)rayer  be  offered  for  the  success 
of  the  Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 
Let  special  prayer  be  oft'ered  for  all  the 
officers  and  ^Missionaries  of  the  Conven- 
tion and  their  work  during  the  coming 
vcar. 


7:30 
7:50 


Pierce, 
Charles 


MEETINGS  OF  THE  ILLINOIS  BAPTIST 
STATE   CONVENTION 

Music   Director,   Rev.   FrsLuk   M.  Dunk, 

Normal. 

Monday  Evening 

Devotional — Rev.   J.    H. 
Toulon. 

Annual     Sermon — Rev. 
Durden,  East  St.  Louis. 

Collection  for  printing  Annual. 

Address:  "The  Message  of 
Jesus  in  the  World  Crisis" — 
Rev.  T.  G.  Scares,  Ph.D..  Chi- 
cago. 

Tuesday  Morning 

9 :00     Devotional    Service — Rev.   ].   R. 
Shanks,  Alpha. 
Topics  for  Discussion. 

9:20  1.  "The  Minister  as  Recruiting- 
Officer  for  the  Local  Church 
Work" — Rev.  Eaton  P).  Free- 
man, LaGrange. 

9:40     2.  "For    the    Kingdom    Task"— 
Rev.     George    Sneath,    Mon- 
mouth. 
I0:X)0     Discussion  of  above  topics. 


10:30 

10:50 

11:10 

11:30 
11:40 
11:50 

12:15 

1:40 
'1  :50 


2:10 


2:40 


3:00 


3:20 

3:50 
5:00 

7:10 


7:25 


7  -.35 


7:45 
8:00 


8:50 


Devotional — Rev._'  W.    E.    Mun- 

dell,  Ph.D.,  Belvidere. 
Obituary    Report— Rev.    M.    W. 

Twing,  D.D.,  Alton. 
Memorial  Address — Rev.   Smith 

T.  Ford,  D.D.,  Wheaton. 
1  'rayer. 

Announcements. 
Introduction  of  New  Pastors  by 

Supt.  E.  P.  Brand. 
Adjournment. 

Tuesday  Afteraoon 

Song  and  Prayer. 

Beginning  of  Convention  Work. 

Appointment  of  Nominating  and 
Enrollment  and  Resolutions 
Committees. 

Report  of  Department  of  Educa- 
tion— Rev.  H.  W.  Hines,  El 
Paso. 

Report  of  Department  of  Evan- 
gelism— Rev.  J-  L.  Meads, 
Benton. 

Report  of  Department , of  Social 
Service — Rev.  Chas.  W.  Gil- 
key,  Chicago. 

Address— M.  &  M.  Fund— Rev. 
P.  C.  Price.  D.D.,  New  York. 

Business. 

Adjournment. 

Tuesday  Night 

] 'rayer  Services — Rev.  G.  AW 
Claxon,  Roseville. 

Address  of  Welcme  by  Pastor  L. 
C.  Trent,  Kewanee. 

Response  to  Address  of  Wel- 
come, Pres.  George  M.  Potter, 
Alton. 

Special  Music  by  Choir. 

Annual  Sermon — Rev.  J.  B. 
Thomas,  D.D.,  Chicago. 

Offering  for  Publishing  Annual. 

Address  —  "The  New  World 
Movement  in  the  Orient" — 
Miss  Nellie  G.  Prescott. 


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Wednesday  Morning 

Thursday  Moraing 

9:00 

Song  and  Prayer. 

8:45 

Song  and  Prayer. 

9:10 

Report  of  Nominating  Commit- 

8:55 

Business  of  Convention  and  Re- 

tee. 

ports  of  Committees. 

9:30 

Report  of  the  Board  of  the  Con- 

Report of  Treasurer  and  Audit- 

vention— Supt.    E.    P.    Brand, 

ing  Committee. 

Normal. 

9:10 

Report  of   Department  of   Phil- 

10:00 

Address — Department  of  \\'om- 

anthropy. 

en's  Work — Mrs.  W.  P.  Top- 

9:20 

Discussion  of   Philanthropic  In- 

ping, Elgin. 

stitutions. 

10:20 

Devotional — Rev.     J-     J.     Ross, 

9:50 

Devotional — Rev.     J.     J.     Ross, 

D.D.,  Chicago. 

D.  D.,  Chicago. 

11:00 

Address  —  Dr.     Gilbert     Brink, 

10:20 

Conmiittee    on    Ordination    and 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Ministerial     Efficiency  —  Rev, 

11:30 

Business. 

M.  S.  Bryant. 

11:30 

Near  East  Relief — P.  J.  Byrne, 

10:50 

Anti-Saloon  League — ^Ir.  T.  J. 

Chicago. 

Bolger. 

11:40 

Business. 

11:10 

Committee  on  Resolutions. 

12:30 

Lunch  for  State  Convention  INIis- 

11:40 

Election  of  Officers. 

sionaries. 

12:20 

Adjournment. 

Wednesday  Afternoon 

RELIGIOUS    EDUCATION    SESSION    OF 

1:50 

Hymn  and  Prayer. 

THE  STATE  COXVEXTIOX 

2:00 

Report  of  Department  of   State 

1:50 

Devotional  Service. 

Promotion  Board — Dr.  \\'alter 

2:00 

Business  Session : 

I.  Fowle,  Galesburg. 

Appointment     of     Nominating 

2:10 

Report  and  Address — Rev.  A.  E. 

Committee. 

Peterson,  Chicago. 

Reports : 

2:25 

General   Promotion   Boards. 

Chairman  Hines 

2:45 

How  One  Association  Proposes 

Treasurer  Hilton 

to  do  its  Work— Rev.  J.  W. 

Director  Koehler 

Alerrill,  Carbondale. 

Director  Kimble. 

3:00 

Discussion  or  Question  Period. 

2:30 

Address — "The  Church  and  Re- 

3:30 

Address— Dr.     C.     A.     Brooks, 

ligious    Education" — Rev.    G. 

New  York. 

A.  Sheets,  Rockford. 

4:10 

Address — ■■\\'ork     Among     Our 

3  :0O— Song. 

Friends,   the   Negroes" — Mrs. 

3:05 

Conference  Period : 

John  H.  Chapman,  Chicago. 

Three  brief  papers  followed  by 

4:40 

Business. 

discussion : 

5:00 

v\djournment. 

1.  Associational    Departments 

Wednesday  Xight 

of     Reilgious     Education — 

7:00 

Prayer  and  ]\Iusic  by  Choir. 

Mrs.  Iva  L.  Smith,  Colches- 

7:30 

Introduction    of    State    Conven- 

ter. 

tion  ^lissionaries. 

2.  The    Summer    Assembly — 

9:30 

State      Convention       Address — 

Rev.   M.   S.   Bryant,  Cham- 

Frances Parker,  Chicago. 

paign. 

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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


3.  The  Life  Service  League — 
Miss   Elsie   L,   Oberg,    Ke- 
wanee. 
3 :40     Song. 
3  :45     Conference  Period  : 

Subject — "Hardest  Points  to  At- 
tain on  the  School  Standard  of 
Excellence.'' 
L  Teacher  Training,  etc.,  pre- 

•  sented  by  j\Irs.  E.  E.  Leader, 
Monmouth. 

2.  Workers'  Conference,  etc. 
— Rev.  C.  C.  Long,  Urbana. 

3.  School  Enrollment,  etc. — 
Rev.   W.   B.   Morris,   Win- 

*  Chester. 

4.  Organized  Classes,  etc. — 
Mr.  Claude  E.  Tilton,  Fair- 
mount. 

4:30     Business  Session: 

Report  of  President  Howard. 
Report  of  Secretary  Oberg. 
Election  of  Officers. 
4 :50     Address — "The  Church  and  Her 
Young   People" — Rev.   Henry 
G.  Smith,  Berwick. 
5 :30     General  Banquet 

Topic — "World's  Claim  on   Illi- 
nois Baptism." 

Toastmaster  —  Rev.     G.     W. 
Chessman,  Ottawa. 
Address — "Young  Life" — Mrs. 
R.  V.  Meigs,  Quincy. 
Address  — "Training"  — Rev. 

W.  R.  Yard,  DeKalb. 
Address— "Men"— Chas.   Ma- 
jor, Wilmette. 
Address  —   "Material   Re- 
sources"— Rev.   H.   T.   Ab- 
bott, Murphysboro. 

(Each  speaker  limited  to  eight  minutes.) 
Tliursday  Night 

7:15     Devotional. 

7 :25     Address — Rev.  J.  Y.  Aitchison, 
D.  D.,  New  York. 


8:15     Address— "In   the  Light  of  the 

Past"— Rev.  W.  H.  Geistweit, 

D.  D.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

9:00     Introduction     of     new     offiicers 

elected. 

Announcement  of   next   Annual 

^Meeting  by  Superintendent. 
Adjournment. 


MISSIONARIES    AND    MISSIONARY 
PASTORS 

During  the  month  of  July  the  Univer- 
sity Church  in  Champaign  repaired  and 
painted  the  cupola  of  the  church  at  a 
cost  of  $172.31.  This  will  add  very  much 
to  the  beauty  of  the  meeting  house. 

A  member  of  the  Tampico  church 
writes :  "Since  Mr.  Matheson  came  onto 
the  field,  we  have  added  twenty-three 
members  to  our  church.  Our  B,  Y.  P. 
U.  has  assumed  new  life  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  church  are  beginning  to  wake 
up.  We  have  just  completed  a  renova- 
tion consisting  in  painting  and  papering 
and  putting  in  new  art  glass  windows. 
The  sum  that  was  raised  for  the  Onward 
IMovement  exceeded  our  expectation. 
We  have  an  organized  class  of  young 
people  consisting  of  thirty  members. 
This  class  is  full  of  life  and  activity." 

After  Rev.  George  H.  Yule  assisted 
the  First  Church  in  Joliet  in  making  an 
every-member  canvass,  he  writes :  "We 
had  excellent  crowds  each  Sunday  and 
the  people  feel  very  much  encouraged. 
They  will  hear  Rev.  Mr.  Nevin,  former- 
ly of  Roseland,  Chicago.  They  have  in 
good  pledges  $3,000,  and  will  get  at  least 
$600  more  as  the  Ladies'  Aid  give  about 
$500  each  year." 

Rev.  T.  O.  McMinn  took  only  a  short 
vacation  and  is  pressing  on  in  the  work 
in  southern  Illinois.  He  says,  "I  spent 
two  weeks  with  the  Shiloh  church  out  in 
the  country.     It  is  a  country  church  lo-" 


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cated  about  mdi-way  between  Makanda 
and  Cobden  in  the  great  fruit  belt  of 
southern  IlHnois.  They  have  a  fine  lot 
of  young  people  that  attend  church  regu- 
larly. They  have  had  no  pastor  for  two 
years.  I  am  planning  to  bring  them  into 
the  Association  and  also  to  find  a  pas- 
tor. I  am  now  in  Wayne  county  at  the 
Oak  Valley  church.  This  is  a  country 
church  about  six  miles  northwest  of 
Fairfield.  They  have  a  good  building, 
nicely  located,  weakened  membership, 
but  plenty  of  young  people  in  the  com- 
munity. They  are  also  without  a  pas- 
tor." 

Rev.  J.  C.  Dent  spent  a  part  of  his  va- 
cation supplying  churches  in  the  Aurora 
Association.  He  got  some  good  vacation 
and  rest  between  the  Sundays  upon  the 
Lakes. 

Rev.  George  H.  Yule  took  a  part  of 
August  for  a  vacation  period,  but  during 
that  time  he  made  an  every-member  can- 
vass of  the  Woodstock  church  and  had 
remarkable  success.  They  raised  fully 
$3,000  for  Current  Expenses  on  that 
field.  Rev.  H.  H.  Smith  has  just  closed 
his  work  on  that  field  and  leaves  it  in 
good  condition. 

Evangelist  Frank  M.  Dunk  did  not 
hold  any  special  meetings  in  August  but 
supplied  the  church  at  Tuscola  three 
Sundays  and  preached  in  Normal  two 
Sundays.  He  is  now  ready  for  an  ag- 
gressive fall  work. 

Dr.  D.  O.  Hopkins  supplied  some 
church  nearly  every  Sunday  this  sum- 
mer although  he  spent  a  few  weeks  be- 
tween Sundays  at  home.  He  is  making 
a  strong  efifort  to  supply  pastorless 
churches  with  pastors  on  the  western 
side  of  the  state. 

Rev.  Edward  L.  Bayliss,  pastor  of  the 
Normal  church,  requests  all  pastors  in 
Illinois   who  know   of    Baptist   students 


coming  to  Normal  this  fall  to  enter  the 
Normal  State  University  that  they  write 
him  and  give  him  the  names  of  such 
parties.  Mrs.  Bayliss  had  a  very  fine  stu- 
dent class  the  past  summer  and  they  are 
hoping  to  get  all  Baptist  students  into 
her  class  in  Sunday  School  and  into  the 
church  services. 


ASSOCIATIONS 

The  Greene  Jersey  County  Associa- 
tion met  in  Carrollton  August  24-26. 
There  was  quite  a  good  representation 
from  the  churches.  Rev.  Joseph  Jenkins 
of  Jerseyville,  was  re-elected  moderator 
and  Rev.  R.  A.  Rapson  of  Roodhouse, 
clerk.  The  churches  of  the  Association 
reported  157  baptisms,  about  five  times 
as  many  as  last  year.  The  spirit  of  the 
Association  seemed  good.  There  seemed 
to  be  a  general  disposition  to  encourage 
the  more  backward  churches  to  take  up 
the  work  and  complete  the  $100,000,000 
campaign.  Some  churches  had  done  well, 
but  some  for  one  cause  or  another  had 
made  no  effort  or  but  very  little.  By 
careful  effort  and  wise  teaching,  it  seems 
to  this  writer  that  nearly  all  that  Assoc- 
iation can  be  brought  into  line  with  the 
great  Onward  Movement.  Rev.  J.  B. 
Little,  our  District  Superintendent  for 
Sovithern  Illinois,  has  done  splendid  work 
in  that  Association  and  he  seems  to  be 
greatly  appreciated.  His  address  before 
the  Association  was  a  strong  plea  for  suc- 
cessful work  among  the  rural  churches. 
Rev.  W.  E.  Pool,  the  pastor  at  Carroll- 
ton,  and  his  people  entertained  the  Asso- 
ciation splendidly. 

The  Rock  Island  Association  met  with 
the  Bethel  church,  August  31  to  Septem- 
ber 1st.  The  Bethel  Church  of  which 
Rev.  Mr.  Fowley  is  pastor  seems  to  be 
in  fine  condition.  They  have  a  good  up- 
to-date  meeting  house.     The  attendance 


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from  the  various  churches  of  the  Asso- 
ciation was  quite  good,  and  it  was  one 
of  the  best  meetings  that  Association  has 
held  in  the  past  thirty  years.  There 
seemed  to  be  a  deep  spiritual  interest  in 
all  the  services  .The  churches  reported 
two  hundred  and  forty-three  baptisms 
■while  last  year  they  reported  only  sev- 
enty-eight. The  net  increase  this  year 
above  all  losses  is  more  than  four  hun- 
dred members.  Three  important  fields 
in  that  Association  are  now  pastorless 
but  it  is  hoped  that  pastors  will  be  se- 
cured for  those  fields  in  the  near  future. 


tory  in  whic  hthey  live.  Rev.  J.  J.  Cline 
of  Cairo,  is  moderator  of  this  Associa- 
tion. 


PASTORLESS  CHt'RCHES 

Among  the  White  English  Speaking 
Associations  in  Illinois  that  are  co-oper- 
ating with  the  State  Convention  and  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  are  forty- 
one  self  supporting  pastorless  fields. 
Some  of  these  consist  of  two  churches 
in  one  pastorate.  Some  of  them  are  in 
the  open  country.  Eight  of  them  are  in 
cities.  None  of  these  fields  will  pay  less 
than  $1,500  salar}'  and  parsonage  for  the 
right  man.  Some  more  than  $1,500  and 
parsonage  and  some  S2,500.  Two  of 
these  fields  are  vacant  because  of  the 
death  of  the  pastor.  Five  pastors  have 
gone  into  business.  Several  have  left 
the  state. 


A  NEW   ASSOCIATION 

The  two  Negro  Associations  in  south- 
ern Illinois  voted  some  time  ago  to  co- 
operate with  the  Southern  Baptist  Con- 
vention. A  new  Association,  to  co-oper- 
ate with  the  North,  was  organized  from 
churches  coming  out  of  those  Associa- 
tions. There  were  about  twenty-five  or 
twenty-eight  churches  that  went  into  this 
new  Association  and  they  are  enthusiast- 
ic for  work  along  the  line  of  the  terri- 


Rev.  N.  T.  Hafer,  superintendent  of 
tlie  Hudelson  Orphanage,  writes  that 
they  will  probably  have  one  hundred  chil- 
dren to  take  care  of  this  coming  year 
and  that  they  need  $12,000  for  Current 
Expenses.  They  also  need  $6,000  to  fin- 
ish the  improvements  and  buildings  as 
thev  ought  to  be  for  that  work.  The 
Home  is  receiving  $5,000  per  year  from 
the  General  Promotion  Board  and  the 
balance  of  the  fund  needed  will  need  to 
be  made  up  by  individuals  and  churches. 


EAST  PARK,  DECATUR 

East  Park  Church,  Decatur,  is  in  one 
of  the  most  hopeful  sections  of  Illinois. 
The  W'hole  city  of  Decatur  has  been 
growing  until  there  is  now  a  population 
of  41,000  people.  The  East  Park  Bap- 
tist Church  is  well  located  for  the  great 
Corn  Product  Plant  workers  and  the  Wa- 
bash railroad  shop  people  and  a  large 
iron  bridge  plant.  The  great  dam  in  the 
Sangamon  river  will  make  a  body  of 
water  eight  miles  long  and  in  some  places 
three  miles  wide.  This  will  be  along  the 
east  side  of  the  city.  The  layman  of  the 
church  feel  that  the  time  has  come  for 
that  church  to  undertake  a  much  larger 
work  for  the  Lord.  Rev.  G.  W.  Stod- 
dard is  giving  part  time  to  supplying  the 
church  and  is  greatly  appreciated,  but  the 
church  is  greatly  in  need  of  a  full  time 
work. 


PRAYER  MEETINGS 

The  mid-w^eek  prayer  meeting  ought  to 
be  a  test  of  the  spiritual  life  of  the 
church.  That  is  a  meeting  primarily  for 
the  people  and  not  the  pastor.  No  leader 
of  a  prayer  meeting  ought  to  take  more 


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than  ten  minutes  in  the  opening  of  the 
meeting,    in    singing,    scripture    reading 
and  prayer  and  no  wise  pastor  will  talk 
more  than  fifteen  minutes  discussing  a 
topic.     That  will  leave  thirty-five  min- 
rtes  of  the  hour  for  the  people  to  speak 
or  pray  or  sing  or  take  any  part  that 
they  may  desire  in  the  5er\-ices.       Many 
prayer  meeting  leaders  will  take  a  large 
proportion  of  the  hour  and  take  up  as 
miuch  time  in  a  prayer  meeting  as  they 
would  in  an  average  sermon  and  leave 
ten  or  fifteen  minutes  of  the  hour  for 
the  people  to  take  part  and  then  some 
times    complain    because    their    prayer 
meetings    are   not   interesting.     A   good 
spicy,    lively,    energetic    meeting   in   the 
beginning,  lasting  not  more  than  twenty- 
nve  minutes  will  put  the  people  in  good 
spirits  and  in  a  g<3od  frame  of  mind  to 
CKTCupy  the  last  thiny-five  minutes  with- 
er: waste  of  time.     One  hour  is  long 
enough  for  a  prayer  meeting  if  proper ly 
conducted. 


DEATHS 

Rev.  George  B.  McKee.  pastor  of  the 
First  Church  of  Canton,  died  suddenly 
on  August  13th.  following  a  stroke  of 
apoplexy.  Funeral  seo'ices  were  held  on 
the  following  Sunday  morning.  Mr. 
I\IcKee  had  been  pastor  of  the  Canton 
church  for  about  five  years.  He  was 
greatly  loved  and  appreciated  both  by  the 
Baptist  church  and  citizens  of  Canton. 
All  the  other  churches  of  Canton  closed 
their  ser^nces  Sunday.  August  15th  and 
attended  the  funeral  ser\"ices  Sunday 
m.orning.  The  churches  united  Sunday 
night  and  a  Memorial  service  was  con- 
ducted. BroUier  McKee  had  accepted 
an  appointment  for  a  place  t)n  the  Pro- 
gram for  the  Illinois  Baptist  Convention 
in   October   at   Kewanee.     He   leaves   a 


wife  and  three  children,  one  married  and 
two  at  home. 

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Scrogin  of  Lexington, 
died  Tune  7  in  the  92d  year  of  her  age. 
She  was  bom  near  Jacksonville.  Illinois, 
and  was  married  to  Levin  Polk  Scrogin 
on  Christmas  day,  1848,  and  came  to 
Lexington  with  him  as  a  bride  in  Janu- 
ar>-,  1849.  and  she  has  lived  in  that  place 
ever  since.  She  was  a  constituent  mem- 
ber of  the  Lexington  church  and  was 
one  of  its  most  loyal  supporters  during 
her  life  tim.e.  Hon.  A.  J.  Scrogin.  who 
is  so  well  known  throughout  Illinois,  is 
her  son. 


VACAnOXS 

During  the  month  of  August  the  Edi- 
tor took  a  ten"  days  leave  from  Illinois. 
He  went  back  into  West  \'irginia  and 
spent  one  week  in  the  counties  where  his 
boyhood  days  were  spent.  He  could  not 
refuse  preaching  at  his  old  home  church 
and  could  not  stop  talking  less  than  a 
hour  but  we  had  an  enjo\-able  service. 
That  old  countrx-  church  has  sent  out 
quite  a  number  of  preachers  into  other 
states  but  for  the  past  twentA-five  years 
no  minister  has  gone  out  of  that  church. 
He  had  the  privilege  of  speaking  at  a 
family  reunion  in  that  state,  and  on  the 
second  Sunday  he  preached  in  order  to 
believe  a  pastor  who  was  almost  sick. 
He  did  much  driving  through  the  hills 
and  mountains  and  felt  greatly  rested 
when  he  returned  to  his  strenuous  work 
in  Illinois.  We  are  now  in  the  midst  of 
Associational  meetings,  publishing  the 
Bulletin,  closing  up  the  work  of  the  Con- 
vention for  the  past  year  and  getting 
readv  for  a  new  year.  The  Editor  en- 
joys a  short  vacation  once  in  a  while  but 
never  feels  so  comfortable  as  when  he 
is  laboring  full  handed  everv  dav  in  the 
work  of  ad\-ancing  the  Kingdom. 


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ORDIXATIOX 

Rev.  C.  W.  Kerst,  who  has  accepted 
a  call  to  become  pastor  of  the  Bourbon 
church,  was  recently  ordained  by  a  coun- 
cil in  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Dan- 
ville. He  came  from  another  denomina- 
tion to  the  Baptists. 


THE  FALL  CAMPAIGN 

Very  many  pastors  have  not  taken  any 
vacation ;  some  one  or  two  weeks.  No 
church  has  taken  a  vacation.  Yet  dur- 
ing July  and  August  there  has  not  been 
much  active  work.  Many  pastors  have 
been  gone  a  whole  month,  some  more. 
But  all  expect  to  be  at  their  post  Sep- 
tember 1st  or  near  that  time.  During 
the  fall  months,  nearly  all  the  local  Asso- 
ciations and  the  State  Convention  hold 
their  annual  meetings.  These  are  times 
of  great  activity.  Much  evangelistic 
work  is  planned  to  be  carried  on  between 
September  1st  and  Christmas.  There 
never  was  a  period  in  the  history  of 
Christianity  when  so  much  self  sacrific- 
ing and  consecrated  work  has  been 
needed  as  at  this  time.  The  local 
churches  must  be  built  up.  We  can  do 
not  large  world  wide  work  with  weak 
and  decrepit  local  churches.  Very  many 
members  of  the  local  churches  are  inac- 
tive. They  must  be  brought  into  line 
for  the  year's  work.  Sunday  Schools 
and  Young  People's  organizations  must 
be  developed.  Strong  evangelistic  cam- 
paigns must  be  carried  on  and  in  connec- 
tion with  this  local  work  every  church 
that  had  made  no  effort  or  only  a  partial 
canvass  on  the  $100,000,000  Drive  should 
be  encouraged  to  do  that  work  this  fall. 
Our  churches  cannot  afford  to  delay  that 
matter  any  longer.  The  people  as  a  rule 
are  willing  to  fall  in  line.  So  far  as  we 
have  been  able  to  observe  there  has  not 


been  a  church  in  the  state  of  Illinois 
who.se  pastor  was  in  deep  sympathy  with 
the  Great  Onward  Movement  and  who 
did  his  best  to  lead  his  church  along  that 
ilne,  but  has  had  success.  Some  churches 
did  better  than  others,  but  not  one  so  far 
as  we  know  turned  its  pastor  down  in 
trying  to  lead  them  out  in  this  work.  On 
the  other  hand  some  churches  were  com- 
paratively easily  led  in  the  other  direction 
if  the  pastor  was  not  in  sympathy  with 
the  Great  Campaign. 

But  now  all  difficulties  have  been  re- 
moved. The  Baptists  are  no  longer  in 
co-operation  with  the  Inter-Church 
Movement.  The  great  majority  of  our 
people  have  been  led  out  in  large  giving 
and  now  is  the  time  for  all  others  to  join 
in  on  this  great  work.  Let  no  pastor 
and  no  church  in  Illinois  pass  this  fall 
by  without  an  every-member  canvass  for 
the  Great  Onward  Movement. 


PERSONALS 

Rev.  F.  M.  Crabtree  of  Jacksonville 
joined  the  Baptist  church  at  Whitehall, 
six  or  eight  years  ago  and  in  a  very  short 
time  afterward  was  ordained  to  the  Bap- 
tist ministry.  He  was  a  barber  and  has 
continued  most  of  the  time  since  in  his 
barber  shop  and  has  had  splendid  sup- 
plies for  preaching  on  Sundays.  His  last 
pastorate  was  at  the  Union  church  near 
Pisgah.  Through  some  influence  not 
known  to  us  he  made  up  his  mind  to 
leave  the  Baptists  and  join  the  Disciples 
church  in  Jacksonville,  which  he  did  Sep- 
tember 18th.  We  doubt  very  much  if 
Brother  Crabtree  will  be  treated  any  bet- 
ter by  the  denomination  into  which  he 
goes  than  he  was  by  the  Baptists,  but  if 
he  was  dissatisfied  with  us  we  were  very 
willing  to  have  him  go  where  he  perhaps 
thinks  his  Association  will  be  more  con- 
genial. 


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75 


PASTORAL   CHANGES 

The  Bourbon  church  has  located  for 
their  pastor  for  full  time  Rev.  C.  W. 
Kerst.  This  is  the  first  time  that  the 
church  has  ever  had  preaching  for  full 
time.  They  have  also  secured  a  good 
parsonage. 

Rev.  A.  B.  Wimmer,  who  has  been 
pastor  for  several  years  of  the  Morrison 
church,  has  resigned  and  closed  his  work. 
He  has  accepted  a  position  as  Superin- 
tendent of  the  high  school  at  Orchard, 
Nebraska. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Martin  who  has  been  pas- 
tor of  the  church  at  Petersburg  for  about 
one  and  one-half  years  has  accepted  a  call 
to  become  pastor  of  the  Havana  church 
and  began  his  work  September  1st. 
Brother  Martin  will  have  a  great  oppor- 
tunity for  work  at  Havana.  He  leaves 
the  work  in  good  condition  at  Petersburg 
and  they  unll  need  a  strong  pastor  for 
that  field. 

Rev.  W.  J.  Campbell,  who  has  been 
for  several  years  pastor  of  the  Waverly 
church,  has  closed  his  work  on  that  field. 
The  people  wish  to  locate  a  pastor  at 
Waverly  soon. 

The  Olney  church  has  arranged  for 
Rev.  L.  D.  Lamkin,  D.D.,  to  become  their 
pastor  for  an  indefinite  length  of  time. 
They  voted  to  give  him  an  opportunity 
of  holding  four  meetings  during  the  year. 
There  is  great  opportunity  for  a  large 
work  at  Olney  and  we  hope  Dr.  Lamkin 
will  succeed  well  there] 

Rev.  J.  B.  Kelly,  who  has  been  pastor 
of  the  Bethany  church  in  the  Alton  Asso- 
ciation for  the  past  two  years,  has  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  become  pastor  of  the 
Nokomis  church  and  has  located  on  that 
field.  Brother  Kelly  did  good  work  at 
Bethany  and  we  hope  that  he  will  have 
a  successful  time  at  Nokomis.     Bethany 


is  another  one  of  our  splendid  rural 
fields  that  is  looking  for  a  pastor. 

Rev.  M.  P.  Boynton,  D.D.,  who  writes 
concerning  the  departure  of  Rev.  S.  J. 
Skevington,  D.D.,  from  the  Beldon  Ave., 
church  says:  "I  am  sorry  that  we  have 
lost  Skevington  from  our  Illinois  ranks. 
He  was  wisely  useful,  a  man  of  unusual 
abilities.  I  shall  feel  his  loss  in  Chicago 
greatly  as  we  were  very  close  and  happy 
friends.  Still  he  did  well  to  go  when 
so  fine  an  opportunity  was  ofifered  him 
in  California." 

Rev.  Oscar  E.  Myerscough  did  a  very 
aggressive  work  during  the  two  years 
that  he  was  pastor  of  the  Frankfort 
Heights  church.  He  resigned  there  and 
has  accepted  a  call  to  supply  the  O'Fal- 
lon  church  while  attending  school  at 
Shurtlefif  College. 

Rev.  Chas.  W.  Wolfe,  our  Missionary 
pastor  at  Glasford  and  LaMarsh  for  sev- 
eral years,  has  accepted  a  call  to  become 
pastor  of  the  Clayton  church,  giving  one- 
fourth  time  to  Kellerville.  These 
churches  are  in  the  Quincy  Association 
and  they  form  a  large  and  hopeful  pas- 
torate. Brother  Wolfe  and  his  wife 
have  done  good  work  at  Glasford  and  he 
has  supplied  the  church  faithfully  at  La- 
Marsh.  He  will  probably  leave  Glasford 
about  the  first  of  October. 


"Dr.  A.  S.  Carman,  recently  with  the 
Board  of  Promotion,  becomes  professor  of 
English  and  history  at  the  Northern  Bap- 
tist Theological  Seminary.  Rev.  George 
R.  Wood,  of  Ottawa,  Illinois,  becomes  pro- 
fessor of  psychology,  pedagogy  and  other 
collegiate  subjects.  Dr.  Olof  Hedeen  and 
Rev.  J.  E.  Gronlund,  who  have  rendered 
volunteer  service,  become  regular  members 
of  the  faculty.  Mrs.  E.  R.  Huckelberry 
will  be  office  secretary  and  Miss  Annie  Bon 
librarian.  The  new  property  at  3040  West 
Washigton  boulevard,  Chicago,  will  be 
ready  when  the  seminary  opens  its  fall 
quarter  on  September  15." 


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CHIHC'HES 

Rev.  James  AI.  Lively,  who  has  been 
pastor  of  the  Mattoon  church  for  quite 
a  number  of  years  in  sending  in  a  chib 
for  the  Bulletin,  writes  as  follows :  "We 
have  had  the  largest  Sunday  school  atten- 
dance during  the  past  six  months  in  the 
history  of  the  church.  Brother  A.  P. 
Renn  was  with  us  for  three  weeks  in 
April  and  there  were  twenty  baptisms 
and  a  number  added  by  letter.  I  then 
went  out  to  the  ]\Iission  and  held  a  two 
weeks  meeting  and  baptised  fifteen  as  a 
result  of  that  meeting.  All  lines  of  our 
work  have  taken  on  new  life." 

Rev.  J.  H.  Bagwill  of  Southern  Illinois 
writes  as  follows :  "Our  meeting  closed 
at  Marion  with  eighty- four  conversions 
and  firty-one  additions  and  others  have 
united  since.  The  conversions  were  old 
fashioned."  Brother  Bagwill  assisted 
Rev.  J.  W  McKinney,  pastor  of  the 
Marion  church,  before  he  accepted  the 
position  as  Chaplain  in  the  Penitentiary 
at  Chester. 

Rev.  F.  L.  Enslow,  pastor  of  the  First 
Church  in  Danville,  writes  :  "Last  Sunday 
was  my  first  Sunday  service  since  vaca- 
tion. I  received  my  100th  new  member 
since  coming  here.  Congregations  are 
large  and  prayer  meetings  are  popular." 

The  clerk  of  the  Areola  Baptist  church 
writes  as  follows:  "The  new  pastor  of 
the  Areola  Baptist  church,  Rev.  J.  J. 
Bruggink,  formerly  of  Forrest  City,  is 
now  located  on  the  field  here  beginning 
August  1st.  Mr.  Bruggink  is  a  young 
man  with  a  reputation  for  doin^  thines 
and  the  church  is  looking  forward  to  a 
good  years  work  for  the  Master  under 
his  leadership.  This  church  entertains 
the  Bloomfleld  Association  this  fall  and 
we  are  expecting  to  liave  a  great  time." 


The  Baptist  Old  People's  Home 

Maywood,  Illinois 
3Irs.  A.  W.  Runyan,  Sec'y. 


We  are  glad  to  report  continued  good 
health  of  most  of  the  members  of  the 
Home. 

Wish  you  could  see  the  nice  straw- 
berry patch  our  dear  Mrs.  King,  who  is 
always  doing  something  for  the  Home, 
has  had  planted — two  hundred  plants  al- 
ready, and  more  to  follow. 

In  her  feeble  health  she  still  journeys 
out  to  the  Home  and  is  now  looking  after 
a  new  house  and  fencing  for  our  chicken 
lot,  so  those  at  the  Home  may  be  sure 
of  at  least  some  fresh  eggs. 

She  is  also  very  anxious  that  others 
share  in  this  most  deserving  cause  by 
adding  to  the  $3,000  she  has  already  se- 
cured for  the  purchase  of  a  house  and 
lot  on  the  same  block  as  our  other  build- 
ings. We  need  $5,000  more  for  this  and 
unless  purchased  soon  may  lose  the  op- 
portunity forever.  We  can  take  no 
more  of  the  deserving  ones  on  the  wait- 
ing list  till  more  room  is  provided.  Write 
for  particulars. 

We  are  glad  to  note  there  is  plenty  of 
fruit  in  some  sections  of  the  state,  while 
it  is  scarce  and  very  high  with  us ;  we 
hope  friends  who  have  been  generous  to 
the  Home  heretofore,  as  well  as  others 
wlio  might  do  it,  will  can  and  collect 
enough  for  a  barrel  for  the  Home.  Em- 
pty cans  will  be  sent  on  request. 


"In  Virginia  there  are  1.132  Baptist 
churches,  and  of  these  244  are  without 
pastors.  Dr.  J.  W.  Cammack,  in  The  Reli- 
gious Herald,  declares  that  in  the  State  at 
this  time  there  are  only  nine  available  min- 
isters for  these  244  churches.  If  all  the' 
minister?  reared  in  Virginia  were  to  go 
home  there  would  be  no  shortage  of  minis- 
ters in  the  Old  Dominion." 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


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CENTRAL  BAPTIST  CHILDREN'S  HOME 

MAIWOOD,  ILLINOIS 
Rev.   D.   H.   MacGilliTray,   SupU 
Mrs.  D.  H.  MacGilllvray,  Rfatron 


HUDBLSON  BAPTIST  ORPHANAGE 

Ktv.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Supt. 
Mis.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Matron 


Everything  has  been  moving  on 
smoothl}-  and  happily  at  the  Home, 
though  there  have  been  many  interrup- 
tions via  vacations,  etc.  Mrs.  MacGil- 
hvray  is  expected  back  from  her  vacation 
today  and  that  will  complete  the  list  of 
vacationists,  excepting  the  superintend- 
ent's. 

When  the  children  are  all  back  from 
vacations  and  new  applicants  have  come, 
we  will  have  eighty-five  enrolled. 

During  an  experience  of  six  and  one- 
half  years  of  present  management  there 
never  was  a  time  that  the  demand  was 
.greater  from  point  of  need  and  supply. 
Prices  are  soaring  and  it  keeps  us  guess- 
ing as  to  how  we  are  going  to  come  out 
each  month. 

The  Promotion  Board  is  sending  us 
on  the  basis  of  five  thousand,  a  monthly 
check.  Some  Sunday  schools  have  re- 
sponded to  our  call  and  have  sent  us 
their  Children's  Day  ofifering  and  yet 
there  is  need  f or'a  greater  response.  Our 
budget  this  year  will  exceed  twenty  thou- 
sand dollars  and  if  we  are  going  to  meet 
it  we  must  have  response  from  many 
more  churches,  Sunday  schools  and  in- 
dividuals. 

Besides  this  we  need  the  usual  dona- 
tion of  fruit,  canned  fruit,  vegetables, 
eggs  and  clothing,  if  our  need  is  sup- 
plied. 

Attention  !  Any  offering  intended  for 
the  cliildren  ought  to  be  sent  direct  to  the 
Central  Baptist  Children's  Home,  Box 
118,  Alaywood,  Illinois.  If  sent  to  Pro- 
motion Board,  it  goes  to  general  fund, 
though  designated. 


Tag-days  are  about  ended  for  the  sum- 
mer although  two  more  small  towns  have 
arranged  for  them  in  September.  Hudel- 
sonson  Home  is  strictly  on  the  map 
wherever  our  children  go  to  sing.  The 
people  invariably  say  "Come  again !"  and 
the  moral  and  financial  backing  for  the 
Home  is  greatly  strengthened.  Our  chil- 
dren greatly  enjoy  these  trips  as  it  means 
a  long  ride  in  the  "new  truck  Ford"  and 
it  usually  means  treats  by  the  people  of 
the  town  where  they  sing.  The  super- 
intendent is  now  arranging  to  take  a 
"fiivver"  full  of  children  from  one  asso- 
ciation to  another  during  September  and 
early  October,  about  four  trips  in  all. 

Life  at  the  Home  is  normal  now. 
Threshing  is  over  and  our  wheat  though 
poor,  was  considerably  better  than  the 
average,  so  the  threshers'  tally  showed. 
Our  oats  were  probably  the  best  for  sev- 
eral miles  around.  Corn,  however,  is 
again  an  absolute  failure,  the  drouth  and 
chinch  bugs  doing  their  deadly  work 
through  the  rainless  July,  so  that  we  must 
buy  feed  for  our  hogs  this  fall. 

Air.  W.  D.  Olson,  our  efficient  assistant 
superintendent,  after  more  than  three 
years  of  unselfish  service  for  the  Home, 
will  go  back  to  commercial  life  about  Oc- 
tober 1st.  We  desire  a  man  and  wife 
for  the  positions  of  utility  man  and  cook. 
We  also  need  a  farm  hand  to  take  the 
place  of  the  superintendent's  son,  who 
goes  to  the  university  this  autumn. 

The  efforts  of  the  State  Convention 
authorities  to  save  for  the  charitable  in- 
stitutions a  fair  share  of  the  great  bud- 
get is  greatly  appreciated. 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


Woman's 
Baptist  Missionary  Society  of  Illinois 

MRS.  W.  P   TOPPING,  Pres. 

Mrs.  Martha  V.  Higman,  Editor  Mrs.  H.  W.  Tate,  Treasurw- 

Morgan,  Park  2331   Hartzell  Are.,  ETanston 


An  important  item  to  bring  to  the  at- 
tention of  Illinois  women  this  month  is 
the  Annual  fleeting  of  the  Woman's 
State  Missionary  Society  to  be  held  in 
Kewanee,  Oct.  19.  Each  year  these  meet- 
ings have  increased  in  attendance  and  in- 
terest. Not  only  are  they  a  source  of 
inspiration  and  knowledge  obtained 
through  the  many  avenues  of  instruction 
given,  but  the  renewal  of  old  acquaint- 
ances, and  the  making  of  new  ones  are 
valuable  assets  to  every  woman  inter- 
ested in  Christianity  and  its  growth  in 
their  lives  and  those  of  others.  Come 
and  attend  the  woman's  meetings  and 
study  classes  and  the  sessions  of  the 
Convention. 

Those  coming  to  Kewanee  on  the 
morning  of  the  19th  should  go  at  once  to 
the  First  Congregational  church,  First 
and  Tremont  streets,  so  as  to  miss  as 
little  as  possible  of  the  meeting. 

Both  morning  and  afternoon  sessions 
are  to  be  full  of  good  things  and  should 
not  be  missed.  Come  and  bring  some 
one  with  you.  An  important  matter  for 
all  circles  to  attend  to  before  Oct.  5th 
is  explained  in  the  following  letter  from 
Mrs.  H.  W.  Reed. 

On  account  of  the  serious  illness  of 
Mrs.  Oberholser,  I  have  been  asked  to 
take  charge  of  her  work  in  connection 
with  the  Reading  Contest. 

I  am  asking  the  people  of  Illinois  to 


do  just  as  much  reading  during  the 
nionth  of  September  as  they  can.  I  say 
"people"  because  I  want  you  to  remem- 
ber that  men,  women  and  juniors  count 

this  year  in  the  contest. 

The  report  blanks  will  be  mailed  to 
the  Associational  Presidents  soon,  and 
these  ladies  are  urged  to  send  to  the  cir- 
cles as  soon  as  received,  so  that  the  re- 
;)orts  may  be  returned  to  them  by  Oct. 
1st.  The  Associational  Presidents  should 
send  these  reports  to  me,  not  later  than 
Oct.  5th. 

Some  do  not  seem  to  understand  how 
to  fill  out  the  blanks.  For  instance, 
when  the  question  is  asked  "how  many 
of  the  eighteen  books  have  been  read?" 
it  means  if  "The  Revolt  of  Sunderam- 
ma"  has  been  read  by  thirty  people,  that 
counts  thirty  books,  etc. 

Be  very  sure  to  report  the  number  of 
]tf  ople  who  have  read  one  or  more  books 
from  October  to  October,  because  the 
Loving  Cup  is  presented  to  the  Associa- 
tion having  the  largest  percentage  of 
readers  in  proportion  to  the  church  mem- 
bership in  the  Association, 

The  State  Banner  is  presented  to  the 
church  reading  the  greatest  number  of 
books.  The  South  Church  of  Belvidere 
has  received  the  banner  for  two  succes- 
sive years.  We  will  be  glad  to  have 
some  other  church  take  it  this  year  if  it 
is  earned. — Mrs.  H.  W.  Reed. 


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Department  of  Religious  Education 

Chairman  Rev.  Herbert  Hines,  El  Paso,     Director  Rev.  Louis  H.  Koehler,  Normal 
Elementary  Directory  Miss  Marian  E.  Kimble,  Galesburg 


Miss  Kimble  Resigns 

After  serving  the  State  Department  of 
Religious  Education  for  a  little  more 
than  a  year  Miss  Marian  E.  Kimble,  the 
elementary  director,  has  offered  her  re- 
signation. The  W.  A.  B.  H.  M.  S.  of- 
fered scholarships  in  the  Training  School 
at  Chicago  and  Miss  Kimble  was  one  of 
the  fortunate  ones  from  Illinois  to  be 
chosen  to  receive  a  scholarship.  We 
congratulate  Miss  Kimble  upon  her  op- 
portunity and  while  sorry  to  accept  her 
resignation  we  rejoice  with  her  in  the 
larger  field  of  service  that  will  be  opened 
to  her  in  the  future.  Miss  Kimble's 
work  in  the  state  was  appreciated  most 
fully.  As  soon  as  a  successor  is  ap- 
pointed due  notice  will  be  made  in  the 
Bulletin. 

A  100%  Tithing  Society 
During  the  recent  financial  campaign 
of  the  denomination  the  leaders  of  a  cer- 
tain B.  Y.  P.  U.  in  the  southern  part  of 
the  state  determined  to  try  for  a  100% 
tithing  society.  Following  a  six  months' 
campaign  on  evangelism,  life  work,  stew- 
ardship and  service  one  Sunday  was  set 
apart  in  church,  school  and  society  as  a 
decision  day — a  day  when  the  members 
would  ofifer  to  give  a  definite  part  of 
time,  talent  and  income  to  promote  the 
work  of  the  kingdom  of  God.  The 
leaders  used  the  two  books,  "Money,  the 
Acid  Test"  and  "The  New  Christian," 
to  promote  this  cause.  On  decision  day 
the  cards  sent  out  by  the  General  Board' 
of   Promotion    were  presented,   studied 


and  thoroughly  explained  at  an  open  con- 
ference of  the  B.  Y.  P.  L^  meeting-  in 
Sunday  session.  At  this  meeting  every 
one  present  signed  a  pledge  card — includ- 
ing three  members  who  are  affiliated  with 
the  Roman  Catholic  church.  The  lead- 
ers used  the  group  plan  in  promoting  the 
idea  and  each  group  captain  was  asked 
to  try  and  secure  100%  tithers  in  his  or 
her  group.  The  result  is  a  B.  Y.  P.  U. 
of  47  members,  all  of  whom  are  tithers. 
Furthermore,  they  testify  that  this  was 
one  of  the  easiest  tasks  they  ever  under- 
took and  are  very  happy  in  their  decision. 

Summer  Assembly  Notes 

Secretary  Chalmers  of  the  Publication 
Society  sends  the  following:  ■  "T  have 
run  over  the  first  report  of  the  Illinois 
Baptist  Assembly  and  find  that  it  ex- 
ceeds my  expectations.  I  hope  this 
means  the  beginning  of  bigger  things  for 
Illinois  Baptists."  President  Potter 
writes :  "I  assure  you  that  it  was  a 
pleasure  to  us  to  have  you  people  here 
and  we  shall  look  forward  with  much 
pleasure  to  the  meeting  of  next  summer. 
It  did  us  good  and  we  enjoyed  the  whole 
time."  A  cut  has  been  made  of  the  As- 
sembly group  and  Dr.  Brand  is  showing 
the  same  at  several  of  the  Associations. 
Mr.  Flines'  Bulletin  article  has  been  re- 
printed for  distribution  at  the  Associa- 
tions. Every  pastor  who  has  prayed  for 
trained  and  efficient  leaders  in  his  church 
ought  to  push  this  Assembly,  our  state 
training  school. 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


WAXTKJ),  A  MIXISTEK 

There  are  twenty  chruches  in  western 
Illinois  over  the  door  of  each  of  which 
might  he  inscribed  the  'caption  of  this 
article.  This  important  section  offers  al- 
most every  sort  of  field  to  any  one  suf- 
ficiently interested.  There  are  here 
county  seats,  village  and  rural  churches. 

Salem  Association  'sends  its  call  in  be- 
half of  Bushnell,  a  town  not  over- 
churched.  Our  church  there  has  been 
pastorless  for  over  a  year.  Then  Ply- 
mouth and  Colchester,  a  parsonage  lo- 
cated at  the  former,  'a  modern  building 
at  the  latter,  have  combined  their  forces 
that  each  might  secure  half  a  minister. 
Raritan  is  a  fine  rural  church.  A  good 
house  and  substantial  salary' awaits  the 
newcomer  to  their  parsonage.  Other 
fields,  lesser  in  size,  are  also  clamoring 
for  an  overseer  to  their  flocks. 

Ouincy  Association  is  no  better  sup- 
plied, and  agrees  that  their  prime  need  is 
men  who  will  minister.  Alt.  Sterling 
and  Benville  offer  as  large  an  opportun- 
ity as  is  seldom  found,  yet  for  two  long 
years  they  have  been  told,  "The  laborers 
are  few."  Wealthy  Griggsville,  with  a 
house  and  parsonage  worth  $50,000,  can 
not  indulge  in  the  luxury  of  a  good  min- 
ister. Clayton  and  Kellerville  have  luck- 
ily located  Mr.  Wolfe  of  Glasford.  Thus 
one  apostle  is  robbed  to  pay  the  other. 
Payson.  Pea  Ridge  and  Pittsfield  would 
rejoice  if  the  voice  of  a  minister  was 
regularly  heard  in  their  pulpits. 

We  find  that  the  Peoria  Association 
does  not  suffer  as  keenly  in  this  respect. 
The  removal  of  Brother  Wolfe  will  leave 
Glasford  and  LaMarsh  in  the  same  pre- 
dicament. Brimfield  has  had  no  minis- 
terial service  of  late,  and  Chillicothe  with 
its  fine,  modern,  debtless  plant  is  in  the 
same  category  and  experiencing  the  same 
great  want.     Canton  is  now  pastorless  on 


account  of  the  death  of  the  pastor. 

In  the  Central  Association  the  Havana 
\  acancy  was  immediately  filled  by  Broth- 
er Martin  of  I'etersburg,  leaving  that 
important  point  without  an  under-shep- 
lierd.  Easton  with  its  large  number  of 
farmer  members,  offers  a  manly  minister 
a  field  of  great  promise.  Thus  it  goes 
that  a  State  Convention  laborer  can  not 
travel  far  without  hearing  what  a  score 
of  churches  in  this  end  of  our  common- 
wealth wants  "a  minister." 

Observation  leads  us  to  note  the  fol- 
lowing typical  conditions : 

( a  )  Few,  if  any,  ministers  are  now  be- 
mg  i:)repared  for  a  great  Christian  work, 
from  this  section. 

(b)  This  section  being  furthest  from 
our  schools,  is  not  so  well  pastored  as 
those  churches  adjacent  to  our  education- 
al institutions. 

( c)  In  this  section  there  are  practical- 
ly  no  "superannuated"  men. 

(d)  The  type  of  minister  wanted  is  a 
clean,  upright,  industrious,  well  prepared 
individual. 

(e)  We  must  pray  for  and  give  our 
children  to  this  great  work,  and  usher 
other  young  people  into  the  ministry  of 
our  Christ,  for  unless  this  is  done  there 
will  be  a  great  dearth  all  over  our  land. 
Western  Illinois  is  no  exception  to  many 
other  parts  of  the  state  and  the  nation  in 
this  respect.  If  churches  should  persist- 
ently use  the  Want  Columns  of  our  news- 
paper, each  of  these  fields  would  come 
under  the  title  "Wanted  a  Minister." — 
D.  O.  Hopkins. 


The  St.  Marys  and  Bethel  churches,  of 
which  Rev.  D.  J.  Scott  is  pastor,  recent- 
ly held  a  Union  Picnic  in  Rev.  J.  F. 
Fowley's  grove.  There  were  four  hun- 
dred people  persent  and  a  very  enjoyable 
time  is  reported. 


ILLINOIS    BAPTIST 
BULLETIN 


VOL-  XIL 


NORMAL,  ILLINOIS,  OCTOBER  192» 


NO.  6 


State  Convention 


The  Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention 
will  hold  its  seventy-sixth  meeting  in 
Kewanee,  October  18-21.  Kewanee  is  on 
the  main  line  of  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  railroad; 
one  hundred  thirty  miles  southwest  of 
Chicago  and  thirty-two  miles  northeast 
of  Galesburg.  Kewanee  is  a  beautiful 
little  city  of  about  fifteen  thousand  peo- 
ple. Rev.  L.  C.  Trent  has  been  pastor  of 
that  church  for  about  twelve  years.  The 
church  has  a  membership  of  about  nine 
hundred  and  a  large  and  well  arranged 
house  of  worship.  The  church  will  give 
free  lodging  and  breakfast  and  the  peo- 
ple will  pay  for  dinner  and  supper.  A 
splendid  meeting  is  expected.  A  fine 
•program  has  been  arranged.  Dr.  J.  Y. 
Ai^chison  will  be  one  of  the  speakers 
Monday  night.  Miss  Prescott  will  be  one 
of  the  speakers  Tuesday  night.  All  the 
State  Missionaries  present  will  be  intro- 
duced Wednesday  night  followed  by  an 
address  by  Francis  Parker  of  Qiicago. 
Dr.  Soares  and  Dr.  Geistweit  will  speak 
Thursday  night.  The  women  will  have 
an  all  day  meeting  Tuesday,  including 
dinner  and  supper.  General  Promotion 
r.  atters  will  be  considered  Wednesday 
afternoon.  B.  Y.  P.  U.  and  Sunday 
School  Thursday  afternoon.  General 
Banquet  Thursday  between  afternoon 
and  night  sessions.  All  persons  attend- 
ing should  be  appointed  by  their  churches 
as  delegates  unless  more  are  coming  from 


one  church  than  can  be  appointed  as  dele- 
gates. If  not  appointed  as  delegates 
they  should  register  as  visitors.  All 
life  members  and  members  of  the  Board 
are  delegates  to  the  Convention  without 
being  appointed  by  the  church  or  Asso- 
ciation. The  ten  sessions  of  the  Conven- 
tion are  a  great  means  of  encouragement 
and  inspiration  on  the  part  of  all  who  at- 
tend. Churches  cannot  afford  to  have 
their  pastors  remain  at  home.  Laymen 
should  be  encouraged  to  attend.  Our 
active  business  men  could  afford  to  take 
off"  a  little  time  for  their  own  spiritual 
interest  and  for  the  interest  of  the  larger 
work  of  the  Kingdom.  This  is  the  first 
meeting  after  the  great  new  and  Onward 
Movement  of  the  Baptists  was  under- 
taken. We  are  now  working  under  newer 
and  larger  plans  of  service.  This  we 
think  will  mean  a  great  increase  in  at- 
tendance at  Kewanee  as  it  did  in  attend- 
ance at  the  National  meeting  at  Buffalo. 
We  suggest  that  every  pastor  affiliated 
with  the  State  Convention  offer  prayer 
for  the  Convention  on  Sunday  morning, 
October  17th,  and  that  the  prayer-meet- 
ing in  the  week  preceding  be  given  to 
prayer  for  all  the  work  of  the  Conven- 
tion. That  can  be  made  an  interesting 
and  profitable  meeting.  Let  everybody 
who  can  plan  to  be  at  the  meeting  on 
Monday  night  and  get  the  benefit  and 
inspiration  of  the  meeting  from  the  be- 
ginning. 


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rlXINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


"PA1.SE  NEWSPAPER  AliTIOLES" 

Many  secular  newspapers  when  they 
attempt  to  write  upon  religious  subjects 
give  absolutely  false  reports  of  tl^at  con- 
cerning which  they  attempt  to  write. 

A  prominent  newspaper  in  the  East 
recently  published  an  article  under  the 
following  headline:  "Baptist  Society  to 
Spend  Millions  to  Train  Priests  for  East- 
ern Orthodox  Catholic  Churches."  The 
writer  of  this  untruthful  statement  goes 
on  to  say  that  the  American  Baptist 
Home  Mission  Society  announces  its  pur- 
])ose  to  serve  the  Greek  Catholic  churches 
in  America  thus  putting  into  practice  the 
m.ost  practical  example  of  church  unity 
to  date.  It  is  stated  furthermore  that 
the  teachers  in  this  school  will  not  inter- 
fere with  doctrines  nor  try  to  make  Bap- 
tists out  of  these  eastern  orthodox  Cath- 
olics. The  only  foundation  for  this  ar- 
ticle is  the  fact  that  the  American  Bap- 
tist Home  Mission  Society  has  estab- 
lished an  International  Baptist  Sem- 
inary which  will  have  its  home  in 
the  vicinity  of  New  York  and  whose  pur- 
pose will  be  the  training  of  ministers  and 
Christian  workers  for  Foreign  Baptist 
speaking  churches  in  this  country  and  in 
Europe.  Dr.  F.  L.  Anderson,  for  many 
years  Superintendent  of  the  City  Mis- 
sions in  Chicago,  has  accepted  the  Presi- 
dency of  this  school. 


tionally  and  $7,383,000  had  been  given 
but  cannot  be  credited  on  the  $100,000,- 
000.     In  order  to  reach  the  $100,000,000, 
$40,000,000  more  must  be  secured  during 
the  next  four  years.     Every  body  seemed 
confident   that   this   can   be  done  during 
these  four  years.     \^ery  many  churches 
from  various  causes  did  not  make  their 
canvass  last  spring  but  will  before  the 
end  of  the  year.     The  last  week  in  April 
will   be   made   a  campaign   week   fpr  all 
churches  that  have  not  made  a  reasonable 
effort,  but  all  pastors  and  churches  are 
urged  to  get  into  line  if  possible  this  fall. 
One  great  field  for  work  in  this  financial 
drive  is  among  the  rich  people.     With  the 
exception  of  the   Rockefellers,  but   few 
millionaires    seem    to    have    done    large 
things.     Many  churches  that  were  pas- 
torless  last  spring  could  not  be  brought 
into  line  with  this  work  on  account  of 
the  time  being  so  short.     We  are  living 
in  the  greater  days  of  opportunity  in  the 
history  of  the  denomination  and  the  Bap- 
tists  are   doing  more   than   ever  before. 
Drs.  Franklin  and  Brooks,  just  returned 
from  Europe,  made  great  addresses  on 
the  European  situation.     No  denomina- 
tion has  so  great  an  opportunity  in  Eu- 
rope now  as  the  Baptists.     The  Foreign 
Mission   Societies  of  the  Northern  and 
Southern      Baptist      Conventions      have 
agreed  to  put  $500,000  each  into  Euro- 
pean work. 


SPECIAL.  MEETING  OF   THE   GENERAL 

BOARD  OF  PROMOTION  AND  STATE 

CONVENTION  SECRETARIES 

The  meeting  was  called  for  Winona 
Lake,  Indiana,  September  7-9.  There 
were  about  two  hundred  in  attendance. 
Much  time  was  given  to  prayer  and  de- 
AOtional  exercises.  Dr.  Aitchison  re- 
ported that  $56,629,920  on  the  $100,- 
000,000  Campaign  had  been  subscribed. 
$3,000,000    had    been    subscribed    condi- 


"A  convention  representing  the  Baptist 
churches  of  the  Northern  United  States  has 
unanimously  passed  a  resolution  condemn- 
ing 'propaganda,  religious  or  political, 
which  seeks  to  induce  the  government  of 
the  United  States  to  meddle  with  the  in- 
ternal affairs  of  Great  Britain.'  In  the 
preamble  it  is  declared  that  the  Conference 
believes  that  'it  is  in  the  interest  of  Pro- 
testantism and  humanity  that  friendly  re- 
lations should  be  maintained  between  the 
United  States  and  Great  Britain,  the  great 
English-speaking  peoples  of  the  world.' 
— Baptist  Times  and  Freeman,  London, 
Bng." 


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Published   monthly  in  the  interest  of  the 
Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 

Subscription  price,  25c  a  year;  clubs  of  20 
or  more,  20c. 

E.  P.  BRAND,   Editor 
Supei'iiitendent  of  Rlissions, 

201  North  School  Street,  Normal,  Illinois. 

"Entered  as  second  class  matter,  June  12, 

1909,  at  the  Postoffice  at  Normal, 

Illinois,   under  the  Act  of 

March   3,   1879." 

THIS  is  the  time  of  year  when  a  spe- 
cial effort  should  be  made  to  increase 
the  circulation  of  the  Bulletin.  This  is 
the  only  way  to  keep  posted  on  local  con- 
ditions in  Illinois. 


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*  *  * 

HE  spirit  in  the  meetings  of  the  local 
Associations  this  fall  hjis  been  fine. 
There  has  been  more  than  an  average 
number  of  baptisms  reported,  and  the 
great  financial  campaign  of  last  Spring 
seemed  to  have  put  new  life  into  many 

churches. 

*  *  * 

A  call  for  new  recruits  for  ministerial 
and  missionary  life  seems  to  be  ex- 
ceedingly strong  just  now,  and  our  young 
people  seem  easily  impressed  along  this 
line.  The  lack  of  recruits  for  the  minis- 
try for  the  past  twenty-five  years  has  not 
been  the  fault  of  the  young  people  so 
much  as  the  fault  of  pastors  and  older 
laymen. 

*  *  * 

THERE  has  not  been  very  much 
definite  praying  that  the  Lord  of  the 
Harvest  would  send  forth  laborers  into 
his  harvest  field.  Pastors  and  churches 
have  not  been  fixing  their  hearts  upon 
some  particular  young  people,  have  not 
privately  talked  with  them  along  this  line 
and  have  not  made  it  a  matter  of  united 
prayer  so  much  as  they  should  have  done. 


NOW  is  the  time  to  make  a  strong 
effort  along  evangelistic  Hues. 
Every  pastor  ought  to  be  an  evangelist. 
There  are  times  when  he  may  need  some 
help  but  every  sermon  should  be  prepared 
w  ith  the  hope  and  expectation  that  it  will 
be  the  means  of  the  conversion  of  some 
soul.  Every  Sunday  School  teacher  with 
pupils  above  ten  years  of  age  should 
carefully  work  for  their  conversion,  and 
especially  should  this  be  so  after  they 
have  passed  into  the  'teen  age. 

*  *  * 

THIS  past  Convention  year  closes  up 
twenty-two  years  of  consecutive 
work  on  the  part  of  Superintendent 
Brand.  They  have  been  years  of  great 
activity  and  change  on  the  part  of  eco- 
nomical, civil  and  religious  life.  There 
has  not  been  one  year  in  these  twenty- 
two  years  in  which  so  much  aggressive 
and  successful  Slate  Convention  work 
lias  been  done  as  this  year. 

*  H=  * 

NEXT  year  holds  out  prospects  for 
a  greater  State  Convention  year 
than  ever  before.  With  our  ten  general 
workers  besides  the  missionary  pastors, 
we  ought  to  make  an  impression  on  Illi- 
nois the  coming  year.  The  needs  are 
greater  than  ever,  we  must  do  more  ag- 
gressive work  than  in  former  years  or  we 
will  hopelessly  fail.  The  world  is  not 
standing  still  now,  and  the  local  church 
or  Convention  that  attempts  to  do  the 
work  as  in  former  years  is  doomed  to 
failure. 


CHICAGO  HAS  MORE  MURDERS 

Chicago,  Aug.  4. — Chicago  has  had 
more  than  twice  as  many  murders  this 
year  as  New  York.  There  have  been  108 
homicides  in  this  city,  as  compared  to  58 
in  New  York  City.  Sixteen  murders  have 
been  sentenced  to  death  here  in  the  past 
two  months.  Seven  will  be  hung  in  one 
day,  October  15. 


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tJORRECTED  ERllOR 

A  falsehood  has  been  started  some- 
where, and  some  preachers  have  been  cir- 
culating it,  apparently  to  justify  them- 
selves for  holding  their  churches  out  of 
the  Onward  Movement.  It  is  this,  that 
the  Shurtleff  College  trustees  were  giving 
Dr.  Haynes  and  for  other  expenses  in 
raising  the  endowment  for  that  Institu- 
tion, 25%  of  all  money  raised.  What 
are  the  facts  in  the  xrase?  Dr.  Haynes  re- 
ported last  June  to  the  Trustees  in  the 
presence  of  this  writer  that  he  had  re- 
ceived in  cash  and  subscriptions,  $317,000 
and  that  the  entire  expense  for  himself 
and  other  helpers,  printing,  advertising, 
traveling  and  everything  v\^as  $12,000,  a 
little  less  than  4%.  We  wonder  what 
next  will  be  started  by  those  who  do  not 
want  to  give  nor  have  others  to  give  to 
promote  the  Lord's  work. 


SAIiEM  ASSOCIATION 

This  Association  covers  the  most 
westerly  territory  in  our  state.  It  held 
its  Annual  Meeting  with  the  church  at 
Carthage,  a  very  beautiful  and  commo- 
dious building,  on  Sept.  7-9.  A  splen- 
did program  had  been  prepared  by  the 
committee  and  was  carried  out  with  but 
few  necessary  changes.  The  Religious 
Education  Session  was  stimulating  in  its 
suggestions.  Director  Koehler  has  had 
a  good  response  during  the  year  in  many 
of  the  churches.  The  Annual  Sermon 
was  preached  by  J.  T.  Finnan,  Elvaston. 
A  splendid  gospel  message  was  presented. 
On  account  of  the  important  meeting  of 
the  General  Board  of  Promotion  at  Wi- 
nona Lake,  Dr.  Peterson  w^as  unable  to 
attend.  The  Wednesday  afternoon  ses- 
sion was  under  the  auspices  of  the 
women  and  a  very  practical  program  was 
given.  Dr.  Scott  of  St.  Mary's  preached 
an    unusually    strong   doctrinal    sermon. 


One  hundred  thirty-six  baptisms  were  re- 
ported. Three  or  four  pastors  are  im- 
mediately needed. 

District  Superintendent  Hopkins  gave 
an  address  on  "The  New  World  Move- 
ment." A  number  of  the  smaller 
churches  have  not  yet  participated  in  this 
program  of  our  denomination.  J.  M. 
Jones  and  G.  W.  Claxon  were  re-elected 
as  Moderator  and  Clerk.  L.  M.  Westrate, 
H.  P.  Blunt,  and  E.  E.  Clayton  were 
made  the  missionary  committee.  There 
is  also  elected  a  strong  promotion  com- 
mittee, of  which  G.  W.  Claxon  is  chair- 
man. The  Secretary's  salary  has  been 
raised.  This  has  occurred  in  every  As- 
sociation that  we  have  attended. 

Outside  visitors  were  L..  H.  Koehler, 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Runyan,  D.  H.  McGillivray, 
Miss  Boyce  of  Indiana,  D.  O.  Hopkins. 
They  represented  the  varied  interests  of 
our  denomination. 

The  Carthage  ladies  provided  sumptu- 
ous meals  for  all  visitors  and  delegates. 
Many  delegates  came  in  their  automo- 
biles. The  attendance  was  very  good, 
and  discussions  on  various  problems  were 
helpful. 


"FRANCE   COMES  BACK 

The  wonderful  recuperative  power  of 
France  will  be  seen  from  the  appended 
statistics: 

'With  government  support,  including 
loans  totaling  9,609,082,916  francs  for  ag- 
ricultural and  industrial  reconstruction  in 
"devastated  departments,"  the  French 
people  have  reopened  5345  out  of  6445 
schools  existent  before  the  war;  built  or 
rebuilt  28,200  temporary  wooden  and 
16,8  00  permanent  stone  dwellings,  and 
erected  28,500  wooden  barracks  to  replace 
houses  destroyed;  cleared  3,339,000 
hectares  (a  hectare  is  about  two  and  one- 
half  acres)  out  of  3,950,000  of  barbed  wire 
and  trenches;  employed  1500  men  pump- 
ing out  and  cleaning  up  flooded  mines; 
rebuilt  475  out  of  600  railroad  bridges, 
with  eighty  more  in  course  of  construc- 
tion; reopened  virtually  all  of  1100  kilo- 
meters of  canals  destroyed,  and  rebuilt  13  6 
wharves  and  built  twenty-eight  new 
ones.'  " 


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.    CENTRAL.  ASSOCIATION 

The  Sixty-seventh  Annual  meeting  of 
the  Central  Association  was  held  with 
the  Mt.  Zion  church,  five  miles  south- 
west of  Kilbourne.  This  Association 
convened  Saturday  and  Sunday,  Septem- 
ber 4  and  5.  A  preliminary  service  was 
held  Friday  night  in  the  interest  of  the 
Sunday  School.  The  Association  had  no 
]n-inted  programs.  Six  able  sermons  were 
delivered  by  various  brethren  during  the 
i^athering.  The  Petersburg  church  had 
received  more  members  by  baptism  than 
all  the  other  churches.  This  number  was 
iliirty-six.  Some  of  the  churches  affil- 
iate with  the  State  Association.  Four 
representatives  were  present  in  behalf  of 
the  South.  Two  forward  steps  were 
taken:  (1)  a  promotion  committee  was 
elected  under  whose  care  all  the  mission- 
ary objects  of  the  Association  are  to  be 
unified;  (2)  a  committee  was  authorized 
t(  present  a  definite  program  at  the  next 
annual  meeting,  which  will  be  held  with 
the  church  at  Easton. 

.'^  number  of  pastorless  churches  were 
reported.  Brother  L.  H.  Koehler  diii 
fine  work  along  the  line  of  religious  edu- 
cation. D.  O.  Hopkins  represented  the 
.slate  work.  A  large  number  of  subscrip- 
tions for  the  Bulletin  were  received.  Two 
luiique  features  were  the  "dollar  show- 
ers" which  were  poured  ujjon  the  chil- 
dren of  Hudelson  Home  and  Brother 
1  fafer,  and  also  upon  Mrs.  Runyan  of 
iiur  Old  People's  Home. 

The  Mt.  Zion  church  served  dinner 
and  supper  both  days  in  a  very  elaborate 
manner.  The  entertainment  was  of  a 
I  igh  order.  The  delegation  was  large. 
e.-"ix-cially  on  Sunday.  Brethren  G.  W. 
T'oyd  and  M.  M.  Campbell  were  re- 
•elected  to  tlieir  re'^])ective  nffices. 


PEORIA  ASSOCIATION 

The  forty-ninth  Annual  Session  of  the 
eoria  Association  was  held  with  the 
church  at  Canton,  Sept.  15-17.  A  very 
strong  program  had  been  prepared.  Pas- 
tor Pierce  of  Toulon,  preached  the  intro- 
ductory sermon  upon  the  "Musts  of 
Jesus."  Assistant  Pastor  Rowland,  of 
Peoria,  preached  the  doctrinal  sermon. 
He  dealt  with  the  verse  "That  we  should 
be  to  the  praise  of  His  glory  who  first 
trusted  in  Christ."  This  Association  has 
a  very  active  Missionary  Committee,  that 
brought  out  in  its  report  that  only  nine 
churches  are  self  supporting  and  that 
foi-rteen  churches  are  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  committee.  Three  or  four 
fields  are  now  pastorless.  Dr.  Hazen 
lirought  the  luemorial  message.  Special 
mention  was  made  of  the  death  of  Geo. 
i;>.  McKee,  who  was  suddenly  called  away 
from  the  Canton  church.  About  240 
liaptisms  had  been  recorded  in  the  church 
letters.  Outside  speakers  were  E.  P. 
Brand.  L.  H.  Koehler,  F.  A.  Agar,  Miss 
Bovce.  Herbert  Hines,  A.  E.  Peterson 
and  D.  O.  Hopkins.  The  attendance  at 
the  day  meetings  was  not  large.  The 
evening  services  were  well  patronized  by 
the  local  people. 

The  young  people  had  a  splendid  serv- 
ice Friday  afternoon  and  evening.  The 
Lanton  ]Deople  arranged  a  •  sumptuous 
Ijanquet  for  the  young  people  of  the  As- 
sociation. J.  C.  Hazen  and  C.  B.  Hilton 
are  the  ne\\l\  elected  officers. 

The  Canton  people  were  unbounded  in 
tlie-r  hospitality.  Music  was  provided 
hv  the  choir.  The  Harvard  plan  of  en- 
:trtainnient  was  of  a  very  high  order. 


QUINCY  ASSOCIATION 

The  Central  Baptist  church  of  Quincy 
entertained  this  Association  most  royally. 
';di;    delegation     was    not    large.     Eight 


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of  the  nine  pastors  were  present.  I^ighty- 
three  baptisms  were  reported.  Three 
men  are  immecHately  needed  to  shepherd 
four  or  five  of  the  rural  churches.  The 
denominational  representatives  were 
l)resent.  Mr.  Peterson  presented  cer- 
tain phases  of  the  New  World  Move- 
;"ent.  Dr.  Brand  discussed  Associational 
Missions.  Director  Koehler  conducted 
an  open  forum.  D.  O.  Hopkins  preached 
upon  "The  Awakening  Church."  Pres- 
ident Crouch,  LaGrange,  Mo.,  who  had 
been  supply  pastor  at  Timewell,  preached 
the  Annual  serinon.  The  Quincy  church 
n^ade  a  splendid  response  to  the  $100,- 
000,000  campaign.  One  noteworthy 
thing  was  the  Associational  Directory,  in 
which  the  name  of  each  member  is  given 
and  classified  under  each  church.  The 
Promotion  Committee  has  done  good 
work.  The  Women's  session  Tuesday 
was  well  represented.  Mrs.  Runyan  told 
the  story  of  the  Old  Peoples  Home  in  a 
most  interesting  manner.  To  Brother 
Meigs  the  moderator,  Brother  Taylor,  the 
clerk,  and  the  ladies  of  the  Quincy  church 
are  due  largely  the  fine  spirit  which  pre- 
vailed. 


nicely  located  in  the  new  parsonage. 
They  are  doing  good  work  on  that  field 
and  the  people  seem  to  appreciate  them 
very  much. 


ASSOCIATIONS 

The  Bloomfield  Association  met  with 
the  Areola  church,  September  15-17. 
Two  hundred  thirty-five  delegates  and 
visitors  attending  the  meeting  registered. 
It  is  said  by  some  to  have  been  the  finest 
Association  from  every  standpoint  that 
they  had  ever  attended.  Twenty-six 
churches  reported  baptisms,  amounting  to 
two  hundred  seVenty-five.  The  various 
interests  of  the  denomination  were  well 
represented  and  given  good  time.  The 
Areola  church  entertained  the  Associa- 
tion splendidly,  furnishing  lodging  and 
all  meals  free  of  charge.  The  pastor. 
Rev.   J.  H.   Bruggink  and  his  wife  are 


The  Wabash  V^alley  Association  met 
with  the  Hutsonville  church,  September 
22-24.  The  weather  was  fine.  All  con- 
ditions were  favorable  for  a  good  Asso- 
ciation and  it  was  among  one  of  the  very 
best  Associations  held  in  the  State  this 
year.  This  Association  is  only  two  years 
old  and  was  made  up  of  six  churches. 
This  year  two  more  churches,  Willow 
Hill  and  Robinson,  united  with  the  As- 
sociation, five  of  them  are  in  county  seat 
towns.  The  attendance  was  very  good 
at  all  sessions  but  at  night  the  house  was 
crowded.  These  churches  reported  for- 
ty-seven baptisms. 

Dr.  Lamkin  is  having  very  great  en- 
couragement in  his  pastorate  at  Olney 
and  the  Flora  church  has  put  more  than 
$3000  repairs  on  the  parsonage  for  its 
new  pastor.  Rev.  James  Earl  Corwin. 
Rev.  I.  C.  Tedford,  a  strong  preacher  and 
pastor,  is  supplying  the  Willow  Hill 
church.  Rev.  Samuel  Hoekstra  is  pas-. 
tor  at  Fairfield  and  the  Robinson  and 
Hutsonville  churches  propose  to  unite  in 
giving  a  good  support  and  calling  a  pas- 
tor as  soon  as  they  can  find  one  suitable 
for  that  field. 

The  Hutsonville  church  entertained 
the  Association  royally.  J\lrs.  Boyce  of 
Chicago,  Miss  Wallace  of  Rhode  Island, 
]\Irs.  Runyan  of  Maywood,  Rev.  Louis 
H.  Koehler,  Director  of  B.  Y.  P.  U.  and 
Sunday  School,  Rev.  J.  B.  Little,  District 
Superintendent  and  Rev.  W.  H.  Breach 
of  Danville,  attended  the  Association. 
Superintendent  E.  P.  Brand  gave  a 
stereopticon  lecture  on  Baptist  work  in 
Illinois  the  second  night  of  the  meeting. 
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year  in  Fairfield.  Rev.  J.  L.  Cox  and 
Rev.  D.  H.  Clements,  two  elderly  minis- 
ters of  that  section  of  the  state  and  v^ho 
live  close  to  Hutsonville,  were  present 
much  time  in  the  meetings.  There  are 
some  very  strong  laymen  in  that  Asso- 
ciation who  seem  inclined  to  take  hold 
of  the  work  with  much  interest.  We  are 
expecting  rapid  growth  among  our  Bap- 
tist people  in  that  part  of  the  State. 


A  meeting  of  Associational  representa- 
tives met  in  Chicago  September  10.  Five 
of  the  State  Convention  workers  met 
with  them.  Nearly  all  the  Associations 
were  represented.  Director  Peterson 
presented  the  amount  asked  from  each 
Association  and  the  amount  subscribed. 
On  account  of  counting  members  of  Ne- 
gro churches  and  Foreign  speaking 
churches  and  some  affiliated  with  the 
South  the  assignment  to  Illinois,  $7,108,- 
000  was  too  large.  Yet  a  strong  effort 
was  made  and  $2,528,021  have  been  sub- 
scribed and  many  of  our  churches  have 
not  been  heard  from.  \^ery  many  will 
make  their  canvass  this  fall  and  some 
next  spring.  The  men  and  women  who 
attended  in  Chicago  were  enthusiastic 
and  hopeful  and  all  seemed  to  feel  that 
we  are  living  in  a  new  day;  a  time  of 
great  opportunities  and  at  a  time  when 
the  great  majority  of  Baptis-ts  are  trying 
to  live  up  to  their  opportunities.  We 
have  rarely  had  a  more  hopeful  or  suc- 
cessful meeting  than  the  one  in  Chicago. 


many  leaders  of  the  B.  Y.  P.  U.  seem  ap- 
posed to  making  announcements  in  the 
Sunday  evening  service  that  a  preaching 
service  will  follow  and  do  not  encourage 
the  young  people  to  stay.  Young  people 
in  their  teens  and  younger  need  the  in- 
fluence of  the  regular  service  and  the  ser- 
mon. If  the  churches  are  to  measure  up 
to  the  standard  and  responsibilities  that 
are  coming  upon  them,  they  must  train 
their  young  people  to  appreciate  the 
preaching  service.  Many  parents  are  to 
blame  for  their  children  drifting  away 
from  the  service.  The  time  was  when 
father  and  mother  and  the  boys  and  girls 
would  sit  in  the  same  pew  in  church. 
That  was  a  good  custom  and  it  is  un- 
fortunate that  our  families  have  largely 
drifted  away  from  that  habit.  It  seems 
to  this  writer  that  the  young  people  would 
like  that  custom  if  it  were  introduced 
again  and  that  very  many  young  people 
and  children  that  drift  away  from  the 
church  after  Sunday  School  or  Young 
People's  meeting  would  remain  at  church 
if  the  parents  would  request  them  to  re- 
main and  sit  in  the  same  pew.  If  par- 
ents would  make  it  a  rule  and  custom 
while  they  are  young  the  children  in 
many  cases  would  .continue  the  custom 
when  they  are  older. 


CHURCH  ATTEJVDANOE 

Much  discussion  has  recently  been 
carried  on  with  regard  to  the  boys  and 
girls  attending  the  preaching  service.  It 
seems  as  though  many  Sunday  School 
teachers  make  but  little  effort  to  teach 
their  pupils  that  they  ought  to  remain  at 
church    for    the    preaching    service    and 


A  WORD  TO  PASTORS 

During  the  past  twenty-two  years 
there  has  not  been  a  year  passed  but 
what  very  serious  complaint  has  come  to 
us  on  the  part  of  some  pastor  because  of 
a  former  pastor  visiting  on  his  field. 
Some  pastors  after  they  leave  the  field 
will  occasionally  make  visits  back  to  that 
field.  If  he  was  a  popular  pastor  when 
he  was  on  that  field  it  is  very  pleasant 
for  him  to  visit  the  people  occasionally, 
but  the  more  popular  he  was  the  more 
difficult  will  his  visits  make  the  work  of 


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his  successor.  We  are  of  the  candid 
opinion  that  a  pastor  should  remain  on 
the  field  as  long  as  it  is  wise  for  hira  to 
do  so.  Very  many  do  not  remain  long 
enough,  but  it  is  also  our  opinion  that  if  a 
pastor  leaves  a  field  and  a  successor  is 
called  he  should  remain  away  from  that 
field  unless  called  back  on  some  urgent 
occasion,  but  for  the  former  pastor  to  go 
back  on  his  field  and  spend  some  days  in 
visiting  is  not  treating  his  successor  with 
the  proper  appreciation.  A  word  to  the 
wise  is  sufficient. 


supplied  the  church  in  a  very  satisfactory 
manner  the  last  year  and  had  splendid 
success  in  building  up  the  church.  He 
has  now  entered  Newton  Theological 
Seminary. 


The  Central  Church  of  Quincy  of 
which  Rev.  R.  V.  Meigs  is  pastor,  seems 
to  be  doing  good  work.  The  church  is 
united  in  the  work.  They  have  $18,000 
cash  and  the  Vermont  St.  meeting  house 
and  one  parsonage.  They  raised  more 
than  $40,000  on  the  Forward  Movement. 
They  have  decided  to  make  a  campaign 
in  December  for  $200,000  for  a  new 
building.  They  have  asked  for  Dr.  Di- 
vine of  the  Home  Mission  Society,  to 
aid  them  in  this  campaign. 


The  Danvers  church,  ten  miles  from 
lUoomington,  during  the  past  year  has 
remodeled  its  meeting  house  in  a  very 
thorough  manner.  They  expended 
$14,000  in  the  repairs  and  the  present 
building  is  almost  as  beautiful  and  as 
convenient  as  it  is  possible  to  make  it  and 
it  is  large  enough  for  that  church  and 
community.  Deacon  Skaggs  was  one  of 
the  constituent  members  of  the  church. 
1  f e  had  reached  the  age  of  about  ninety- 
six  or  ninety-seven  years  and  was  hale 
and  hearty  until  the  last.  He  worshipped 
in  the  new  building  one  Sunday  early 
in  August,  and  the  next  Sunday  was 
buried  from  it.  The  church  is  now  pas- 
torless  but  is  hoping  to  locate  a  pastor 
soon.     Mr.  Frank  Fagerburg,  a  student, 


COLLECTING  THE  PLEDGES 

It  is  with  great  satisfaction  that  we 
can  report  a  steady  inflow  of  money  at 
the  State  Promotion  Headquarters  in 
Chicago.  A  number  of  churches  over 
the  state  mail  us  a  check  or  draft  each 
month  remitting  the  full  amount  on  hand 
for  the  New  World  Movement.  This  is 
as  it  should  be  and  the  churches  making 
these  regular  responses  are  increasing  in 
number  and  will  keep  on  increasing  as 
the  task  of  collecting  the  funds  gets  fully 
under  way. 

Church  treasurers  will  please  note 
again  that  the  State  Office  is  now  located 
at  Room  1433,  Stevens  Building,  Chi- 
cago, and  that  all  funds  in  hand  should 
l)e  regularly  remitted  by  the  5th  of  each 
month. 
THE    ILLINOIS   PROMOTION   PROGRAM 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  Associational 
Promotion  Chairmen  held  in  Chicago  the 
following  program  was  worked  out  as  a 
guide  for  promotion  work  in  the  State 
for  the  next  few  months — pastors  are  re- 
quested to  study  this  carefully  and  to 
adopt  such  parts  of  it  as  are  adaptable  to 
tlieir  own  local  situation. 

Illinois  Promotion  Program 
September,  1920— May  1,  1920 
Sept.-Nov. 
First  Period 

1.  Follow-up  work  in  churches  that 
have  not  made  the  canvass. 

2.  Completing    canvass    in    churches 

where  the  task  was  only  partially 
done. 

3.  Effort  to  secure  subscriptions  from 
larger  givers. 


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4.  Lists  of  "specifics." 

5.  Pastor's  conferences  in  each  Asso- 
.  ciation. 

t>.     Persistent    education    in    steward- 
ship. 

7.  Denominational     Press     period — 

"The  Baptist"  and  "Missions"  and 
Baptist  Bulletin"  in  every  Baptist 
home — month  of  October. 

8.  Membership  week  in  women's  mis- 
sionary society — Oct.  31-Nov.  7. 

9.  Diligent  effort  to  collect  money 
due  on  pledges  already  made  to 
New  World  Movement. 

January  to  Easter 
(The  Local  Church) 
Second  Period 

1.  Evangelism. 

2.  Life  Enlistment. 
vV     Decision  Days. 

4.  The  Family  Altar  and  the  Family 
Pew,  or  The  Home  and  The 
Church. 

April  (Anniversary  month) 
Third  Period 

1.  Pay-up  Sunday. 

2.  New  subscriptions   for  N.  W.  M. 

in  churches  already  canvassed. 

3.  Increases  in  subscriptions  previ- 
ously made. 

4.  Joint    canvasses    for    current    ex- 

penses and  N.  W.  M.  where  de- 
sired— A.  E.  Peterson. 


MISSIONARIES  AND  IVnSSIONARY 
PASTORS 

Our  Missionary  among  the  coloretl 
])eople,  Rev.  J.  E.  Jones,  seems  to  be  very 
busy  traveling  over  the  State  among  the 
colored  churches.  He  is  employed  by  the 
Negro  State  Convention  and  the  Illinois 
Baptist  State  Convention  in  co-operation. 

Rev.  H.  B.  Stevens  writes  from  Roch- 
elle  as  follows:     "In  ])o-nt  of  attendance 


at  all  of  our  services,  the  month  of  Au- 
gust has  been  the  best  since  last  Decem- 
ber. This  is  true  of  the  mid-week  as 
well  as  the  Sunday  services."  Brother 
Stevens  writes  that  some  Baptists  are 
moving  into  Rochelle  and  several  per- 
sons have  been  received  for  baptism. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Little  is  kept  very  busy  on 
his  territory  as  District  Superintendent. 
He  spent  a  week  or  ten  days  in  special 
meetings  at  the  Pacific  Union  church  in 
the  Greene-Jersey  Co.  Association.  He 
has  done  splendid  work  in  the  Wabash 
Valley  Association  and  the  people  ap- 
preciate him  there  very  highly.  He  will 
attend  some  more  Associational  meetings 
and  then  conduct  a  brief  meeting  at 
Lebanon. 

Evanglist  Frank  M.  Dunk  closed  a 
successful  series  of  meetings  with  the 
Zenobia  Baptist  church  in  the  Springfield 
Association  on  September  27th.  During 
the  meeting  thirty-one  decisions  were 
made.  The  evangelist  before  leaving 
baptized  twenty-one  persons.  Others  are 
to  be  received  for  baptism.  Five  per- 
sons united  with  the  church  by  experi- 
ence. The  church  was  greatly  strength- 
ened by  the  meetings  and  a  great  appre- 
ciation was  shown  to  the  evangelist  by 
the  splendid  offering  which  was  made  for 
his  work.  He  is  now  with  the  Steuben 
church  in  the  Peoria  Association.  He 
will  go  to  Galva  to  hold  a  meeting  fol- 
lowing the  State  Convention. 

District  Superintendent  George  H. 
Yule  assisted  Rev.  C.  W.  Webb,  pastor 
of  the  Wood  River  church  for  one  week 
in  making  an  every  member  canvass  of 
that  church  for  Current  Funds  and  a 
building  ])roposition.  l^rother  Webb 
writes  that  they  closed  the  campaign  with 
$24,641.41  for  all  purposes  for  a  period 
of  three  year.s  and  there  will  remain  of 
this    for    the    building    fund    $19,24141. 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


This  is  a  splendid  showing  for  that 
ehurch.  He  says  they  only  raised  about 
$700.00  from  outside  the  membership  of 
the  church.  This  church  was  organized 
•nly  a  few  years  ago  and  is  certainly  do- 
ing fine  work.  Brother  Webb  says: 
"Brother  Yule  came  on  Monday  the  20th 
and  did  us  a  magnificent  work  and  is  gone 
to  another  field  rejoicing.  We  are  hold- 
ing up  our  hands  with  thanksgiving  for 
his  splendid  victor}." 

District  Superintendent  J.  C.  Dent  is 
at  this  time  assisting  Rev.  W.  H.  Dick- 
njan  in  meetings  at  the  Damascus  church. 
At  the  last  writing  they  were  having  a 
good  attendance  and  good  prospects  for 
a  good  meeting.  An  effort  will  be  made 
to  supply  the  church  at  Lena  a  part  of 
the  time  with  the  pastor  on  the  Damascus 
field. 


CHURCHES 

Evangelist  Taylor  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
assisted  Pastor  Fred  F.  Johnson  in  meet- 
ings at  Graymont.  Fifty-three  made  a 
profession  of  faith.  Thirty-five  have 
been  baptized  and  more  will  follow.  On 
a  recent  ^Monday  night  a  liberal  purse 
was  given  to  the  pastor  for  his  efforts  in 
conserving  the  results  of  the  campaign. 
This  has  been  a  great  year  for  the  Gray- 
mont church  as  all  former  records  have 
been  surpassed  in  benevolence,  Sunday 
School,  Ladies'  work  and  baptisms.  Some 
repairing  has  been  done  on  the  church 
and  parsonage. 

Dr.  L.  D.  Lamkin  has  been  holding 
meetings  at  the  Elvaston  church,  assist- 
ing Pastor  J.  T.  Finnan.  We  have  not 
yet  learned  the  results  of  the  meeting. 
Pastor  Finnan  writes:  *T  have  discov- 
ered ten  Baptists  in  the  town  of  Hamil- 
ton and  I  would  like  to  get  their  sub- 
scriptions for  the  Baptist.  There  is  no 
Baptist  church  at  Hamilton  so  I  am  try- 


ing to  get  them  to  unite  with  the  Elvaston 
church.  Several  of  them  have  promised 
to  do  so.  We  are  planning  on  holding 
a  ser\Mce  for  them  at  Hamilton  on  Sun- 
day afternoons  as  soon  as  our  revival 
services  at  Elvaston  are  over." 

Rev.  Frank  G.  Sayer,  pastor  of  the 
Freeport  church,  writes :  "Everything 
is  proceeding  satisfactorily.  Excellent  at- 
tendance in  both  morning  and  afternoon 
services,  also  prayer  meeting.  Anticipate 
average  of  125  this  fall  and  winter  at 
prayer  services.  Organized  class  of 
twenty  in  Teacher  Training.  Parsonage 
now  being  remodeled  and  renovated 
throughout." 

Rev.  E.  B.  Fitzpatrick.  pastor  of  the 
Hopkins  Park  church,  writes:  "The 
church  has  unanimously  voted  to  go 
ahead  with  the  effort  and  build,  the  Lord 
willing,  as  soon  as  possible."  The  Hop- 
kins Park  church  was  totally  destroyed 
by  fire,  having  been  struck  by  lightning 

Rev.  James  Ostema,  pastor  of  the  Sa- 
vannah church  writes  as  follows :  "The 
work  is  getting  along  nicely.  Received 
seven  new  members  during  the  past  few 
weeks,  three  by  letter  and  four  on  con- 
fession of  faith.  Baptized  three  of  these 
last  Sunday  night."  Brother  Ostema 
says  he  has  just  recovered  from  a  severe 
affliction  and  operation  and  is  now  in 
the  harness  again  and  feels  stronger  than 
ever. 

Rev.  J.  E.  Corwin  seems  to  be  having 
good  success  with  his  work  at  Flora.  He 
writes  September  7th :  "'We  have  taken 
in  seven  new  members  since  coming  here 
and  are  looking  forward  to  several  more 
in  the  near  future.'*  The  church  re- 
paired the  parsonage  to  the  extent  of 
S3000.  It  is  now  occupied  by  the  pas- 
tor's family. 

Ashland  Church:  "Things  are  look- 
ing up.     I  prophesy  a  good  year  for  the 


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church.  During  the  ten  months  I  have 
been  here,  we  have  received  into  the 
church  about  25  by  letter  and  baptism. 
The  pastor  has  been  presented  i^vnth  a 
Ford  coupe  by  one  of  the  good  families 
of  the  church.  We  are  preparing  to  put 
on  our  ever}-  member  canvass  Sept.  12th 
with  a  Rally  Day  ser\-ice,  a  basket  din- 
ner, and  a  Fellowship  meeting  in  the 
afternoon.  Our  Sunday  Scbx)!  is  look- 
ing up.  We  have  a  faithful  Superintend- 
ent in  the  person  of  Mrs.  E.  A.  Wal- 
baum." — F.  \'.  Wright. 

Rev.  Judson  Macintosh,  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Sterling,  writes  as  follows : 
■'Our  work  is  moving  on  some.  Seven- 
teen were  baptized  recently  and  I  can 
onlv  sav  that  I  am  everlastinglv  at  it." 
Brother  Macintosh  seems  to  be  doing 
hopeful  and  successful  work  at  Sterling. 


PASTORAL    CHANGES 

The  Raritan  church  has  been  pastorless 
since  Pastor  Weddington  resigned  last 
February,  but  they  recently  called  Rev. 
P.  H.  Blunt  of  Havana  and  he  is  now 
on  the  field.  That  is  a  splendid  church 
with  good  opportunities  for  the  future. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Xe}Tnan  was  called  from 
Iowa  to  the  Eastern  Ave.  Baptist  church 
in  Joliet  to  supply  in  place  of  his  son  who 
had  taken  army  work.  The  son  resigned 
and  the  church  called  his  father  to  be- 
come its  pastor.  He  has  been  there  sev- 
eral years.  The  Missouri  \~alley  Bap- 
tist church  of  Iowa,  a  ver>"  attractive  field 
with  a  nice  new  meeting  house,  gave  him 
a  call  and  he  is  resigning  the  Joliet  field 
to  retiim  to  Iowa.  Brother  Xe\-man  did 
good  work  while  in  Illinois  and  we  re- 
srret  to  have  him  leave. 


man.-  of  Annual   Report:     Total  mcD- 

ber  of  additions  31.  Church  expenses 
53.796.^.  Building  Fund,  S1^5.0O- 
Sunday  School  Expenses,  S652.ll.  Print- 
ing Minutes,  S5.00.  For  New  World 
Movement,  SI  ,893.91.  Grand  total,  S8.- 
22,292. 


The  Alton  Associatiir.  r:.±:  with  die  2d 
Baptist  church  of  Mt.  \'ernoTi.  Septendier 
21st-October  1.     The  an  as  not 

larare  on  account  of  r  ^-  distance  of 

Mt.  \'emon  from  most  oi  :  "  es- 

but  nearly  all  the  churches  were  repre- 
sented and  the  people  expressed  then- 
selves  as  feeling  that  it  was  one  of  the 
best  meetings  that  As5<3ciatioa  has  held 
in  manv  years.  The  Second  church  with 
some  assistance  from  First  church  en- 
tatained  the  Ass«Dciation  splendidly. 
Rev.  T.  W.  Pattersc^n  has  been  the  pastor 
for  three  years  and  is  greatly  appreciated 
by  his  people.  They  have  invited  him  to 
remain  another  year  but  they  have  not 
yet  expressed  their  appreciation  of  him 
by  an  increase  of  salary.  We  hope  they 
will  do  this  soon.  Brother  Patterson  is 
one  of  our  State  Convention  Mission- 
aries. Twent>--seven  of  the  thirty 
churches  of  the  Association  had  sent  in 
letters  when  the  writer  left  the  meeting. 
These  churches  reported  201  baptisms 
and  20r  added  to  the  churches  by  letter. 
restorations  and  experience:  total  addi- 
tions to  the  churches  408  members.  The 
outlook  for  the  Alton  Association  is  quite 
hopeful. 


The  following  is  a  recent  report  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church  of  Mt.  \*emon. 
Rev.  H.  E.  Truex,  D.D.,  pastor.     Sum- 


PASTORAL   CHANGES 

Rev.  T.  L.  Stephens  of  Aurora,  has 
accepted  a  call  to  become  pastor  of  the 
Tremont  church  in  Bloomrngton  Asso- 
ciation. Brother  Stephens  has  been  pas- 
tor of  the  Gaim  St.  Church  in  Aurora 
for  several  years  and  has  done  splendid 


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work.  We  hope  that  he  will  have  as 
equally  good  success  at  Tremont. 

Rev.  L.  E.  Pelton  of  Waukon,  Iowa, 
has  accepted  a  call  to  become  pastor  of 
the  Aledo  and  Enon  churches,  supplying 
the  Enon  church  from  Aledo.  This 
makes  a  good  field  and  Mr.  Pelton  comes 
well  recommended  from  Iowa.    - 

Rev.  W.  B.  Alorris,  former  Sunday 
School  director  in  Illinois  and  for  the 
past  year  pastor  at  Winchester,  has  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  church  in  Champaign. 
That  church  made  an  effort  to  secure 
Brother  Morris  as  its  pastor  eleven  years 
ago,  but  he  would  not  give  up  the  Sun- 
day School  work  at  that  time. 


PERSONAl, 

Rev.  O.  E.  Myerscough,  who  resigned 
his  church  at  Frankfort  Heights  in  order 
to  enter  Shurtleft"  College  this  fall,  has 
accepted  the  pastorate  of  the  O'Fallon 
church  in  connection  with  his  school 
work,  but  he  was  unable  to  secure  a  house 
in  which  to  live  in  Alton  so  he  rented  a 
house  in  Lebanon  and  will  attend  the 
Methodist  College  and  supply. the  church 
at  O'Fallon.  It  is  exceedingly  unfortu- 
nate that  houses  are  so  difficult  to  .get  in 
many  places  Brother  Myerscough  re- 
ports the  work  in  the  church  at  O'Fal- 
lon as  looking  up  hopefully. 


INCREASE  OF  SALARIES 

The  Roodhouse  Church,  of  which  Rev. 
Russell  A.  Rapson  has  been  pastor  for 
four  years,  on  Sunday,  September  12th. 
increased  his  salary  $300.00.  Pastor 
Rapson  writes:  "Prospects  for  the  fall 
and  winter  are  good." 

Recently  the  Osceola  church  had  a 
business  meeting  and  increased  the  sal- 
ary of  its  pastor  to  $2250.00  and  parson- 
age. This  makes  an  increase  of  SO.^O.OO 
i:i    thirteen   months. 


The  Baptist  Old  People's  Home 

Maywood,  Illinois 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Runyan,  Sec'y. 


The  Field  Secretary  has  spent  a  busy 
month  attending  Associations,  thus  bring- 
ing the  delegates  of  the  various  churches 
in  closer  touch  with  the  Home.  We  sin- 
cerely hope  the  pastors  and  delegates  will 
reoprt  to  their  churches  conditions  and 
needs  of  the  Home,  and  that  many 
churches,  women's  societies  and  Sunday 
schools  will  join  our  Calendar  Plan  for 
the  Home.  In  case  your  church  was  not 
represented  at  the  Associations  when  this 
was  presented  and  you  have  no  report, 
write  the  Field  Secretary  (address  be- 
low), and  full  particulars  will  be  sent; 
c  Iso  other  information  about  the  Home. 

These  cool  days  remind  us  that  coal 
w  ill  soon  be  needed  and  if  fruit,  vegeta- 
bles or  eggs  are  to  be  sent  to  the  Home 
it  should  be  collected  and  sent  before 
freezing  weather.  Fresh  or  canned  fruits, 
vegetables  or  anything  to  h'elp  stock  up 
for  winter,  that  will  save  our  cash  to 
meet  other  necessary  bills,  will  be  very 
acceptable.  Plan  a  Harvest  or  Thanks- 
giving offering  for  the  Home. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  corporation 
will  be  held  at  the  Home,  Saturday,  Oct. 
16th  at  6:30  p.  m.  Contributing  churches 
<!re  entitled  to  send  a  representative  to 
t   is  meeting. 

Mrs.  A.  W.  Runyan. 

Field  Secretary. 
3~-.2  M:;rylan(l  .\ve.,  Chicago. 


"On  July  9,  Rev.  Lance  A.  Mantle  and 
his  wife  sailed  from  New  Orleans  for 
Puerto  Barrios,  Guatemala.  Thence  they 
cross  Guatemala  by  railway  and  take  a 
ship  on  the  Pacific  side  to  Amapala,  Hon- 
duras. From  Amapala  there  is  no  rail- 
way, but  they  can  proceed  by  automobile  to 
the  r  destination. 


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CENTRAL  BAPTIST  CHILDREN'S  HOME 

MAY  WOOD,  ILtLlNOlS 
Rev.   D.   H.   MacGillivray,   Supt. 
Mrs.  D.  H.  MacGillivray,  Matron 


HUDELSON  BAPTIST  ORPHANAGE 

Rev.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Supt. 
Mrs.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Matron 


Time  has  slipped  by  so  rapidly  that  one 
can  hardly  realize  that  September  is 
about  over.  September  is  always  a  busy 
month  at  the  Home. 

The  beginning  of  the  month  vacation- 
ists are  returning — then  again  school 
takes  up  and  school  books  and  extra 
supplies  of  clothing  and  shoes  must  be 
provided.  Consequently  the  matron  and 
her  helpers  have  to  be  at  the  work  early 
and  late. 

In  the  ordinary  family  it  is  quite  a 
task  to  look  after  two  or  three  children 
and  prepare  them  for  school.  One  can 
imagine  the  patience  and  perseverance 
it  takes  to  fit  out  sixty  to  sixty-five  for 
school. 

At  this  writing  our  boy's  department 
i>  overcrowded  and  many  applications  are 
on  our  waiting  list  but  we  have  fewer 
girls  than  usual,  owing  to  the  fact  that 
quite  a  number  of  our  older  girls  that 
were  in  the  Home  for  a  number  of  years, 
after  graduating  from  grammar  school 
and  some  from  business  course  in  the 
High  School,  started  out  to  do  for  them- 
selves and  others  have  not  come  in  as  yet 
to  fill  their  places. 

The  twenty-fifth  annual  meeting  and 
Bazaar  will  be  held  at  the  Home,  Tues- 
day, October  26.  Reports  of  the  year's 
work  will  be  given,  officers  elected,  etc. 

Contributing  churches,  Sunday  schools, 
Young  People's  societies  and  individual 
contributors  as  well  as  State  Convention 
representatives  are  urged  to  come. 

Luncheon  served  at  12  :30  p.  m. 


Work  at  the  Home  is  running  smoothly 
at  this  writing  with  no  illness  and  a  good 
spirit  of  contentment.  Several  children 
have  come  lately,  but  others  have  gone, 
so  the  number  continues  around  85.  We 
cannot  accommodate  many  more  until 
new  beds,  ordered  long  ago,  shall  arrive. 
Naturally  the  long  drawn-out  improve- 
njent  work  is  getting  on  our  nerves  some- 
what but  it  seems  impossible  to  hurry  it. 
While  we  feel  that  conditions  are  quite 
satisfactory  we  see  much, that  still  needs 
to  be  done. 

We  have  filled  the  vacancies  occasioned 
by  Mr.  Olson's  resignation  and  by  the  de- 
parture of  the  superintendent's  son  for 
the  U.  of  I.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Orus  H.  Hill, 
of  Norris  City,  will  begin  work  with  us 
soon,  Mr.  Hill  to  take  Mr.  Olson's  work 
and  Mrs.  Hill  to  become  cook.  A  farm 
hand  has  also  been  secured  at  least  tem- 
porarily. The  silo  is  being  filled  with 
sunflowers.  About  60  bushels  of  peaches 
were  canned  and  25  bushels  of  pears  are 
being  taken  carer  of. 

On  Labor  Day  the  Centralia  Sunday 
School  picnicked  with  us  as  usual.  Our 
truck  and  "flivver"  helped  to  bring  the 
people  from  the  street  car  line.  Our  chil- 
dren always  expect  a  big  dinner  on  Labor 
Day  and  the  picnic  brings  it. 

The  next  big  event  at  the  Home  will 
be  the  annual  corporation  meeting  and 
home  gathering  on  Tuesday,  October 
12th.  Every  co-operating  church  should 
appoint  a  delegate  and  also  send  as  many 
visitors  as  possible.  Bring  lunch  if  you 
wish,  but  come  anyhow.  It  is  to  be  a 
day    of    pleasure    as    well    as    business. 


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Woman's 
Baptist  Missionary  Society  of  Illinois 

MKS.  W.  P.  TOPPING,  Pi-es. 
Elgin 
Mrs.  Martha  V.  Higman,  Editor  Mrs.  H.  W.  Tate,  Treasurer 

Morgan  Park  2331  Hartzell  Ave.,  Evanston 


Wanted — Leaders  and  Readers  !  The  An  interesting  fact  developed  from  the 
Reading  Contest  of -the  IlHnois  Women's  $100,000,000  drive  in  the  Berwyn  church, 
Missionary  Societies  begins  immediately  Chicago.  Miss  Effie  M.  Hoover  of  Mon- 
after  the  State  Convention.  Leaders,  get  mouth,  became  interested  and  a  great 
your  readers  to  work  at  earliest  possible  longing  developed  to  do  special  Chris- 
moment  after  the  announcement  of  the  tian  work.  She  applied  to  the  W.  A.  B. 
books  selected.  Do  not  lose  one  month  H.  M.  Society  and  has  been  appointed  to 
O!  three  months — or  more.  Begin  early,  the  Mission  School  among  the  Crow  In- 
and  lead  your  readers  into  reading  the  dians,  in  IMontana. 

entire     fourteen    books. — Mrs.     H.     W.  Miss    Marian    Kimble    of    Galesburg. 

Reed.  former  Elementary  Director  for  the  State 

The   echo   from   the    Summer    School  Convention,  received  the  highest  marks  in 

held   in   Upper  Alton   is  a  little   late  in  the  preliminary  examination  for  the  scho- 

reaching  us,  but  it  was  such  a  fine  sue-  larship  offered  to  the  state  by  the  Baptist 

cess   that   we   want    all    who    live    near  Missionary  Training  School.     We  extend 

enough  to  have  attended  and  could  have  congratulations. 

done  so,  but  did  not,  to  learn  that  they  Onr  sympathy  goes  out  to  Mrs.  G.  A. 

missed  a  good  time  and  something  which  McKee,  president  of  the  Peoria  Associa- 

would   have   made  their   lives   richer   •  tion  because  of  the  sudden  death  of  her 

The  personnel  of  the  faculty  was  fine;  husband.     Mr.  McKee  was  pastor  of  the 

the  instruction  could  not  have  been  bet-  Baptist  church  in  Canton  and  had  done 

ter,  and  all  who  took  class  work  were  a  splendid  work  there, 

much  interested  and  appreciative.  IMiss  Josephine  Sandford,  a  missionary 

The  Alton  people  and  all  others  did  from  Nellore,  India,  is  to  speak  at  sev- 

everything  possible  to  make  the  gathering  eral  associations  in  Illinois  during  Sep- 

a  success  and  succeeded.  tcmber.    She  will  also  do  some  field  work 

A  questionnaire  for  a  conference  of  between  associations, 
n'.ethods  on  mission  work  has  been  sent  Mrs.  Adah  H.  Boyce  who  has  been  ap- 
to  each  association  in  the  state  by  the  pointed  missionary  supervisor  for  four- 
Home  Director,  Mrs.  Louderback,  and  teen  states  in  the  middle  west,  is  attend- 
the  Foreign  State  Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  A.  ing  some  of  the  Associations  and  speak- 
Vinnedge.  It  is  hoped  these  will  assist  ing  for  the  Woman's  Work  and  the 
the  women  in  the  different  associations  to  Board  of  Promotion, 
conduct  the  conferences  and  learn  the  Mrs.  C.  A.  Bradshaw  of  Fairbury,  has 
needs  and  opportunities  of  each  Associa-  been  appointed  chairman  of  White  Cross 
tion.  .  work   for  the  Bloomington  Association. 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


m 


Department  of  Religious  Education 

Chainnan  Rev.  Herbert  Hines,  El  Paso,     Director  Rev.  Louis  H.  Koehler,  Normal 


Among  the  Associations :    The  sugges- 
tive program  sent  out  by  the  state  direc- 
tor was  quite  generally  used  by  the  vari- 
ous Associations  and  the  following  topics 
were  thoughtfully  discussed  with  profit: 
Advantages  of  a  graded  curriculum,  The 
minister    and    teacher    training,    Young 
people  and  the  morning  church  service, 
A     church     training     department.     The 
round  table  period  was  unusually  success- 
ful and  the  printed  questions  were  found 
to  be  vital  and  suggestive.     The  Bloom- 
field  Association  created  a  department  of 
religious  education  and  with  Miss  Bessie 
Winchester    as    executive    secretary,    a 
splendid  work  is  assured  for  the  coming 
year.     The    Salem    Association    depart- 
ment   reported    a    year    of    foundation 
work.     Here  are  a  few  items  from  that 
report — A  report  from  every  school  and 
every  society,  only  three  letters  out  of 
125   being   unanswered,    receipts   $38.09 
an    associational    institute    conducted,    a 
life  recruit  secured  who  is  now  in  a  train- 
ing institute  in  Chicago,  one  society  at- 
tained standard  and  a  three  year  program 
drafted.     The  new  Wabash  Valley  Asso- 
ciation appointed  a  committee  on  relig- 
ious education  and  with  Mr.  A.  C.  Ever- 
ingham  as  chairman  a  splendid  piece  of 
work  will  result.     The  Central  Associa- 
tion also  appointed  a  committee  to  cover 
this  field  of  work  with  Mr.  B.  F.  Tucker 
of  Havana,  chairman,   and  Mrs.   E.  E. 
Dawson,  as  secretary.  The  work  of  other 
Associations  may  be  reported  later. 

A  Society  at  Work :     When  the  direc- 
tor addressed  the  Upper  Alton  B.  Y.  P. 


U.  during  the  Summer  Assembly,  he 
spoke  of  the  need  of  more  study  and  less 
topics.  Representatives  of  the  First 
Church  of  Alton  present  took  up  with 
the  suggestion  and  at  a  recent  meeting 
reported  that  18  copies  of  Dawley's 
"Truths  That  Abide"  had  been  purchased 
and  that  the  months  of  October  and  No- 
vember would  .be  given  to  the  study  of 
this  text.  This  Society  recently  had  a 
meeting  discussing  tasks  and  at  the  close 
of  the  meeting  distributed  slips  of  paper 
on  which  was  written  a  task  to  be  done 
that  week.  Reports  were  made  at  the 
next  meeting,  some  of  which  were  as 
follows:  I  drew  "Attend  the  prayer 
meeting,"  and  I  did  so.  Another  I 
drew  "Write  letter  to  Ruth"  (evidently  a 
member  away  at  college)  and  I  did  so. 
Another  I  drew  "Secure  subscription  to 
Missions"  and  I  secured  two  subscribers. 
Another,  "Make  call  upon  young  woman 
at  Y.  W.  C.  A."  and  I  did  so,  but  was 
unsuccessful  in  securing  her  attendance 
upon  the  church  service.  But  I  will  try 
again  this  week.  Some  called  upon  the 
sick  and  shut-ins  and  all  seemed  to  like 
the  idea. 

Teacher  Training  Possibilities:  Mrs. 
Meigs'  class  in  Quincy  completed  the  first 
year  work  and  of  the  18  ready  for  the 
2d  year  work  13  passed  successful  ex- 
amination in  the  first  year  class.  This 
class  meets  on  Wednesday  preceding  the 
prayer  service.  The  enrollment  for  the 
1st  year  class,  to  meet  at  the  regular 
session  of  the  school,  is  nineteen. 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


PILGRIM  FATHERS 

December  21st  next,  will  mark  the  ter- 
centenary of  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims 
at  Plymouth  in  1620,  The  day  will  be 
becomingly  celebrated  at  Plymouth  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Plymouth  Pilgrim 
Tercentenary  Commission  and  the  other 
localities  in  Massachusetts.  President 
Wilson  issues  a  proclamation  suggesting 
that  the  21st  day  of  December  be  ob- 
served throughout  the  Union  with  spe- 
cial patriotic  services  in  order  that  this 
great  event  in  the  history  of  America  may 
have  proper  recognition. 


grateful  to  God   for  his  blessings  upon. 


us. 


ORDEVATIOXS 

E.  Robert  Ciflel  of  Freeport,  was  re- 
cently ordained  in  that  city.  The  pastor 
of  the  Savanna  church  offered  the  ordi- 
nation prayer  and  the  pastor  at  Damascus 
gave  the  charge  to  the  candidate.  This 
brother  expects  to  take  up  work  in  Africa 
the  coming  year. 

The  Ordination .  Service  of  Claude 
Richmond  occurred  at  Tiskilwa,  Septem- 
ber 10th,  1920,  with  appropriate  services. 
H.  E.  Miles  of  Walnut,  chief  examiner. 
Seven  churches  of  the  Ottawa  Baptist 
Association  in  council  with  six  ministers 
and  eleven  lay  members. — Rev.  W.  L. 
Sharp,  Moderator,  and  W.  M.  Young, 
Clerk. 


POPULATION  OP  U.  S. 

The  census  reports  for  1920  are  not 
yet  complete  but  they  are  nearly  enough 
complete  to  furnish  some  interesting  in- 
formation. It  is  estimated  that  the  popu- 
lation of  this  country  is  now  105,768,000. 
Of  this  population  54,796,100  are  in  cities 
and  towns  of  2500  population  or  more; 
and  50,972,000  in  rural  districts  and 
towns  of  less  than  2500.  This  gives 
7,000,000  more  people  in  the  towns  and 
cities  than  in  the  villages  and  country. 
Ten  years  ago  this  was  reversed  by  about 
the  same  number.  During  the  past  ten 
years  the  city  population  has  increased 
by  about  12,172,000  and  the  population 
in  rural  districts  during  the  same  period 
has  increased  by  about  1,623,000.  One 
of  the  serious,  if  not  alarming  conditions 
of  our  country  is  the  great  increas  of  our 
city  population. 


RESERA  ATIONS  FOR  STATE  CON- 
VENTION 

The  pastor  of  the  Kewanee  church  re- 
quests that  all  persons  desiring  enter- 
tainment, that  is  lodging  and  breakfast, 
during  the  Convention  at  Kewanee,  send 
him  their  name.  Address  Rev,  L.  C. 
Trent,  Kewanee,  Illinois. 


Rev.  Frank  Woodhull,  pastor  of  the 
Cordova  church,  writes :  "We  are  plan- 
ning for  an  all-day  meeting  the  17th  of 
October.  Would  be  pleased  if  you  could 
come.  A  Harvest  Home  meeting.  Since 
I  saw  you  at  the  Rock  Island  Associa- 
tion we  have  had  twelve  conversions  in 
our  church.  Have  baptized  four  and 
four  are  waiting.  Eight  more  we  hope 
to  receive  soon.  Also  three  letters  are 
waiting  action  of  church.     We  are  very 


"John  Huss  was  burned  at  the  stake  at 
Constance  in  1415,  and  the  five  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  event  therefore,  fell  in 
1915.  On  account  of  war  conditons  in 
Austria  at  that  time  it  was  impossible  ade- 
quately to  observe  the  occasion,  and  the 
celebration  was  postponed.  It  has  just 
taken  place  with  appropriate  ceremonies  at 
Prague," 


"It  is  estimated  that  there  are  300,000 
lepers  in  British  India,  and  that  not  more 
than  9,000  of  these  are  in  institutions 
where  they  can  get  proper  care." 


ILLINOIS   BAPTIST 
BULLETIN 


I 


VOL-  XII. 


NORMAL,  ILLINOIS,  NOVEMBER  192% 


NO.  7 


The  Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention 


The  Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention 
met  in  Kewanee,  October  18-21.  This 
was  the  seventy-sixth  anniversary  of  the 
Convention.  In  some  respects  the  re- 
ports of  the  past  year's  work  were  the 
most  encouraging  of  any  year  of  its  his- 
tory. The  attendance  of  the  Convention 
was  perhaps  the  largest  in  its  history  and 
the  interest  all  through  was  very  fine. 
Five  hundred  eighty-one  delegates  and 
visitors  registered  and  possibly  not  less 
than  one  hundred  came  in  automobiles 
and  attended  one  or  two  or  more  sessions 
and  did  not  register.  The  entertaining 
church  of  which  Rev.  L.  C.  Trent  has 
been  pastor  for  about  twelve  years,  did 
nobly  in  entertaining  the  State  Conven- 
tion. Everybody  seemed  well  pleased 
with  Kewanee  and  the  church. 

The  report  of  the  Convention  Board, 
as  read  by  Superintendent  E.  P.  Brand, 
showed  that  more  than  seventy  ^lission- 
aries  had  been  supported  in  whole  or 
part  by  the  State  Convention  Board,  and 
through  their  work  1.301  had  been  added 
to  the  churches.  The  four  District  Su- 
perintendents had  raised  for  all  purposes 
S100.206.  The  report  showed  that  all 
financial  obligations  of  the  State  Conven- 
tion had  been  paid  with  an  encouraging 
surplus  in  the  treasury.  The  Permanent 
Funds  have  been  increased  to  $85,020.46. 
All  of  which,  except  $2,024,  are  invested 
in  farm  mortgages  in  central  Illinois. 


On  the  first  night  of  the  Convention, 
Rev.  Charles  Burden  of  East  St.  Louis, 
preached  an  excellent  sermon  before  the 
Pastoral  Union  and  Dr.  J.  Y.  Aitchison 
spoke  for  one  hour  upon  the  General 
Promotion  Board.  The  women  held  a 
session  in  the  Congregational  church  all 
day  Tuesday.  It  was  well  attended  and 
a  good  meeting  was  reported.  ^luch 
important  business  was  transacted  by  the 
Convention  Tuesday  afternoon  and 
Tuesday  night  Dr.  J.  B.  Thomas  of 
Chicago,  preached  one  of  his  old-fash- 
ioned heart-stirring  sermons  and  it  was 
followed  by  an  address  on  the  "Xew 
^^'orld  Movement  in  the  Orient,"  by 
Miss  Xellie  G.  Prescott  of  Xew  York. 
All  day  \\'ednesday  was  given  up  to  ad- 
dresses upon  various  topics  and  the  work 
of  the  State  Promotion  Board.  Ad- 
dresses were  given  by  Mrs.  W.  P.  Top- 
ping of  Elgin :  Dr.  Gilbert  Brink  of 
Philadelphia ;  Rev.  G.  P.  Mitchell.  D.D., 
of  Iowa :  Dr.  Howland  Hanson  of  'Mor- 
gan Park :  Mrs.  John  Chapman  and 
others.  Wednesday  night  was  given  up 
to  the  reading  of  the  report  of  the  Board 
and  to  the  introduction  of  State  Conven- 
tion Missionaries.  Twent}"-t^vo  men 
were  introduced  and  made  short  spicy 
speeches.  Every  one  seemed  to  enjoy 
that  session  ven.-  much.  Rev.  I.  J.  Ross 
of  Chicago,  led  the  Convention  in  devo- 
tionals  for  about  one-half  hour  the  mid- 


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die  of  each  forenoon.  Thursday  morning 
was  taken  up  with  business  and  Thurs- 
day afternoon  was  given  to  B.  Y.  P.  U. 
and  Sunday  School  work.  The  closing 
addresses  on  Thursday  night  were  given 
by  Rev.  G.  T.  Soares,  Ph.D.,  of  Chicago, 
and  Eh-.  Euclid  B.  Rogers,  of  Springfield. 
The  house  was  crowded  the  last  night 
of  the  meetings  as  it  had  been  every 
night  throughout  the  session.  President 
George  M.  Potter  of  Shurtleff  College, 
made  an  excellent  presiding  officer  and 
was  unanimously  re-elected  for  the  fol- 
lowing year.  Rev.  B.  E.  Allen,  the  Sec- 
retary, was  re-elected  for  another  year. 
The  Convention  voted  to  meet  next  year 
with  the  First  Baptist  church  of  Rock- 
ford.  It  has  not  met  in  that  section  of 
the  state  for  thirty-five  years.  The  Con- 
vention increased  the  salaries  of  nearly 
all  its  workers  for  the  coming  year. 


POINTS  TO  BE  REMEMBERED 

The  State  Convention  has  six  District 
Superintendents  and  Evangelists  giving 
their  whole  time  to  the  work.  They  are 
on  a  fairly  reasonable  salary.  The  Con- 
vention pays  them  for  salary  and  expense 
which  they  lack  raising  on  the  field.  We 
keep  these  men  in  the  work  for  any  field 
that  needs  them.  We  do  not  want  them 
to  be  a  financial  burden  to  any  church, 
and  yet  if  we  would  send  them  to  an> 
church  without  that  field  making  a  rea- 
sonable efifort  according  to  its  ability  to 
pay  a  fair  proportion  of  their  salary  it 
would  be  a  detriment  rather  than  a  help 
to  that  church.  Let  it  be  remembered 
then: 

L  These  men  must  be  paid  from  some 
source.  If  the  Convention  pays  them, 
the  money  comes  from  the  churches 
somewhere. 

2.  When  they  go  to  aid  a  pastor,  that 
pastor    should    not    say    to    his    people, 


"These  men  are  paid  by  the  Convention 
and  the  Missionary  will  get  his  salary 
whether  the  church  does  much  or  not." 

3.  A  church  may  not  be  able  to  raise 
one-half  or  one-fourth  what  the  Mission- 
ary costs  the  Convention,  and  it  will  be 
all  right  and  help  will  cheerfully  be  given 
if  the  church  seems  to  have  made  an 
honest  effort  to  do  the  fair  thing  finan- 
cially. 

4.  The  Missionary  knows  about  the 
strength  of  the  church  and  some  other 
people  know  it  and  it  leaves  an  unpleas- 
ant remembrance  of  that  church  if  they 
try  to  get  help  from  other  churches  and 
do  not  make  a  reasonable  efifort  to  help 
themselves. 

5.  Do  not  think  hard  of  the  Missionary 
if  he  makes  a  reasonable  efifort  at  the 
end  of  the  meeting  to  raise  money  for 
his  work  or  if  he  asks  an  offering  for 
one  Sunday.  He  knows  that  other 
churches  are  paying  him  and  he  should 
not  wholly  give  his  time  to  fields  that  are 
able  to  pay  in  part. 

6.  The  conditions  of  these  men  going 
to  any  field  are  as  follows : 

(a)  A  good  room  and  board  if  a 
church  can  furnish  it.  If  a  church  is  too 
poor  for  this  we  will  secure  a  room  and 
board  him  in  a  hotel. 

(b)  Give  him  encouragement  to  make 
reasonable  effort  for  a  contribution  at 
the  end  of  the  meeting.  Some  fields  pay 
the  full  salary  for  two  or  three  weeks 
and  more.  Some  pay  one-half  and  some 
one-fourth.     There    are    no    back    bills. 


Wanted :  To  buy  old  church  pews  for 
a  little  church,  24  by  40,  built  by  the 
Church  of  God's  people  (not  Latter  Day 
Saints),  at  Marblehead,  Illinois.  Ad- 
dress Mrs.  George  Hickerson,  Quincy, 
Illinois,  R.  R.  No.  4. 


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Published   monthly  in   the  interest  of  the 
Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 

Subscription  price,  25c  a  year;  clubs  of  20 
or  more,  20c. 

E.  P.  BRAND,  Editor 
Superintendent  of  Missions, 

201  North  School  Street,  Normal,  Illinois. 


"Entered  as  second  class  matter,  June  12, 

1909,  at  the   Postoffice  at  Normal, 

Illinois,  under  the  Act  of 

March   3,   1879." 

IT  was  inspiring  to  be  in  company  with 
so  large  a  delegation  of  earnest  faith- 
ful Christians  as  attended  the  State  Con- 
vention. Five  hundred  eighty-one  en- 
rolled and  perhaps  seventy-five  or  one 
hundred  came  in  automobiles  and  went 

home  over  night  and  did  not  register. 

*  *  * 

EVERYBODY  seems  to  speak  well 
of  the  program.  It  was  compre- 
hensive and  up  to  date  and  every  one  on 
the  program  seemed  to  have  made  good 
preparation.     The  addresses  and  papers 

were  fine. 

*  *  * 

ALL  the  people  were  well  pleased 
with  State  Convention  night.  No 
part  of  the  program  seemed  to  have  been 
more  appreciated  by  any  one.  The  Su- 
perintendent read  the  report  of  the  Mis- 
sionary and  Executive  Board  and  intro- 
duced twenty-two  Missionaries  and  each 
one  made  a  short  speech. 

ALL  the  people  greatly  enjoyed  the 
devotional  half-hour  led  by  Dr. 
Ross  of  Chicago,  Wednesday  and  Thurs- 
day forenoon.  His  talks  were  plain  ex- 
positions of  the  word  and  they  seemed 
to  get  hold  of  the  hearts  of  the  people. 
Dr.  Ross  is  not  yet  very  well  known  in 
this  state.  He  has  been  pastor  of  the  2d 
church  of  Chicago  for  about  two  years. 


THE  Editor  could  not  be  in  the 
meetings  Wednesday  afternoon  and 
Thursday  afternoon,  but  he  heard  those 
sessions  well  spoken  of.  Director  Koeh- 
ler  and  his  helpers  gave  a  good  session 
on  Thursday  afternoon  on  Sunday 
School  and  B.  Y.  P.  U.  work. 

*  *  * 

THE  Convention  made  a  reasonable 
increase  on  the  salary  of  all  its  ap- 
pointees. It  felt  that  the  cost  of  liv- 
ing required  this,  and  the  Convention 
Board  hopes  that  every  church  that  can 
possibly  do  it  will  give  its  pastor  a  sub- 
stantial increase  in  salary. 

*  *  * 

PASTOR  L.  C.  Trent  and  his  people 
did  splendidly  in  entertaining  the 
Convention.  The  Editor  heard  no  com- 
plaint but  everybody  seemed  well  pleased 
with  Kewanee.  Next  year  we  go  to 
Rockford,  near  the  Wisconsin  border. 
Rockford  is  now  a  great  city.  About 
75,000  people.  Three  large  strong 
White  Baptist  churches.  Rockford  is 
looking  forward  with  much  interest  to 
our  coming. 

T*     'i*     T» 

THE  Superintendent  visited  the  Iowa 
State  Convention  at  Keokuk,  Octo- 
ber 29th.  The  meeting  was  quite  well  at- 
tended and  considerable  interest  was 
manifested.  Some  rather  difficult  things 
were  discussed.  The  Iowa  Baptists  are 
a  great  body  of  people.  We  enjoyed 
speaking  for  them. 

•f*     'I*     'K 

THE  two  sermons  preached  by  Pastor 
Charles  Durden  of  East  St.  Louis 
and  Dr.  J.  B.  Thomas  of  Chicago,  were 
very  fine  efiforts.  They  were  both  true 
to  the  fundamental  truths  of  the  Gospel 
and  they  were  up  to  date  in  their  state- 
m.ents. 


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THE  last  night  was. a  great  meeting. 
Every  part  of  the  house,  gallery  and 
side  rooms  were  crowded.  Dr.  Scares 
of  the  University  of  Chicago,  gave  a  fine 
address.  This  was  followed  by  a  splen- 
did address  by  Dr.  E.  B.  Rogers,  of 
Springfield.  Dr.  Rogers  had  but  short 
time  for  preparation  as  he  substituted  for 
Dr.  Geistweit,  but  he  captured  his  peo- 
ple and  made  a  fine  closing  up  for  the 
Convention. 


BANQUETS 

The  General  Banquet  at  Kewanee  on 
Ihursday  evening  was  a  great  success. 
The  hall  where  it  was  held  was  full,  but 
not  over  crowded.  The  addresses  by  all 
four  of  the  speakers  were  good.  Pas- 
tor Chessman  acted  well  as  toastmaster. 

The  dinner  for  the  Missionaries  at 
noon  Wednesday  was  quite  successful. 
The  room  was  overcrowded  and  one 
table  had  to  be  arranged  outside.  Thirty- 
nine  of  the  State  Convention  Mission- 
aries took  dinner  together  at  the  expense 
of  the  Convention.  There  is  something 
pleasant  and  congenial  for  these  state 
workers  to  sit  together  at  a  meal  once  a 
year;  have  conversation  and  short  ad- 
dresses and  to  feel  that  the  Convention 
desires  to  show  its  appreciation  of  their 
work  by  furnishing  this  dinner. 

The  Shurtlefif  Banquet  was  a  large 
affair  this  year.  A  large  room  crowded 
full  of  people,  enthusiastic  for  Shurtlefif 
College.  Shurtleff  College  under  the  ef- 
ficient management  of  President  Potter 
i"  coming  to  the  front  and  is  now  getting 
into  a  position  to  do  much  greater  things 
in  the  future. 


only  the  good  judgment  and  wise  ruling 
of  the  President  saved  the  Convention 
from  embarrassment;  but  each  time 
I'resident  Potter  did  just  the  right  thing. 
We  do  not  wonder  that  he  was  unani- 
mously chosen  for  another  year. 


President  Potter  made  a  splendid  pre- 
siding officer  of  the  Convention.  There 
were  times  when  it  would  have  been  easy 
to  make  a  serious  mistake.     Times  when 


STATISTICAL,    REPORT,    NEW    WORL,T> 
MOVEMENT 

Group  I.     Churches  over  the  top: 
Number  of  churches  in  this  group         27 

Total  membership 6683 

Total  allotment $494,048.00 

Amount  subscribed  with 

credits 521,917.42 

Amount   over-subscribed 27,869.42 

Per  capita  subscriptions  for 

5  year  period 78.10 

Per  capita  subscription  per 

year 15.62 

Per  capita  subscription  for 

year  ending  April  1,  1919 

(Victory  Campaign) 5.65 

Per  capita  subscription  for 

year  ending  April  1,  1918 

(Million  Dollar  Drive)—  4.90 

Note :  The  subscription  for  the  New 
World  Movement  in  this  group  of 
churches  represents  an  increase  of  218.7 
per  cent  over  year  ending  April  1,  1918, 
and  an  increase  of  176.1  per  cent  over 
year  ending  April  1,  1919. 

Group  II.     Churches  making  canvass  but 
not  reaching  allotment : 

Number  of  churches 221 

Total  membership 54,009 

Total  allotment $5,252,924.00 

Amount     subscribed     with 

credits    2,061,397.57 

Balance  due  on  allotment 3,191,526.43 

Per  capita  subscription  for 

5  year  period 38.11 

Per  capita  subscription  per 

year 7  .(i2 


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101 


Per  capita  subscription  for 
all  benevolences  for  year 
ending  April  1,  1919—  4.58 

Per  capita  subscription  for 
all  benevolences  for  year 
ending  April  1,  1918—  2.87 

-  Note:  (a)  The  subscription  for  New 
World  Movement  in  this  group  of 
churches  represents  an  increase  of  165.1 
per  cent  over  year  ending  April  1,  1918, 
and  of  66.4  per  cent  for  year  ending 
April  1,  1919. 

Note:  (b)  If  the  churches  in  this 
group  had  subscribed  on  the  same  per 
capita  basis  as  Group  I  (78.10)  they 
would  have  produced  the  sum  of  $4,218,- 
102.80. 

Group   III.     Churches   that  have  made 
no  canvass : 

Number  of  churches 153 

Total  membership 16,984 

Total  allotment $1,446,149.00 

Per  capita  subscriptions  for 

all   benevolence   for  year 

ending  April  1,  1919_-_  2.54 

Per  capita  subscription  for 

all   benevolence   for  year 

ending  April  1,  1918 2.44 

Note,  If  all  the  churches  in  Illinois 
aligned  with  the  State  Convention  had 
subscribed  on  the  same  per  capita  basis 
as  the  churches  comprising  Group  I, 
they  would  have  produced  the  sum  of 
$6,468,944.90,  and  we  would  be  today 
only  $639,055.10  short  of  the  goal. 
Group  IV.  Churches  receiving  allot- 
ments but  aligned  with  the  State  Asso- 
ciation (southern)  : 

Number  of  churches 28 

Amount  allotted $      90,723.00 

Recapitulation 
Am.ount  allotted  to  the  state$7, 108,000.00 
Amount       subscribed       by 

Group  I $521,917.42 

Amount       subscribed       by 


Group  II  __$2,061, 387.57 
Amount       subscribed       by 
individuals            3,668.50 
Total $2,586,983.49 


Balance  due  on  allotment $4,521,016.51 

A.  E.  Peterson, 
Director  State  Board  of 
Promotion. 


PERSONAL 

Rev.  H.  C.  Leland,  Ph.D.,  is  now  liv- 
ing in  Dixon  and  having  rested  during 
the  summer,  is  now  able  to  do  supply 
work,  either  supplying  for  single  Sun- 
days or  between  pastorates  in  northern 
Illinois.  Dr.  Leland  is  a  strong  preacher 
and  a  good  pastor  and  any  church  would 
do  well  to  secure  his  services. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Bagwill  has  been  chaplain 
of  the  Southern  Illinois  Penitentiary  for 
a  few  months.  There  now  seems  to  be 
quite  an  evangelistic  work  going  on  in 
that  institution.  Since  Brother  Bagwill 
began  work,  about  sixty  of  the  prisoners 
have  professed  conversion  and  fully  four 
hundred  of  them  have  asked  for  prayer, 
raising  their  hand  and  writing  letters  to 
the  chaplain.  The  manager  says  that  a 
great  change  has  come  over  the  men  of 
that  institution.  Recently  the  state  su- 
perintendent of  prisons  was  present  on  a 
Sabbath.  The  chaplain  writes  that  fully 
one-third  of  the  men  raised  their  hands 
for  prayer,  and  at  the  close  of  the  serv- 
ice the  superintendent  said,  "Chaplain, 
that  is  wonderful.  I  never  saw  anything 
like  it." 


A  PAGEANT  FOR  THE  BIBLE  AND 
MISSIONS 

Woman's  Mission  Circles  and  other 
groups  studying  Mrs.  Montgomery's  book 
"The  Bible  and  Missions,"  should  get  a 
copy  of  the  pageant  entitled,  "A  Message 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


for  Man,"  just  published  by  the  Baptist 
Woman's  Missionary  Union  of  Georgia. 
It  makes  a  very  interesting  and  appro- 
priate program  for  use  in  connection 
with  the  book,  and  offers  a  very  happy 
plan  for  public  presentation  of  the  signi- 
ficant facts  in  the  text  book. 

There  are  seventeen  characters  (though 
this  number  can  be  reduced  if  desired), 
representing  the  Old  and  New  Testa- 
ments, India,  China,  Burma  and  other 
mission  fields,  Translation,  The  British 
and  Foreign  Bible  Society,  The  American 
Bible  Society,  Great  Britain,  The  United 
States  and  the  World.  The  costumes 
are  simple  and  the  whole  pageant  is  very 
impressive.     The  price  is  ten  cents. 

Send  for  copies  to  the  Literature  De- 
partment of  the  General  Board  of  Pro- 
motion at  any  of  the  following  addresses: 
276  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City;  700 
Ford  Building,  Boston,  Mass. ;  2969  Ver- 
non Avenue,  Chicago,  111. ;  506  Columbia 
Building,  Los  Angeles. 


anSSIONARIES  AND  MISSIONARY 
PASTORS 

The  Lena  church  in  the  northwestern 
part  of  the  state  has  been  pastorless  for 
about  two  or  three  years,  but  is  now  do- 
ing regular  work  again.  The  clerk  of 
the  church  writes  as  follows:  "Will 
write  you  just  a  few  lines  regarding  the 
work  which  Brother  Dent  did  while  in 
Lena.  He  called  on  all  the  church  mem- 
bers and  asked  them  whether  they  were 
willing  to  help  support  the  work  of  the 
church  and  attend  the  services  if  arrange- 
m.ents  could  be  made  for  having  any 
services  at  all.  In  nearly  every  case  the 
members  promised  to  do  both.  The  Rev. 
Dickman  went  with  him  and  they  so- 
licited the  members  to  see  how  much 
they  could  raise.  They  succeeded  in 
getting  promises  to  the  amount  of  $7.10 


per  Sunday  for  Brother  Dickman.  We 
then  extended  a  call  to  Brother  Dick- 
man as  our  pastor  for  afternoon  services 
to  begin  October  first.  We  have  had 
three  beautiful  Sundays  and  have  had 
good  attendance  at  the  services.  We 
had  thirty-five  last  Sunday.  We  cer- 
tainly think  that  Brother  Dent  is  a  fine 
man  for  the  work  he  is  doing.  We  en- 
joyed his  plain  gospel  talks  so  much.  In 
fact  we  think  he  gave  the  best  talks  we 
have  heard  for  a  long  time.  We  appre- 
ciate his  efforts  here  very  much." 

Evangelist  Frank  M.  Dunk  has  re- 
cently closed  a  meeting  with  the  Steuben 
church  in  the  Peoria  Association.  The 
pastor.  Rev.  Ray  W.  Barber,  writes  as 
follows :  "Brother  Dunk  closed  his 
meeting  on  Sunday  night.  It  rained  all 
day  Sunday,  but  we  had  three  happy  and 
blessed  meetings.  The  folks  didn't  seem 
to  mind  plowing  through  the  mud  to 
get  to  the  church.  Three  came  forward 
Sunday  morning.  We  baptized  thirteen 
Sunday  afternoon.  We  used  one  of 
these  old  wooden  staved  cattle  tanks  for 
the  service.  This  I  believe,  only  made 
the  service  more  impressive,  especially 
as  it  was  such  bad  weather.  We  have 
received,  in  addition  to  those  who  came 
by  confession  and  baptism,  seven  by  let- 
ter into  the  Steuben  church.  This  makes 
the  actual  working  membership  of  the 
church  thirty." 

The  clerk  of  the  Geneseo  church  writes 
a  very  encouraging  letter  concerning  the 
work  of  Rev.  J.  C.  Dent  on  that  field. 
She  says,  "He  came  here  on  the  9th  of 
October  and  preached  both  morning  and 
evening  services  Sunday  and  every  even- 
ing that  week  with  the  exception  of 
S  turday.  He  made  an  every-member 
canvass  and  secured  a  pledge  from  prac- 
tically every  one.  I  think  if  Brother 
Dent   could   have   remained   longer   that 


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103 


Geneseo  would  have  experienced  a  real 
revival  of  religion  and  that  is  what  we 
need.  We  shall  always  love  him  for  his 
encouraging  words  and  his  cheerfulness 
and  for  the  Gospel  he  preached." 

The  East  Park  church  in  Decatur  re- 
quested the  services  of  Rev.  George  H. 
Yule  to  put  on  an  every-member  canvass 
on  that  field.  The  Missionary  put  in  a 
very  faithful  week's  work  and  raised 
about  $2,350.  The  canvass  is  not  yet 
complete.  That  is  a  very  important  sec- 
tion of  the  growing  city  of  Decatur  and 
it  is  very  important  to  locate  a  man  for 
full  time  on  that  field  and  a  strong  man 
is  needed.  The  State  Convention  will 
aid  that  field  to  some  extent  if  we  can 
secure  the  right  man. 

The  Tampico  church  has  made  re- 
markable advancement  in  the  past  three 
years.  At  that  time  the  State  Conven- 
tion had  to  assist  them  in  raising  a  $600 
salary  and  parsonage  for  a  student  sup- 
ply. Now  the  church  is  paying  a  $1,500 
salary  without  assistance.  They  have 
repaired  the  parsonage  and  meeting 
house  and  the  pastor  will  perhaps  sup- 
ply a  small  church  nearby,  increasing  his 
salary  $200  or  $300.  This  has  all  been 
done  in  three  years.  Rev.  Alex  Mathe- 
son  is  pastor  of  that  church  at  this  time. 
The  State  Convention  District  Superin- 
tendents helped  them  in  about  three  ef- 
forts on  that  field. 

The  Erie  church  planned  to  lay  the 
cornerstone  for  its  new  church  building 
•  October  17th,  at  3  p.  m. 

Rev.  T.  O.  McMinn  began  a  meeting 
at  Oak  Valley  church  in  Wayne  County, 
in  September.  He  conducted  the  meet- 
ing for  one  week  and  became  sick  and 
had  to  close  the  meeting.  There  were 
ten  conversions  and  ten  additions  to 
the  church  by  baptism.  After  being  laid 
aside  for  ten  days  on  account  of  sickness 
he  went  to  the  Shiloh  church  and  suc- 


ceeded in  getting  them  interested  enough 
to  come  into  the  Association.  Evange- 
list McMinn  is  doing  good  work  among 
the  southern  Illinois  churches. 

Rev.  J.  T.  Finnan,  our  Missionary  pas- 
tor at  Elvaston,  is  doing  successful  work 
in  the  town  of  Hamilton,  on  the  western 
side  of  the  state,  opposite  Keokuk,  Iowa. 
He  says  he  has  found  fifteen  Baptists 
there  who  have  their  membership  in 
churches  elsewhere.  Five  of  these  have 
already  put  their  letters  into  the  Elvaston 
church.  He  states  that  he  expects  to 
baptize  two  young  men  from  Hamilton 
who  will  join  the  Elvaston  church.  We 
hope  that  he  will  be  able  to  establish  a 
successful  Mission  in  that  town. 

Rev.  L.  E.  Setterlund,  our  Missionary 
pastor  during  the  past  year  at  Chicago 
Heights,  has  closd  his  work  on  that  field. 
This  leaves  an  important  field  where  a 
pastor  ought  to  be  located  soon. 

Rev.  Frank  Metcalf,  the  Missionary 
pastor  at  Bradford,  writes  concerning 
the  work  on  that  field.  "The  painting 
and  decorating  and  other  repairs  on  the 
meeting  house  cost  $1,896,  of  which 
$1,496  has  been  paid.  The  church  is 
looking  fine.  They  seem  to  have  taken 
hold  to  working  with  new  life.  Already 
we  can  see  improvement  in  the  church 
attendance.  Yesterday  I  organized  a 
men's  Bible*  class.  We  had  seventeen 
present.  Six  persons  are  waiting  for 
admission  to  the  church  by  letter." 

Rev.  Martin  S.  Bryant,  our  Mission- 
ary pastor  at  the  State  University,  is 
having  the  finest  year  in  the  history  of 
that  church.  The  average  attendance 
for  the  five  Sundays  in  October  was : 
Bible  School  122;  Morning  Church  serv- 
ice 189;  B.  Y.  P.  U.  service  106.  These 
numbers  are  composed  almost  wholly  of 
students  or  families  of  the  faculty.  To 
have  that  many  State  University  students 
for  a  period  of  four  years  under  the  care- 


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ful  religious  instruction  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bryant  can  scarcely  be  estimated  in  its 
far  reaching  results.  The  State  Conven- 
tion never  did  so  great  a  work  along  one 
line  of  service  as  when  it  established  a 
State  Universitv  church. 


OVER  AGAINST  THE  TREASURY 

Today  as  in  the  olden  time  the  Master 
sits  over  against  the  treasury,  and  watches 
while  men  cast  their  possession  therein. 
We  are  imitating  him  in  this,  and  are 
watching  eagerly  with  note  book  and 
pencil  in  hand,  casting  up  accounts,  reck- 
oning increases,  talking  of  amounts  great 
or  small,  with  our  hopes  and  expectations 
keyed  up  to  the  grand  total  which  we 
have  fixed  as  our  goal.  But  he  sees  as 
we  cannot — sees  what  we  cannot.  He 
sees  who  gives.  We  may  cleverly  dodge 
the  campaign  director,  and  the  solicit- 
ing committee,  and  the  best  laid  plans  of 
the  Board  of  Promotion,  but  we  cannot 
dodge  him.  He  knows.  And  he  sees 
what  we  give.  Well,  we  can  see  that,  too, 
in  a  measure,  concerning  others  as  well 
as  ourselves.  It  is  partly  a  matter  of 
mathematics,  but  not  wholly.  He  sees  the 
relation  of  dollars  given  to  the  dollars 
withheld,  the  relation  of  offering  to  ability. 
We  cannot  know  that.  We  can  only  guess 
at  it.  And  he  sees  why  we  give; 
whether  simply  because  we  are  ashamed 
not  to  give  when  all  about  us  are  giving, 
or  because  we  find  it  difficult  to  escape 
solicitation,  or  because  of  a  desire  that 
our  church  shall  not  fall  below  the  goal 
set  for  it;  or  whether  from  a  vision  of 
what  the  movement  means  and  a  desire  to 
have  part  in  its  realization.  But  what 
difference  does  it  make,  as  long  as  the 
money  is  given?  It  may  make  little 
difference  in  the  footing  on  our  treasurer's 
books,  but  the  Lord's  methods  of  account- 
ing may  not  be  just  like  oni3.  And  he 
sees,  again,  how  we  give;  whether  reluct- 
antly, hesitatingly,  as  under  the  compul- 
sion of  a  law  of  obligation  which  we  can- 
not escape;  or  willingly,  joyously,  in  a 
spirit  of  loving  surrender  not  only  of  our 
possessions,  but  of  ourselves  for  the  do- 
ing of  his  will  and  the  promotion  of  his 
glory.  What  a  difference  it  would  make 
to  most  of  us  if  this  week  we  should  see 
back  of  the  collectors  and  committees  the 
form  of  our  gracious  Lord  sitting  over 
the   treasury  as   we  cast  in   our  gifts! 

— Watchman    Examiner. 


line  of  Evangelism.  There  seems  to  be 
a  tendency  in  the  hearts  of  the  people 
at  this  time  to  turn  a  willing  ear  to  the 
evangelistic  note.  Our  evangelists  are 
having  good  success  at  this  time.  But 
every  pastor  should  be  an  evangelist  in 
his  own  church  work.  One  of  the 
strongest  evidences  God  gives  a  man 
that  he  has  called  him  to  preach  is  his 
success  in  winning  souls  to  Christ.  Very 
Kiany  pastors  think  they  cannot  do  this 
and  often  call  upon  men  of  much  less 
ability  than  they  themselves  possess  to 
do  this  most  important  work  for  them. 
Many  preachers  have  but  little  or  no  suc- 
cess in  evangelistic  work  because  they  do 
not  try.  They  seem  to  be  timid  about 
doing  personal  work.  Any  one  who  will 
preach  the  Gospel  truth  in  such  a  way  as 
to  make  personal  application  of  it,  and 
will  not  hesitate  to  do  personal  work  and 
will  spend  much  time  in  praying  for  in- 
dividuals will  have  some  success  in  win- 
ning souls  to  Christ. 

In  almost  every  community  are  many 
professing  Christians  who  have  grown 
cold  spiritually  and  they  need  the  per- 
sonal help  of  some  one  to  get  back  into 
active  service.  This  is  a  great  opportu- 
nity for  the  pastor.  These  people  need 
some  one  to  personally  talk  with  them 
and  in  many  cases  they  can  be  easily 
reached. 

Let  every  pastor  as  well  as  professional 
evangelist  make  a  special  effort  from  now 
until  Easter  to  reach  the  unsaved  and  the 
back  slidden  church  members. 


EVANGELISM 

Now  and  for  six  months  ahead  of  us 
ib  the  time  for  special  efforts  along  the 


PASTORAL  CHANGES 

Rev.  W.  W.  Ayer,  who  has  been  pastor 
at  Mason  City  for  about  two  years,  has 
accepted  a  call  to  become  pastor  of  the 
Atlanta  church.  Brother  Ayer  did  a 
good  work  at  Mason  City  and  we  hope 


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a  successor  will  soon  be  found  for  that 
field. 
.  Rev.  A.  H.  Gage  of  Chicago,  spent  a 
few  weeks  last  summer  with  the  Batavia 
church.  That  church  has  now  located 
Rev.  Fred  W.  Field  of  Canada  on  a 
salary  of  $600  beyond  what  it  formerly 
paid.  The  outlook  for  that  field  seems 
to  be  good. 

We  learn  that  the  Clinton  church  lo- 
cated a  pastor  October  1st.  We  do  not 
know  who  he  is  nor  where  he  comes 
from.  Clinton  has  been  pastorless  about 
three  years.  We  are  delighted  to  know 
they  have  started  up  again. 

The  First  Church  in  Peoria  recently 
increased  the  salary  of  its  pastor,  Rev. 
Joseph  Hazen,  $900,  and  that  of  his  as- 
sistant, Rev.  A.  V.  Rowland,. $300.  We 
have  never  known  Baptist  work  so  hope- 
ful in  Peoria. 


THE  NEW  WORLD  MOVEMENT 

Quite  a  number  of  pastors  and  their 
churches,  that  for  different  reasons  did 
not  join  in  the  Great  World  jMovement 
last  spring,  are  planning  now  to  take  up 
an  every-member  canvass  for  this  work. 
That  is  as  it  should  be  and  churches  that 
for  various  causes  made  only  a  partial 
canvass  or  failed  to  get  as  hearty  sub- 
scriptions as  ought  to  have  been  given, 
should  now  take  up  this  great  canvass. 
Practically  the  whole  denomination  is 
now  doing  work  along  this  line  and  it 
is  doing  many  times  more  than  it  ever 
did  before.  It  is  detrimental  to  any 
church  to  stand  back  and  see  their 
brethren  push  forward  in  trying  to  save 
the  world  while  they  are  doing  but  little 
or  nothing.  Churches  and  pastors  should 
not  be  satisfied  to  do  their  Mission  work 
along  the  same  line  and  to  the  same  ex- 
tent as  was  done  thirty  or  forty  years 
ago,  while  everything  else  in  the  world 


has  taken  on  new  life  and  is  working 
along  a  new  scale  of  operation.  And 
especially  is  this  detrimental  when  they 
see  other  brethren  and  churches  getting 
into  line  of  new  and  larger  methods  of 
work.  We  hope  that  every  one  of  the 
153  churches  affiliated  with  the  State 
Convention  and  did  not  make  a  canvass 
on  the  $100,000,000  drive  will  do  so  this 
year.  We  hope  that  many  of  the  221 
churches  that  made  the  canvass  and  did 
not  reach  the  goal  will  strengthen  their 
canvass  this  year.  Perhaps  some  mem- 
bers of  these  churches  were  not  can- 
vassed last  spring  and  some  did  not  give 
as  liberally  as  thy  should ;  give  them  an- 
other chance.-  We  are  now  living  in 
critical  tims  for  the  cause  of  Christ  in 
this  world  and  for  the  condition  of  the 
world. 

The  biggest  thing  Christians  can  do  for 
the  next  five  years  is  the  building  up 
and  strengthening  of  the  cause  of  Christ. 
Jf  Christianity  should  fail  to  do  its  work 
in  the  world,  our  riches  would  not 
be  worth  much. 


AVOMEX'S  MEETING 

One  great  power  in  the  annual  meet- 
ings of  our  Convnetion  is  the  women's 
meeting.  They  hold  a  separate  meeting 
all  day  Tuesday  except  the  night  session. 
That  brings  them  in  large  numbers  on 
Monday  night  and  we  have  more  women 
than  pastors  in  the  Pastors'  Conference 
on  Monday  night.  During  all  the  re- 
mainder of  the  meeting  the  women  are 
present  in  large  numbers.  We  cannot 
speak  of  their  meeting  in  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  Kewanee,  but  we  have 
heard  it  well  spoken  of.  We  saw  them 
coming  out  of  the  church  for  dinner  and 
in  appeared  as  though  the  church  must 
have  been  crowded.  Their  program  was 
very  good.     The  work  of  the  women  is 


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now  being  more  and  more  incorporated 
with  the  general  work  of  the  denomina- 
tion and  women  are  being  placed  upon 
the  Convention  Board  and  Departments 
as  never  before. 


Mrs.  Iva  L.  Smith,  Executive  Secre- 
tary of  the  B.  Y.  P.  U.  Department  of 
the  Salem  Association,  writes:  "Our 
Associational  work  is  moving  along 
nicely  and  the  Sunday  school  and  B.  Y. 
P.*  U.  Standard  work  is  receiving  more 
consideration  than  ever  before  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  Association.  Every  Sunday 
school  and  B.  Y.  P.  U.  and  W.  W.  G. 
reported  this  year  and  we  have  had 
plenty  of  finances  to  care  for  the  work." 


CHRISTIAN    AMERICANIZATION    CARD 

(1620-1920) 

This  is  the  time  to  emphasize  the  Pil- 
grim Tercentenary  with  all  its  signific- 
ance to  Americans  of  today.  The  Wom- 
an's American  Baptist  Home  Mission  So-» 
ciety  have  published  an  attractive  little 
card  bearing  a  message  by  Rev.  Chas.  W. 
Gilkey,  pastor  of  the  Hyde  Park  Baptist 
church  of  Chicago.  The  card  is  gotten 
up  in  two  colors,  and  is  just  the  thing  for 
use  as  invitations,  or  as  place  cards,  or 
gifts.  It  sells  for  two  cents  a  card,  or 
twenty  cents  a  dozen,  and  can  be  secured 
from  the  Literature  Department  of  the 
iGeneral  Board  of  Promotion  at  any  of 
the  following  addresses:  276  Fifth 
Avenue,  New  York  City;  700  Ford 
Building,  Boston,  Mass. ;  2969  Vernon 
Avenue,  Chicago,  111. ;  506  Columbia 
Building.  Los  Angeles. 


FIRST  CHURCH,  ROCKPORD 

Rev.  G.  A.  Sheets  has  been  pastor  for 
six  years.  The  church  has  made  fine 
progress  during  that  time.  The  church 
should   have  had  a  new  building   many 


years  ago,  but  that  could  not  be  accom- 
plished until  the  present  pastorate.  They 
sold  their  old  lot  for  $40,000.  They  se- 
cured one  of  the  finest  lots  in  Rockford. 
War  conditions  held  them  back  from 
building  about  two  years.  They  have 
been  in  the  process  of  building  for  a  year 
and  a  half.  They  now  have  completed 
one  of  the  best  arranged  buildings  for 
Sunday  School  work  in  the  State.  The 
plant  has  cost  them  about  $100,000  and 
they  saved  about  $25,000,  possibly 
$30,000  by  not  letting  the  contract,  but  by 
buying  material  and  letting  contracts  by 
sections.  The  work  seems  well  done.  A 
beautiful  and  well  constructed  parsonage 
is  attachd  to  the  church.  The  week 
from  Oct.  23-31  was  given  to  Dedication 
exercises.  The  meetings  all  through 
were  well  attended  and  very  interesting. 
Dr.  George  W.  Taft  preached  the  dedica- 
tion sermon.  Supt.  Brand  preached  on 
the  last  Sunday.  No  money  was  raised 
before  hand.  Pastor  Sheets  and  his  peo- 
ple are  to  be  congratulated. 

The    State    Convention    will    meet    in 
this  house  next  fall. 


CHURCHES 

The  pastor  of  the  Moweaqua  church 
writes  the  following  newsy  note:  "Sep- 
tember 5th,  we  opened  an  evangelistic 
campaign  under  the  leadership  of 
Evangelist  Chas.  H.  Harrington  of  Bing- 
hamton,  N.  Y.  The  campaign  was  car- 
ried on  under  a  tent  and  there  were  as 
many  folks  outside  as  inside,  many  times. 
The  whole  community  has  been  stirred 
and  we  feel  that  we  will  be  reaping  the 
results  of  the  meeting  for  some  time  to 
come.  The  finances  of  the  church  are  in 
excellent  condition.  Nearly  $800  was 
raised  in  the  campaign,  for  the  campaign 
budget.  Since  the  coming  of  the  pastor 
last  December  forty  have  come  into  the 


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church.  A  goodly  number  of  them  hav- 
ing been  received  by  baptism.  We  feel 
very  much  encouraged." 

Rev.  L.  P.  Cassel  has  been  pastor  of 
the  Utica  church  for  about  one  year. 
During  the  past  year  the  church  has  made 
repairs  and  improvements  on  its  building 
amounting  to  $900.00.  The  pastor's  sal- 
ary has  been  increased  $300.00.  There 
has  been  an  increase  in  interest  and  at- 
tendance in  the  regular  church  services. 
The  Sunday  School  during  the  past  year 
had  an  increase  both  in  the  average  at- 
tendance and  the  offering  over  and  above 
the  averages  for  the  previous  year.  The 
church  recently  gave  the  pastor  a  pound 
shower  at  which  more  than  eighty  people 
visited  the  parsonage. 

The  Auburn  church  of  which  Rev.  T. 
B.  Marian  has  been  pastor  for  about  3 
years,  seems  to  be  doing  good  work. 
They  increased  the  salary  $200.00.  The 
congregations  are  good.  Seventeen  were 
added  to  the  church  last  year. 

The  Marquette  Road  church  in  Chi- 
cago, of  which  Rev.  A.  C.  Hodgson  is 
pastor,  recntly  increased  his  salary 
$400.00.  Everything  seems  to  be  doing 
well  on  that  field.  They  have  increased 
on  the  Benevolent  offerings  five  hundred 
per  cent.  The  Sunday  School  and  Prayer 
meetings  are  good.  This  is  in  a  resi- 
dent section  of  Chicago,  nine  miles  from 
the  loop. 

The  Herald  of  Hope  church  in  Urbana 
of  which  Rev.  Samuel  J.  Kirkland  is 
pastor,  is  doing  very  aggressive  work.  In 
eighteen  months  they  have  advanced 
from  a  supply  church  to  a  full  pastorate. 
Brother  Kirkland  is  now  giving  full  time. 
They  raised  $5,000  on  the  New  World 
Movement. 


ENTHUSIASM  AND  A  THOROUGH 
CANVASS 

(By  A.  E.  Peterson.) 
A  recent  Sunday  was  spent  with  a 
church  in  the  state  that  last  spring  went 
over  the  top  with  an  allotment  averaging 
approximately  $100  per  member.  As  the 
story  of  their  achievement  was  told  it 
became  apparent  that  the  success 
achieved  by  this  church  was  largely  due 
to  the  presence  of  two  essential  feat- 
ures— enthusiasm  and  thoroughness.  The 
task  was  not  entered  into  half-heartedly. 
The  work  was  not  done  by  a  large 
group — most  of  it  was  done  by  two  men, 
the  pastor  and  a  good  layman  or  two. 
A  considerable  portion  of  the  constitu- 
ents reside  in  the  country  and  some 
mornings  this  pair  of  workers  would  be 
on  the  job  early  enough  to  breakfast  with 
a  farmer  and  his  family.  Such  enthus- 
iasm carried  the  day. 

And  the  canvass  was  as  thorough  as 
k  was  enthusiastic.  All  families  directly 
or  indirectly  connected  with  the  church 
were  listed.  And  these  numbered  122. 
And  out  of  this  number  116  are  now 
paying  regularly  on  subscriptions  made 
to  the  New  World  Movement.  The 
above  has  reference  to  the  Baptist 
church  at  Toulon,  Illinois. 


ERROR  CORRECTED 

The  Superintendent  at  the  State  Con- 
vention in  Kewanee  in  announcing  the 
next  place  of  meeting  stated  that  Rock- 
ford  has  a  population  from  35,000  to 
40,000.  We  had  not  at  that  time  realized 
how  rapidly  Rockford  has  been  growing. 
It  has  a  population  of  at  least  70,000  in 
the  city  and  some  claim  that  if  the  sub- 
urbs were  included  they  would  have  a 
population  of  about  80,000.  This  is  the 
rapidly  growing  city  where  the  State 
Convention  will  meet  next  fall. 


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"MEN  DO  GO  TO  CHURCH 

The    Christian    Intelligencer    gives    this 
summary  of  the  report  of  church  statistics 
showing    that    attendance    of    men    is    in- 
creasing:     "Of  all  the  people  in  the  United 
States,  41,926,854  are  church  members,  an 
Increase   of   6,860,000   in   ten  years,   or   20 
per  cent.      There  are  227,000  churches,  an 
increase  of   15,000.     The  value  of  church 
property  is  $1,676,000,000,  an  increase  of 
$420,000,000  in  ten  years.     There  are  15,- 
721,815      Roman      Catholics.      From      this 
number  should  be  deducted  15  per  cent  for 
infants  and  children,  all  of  which  are  in- 
cluded   in    the    Roman    Catholic    statistics. 
Less   than   one-third   of   the   church   mem- 
bers in  the  United  States  are  Roman  Cath- 
olics.    The  Roman  Catholic  proportion  in 
the  total  membership  was  40%  per  cent  in 
1906,  in  1919  it  was  ZTY2  per  cent.   In  ten 
years  the  Roman  Catholics  gained  10  3/5 
per    cent,    while    the    Protestant    churches 
gained    23     2/5    per    cent.      The    Baptists 
gained    26    1/5    per    cent;     the    Disciples 
24  1/5  per  cent;  the  Presbyterians  23  1/5 
per  cent;  the  Methodists  and  Episcopalians 
23    1/5    per    cent;    the    Congregationalists 
and  Lutherans   13   per  cent.      The  Univer- 
salists  are  losing,  having  today  only  59,000 
members.      The   Unitarians   have  only   82,- 
000.     The  percentage  of  men  in  nearly  all 
Protestant    churches    in    increasing.      It   is 
now  43   9/10  per  cent." 


"A  CHEERING  ADVANCE 

Rev.  A.  B.  Howell  reports  that  our 
churches  in  Cuba  have  at  present  many 
local  needs  which  they  are  attempting  to 
meet  and  are  expecting  to  raise  about 
$500,000  in  different  parts  of  the  field. 
These  funds  are  entirely  for  local  pur- 
poses; some  for  church  buildings  and  so- 
cial center  work.  In  addition  to  this,  they 
are  raising  $5,000  to  take  care  of  the 
Baracoa  and  Santa  Cruz  del  Sur  missions 
and  also  to  open  up  new  missions  in  other 
needy  places.  The  Home  Mission  Society 
of  the  Eastern  Cuba  Convention,  which 
was  organized  at  the  last  meeting  in 
Camaguey,  is  a  live  body  and  is  planning 
to  carry  on  the  mission  work  thoroughly. 
At  the  present  time,  not  counting  the 
money  used  in  the  Cristo  schools,  these 
churches  are  taking  care  of  fifty-six  per 
cent  of  all  the  mission  expenses,  and  this 
year  the  amount  will  be  sixty  per  cent." 


"Indian  givers  will  come  to  have  large 
significance  as  a  phrase  if  the  examples 
set  by  native  Creek  Indians  continue.  As 
details  show  elsewhere,  the  total  of  the 
recent  gifts  by  Indian  men  and  women  is 
$81,000,  made  to  the  Home  Mission  So- 
ciety for  our  educational  work  at  Bacone 
College  and  for  the  Morrow  Orphanage. 
Twenty-one  tribes  are  represented  now  at 
Bacone. — Missions." 


The  Baptist  Old  People's  Home 

Maywood,  Illinois 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Runyan,  Sec'y. 


INIembers  of  the  Home  and  the  Board 
of  Managers  wish  to  thank  all  those 
who  have  recently  given  such  practical 
evidence  of  genuine  and  sympathetic  in- 
terest in  the  Home  by  sending  barrels 
and  boxes  of  fresh  and  canned  fruit. 
The  response  to  this  request  has  been 
generous  and  being  accompanied  by  let- 
ters expressing  the  loving  thought  and 
joy  with  which  the  donors  prepared  and 
gave  the  good  things  they  will  be  enjoyed 
even  more  than  things  which  money  can 
buy ;  as  well  as  saving  our  cash  for  some 
comforts  which  money  alone  can  buy. 

The  plan  of  caring  for  the  Home  at  an 
average  expense  of  $30  per  day  has  also 
met  with  response  from  quite  a  number 
of  individuals  and  organizations — for  in- 
stance, a  recent  letter  encloses  $30  to 
care  for  the  Home  on  the  birthday  of 
the  donor's  little  grandson,  who  had 
"gone  Home,"  two  others  a  Thanks  of- 
fering for  little  grandchildren  who  are 
spared  them.  An  aged  blind  lady  who 
has  good  children  to  care  for  her,  gives 
to  support  the  Home  for  a  day.  But 
there  still  remain  other  days  on  our 
calendar  to  be  provided  for — will  you, 
your  church  or  Sunday  school  give  an 
offering  at  Thanksgiving  and  care  for  a 
day's  expense  at  the  Home? 

Others  who  can  and  may  wish  to  send 
fruit  or  eggs  please  do  so  before  cold 
weather  makes  it  impossible  to  send  it. 
Send  fruit  and  articles  for  bazaar  direct 
to  the  Home,  316  Fourth  street,  May- 
wood,  111.,  and  a  letter  at  the  same  time 
notifying  us  to  be  on  the  lookout  for  it. 


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109 


CENTRAL  BAFTIST  CHILDREN'S  HOME 

MAYWOOD,  ILJJXOIS 
Rer.   D.   H.   MacGillirraf,   Supt. 
Mrs.  D.  H.  MacGilliTray,  Matron 


HUDELSON  BAPTIST  ORPHANAGE 

Kev.  \.  T.  Hafer,  Supt. 
Mrs.  X.  T.  Hafer,  Matron 


Our  fiscal  year  closed  the  30th  of  Sep- 
tember and  the  month  of  October,  this 
year,  not  only  marks  the  beginning  of 
the  year  but  also  the  25th  anniversary 
of  the  organization. 

Twenty-five  years  ago  we  had  no 
property  and  the  first  dependents  num- 
bered five.  They  were  cared  for  by  the 
founder  of  the  Home,  Rev.  E.  L.  Sco- 
field  and  wife.  Now  we  have  a  staff  of 
eight,  counting  the  cook's  assistants.  A 
property  conservatively  valued  at  $66,864 
consisting  of  two  buildings,  the  plot  of 
ground  upon  which  they  stand  and  our 
summer  resort  at  Lake  Delavan.  An 
endowment  of  $7,000  and  a  designated 
fund  of  one  hundred,  both  of  which  are 
by  far  too  small. 

The  institution  has  a  capacity  of  96 
people,  children  and  working  staff.  The 
Home  has  been  a  haven  of  comfort  and 
protection  for  over  eighteen  hundred 
children  since  its  organization.  During 
this  last  year,  129  children  were  cared 
for. 

A  summary  of  the  Treasurer's  report 
shows  the  following: 
Balance  on  hand  September  30, 

1919 $  2,948.37 

Receipts  during  the  year 26,542.11 

Total  receipts _S29,490.4S 

The  amount  received  of  this 
from  state  apportionment 
and  Promotion  Board $  3,999.14 

Received  from  other  sources. _  25,491.34 

Grand  total  receipts  count- 
ing donations  and  garden 

stuffs $30,690.48 

Total  disbursements $25,181.44 

Of  this  amount  improvements  $  7,175.11 
Balance  October  1,  1920 $  4.309.74 


The  month  of  October  was  of  special 
interest  because  of  our  Corporation  and 
Board  of  Trustees  meetings  on  the  12lh, 
and  also  the  close  of  the  Associational 
season.  The  Superintendent  carried 
through  a  stunt  that  was  generally  com- 
mended when  he  toured  the  Associations 
with  a  ■■flivver"'  full  of  children  from 
the  Home.  Their  singing  and  play  ex- 
ercises captured  the  people  and  probably 
the  institution  was  never  more  favorably 
before  the  people  than  now.  In  all 
eleven  associations  in  the  southern  half 
of  Illinois  were  visited  by  the  children, 
and  the  superintendent  attended  two 
others  alone.  The  kiddies  enjoyed  it 
immensely  and  are  anxious  to  go  again. 

As  the  cold  weather  approaches  we  are 
reminded  of  the  need  of  bedding, 
blankets,  etc.,  for  our  larger  family. 
Our  annual  report  ^lay  1st  showed  that 
material  donations  of  all  kinds  during 
the  year  previous  totaled  $3,286.42  in 
value.  That  means  that  we  were  saved 
that  much  cash  expense  by  the  sending 
of  these  donations  of  bedding,  food, 
clothing,  etc.  Our  friends  showed  ex- 
cellent taste  and  nearly  all  of  the  above 
were  articles  readily  usable.  As  we  have 
more  children  than  last  year,  our  needs 
are  still  greater. 

On  October  13th,  seven  of  our  children 
had  tonsils  and  adenoids  removed  in  our 
newly  furnished  hospital.  Dr.  Gambill 
of  Centralia,  and  our  own  Dr.  Kloster- 
man  did  the  work  with  excellent  results. 
—X.  T.  Hafer,  Supt. 


"Dr.  Franklin  says  Europe  is  one  great 
spiritual  challenge.  We've  got  to  change 
the  thinking  of  whole  peoples,  to  exalt 
spiritual  values,  and  to  have  spiritual  real- 
ity everywhere.  A  marvelous  call  indeed. 
Can  we  meet  it?" 


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Woman  s 
Baptist  Missionary  Society  of  Illinois 

MKS.  W.  P.  TOPPING,  Pres. 


Elgin 


Mrs.  Martha  V.  Higman,  Editor 
Morgan  Park 


Mrs.  H.  W.  Tate,  Treasurer 
2331   Hartzell  Ave.,  Evanston 


Has  your  society  observed  Member- 
ship Week?  The  week  was  Oct.  31  to 
Kov.  7.  It  was  for  the  purpose  of  a 
ireneral  movement  to  enroll  all  women  as 
members  of  the  Woman's  Mission  So- 
ciety, whether  they  were  members  of  the 
church  or  not.  Cards  were  prepared  for 
distribution  and  if  your  circle  has  not  re- 
ceived them,  write  to  your  associational 
officers  or  state  president  and  make  a 
campaign. 

Miss  Alwilda  Young,  the  energetic 
president  of  Rock  Island  Association,  has 
recently  organized  a  society  at  Erie  and 
at  Cambridge.  We  are  glad  to  welcome 
Ihem  to  our  state  organization. 

The  state  meeting  in  Kewanee  was 
fine,  each  year  the  meeting  excells  the 
previous  one.  There  was  so  much  inter- 
esting information  and  helpful  sugges- 
tions given  that  it  is  difficult  to  discrim- 
inate in  mentioning  suggestions  for  all 
phases  were  touched  upon.  The  work 
among  children  in  this  land  and  the 
Orient,  also  that  of  the  W.  W.  G.  girls 
and  women's  work  was  given  in  reports 
•and  two  playlets.  Many  suggestions  for 
the  successful  conducting  of  mission 
meetings  and  increasing  interest  in  mis- 
sions were  given,  some  of  them  were, 
"Begin  promptly,  invite  others  by  say- 
in?  "Come  with  me."  Have  some  one 
to  take  care  of  the  children  in  another 
room.  Use  telephone  freely,  changing 
the  list  to  be  called   for  each  meeting. 


Have  the  talks  short.  Educate  through 
Mission  stories  and  reading  missionary 
books.  Have  study  classes  in  some 
form.  Use  the  Standard  of  Excellence 
and  have  different  women  responsible  for 
creating  interest  in  reaching  the  aim  de- 
sired by  each  requirement.  Choose  good 
leaders  and  do  all  you  can  to  help  them. 
Believe  that  you  can  do  a  thing  and  it 
seems  to  be  required  of  you,  that  you 
can  do  it  better  than  any  one  else.  Do 
not  refuse  to  do  what  is  asked  of  you  if 
it  is  possible  for  you  to  do  it.  Develop 
the  young  people  and  children  that  they 
may  take  your  place  and  do  better  than 
you  have  done.  Interest  the  indififerent 
in  White  Cross  work  as  the  first  step 
towards  missionary  information  at  home 
and  abroad.  Mrs.  H.  W.  Reed  has  the 
following  message : 

The  year's  record  has  been  made,  and 
some  of  the  results  have  been  surprising 
and  most  gratifying,  showing  a  great 
deal  of  work  by  local  leaders,  and  a 
largely  increased  interest  on  the  part  of 
the  members  of  the  churches.  Some 
churches  which  made  so  splendid  an  ef- 
fort, may  feel  somewhat  disappointed, 
but  there  is  a  new  year  just  before  them 
and  an  opportunity  for  the  same  faith- 
fulness and  larger  result  before  next 
October.  The  secret  of  the  success  in  all 
cases  was  an  early  start  and  this  is  the 
wise  plan  for  the  coming  year. — Mrs.  H, 
W.  Reed. 


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Department  of  Religious  Education 

Chainnan  Rev.  Herbert  Hines,  El  Paso,     Director  Rev.  Louis  H.  Koehler,  Normal 


LABORATORY  WORK 

The  Galva  B.  Y.  P.  U.,  with  the  first 
Sunday  of  October,  inaugurated  a  com- 
bination devotional-educational  service. 
The  first  half  hour  is  devotional,  the 
topics  furnished  in  "Service"  being  used. 
At  the  close  of  this  period  the  juniors 
withdraw  for  appropriate  study  and  the 
seniors  study  their  text.  At  present 
they  are  diligently  engaged  in  studying 
"Truths  that  Abide,"  by  Dudley,  and  the 
interest  is  excellent. 

The  society  at  Sterling  is  also  trying 
the  combination  service  and  Pastor  Mac- 
intosh and  Mrs.  Macintosh  are  delighted 
with  the  interest  and  prospects.  The  or- 
der and  plan  is  as  follows :  Opening 
service  at  7  o'clock  with  Scripture,  song 
and  prayer.  At  about  7:08  the  classes 
for  instruction  are  held  and  at  present 
there  are  five  groups  studying  missions, 
teacher  training,  evangelism,  etc.,  etc. 
After  one-half  hour  of  study  the  groups 
reassemble  and  with  those  who  have  just 
arrived  a  devotional  service  including 
testimonies,  is  then  conducted  for  about 
twenty  minutes.  This  is  immediately 
followed  by  the  evening  sermon  message 
and  then  all  stay  for  a  social  half  hour. 
This  plan  has  much  to  commend  it,  as 
in  less  time  than  heretofore  four  features 
are  stressed,  namely,  instruction 
(graded),  devotions,  preaching  and  so- 
cial period.  Everybody  remains  until 
the  social  hour,  thus  giving  the  pastor  a 
larger  evening  audience.  Let  other  so- 
cieties try  out  ways  of  meeting  the  spe- 
cial needs  of  our  young  people.       The 


Carthage  Society  is  also  using  "Truths 
that  Abide." 

WORKER  TRAINING 

A  communication  has  recently  been 
sent  to  all  pastors  urging  a  class  or 
classes  for  training  workers.  The  direc- 
tor stands  ready  to  aid  any  pastor  who 
desires  further  information  as  to  how  to 
organize  a  training  class. 

EDUCATIONAL  RALLIES 

The  Bloomfield  Association  through 
its  Committee  on  Promotion  and  its  de- 
partment of  religious  education  is  putting 
on  a  series  of  educational  rallies  in  thirty- 
three  churches  in  the  Association,  run- 
ning from  Nov.  3  to  Dec.  12.  Confer- 
ences will  be  conducted  both  afternoon 
and  evening. 


Our  State  Convention  men  will  give 
some  time  this  year  in  aiding  churches 
that  have  not  yet  made  the  every-member 
canvass  for  the  New  World  Movement 
a  few  days'  assistance  if  such  churches 
desire  their  aid. 


"The  new  religious  census  brings  to 
light  some  striking  facts.  Of  the  102,- 
000,000  people  in  the  United  States  41,- 
926,854  are  church  members.  Of  every 
hundred  church  members  nineteen  are 
Baptist  and  eighteen  are  Methodists.  Three 
in  every  eight  are  Roman  Catholics.  Of 
all  the  great  denominations  Baptists  have 
had  the  highest  rate  of  increase.  The 
percentage  of  men  in  the  membership  of 
the  church  is  higher  than  it  was  ten 
years  ago.  In  the  Southern  Baptist  Con- 
vention the  percentage  of  men  has  in- 
creased from  40.9  in  1910  to  forty-two  in 
1920.  In  the  Northern  Baptist  Conven- 
tion the  increase  was  from  36.5  in  1910 
to  37.8  in  1920. 


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STRIKING   FACTS  ABOUT  INDIA 

First:  Out  of  every  five  persons  in  the 
world,  one  lives  in  India.  Two-thirds  of 
the  entire  population  are  supported  di- 
rectly by  agriculture. 

2.  One  child  in  every  five  born,  dies 
within  twelve  months. 

3.  The  census  report  contains  23  00 
castes  and  tribes.  Over  50,000,000  are 
classified  as  out-castes. 

4.  Child  marriage  is  one  of  the  great 
blights  of  India.  There  are  over  2,500,000 
child  wives  under  ten  years  of  age. 

5.  One  woman  in  every  six  in  India  is 
a  widow.  The  law  forbids  that  even  child 
widows  shall  remarry.  They  are  held  re- 
sponsible for  their  husband's  death. 

6.  The  average  pay  of  unskilled  women 
is  from  2  to  4  cents  a  day;  for  men,  6  to 
11  cents  a  day. 

7.  Of  every  100  Mohammedans,  three 
can  read;  of  every  100  Hindus,  five  can 
read;  of  every  100  native  Christians,  six- 
teen can  read. 

8.  Ninety-five  per  cent  of  the  men  and 
99  per  cent  of  the  women  of  India  have 
never  learned  the  first  letter  of  the  al- 
phabet. 

9.  The  population  per  Protestant  or- 
dained missionary  in  India  is  208,000.  In 
the  U.  S.  there  is  one  minister  to  every 
642  of  the  population. 

10.  India  presents  a  far  more  complex 
linguistic  situation  than  if  each  state  in 
the  U.  S.  had  a  different  language. 

11.  The  whole  of  British  India  and 
Ceylon  are  open  to  missionary  effort  as 
well  as  most  of  the  native  states. 

12.  The  people  of  India  are  hungry  for 
social  freedom  and  for  a  way  of  life  which 
will  give  opportunity  for  development  in 
this  world  and  hope  for  the  future. 


"Statistics  on  the  religious  life  of  the 
students  of  the  University  of  Chicago  have 
teen  collected.  The  figures  show  that  the 
relation  of  the  university  students  to  re- 
ligious institutions  is  a  vital  one.  Nine 
out  of  every  ten  students  go  to  church, 
and  this  number  are  members  of  churches. 
About  ten  per  cent,  are  engaged  in  some 
religious  work  such  as  teaching  a  Sunday 
school  class.  The  survey  of  the  religious 
and  social  activities  of  the  students  was 
carried  out  by  Dr.  T.  G.  Soares,  University 
chaplain." 


COURTESY  IS  A  VIRTUE 

A  student  at  the  Moody  Bible  Institute 
of  Chicago  was  asked  to  show  a  gentleman 
(a  stranger  to  him  and  the  city)  around 
the  institute  buildings.  This  he  did  thor- 
oughly and  cheerfully.  The  man  asked 
him  his  name  and  a  couple  of  weeks  after- 
M'ard  wrote  him  a  very  nice  letter,  thank- 
ing him  for  the  service  rendered,  to  which 
he   replied.      Some   months   later   this   stu- 


dent received  another  letter  asking  if  he 
was  still  in  the  institute,  to  which  he  re- 
sponded, and  by  return  mail  received  a 
check  for  $100  .The  student  had  been 
praying  especially  for  two  things,  namely, 
money  to  get  his  eyes  straightened  and 
money  to  give  to  missions.  He  used  $50 
for  his  eyes  and  gave  $50  for  missions. — 
Missions. 


"A  NOBLE  CONTRIBUTION 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American 
Baptist  Telugu  Mission  the  Conference  ex- 
pressed itself  as  profoundly  grateful  for 
the  great  forward  movements  in  America 
for  the  development  of  the  kingdom  of 
God,  and  pledged  itself  to  co-operate  with 
the  Board  of  Promotion  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention  in  the  One  Hundred 
Million  Dollar  Campaign  by  raising  the 
sum  of  five  thousand  rupees  (rupee  about 
thirty-two  cents)  for  this  purpose  within 
the  next  five  years." 


"FAMINE  IN  CHINA 

Bishop  Wilson  (Methodist),  of  Pekin, 
has  cabled  word  to  the  Boards  of  Benevo- 
lence of  his  church  that  a  famine  is  de- 
vastating a  wide  area  of  China,  that  thirty 
millions  of  people  are  suffering  and  thou- 
sands dying  daily,  including  church-mem- 
bers. Details  have  been  sent  to  President 
Wilson.  Cholera  conditions  have  obtained 
for  months  now  in  West  China,  as  our 
missionaries  have  informed  us,  but  if  the 
cabled  message  is  correct,  China's  suffer- 
ing is  far  greater  than  supposed.  Poor 
China  seems  beset  behind  and  before  and 
within,  with  revolution,  brigandage,  official 
inadequacy,  and  famine.  The  Christian 
Missions  are  the  bright  spot  in  a  dark  pic- 
ture, and  the  Chinese  people  are  coming  to 
recognize  this  more  and  more.  Now  is  our 
time  to  redouble  our  efforts  to  prove  Chris- 
tianity's unselfish  aims  and  altruistic  help- 
fulness." 


"That  was  a  telling  expression  of  a 
newly  appointed  missionary:  "I  didn't 
just  join  the  church  but  wanted  to  show 
that  I  was  lined  up  with  Christ."  If  only 
we  had  regiments  of  church-members  with 
that   spirit!" 


A  telegram  announces  the  death  of 
Rev.  J.  D.  Crumley  of  Plainfield.  No 
particulars  have  been  received.  He 
VvTOte  the  Editor  previous  to  the  Con- 
vention that  he  could  not  attend  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Board  on  account  of  the 
necessity  of  an  operation.  He  has  been 
pastor  of  the  Plainfield  church  for  sev- 
eral years  and  was  going  good  work. 


ILLINOIS   BAPTIST 
BULLETIN 


VOI^  XII. 


NORMAL,  ILLINOIS,  DECEMBER  192» 


NO.  8 


The  Bible 


The  Bible  has  usually  been  accepted  by- 
Baptists  as  "The  Inspired  Word  of 
God."  The  writer  heard  Dr.  Harper  of 
the  University  of  Chicago,  say  that  the 
Bible  not  only  contains  the  word  of  God 
but  is  the  word  of  God.  Baptist  people 
are  not  all  agreed  on  the  term  "Inspira- 
tion." A  prominent  Baptist  a  good  many 
years  ago  said,  "The  last  word  on  In- 
spiration has  not  yet  been  spoken."  The 
writer  heard  a  student  ask  Dr.  Alvah 
Hovey,  who  was  in  liis  time  one  of  the 
•most  prominent  theologians  in  the  world, 
this  question :  "What  were  the  Biblical 
writers  inspired  to  do  ?"  His  answer  was, 
"To  tell  the  truth."  However  the 
writers  may  have  been  inspired,  that  was 
certainly  true.  Inspiration  did  not  de- 
stroy the  individual  characteristics  and 
personality  of  the  writers.  For  exam- 
ple: Paul  and  John  wrote  very  differ- 
ently. Paul  as  a  thoroughly  educated 
man.  John  as  one  perfectly  familiar 
with  subjects  upon  which  he  wrote,  but 
in  the  style  and  thought  of  the  common 
people.  The  Old  Testament  was  in  the 
possession  of  the  Jews  in  the  time  of 
Christ  just  as  we  have  it  and  it  was  en- 
dorsed by  him.  There  is  no  trouble  in 
our  accepting  the  Old  Testament  if  we 
accept  Jesus  Christ  as  the  Son  of  the 
living  God. 

It  is  a  little  more  difficult  for  us  to  be 
•convinced  on  all  the  books  of  the  New 


Testament.  The  men  who  arranged  the 
lx»oks  of  the  New  Testament,  selected 
those  that  went  in  the  canon  and  rejected 
many  that  were  left  out,  were  not,  so  far 
as  we  know,  inspired  men.  There  is  no 
doubt  but  some  of  the  writings  of  Paul 
and  other  apostles  were  lost  and  are  not 
found  in  the  New  Testament,  but  great 
care  was  taken  in  this  regard  and  many 
of  the  men  who  did  this  work  were  able 
and  conscientious  Christians,  and  all 
these  books  of  the  New  Testament,  after 
centuries  of  the  severest  criticisms,  have 
stood  the  test  and  there  seems  to  be 
some  evidence  that  the  selection  of  the 
books  of  the  New  Testament  was  under 
the  direction  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

We  do  not  claim  that  the  Bible  as  we 
have  it  now  after  many  centuries  of 
transcription  and  translation  is  entirely 
free  from  minor  errors.  But  many  of 
these  have  been  corrected  within  the  past 
century.  We  believe,  however,  that  the. 
manuscripts  as  they  came  from  the  hands 
of  inspired  writers  were  entirely  free 
from  errors  and  the  errors  that  crept  in 
through  translation  and  transcribing  have 
nearly  all  been  corrected  by  modern 
scholarship.  Let  us  believe  the  Bible, 
love  it  and  teach  and  preach  it.  It  is 
the  only  power  that  can  redeem  this 
world. 


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CHRISTMAS 

Christmas  is  coming  soon.  Tlie  day 
that  the  Christian  World  celebrates  as 
the  birthday  of  our  Lord.  That  is  the 
day  that  we  are  supposed  to  celebrate  as 
his  birthday.  But  what  a  large  propor- 
tion of  the  professed  Christian  world 
scarcely  think  of  the  infant  Christ.  It  is 
thought  of  as  a  trading  time,  a  commer- 
cial season,  a  time  for  spending  money 
and  of  selling  goods.  A  large  propor- 
tion of  the  people  think  of  it  as  a  time 
for  making  and  receiving  presents.  Many 
others  make  it  a  time  for  amusements. 
Before  we  had  Prohibition,  perhaps  more 
liquor  was  drunk  on  Christmas  than  any 
other  day  of  the  year.  Christmas  is  a 
holiday  and  practically  all  the  business 
ceases  on  that  day  but  for  two  weeks 
before,  business  had  been  rushed.  Now 
how  many  people  think  before  hand  that 
Christmas  celebrates  the  advent  of  the 
Redeemer  of  the  World.  Some  Sunday 
School  Christmas  exercises  make  a  great 
deal  more  of  Santa  Claus  than  they  do 
of  the  Christ.  Let  the  Baptists  of  Illi- 
nois on  the  25th  of  December  think  of 
the  coming  of  the  Light  of  the  World. 
]\Iay  it  be  a  happy  joyful  day  but  not  an 
irreligious  day.  It  is  all  right  to  give 
presents,  but  not  to  the  neglect  of  thank- 
'Vi  God  for  his  great  Gifts.  Remember 
the  poor  and  make  generous  gifts  to  the 
needy  and  do  it  in  the  spirit  and  for  the 
sake  of  the  Christ  Child,  who  was  born 
in  a  manger  in  Bethlehem,  supposed  to 
be  on  the  25th  day  of  December,  1920 
years  ago. 


ILLINOIS    BAPTIST   STATE    ASSOCIA- 
TION OF  SOUTHERN  ILLINOIS 

The  Illinois  Baptist  makes  a  rather  ex- 
tensive report  of  the  meeting  of  the  Bap- 
tist State  Association  of  Southern  Illi- 
nois   which    met    in    West    Frankfort. 


Among  other  things  it  says,  "There  came 
into  the  treasury  for  the  Illinois  Baptist 
$3,305.65."  That  would  indicate  a  total 
circulation  at  $1.50  per  subscrii)tion,  of 
-;403.  The  total  expense  of  publishing 
the  paper  was  $8,583.85.  The  deficit  was 
$3,587.85,  which  was  paid  out  of  the 
treasury  of  the  State  Association.  Con- 
cerning Ewing  College,  the  report  says, 
"The  part  of  the  Girl's  Dormitory  that 
is  being  erected  this  fall  is  nearing  com- 
pletion. When  completed,  it  will  accom- 
modate about  fifty  girls  and  to  pay  for 
the  work  we  are  compelled  to  borrow 
money  in  rather  large  sums.  Probably 
the  sum  will  reach  more  than  $40,000." 
"Deficit" 
"Tt  will  be  seen  from  the  Treasurer's 
reix)rt  submitted  herewith  that  we  have 
a  very  large  deficit.  This,  however,  is 
not  so  alarming  as  it  seems  on  its  face. 
In  fact  no  difficulty  is  anticipated  except 
in  the  case  of  State  Missions.  We  may 
'le  obliged  to  control  operations  a  little 
and  cut  down  every  force." 


"One  of  the  interesting  sanctum  talks 
recentlj'  was  with  an  Italian  Protestant 
worker  who  has  just  returned  from  a  visit 
to  his  native  land.  He  says  there  are  thou- 
sands of  men,  women,  and  children  sleep- 
ing in  the  streets  of'Naples  and  other  cities 
— homeless  refugees  who  have  sold  out 
their  home  belongings,  packed  up,  and 
started  for  the  United  States,  but  are 
stalled  for  want  of  passports.  There  are 
other  thousands  waiting  to  come  back — 
men  who  went  to  Italy  at  the  call  of  gov- 
ernment during  the  war,  or  who  went  back 
on  a  visit  after  the  war  closed.  The  situa- 
tion is  appalling.  The  French  have  turned 
back  from  their  borders  thousands  who  at- 
tempted to  reach  French  ports,  since  there 
was  no  way  to  take  care  of  them.  Mean- 
while we  have  no  policy.  Something  ought 
to  be  done  to  discourage  and  prevent  much 
of  this  proposed  emigration.  The  place  for 
prevention  is  over  there,  not  over  here. 
Similar  conditions  are  reported  in  nearly 
all  the  port  cities  in  Europe.  The  tide  has 
set  this  way,  as  many  predicted,  and  we 
have  made  no  provision.  The  first  duty 
of  Congress  in  December  will  be  to  deal 
with  immigration. 


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the  right  way  is  made.  There  is  no  other 
way  of  getting  much  state  news. 

*  *  * 

LOOK  out  for  the  Blue  Mark  on 
your  paper.  That  indicates  that 
your  time  is  out  and  you  will  not  get 
another  number  until  you  renew.  No 
papers  are  sent  after  subscription  ex- 
pires. 

^     ^:     :^ 

THE  incoming  reports  from  our  Mis- 
sionaries and  others  indicate  that 
now  is  the  time  for  evangelistic  effort. 
Every  pastor  should  be  making  some  ef- 
fort along  evangelistic  lines.  If  a  man 
can  preach  at  all  he  can  do  evangelistic 
work  if  he  tries. 

^      ^      ^ 

THERE  has  never  been  a  time  in  the 
history  of  the  denomination  in  the 
state  when  so  much  interest  has  been 
taken  in  thorough  Sunday  School  and  B. 
Y.  P.  U.  work  as  now.  Director  Koeh- 
ler  is  holding  many  institutes  and,  he 
and  others  working  with  him,  are  inspir- 
ing whole  Associations  for  some  aggres- 
sive and  thorough  work. 


WE  call  special  interest  in  this  issue 
to  the  address  of  Geo.  M.  Potter, 
President  of  the  State  Convention.  The 
Convention  voted  to  enlarge  the  Bulletin 
in  one  issue  and  publish  this  whole  ad- 
dress. This  issue  of  the  Bulletin  con- 
tains twenty  pages. 

5JS        ^       5^ 

NINETEEN  Hundred  Twenty-one 
will  be  in  some  respects  the  most 
important  year  in  the  history  of  Chris- 
tianity. Perhaps  more  money  will  be 
raised  and  more  Missionaries  be  sent 
for  work  in  foreign  lands  than  in  any 
previous  year,  and  a  greater  effort  will 
be  made  in  America  than  ever  before. 
The  churches  are  waking  up  for  aggres- 
sive work  as  never  before  in  their  his- 
tory. 

^  ^  ^ 

THE  Baptist  denomination  is  right 
in  the  front  ranks  in  this  Onward 
Movement.  We  are  not  doing  nearly 
what  we  can  do,  and  every  church  and 
every  pastor  should  look  forward  to 
greater  things  and  not  relax  from  the 
efforts  we  have  already  made. 

THIS  coming  year  should  be  a  great 
time  for  Enlistment  for  Service. 
Thousands  of  young  men  and  women 
should  enlist  in  1921  for  Ministerial  and 
Missionary  work.  The  fields  are  white 
to  the  harvest  and  the  laborers  are  few. 
Young  men  and  women  should  be  en- 
couraged to  enter  upon  this  work  and 
should  be  aided  in  making  thorough 
preparation. 


"October  6  was  the  100th  anniversary 
of  the  birthday  of  Jenny  Lind.  She  was 
born  in  Sweden  and  was  known  the  world 
over  as  the  Swedish  nightingale.  Her 
first  appearance  in  America  was  in  New 
York  city  in  1850,  under  the  management 
of  P.  T.  Barnum.  Centennial  celebrations 
have  been  held  in  many  American  cities. 
She  was  a  woman  of  beautiful  character, 
and  her  reputation  was  never  tarnished." 


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I'KKSIDENT  POl^ER'S  ADDRESS  AT 

THE  STATE  CX>NVENTION 

TH*]  BA1»TIST  TASK  IN  ILLINOIS 

In  the  first  few  paragraphs  of  its  con- 
stitution, the  Illinois  Baptist  State  Con- 
vention sets  forth  its  name  and  purpose. 
These  paragraphs  proclaim  that  it  is  the 
fundamental  purpose  of  the  organization 
"to  aid  churches  and  individuals  in  pro- 
moting the  interest  of  the  Kingdom  of 
God"  and  that  this  purpose  is  to  be  ac- 
complished by  the  eight  following  lines 
of  work  which  constitute  all  of  the  ac- 
tivities of  the  State  Convention: 

(^a)  By  furnishing  the  medium  of  co- 
operation in  accomplishing  the  purpose 
of  the  Convention. 

(b)  By  giving  expression  to  the  opin- 
ions of  its  constituency  upon  moral,  re- 
ligious, social  and  denominational  mat- 
ters. 

(c)  By  promoting  the  preaching  of  the 
gospel,  and  by  establishing  and  fostering 
Baptist  churches  in  Illinois. 

(d)  By  organizing  Sunday  Schools 
and  stimulating  their  efficiency. 

(e)  By  disseminating  Christian  litera- 
ture. 

(f  j   By  promoting  Christian  education. 

(g)  By  creating  and  stimulating  inter- 
est in,  and  devotion  to,  missions  at  home 
and  abroad. 

(h)  By  encouraging  whatever  other 
work  the  Baptist  churches  of  Illinois  may 
desire  to  undertake  in  common. 

It  goes  without  saying  that  this  pro- 
nouncement so  clearly  set  forth  is 
.acknowledged  by  virtually  all,  if  not  en- 
tirely all,  of  the  Baptists  in  Illinois  who 
co-operate  with  the  State  Convention, 
and  who  hope  to  realize  in  their  endeav- 
ors the  satisfaction  of  their  desire  to 
work  for  the  coming  of  the  Kingdom  of 
Jesus  Christ  among  men. 


All  of  us  probably  agree  that  this  is 
a  most  excellent  statement  of  the  work 
that  lies  before  Illinois  Baptists,  but  there 
is  a  wide  difference  between  the  state- 
m.ent  of  the  task  and  the  accomplishment 
of  it.  We  may  all  agree  with  the  end  to 
be  attained  but  the  method  by  which  that 
end  is  to  be  secured  may  be  as  varied  as 
our  individual  attitudes  and  personalities. 
What  for  example,  is  the  best  way  to  or- 
ganize a  Sunday  School  and  to  conduct 
it  efficiently  ?  What  things  contribute 
best  to  the  promotion  of  Christian  educa- 
tion ?  How  can  missionary  work  both  in 
the  association  and  in  the  state  at  large 
be  most  successfully  and  efficiently  car- 
ried on  ?  To  these  and  many  other  ques- 
tions there  are  many  and  varied  answers 
because  there  is  always  a  conflict  between 
the  ultimate  and  the  proximate  ends  and 
purposes  of  Christian  endeavor.  Some 
individuals  with  keen  interest  and  almost 
prophetic  foresight  can  see  the  end  and 
accomplishment  clearly  and  are  impatient 
with  the  delay  of  the  method.  On  the 
other  hand  other  individuals  less  imagin- 
ative and  more  practical  in  their  thinking 
find  their  greatest  satisfaction  in  the 
more  proximate  purposes  and  ends  to  be 
accomplished.  Is  there  then  a  funda- 
mental set  of  purposes  which  will  meet 
both  situations  and  satisfy  both  sets  of 
conditions?  The  speaker  believes  there 
is,  and  he  wishes  to  make  a  few  sugges- 
tions as  to  methods  which  may  help  in 
the  solution  as  well  as  in  the  accomplish- 
ment of  the  Baptist  Task  in  Illinois. 

It  must  be  acknowledged  at  the  outset 
that  in  undertaking  any  work  in  this  our 
own  state,  we  are  dealing  with  dififerent 
types  of  people  who  have  settled  in  Illi- 
nois. In  the  northern  part,  of  which  Chi- 
cago is  the  life  and  center,  the  popula- 
tion has  come  from  New  England,  New 
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States,  and  has  become  largely  sprinkled 
and  intermingled  with  foreign  blood  and 
ideals.  In  the  central  part  of  our  state 
is  the  contribution  of  that  large  migration 
of  people  who  came  west  from  Pennsyl- 
vania, Ohio  and  Indiana.  The  southern 
part  of  the  state  was  settled  early  by  the 
soldiers  of  George  Rogers  Clark  and 
later  by  their  kinsfolk  who  came  from 
A^irginia,  Maryland  and  Kentucky.  They 
have  therefore  been  in  closer  touch  with 
their  southern  relatives  than  with  their 
northern  friends.  In  addition,  the  influ- 
ence of  geographic  control  has  played  a 
conspicuous  part  in  determining  where 
these  types  of  people  settle. 

Chicago  is  the  center  of  great  indus- 
trial life;  central  Illinois  is  probably  the 
richest  farming  section  in  the  United 
States,  while  southern  Illinois,  poor  from 
an  agricultural  standpoint,  is  rich  in  its 
coal  mines.  These  conditions  attract  and 
produce  different  types  of  people.  As 
things  have  worked  out  the  northern  part 
seems  to  be  more  advanced  and  liberal 
in  thinking ;  the  central  part  agricultural 
to  the  core,  is  more  conservative,  while 
the  southern  section  because  of  its  rela- 
tion to  the  past  and  its  meagre  agricul- 
tural resources  is  somewhat  ultra  con- 
servative. If  Illinois  lay  along  the  paral- 
lels of  latitude  rather  than  across  them 
there  would  be  no  racial  problem,  for  the 
tide  of  immigration  follows  parallels  of 
latitude.  The  Baptist  population  of  the 
state  is  also  divided  somewhat  as  is  the 
whole  population  of  the  state.  There  are 
18  associations  co-operating  with  the 
State  Convention  with  a  membership  of 
almost  one  hundred  thousand.  One-third 
of  these  people  have  their  homes  largely 
in  the  Chicago  and  Rock  River  Associa- 
tions. Another  third  belongs  to  the  eight 
associations  south  of  Springfield,  while 
the  other  third  resides  in  the  other  ten 


associational  districts  occupying  the  great 
central  part  of  the  state.  If  there  were 
no  denominational  division  in  the  state 
and  all  of  our  one  hundred  seventy  thou- 
sand Baptist  population  were  unitedly 
working  with  the  State  Convention  there 
would  be  something  like  one  hundred 
thousand  Baptist  people  living  in  the 
state  of  Illinois  south  of  a  line  drawn 
east  and  west  through  Springfield.  It 
is  a  tragedy  for  the  denomination  and  the 
Kingdom  in  Illinois  that  so  many  of  our 
brethren  in  the  southern  part  of  the 
state  are  alienated  from  this  Convention. 

Any  suggestions  for  helping  the  Bap- 
tist task  of  Illinois  must  be  made  with 
the  above  conditions  always  in  mind. 
This  tri-partite  division  of  the  state 
racially,  geographically  and  commercially 
must  be  recognized  as  one  of  the  greatest 
barriers  and  obstacles  to  the  efficient  ac- 
complishment of  Baptist  work  in  the 
state.  The  situation  has  interfered  to 
such  an  extent  that  there  is  at  present  no 
unified  purpose  nor  life,  Baptistically 
speaking,  in  the  state  of  Illinois ;  no  de- 
nominational consciousness,  no  esprit-de- 
corps.  We  do  not  make  the  progress 
that  could  be  made  if  these  racial  and 
other  dififerences  could  be  adjusted.  I 
know  that  this  will  be  very  difficult  and 
will  mean  on  the  part  of  everyone  pa- 
tience, tact  and  forbearance,  but  I  raise 
the  question  if  the  goal,  the  end  to  be 
sought,  is  not  worth  while?  Please  do 
not  understand  that  I  mean  that  the  work 
is  lagging.  I  am  simply  saying  that  the 
advancement  would  be  greater  if  some 
of  us  would  be  willing  to  yield  and  many 
of  us  be  willing  to  assume  more  obliga- 
tion. Chicago  must  not  be  more  provin- 
cial than  Cairo,  nor  Bloomington  or 
Springfield  assume  that  both  ends  of  the 
state  should  come  to  their  way  of  think- 
ing. 


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Lying  at  the  heart  of,  and  fundamental 
to  all  Baptist  work  in  the  state  of  Illi- 
nois must  be  the  elimination  of  these  lines 
of  division  which  are  at  present  inter- 
fering with  the  creation  of  the  denom- 
inational spirit  and  with  the  encourage- 
ment of  denommational  pride  in  a  com- 
mon achievement.  This  Convention 
above  everything  else  should  give  its  best 
thought  and  efforts  to  the  elimination  of 
these  artificial  barriers  which  have  crept 
into  all  of  our  churches  and  are  too  often 
recognized  by  us  as  if  permanent.  I 
maintain  that  there  is  no  reason  for  this 
division  which  cannot  be  met  by  Chris- 
tian forbearance,,  patience  and  intelli- 
gence. Frankly,  I  deplore  the  fact  that 
this  Convention  can  meet  year  after  year 
and  calmly  assume  that  the  Baptist  div- 
ision in  this  state  is  permanent,  and 
•should  be  allowed  to  go  as  an  accom- 
plished fact.  No  settlement  of  this  ques- 
tion, nor  of  any  other  can  ever  be  made 
until  it  is  settled  rightly.  Our  program, 
then,  for  the  state  should  be  adopted  with 
the  idea  always  in  view  that  the  Baptists 
of  the  southern  section,  now  alienated, 
will  some  day  become  reunited  and  that 
there  will  be  a  statewide  Baptist  denom- 
ination, one  in  endeavor,  faith  and  pur- 
pose. 

Three  things  appeal  to  me  as  being  ab- 
solutely necessary  for  the  creation  of  this 
spirit  of  denominational  consciousness. 
The  very  first  of  these  must  be  an  eflfort 
to  extend  the  influence  of  the  State  Con- 
vention. A  campaign  of  education 
through  the  circulation  of  pictures,  liter- 
ature, etc.,  should  be  put  on  in  :  '1  parts 
of  the  state  regardless  of  sectional  differ- 
ences. This  campaign  must  clearly  set 
forth  the  work  and  purpose  ^  of  the  State 
Convention  and  must  primarily  be  made 
to  appeal  to  Baptists  as  Baptists,  as  mem- 
bers of   one   large    family.     I   have   no 


doubt  that  the  southern  part  of  our  state 
takes  its  present  attitude  largely  because 
of  misinformation  and  not  because  of  any 
doctrinal  conviction.  It  is  a  tragedy  that 
the  State  Convention  of  which  all  of  us 
are  members  should  ever  have  allowed 
such  a  division  to  occur  without  a  most 
prayerful  and  earnest  efifort  to  meet  and 
clear  away  the  misunderstanding.  The 
State  Convention  is  the  one  organization 
which  can  and  should  take  steps  to 
rectify  this  mistake. 

As  an  aid  to  the  State  Convention  we 
ought  to  decide  upon  some  location  for 
State  Headquarters  and  centralize  all  of 
our  life  and  work  in  that  place.  Our 
State  Superintendent  should  live  in  that 
city ;  the  headquarters  of  the  Board  of 
Promotion  should  be  there,  and  our  col- 
lection agency,  and  all  the  work  pertain- 
ing to  the  unified  program  should  be  done 
at  that  office.  I  believe  that  in  the  es- 
tablishing of  State  Headquarters  it  would 
be  a  wise  thing  to  consider  the  advisabil- 
ity of  the  purchase  or  the  erection  of  a 
suitable  building  which  could  be  financed, 
I  am  sure,  by  the  State  Convention  as  a 
business  enterprise.  Another  fact  we 
must  clearly  recognize  in  thinking  of  the 
Convention  is  this,  that  the  cities  of  Illi- 
nois are  rapidly  growing  in  population. 
East  St.  Louis  has  become  the  second  city 
in  the  state,  Peoria,  Decatur,  Blooming- 
ton  and  Springfield  are  all  rapidly  grow- 
ing and  making  a  large  urban  population 
in  the  place  of  the  former  rural  commu- 
nities. Our  young  people  from  all  over 
the  state  are  flocking  to  these  great  in- 
dustrial centers  and  if  we  want  their  lives 
conserved  and  the  work  of  the  denomina- 
tion carried  on  at  high  tide,  we  must  take 
care  of  the  Baptist  work  in  these  great 
centers.  But  the  problem  of  these  smaller 
cities  is  not  at  all  comparable  to  the  prob- 
lem of  the  city  of  Chicago,  where  almost 


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one-third  of  the  population  of  the  state 
of  lUinois  is  to  be  found.  There  is,  and 
always  must  be  a  close  co-operation  and 
understanding  between  the  State  Conven- 
tion and  the  Executive  Council  of  Chi- 
cago. The  burden  upon  the  Baptists  of 
Chicago  is  terrific  in  its  weight  and  we 
people  who  live  outside  the  city  must  give 
not  only  of  our  money  and  our  time,  but 
of  our  best  thought  in  helping  the  breth- 
ren in  Chicago  carry  on  the  work  there. 
The  work  in  Chicago  is  an  important  part 
of  the  State  Convention  work  and  should 
be  so  regarded  by  all  the  Baptists  of  the 
state. 

The  second  suggestion  for  the  creation 
of  a  denominational  consciousness  is  that 
we  develop  and  nourish  the  denomina- 
tional institutions  belonging  to  the  entire 
state.  Among  these  are  our  three  philan- 
thropic institutions,  and  our  seminaries 
and  colleges.  I  believe  the  time  is  ripe 
for  a  great  forvvard  movement  for  all 
of  these  institutions  and  we  certainly 
must  not  turn  our  backs  on  this  part  of 
our  work.  The  development  of  Shurt- 
lefi'  College  which  has  been  taking  place 
in  the  last  few  years  is  of  prime  import- 
ance to  the  life  and  work  of  the  denom- 
ination in  the  state.  Disassociating  my- 
self entirely  from  the  institution,  I  firmly 
believe  that  no  other  single  cause,  out- 
side of  the  Convention  itself,  can  do 
more  for  building  up  denominational 
pride  and  enthusiasm  than  a  strong  in- 
stitution of  higher  learning.  Believing 
so  firmly  in  the  unifying  influence  of  de- 
nominational institutions  I  do  not  hesi- 
tate at  all  to  advance  the  suggestion  that 
it  is  high  time  for  the  Baptists  of  this 
state  to  consider  the  founding  of  a  col- 
lege for  women  exclusively,  and  I  believe 
that  this  Convention  should  approach  the 
authorities  of  the  Frances  Shinier  School 
and  confer  with  them  as  to  the  advisabil- 


ity of  making  a  full  four-year  college 
out  of  that  institution.  There  need  be 
no  fear  that  the  possession  of  a  second 
college  would  divide  Baptist  interest  and 
Baptist  money  too  much. 

As  a  third  method  of  strengthening  our 
denominational  consciousness,  I  wish  to 
advance  the  opinion  that  this  Convention 
should  determine  upon  a  policy  which 
would  avoid  so  much  confusion  in  the 
working  out  of  national  movements  with- 
in our  state.  For  example,  we  have  seen 
instances  where  one  church  could  and  did 
nullify  so  far  as  its  own  constituency  was 
concerned  the  action  of  the  whole  denom- 
ination as  expressed  in  the  national  meet- 
ing at  Denver  and  in  the  state  meeting 
at  Jerseyville  respecting  the  New  World 
^Movement.  This  strikes  me  as  being 
somewhat  related  to  national  movements 
in  politics  and  government.  Two  of  our 
states  have  never  voted  favorably  on  the 
eighteenth  amendment  but  nevertheless 
prohibition  has  become  the  law  of  our 
land.  It  would  be  ridiculous  and  absurd 
if  these  two  unfavorable  states  could  ex- 
pect to  disregard  the  vote  of  the  major- 
ity. 

Is  it  not  equally  absurd  for  any  church 
within  the  confines  of  an  association  or  a 
state  to  refuse  to  abide  by  the  action  of 
the  denomination  and  to  rob  its  constit- 
uency of  the  glory  of  participating  in  the 
movement?  Many  of  these  churches  in 
the  past  have  sought  co-operation  and 
assistance  from  Baptists  all  over  the  state 
of  Illinois  and  particularly  from  this 
State  Convention.  Do  they  not  owe  the 
denomination  loyalty  of  allegiance? 
\\'ithout  trespassing  upon  our  cherished 
doctrine  of  the  freedom  of  the  local 
church,  shall  we  not  endeavor  to  work 
out  some  plan  w^hich  will  preserve  the 
autonomy  of  the  individual  organization 
and  yet  be  equally  fair  to  the  denomina- 


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tion  to  which  it  belongs?  Membership 
in  a  family  does  not  always  pre-suppose 
agreement  of  all  the  members.  It  should 
mean  a  willingness  on  the  part  of  all  to 
yield  where  greatest  good  of  the  great- 
est number  is  at  stake. 

The  present  Baptist  task  in  Illinois, 
therefore,  is  the  creating  of  a  denomina- 
tional consciousness.  This  we  may  hope 
to  do  through  the  strengthening  of  the 
State  Convention ;  through  the  support 
and  development  of  all  our  institutions, 
educational  and  philanthropic,  and  fin- 
ally through  the  cultivation  in  all  our 
churches  of  a  spirit  of  loyalty  to  aid,  to 
support  of  all  great  denominational 
movements  and  purposes. 
October  19,  1920. 


price  some  men  will  pay  for  this,  it  is 
smuggled  into  the  market  to  a  limited 
extent ;  but  it  is  exceedingly  difficult  to 
nanufacture  liquor  in  America  now,  and 
soon  the  old  liquor  will  all  be  disposed 
f.  There  is  perhaps  not  one  percent 
of  the  liquor  sold  in  America  there  was 
five  years  ago.  England  openly  admits 
that  if  Prohibition  succeeds  in  America 
(and  they  think  it  will),  that  they  will  be 
compelled  to  adopt  Prohibition  from  the 
economic  and  commercial  standpoint. 
They  say  that  a  drinking  nation  cannot 
compete  with  a  sober  nation  in  manufac- 
turing and  other  interests.  John  Barley- 
corn is  dying  hard,  but  he  can  never  re- 
cover in  America  from  the  terrible  blows 
he  has  received  in  recent  years. 


PROHIBITION 

Xearly  all  the  writing  and  speech  mak- 
ing about  the  unreasonableness  and-  fail- 
ure of  Prohibition  are  given  by  the  men 
who  made  money  by  manufacturing  and 
selling  intoxicating  drinks  and  not  by 
the  men  who  formerly  drank.  This 
writer  is  of  the  opinion  that  if  the  ques- 
tion of  Prohibition  in  the  United  States 
were  left  to  a  vote  of  the  men  who  for- 
merly frequented  the  saloons,  there 
would  be  a  majority  vote  against  the  li- 
censed saloon.  The  writer  had  a  talk 
with  some  pro-liquorites  on  a  train  near 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania  last  summer 
One  of  them  insisted  that  Prohibition 
could  not  have  been  installed  if  the  sol- 
dier boys,  who  were  at  that  time  in  the 
army,  had  been  at  home.  He  seemed  to 
think  that  all  the  soldier  boys  were  in 
avor  of  saloons  and  yet  more  than  half 
of  these  men  were  from  states  that  al- 
readv  had  state-wide  Prohibition.  Pro- 
hibition  went  into  effect  so  suddenly  that 
many  millions  of  barrels  of  intoxicating 
liquor   were   on    hand.     With   the   high 


A  TRIP  TO  THE  W  ABASH  VALLEY 
ASSOCIATION 

The  Editor  spent  Saturday  night  and 
Sunday  morning,  November  13th  and 
14th  at  Flora.  He  gave  his  stereopticon 
lecture  Saturday  night  and  preached 
Sunday  night.  The  Flora  church  is 
■ushing  ahead  as  never  before.  They 
first  made  an  every-member  canvass  for 
the  New  World  Movement  and  then  they 
increased  salary  from  $1,000  to  $1,800 
and  called  Rev.  J.  E,  Corwin  to  become 
pastor.  They  have  just  put  $3,500  re- 
pairs on  the  parsonage;  have  money  in 
the  treasury  and  have  arranged  for  an 
assistant  pastor,  a  lady  from  Chicago  to 
work  among  the  children.  The  interest 
in  all  departments  of  the  church  work  is 
growing  rapidly.  Pastor  Corwin  and  his 
wife  like  the  field  very  much  and  the  peo- 
ple seem  delighted  with  their  pastor. 

Sunday  morning,  November  14th,  was 
given  to  the  Fairfield  Church.  Rev. 
Samuel  Hoekstra  has  been  pastor  there 
four  years.  There  were  eighty-three 
present    at    Sunday    School.     Fourteen 


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men  were  present  in  the  pastor's  class,  field  there  and  an  opportunity  for  a 
We  had  a  fine  congregation  at  preaching  strong  church.  He  spent  Monday,  No- 
services.  We  have  never  visited  Fair-  A^ember  22d  with  the  Missionary  Corn- 
field when  the  work  seemed  so  hopeful,  mittee  of  the  Alton  Association  at  Wood 
The  time,  however,  has  come  when  Fair-  River  and  the  Committee  appointed  by 
field  should  make  great  strides  forward,  the  State  Convention  to  counsel  with 
On  Monday  night,  November  15th,  we  the  church  in  its  new  building  enterprise, 
gave  the  lecture  and  a  mission  talk  at  the  Much  important  business  of  the  Associa- 
Newton  church.  We  were  greatly  sur-  tion  was  transacted  and  the  Committee 
prised  to  see  the  hopeful  outlook  at  New-  on  the  Wood  River  Church  building  was 
ton.  The  town  is  much  larger  than  we  well  pleased  with  what  is  being  done, 
thought  it  was.  The  last  census  gives  The  foundation  was  just  about  com- 
them  a  population  of  2800.  The  Baptist  pleted  and  the  plan  and  work  seemed  to 
membership  is  much  stronger  than  we  be  satisfactory.  The  Committee  ad- 
had  anticipated.  The  church  needs  de-  vised  the  church  to  close  up  the  work  on 
veloping  along  lines  of  modern  work,  the  building  until  the  freezing  weather 
A  large  crowd  attended  the  meeting  and  of  the  winter  is  over. 

the  people  seem  hopeful  for  the  future.  ■. 

Pastor    Hodge    was    absent,    holding    a  MISSIONARIES  AND  MISSIONARY 

meeting   at   one   of   his   other   churches.  PASTORS 


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Newton  seems  to  us  strong  enough  now  jy^.    a.  Frank  Houser,  pastor  of  the 

for  full  time  preaching.  Baptist  church  in  Davenport,  la.,  has  ar- 

ranged  to  assist  Rev.  George  B.  Wilbur 

The  Editor  gave  Saturday  night.  No-  of  Andalusia  in  special  meetings  Decem- 

vember  20th,  and  Sunday  morning.  No-  her  6-18.     Brother  Houser  is   a  strong 

vember  21st  to  the  Collinsville  church,  preacher.     There  is   anticipated  a  great 

That  church  has  been  pastorless  for  five  meeting  at  Andalusia, 

or  six  months,  but  they  have  a  supply  Missionary  J.  C.  Dent  recently  held  a 

almost     every     Sunday.     The     Sunday  meeting  with  the  Jacksonville  church,  of 

School  seemed  to  be  in  fine  condition,  which  Dr.  A.  A.  Todd  is  pastor.     They 

The  church  is  carrying  on  three  active  have  been  having  more  than  three  hun- 

missions  and  in  many  respects  there  is  dred  present  each  evening  and  on  Sunday 

great  field  at  Collinsville  if  a  pastor  could  more  than  six  hundred.     On  November 

be  secured  who  would  fit  into  conditions  28th,  twenty-eight  made  a  profession  of 

there.     The  people  seemed  to  listen  ap-  faith. 

preciatively  to  what  the  Superintendent  Rev.  L.  H.  Koehler,  Sunday  School 
had  to  say.  With  a  few  changes  in  the  and  B.  Y.  P.  U.  Director  of  Illinois,  has 
organizations  of  the  church  we  believe  recently  spent  some  time  at  Cairo,  Gil- 
great  things  will  be  accomplished  on  the  man,  Rantoul,  Gifford,  Springfield,  Rari- 
field.  tan  and  Fairmount.     Brother  Koehler  is 

He    spent    Sunday    night,    November  an  intense  worker  in  his  line  and  the  in- 

21st,  with  the  Edgemont  Mission  in  East  stitutes  which  he  holds  are  very  highly 

St.   Louis.     Rev.  A.  J.  Rendlemen  has  spoken  of. 

been  our  missionary  pastor  there  the  past  District  Superintendent  D.  O.  Hopkins 

year.     There  seems  to  be  a  great  open  has    been    very    busy    during    the    past 


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month..  He  assisted  the  pastor,  H.  G. 
Smith  of  Berwick  in  a  series  of  meetings 
with  very  good  results.  The  pastor 
speaks  very  highly  of  Dr.  Hopkins  on 
that  field.  He  went  from  there  to  Lit- 
tleton to  assist  Rev.  J.  Livingston  Duff 
for  two  weeks.  On  that  field  aside  from 
the  evangelistic  meeting,  he  made  an 
every-member  canvass. 

Rev.  Frank  ]\Ietcalf  reports  encourag- 
ing work  at  Bradford.  The  attendance 
in  the  church  services  has  greatly  im- 
proved and  also  the  Sunday  School.  The 
pastor  now  has  tw.elve  men  in  his  Bible 
class.  The  church  has  paid  off  all  its 
indebtedness  except  $1CX)  and  they  will 
pay  that  quite  soon.  They  are  hoping  to 
have  a  revival  meeting  quite  soon. 

Rev.  G.  A.  Jones,  our  negro  evangelist 
for  Illinois,  traveled  during  the  month 
of  November,  1366  miles.  He  preached 
twelve  sermons  and  visited  seven 
churches. 

District  Superintendent  J.  B.  Little  Is 
at  this  writing  engaged  in  a  meeting  at 
Campbell  Hill  in  southern  Illinois.  The 
Missionary  writes  during  the  meetings 
and  says  :  "The  interest  is  good.  Audi- 
ence increases  daily.  Three  came  for- 
ward last  night  and  accepted  Christ  as 
their  Savior  and  expressed  their  desire 
to  unite  with  the  church.  One  was  a 
man  eighty-one  years  of  age,  another  his 
wife  seventy-six  years  of  age  and  the 
other  a  young  man  who  is  engaged  in  the 
oil  business  here." 

Evangelist  T.  O.  McMinn  of  southern 
Illinois,  writes  December  1st:  "The 
meetings  here  at  Boskey  Dell  are  starting 
off  quite  encouragingly.  The  interest  in 
the  village  in  the  meetings  is  very  good. 
Things  are  looking  good  for  the  meet- 
ings. Pray  for  us."  Evangelist  further 
says :  "Last  week  I  spent  the  time  vis- 
iting     the      Willisville      and      Tamaroa 


churches.  They  have  their  new  brick 
chapel  well  under  way  at  Willisville 
after  so  long  a  time.  The  brick  woric  is 
done,  the  floor  laid  and  they  are  now  put- 
ting on  the  roof.  We  are  trying  to  lo- 
cate a  pastor  at  Campbell  Hill  and  Willis- 
ville." 

Evangelist  Frank  M.  Dunk  writes  on 
November  23d  as  follows :  "I  am  now 
with  the  Antioch  church  in  the  Central 
Association  and  the  meetings  are  starting 
out  hopefully.  I  expect  to  be  here  until 
December  5th.  My  time  is  all  taken  up 
until  March  13th." 

On  November  27th  Evangelist  T.  O. 
McMinn  writes  as  follows :  "We  closed 
a  meeting  at  Scottsboro  last  night.  We 
found  the  church  without  a  pastor  and 
their  congregations  are  run  down.  We 
had  three  conversions  and  two  additions 
by  baptism.  They  called  Brother  Brown- 
ing for  pastor  for  half  time.  We  left 
them  encouraged  and  hopeful  for  the  fu- 
ture." 

Rev.  A.  W.  Judd,  pastor  of  the  New- 
Berlin  church,  writes  concerning  the 
meetings  recently  held  there.  "Rev. 
George  H.  Yule  closed  a  two  weeks' 
meeting  with  us  last  Monday  night.  His 
preaching  was  all  that  I  expected  or 
hoped  for.  He  depends  upon  the  straight 
Gospel  to  do  the  work  and  not  any  ex- 
crescences that  men  often  add  thereto. 
The  effect  here  was  most  healthful  and 
ennobling.  Twenty  were  baptized  on  the 
last  Saturday  night  and  a  few  more  are 
to  follow." 

Rev.  H.  W.  Smith,  pastor  of  the  Ber- 
wick church,  writes  concerning  the  meet- 
ings just  closed  on  the  field.  He  says: 
"Dr.  D.  O.  Hopkins  left  Berwick  this 
morning  after  a  ministry  here  of  two 
weeks  in  special  evangelistic  meetings. 
During  the  entire  meeting  Dr.  Hopkins 
preached  the  Gospel  of  Christ  in  a  sane, 


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practical  and  effective  manner.  The 
finances  were  taken  care  of  before  the 
meetings  began.  A  goodly  number  have 
already  comes  into  the  church,  eleven 
6y  baptism  and  five  by  letter  and  more 
are  to  come  next  Sunday.  The  church 
has  been  greatly  benefited  in  its  whole 
work." 

Evangelist  Frank  M.  Dunk  writes  No- 
vember 8th  the  following:  "J"st  a  line 
from  Galva.  We  are  having  good  meet- 
ings. The  interest  is  not  so  great  as  I 
have  had  it  in  some  places,  but  things  are 
improving  right  along.  We  have  twenty- 
one  decisions  so  far,  all  young  people  and 
all  from  the  Sunday  School.  We  are 
hoping  to  reach  some  adults  this  week." 

Rev.  James  B.  Little  writes  November 
18th  concerning  a  meeting  at  Kane  as 
follows :  "I  closed  the  meeting  at  Kane 
Monday  night.  I  feel  that  we  met  with 
wonderful  success.  A  hard  pull  to  be- 
gin with  but  the  summing  up  at  the  close 
showed  the  church  to  be  strengthened  in 
its  spiritual  life.  Forty-six  professed  a 
hope  in  Christ.  Fifteen  young  people 
and  thirty-one  adults.  The  pastor,  Rev. 
C.  Carney,  was  more  than  pleased  and 
the  community  as  a  whole  expressed 
themselves  as  being  benefited." 

Rev.  August  W.  Fleischman,  pastor  of 
the  Immanuel  Church  of  Elgin,  writes 
as  follows  concerning  a  meeting  held  by 
Brother  Dent:  "From  October  31st  to 
November  14th  we  were  privileged  to  en- 
joy the  ministry  of  Rev.  J.  C.  Dent,  Dis- 
trict Superintendent  of  Northern  Illinois. 
It  is  with  great  joy  that  we  report  the 
results  of  this  series  of  special  meetings 
and  all  that  was  enjoyed  while  they  were 
in  progress.  The  people  were  drawn  to 
Brother  Dent  immediately  and  caught 
his  enthusiasm  and  spirit  at  once.  They 
responded  to  his  splendid  messages  and 


earnestly  set  to  work  to  carry  out  his 
plans.  Last  Sunday  evening  seven  con- 
verts were  baptized  and  seven  more  are 
waiting  baptism.  There  was  a  goodly 
number  who  confessed  Christ  for  the 
first  time  but  who  have  not  decided  to 
follow  him  in  baptism  thus  far.  The 
church  has  been  given  a  spiritual  impetus 
such  as  it  has  not  experienced  for  some 
years  and  we  rejoice  to  have  been  labor- 
ers together  with  God  in  this  great  work. 
We  are  exceedingly  thankful  for  Brother 
Dent  and  appreciate  his  help  in  our 
midst." 


A  BAPTIST  PRESIDENT 

During  the  presidential  campaign,  not 
much  was  said  of  the  fact  that  Senator 
Harding  is  a  trustee  and  a  faithful  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church  in  Marion, 
Ohio.  It  was  not  best  to  say  much  about 
it  then  for  we  Americans  do  not  believe 
that  a  man  should  be  elected  to  any  office 
because  of  his  denominational  affiliations. 
But  after  the  election  is  over  we  think 
we  should  call  attention  to  it.  This  is 
the  first  time  a  Baptist  has  ever  been 
elected  president,  although  one  of  the 
two  candidates  four  years  ago.  Justice 
Hughes,  is  a  Baptist.  Ex-president  Taft 
was  brought  up  as  a  Baptist  but  turned 
from  the  Baptists  to  the  Unitarian  Alli- 
ance. 

The  three  leading  officials  in  the  three 
leading  English  speaking  countries  of 
the  world  are  now  Baptists:  President- 
elect Harding  of  the  United  States,  the 
Premier  of  Canada  and  the  Premier, 
David  Lloyd  George,  of  Great  Britain. 
The  latter  is  possibly  the  most  prominent 
man  in  the  world  today.  The  w-riter 
heard  him  make  a  great  speech  in  the 
Baptist  Congress  in  London  about  fifteen 
years  ago. 


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THE  RECOGNITION  OP  CHRIST 

Time  was,  even  in  the  modern  cen- 
turies, when   some  men  of  talents  and 
culture  reviled  Jesus   Christ  as  an  "im- 
poster  or  a  fanatic,  as  did  some  of  the 
blinded  Jews  who  were  his  contempor- 
aries.    But  there  is  hardly  a  man  in  all 
the  world  who  would  speak  thus  today. 
Even  persons   who  allow  themselves  to 
ridicule  the  Bible,  and  the  God  whom 
it  describes,  are  unwilling  now  to  speak 
lightly  of  Jesus;  and  if,  in  some  rare 
cases,  a  man  attempts  to  hint  possible 
and  slight  defect,  he  seems  to  do  so  with 
reluctance,    and    turns   quickly    away   to 
join    the    chorus    of    eulogy.      Robert 
Browning,  in  a  letter  published  since  his 
death,  cites  several  utterances  of  men  of 
genius    as    to   the   Christian    faith,    and 
among  them  one   from  Charles  Lamb: 
"In  a  gay  fancy  with  some  friends  as  to 
how  he  and  they  would  feel  if  the  great- 
est of  the  dead  were  to  appear  suddenly 
in   flesh   and   blood   once   more — on    the 
final  suggestion,  'And  if  Christ  entered 
this   room,'   he   changed   his   manner   at 
once,  and  stuttered  out,  as  his  manner 
was  when  moved,  'You  see,  if  Shakes- 
peare entered  we  should  all  rise;  if  he 
appeared,  we  must  kneel.',"    Such  rever- 
ence is  not  a  mere  result  of  Christian 
education,  of  Christian  literature,  and  art 
and  usages;  it  will  be  felt  by  any  person 
of  susceptible  nature  who  will  'thought- 
fully read  one  of  the  Gospels  at  a  single 
sitting,  and  alone  with  his  beating  heart 
and  his  God. — John  R.  Broodus. 


"The  Jews,  according  to  their  Year 
Book  for  1920,  number  15,000,000  in  the 
vvrorld.  In  the  time  of  Christ  there  were 
probably  about  5,000,000  Jews,  three- 
fifths  of  whom  were  in  Palestine.  About 
the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century  they 
had  dwindled  to  about  3,000,000.  The 
race  has  long  passed  its  youthful  vigor, 
but  it  seems  to  be  endowed  with  enduring 
youth." 


The  Baptist  Old  People's  Home 

Maywood,  Illinois 
Mrs.   A.  W.  Runyan,  Sec'y. 
5742   Maryland   Ave.,    Chicago 


Except  for  an  undertone  of  sadness 
Thanksgiving  Day  at  the  Home  was  a 
bappy  one.  The  dinner  was  wonderful. 
The  turkey  just  right,  cranberry  sauce 
and  other  good  things.  At  each  plate  a 
Thanksgiving  card,  a  tiny  basket  of 
candy  and  an  individual  glass  of  jelly. 
Thank  you,  dear  friends,  who  made  it 
possible ! 

The  undertone  of  sadness  was  caused 
by  the  vacant  chair  of  one  of  the  choice 
spirits  of  the  Home,  Miss  Lavinia  Salis- 
bury was  called  Nov.  23d  to  her  Heav- 
enly Home,  having  endeared  herself  to 
all  through  her  six  years'  residence  in 
the  Home. 

Many  of  the  good  people  of  our 
churches  "taxed  (as  many  felt)  already 
to  the  limit,"  still  found  it  in  their  hearts 
to  divide  with  our  Old  People's  Home, 
and  sent  barrels  and  boxes  of  fruit  and 
jellies  till  our  fruit  closets  are  no  longer 
like  "Old  Mother  Hubbard's  cupboard," 
but  shelves  full  of  good  things  put  up  by 
kindly  hands  and  sent  by  loving  hearts. 
God  bless  you,  every  one ! 

Slowly  but  surely  the  "Day  Plan"  is 
working  out  successfully  and  our  hearts 
are  gladdened  by  such  messages  as  this 
"Our  men's  class  will  provide  for  the 
Home  for  one  day — enclosed  find  check 
for  $35 — $30  for  the  necessary  expense 
and  $5  for  a  treat." 

You,  your  church  and  Woman's  So- 
ciety will  all  be  wanting  to  do  something 
Christ-like  for  Christmas,  why  not  con- 
sider this  plan  ifor  making  forty-two 
worthy  people  happy  for  a  day? 


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CENTRAL  BAPTIST  CHILDREN'S  HOME 

MAYWOOD,  LLLJNOIS 
Rer.   D.   H.   MacGilliTray,   Snpt. 
Mrs.  D.  H.  MacGIlllvray,  Mjttron 


HDDELSON  BAPTIST  ORPHANAGE 

Rev.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Supt. 
Mrs.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Matron 


The  Central  Baptist  Children's  Home 
is  still  overcrowded  with  boys  and  quite 
a  number  on  our  waiting  list.  On  the 
other  hand  fewer  girls  in  the  Home  at 
this  writing  than  we  have  had  for  five 
years.  We  have  only  27  girls  and  nearly 
twice  as  many  boys  and  a  large  number 
on  our  waiting  list.  Possibly  the  reason 
for  the  dropping  ofif  in  girls  is  that  there 
are  more  private  homes  open   for  girls. 

As  usual  the  children  were  generously 
remembered  at  Thanksgiving  with  ap- 
ples, nuts,  candy,  toys,  and  some  cloth- 
mg.  These  gifts  came  from  so  many 
parties  that  we  refrain  from  mentioning 
individual  donations.  However,  we  wish 
to  thank  one  and  all  for  their  kindly  and 
generous  response. 

Again  we  were  favored  by  chicken  for 
Thanksgiving  from  LaMarsh  and  Man- 
lius  Baptist  churches.  LaMarsh  sending 
us  two  dozen  and  Manlius  about  one 
dozen — all  splendid  chickens  dressed  for 
the  oven  and  our  cook  put  the  finishing 
touches  on  and  our  large  family  sat  down 
to  a  roast  chicken  dinner. 

For  a  number  of  years  these  two 
churches  have  gladdened  the  hearts  and 
satisfied  the  appetites  of  the  children  of 
the  Home  and  we  believe  that  these 
friends  enjoy  their  own  Thanksgiving 
dinner  the  more  when  they  think  of  the 
table  spread  with  plenty  at  the  Children's 
Home. 

Many  of  the  friends  of  the  Home 
have  remembered  us  with  gifts  these 
friends  we  also  wish  to  thank.  Remem- 
ber to  send  your  financial  ofiferings  to  the 
Superintendent,  504  South  First  Avenue, 
Maywood,  Illinois. 


The  past  month  has  brought  a  mixture 
of  pleasant  and  unpleasant  experiences. 
One  of  our  finest  girls,  thirteen  years 
old,  is  now  in  a  city  hospital  having  un- 
dergone a  major  operation,  the  second 
in  a  year.     The  result  is  yet  uncertain. 

We  are  realizing  the  benefit  of  parti- 
cipation in  the  great  campaign.  The  reg- 
ular income  each  month,  though  cover- 
ing less  than  a  third  of  our  needs,  tends 
to  stabilize  our  finances.  The  churches 
also  are  getting  back  of  the  work  with 
special  offerings  in  an  encouraging  way. 
Our  tag-days  have  brought  the  Home  be- 
fore the  public  and  enthusiastic  response 
has  come  from  all  classes.  Of  course 
our  greatest  tag-day  was  at  Centralia, 
Nov.  20th.  Solicitors  from  several 
churches  as  well  as  the  high  school  co- 
operated with  the  committee  from  the 
First  Baptist  church,  and  the  result  was 
a  wonderful  demonstration  of  popular 
interest.  A  truck  load  of  our  children 
sang  on  the  street  and  were  feasted  bv 
the  restaurants  and  treated  by'  the  crowd. 
The  financial  results  were  $896.8L 

But  more  was  yet  to  follow.  The 
Harvest  Home  service,  Novernber  21st, 
at  the  First  Baptist  church  was  the  oc- 
casion of  another  demonstration.  Cit- 
izens and  business  houses  as  well  as  Bap- 
tists sent  their  donations  and  two  truck 
loads  worth  several  hundred  dollars, 
were  the  result.  On  the  same  Sunday 
afternoon  about  fifty  young  people  from 
the  First  Church,  Mt.  Vernon,  came  to 
the  Home  in  autos,  bringing  a  great 
truck  load  of  provisions.  Nearly  every 
train  since  has  brought  one  or  more  bar- 
rels of  similar  good  things. 


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Woman  s 
Baptist  Missionary  Society  of  Illinois 


MRS.  W.  P.  TOPPING,  Pi-es. 


Elgin 


Mrs.  Martha  \.  Higrnan,  Editor 
Morgan  Park 


Mrs.  H.  W.  Tate,  Treasurer 
2331  Hartzell  Ave.,  Evanston 


A  JOYFUL  CHRISTMAS 

We  cannot  say  a  Merry  Christmas — to 
too  many  of  our  dear  co-workers.  This 
is  the  first  Christmas  season  without 
some  dear  loved  presence.  When  the 
"song  has  gone  out  of  your  life,"  there 
is  no  place  for  mirth.  It  can  not  be  a 
Merry — nor  can  it  be  a  Happy  Christ- 
mas, but  it  can  be  a  Joyful  Christmas 
— joy  in  the  heart  because  of  the  mean- 
ing of  the  life  and  purpose  of  Him 
whose  birth  we  celebrate — joy  because  of 
the  Christ-Spirit  which  dispels  our 
cioubts,  strengthens  our  faith — gives  us 
courage  and  teaches  us  to  trust.  If  we 
let  the  Christ-Spirit  radiate  through  our 
lives,  then  will  we  show  it  to  others,  then 
will  there  be  joy  in  our  hearts  as  we  sing 
praises  to  Him  whose  "Name  shall  be 
called  Wonderful."  Again— A  Joyful 
Christmas. — Mrs.  W.  P.  Topping. 

Is  your  church  organized  to  take  up 
the  Reading  Course  for  the  year?  The 
loving  cup  is  given  to  the  Association 
having  the  largest  percentage  of  readers 
in  proportion  to  the  membership  in  the 
Association.  The  record  for  last  year 
was  as  follows.  Rock  River,  .1444; 
Greene-Jersey  .1176;  Bloomington  .1065; 
Rock  Island  .0983 ;  Alton  .0936 ;  Morgan 
Scott  .0908 ;  Salem  .0632 ;  Ouincy  .0563  ; 
Peoria  .0442;  Aurora  .0434;  Chicago 
.0345;  Springfield  .0166;  So.  Illinois 
.0090. 

The  state  banner  is  given  to  the  church 
reporting  the  largest  number  of  books 


read.  Every  local  reader  should  keep  a 
list  of  the  names  of  those  reading  one 
book  or  more,  and  another  list  of  the 
number  of  books  read.  Books  read  not 
on  the  list  given  out  do  not  count.  Last 
year  the  Rock  River  Association  won  the 
cup  for  the  second  time  and  the  South 
Church,  Belvidere,  the  state  banner,  for 
the  third  time,  having  read  906  books. 

It  is  with  keen  sorrow  that  we  record 
the  going  home  of  Mrs.  L.  E.  Ellison  of 
V'illa  Grove.  She  was  a  young  woman 
of  great  promise.  Her  personality,  her 
ability  as  a  speaker  and  as  an  executive, 
gave  promise  of  a  life  of  much  useful- 
ness. There  are  many  who  will  miss  her 
for  friendship's  sake  and  also  the  assist- 
ance she  might  have  been  to  women's 
work.  Those  who  attended  the  state 
meeting  in  Kewanee  will  remember  the 
telegram  which  was  received  that  a  new 
volunteer  for  missions  had  that  day  come 
into  her  home.  In  a  little  more  than 
three  weeks  the  mother  passed  on  and 
left  the  bady  boy  to  go  on  through  the 
years  to  meet  the  problems  of  life  with- 
out her  love  and  guiding  hand. 

There  are  few  women  who  have  at- 
tended the  state  meetings  for  the  past 
twenty-five  years  even  occassionally,  who 
will  fail  to  remember  Mrs.  J.  D.  Crum- 
ley and  deeply  sympathize  with  her  be- 
cause of  the  passing  of  her  husband,  Mr. 
J.  D.  Crumley.  Both  were  nearly  al- 
ways at  the  general  meetings  of  the  de- 
nomination. 


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Department  of  Religious  Education 

Chairman  Rev.  Herbert  Hines,  EI  Paso,     Director  Rev.  Louis  H.  Koehler,  Normal 


The  Sunuiier  Assembly 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  department 
of  religions  education  work  on  the  As- 
sembly for  1921  was  begun  with  great 
mterest.  It  was  at  once  apparent  that 
the  Assembly  of  1920  supplied  a  healthy 
incentive  for  intensive  action  for  the 
coming  Assembly  and  all  who  were  ap- 
pointed as  chairmen  of  committees  took 
hold  of  their  task  with  unwonted  zeal 
and  enthusiasm.  The  program  commit- 
tee has  mapped  out  a  program  that  bids 
fair  to  surpass  the  excelleni  one  of  1920, 
It  is  based  upon  a  three  years'  diploma 
course,  with  a  certificate  to  be  presented 
for  each  year's  work.  Part  of  the  curri- 
culum will  be  standardized  so  that  those 
who  are  taking  training  class  work  in 
school  or  society  may  get  credit  for  work 
done  in  the  Assembly.  The  dates  are 
July  16  to  23,  1921.  The  formal  open- 
ing will  take  place  on  Saturday  evening 
after  supper,  when  a  royal  good  social 
and  fellowship  time  will  be  had  by  every- 
body. This  will  be  the  get-acquainted 
meeting.  Sunday  will  be  a  day  of  great 
inspiration.  Monday  to  Saturday  noon 
will  be  given  over  to  real  study  and  class 
work.  The  evenings  will  partake  more 
of  the  entertainment  order  than  formerly. 
The  afternoons  will  be  for  rest  and 
recreation.  The  closing  service  will  be 
held  on  Saturday  at  10:00  a.  m.  So 
come  on  Saturday  and  leave  on  Saturday. 

Begin  now  to  plan  for  a  delegation. 
The  Bloonifield  Association 

The  Educational  rallies  of  the  above 
Association  are  surely  taking  hold  of  the 
ministers  and  people  who  attend.       Miss 


Winchester,  the  executive  secretary  of 
the  associational  department  of  religious 
education  is  doing  a  fine  piece  of  work 
and  giving  a  vision  to  many  a  church 
worker.  Several  mission  circles  have 
been  organized  as  a  result  of  these  rallies. 
School  superintendents  and  teachers  have 
been  inspired  to  take  hold  with  renewed 
vigor  and  the  whole  work  of  the  Associa- 
tion will  be  lifted  as  a  result  of  these 
rallies. 

B.  Y.  P.  U.  Activities 

The  Morris  B.  Y.  P.  U.  is  "doing 
things."  We  quote  the  following:  'T 
feel  quite  sure  you  will  be  pleased  to 
hear  we  have  a  real  wide-awake  B.  Y. 
P.  U.  in  Morris.  We  are  not  only  hav- 
ing good  times  together,  but  we  are  try- 
mg  to  accomplish  something.  A  while 
ago  we  gave  a  pie  social  and  cleared  $26, 
and  only  had  thirteen  pies,  too.  We  are 
planning  to  give  a  home  talent  play  the 
first  part  of  December,  which  no  doubt 
will  be  a  success.  We  have  several  eld- 
erly folks  in  our  church  who  cannot  come 
out  to  the  regular  services  so  our  society 
decided  to  hold  our  meetings  from  time 
to  time  with  these  folks  in  their  various 
homes.  This  has  proved  to  be  a  great 
blessing  not  only  to  those  whom  we  visit, 
but  to  our  society  as  well.  We  also  vis- 
ited the  County  Poor  Farm  a  few  weeks 
ago  and  gave  a  song  service  for  the  in- 
mates. We  also  gave  a  taffy  pull  for  all 
the  public  school  teachers  and  the  young 
people's  societies  of  the  various  churches. 
This  was  instrumental  in  starting  a 
Young  People's  Christian  Union  in  Mor- 
ris." 


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PASTOIiAL.  CHANGES 

Rev.  C.  P.  Greenfield,  who  has  been 
pastor  for  several  years  at  Paris,  recently 
closed  his  work  there  and  accepted  a  call 
from  a  church  in  Indiana.  The  Young 
People's  Union  of  the  Paris  church 
passed  resolutions  regretting  his  leaving 
and  extended  to  him  the  best  wishes  of 
the  organization. 

The  Colchester  church  has  called  Rev. 
E.  H.  Turner  of  Macomb  to  become  its 
pastor  for  half  time.  Brother  Turner 
gives  the  other  half  of  his  time  to  the 
Cedar  Creek  church,  six  miles  from  Col- 
chester. 

The  Griggsville  church  has  called  Rev. 
Lester  Anderson  of  Sidell  to  become 
their  pastor.  Brother  Anderson  will  be- 
gin his  work  January  1st. 

Rev.  S.  A.  Atteberry  of  LaGrange, 
Missouri,  has  accepted  a  call  to  become 
pastor  of  the  Forest  City  church.  Forest 
City  is  in  the  Bloomington  Association 
and  one  of  our  very  excellent  fields.  He 
gives  one-fourth  of  his  time  to  the  Pleas- 
ant Plains  church,  five  miles  out  in  the 
country  from  Forest  City. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Smith  who  has  been  pastor 
of  the  Assumption  church  for  about  two 
years,  has  offered  his  resignation  to  that 
church  in  order  to  accept  a  call  to  Fort 
Scott,  Kansas.  The  Kansas  church  has 
offered  him  $1800  and  parsonage.  We 
regret  to  have  Brother  Smith  leave  Illi- 
nois, as  he  has  been  one  of  our  faithful 
pastors,  but  hope  he  will  find  a  field 
where  he  can  do  successful  work. 

Rev.  R.  T.  Gasaway  who  has  been  pas- 
tor at  Mendota  for  nearly  two  years,  of- 
fered his  resignation  to  that  church  and 
accepted  a  call  to  the  First  Church  in 
Joliet.  Brother  Gasaway  had  splendid 
success  in  Mendota.  The  church  has 
prospered  in  every  way  since  he  has  been 


there.  Joliet  is  a  fine  field  of  service. 
Has  a  splendid  modern  stone  meeting 
house  and  has  recently  purchased  a  par- 
sonage near  the  church.  While  we  re- 
gret to  have  Brother  Gasaway  leave 
Mendota  we  are  glad  that  the  Joliet 
church  has  made  such  a  fortunate  choice 
of  a  pastor. 

A  member  of  the  Marissa  church 
writes  as  following:  "It  is  with  great 
pleasure  I  write  to  inform  you  that  the 
F"irst  Church  of  Marissa  has  called  Rev. 
A.  G.  Prestage  of  Oglesby.  He  has  ac- 
cepted the  call  and  expects  to  take  up 
the  work  with  us  the  first  Sunday  in  Jan- 
uary. The  Marissa  church  is  hoping  for 
seme  great  things  for  the  Lord  to  ac- 
complish under  Brother  Prestage's  lead- 
ership." 

Rev.  H.  C.  Leland,  Ph.D.,  of  Dixon, 
has  been  secured  as  acting  pastor  of  the 
Morrison  church  until  a  pastor  can  be 
located.  Brother  Leland  is  well  adapted 
for  that  work  and  will  give  them  good 
service. 

Rev.  D.  B.  Dexter  has  accepted  the 
pastorate  of  the  Clinton  church  and  has 
been  with  that  church  since  the  1st  of 
October. 


"The  new  American  Leprosarium  for  the 
exclusive  use  of  lepers  of  the  United  States 
has  at  last  been  located  in  Louisiana  by 
the  purchase  of  400  acres  by  the  Federal 
Government  for  this  purpose.  Lepers  liv- 
ing in  no  less  than  twenty  different  states, 
in  lonely  and  uncomfortable  surroundings, 
can  now  be  furnished  with  all  that  medical 
skill  can  do  for  them.  The  American 
Mission  to  Lepers  makes  an  appeal  for  the 
ministry  of  a  Christmas  greeting  for  these 
thousand  or  more  lepers.  The  most  ap- 
preciated articles  are  soap,  sandals,  and 
blankets,  but  clothing,  food  and  medical 
supplies  are  always  in  demand.  W.  M. 
Banner,  American  secretary  of  the  Mis- 
sion to  Lepers,  156  Fifth  avenue,  New 
York,  will  gladly  send  circular  with  full 
particulars  as  to  what  would  be  most  ac- 
ceptable and  when  and  where  to  send 
gifts." 


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CHURCHES 

The  press  correspondent  of  the  Baptist 
Church  of  Marengo  writes  that  Mrs. 
HaUie  Linn  Gill  gave  a  series  of  eleven 
lectures  for  the  Mission  Societies  of  the 
Baptist,  Methodist  and  Presbyterian 
churches  of  that  city.  The  writer  speaks 
very  highly  of  the  lectures  of  Mrs.  Gill. 

The  work  in  the  First  church  of  Cairo, 
of  which  Rev.  Wm.  P.  Pearce  is  pastor, 
seems  to  be  doing  well.  The  church  re- 
cently completed  a  new  parsonage,  im- 
proved the  building,  paid  off  debts  and 
raised  the  salary  of  the  pastor.  Cairo 
is  a  fine  field  and  this  church  has  great 
opportunities. 

About  fifty  members  of  the  East  Side 
Church  in  Decatur  recently  made  a  sur- 
prise upon  their  pastor,  Rev.  Geo.  W. 
Stoddard  and  gave  expression  of  their 
appreciation  of  his  work.  Brother  Stod- 
dard expects  to  put  in  much  more  time 
in  church  work  and  less  time  in  business 
pursuits.  Many  of  the  men  on  that  side 
of  the  city  are  out  of  work  on  ac- 
count of  the  manufacturing  plants  slow- 
ing down  in  their  work. 

The  Pleasant  Grove  or  Cooks  Mill 
church  is  doing  encouraging  work  at  this 
time.  Rev.  J.  A.  Hartel  began  work  on 
that  field  last  June,  giving  them  half  time. 
The  church  has  bought  an  electric  light- 
ing plant  and  it  has  been  installed  in  the 
parsonage  basement  and  it  furnishes  light 
for  the  church  and  parsonage.  The 
church  has  been  redecorated  and  is  now 
a  very  attractive  place.  The  church  re- 
cently had  a  meeting  of  the  Educational 
Rally  team  with  Rev.  L.  H.  Koehler  as 
its  leader. 

Rev,  J.  A.  Hertel  began  the  pastorate 
of  the  Coles  church  for  one-half  time  last 
June.  Since  that  time  the  church  has 
had  a  splendid  increase  in  spiritual  inter- 
est.    Five  accessions  of  the  church  by 


baptism.  Much  of  the  month  of  October 
was  spent  in  house  to  house  prayer  meet- 
ings. Rev.  L.  H.  Koehler  and  his  help- 
ers held  an  Educational  Rally  with  this 
church  in  November. 

The  First  Church  of  Decatur  cele- 
brated the  fifth  anniversary  of  the  pas- 
torate of  Dr.  Marsh  on  the  first  Sunday 
in  November,  The  pastor  presented  a 
resume  showing  solid  progress  during  the 
five  years.  Debts  amounting  to  $12,000 
have  been  paid  and  in  addition  over 
$66,000  has  been  collected.  The  benevo- 
lences have  increased  several  hundred 
percent,  A  fine  property  has  been  se- 
cured for  a  parsonage  and  the  pastor's 
salary  increased  each  year.  During  the 
past  year  pledges  amounting  to  $50,000 
for  a  new  church  building  and  $33,000 
for  benevolences  have  been  secured.  At 
all  times  a  fine  spirit  of  harmony  has 
prevailed  between  pastor  and  people. 
There  have  been  many  conversions  and 
over  300  additions  to  the  church.  The 
church  is  growing  spiritually,  and  all  de- 
partments are  forging  ahead. 

Rev,  G.  W.  Kimball,  pastor  at  Lincoln, 
writes  the  following  letter :  "The  church 
just  notified  me  of  a  raise  of  $300;  this 
is  the  second  in  a  year.  All  departments 
going  good.  Have  had  over  one  hundred 
at  the  young  people's  hour  for  over  a 
month.  We  use  the  Intermediates,  Sen- 
ior B.  Y.  P.  U.  and  a  Forum  in  order 
to  reach  all  the  groups.  All  departments 
of  the  church  in  good  condition.  Look 
for  good  winter's  work." 

Some  one  wrote  the  following  letter 
from  the  Shelbyville  church:  "Dr.  L. 
D.  Lamkin  just  closed  an  evangelistic 
campaign  with  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Shelbyville.  The  interest  was  good 
throughout  the  meeting  and  the  church 
was  left  in  a  fine  spiritual  condition. 
Thirty-five  expressed  a  willingness  to  ac- 


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cept  Christ  as  their  Savior,  seventeen  of 
which  united  with  the  church  through 
baptism.  Others  are  to  follow.  Dr. 
Lamkin  is  a  powerful  expounder  of 
righteousness  and  a  real  pastor's  helper." 
The  pastor  of  the  church  is  Rev.  G.  P. 
Durdon. 

Rev.  J.  R.  Very,  Ph.D.,  pastor  at 
Hoopeston,  writes  as  follows  concerning 
a  meeting  held  at  that  place:  "I  am 
sending  this  letter  to  you  to  inform  you 
of  a  big  meeting  we  have  just  pulled  off 
at  Hoopeston  in  the  Baptist  church.  We 
had  the  Rev.  G.  W.  Taylor  Evangelistic 
partv  of  California,  who  is  now  working 
in  our  state.'  The  meetings  were  well  at- 
tended from  the  start  and  continued  three 
weeks.  There  were  over  fifty  who  signed 
up  for  service  and  about  forty  signed  up 
tor  the  Baptist  church.  Mr.  Taylor  is 
a  sane  evangelist  and  keeps  in  the  middle 
of  the  road." 

The  Momence  church  of  which  Rev.  J. 
W.  Downey  has  been  pastor  for  two 
years,  seems  to  be  doing  good  work.  The 
average  attendance  in  Sunday  School  is 
140.  The  young  men's  class,  22.  There 
have  been  about  thirty  additions  to  the 
church  during  the  past  year.  From 
twenty-five  to  thirty  attend  the  prayer 
meetings.  The  church  expects  to  put  on 
an  every-member  canvass  for  the  New 
World  Movement  before  the  first  of  next 
May. 

The  Pilgrim  Church  of  Chicago,  of 
which  Rev.  S.  E.  J.  Watson  became  pas- 
tor last  May  is  doing  aggressive  work. 
He  found  the  church  with  a  membership 
of  563  and  since  May  12th  there  have 
been  805  additions.  They  have  pur- 
chased the  Jewish  Temple,  corner  33d 
and  Indiana  Ave.,  which  cost  $75,000, 
and  will  take  possession  the  1st  of  Jan- 
uary. 

Rev.  James  M.  Lively  of  Mattoon,  is 


assisting  in  holding  a  meeting  at  the 
Greenville  church  in  the  Alton  Associa- 
tion. He  writes  December  1st:  "We 
are  having  a  fairly  good  meeting  down 
here.  There  are  twenty-five  to  be  bap- 
tized tonight.  A  number  have  come  in 
by  letter  and  experience  and  more  are 
interested.  We  have  had  fine  crowds  all 
the  time.  Turned  a  large  number  away 
on  Sunday  night  and  many  stood  up  dur- 
ing the  entire  service."  Rev.  R.  M.  Web- 
dell  is  pastor  of  that  church. 


DEATHS 

Rev.  W.  H.  Haynes,  a  very  efficient 
pastor  of  one  of  our  negro  churches  in 
Peoria,  suddenly  died  of  heart  failure  on 
November  22d.  Our  State  Missionary 
writes  that  his  church  is  one  among  the 
very  best  colored  churches  in  the  state. 

Last  month  we  called  attention  to  the 
death  of  Rev.  J.  D.  Crumley  of  Plain- 
field,  but  at  that  time  we  had  no  special 
information  concerning  his  death.  Broth- 
er Crumley  was  66  years  of  age.  Had 
been  pastor  of  the  Deer  Creek  church 
in  the  Bloomington  Association  about  a 
dozen  years  and  had  been  in  Plainfield 
for  about  three  years.  He  had  been  a 
m.ember  of  our  State  Convention  Board 
for  quite  a  number  of  years.  He  was 
taken  to  a  hospital  in  Joliet  in  October 
for  an  operation  and  died  while  there. 
He  leaves  no  children,  but  his  devoted 
wife  is  still  spared  and  at  the  present 
time  is  living  in  their  home  in  Plainfield. 
Brother  Crumley  was  a  very  devoted, 
faithful  and  successful  pastor. 


"The  Interchurch  Movement  is  still 
struggling  with  its  vast  indebtedness.  It 
is  a  precious  good  thing  that  the  Baptists 
withdrew  from  the  Movement  at  the  Buf- 
falo meeting,  for  otherwise  the  Movement 
would  probably  have  continued  and  piled 
up  more  millions  of  indebtedness.  Finan- 
cially this  was  the  most  irresponsible  re- 
ligious movement  that  the  world  has  ever 
known." — Watchman  Examiner. 


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131 


The  Xormal  church  of  which  Rev.  Ed- 
ivard  L.  Bayliss  is  pastor,  is  doing  good 
.vork.  Sunday  morning.  December  5th, 
:he  right  hand  of  fellowship  was  given 
:6  three  member?  and  at  the  evening 
service  there  was  one  conversion,  and  on 
he  Wednesday  night  following,  six  can- 
didates were  received  for  baptism. 
Ihere  have  been  no  special  meetings  but 
;he  pastor,  Sunday  School  Superintend- 
:nt  and  teachers  have  been  working  for 
■esults.     Others  are  ready  to  come. 

One  young  man  in  this  church  is 
studying  for  the  ministry,  and  one  young 
voman  in  the  training  school  in  Chicago. 

Rev.  S.  M.  Kirkland,  D.D.,  of  Urbana, 
issisted  Rev.  M.  E.  Powley.  pastor  of 
:he  Bethel  church  in  the  Rock  Island 
Association,  in  a  eleven  days"  meeting, 
riie  results  of  the  meeting  were  ven." 
ine.  Some  little  difficulties  were  cleared 
Dut  of  the  way  and  the  pastor  baptized 
:wenty-three  converts  and  three  others 
.vere  not  able  to  be  present  that  night. 
There  were  twenty-nine  additions  to  the 
:hurch.  seventeen  of  the  persons  received 
tor  baptism  were  men ;  six  of  them  being 
leads  of  families,  six  women,  heads  of 


families  were  also  added  to  the  church. 
The  evangelist  enjoyed  his  meeting  with 
this  church  and  the  pastor. 

Rev.  T.  L.  Stephens,  pastor  of  the 
Tremont  church,  closed  a  meeting  De- 
cember 5th.  '  Fourteen  accepted  Christ 
and  will  be  baptized  soon.  The  church 
experienced  an  awakening  that  prcHiiises 
to  be  permanent. 

Evangelist  Frank  M.  Dunk  closed  his 
n^eeting  at  the  Antioch  church  in  the 
Central  Illinois  Association  December 
6th.  He  says  they  had  twenr\-one  con- 
versions, one  by  letter  and  one  by  ex- 
;  erience.  Two  husbands  with  their 
wives  were  among  the  number.  Also  a 
mother  and  her  two  daughters.  It  was 
a  great  time  of  rejoicing.  The  evangelist 
conducted  the  baptismal  services  at  Pe- 
tersburg. He  baptized  six  Sunday  after- 
noon, December  5tb,  and  thirteen  on 
Monday  afternoon. 

On  December  3d,  the  church  at  Green- 
\nlle  closed  a  ver\-  successful  revival  of 
eighteen  days'  duration.  On  the  last 
night  of  the  meeting  thirt>-two  received 
the  hand  of  fellowship  and  three  or  four 
went    to    other    churches.     Rev.    T.    M. 


First  Baptist  Church  Rockford  111. 


The  new  meeting  house  of  the  First  Baptist    Church   of    Rockford,    where   the 

State  Convention  will  meet  next  October. 


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Lively  of  Mattoon  did  the  preaching. 
The  pastor  says :  "He  led  us  in  a  great 
campaign.  He  speaks  the  truth  in  de- 
nunciation of  sin  and  evil  in  terms  un- 
mistakable." Rev.  R.  M.  Webdell  is  the 
pastor  of  this  church. 

The  advisory  board  of  the  University 
Church  at  Champaign  sends  the  follow- 
ing letter:  'Tt  is  with  great  pleasure 
that  we  were  informed  of  the  two  hun- 
(h-ed  dollar  increase  in  Rev.  M.  S. 
Piryant's  salary  by  the  .National  Board 
of  Education  and  the  State  Board  of 
Missions.  We  feel  that  Mr.  Bryant  is 
doing  a  splendid  piece  of  work  here  and 
have  always  been  hopeful  that  it  might 
be  recognized  by  a  larger  salary  as  the 
church  grew.  The  action  taken  each  of 
the  last  two  years  has  been  in  line  with 
this  idea.  The  stride  taken  this  year 
over  any  that  has  preceded  is  proof  of 
the  fact  that  the  increase  in  salary  has 
been  well  placed. 


GENERAL  PROMOTION  BOARD 

The  General  Promotion  Board  met  in 
Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  November  30- 
December  1-2.  The  Superintendents  of 
the  State  Conventions  met  for  three  days 
before  the  Promotion  Board  convened. 
Every  state  in  the  Northern  Convention 
was  represented  by  its  Superintendent 
except  West  Virginia  and  Utah. 

This  wa5  the  best  meeting  ever  held 
by  the  State  Convention  Secretaries.  All 
phases  of  state  work  were  discussed  and 
the  work  of  the  Promotion  Board  in  each 
state.  Several  representatives  of  Stan- 
dard City  Mission  Societies  had  one 
meeting  with  the  Convention  representa- 
tives, and  representatives  of  the  Home 
Mission  Society  met  with  us  on  two  oc- 
casions. The  Promotion  Board  wa? 
well  attended,  and  the  first  three  sessions 
were  very  good.  Dr.  J.  Y.  Aitchison 
presented  a  very  comprehensive  report 


and  gave  an  address  for  about  one  hour. 

One  important  item  of  information 
was  that  John  D.  Rockefeller,  Sr.,  had 
given  $12,000,000,  but  will  not  allow  it 
to  be  counted  on  the  $100,000,000  cam- 
paign. It  has  been  paid,  $4,000,000  to 
Home  Missions,  $4,000,000  to  Foreign 
]\Iissions  and  $4,000,000  to  the  Ministers 
and  Missionaries  Benefit  Fund.  This 
money  had  been  planned  in  Mr.  Rocke- 
feller's mind  for  these  organizations  be- 
fore the  New  Onward  Movement  had 
been  planned.  But  John  D.  Rockefeller, 
Jr.,  has  given  on  his  own  account  and 
from  the  Laura  Spellman  Rockefeller 
Memorial  Fund  $6,000,000.  That  can  be 
counted  on  the  $100,000,000.  It  is  not 
known  what  Rockefeller,  Sr.,  will  do  in 
the  future  or  whether  he  will  give  any 
more  to  the  Baptists,  but  there  seemed 
to  be  a  feeling  in  the  Board  meeting  that 
the  Baptist  Denomination  of  the  North 
is  able  to  give  the  $100,000,000  without 
the  aid  of  this  one  rich  man  and  as  the 
Rockefellers  have  given  to  Baptist  work 
$18,000,000  within  eighteen  months,  the 
other  people  should  not  complain,  but 
thank  the  Lord  for  this  liberal  family  and 
push  on  in  the  work.  There  are  two 
lines  of  work  now,  first  to  push  on  for 
new  subscriptions  and  second,  to  secure 
payments  on  subscriptions  already  made. 

The  Editor  was  called  home  on  ac- 
count of  a  severe  illness  of  his  wife  and 
had  to  miss  more  than  half  of  the  meet- 
ings of  the  General  Promotion  Board. 
The  general  impression  made  upon  the 
mind  of  the  writer  by  these  meetings  is 
that  the  Baptist  Denomination  of  the 
Nortli  was  never  doing  things  on  such  a 
large  scale  and  so  successfully  as  now. 
Also  that  there  are  greater  things  for 
us  in  the  near  future.  From  coast  to 
coast  there  seems  to  be  the  spirit  of  con- 
secration and  of  longing  for  large  spir- 
itual results. 


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VOI^  HI.  NORMAL,  ILLINOIS,  JANUARY  1921  NO.  9 

i-  ■  - 

"Deity  of  Jesus  Christ" 

The  word   "deity"   means   divine   na-  Word  was  with  God,  and  the  Word  was 

tnre  or  rank.  The  collection  of  attributes  God.     The   same   was   in   the   beginnino- 

which  make  up  the  nature  of  God.  with     God.       All     things     were     made 

One  of  the  prominent  controversies  through  him,  and  without  him  was  not 
among  Christian  people  today  is  the  anything  made  that  was  made."  These 
question  of  the  deity  of  Jesus  Christ,  few  words  are  sufficient  to  prove  that 
The  Unitarian  people  and  some  who  are  John  believed  in  the  deity  of  Christ. 
Hiembers  of  Baptist  churches  and  other  Let  it  not  be  understood  that  when  John 
communions  deny  his  deity.  They  claim  said  Jesus  was  God  that  he  meant  that 
that  he  was  a  great  prophet,  a  first  class  there  was  no  official  difference  or  supe- 
teacher,  but  that  he  was  only  a  man  and  riority.  The  earthly  father  has  author- 
ir  no  sense  possessed  the  nature  of  God  ity  over  the  son  in  his  minority,  and  may 
in  any  particular  different  from  that  of  send  him  here  and  there;  yet  the  son 
other  men.  There  has  been  a  great  deal  has  the  same  nature  as  the  father  and 
written  among  Baptists  within  the  past  in  nature  is  his  equal.  The  Father  sent 
six  months  upon  fundamentals.  There  the  Son,  and  the  Son  prayed  to  the  Fa- 
may  be  many  fundamental  truths,  but  the  ther  and  during  his  earthly  life  seemed 
doctrine  of  the  deity  of  Jesus  Christ  is  to  be  dependent  upon  the  Father;  yet 
the  one  fundamental  above  all  others.  Christ    himself    recognized    his    equality 

Those  who  believe  the  Gospels  written  with  the  Father  in  his  natural  attributes, 
by  Matthew  and  Luke  have  no  trouble  in         Jesus  said,  John  5-58,  "Verily,  verily  I 

believing  in  the  deity  of  our  Lord.     The  say  unto  you,  before  Abraham  y/as  born, 

teaching   of  the  -virgin  birth  establishes  I    am."     The    expression    verily,    verily, 

without  a  doubt  the  parentage  of  Jesus  Jesus    used   to  call   special   attention   to 

but  some  doubt  the  doctrine  of  the  vir-  what  he  was  about  to  say.     What  did  he 

gin  birth.     We  will  write  upon  that  sub-  mean    by    that    expression?     Dr.    Alva 

ject    in    a    later    issue.     John's    Gospel  Hovey  says,  "The  verb  in  Greek  which  is 

seems  to  us  to  have  been  written  in  a  used  of  Abraham  is  not  the  same  which 

large  measure  to  establish  the  deity  of  is    used    of    Christ.     This    signifies    an 

Jesus  Christ,  for  some  in  his  day  seem  existence  which  has  an  origin  and  might 

to  have  been  teaching  doctrines  contrary  be   rendered   in  the  sense,  came   to   be. 

to  the  divine  nature  of  the  Savior.     In  The  latter  denotes  existence  simply  and 

the  beginning  of  John's  Gospel  he  says,  absolutely,    without    any    reference    to 

"In  the  beginning  was  the  Word,  and  the  origin.     By  it  Jesus  claims  for  himself 


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the  same  eternal,  unsuccessive,  al^solute 
berng  which  was  claimed  by  Jehovah 
when  he  said  to  Moses,  "I  am  that  I  am." 

We  do  not  know  who  wrote  the  book 
of  Hebrews  but  the  whole  book  gives 
strong  evidence  of  divine  authority.  This 
writer  says,  Hebrew  1-6,  "And  when  he 
again  bringeth  the  first  born  into  the 
world  he  saith.  Let  all  the  angels  of  God 
worship  him."  Is  it  reasonable  to  sup- 
pose that  God  would  command  all  the 
angels  of  God  to  worship  a  mere  man?" 
And  in  Heb.  1-8,  "But  of  the  Son  he 
saith.  "Thy  throne,  O  God,  is  forever  and 
ever."  Here  the  Father  is  represented 
as  speaking  of  the  Son  of  God. 

Paul's  writings  contain  many  pas- 
sages showing  his  faith  in  the  deity  of 
Christ.  We  will  notice  only  one,  Phil. 
2-6,  "Who  existing  in  the  form  of  God, 
counted  not  the  being  on  an  equality  with 
God  a  thing  to  be  grasped,  but  emptied 
himself,  taking  the  form  of  a  servant,  be- 
irgf  made  in  the  likeness  of  men."  Here 
tlie  evident  thought  of  the  Apostle  is 
that  Jesus  was  more  than  man  or  angel, 
and  this  passage  cannot  be  explained  if 
the  divinity  of  Christ  is  denied.  If  we 
deny  the  deity  of  Christ  the  whole  of 
the  New  Testament  and  much  of  the 
Old  Testament  is  obscure  and  difficult  of 
interpretation.  We  can  understand  how 
those  that  reject  fully  the  New  Testa- 
ment can  deny  Christ's  deity,  but  it  is  a 
profound  mystery  how  any  person  who 
professes  to  believe  the  teachings  of  the 
New  Testament  or  any  one  who  is  will- 
ing to  be  called  a  Christian  can  deny  the 
deity  of  our  Lord." 


and  the  leader  at  the  time  for  religious 
liberty.  The  Editor  of  the  Illinois  Bap- 
tist claims  that  Roger  Williams  was  not 
a  Baptist.  Of  course  he  was  not  a  Bap- 
tist so  far  as  alien  immersion  is  con- 
cerned, but  the  Southern  Baptist  Con- 
vention endorsed  the  Memorial  Building 
and  held  a  special  session  of  the  South- 
ern Convention  last  May  at  the  lot  where 
the  building  is  to  be  erected.  Some  of 
Dr.  Throgmorton's  followers  have  been 
calling  upon  him  to  explain.  He  did  this 
in  his  paper  last  week.  Dr.  Throgmor- 
ton  can  explain  almost  anything.  He  is 
not  willing  to  go  back  on  what  he  has 
been  saying.  He  seems  to  hesitate  very 
nuch  to  criticise  anything  the  Southern 
Convention  does.  His  long  article  try- 
ing to  justify  the  Southern  Convention 
in  what  it  did  in  this  matter  and  at  the 
same  time  to  justify  himself  is  about  the 
weakest  thing  we  have  read  recently 
from  the  pen  of  a  man  who  claims  to  be 
a  respectable  writer.  If  Dr.  Throgmor- 
ton  would  admit  that  he  was  in  error  or 
if  he  would  candidly  condemn  the  South- 
ern Convention  for  what  it  did,  whether 
he  was  in  error  or  on  the  right  side,  he 
would  be  respected  for  wanting  to  do  the 
right  things.  But  his  effort  to  justify 
both  himself  and  the  Southern  Baptist 
Convention  is  a  sad  failure. 


A  year  or  so  ago  the  Southern  Illinois 
Baptists  took  a  strong  position  against 
erecting  a  great  church  building  in 
AVashington  City  in  memory  of  Roger 
Williams,  the  first  Baptist  in  America, 


"A  NEW  YEAR'S  PRAYER 

I  want  my  heart  made  pure,  dear  Lord, 
I  want  to  know  and  love  thy  Word; 
To  be  all  glorious  within, 
Freed  from  each  spot  and  stain  of  sin. 

I  want  the  New  Year's  opening  days 
To  fill  with  love,  and  prayer,  and  praise. 
Some  little  things  to  do  for  thee. 
For  thou  hast  done  great  things  for  me. 

I  want  some  other  soul  to  bring 
To  thee,  my  Savior  and  my  King. 
Thou  wilt  not,  Lord,  my  prayer  deny, 
For  thou  canst  all  my  wants  supply. 

In  Jesus'  name  our  prayer  we  raise, 
Whose  guiding  hand  has  blessed  our  days. 
And  may  we,  Lord,  in  godly  fear 
Serve  thee  through  all  this  coming  year." 


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Published   monthly  in  the  Interest  of  the 
Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 

Subscription  price,  25c  a  year;  clubs  of  20 
or  more,  20c. 

E.  P.  BRAND,  Editor 
Superintendent  of  IMissions, 

201  North  School  Street,  Normal,  Illinois. 

"Entered  as  second  class  matter,  June  12, 

1909,  at  the  Postoffice  at  Normal, 

Illinois,  under  the  Act  of 

March   3,   1879." 

THE  year  1920  was  one  that  ought 
to  cause  the  people  of  IlHiiois  to  be 
profoundly  thankful  to  God  for  many 
blessings.  Great  abundance  and  no 
great  calamities  have  been  our  portion. 

:|c      >i;      ^: 

SOAIE  people  are  complaining  and 
blaming  others  for  misfortunes  they 
brought  upon  themselves.  The  writer 
was  recently  talking  with  a  farmer  near 
Springfield.  He  said  the  farmers  were 
being  slaughtered  and  that  they  were 
helpless.  Before  the  conversation  ended 
he  stated  that  he  now  has  5,000  bushels 
of  old  corn  that  he  had  refused  to  sell 

at  $2.00  per  bushel. 

*  *  * 

LET  us  not  blame  the  Lord  or  other 
people  for  our  misfortunes  that 
come  as  the  result  of  our  own  short- 
sightedness or  of  our  own  greed  and 
selfishness.  As  a  rule  during  the  past 
year  crops  have  been  good  and  nearly 
all   laboring  people  have   had   plenty  of 

work  at  good  wages. 

*  *  * 

WE  cannot  now  know  what  1921  will 
bring.  It  is  quite  evident  that 
great  changes  will  come.  Prices  are 
dropping  rapidly.  Price  on  sugar  came 
down  first,  one-third  of  what  it  was 
was  eight  months  ago.  Then  farm  prod- 
ucts, such  as  corn,  wheat,  hogs  and  .cat- 


tle, but  now  almost  every  thing  follows. 
As  soon  as  some  prices  started  down 
people  began  to  quit  buying  high  priced 


goods. 


*  *  * 


SHOE  merchants  seem  to  be  holding 
the  prices  up,  but  if  the  people  would 
get  their  old  shoes  repaired  and  quit 
buying  high  priced  shoes  they  would  soon 
come  down.  The  merchants  complain 
that  they  have  high-priced  goods.  That 
is  true,  but  when  prices  went  up  they  had 

low  priced  goods. 

5]=  *  * 

ONE  of  the  difficulties  of  this  year 
will  be  the  lowering  of  the  prices 
of  labor.  Labor  cannot  keep  up  on  its 
high  price  if  all  other  things  are  reduced. 
Several  millions  of  new  homes  are 
needed  in  America,  but  they  cannot  be 
erected  so  long  as  carpenter  work,  brick 
niasonry,  and  plumbing  work  are  from 
Sl.OO  to$1.50per  hour. 

*  *  * 

IN  all  the  trying  conditions  of  life  it 
is  a  good  thing  to  have  faith  in  Al- 
nnghty  God,  as  revealed  to  men  through 
his  son  Jesus  Christ.  God  will  care  for 
his  people ;  not  a  sparrow  falleth  to  the 
ground  without  his  notice. 

*  *  * 

THE  indications  are  that  God  is  just 
ready  to  open  the  windows  of 
heaven  to  pour  out  a  great  blessing  upon 
the  people  of  Illinois  this  coming  year, 
if  we  will  place  ourselves  in  a  position 
so  that  he  can  consistently  bless  us. 

*  *  * 

TWO  things  the  Baptists  of  Illinois 
should  bear  in  mind  this  year.  1. 
To  promptly  and  regularly  pay  the 
money  that  has  been  subscribed  on  the 
New  World  Movement.  The  work  at 
home  and  abroad  cannot  be  carried  on 
unless    the   pledges    are   promptly   paid. 


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2.  Every  effort  should  be  made  to  get 
every  Baptist  who  has  not  yet  made  a 
subscription  to  do  so.  Many  churches 
have  not  yet  made  the  every-member 
canvass  on  the  New^  World  Movement. 
Not  one  should  let  the  first  of  May  come 
without  falling  in  line  and  make  a  thor- 
ough and  careful  every-member  canvass 
for  this  work. 


1921 

We  are  now  in  the  first  month  of  the 
New  Year.  We  are  getting  far  enough 
away  from  World  War  conditions  to 
give  our  attention  wholly  to  the  religious 
conditions  of  the  world.  In  some  re- 
spects we  are  entering  upon  such  a  year 
as  the  world  has  never  seen  before. 
There  are  perhaps  at  this  time  four  times 
as  many  starving  people  in  the  world  as 
ever  before  in  its  history  at  any  one 
time.  Perhaps  from  ten  to  fifteen  mil- 
lions of  people  in  Europe,  greatly  under 
fed  and  many  of  them  at  the  starving 
point;  many  hundreds  of  thousands  in 
the  near  East  are  needing  help  and  the 
famine  in  North  China  is  said  to  affect 
more  or  less  30,000,000  of  people,  and 
perhaps  20,000,000  are  at  the  starving 
point  now.  All  over  the  world  there  is 
such  a  restlessness  and  nervousness  as 
was  never  known  before.  Even  in  our 
own  country  with  all  its  prosperity  and 
abundance  of  everything  there  is  much 
unrest,  both  among  laborers  and  manu- 
f?.cturers. 

^Military  power,  great  armaments  and 
wealth  will  not  save  the  world.  The  re- 
generating power  of  the  Gospel,  its  civil- 
izing influence  upon  all  classes  is  the  only 
power  that  can  save  this  world.  The 
world  at  home  and  abroad  is  open  to  re- 
ceive the  Gospel  at  this  time  as  never  be- 
fore. Wherever  an  earnest  evangelistic 
effort  is  made,  the  people  seem  ready  to 


receive  the  word.  Our  Baptist  Mission- 
aries have  received  and  baptized  into  the 
churches  within  the  last  few  months, 
more  old  and  middle-aged  people  than  I 
have  ever  known  them  to  do  before. 

The  time  has  come  when  laymen  and 
women  as  well  as  preachers  should  try  to 
save  this  world.  Business  men  are  giv- 
ing money  for  religious  and  Missionary 
work  as  never  before.  1920  was  by  far 
the  greatest  year  in  raising  money  the 
Baptists  have  ever  known.  Let  1921  be 
the  greatest  year  in  service,  and  in  per- 
sonal work  we  have  ever  known. 

Many,  many  thousands  of  men  are 
v/aiting  for  some  employer  or  some  as- 
sociate in  business  or  some  fellow 
laborer  to  ask  them  to  surrender  to 
Christ  and  become  a  Christian,  but  many 
of  these  have  been  associated  with  pro- 
fessing Christians  for  ten  years  or  more 
and  perhaps  not  a  person  has  made  an 
effort  to  win  them  to  Christ  and  to  the 
church.  Let  the  year  1921  be  a  new 
year  with  Baptists  of  Illinois  in  personal 
work.  There  is  something  wrong  with 
a  church  that  has  from  600  to  800  mem- 
bers and  on  a  nice  Sunday  does  not  have 
more  than  from  one  hundred  to  one  hun- 
dred fifty  at  service.  These  things  can 
be  remedied  the  coming  year  if  all  our 
people  will  wake  up  to  the  needs  of  the 
world  and  the  opportunities  God  is  giv- 
ing us. 


Charleston  is  a  nice  little  city  on  the 
eastern  side  of  the  state.  One  of  the 
State  Normal  schools  is  located  there. 
The  Baptist  church  has  always  been 
weak  in  that  city.  A  few  years  ago 
they  bought  the  Cumberland  Presbyter- 
ian meeting  house.  About  $1,000  to 
$1,200  seemed  to  be  their  outside  limit 
for  pastoral  support.  The  first  of  Octo- 
ber 'the    State    Convention    sent    Rev. 


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Henry  L.  Duff  to  that  field.  The  church 
called  him  and  ten  weeks  later  District 
Superintendent  Yule  was  sent  to  that 
field  to  make  an  every-member  canvass 
for  current  expenses.  He  raised  about 
$2400  and  the  church  work  is  now  mov- 
ing along  hopefully. 

The  Clinton  church  has  a  good  meet- 
ing house  well  located  in  that  thriving 
city.  It  is  the  only  Baptist  church  in 
DeWitt  county.  It  had  been  pastorless 
for  two  or  three  years  but  kept  up  a 
good  Sunday  school.  The  first  of  Octo- 
ber, Rev.  S.  B.  Dexter  was  called  as 
pastor.  Since  that  time  there  have  been 
forty  additions,  twenty-four  of  them  by 
baptism.  The  writer  visited  that  church 
the  first  Sunday  in  this  month.  There 
were  135  in  the  Sunday  school  and  the 
morning  service  was  fine.  The  pastor  is 
just  beginning  a  revival  meeting  with  a 
singer  and  his  wife  to  assist.  The  out- 
look for  Clinton  at  this  time  is  very 
hopeful.  The  church  is  also  coming  up 
on  the  New  World  Movement. 

The  Batavia  church  in  the  Chicago 
Association  located  Rev.  Fred  W.  Field 
as  its  pastor  September  1st.  Reports 
from  the  field  indicate  a  very  hopeful 
condition  at  this  time. 

The  Woodstock  church,  county  seat  of 
McHenry  County,  managed  to  get  along 
for  the  past  forty  years  or  more  on 
about  $800  or  $900  and  parsonage  for 
pastor.  Last  summer  Rev.  Geo.  H.  Yule 
gave  them  two  weeks  of  his  vacation  and 
raised  for  current  expenses  about  $2800. 
The  church  located  as  pastor  Rev.  John 
Hess  about  two  months  ago  and  the 
work  is  moving  on  well. 

The  Bois  d'Arc  and  Zenobia  churches, 
two  country  fields  in  the  Springfield  As- 
sociation have  planned  to  work  together 
for  the  support  of  a  pastor.  Possibly 
Tieither  church  in  its  history  has  had  a 


pastor  located  on  its  field.  They  have 
rented  a  good  house  for  a  parsonage  and 
about  twelve  acres  of  ground,  about  four 
miles  from  each  church.  The  two 
churches  are  able  and  willing  to  give  a 
fine  support.  They  are  splendid  com- 
munities of  American  people.  Here  is  a 
great  opportunity  for  the  right  man,  one 
who  loves  the  country  and  knows  how  to 
run  a  Ford  or  some  other  machine. 


"OUTLINE    OF    NEW    WORIiD   MOVE- 
MENT 

Program  to  May  1,  1921 

Publish,  monthly  in  our  periodicals 
statements  showing  financial  status  of 
campaign  by  states. 

Feature  each  month  what  our  New 
World  Movement  funds  are  accomplishing 
in  our  various  fields  of  endeavor — hot 
shot  from  the  front  line  trenches. 

Push  the  family  group  plan  in  our 
churches  with  which  to  secure  co-opera- 
tion in  the  entire  local  church  program — 
fellowship,  stewardship,  deepening  of  the 
spiritual  life,  evangelism  and  thorough 
participation  of  the  church  in  the  mis- 
sionary program. 

December  26 — Special  Christmas  offer- 
ing for  relief  in  Europe.  This  to  count 
on  our  One  Hundred  Million  Dollar  Fund. 

January  2-9 — Observe  Week  of  Prayer 
with  special  program  for  the  development 
of  a  new  sense  of  communion  with  God, 
and  for  a  full  participation  of  our  Baptist 
churches  in  the  whole  program  of  the 
Kingdom  of  God.  A  new  consecration  of 
our  lives  and  means  to  the  full  glory  of 
God. 

Great  Regional  Missionary  Conferences. 
From  these  to  carry  the  lighted  torch  to 
associational  conferences  and  then  to 
church  groups  and  family  firesides.  These 
to  be  held  through  the  months  of  January 
and  February. 

Observe  in  common  with  all  denomina- 
tions the  period  of  January  23  to  February 
20  as  Stewardship  period,  culminating  in 
a  "League  of  Christian  Stewards  in  every 
church." 

March  2  0  to  27 — The  culmination  in 
this  preceding  Easter  week  of  all  our 
evangelistic  work  of  the  weeks  before.  A 
great  ingathering  of  new  recruits  for  His 
service  and  glory. 

March  27 — A  great  Thank  Offering  of 
One  Million  Dollars  "From  the  Baptists 
of  America  for  the  children  of  the  World." 
This  to  be  in  addition  to  all  the  pledges 
and   cash   payments   already  made   on   the 


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New  World  Movement — but  also  to  apply 
on  the  same. 

March  27  to  April  4 — "On  to  Victory." 
A   week   of  definite  campaign  by  churches 

(1)  who    liave    made    quota    to    enlarge; 

(2)  those  who  have  not  completed  to  fiinish 
quota;  (3)  those  who  have  put  on  no  cam- 
paign to  do  so;  (4)  to  find  individuals  here 
and  there  untouched  and  enlist  their  co- 
operation. 

April  24  to  May  1 — Anniversary  Week. 
A  period  for  the  payment  of  all  pledges 
due  by  churches  and  individuals. 

A  great  program  of  objectives  reached 
step  by  step  will  mean  great  advances  in 
every  goal  of  our  great  Movement:  Souls 
brought  to  Christ,  lives  dedicated  to  spe- 
cial service,  and  means  consecrated  to  the 
fulfilling   of   the    Great    Commission." 


CHURCHES 

"Rev.  Frank  G.  Sayers,  pastor  of  the 
I'reeport  Baptist  Church,  baptized  three 
adults  Sunday  evening,  December  26th, 
bringing  the  total  up  to  fourteen  in  eight 
weeks.  Seven  were  received  by  baptism 
and  others  by  experience  and  letter. 
Over  twenty  have  united  with  the 
church  since  August  and  four  more 
await  baptism  in  the  New  Year.  The 
congregations  have  never  been  better  in 
the  long  history  of  the  church.  Last 
Sunday  night  the  house  was  packed,  gal- 
lery included.  A  man  sixty-three  years 
of  age  was  converted  three  weeks  ago 
and  a  young  man  of  twenty  on  the  same 
evening."  The  pastor  was  given  a  large 
check  for  Christmas  in  appreciation  of 
services. 

Rev.  J.  D.  Scott,  pastor  of  the  St. 
Marys  church,  writes  as  follows :  "I 
want  to  tell  you  about  the  glorious  meet- 
ing we  have  just  closed  at  St.  Marys. 
We  began  the  meeting  November  16  and 
continued  four  weeks,  closing  December 
12th.  There  were  thirtv-three  in  all. 
Tliirty-one  additions  to  the  church.  A 
very  remarkable  thing  about  the  meeting 
to  me  was  that  there  was  not  a  child  in 
the  whole  number.  All  grownup  folks, 
the  oldest  being  seventy-two  years.  Miss 
Frances  Fredrickson  led  the  singing  and 


(lid  it  well.  The  writer  did  the  preach- 
ing as  best  we  could  by  the  Lord's  help, 
and  the  Lord  gave  the  increase.  We 
had  a  good  meeting  here  last  year,  too. 
Our  people  feel  greatly  encouraged.  Just 
beginning  to  realize  that  they  can  do 
great  things  under  God  even  out  in  the 
open  country." 

Rev.  J.  B.  Martin,  pastor  at  Havana, 
writes  as  follows :  "The  work  here  i.% 
growing  nicely.  We  are  not  trying  to 
do  anything  spectacular  but  believe  that 
we  are  making  steady  progress  in  a  sub- 
stantial way.  Director  Koehler  was 
here  jast  night.  There  was  a  pretty 
good  hearing  for  his  stirring  address  and 
marked  interest  in  his  very  practical  and 
helpful  manner  of  conducting  the  work- 
ers' conference." 

Rev.  T.  Elmer  Jones,  pastor  of  the 
Barry  church,  writes  on  December  19th 
as  follows :  "Closed  a  two  weeks'  meet- 
ing here  today.  Baptized  eleven  this 
morning.  Have  received  into  the  church 
a  total  of  forty  for  the  year,  six  of 
these  at  the  Mt.  Zion  Chapel.  Have 
baptized  twenty-nine.  ,  Go  to  Plainville 
in  January  to  assist  Rev.  Hondy  West- 
erfield  in  a  meeting." 

Rev.  Joseph  Jenkins  of  Jerseyville, 
writes :  "A  two  weeks'  meeting  held  in 
Alt.  Gilead  resulted  in  five  waiting  for 
baptism,  three  tmiting  by  experience  and 
the  church  being  very  much  revived  and 
encouraged.  A  two  weeks'  meeting  in 
the  little  church,  located  about  eight 
miles  southwest  of  Jersey ville,  that  was 
dedicated  last  summer,  resulted  in  thirty- 
five  accepting  Christ  as  Savior  and  Lord. 
This  is  what  may  be  termed  as  a  real 
Mission  field  for  the  church  is  not  yet 
organized.  The  response  to  the  preach- 
ing of  the  Gospel  was  a  real  delight.  The 
Spirit  was  certainly  present  in  power 
and  I  was  glad  to  be  the  agent  used  to 


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proclaim   the   message   of   Life    Eternal 
through  Christ." 

The  Damascus  church  of  which  Rev. 
Wm.  H.  Dickman  is  pastor,  has  made 
fine  repairs  on  the  parsonage,  redecorat- 
ing the  interior  and  in  the  spring  they 
expect  to  paint  both  parsonage  and 
church.  The  pastor  says,  "It  is  a  real 
pleasure  to  preach  to  the  Lena  congre- 
gation. They  seem  to  be  so  apprecia- 
tive." 

Rev.  Chas.  W.  Wolfe  writes  from 
Clayton:  "Everything  seems  to  be  go- 
ing well  at  Clayton.  Attendance  and  in- 
terest are  good.  Sunday  School  aver- 
a£.;es  nearly  double  of  one  year  ago.  Kel- 
Urville  a  little  slower,  partly  due  to  bad 
weather  and  sickness  when  I  have  been 
there." 

The  clerk  of  the  Pontiac  church  writes 
the  following  news  item:  "During  the 
past  two  months  we  have  had  eleven 
baptisms  and  have  four  more  to  be  bap- 
tised Sunday  evening.  Fourteen  have 
been  received  by  letter  and  experience. 
The  B.  Y.  P.  U.  has  been  re-organized 
and  is  well  attended,  and  the  prayer 
meetings  are  the  best  we  have  had  in 
}ears.  The  pastor's  salary  has  been  in- 
creased $300.00  per  year." 

Rev.  S.  L.  Cobb,  pastor  of  the  Oreana 
church,  writes  on  December  17th  as  fol- 
lows :  "Last  Sunday,  Rev.  George  H. 
Yule  closed  a  brief  meeting  with  us.  It 
was  possible  for  him  to  be  wuth  us  only 
four  days.  He  made  an  every-member 
canvass  in  behalf  of  the  New  World 
Drive.  While  we  did  not  reach  our  al- 
lotment the  church  gave  as  never  before. 
The  canvass  is  not  yet  complete,  but  in 
the  brief  time  $1,031.00  was  pledged." 

Early  in  December,  Rev.  Thaddeus  L. 
Stephens  wrote  as  follows :  "We  began 
special  revival  services  a  week  ago  Sun- 
day.    The  interest  and  attendance  have 


been  very  good.  Four  persons  came  for- 
ward last  Sunday  and  we  expect  a  num- 
ber of  decisions  before  the  meetings 
close.  The  Holy  Spirit  is  present  in 
power  and  the  church  is  receiving  spir- 
itual tonic  and  the  outlook  is  more  en- 
couraging." 

Rev.  \L  E.  Powley,  pastor  of  the 
Bethel  church  in  the  Rock  Island  Asso- 
ciation, writes  concerning  a  meeting: 
"We  began  a  revival  meeting  November 
23d,  which  lasted  eleven  days.  Rev.  S. 
R.  Kirkland,  D.D.,  of  Urbana,  did  the 
preaching.  Twenty-four  have  been  bap- 
tized and  others  will  be  Wednesday  of 
this  week.  The  church  is  strengthened 
and  we  think  in  a  good  shape  for  future 
work." 

Rev.  George  W.  Stoddard  of  Decatur, 
writes  the  following:  "Mrs.  J.  M.  Wood, 
widow  of  Rev.  Wood,  former  pastor  of 
East  Park  church  in  Decatur,  distributed 
mite  boxes  for  the  benefit  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Hudelson  home  a  few  weeks 
ago  and  the  boxes  were  opened  Thurs- 
day evening,  December  9th  and  $116.00 
was  realized  for  the  Hudelson  Orphan- 
age." 

The  First  Church  of  Rock  Island,  of 
which  Rev.  J.  C.  Granger  is  pastor,  is 
doing  quite  encouraging  work.  The 
Sunday  School  now  averages  270.  The 
B.  Y.  P.  U.  is  doing  good  and  at  the 
Sunday  morning  services  the  auditorium 
i.'-  well  filled.  Current  expenses  are  all 
paid  and  $400  in  the  treasury. 


TjEA\  ING   THE  MINISTRY 

Why  do  men  leave  the  ministry  for 
some  kind  of  business?  Within  recent 
years  there  have  been  an  unusual  num- 
ber of  men  who  have  left  the  ministry 
for  business.  A  few  of  these  have  made 
a  larger  income  for  a  time  than  they  re- 
ceived as  pastors.     Some  in  a  little  while 


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did    not    succeed    so   well.     Some    have 
made  an  effort  to  do  business  and  supply 
churches,    making    business    their    chief 
aim  and  supplying  churches  as  a  side  is- 
sue.    Can  a  man  with  a  proper  concep- 
tion of  the  ministry  turn  aside  from  it  to 
business  while  he  is  able  to  preach  ?  And 
if  a  man  can  succeed  in  business,  he  has 
strength  enough  to  succeed  in  the  minis- 
try unless  he  is  troubled  with  some  un- 
usual  kind   of   sickness.     Some   answer 
that  the  support  in  the  ministry  is  not 
si'.fficient.     But  my  observation  has  been 
that  it  is  not  as  a  rule  the  most  poorly 
paid    ministers    that    go    into    business. 
Ministers  are  as  well  supported  now,  in 
comparison  with  the  average  line  of  busi- 
ness, as  they  have  been  in  the  history  of 
Christianity.     And  if  need  be  they  can 
do  some  things  on  the  side  to  aid  in  a 
living.     Paul  made  tents  to  pay  his  board 
when    the    occasion    demanded     it.     A 
preacher  may  make  a  fine  garden,  keep 
a  fine  bunch  of  chickens  or  in  many  other 
ways  aid  himself  to  some  extent  without 
in    any   way    interfering   with    his    min- 
isterial work.     Some  say  ministers  have 
a  hard  time  and  poor  pay.     That  is  cer- 
tainly true  and  any  young  man  who  looks 
toward    the    ministry    with    any    other 
thought  in  mind  should  be  persuaded  not 
to  enter  it.     When  God  called  Paul  into 
the   ministry   he   said   to  Ananias,   "He 
is  a  chosen  vessel  with  me  to  bear  my 
name  before  the  Gentiles  and  Kings,  and 
the  children  of  Israel."     Then  God  did 
not  say  that  he  should  have  a  good  and 
easy  time  and  plenty  of  money,  but  he 
said,  "I  will  show  him  how  great  things 
he    must    suffer    for    my    name's    sake." 
Paul  suffered  imprisonment  and  scourg- 
ing and   stoning  and  shipwreck,   but  he 
never  gave  up  the  ministry  to  go   into 
business. 

Some  men  say   that  they  want  more 


money  to  give  their  families  a  chance  in 
the  world.  But  the  ministry  is  as  well 
supported  now  as  it  was  fifty  years  ago. 
And  a  larger  proportion  of  ministers' 
sons  and  daughters  are  prominent  in  the 
v/orld  today  than  those  of  any  other  class 
of  people.  Ministers'  families  have  the 
very  best  opportunities,  taking  things  as 
they  are,  for  making  good  in  the  world. 
The  proper  conception  of  the  ministry 
is  a  sure  call  of  God  to  preach  the  word, 
a  feeling  of  "Woe  is  me  if  I  preach  not 
the  gospel."  Some  of  the  most  contented 
ministers  I  meet  and  those  with  happy 
families  are  ministers  with  only  a  moder- 
ate salary.  Churches  should  be  encour- 
aged to  give  better  financial  support  to 
the  pastors.  But  whatever  the  condition, 
no  man  who  is  called  of  God  to  preach 
should  think  of  giving  up  the  ministry 
for  business.  Of  course  if  men  have 
lost  faith  in  the  inspiration  of  the  scrip- 
tures, in  the  deity  of  Christ,  in  the  mir- 
acles, in  the  resurrection  of  Jesus,  then 
the  only  honest  thing  they  can  do  is  to 
give  up  the  ministry  and  go  into  busi- 
ness. But  we  are  speaking  of  those  who 
believe  in  these  things  and  think  they 
can  turn  aside  from  the  ministry.  My 
prediction  is  that  they  can  never  be  happy 
and  probably  not  financially  successful. 


DEATHS 

Mr.  Carlton  Taylor,  son  of  Dr.  C.  E. 
Taylor,  pastor  of  the  First  Church  in 
Rock  Island  for  many  years,  died  a  few 
days  ago.  Mr.  Taylor  had  been  doing 
clerical  work  in  the  Woodman  ofiice  in 
Rock  Island  for  more  than  twenty  years 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  an  as- 
sociate editor  of  the  Woodman  paper. 
He  was  a  faithful  worker  and  member 
in  the  Rock  Island  First  Church. 

Mr.  Henry  C.  Bower,  one  of  the  lead- 
ing members  of  the  Oreana  church,  died 


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December  14th.  He  had  been  treasurer 
of  that  church  for  forty-eight  years  and 
served  as  a  deacon  forty-five  years. 

Mrs.  Huldah  Preston,  a  member  of  the 
Grant  Park  Church,  passed  away  a  little 
njore  than  one  month  ago.  She  was  a 
devoted  elderly  Christian  woman.  She 
left  in  her  will  $1000  for  the  Illinois 
Baptist  State  Convention. 

"Airs.  Goldia  Ellison,  the  wife  of  Rev. 
L.  E.  Ellison,  pastor  of  the  Villa  Grove 
church,  passed  away  Nov.  11.  Rev.  C. 
C.  Long,  Urbana,  conducted  the  funeral 
service  at  Villa  Grove,  and  D.  O.  Hop- 
kins, Normal,  held  the  service  at  Ma- 
comb. Mrs.  Ellison  had  preached  in  a 
number  of  places  in  western  Illinois. 
She  had  held  evangelistic  meetings  in 
several  places  in  the  Quincy  and  Salem 
associations.  She  was  modest,  unas- 
suming, kind.  She  held  the  pastorate  of 
the  Areola  Church  while  her  husband 
was  in  war  service.  A  few  weeks  be- 
fore her  death  she  gave  birth  to  a  little 
son,  Luther  Ernest,  whom  she  dedicated 
to  the  Lord's  work.  Her  missionary  ac- 
tivities in  the  Bloomfield  Association 
have  been  very  much  appreciated.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ellison  had  been  married 
about  three  years." 


PERSONAIi 

On  December  29th,  Mrs.  W.  R.  John- 
son of  Jacksonville,  writes :  "Mr.  John- 
son is  in  the  hospital,  was  taken  sick 
Saturday  morning  and  on  Sunday  morn- 
ing was  operated  on  for  appendicitis. 
Getting  along  nicely.  Was  a  serious 
operation." 

The  Windsor  Park  church  of  which 
Rev.  Fred  F.  Shields  had  been  pastor 
for  about  five  years,  made  very  strong 
resolutions  of  appreciation  of  his  work 
when  he  closed  his  pastorate  to  accept 
the  Orion  field. 


Rev.  T.  N.  Marsh  of  Upper  Alton,  has 
been  seriously  ill.  He  is  seventy-nine 
years  of  age  and  has  been  steadily  driv- 
ing out  into  the  country  to  preach  and 
do  pastoral  work.  Recently  he  was  taken 
sick  while  away  from  home.  A  news- 
paper reports  as  follows :  "Last  Satur- 
day night  he  filled  an  appointment  at 
Wrightsville  and  the  following  morning 
he  started  to  drive  back  with  his  horse 
and  buggy  to  Alton.  He  was  stricken 
with  illness  soon  after  starting  from 
Wrightsville,  and  all  through  Sunday 
the  horse,  practically  unguided,  wan- 
dered about  the  country,  as  the  minister 
was  in  a  semi-conscious  condition. 
Just  before  darkness  came  Sunday  even- 
ing, the  vehicle  was  drawn  into  the  vil- 
lage of  Rockbridge,  only  about  five 
miles  from  where  the  morning  journey 
had  been  started.  There  the  horse 
stopped  and  some  people  who  knew  Mr. 
Marsh  took  him  in." 

Our  old  friend,  John  Ruthven,  who 
was  so  well  known  to  the  Baptist  young 
people  in  Illinois  a  few  years  ago,  writes 
tb.e  following  from  Washington,  D.  C. : 
"Greetings  to  all  my  Illinois  friends. 
What  has  become  of  my  old  'side-kicker,' 
Will  Morris?  He  was  at  Oshkosh  and 
left  there,  but  I  never  learned  where  he 
went.  Give  him  my  regards  when  you 
see  him.  I  enclose  twenty-five  cents  for 
the  Bulletin.  I  miss  it.  I  can't  keep 
track  of  your  'behavings'  out  there  with- 
out it.  Fraternally  and  with  very  best 
regard. — John  Ruthven." 

The  Associational  Board  of  Promotion 
ill  the  Springfield  Association  is  making 
a  strong  effort  to  be  of  benefit  to  the 
churches  of  that  Association.  In  the 
Prospectus  sent  out,  the  Promotion 
Hoard  makes  some  very  helpful  sugges- 
tions. We  quote  a  few  of  the  follow- 
ing;    The   Board   of   Promotion   of   the 


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Springfield  Association  believe  that  the 
churches  of  the  Association  should  co- 
oi^erate  in  their  work  so  as  to  be  mu- 
tually helpful.  Often  some  of  our 
smaller  churches  are  denied  some  of  the 
])rivileges  of  the  churches  in  the  larger 
towns.  ,  Accordingly  your  board  has  ar- 
ranged to  supply  any  church  in  the  Asso- 
ciation with  any  of  the  series  mentioned. 
The  only  cost  to  the  local  church  to  be 
the  railroad  fare  to  the  visiting  ministers 
and  their  entertainment  while  present. 
The  following  are  the  types  of  services 
the  board  proposes:  1.  Bible  Confer- 
ence ;  2,  Evangelistic  Services ;  3,  Bible 
School  Conference.;  4,  Church  Organiza- 
tion and  Finance. 

The  Department  on  Evangelism  in  Illi- 
nois, of  which  Rev.  J.  L.  Meads  of  Ben- 
ton, is  chairman,  sends  out  a  very  inter- 
esting circular  letter  to  many  of  the  pas- 
ters in  the  state.  There  are  some  very 
suggestive  statements  in  this  document 
by  the  Department  of  Evangelism,  but 
we  do  not  have  space  to  publish  them  in 
the  Bulletin. 


ORDINATIONS 

A  representative  council  was  called  by 
the  Divernon  church  to  consider  the 
propriety  of  ordaining  the  newly  elected 
pastor.  Rev.  A.  S.  Kellie.  Rev.  B.  F. 
Martin  of  Springfield,  was  chosen  as 
moderator  and  Rev.  Chas.  R.  Drussel  of 
Springfield,  as  clerk.  The  examination 
being  satisfactory  to  the  council,  a  mo- 
tion was  made  to  proceed  for  the  ordina- 
tion. Brother  Kellie  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  church,  but  having 
changed  his  views  upon  the  subject  of 
baptism,  he  united  with  the  Baptist 
church  in  Peoria. 

The  old  Stonington  church  called  a 
council  together  of  pastors  of  the  Spring- 
field Association  to  consider  the  ordina- 


tion of  their  pastor,  Rev.  R.  H.  Craw- 
ford, December  7th,  1920.  Rev.  Victor 
X.  Witter  of  Stonington,  was  made 
moderator  and  Rev.  G.  W.  Stoddard  of 
Decatur,  the  clerk.  Dr.  T.  Harley  Marsh 
of  Decatur,  conducted  the  examination. 
The  examination  proved  satisfactory  and 
lie  was  ordained  to  the  work  of  the  Gos- 
]'.el  ministry  on  that  night. 


MISSIONARIES  AND  MISSIONARY 
PASTORS 

Evangelist  T.  O.  McMinn,  of  south- 
ern Illinois,  was  laid  aside  for  about  two 
weeks  with  bronchitis,  but  he  is  now  en- 
tirely well  again  and  at  this  writing  is 
engaged  in  a  meeting  at  Rock  Springs,  a 
country  church  five  miles  northeast  of 
Carbondale. 

District  Superintendent  Dent  held  a 
three  w'eeks  meeting,  assisting  Pastor 
Harry  E.  Miles,  at  Walnut.  There  had 
not  been  a  baptism  on  that  field  for  about 
four  or  five  years.  The  interest  was 
good.  Eleven  people  made  a  profession 
of'  faith  and  at  the  last  report  twelve 
had  been  received  into  the  church.  Pas- 
tor Miles  writes :  "Evangelist  Dent 
proved  to  be  a  ver\  acceptable  helper 
and  left  nothing  undone  which  might 
contribute  to  the  success  of  the  meet- 
ings. He  won  favor  with  all  and  left 
no  stings  and  succeeded  in  presenting 
the  Gospel  in  such  a  winsome  way  that 
all  were  pleased  with  his  methods." 

Rev.  Erank  Metcalf  of  Bradford  is 
having  very  encouraging  success.  The 
pastor  says :  "Four  members  have  been 
added  to  the  church  by  letter.  We  have 
more  than  doubled  in  our  Sunday  School 
attendance.  Three  new  classes  have  been 
organized.  On  December  12th  we  had 
a  Rally  Day.  The  aim  was  to  reach  the 
one  hundred  mark  and  we  had  one  hun- 
dred   eight    present.     We    surprised   the 


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whole  town  with  our  attendance  of 
twenty-five  men  (mostly  all  married),  in 
our  Bi'ble  class."'  District  Superintend- 
ent Hopkins  wall  soon  assist  in  meetings 
at  that  place. 

Rev.  G.  \\'.  Claxon,  pastor  of  the 
Roseville  church,  w^rites :  'T  have  been 
so  busy  that  I  have  neglected  writing 
you,  expressing  the  appreciation  of  the 
splendid  work  of  Dr.  Hopkins  the  few 
days  he  was  here  in  taking  the  canvass. 
The  church  regards  the  plan  as  being 
much  better  than  the  incomplete  work 
done  by  the  average  church  committee." 

District  Superintendent  George  H. 
Yule  writes  as  follows :  "This  has  been 
a  month  of  successes  and  victories  on 
each  field  I  have  worked.  East  Moline 
was  an  achievement.  Tuscola  was  a 
victory.  Oreana  was  a  success  and 
Charleston  was  a  combination  of  all 
these  c|ualities.  At  Tuscola,  we  had  a 
wonderful  business  meeting  and  reports 
from  all  departments  w^ithout  a  break. 
They  called  Rev.  ]\Ir.  Lloyd,  a  student  of 
the  Northern  Baptist  Theological  Semin- 
ary, at  $1200.  He  is  to  spend  three  days 
on  the  field  each  week  and  all  of  his  vaca- 
tions." Brother  Yule  spent  two  weeks 
on  the  Charleston  field  in  assisting  in  the 
meeting  and  making  an  every-member 
canvass.  The  success  was  a  surprise  to 
every  one.  The  amount  raised  for  cur- 
rent expenses  was  about 'double  of  w^hat 
they  have  ever  raised  before  and  the 
pastor.  Rev.  Henry  L.  DulT,  seems  to 
be  getting  a  good  hold  of  the  w-ork  at 
that  place. 

District  Superintendent  James  B.  Lit- 
tle spent  two  weeks  during  the  holiday 
season  in  his  old  home  in  North  Carolina. 
He  came  back  in  good  condition  for  his 
work  and  to  Campbell  Hill  in  southern 
Illinois,  to  baptize  cjuite  a  number  of 
converts  where  he  held  a  meeting  a  few 


w^eeks  ago.  Campbell  Hill  and  Willis- 
ville  churches  extended  a  call  to  Rev. 
]\Ir.  Gilbert  to  become  their  pastor.  ]\Iis- 
sionary  Little  says,  'AVe  have  had  a  real 
nice  Christmas,  but  I  am  anxious  to  get 
back  to  my  work." 

Rev.  c'  W.  Webb  of  Wood  River, 
writes  that  his  home  has  been  quaran- 
tined on  account  of  Scarlet  Fever,  and 
that  sickness  has  greatly  hindered  the 
work  in  that  city  for  a  few  wrecks,  having 
interfered  with  his  ministry  in  the  ordi- 
nance of  baptism  and  other  things.  He 
says:  "I  went  to  CoUinsville  and  did 
some  baptizing  for  them  and  had  two  ex- 
cellent services." 

All  the  churches  and  Sunday  Schools 
in  Normal  were  closed  up  for  two  weeks 
during  the  holidays  on  account  of  Scarlet 
Fever,  Diphtheria  and  Smallpox.  The 
quarantine  is  now  raised  and  health  con- 
ditions seem  to  be  better.  The  Baptist 
church  felt  a  great  loss  in  having  to  close 
its  services  and  during  this  important 
period,  our  Sunday  School  Director, 
Rev.  Louis  H.  Koehler,  has  been  quar- 
antined on  account  of  Scarlet  Fever  in 
his  home,  but  at  this  time  he  has  been 
released  and  is  now  out  on  the  field. 

The  work  at  the  L^niversity  church,  un- 
der the  direction  of  Pastor  Bryant  and 
his  wife,  is  more  encouraging  this  year 
than  ever  before.  The  last  report  show^ed 
an  average  attendance  in  the  morning 
preaching  service  of  174,  in  the  Sunday 
School,  110.  and  in  the  B.  Y.  P.  U.,  101. 
Almost  this  entire  congregation  is  of  the 
student  population. 

Evangelist  Frank  M.  Dunk  held  a 
meeting  up  until  nearly  Christmas  at 
Sparland.  It  was  a  difficult  season  of 
the  year  for  a  meeting,  but  some  results 
were  accomplished.  His  next  meeting 
will  be  in  Cornell,  assisting  Rev.  F.  T. 
Klotszche  in  a  series  of  meetings. 


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District  Superintendent  Dent  is  at  this 
time  conducting  a  meeting  at  the  Down- 
ers Grove  church  assisting  the  pastor, 
Mr.  Stewart.  We  will  report  the  re- 
sults of  the  meeting  next  month. 

Rev.  V.  Prodan,  our  Roumanian  Mis- 
sionary in  Aurora,  sends  in  his  quarterly 
report  and  writes  a  very  encouraging  let- 
ter. He  has  been  our  Missionary  for 
one-half  time  work  in  Aurora  for  three 
m.onths.  He  says  in  part :  "Yesterday 
was  a  day  of  joy  for  us  in  Aurora  when 
four  persons,  two  men  and  two  women, 
were  baptized  from  the  Aurora  Mission. 
We  had  several  visitors  from  different 
cities,  Ottawa,  Chicago,  and  Gary,  In- 
diana. From  Gary,  quite  a  bunch  of 
young  people  came  with  their  brass  band 
and  played  for  us,  praising  the  Lord. 
Several  men  and  women  came  from  the 
Greek  church  to  see  the  Scriptural  act  of 
baptism.  They  seemed  to  be  very  inter- 
ested in  the  matter  and  our  prayer  is 
that  the  Lord  may  open  their  eyes  so 
that  they  may  be  able  to  see  the  truth  as 
it  is  in  Jesus." 

In  the  early  part  of  December,  Dr.  D. 
O.  Hopkins  made  an  every-member  can- 
vass for  current  expenses  of  the  Rozetta 
church,  of  which  Rev.  G.  W.  Wright  is 
pastor.  The  meetings  were  quite 
successful,  and  a  little  more  than  $2000 
was  raised. 

Rev.  E.  W.  Lounsbury,  D.D.,  of 
Aurora,  writes  appreciatively  a  letter 
from  which  is  quoted  the  following: 
"The  Bulletin  brings  us  great  joy  each 
month.  Wish  it  were  a  weekly  visitor. 
I  am  now  in  my  80th  year  and  know  that 
my  days  are  numbered,  and  the  Scripture 
is  true  when  it  says,  'Our  garments  and 
our  shoes  are  worn  because  of  the  very 
long  journey.'  I  want  to  tell  you  while 
we  are  both  Hving,  how  very  highly  I 
appreciate  your  grand  work  in  Illinois. 


Your  executive  ability,  your  orthodoxy, 
and  your  faithfulness  have  given  you 
great  success  and  endeared  you  not  only 
to  this  state,  but  to  the  entire  denomina- 
tion." Dr.  Lounsbury  is  in  the  active 
pastorate  doing  successful  work  as  pas- 
tor of  the  East  Park  Baptist  church  in 
Aurora. 


"We  are  always  learning  new  things 
about  our  wonderful  Territory  of  Alaska, 
and  one  of  the  surprises  is  contained  in  a 
statement  by  a  writer  in  the  'Century' 
about  its  geographical  position.  He  says: 
'Alaska  is  as  large  as  Norway,  Sweden, 
Finland,  Denmark,  Holland,  Belgium,  Eng- 
land, Ireland,  Scotland,  and  two-thirds  of 
the  former  German  Empire.  It  covers  ex- 
actly the  same  parallels  of  latitude  that 
these  countries  cover,  possesses  the  same 
climate,  and  much  the  same  wealth  in  for- 
ests and  tillable  soil,  with  a  vastly  greater 
wealth  in  animal  life  and  minerals.'  " 


A  layman  from  Alton  writes  the  fol- 
lowing concerning  the  State  Convention 
meeting  in  Kewanee :  "I  want  to  tell 
you  that  I  felt  the  Convention  this  year 
was  very  high  class.  It  seemed  to  me  a 
splendid  thing  to  take  the  entire  evening 
for  the  Missionaries  to  tell  their  story. 
Surely  that  was  interesting  to  them  and 
the  audience.  All  the  addresses  were 
fine,  but  what  a  savor  Dr.  Ross'  Devo- 
tional Service  did  give  to  the  whole 
meeting.  May  the  Lord  give  you  a  good 
year  and  his  richest  blessings  be  with 
you  and  the  wQrk  in  all  its  phases." — 
Wm.  P.  Pierson. 

Rev.  11.  R.  Waldo,  formerly  pastor  at 
Macomb,  and  now  at  Frankhn,  Indiana, 
■'s  engaged  in  evangelistic  work  and  ex- 
presses a  willingness  to  assist  churches  in 
Illinois  in  revival  meetings. 


"Recently  we  saw  in  an  exchange  an 
article  headed,  "Whither  Are  Baptists 
Drifting?'  As  a  matter  of  fact  there  are 
three  classes  of  Baptists — some  who  are 
going  steadily  forward,  some  who  are 
drifting,  and  many  who  are  standing  as 
still  as  a  hitching  post." 


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CBNTRAL  BAPTIST  CHILDREN'S  BOME 

MAYWOOD,  LLUNOIS 
Rev,   D.   H.   MacGillivray,   Supt. 
Mrs.  D.  H.  MacGilliTray,  Matron 


Again  we  are  at  the  close  of  another 
calendar  year  and  as  we  look  back  upon 
the  year's  work  we  feel  like  shouting  the 
praises  of  the  Lord  by  using  the  psalm- 
ist's language,  "How  great  is  thy  good- 
ness !"  Truly  "goodness  and  mercy" 
have  followed  us  throughout  the  year. 
Our  storehouse  and  larder  have  not  been 
empty  during  the  year.  This  is  the  more 
remarkable  when  one  thinks  of  the  large 
number  of  children  cared  for  and  on  the 
other  hand  the  high  cost  of  living. 

It  seems  as  though  our  many  ft  lends 
vied  with  one  luother  :o  bring  corafort 
and  cheer  to  onr  large  fanjily — especially 
is  this  true  of  'ihanksgivuig  and  Christ- 
mas. Not  a  child  was  forgotten  and 
some  had  duplicate  gifts. 

The  Superintendent  and  Marron 
wish  to  thank  the  numerous  friends  in 
behalf  of  the  children  for  the  many 
blessings  enjoyed  throughout  the  year. 
We  especially  wish  to  thank  the  Taber- 
nacle Sunday  School  and  church  for  the 
continued  favor  of  a  turkey  dinner.  For 
sixteen  consecutive  years  these  friends 
have  supplied  the  children  of  the  Home 
with  turkey. 

At  this  writing  everybody  is  enjoying 
exuberant  health  and  the  recent  snow 
and  ice  afford  pletity  of  exercise  and 
amusement.  Sleds  and  skates  are  in 
evidence  everywhere.  Inquiry  has  been 
made  concerning  annuities,  would  say 
that  we  have  a  beautiful  annuity  certi- 
ficate and  we  pay  the  usual  interest — no 
better  investment  anywhere. 

Wishing  all  our  friends  a  Happy  New 
Year. 


The  Baptist  Old  People's  Home 

Maywood,  Illinois 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Runyan,  Sec'y. 
5742  Maryland   Ave.,    Cliicago 


Christmas  has  come  and  gone.  The 
day  at  the  Home  was  a  happy  one — ^made 
so  by  the  generous  gift  of  a  modest 
woman  (whose  name  must  not  be  pub- 
licly mentioned)  providing  for  that  day's 
expense  and  a  generous  treat — others 
sent  smaller  amounts  for  the  Christmas 
season,  so  that  many  special  comforts 
and  some  luxuries  were  enjoyed  during 
the  holiday  season.  Among  the  things 
thus  specially  provided  are  subscriptions 
to  several  good  papers  and  magazines 
which  will  give  pleasure  all  the  year. 
New  Years  Day  was  also  specially  pro- 
vided for.  Thank  you  dear  friends,  for 
the  gifts  and  the  much  appreciated  lov- 
ing messages  that  came  with  them,  in- 
dicating not  charity  but  fellowship. 

The  cash  donations  from  churches  and 
Sunday  Schools  were  much  fewer  in 
number  than  at  former  Christmas  sea- 
sons. This  should  not  be  so,  for  the 
need  is  greater.  While  the  amount 
coming  from  Illinois  through  the  Promo- 
tion Board  is  a  great  help  and  is  appre- 
ciated, do  not  forget  that  it  is  not  half 
enough  to  meet  the  expenses — so  if  you 
desire  to  help  meet  the  balance  of  the 
necessary  expense,  do  not  forget  to  send 
direct  to  either  of  our  treasurers — Ad!rs. 
Ella  Wangeman,  at  6130  Ellis  Avenue, 
or  Mr.  Laurin  H.  Turner,  at  226  West 
Adams  Street,  Chicago. 

We  are  looking  to  every  church  in  the 
state  through  some  of  its  organizations 
to  provide  at  least  the  necessary  expense 
for  one  day  ($30.00  including  the  coal, 
or  $25.00  without). 


14G 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


Woman  s 
Baptist  Missionary  Society   of  Illinois 

MRS.  W.  P.  TOPPING,  Pres. 


Elgin 


Mrs.  Maltha  V.  Hlgnian,  Editor 
Morgan   Park 


Mrs.  H.  W.  Tate,  Treasurer 
23.31   Hartzell  Ave.,  Evanston 


Happy  New  Year !  The  old-time 
wish  again  sent  out  to  the  women  of  our 
state.  May  each  one  prove  a  blessing  to 
others  during  the  year. 

Do  you  know  this  is  to  be  a  "history- 
making"  year  for.  Illinois  women?  Let 
me  tell  you  a  secret.  Soon  we  are  to  be 
a  part  of  a  splendid  Union  District ! 
Committees  from  our  National  Societies 
are  working  on  this  consolidation  of  in- 
terests, and  before  many  months  Cen- 
tral District,  which  comprises  Alichigan, 
Illinois  and  Missouri,  will  have  its  Wom- 
an's Work  presented  as  a  whole.  Our 
State  Society  has  for  so  many  years 
been  entirely  union  that  we  rejoice  most 
heartily  in  this  new  plan  for  unified  ef- 
fort and  feel  it  means  advance  in  the 
work  of  Christ's  Kingdon. — Mrs.  W.  P. 
Topping. 

In  October's  Bulletin  reference  was 
made  to  Miss  Effie  M.  Hoover  who  has 
been  appointed  to  a  Mission  School 
among  the  Crow  Indians  as  being  from 
Monmouth.    Her  home  town  is  Berwick. 

Annual  Reports :  Before  you  read 
this,  every  Circle  President,  W.  W.  G. 
and  C.  W.  C.  leader  in  the  state  should 
have  received  our  "Annual  Report"  of 
the  W.  B.  M.  S.  of  Illinois.  We  believe 
every  ofificer  will  read  and  use  these  val- 
uable books  during  the  year.  We  urge 
the  observance  of  a  State  Afternoon 
vv'ith  program  arranged  from  material 
found  in  our  "Annual  Report."  Send 
interesting  items  about  such  meetings  to 
editor  of  this  page. 

The   committee    of    Religious    Educa- 


tion of  the  Bloomfield  Association,  has 
been  doing  splendid  work.  A  series  of 
rallies  was  held  during  the  month  of 
November  and  continued  the  first  week 
in  December,  covering  each  church  in 
the  Association.  At  each  of  these  meet- 
ings a  missionary  address  was  given  with 
the  purpose  of  strengthening  those  cir- 
cles already  formed  and  helping  to  re- 
organize those  disbanded. 

Splendid  reports  have  come  from  these 
meetings  and  the  results  so  far  show  new 
interest  along  missionary  lines  in  all 
churches  visited,  while  quite  a  few  cir- 
cles have  been  formed.  The  most 
notable  feature  of  this  work  is  that  the 
women  of  this  Association  have  planned 
and  carried  on  the  work  themselves,  giv- 
ing cheerfully  of  their  time  and  talents. 

These  meetings  culminated  in  an  As- 
sociational  Rally  at  Danville,  Dec.  30-3 L 
Woman's  work  was  represented  by  Mrs. 
R  .A.  Hilton,  from  Bloomfield. 

"The  women  are  taking  a  great  inter- 
est in  the  Reading  Course.  See  Bloom- 
field is  going  to  win  ^he  loving  cup  this 
year.  One  of  the  pastors  is  going  to 
organize  a  Men's  Mission  Circle.  He 
received  the  inspiration  in  the  Rally." 

Wabash  Valley  Association  is  planning 
for  a  Religious  Institute  to  be  held  Jan- 
uary 14-16  at  Olney.  Rev.  Jones  Earl 
Corwin  of  Flora,  who  has  arranged  the 
program  writes :  "There  is  a  wonderful 
awakening  in  this  section  and  we  are 
just  praising  God  for  it."  Woman's 
Work  will  be  presented  by  Mrs.  W.  P. 
Topping  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Peterson. 


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Department  of  Religious  Education 

Chairman  Rev.  Herbert  Hines,  El  Paso,     Director  Rev.  Louis  H.  Koehler,  Normal 


THE   SL^IMMER   ASSEMBLY 

The  outlook  for  the  1921  assembly  is 
most  encouraging.  Work  on  the  pro- 
gram is  progressing  rapidly  and  at  an 
early  date  we  will  be  able  to  announce 
most  of  the  faculty  members.  Be  sure 
and  save  the  date — ^July  16-23,  1921. 
T"his  will  be  a  real  training  school  for 
disciples  of  ■  the  Kingdom.  A  three 
years'  diploma  course  will  be  begun, 
with  special  emphasis  placed  upon  Bible, 
Psychology  and  Pedagogy  as  principal 
subjects.  Ministers  and  church  advisory 
boards  should  take  advantage  of  this 
great  opportunity  and  send  two  or  more 
of  their  prospective  leaders.  Better  still, 
the  minister  should  head  a  delegation 
from  his  own  church.  It  would  be  a 
fine  thing  if  churches  would  make  an 
annual  appropriation  of  $25,  $50  or  $75 
in  the  church  budget  for  paying  part  of 
the  expenses  of  several  delegates  to  the 
summer  assembly.  This  action  would 
reveal  real  business  ability  on  the  part  of 
the  church  officials.  J\Ioney  spent  in 
training  is  never  lost.  The  wood  chop- 
per who  takes  time  to  sharpen  his  ax 
cuts  more'  timber  than  the  man  who  hur- 
ries to  the  forest  with  a  dull  ax.  Come, 
friends,  boost  the  summer  assembly  for 
tile  sake  of  Kingdom  growth. 

TEACHER  TRAINING 

It  is  a  joy  to  report  that  this  phase  of 
our  church  work  is  making  headway. 
The  state  director  is  being  continually 
surprised  by  finding  training  classes  in 
«  the  most  out  of  the  way  places.  Interest 
is  undoubtedly  deepening  and  the   seed 


sown  in  years  past  is  beginning  to  bear 
fruit.  (Jur  ministers  are  taking  the  lead 
iii  this  now  and  that  augurs  well  for  the 
future  of  the  church.  Many  ministers 
are  conducting  the  training  classes,  while 
iu  other  fields  they  are  instrumental  in 
promoting  the  work  and  securing  teach- 
ers. Let  the  good  work  go  on.  Be  sure 
to  take  the  examinations.  Send  to  head- 
quarters, American  Baptist  Publication 
Society.  1701  Chestnut  street,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.,  for  examination  questions.  It 
is  hoped  that  in  the  near  future,  when 
we  have  a  state  office  for  all  the  field 
workers  of  the  State  Convention,  to  care 
for  the  examinations  in  the  state.  For 
the  present,  however,  please  send  to 
headquarters  for  the  questions  on  each 
book  in  the  course. 

BLOOMFIELD  ASSOCIATION  NOTES 

Early,  very  early  Christmas  morning, 
about  a  dozen  of  the  workers  of  the  Mat- 
toon  B.  Y.  P.  LL  journeyed  to  the  city 
hospital  and  sang  Christmas  hymns  to 
those  confined  by  illnesses.  From  there 
they  went  to  the  Old  Folks'  Home  and 
continued  their  ministry  of  good  cheer 
and  Christmas  joy.  Needless  to  say  the 
young  people  found  as  much  joy  in  this 
service  of  love  as  they  brought  joy  to 
the  shut-ins. 

The  educational  rallies  conducted  in 
thirty-three  of  the  churches  of  the 
Bloomfield  Association  wound  up  with 
an  additional  Associational  Rally  in  the 
Danville  church.  About  a  dozen 
churches  were  represented.  There  were 
splendid  discussions,  especially  on  religi- 
our  education  and  the  church  school. 


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REGIONAL.    CONFERENCES   AND 
KINGDOM  RALLIES 

Jllinois  is  to  have  a  series  of  confer- 
ences and  rallies  in  the  next  two  or  three 
months,  the  influence  of  whic^  should 
reach  every  church  in  the  state.  These 
are  a  part  of  the  general  denominational 
program  as  outlined  at  the  last  meeting 
of  the  General  Board  of  Promotion  re- 
cently held  in  Minneapolis. 

Four  or  five  regional  conferences  of 
iwo  days'  duration  each  will  be  held  at 
certain  centers.  The  teams  for  these 
conferences  will  be  made  up  of  one  pas- 
tor, to  conduct  the  ^devotional  feature  of 
the  meetings,  one  foreign  missionary, 
and  one  home  missionary,  and  one  secre- 
tary or  other  representative  of  a  Gen- 
eral Society,  together  with  the  Promotion 
Director  and  State  Convention  Secretary. 

In  addition  to  these  regional  confer- 
ences a  great  many  Kingdom  Rallies 
will  be  held,  several  within  each  associa- 
tion, and  each  rally  of  one  day's  dura- 
tion, with  morning,  afternoon  and  even- 
ing sessions.  These  rallies  will  be  con- 
ducted jointly  under  the  departments  of 
Religious  Education,  Evangelism,  Wom- 
en's Work  and  Promotion. 

The  number  of  Kingdom  Rallies  in 
each  association  will  be  determined  by 
the  Promotion  Committee  or  other  rep- 
resentative body  within  a  given  associa- 
tion. Already  Bloomington  Association 
has  determined  upon  seven.  Central 
three,  and  Springfield  three.  The  Bloom- 
field  Association  has  just  completed  a 
highly  instructive  series  of  educational 
conferences  in  each  church  in  the  Asso- 
ciation. 

The  following  program  has  been  ten- 
tatively adopted  for  each  rally,  subject, 
of  course,  to  modification  where  neces- 
sary: 
Morning — 9:00  o'clock 


I.  Evangelism,  9:00-11:30 

(a)  Adult  Evangelism,  ly^  hours 
{b)   Evangelism     in     the     Sunday 
School  li^  hours. 

II.  The    State    Convention    and    the 

New  World  Movement,  30  min- 
utes. 
Afternoon — 2:00  o'clock 

I.  Religious     Education,     Addresses 

and  Conferences,  2:00-3:30. 

II.  Woman's  Work,  W.  W.  G.  and 

C.  W.  C,  3:30-4:45. 

III.  Twenty   questions   on   the   New 

World  Movement,  30  minutes. 
Evening — 7 :30  o'clock — "Enlistment" 

I.  "Enlistment    of    Possessions,"    30 

minutes. 

II.  Consecration     Address,     "Enlist- 

ment of  Life,"  30  minutes. 


A  letter  from  Campbell  Hill  says : 
"The  special  two  weeks'  meeting  held  in 
our  church  and  conducted  by  Rev.  J.  B. 
Little  closed  on  the  5th.  The  attendance 
was  good,  sermons  excellent  and  the  re- 
sults gratifying.  We  had  seventeen  ad- 
ditions to  the  church,  ranging  in  ages 
from  thirteen  to  eighty-five  years.  We 
had  three  elderly  persons  to  unite  with 
our  church.  One,  eighty-five  years  of 
age  and  one  eighty,  and  another  seven- 
ty-five years  of  age.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lit- 
tle endeared  themselves  to  all  persons 
with  whom  they  came  in  contact." 


A    »nSFORTUNE 

About  eleven  o'clock,  forenoon,  Jan- 
uary 5th,  the  house  of  Rev.  D.  O.  Hop- 
kins was  discovered  to  be  on  fire.  Dr. 
Hopkins  was  at  Palermo  at  that  time 
holding  a  meeting.  The  fire  had  gotten 
such  a  strong  hold  before  discovered  that 
the  upper  part  of  the  house  was  de- 
stroyed. Most  of  the  household  goods 
were  removed  without  serious   damage. 


ILLINOIS   BAPTIST 
BULLETIN 


1 


vol-  HI.  NORMAL,  ILLFNOIS,  FEBRUARY  1921  NO.  10 


Holy  Spirit 


About  thirty-seven  years  ago  the  as  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost.  When 
writer  heard  the  world  renowned  lee-  the  second  person,  the  Son,  was  about 
turer,  Joseph  Cook,  make  the  statement  to  leave  this  world  he  promised  to  send 
in  Tremont  Temple,  Boston,  "That  all  the  Holy  Spirit,  the  third  person.  After 
intelligent  readers  of  the  Scriptures  were  the  whole  company  of  disciples  had  been 
forced  to  the  conclusion  that  the  Bible  together  with  one  accord  praying  for  ten 
represents  God  as  a  tri-personality."  days  this  promise  was  fulfilled  by  the 
The  Bible  also  plainly  teaches  the  deity  Holy  Spirit  coming  on  the  day  of  Pente- 
of  each  person  of  the  God-head.  Jesus,  cost.  He  filled  their  hearts  and  gave 
on  the  night  of  his  betrayal,  said,  "The  them  tongues  to  speak  the  truth.  It  was 
Comforter,  even  the  Holy  Spirit  whom  on  that  occasion  after  the  Holy  Spirit 
the  Father  will  send  in  my  name  will  had  come  among  them  that  Peter 
teach  you  all  things  and  bring  to  your  preached  one  sermon  that  resulted  in 
minds  all  what  I  said  to  you."  Here  3,000  conversions.  When  Jesus  prom- 
Jesus  speaks  of  this  person  who  was  to  ised  that  he  would  go  away  and  come 
come  among  the  disciples  as  the  Com-  again  he  fulfilled  this  promise  in  the  com- 
forter (Greek  Paraklete)  and  also  names  ing  of  his  otherself.  The  work  of  the 
him  Holy  Spirit.  This  one  whom  Jesus  Holy  Spirit  is  to  guide  the  minds  of 
promises  to  be  sent  among  the  disciples  God's  people  and  preside  over  the  affairs 
is  a  person.  He  is  not  an  angel.  He  of  his  church  until  Jesus  comes  again, 
is  not  a  man  and  therefore  must  be  a  It  was  this  same  Holy  Spirit  who  led 
person  of  the  Trinity.  It  is  not  easy  to  Philip  from  Samaria  into  the  south 
understand  God  revealed  as  a  trinity  and  country  which  resulted  in  the  conversion 
tiie  human  intellect  cannot  comprehend  of  the  Eunuch.  It  was  the  Holy  Spirit 
it.  Neither  can  we  understand  our  own  who  separated  Paul  and  Barnabas  from 
dual  natures  of  body  and  soul  or  spirit  the  church  in  Antioch  and  led  them  out 
in  one  person  and  yet  we  know  we  have  as  the  first  foreign  missionaries.  It  was 
a  body  and  we  know  we  have  a  spirit,  the  Holy  Spirit  who  directed  Peter  in 
1ni.t  we  cannot  comprehend  or  explain  opening  the  doors  of  the  church  for  the 
how  thev  are  joined  together  or  how  first  Gentile  converts  and  directed  Paul's 
r  ey  exist  in  one  person  and  yet  we  feet  from  Asia  into  Europe.  He  is  still 
know  that  it  is  a  fact.  in  the  work  and  working  among  his  peo- 

God    has   clearly   revealed    himself   in  I'le.     There  are  great  victories  for  Christ 

the  Scriptures  as  a  triune  God  revealed  wl^enever   souls   yield   to  be   led   by  the 


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Holy  Spirit.  He  led  Martin  Luther  in 
the  great  reformation.  He  lead  John 
Knox  in  the  saving  of  Scotland  from 
Romanism,  and  William  Carey,  the  first 
missionary  from  England  to  India,  and 
Adoniram  Judson  as  the  first  foreign 
missionary  from  America. 

If  disciples  of  Christ,  great  or  small, 
learned  or  illiterate,  will  have  the  guid- 
ance and  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  they 
must  humbly  and  earnestly  and  prayer- 
fully seek  his  guidance  and  willingly  and 
unselfishly  yield  to  his  influences. 

Let  it  be  remembered  that  the  Holy 
Spirit  is  all  powerful.  He  can  work 
through  the  weakest  instrumentalities 
and  make  them  very  powerful  if  they 
will  fully  depend  upon  him  in  the  right 
way.  There  is  no  cause  for  discourage- 
ment anywhere  if  a  few  people  will  de- 
pend fully  upon  the  guidance  and  power 
of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Let  us  be  sure  we 
are  working  and  living  according  to  the 
teachings  of  God's  word;  then  let  us 
believe  that  the  Holy  Spirit  is  with  us 
and  depend  upon  him  to  give  success  to 
our  work.  Too  many  of  us  seem  to  live 
as  though  God  were  ofT  in  some  other 
world  and  that  he  has  not  been  close  to 
men  since  Jesus  ascended  to  heaven  but 
let  us  remember  that  soon  after  Jesus 
went  away  the  Spirit  came,  to  remain 
with  his  people  and  he  is  here  now,  and 
just  as  able  and  willing  to  work  as  on 
the  day  of  Pentecost. 


CALLING   PASTORS 

There  is  no  one  point  upon  which 
many  Baptist  churches  make  a  more 
serious  error  than  in  calling  a  new  pas- 
tor. Some  churches,  when  they  become 
pastorless,  begin  hearing  new  men.  It 
makes  but  little  difference  who  it  is,  they 


are  willing  to  give  him  a  hearing.  We 
would  like  to  make  a  few  suggestions  to 
pastorless  churches  or  churches  that  may 
become  pastorless  in  the  near  future.  If 
\ou  know  a  pastor,  his  character  and  his 
work  and  know  he  would  suit  your  field 
il  you  could  get  him,  you  are  safe  in  in- 
viting him  to  candidate.  But  never, 
never  invite  a  preacher  to  supply  your 
pastorless  church  until  you  know  some- 
thing about  him.  If  he  is  a  stranger,  do 
not  have  him  visit  your  field  until  you 
learn  about  him  from  some  one  in  whom 
you  have  confidence.  Some  of  the  poor- 
est pastors  and  sometimes  notorious 
frauds  can  rhake  a  fine  impression  when 
they  visit  a  church  and  some  of  these 
are  called  without  further  investigation. 
Never  invite  a  man  to  candidate  because 
some  personal  friend  of  his  recommends 
him.  It  is  a  severe  criticism  upon  some 
of  our  pastors ;  but  some  preachers  are 
so  kind-hearted  that  they  will  recommend 
a  personal  friend  or  a  classmate  to  some 
church,  especially  if  that  church  is  quite 
a  distance  away,  who  has  been  a 
failure  where  he  has  been,  but  they 
want  to  give  him  another  chance. 

We  must  all  be  very  kind  and  consid- 
erate toward  men  who  are  out  of  work, 
but  we  must  not  be  unfair  to  the 
churches.  We  need  not,  except  in  rare 
cases,  advise  churches  not  to  call  men, 
but  if  we  are  true  to  the  churches  when 
we  recommend  men  we  must  give  them 
all  the  facts  we  know  and  let  the  church 
judge  for  itself.  The  prosperity  of  the 
churches  depends  almost  wholly  upon  the 
type  of  pastor  they  locate.  For  this  rea- 
son churches  should  be  very  careful  and 
those  who  counsel  with  them  and  recom- 
mend men  as  pastors  should  be  very  care- 
ful and  deal  fairly  with  the  churches. 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 

Published   monthly  in  the  interest  of  the 
Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 

Subscription  price,  25c  a  year;  clubs  of  20 
or  more,  20c. 

E.  P.  BRAND,  Editor 
Superintendent  of  Missions, 

201  North  School  Street,  Normal,  Illinois. 

"Entered  as  second  class  matter,  June  12, 

1909,  at  the  Postoffice  at  Normal, 

Illinois,  under  the  Act  of 

March   3,   1879." 

FEBRUARY  1st  has  come,  with  but 
very  light  winter  in  IlHnois.  In  the 
central  portion  of  the  state  there  has 
been  but  one  or  two  nights  below  zero. 

'^      ^      ^ 

NOW  is  the  time  to  work  up  a  strong 
club  for  The  Bulletin  in  your 
church.  If  twenty  or  more  names  are 
sent  in  at  one  time,  the  paper  can  be  se- 
cured for  a  year  at  twenty  cents  each. 
This  is  about  one-third  of  what  it  costs 
to  publish  it  aside  from  the  work  of  the 
Editor  and  his  secretary. 

REMEMBER  that  no  paper  is  con- 
tinued after  the  time  expires. 
Money  must  always  be  sent  in  advance 
for  papers.  The  Bulletin  is  published  in 
the  interest  of  the  denomination  in  the 

state  and  not  simply  for  the  Convention. 
*  *  * 

DO  not  let  any  conclude  that  interest 
in  State  Convention  work  has  de- 
clined because  we  are  not  asking  for 
money  for  State  Missions.  Our  state 
money  was  included  in  the  $100,000,000 
Campaign  and  it  comes  in  every  month 
in  one  sum. 

IT  is  encouraging  how  the  churches 
and  individuals  have  taken  hold  of 
our  Charitable  Institutions.  The  Gener- 
al  Promotion   Board  turns  over  $5,000 


per  year  to  each  of  these  institutions,  and 
beside  that  the  Baptists  of  tlie  state  seem 
to  be  encouraging  and  supporting  them 
as  never  before.  Superintendents  Mc- 
Gillivray  and  Hafer  have  good  encour- 
agement for  the  future  of  the  orphan- 
ages. 

=H  >k   * 

IF  however,  the  Old  People's  Home 
and  the  Orphanages  are  to  become 
what  they  should  to  the  Baptist  denomin- 
ation they  should  have  the  sympathy  and 
support  of  every  church  in  the  state. 
Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 
Schools  can  do  much  along  these  lines. 

*     *     :|< 

THE  Illinois  Baptist  Annual  will  be 
out  and  distributed  this  month.  Even 
after  waiting  so  long,  some  of  the  stat- 
ihtics  had  to  be  repeated  from  last  year. 
x-Xny  up-to-date  clerk  who  knows  how  to 
work  with  printers  ought  to  get  the  Min- 
utes of  any  local  Association,  except  Chi- 
cago, out  within  two  weeks  after  the  As- 
sociation meets.  But  some  of  the  clerks 
did  not  get  out  the  Minutes  within  five 
months  from  the  meeting  of  the  Associa- 
tion last  year. 

THE  Illinois  Baptists  working  with 
the  State  Convention  including  the 
Negro  Baptists  made  a  clear  gain  last 
year  of  about  10,000.  The  indications 
are  that  we  will  have  a  greater  gain  this 
year  than  last.  Our  most  striking  gain 
last  year  was  not  in  membership  but  in 
improved     working    conditions     of     the 

churcbes. 

*  *  * 

IT  is  marvelous  how  many  of  our 
churches  can  double  up  on  the 
amount  they  give  for  Current  Expenses 
when  one  of  our  District  Superintend- 
ents makes  a  canvass.  In  many  cases 
the  amount  raised  is   from  two  to  two 


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and  a  half  times  more  than  the>'  had  been 
accnstomed  to  do. 


IN  this  issue  of  The  Bulletin  we  are 
giving  a  cut  of  the  Jewish  Temple  in 
Chicago  and  Rev.  S.  E.  J.  Watson,  pastor 
of  the  Negro  churcli,  that  purchased  the 
Temple.  That  building  could  not  pos- 
sibly be  erected  at  this  time  for  less 
than  $300,000.  The  Home  Mission  So- 
ciety of  New  York  and  Executive  Coun- 
cil of  Chicago,  and  the  Illinois  Baptist 
State  Convention  donated  the  first 
$10,000  in  purchasing  the  building.  The 
Pilgrim  church  is  building  up  very  rap- 
idly. There  have  been  more  than  1,000 
additions  within  the  past  six  months. 
Dr.  Watson  is  a  very  able  man. 


MISSIONARIES    AND    >nSSIONARY 
PASTORS 

District  Superintendent  Dent  is  at  this 
time  holding  a  meeting  at  Warren,  in  the 
northwestern  part  of  the  state.  He  is 
having  a  good  attendance  and  quite  good 
interest.  That  church  is  pastorless  and 
Brother  Dent  is  anxious  to  find  some  one 
that  can  be  located  on  that  field. 

District  Superintendent  Geo.  H.  Yule 
has  just  made  a  successful  canvass  of  the 
Sycamore  church.  He  spent  one  Sunday 
and  a  few  days  on  that  field  and  more 
than  doubled  their  contributions  for  cur- 
rent expenses.  The  church  is  now 
greatly  encouraged  and  appreciates  the 
work  of  its  pastor,  Rev.  E.  K.  Master- 
son. 

Evangelist  T.  O.  McMinn  of  southern 
Illinois,  writes  January  24th :  "We 
came  here  to  Pates  Chapel  last  Tuesday 
night.  The  interest  in  the  meetings  is 
good.  Deep  conviction  among  the  peo- 
ple and  some  are  being  saved.  The 
church  is  working  fine  and  we  expect  to 
see  a  successful  meeting.     Brother  Bar- 


ringer,  the  ])astor,  is  very  sick.  The 
work  is  moving  grandly  in  this  Associa- 
tion, but  we  are  still  finding  it  difficult 
to  get  pastors  for  our  pastorless 
churches." 

District  Superintendent  James  B.  Lit- 
tle is  having  splendid  success  in  extreme 
^outhern  Illinois.  He  recently  closed  a 
splendid  meeting  at  Ava  where  more 
than  sixty  united  with  the  church.  He 
was  holding  the  meeting  with  the  former 
I'ree  Baptist  church  of  that  place  and  the 
ten  remaining  members  of  the  old  Mis- 
sionary Baptist  church  united  with  them 
and  brought  in  their  property  and  they 
gave  the  united  church  the  name.  First 
Baptist  Church  of  Ava.  The  church  is 
\ery  much  encouraged  and  they  expect 
to  locate  a  pastor  soon. 

Rev.  J.  C.  Dent  on  December  21st, 
writes  as  follows  concerning  the  Gardner 
and  South  Wilmington  churches:  'T 
put  in  a  busy  day  at  Gardner  and  South 
Wilmington  yesterday.  I  called  on  every 
Baptist  family  in  Gardner  and  secured 
six  subscriptions  for  the  Bulletin, 
preached  in  South  Wilmington  and  se- 
cured eleven  subscriptions,  one  for 
every  Baptist  family.  The  Baptists  in 
Gardner  seem  to  have  lost  nearly  all  in- 
terest in  denominational  work.  They  do 
not  have  a  meeting  of  any  kind,  but  when 
T  spoke  about  holding  meetings  there  and 
see  if  I  could  get  a  pastor  for  their 
church  and  South  Wilmington  they  were 
interested  and  hoped  something  could  be 
clone.  The  eleven  Baptist  families  com- 
]:irising  eighteen  members  at  South  Wil- 
mington are  wide-awake.  They  have 
just  reshingled  their  church  building  at  a 
cost  of  $175,  and  are  going  to  repair  and 
re-decorate  the  building  inside.  We  had 
o  good  meeting  with  thirty-three  present,, 
including  the  principal  of  the  school. 
The  people  in  South  Wilmington  voted 


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to  have  me  hold  two  weeks'  meetings  lowing:     "Our  meeting  at  Rock  Springs 

some  time  in  May  or  June  if   the  coal  is  doing  fine.     Two  were  converted  last 

mine    does    not    shut    down    April    1st.  night.     There    has    been    a    number    of 

They  hold  Sunday  School  every  Sunday  back-sliders    reclaimed.       Congregations 

morning    and    Young    People's    meeting  are  large  and  attentive.     The  weather  is 

every  Sunday  evening."  fine  and  the  outlook  is  encouraging.  The 

Last  month  we  called  attention  to  a  work  is  very  encouraging  this  winter  in 
fire  in  the  home  of  Dr.  Hopkins  in  Nor-  this  part  of  the  state." 
m,al.  The  house  was  partly  destroyed,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Ashlock  of  Hamilton, 
but  was  fully  covered  with  insurance  and  writes  very  encouragingly  concerning  the 
it  is  almost. ready  for  occupation  again,  work  of  Rev.  J.  T.  Finnan  of  Elvaston 
After  spending  a  few  days  at  home  the  in  that  town.  She  says :  "He  preached 
missionary  went  to  Bradford  to  assist  fine  spiritual  sermons.  We  had  a  sing- 
Pastor  Metcalf  in  meetings  on  that  field,  ing  evangelist  to  lead  the  singing.     The 

Evangelist    Frank    M.    Dunk    held    a  attendance  and  interest  was  good.     More 

m.eeting  at  Cornell  and  on  January  17th  than    two-thirds    of    the    congregations 

he  writes  :     "We  are  having  a  pretty  fair  were    members    of    the    other    churches, 

meeting  here.     Sickness  is  keeping  some  There  are  about  twenty  Baptists  living  in 

of  the  people  away,  but  the  interest  is  Hamilton.     He    held    the    meeting    two 

good   and   continues  to  grow.     We  had  weeks  and  three  days  and  four  professed 

eight    decisions   yesterday.     I    expect   to  faith  in  Christ.     One  of  them,  a  Catho- 

conclude    here    next    Sunday    and    com-  lie  lady." 

mence    a    meeting    at    LaMoille    on    the  Rev.  A.  C.  Lillie,  our  Missionary  pas- 

30th."  tor  at  Erie,  says  :     "We  have  been  pro- 

The  Marseilles  church  seems  to  be  gressing  quite  a  little  along  spiritual  lines 
making  steady  progress.  Rev.  Geo.  R.  and  we  feel  that  the  Kingdom  of  God 
Wood  has  been  our  Missionary  pastor  on  is  going  to  prosper  this  year  among  our 
that  field  for  several  years.  He  is  now  little  band.  We  had  a  splendid  time  at 
teaching  in  the  Theological  Seminary  in  our  annual  meeting.  We  have  our 
Chicago  but  fives  in  Ottawa  and  still  church  building  quite  well  under  head- 
gives  his  Sundays  to  the  Marseilles  work.  way.  The  church  has  been  plastered  on 
He  says:  "We  held  a  blue  and  gold  the  interior.  Our  congregations  are 
contest  in  the  Sunday  School  during  the  greatly  increased  at  all  services." 


quarter  and  brought  our  highest  attend-  

ance  up  to  eighty-five.     The  young  peo-  The  writer  spent  one-half  day  recently 

pie  also  formed  a  Young  People's  Society  in     the    Northern     Baptist     Theological 

during  the  past  quarter.     The  National  Seminary  in  Chicago  in  their  new  quar- 

Biscuit    Company   has   erected   an    eight  ters    at    3040    West    Washington    Blvd. 

story    building    in    Marseilles    and    will  That  building  is  splendidly  arranged  for 

bring  several  hundred  more  people  there  the  school  work.     There  was  a  good  at- 

to   help   carry   on   the   work.     We   hope  tendance  of  students  and  the  outlook  for 

some  of  the  new   comers  may  be   Bap-  tl-'e  school  seems  very  hopeful, 

tists."  The  Waukegan  church  of  which  Rev. 

Evangelist  T.  O.  McMinn  of  southern  W.   C.   Rutherford  has   been  pastor   for 

Illinois,  on  January  10th  wrote  the  fol-  al)out    five   years,    is   doing   perhaps    the 


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best  work  in  its  history.  The  Sunday 
school  crowds  the  capacity  of  the  build- 
ing and  they  hope  to  put  on  additional 
Sunday  school  rooms  in  the  near  future. 
llie  auditorium  is  very  beautiful  and 
large  and  is  sufficient  to  accommodate 
that  church  for  many  years  to  come. 
Brother  Rutherford  and  his  wife  appre- 
ciate the  work  there  very  much  and  are 
highly  esteemed  by  the  people. 

The  writer  recently  spent  a  Sunday 
night  with  the  Russell  church  on  the 
extreme  northeastern  border  of  the  state. 
This  is  the  only  church  in  the  neighbor- 
hood ;  the  meeting  house  is  in  splendid 
repair  but  there  are  only  two  or  three 
members  of  the  church  left.  The  out- 
look is  now  rather  hopeful  for  building 
up  a  strong  interest  in  that  place.  One 
of  the  students  from  the  Theological 
Seminary  is  giving  them  every  Sunday. 

lA.  mid-winter  meeting  of  the  Wabash 
Valley  Association  was  held  at  Olney 
the  middle  of  January.  The  attendance 
was  quite  good  and  the  interest  very 
deep.  Mrs.  W.  P.  Topping  of  Elgin, 
Mrs.  Peterson  of  Chicago,  Dr.  A.  E. 
Peterson  of  Chicago,  Rev.  L.  H.  Koehler 
and  Rev.  E.  P.  Brand  of  Normal,  were 
present  from  outside  of  the  Association. 
The  churches  of  that  Association  seem 
to  be  doing  good  work.  One  field  is  yet 
pastorless  that  is  willing  to  pay  a  fine 
support  whwen  the  right  man  can  be  se- 
cured to  take  charge  of  two  churches. 

The  writer  preached  Sunday  night, 
January  18th  for  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  East  St.  Louis.  The  people 
seemed  to  regret  very  much  that  the 
Galesburg  church  is  taking  their  pastor 
from  them.  This  church  has  about 
1,100  members. 

A  meeting  of  the  pastors  and  laymen 
of  the  Eloomington  Association  was 
held    in    the    Y.    M.    C.    A.    building    in 


Bloomington,  Monday,  January  31st. 
After  dinner  together  about  three  hour,> 
were  spent  in  addresses  and  discussion. 
Dr.  Poteat  of  the  General  Promotion 
P)oard  was  present  and  gave  a  very  help- 
ful address  and  answered  a  great  many 
cjuestions. 

All  the  Missionaries  and  Evangelists 
of  the  State  Convention  are  kept  very 
busy  at  this  time  and  are  doing  excellent 
work.  Each  one  of  them  seems  to  be 
having  good  success  wherever  he  holds 
a  meeting  or  conducts  an  every-member 
canvass.  The  outlook  for  the  denomina- 
tion in  the  state  looks  very  hopeful  at 
this  time. 


SICKNESS 
Church  work  has  been  very  much 
hindered  this  winter  by  sickness.  There 
seems  to  be  no  severe  disease  proving 
fatal  in  many  cases,  but  the  mild  winter 
seems  to  have  caused  the  milder  cases 
to  rage  extensively.  Scarlet  Fever  in  a 
mild  form  is  very  prevalent.  In  Nor- 
mal, all  churches,  Sunday  Schools  and 
other  places  of  meeting  were  closed  dur- 
ing the  holidays  and  at  this  time  six 
Baptist  families  in  Normal  are  quaran- 
tined. The  same  thing  is  true  to  some 
extent  in  many  towns  and  cities.  Aside 
from  this,  the  churches  are  making  un- 
usually fine  progress  this  winter. 


DEATHS 

Rev.  H.  D.  Morwood  of  Benson,  Illi- 
nois, passed  away  Tuesday,  January 
24th.  He  was  making  his  home  with 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Victor  Davison.  He  was 
sick  only  a  short  time.  Brother  Mor- 
wood was  quite  an  elderly  brother  and 
was  pastor  at  Benson  many  years  ago. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  army  of  the 
sixties  and  was  a  very  faithful  and  true 
Baptist  minister. 


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BIX)OMFIELD   ASSOCIATION 

Bessie  Winchester,  Executive  Secre- 
tary of  the  Department  of  Rehgious  Edu- 
cation, writes  a  very  encouraging  survey 
of  the  work  of  Religious  Education  in 
the  Bloomfield  Association.  This  is  the 
work  of  the  Sunday  School,  B.  Y.  P.  U. 
and  the  Woman's  Mission  Circles.  Nine 
counties  are  represented  in  the  territory 
of  this  Association.  There  are  forty- 
three  churches.  No  regular  services  are 
heing  held  in  five  of  the  churches  at  the 
present  time.  During  the  months  of 
November  and  December  Educational 
Rallies  were  conducted  in  the  churches. 
Thirty  rallies  were  held  in  a  period  of 
forty  days.  Eighty  Conferences  were 
conducted;  also  fifteen  Children's  Hours. 
Sixteen  different  people  assisted  in  the 
rallies.  Miss  Winchester,  the  executive 
secretary,  had  general  charge  and  Rev. 
L.  H.  Koehler  of  Normal,  assisted  in 
thirteen  of  the  rallies. 

In  the  territory  of  the  ^Association 
there  are  thirty-seven  Sunday  Schools. 
Many  helpful  plans  with  regard  to  the 
Sunday  School  work  were  discussed  in 
the  Conferences;  the  results  of  which 
t're  already  beginning  to  be  realized, 
lliere  are  twenty-three  B.  Y.  P.  U.'s  in 
this  Association.  Much  was  done  for 
that  work  in  these  rallies.  During  the 
holidays  an  Educational  Rally  of  the  As- 
sociation was  held  at  Danville.  If  the 
church  members  of  this  and  the  next  gen- 
eration are  to  be  efficient  in  Kingdom 
Service  the  church  must  provide  an  ade- 
quate program  of  Religious  Education. 


CHURCHES 

Rev.  Wylie  E.  Rose  of  St.  Louis,  has 
been  pastor  of  the  North  Venice  Baptist 
church  for  one  year.  He  reports  a  very 
encouraging    year's     work.     The     Bible 


School  has  so  enlarged  that  new  Sunday 
School  quarters  are  needed.  There  is 
harmony  and  good  fellowship  in  the 
church  and  the  people  made  the  pastor 
a  Christmas  present  of  $35.00.  His  sal- 
ary has  been  paid  up  promptly  each 
month.  Tlie  attendance  at  prayer  meet- 
ing averages  from  fifty  to  fifty-four. 
The  outlook  for  the  future  of  this  church 
is  very  hopeful. 

A  member  of  the  Fairmount  church 
writes  the  following:  "The  Fairmount 
Baptist  church  has  recently  organized  a 
B.  Y.  P.  U.,  a  Men's  Brotherhood  and  a 
teacher-training  class.  All  of  these  new 
organizations  are  starting  oflf  with  splen- 
did enthusiasm  and  attendance.  The 
Sunday  School  is  growing;  the  attend- 
ance last  Sunday  was  ninety- four.  Dur- 
ing the  past  few  months  the  pastor.  Rev. 
W.  K.  Morgan,  has  baptized  nine  men, 
several  of  whom  are  leading  men  in  the 
community.  All  departments  of  the 
church  are  moving  forward  very  satis- 
factorily.''— C.  E.  T. 

Rev.  L.  P.  Cassel  has  been  pastor  of 
the  Utica  church  for  about  one  year.  He 
writes  a  very  encouraging  letter  concern- 
ing the  work.  Five  have  been  added  to 
the  membership  by  baptism  and  a  num- 
ber are  now  awaiting  baptism.  A  third 
more  money  has  been  raised  for  current 
expenses  and  benevolences  over  previous 
years.  The  first  two  weeks  of  the  New 
Year  special  meetings  were  held  under 
the  leadership  of  Rev.  Geo.  Dibble  and 
wife.  The  church  was  very  much  re- 
vived. One  notable  feature  of  this  meet- 
ing was  an  all-day  meeting  with  a  free 
and  bounteous  dinner  at  noon  served  by 
the  ladies  of  the  church.  About  150  par- 
took of  this  dinner.  After  dinner  the 
church  roll  was  called.  The  Ladies'  Mis- 
sionary Circle  and  the  Young  Ladies' 
Club    are    doing    efficient    service.     The 


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Sunday  School  attendance  is  larger  than 
ii  has  been  for  several  years. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Dickman  in  sending  in 
thirty-four  subscriptions  for  the  Bulle- 
tin writes  encouragingly  concerning"  the 
work  at  Damascus  and  Lenr.  It  is  dif- 
ficult to  make  a  trip  to  Lena  when  the 
roads  are  bad,  but  on  January  23d  there 
were  forty  people  at  the  afternoon  serv- 
ices at  Lena  and  there  are  only  fifteen 
resident  members  of  the  church. 

Rev.  R.  T.  Gasaway,  the  newly  lo- 
cated pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Jo- 
liet,  says :  "The  work  is  opening  up  most 
encouragingly  here.  Congregations  are 
good  both  morning  and  night  and  grow- 
ing steadily.  Sunday  School  also  on  the 
increase.  The  people  are  very  optimistic 
concerning  the  future." 

Rev.  J.  H.  Bruggink,  pastor  of  the 
Areola  church,  writes :  'The  work  here 
at  Areola  is  going  along  real  nicely.  The 
Sunday  School  is  showing  excellent  im- 
provement. The  B.  Y.  P.  U.,  while  a 
young  organization,  is  holding  up  in  fine 
shape.  Our  congregations  are  good  and 
there  seems  to  be  a  deep  interest  in  the 
work.  We  have  completely  revised  our 
membership  roll.  The  members  have 
certainly  treated  their  pastor  and  family 
royally  and  we  are  working  hard  to 
show  them  our  appreciation." 

The  Belleville  church  of  which  Rev. 
J.  H.  Martin  is  pastor  seems  to  be  mak- 
ing good  progress.  They  have  paid  ofT 
an  indebtedness  of  $1,500  on  repairs, 
leaving  a  balance  of  $500.  The  church 
subscribed  $4,300  on  the  New  World 
Movement,  $800.00  of  which  has  been 
paid.  The  current  expenses  are  all  paid 
up  and  the  Sunday  School  keeps  up 
well.  The  church  gave  the  pastor  a 
broadcloth  tailor-made  pulpit  suit  for 
Christmas  as  an  appreciation  of  his  serv- 
ices. 


A  member  of  the  Tuscola  church 
writes  an  encouraging  letter  concerning 
the  work  there.  She  says:  "Since  the 
coming  on  the  field  of  our  new  pastor. 
Rev.  B.  F.  Lloyd,  a  student  of  the  Semi- 
nary in  Chicago,  congregations  are  stead- 
ily increasing  with  good  interest  in  both 
Sunday  School  and  preaching  services. 
The  church  gave  the  pastor  a  hearty  re- 
ception in  the  home  of  one  of  the  mem- 
bers when  he  came  on  the  field.  There 
were  about  fifty  present.  Harmony  and 
good-will  prevail." 

Rev.  J.  B.  Kelley,  pastor  of  the  No- 
komis  church,  says :  "We  have  repaired 
the  basement  of  our  church  and  expect 
to  add  on  a  new  addition  when  spring 
comes.  The  Sunday  School  has  increased 
and  the  interest  is  good  throughout.  The 
church  has  also  installed  a  new  furnace 
in  the  parsonage  and  have  done  some  re- 
pairing and  plumbing."  The  church  is 
planning  for  special  meetings. 

Rev.  F.  L.  Enslow,  pastor  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  in  Danville,  is  now  in 
special  meetings.  Rev.  C.  H.  Gray,  pas- 
tor of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Can- 
ton, Illinois,  is  doing  the  preaching. 

Rev.  Jesse  R.  Hastings,  pastor  of  the 
Girard  Church,  writes  a  very  encourag- 
ing letter.  Among  other  things  he  says : 
"Last  Wednesday  we  had  our  annual 
meeting,  roll  call  and  election  of  officers. 
It  was  declared  by  many  to  be  the  best 
annual  meeting  in  many  years.  A  splen- 
did fellowship  was  enjoyed  and  a  fine 
spirit  of  co-operation  pervaded  the  entire 
meeting.  After  a  short  talk  by  the  pas- 
tor on  the  need  of  local  improvements 
on  the  church  building  and  the  parsonage, 
over  $1,600  w^as  raised  for  that  purpose 
in  thirty  minutes.  We  are  to  start  work 
soon  on  these  improvements."  The 
Girard   church    recentlv   withdrew   from 


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the  Macoupin  Co.  Association  and  united  is  one  of  our  strong  preachers. 

with  the  Springfield  Association.  Rev.  Mr.  Closting  of  the  University  of 

The  Mission  Circle  of  the  Elvaston  Chicago,  is  supplying  the  Danvers  church 
Baptist  Church  recently  sent  seventy-  very  satisfactorily.  That  church  put  re- 
three  quarts  of  vegetables  and  fruit  and  pairs  upon  its  meeting  house  last  year 
eleven  glasses  of  jelly  to  the  May  wood  to  the  extent  of  $13,022.68. 

Orphanage    and    one    hundred    thirteen  

pounds  of  food  to  the  Maywood  Old  The  South  7th  St.  Church  of  Spring- 
People's  Home.  The  food  sent  to  the  field,  of  which  Rev.  B.  F.  Martin  is 
Old  People's  Home  was  in  the  nature  pastor,  has  increased  in  Benevolences 
of  a  Sunday  dinner  for  January  9th.  It  more  than  four  hundred  percent  over 
consisted  of  chicken,  cake,  fruit  and  former  years  and  forty  percent  in  Cur- 
candy.  Mrs.  Thos.  Garvey,  who  has  rent  Expenses.  Sunday  School  offerings 
charge  of  the  Extension  Department  of  are  the  highest  in  the  history  of  the 
the  Elvaston  Baptist  Mission  Circle,  is  school.  They  use  the  Duplex  envelopes 
doing  good  work  among  the  Baptists  at  in  the  Sunday  School. 
Hamilton.  She  has  been  visiting  and  Rev.  S.  T.  Dexter,  pastor  at  Clinton, 
leaving  Extension  Department  literature  has  just  closed  four  weeks  of  success- 
with  them.  fui   meetings.     About  one  hundred  and 

forty  people  united  with  the  church  dur- 

PASTORAL  CHANGES  ing   this    revival.     Tliis    is    perhaps    the 

Rev.  A.  D.  McGlashan  of  Des  Moines,  largest  ingathering  in  the  history  of  the 
Iowa,  has  accepted  a  call  to  become  pas-  Clinton  church ;  but  few  churches  in  the 
tor  of  the  First  Baptist  church  in  Elgin  state  have  finer  opportunities  at  this 
beginning  February  1st.  Brother  Mc-  time  than  the  Clinton  church.  It  is  well 
Glashan  writes  a  letter  expressing  a  deep  located ;  a  good  meeting  house  in  a  pros- 
interest  in  our  whole  state  work  and  ex-  perous  little  city  and  it  is  the  only  Bap- 
pressing  a  desire  to  become  acquainted  tist  church  in  the  county. 

with  the  people  in  Illinois.     We  bid  him  

a  hearty  welcome  to  the  state.  The   following   item   comes    from   the 

The  Galesburg  Church  gave  a  hearty  Shelbyville  church  of  which  Rev.  G.  P. 
and  enthusiastic  call  to  Rev.  Chas.  Dur-  Burdon  is  the  pastor :  "Our  work  here 
den,  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  is  going  forward.  Four  were  baptized 
in  East  St.  Louis,  to  become  its  pastor.  January  30th  and  more  to  follow  at  a 
Brother  Durden  has  accepted  the  call  and  later  date.  We  raised  $86.00  for  the 
expected  to  begin  work  February  1st.  Near  East  Fund  as  a  Christmas  offer- 
He  is  an  able  preacher  and  a  very  con-  ing.  The  W.  W.  G.  sent  a  well  filled 
genial  pastor.  The  East  St.  Louis  church  Christmas  box  to  Aiken  Institute,  Chi- 
suffers  a  great  loss  in  his  retiring  from  ergo.  The  Ladies'  yVid  and  Missionary 
that  field.  He  was  greatly  appreciated  .Society  sent  a  barrel  of  fruit  to  Hudel- 
in  the  Alton  Association.  son  Home.     The  church  presented   the 

Rev.   D.   H.   Toomy,    formerly   pastor  fiastor  with  a  purse  of  gold  Christmas, 

of  the  Litchfield  church,  has  returned  to  The  week  of  prayer  was  observed  in  a 

Illinois   from   Arizona   and  located   with  union  of  the  churches.     A  great  blessing 

the  East  Alton  church.     Brother  Toomv  came  to  us." 


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EXCX>LKAGEMENT 

The  present  is  a  time  for  some  dis- 
couragement among  Methodists,  Presby- 
terians, Southern  Baptists  and  Northern 
Baptists,  from  the  fact  that  all  these 
great  religious  bodies  took  subscriptions 
for  large  sums  of  money  for  missions 
and  education  while  times  were  good. 
But  now  we  are  in  the  midst  of  re-ad- 
justment. A  year  or  so  ago,  wheat  and 
corn,  cattle  and  hogs,  cotton  and  sugar 
and  tobacco  were  at  unprecedented  prices 
and  the  price  of  labor  was  equally  high. 
Now  nearly  all  the  products  of  the  farm 
have  gone  down  to  pre-war  prices. 
Other  things  are  going  down  and  much 
labor  is  not  employed.  This  is  an  ex- 
ceedingly difficult  time  to  collect  pledges 
but  that  should  not  discourage  us.  All 
our  Missionary  work  will  have  to  be  re- 
adjusted to  some  extent.  We  cannot  do 
all  the  things  we  had  planned  but  not- 
withstanding these  difficult  times,  three 
times  as  much  money  is  coming  in  for 
^fissions  as  ever  before. 

Illinois  Baptists  according  to  the  last 
report  from  New  York  have  paid  the 
largest  percentage  of  their  pledges  to  the 
Xew  World  Alovement  of  any  state  in 
the  Northern  Convention.  We  have  great 
cause  for  encouragement  in  Illinois. 
Every  church  that  has  not  made  the 
canvass  for  the  New  World  Movement 
should  fall  in  line  before  the  first  of 
May.  Many  churches  that  made  the 
canvass  did  not  see  nearly  all  the  mem- 
bers and  many  well-to-do  people  have 
not  yet  given  as  they  should.  When  we 
get  all  the  churches  lined  up,  Illinois  will 
;nake  a  creditable  advance  in  missionarv 
work.  There  never  was  more  encour- 
aging work  carried  on  by  our  Mission- 
ary force  than  at  this  time. 

Let  us  all  take  courage  and  advance 
along  the  lines  which  the  Lord  is  so  evi- 
dently directing. 


REGIONAL  CX>XFERENOES 

Six  Regional  Conferences  have  been 
])lanned  by  the  General  Promotion  Board 
in  New  York  and  the  State  Promotion 
lioartl  in  Chicago  for  Illinois  to  be  held 
in  February  and  one  in  Chicago  to  be 
held  later.  The  places  and  dates  of  the 
Conferences  are  as  follows: 

Alton,  Feb.  15-16. 

Springfield,  Feb.  17-18. 

Carbondale,  Feb.  19-20. 

Galesburg,  Feb.  21-22. 

Rockford,  Feb.  23-24. 

Ouincy,  Feb.  25-26. 

Chicago, 

Strong  teams  of  speakers  for  each  of 
hese  Conferences  have  been  secured 
from  outside  of  the  state  and  some 
speakers  from  within  the  state  will  be 
a«  each  Conference.  The  purpose  of 
these  Conferences  is  not  to  raise  money 
directly  but  to  give  Missionary  informa- 
tion and  to  develop  a  Missionary  spirit 
among  the  people.  Pastors  and  women 
and  laymen  are  expected  to  attend  in 
large  numbers.  At  all  these  meetings 
the  service  will  begin  at  night  the  first 
(lay  and  continue  all  through  the  sec- 
ond day  and  night  except  at  Carbondale 
and  that  meeting  will  begin  at  noon  the 
first  day. 

These  are  the  kind  of  Conferences 
never  held  before  in  Illinois,  and  it  is 
hoped  that  there  will  be  a  large  attend- 
ance. It  is  expected  that  there  will  be 
one  or  more  stereopticon  lectures  at  each 
Conference. 


DARK   CLOUDS   L\   WEST   CHINA 

There  is  no  disguising  tlie  fact  that 
things  look  black  right  here.  While  I  am 
writing  this,  there  is  fighting  going  on  not 
farther  away  than  five  miles  from  the  East 
Gate  of  the  city,  and  we  have  been  hear- 
ing gun  firing  for  nearly  a  week.  This 
last  day  or  so  it  has  been  getting  ominously 
near.  The  battle  is  between  Yunanese 
forces  and  Szechuan.  The  former  left  the 
city  about  ten  days  ago  and  the  latter  fol- 
lowed  them    up   to   a   line   of   hills   to   the 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


LS9 


PILGRIM 
BAPTIST 
TEMPLE 

r-l'^4'^'1      S.  E.  J.  WATSON 

Pastor. 


"-'■■"'  ^»l? 


JEWISH  TE>rPLE,  3300  AND  INDIANA  AVE.  CHICAGO 
Purchased  by  Pilgrim  Baptist  Church  for  $75,000. 


eastward,  which  we  can  see  on  a  clear  day 
from  the  university  campus.  There  the 
struggle  has  been  going  on  for  some  days. 
There  are  at  least  1,000  wounded  in  the 
military  hospital  in  this  city,  and  well 
over  one  hundred  in  the  Canadian  .Metho- 
dist hospital.  Our  university  doctors  are 
all  busy  caring  for  the  wounded. 

Fortunately  the  cholera  which  carried 
off  thousands  of  people  this  summer  has 
abated  and  thus  we  are  relieved  of  one 
scourge  by  the  time  the  next  begins.  One 
of  the  ugliest  features  of  the  whole  busi- 
ness is  that  the  soldiers  are  impressing 
men  as  burden  bearers  for  the  military. 
So  men  in  the  country  run  off  and  hide, 
even  though  the  rice  harvest  is  ripe  unto 
gathering.  This  is  very  serious;  for  it  has 
sent  up  the  price  of  rice  and  it  endangers 
the  whole  harvest  in  the  richest  province 
in  China.  To  see  the  yellow  grain  lying 
in  the  wet  field  where  it  will  soon  begin 
to  sprout,  and  to  know  that  thousands  of 
these  people  never  get  more  than  one  meal 
a  day,  makes  one's  heart  sick. 

All  this  trouble,  together  with  an  in- 
crease in  brigandage  and  unsafe  travel, 
may  seriously  affect  us.  What  I  mean  is 
that    it    may    not    be    possible    for    us    to 


travel  in  the  province;  that  our  students 
cannot  get  to  their  schools,  and  that 
money  may  become  very  scarce.  I  don't 
v/ish  to  sound  any  note  of  alarm,  but  we 
may  as  well  face  facts  and  be  prepared 
for  a  restricted  area  of  work  for  some 
time.  But  we  always  have  a  lot  of  work 
near  at  hand  that  clamors  to  be  done. — 
Joseph  Taylor. 


"A    'THOUSAND   DOLLAR'    DINNER 

Unique  among  New  York's  public  din- 
ners was  the  dinner  given  at  the  Hotel 
Commodore  on  the  evening  of  December 
29.  It  cost  the  1,000  guests  $1,000  each. 
It  was  presided  over  by  Herbert  Hoover 
and  was  in  the  interest  of  the  starving 
children  of  Europe.  New  York's  fashion 
ai)d  wealth  were  present.  It  was  a  solemn 
occasion.  Mr.  Hoover  and  General  Persh- 
ing gave  addresses  of  great  power.  The 
menu  consisted  of  a  dinner  furnished  by 
the  relief  fund  to  a  starving  child — a  lit- 
tle rice,  some  bread  without  butter  and  a 
cup  of  cocoa.  This  dinner  was  served  on 
plain  boards  without  even  an  oilcloth  cov- 
ering. The  guests  wore  evening  clothes 
and  rich  jewels,  but  the  finest  jewels  were 
the   tears   htat   glistened   on    the   faces   of 


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hundreds  whose  hearts  were  touched  with 
the  story  of  the  famine  sufferers.  Was 
there  ever  such  a  dinner  given  before  in 
the  whole  history  of  the  world?  After  all, 
New  York  city  has  a  heart  and  a  mighty 
warm  heart  at  that!  The  guests  at  that 
dinner  will  give  many  millions  to  the 
starving  children  of  Europe. — Watchman 
Examiner." 

One  man  who  was  at  that  $1,000  dinner, 
a  Baptist  man,  gave  $1,000,000  for  the 
European  sufferers. 


"A>IONG  THE  MEXICAN  INDIANS 

A  year  ago  last  May  there  graduated 
from  the  Baptist  seminary  in  Saltillo, 
Mex.,  a  full-blooded  Mexican  Indian  by 
the  name  of  Samuel  J.  Garcia.  He  comes 
from  the  same  tribe  and  from  the  same 
district  as  Mexico's  greatest  patriot,  re- 
former and  president,  Benito  Juarez. 
After  a  year  spent  as  assistant  in  our  work 
in  Mexico  City  this  young  man  was  mar- 
ried and  was  transferred  to  his  native 
state  of  Oaxaco.  He  had  not  been  there 
long  when  he  decided  to  move  out  to  the 
very  town  where  he  was  born  and  begin 
work  among  ihs  own  people,  not  in  the 
Spanish  tongue  but  using  the  language 
with  which  they  were  born.  This  is  the 
beginning  of  what  we  hope  will  be  a  great 
work  among  the  5,000,000  unevangelized 
Indians  of  Mexico. 

At  the  recent  national  convention  of 
Mexican  Baptists  in  Torreon  in  the  month 
of  October  a  great  wave  of  enthusiasm  for 
this  Indian  work  swept  over  the  delegates, 
and  they  decided  to  undertake  this  new 
work  as  their  primary  missionary  task. 
Accordingly  they  voted  to  assume  full  re- 
sponsibility for  the  salary  and  expenses 
of  Rev.  Samuel  J.  Garcia.  So  liberal 
were  the  offers  made  for  the  support  of 
this  new  enterprise — more  than  $1,000 
v>as  pledged  for  the  ensuing  year — that  it 
is  likely  the  convention  will  be  able  to 
open  another  Indian  mission  station  in  the 
near  future.  This  convention  includes  the 
churches  of  both  the  Northern  and  South- 
ern  boards." 


Our  Xegro  Missionary,  Rev.  J.  E. 
Jones,  writes:  "For  the  last  ninety 
clays  the  unemployed  among  onr  people 
throughout  the  church  has  had  a  great 
deal  to  do  with  the  contributions  of  the 
churches  to  our  work.  For  example: 
The  St.  Paul  church  of  Peoria  has  a 
male  membership  of  one  hundred  and 
seventy-five  of  that  number  are  out  of 
work,  and  similar  conditions  exist 
throughout    the    entire    state.      We    re- 


ceived three  monthly  reports  from  Rev. 
W.  G.  Faulkner  of  the  Zion  Association 
in  the  southern  part  of  the  state  with 
headquarters  in  Cairo.  His  letters  are 
very  telling  and  interesting." 


CONFERENCES  IN  THE  GIRARD 
CHURCH 

A  very  profitable  time  was  spent  by 
Director  Koehler  in  the  Girard  church, 
when  for  two  afternoons  and  two  even- 
ings the  following  subjects  were  thor- 
oughly discussed: 

The  Grading  of  Pupils  in  the  Church 
School. 

The  Program  of  the  Church  School 
Session. 

The  Training  of  Teachers  and  Work- 
ers. 

The  attendance  of  Young  People  upon 
Morning  Worship. 

Director  Koehler  spent  four  days  in 
Quincy,  Timewell,  Mt.  Sterling  and 
Griggsville  last  month.  At  each  place 
an  address  on  a  vital  phase  of  church 
school  work  was  given,  followed  by  a 
confreence  perirod.  The  workers  asked 
many  questions,  revealing  a  desire  to  do 
more  efficient  work. 


OUR  SUIVEVIER  ASSEMBLY 

It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  the  As- 
sembly Program  Committee  announces 
the  securing  of  one  of  the  most  able  of 
Piaptist  ministers  in  our  Northern  Bap- 
tist Convention  field  to  conduct  the  Bible 
study  period  next  July.  Ministers  and 
laymen  should  urge  young  people  to  at- 
tend this  training  school.  The  name  of 
the  instructor  in  Bible  will  be  announced 
in  the  March  Bulletin. 


Remember  the  Regional  Conferences 
tc  be  held  this  month  in  Carbondale,  Al- 
ton, Springfield,  Quincy,  Galesburg  and 
Rockford. 


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GKNTRAL  BAPTKT  CHILDREN'S  BORS 

MAYW  OOD,  ILJ>INOI8 
Rev.   D.   H.   MacGilliTr»y,   Supt. 
Mrs.  D.  H.  MacGlUiTrajr,  Matron 


HODfiLSON  BATTIST  ORPHANAGE 

Kcv.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Supt. 
Mrs.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Matron 


Throughout  the  month  of  January  the 
children  of  the  Home  have  all  enjoyed 
good  health  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  we 
have  had  changeable  weather. 

The  warm  and  slushy  weather  during 
the  month  brought  our  attention  to  the 
need  of  equipment  for  our  play  grounds. 
Every  vestige  of  our  former  equipment 
has  gone.  The  Superintendent  drew 
the  attention  of  the  board  to  this  mat- 
ter at  the  last  regular  meeting  and  the 
board  authorized  the  raising  of  a  fund 
of  at  least  $1,200  for  playground  equip- 
ment. 

We  trust  our  many  friends  will  plan 
to  help  us  to  put  across  these  improve- 
ments by  laying  aside  a  nest  egg  to  help 
us  do  these  essential  things. 

"By  the  way,"  the  mention  of  an  egg 
reminds  us  of  the  fact  that  there  is  such 
a  thing  as  an  egg  though  we  have  al- 
most forgotten  the  taste  of  one.  It  is  to 
be  hoped  that  our  good  friends,  the  hens, 
will  soon  "call  off  the  strike,"  and  set  to 
work  again.  When  we  shall  look  for 
donations  of  eggs  from  different  quarters 
and  we  shall  hear  the  boys  and  girls  say 
"Yum-yum"  once  more. 

All  donations  together  with  cash  offer- 
ings should  be  sent  direct  to  the  Home — 
504  South  First  Avenue,  Maywood,  III, 
ni  the  name  of  the  institution.  Central 
Baptist  Children's  Home,  or  to  Donald 
H.  MacGillivray,  Superintendent. 

Our  boys'  caretaker  has  resigned  and 
we  are  looking  for  an  active  Christian 
woman  that  is  interested  and  sympathetic 
towards  boys  to  take  her  place. 


That  teinpus  does  fugit  is  too  evi- 
dent in  our  work.  For  this  reason  we 
missed  our  column  in  the  January  Bulle- 
tin. But  the  omission  was  for  satisfac- 
tory reason.  Never  such  a  Christmas 
season  and  the  work  of  caring  for  the 
splendid  donations  and  the  unusual  cash 
receipts  drove  away  all  thought  of  our 
Bulletin  column.  On  January  1st  our 
current  bills  were  paid  to  date  and  we 
felt  so  jolly  that  we  were  in  danger  of 
being  called  foolish.  Prospects  are  good 
for  continuance  of  this  condition,  we 
hope.  We  also  had  the  pleasure  of  re- 
ceiving our  first  $1,000  check,  which  was 
added  to  our  Improvement  Fund  by  Mr. 
Chas.  B.  Cone  of  Chicago.  We  can  use 
several  more  for  at  our  next  board  meet- 
ing a  plan  to  build  an  addition  to  our 
n:ain  building  to  provide  play-rooms  will 
be  considered.  It  has  been  found  abso- 
lutely impossible  to  make  this  provision 
in  our  present  buildings.  The  room  now 
used  as  play-room  is  small  and  must  be 
taken  for  a  sewing  room. 

We  need  three  play-rooms  so  the  nurs- 
ery children  and  the  older  boys  and  girls 
can  be  kept  separated  in  their  play.  We 
would  be  pleased  to  hear  from  some  lover 
of  children  who  is  willing  to  invest  sev- 
eral thousand  dollars  to  provide  these 
play-rooms.  Our  children  are  all  of  the 
play  age.  We  have  onh-  five  children  as 
old  as  thirteen  years,  and  eighty  younger. 

One  of  our  recent  pleasures  was  to 
have  with  us  Rev.  Irving  Fox  of  the 
Riverside  church,  Decatur,  who  for  four 
days  conducted  afternoon  and  evening 
meetings  with  our  boys  and  girls.  Sev- 
eral will  probably  be  baptized  soon. 


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Woman  s 
Baptist  Missionary  Society   of  Illinois 


MRS.  W.  P.  TOPPING,  Pres. 


Elgin 


Mrs.  Martha  V.  Higman,  Editor 
Morgan  Park 


Mrs.  H.  W.  Tate,  Treasurer 
2331   Hartzell  Ave.,  Evanston 


Seven  Regional  Conferences  are  to  be 
held  in  Illinois  during  February  and 
early  March,  under  the  direction  of  the 
General  and  State  Board  of  Promotion. 

Plan  to  attend  the  one  nearest  to  you 
and  work  and  pray  for  their  success. 
Your  help  is  needed. 

February  18th  is  the  International  Day 
of  Prayer.  Thousands  of  women  will 
meet  and  pray  for  Missions.  Will  you 
be  one  to  pray? 

Wabash  Valley  Association  held  a 
splendid  mid-year  meeting  at  Olney,  Jan- 
uary 14  to  16.  Nearly  every  church  in 
the  Association  was  represented  at  the 
meeting.  Woman's  Work  was  presented 
by  Mrs.  W.  P.  Topping  and  Mrs.  C.  W. 
Peterson.  New  entliusiasm  and  interest 
was  aroused  and  Associational  W.  W.  G. 
and  C.  W.  C.  leaders  secured. 

Miss  Florence  Ferine  of  Fairfield,  is 
the  new  W.  W.  G.  Secretary-Director 
and  Miss  Gladys  Nutall  of  Robinson,  the 
C.  W.  C.  Secretary-Director. 

We  have  to  record  the  "going  home" 
of  Mrs.  H.  W.  Ralph,  who  was  an  elected 
member  of  the  State  Board  and  one  of 
the  secretaries  of  the  Chicago  Associa- 
tion. She  was  a  woman  who  was  al- 
ways ready  to- do  her  part  and  do  it  well. 
Whatever  she  said  she  would  do,  was 
done.  She  will  be  greatly  missed  by  her 
many  friends. 

Many  diurches  observed  Membership 
Week.  In  some  Associations  its  ob- 
servance was  almost  universal.       From 


returned  reports  Peoria  had  the  largest 
percentage  of  churches. 

The  Southern  Illinois  Association 
came  next  with  thirty-seven  churches. 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Merrill,  the  Foreign  Secre- 
tary, did  some  splendid  work  previously 
by  visiting  many  of  the  churches  in  an 
effort  to  create  interest.  Others  also 
were  wide-awake  to  arouse  greater  ac- 
tivity in  mission  enterprises.  This  can- 
not be  too  great. 

The  Carbondale  Sunday  School  has 
subscribed  for  fifty  copies  of  "Missions," 
to  be  read  by  members  of  the  congrega- 
tion and  church  and  to  be  passed  from 
family  to  family.  Over  1,200  New 
World  War  calendars  have  been  pur- 
chased in  the  Association.  They  will  be 
a  reminder  through  the  year  of  world 
missions. 

The  building  of  the  "Model  City"  in 
connection  with  the  study  of  "Mr.  Friend 
o'  Man"  has  been  completed  to  the  great 
delight  of  the  C.  W.  C.  children  of  the 
Carbondale  diurch.  How  about  your 
church?  Have  you  a  C.  W.  C.  organi- 
zation ? 

Splendid  reports  come  from  Greene- 
Jersey  Co.  Association.  Carrollton  re- 
cently had  a  State  Day  Program  with  a 
large  attendance  and  has  a  large  num- 
ber taking  the  Reading  Course. 

Eldred  has  a  fine  circle.  The  women 
are  meeting  weekly  and  making  a  study 
of  the  books  suggested  for  study  classes. 
They  are  doing  wonders  in  the  Reading 
Contest. 


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Department  of  Religious  Education 

Chairman  Rev.  Herbert  Hines,  El  Paso,     Director  Rev.  Louis  H.  Koehler,  Normal 


Plans  for  the  coming  assembly  are  pro- 
ceeding apace  and  the  developments  to 
date  assure  and  promise  a  larger  student 
body  and  a  stronger  assembly  program 
than  that  of  last  year.  The  interest  al- 
ready manifested  by  former  attendants  is 
gratifying.  The  outlook  was  never  more 
promising  and  now  is  the  time  for  min- 
isters and  leading  church  workers  to  urge 
the  call  of  this  training  school  for  Illi- 
nois Baptists  upon  potential  church  lead- 
ers. We  must  prepare  for  the  trained 
leadership  of  the  church  of  tomorrow. 
The  Kingdom  advance  is  directly  related 
to  the  number  and  quality  of  our  trained 
leaders. 

The  courses  for  1921  are  as  follows : 
The  day's  work  will  be  opened  by  a  spe- 
cial devotional  service  known  as  Family 
Prayers.  This  will  be  followed  by  our 
Bible  course,  when  the  Life  of  Christ, 
based  upon  gospel  of  Mark  will  be  pre- 
sented by  one  of  our  leading  ministers. 
All  students  will  be  expected  to  take  this 
course.  In  fact,  when  the  name  of  the 
leader  is  announced,  no  one  will  want  to 
miss  it.  A  course  in  Psychology  will 
follow,  and  at  the  same  time  a  course 
in  Pedagogy  will  be  given.  Both  of 
these  courses  will  be  based  upon  stan- 
dard training  texts.  The  next  period 
will  be  given  over  to  Sunday  School 
Methods,  with  three  divisions  presented 
simultaneously.  Children's,  Young  Peo- 
ple and  Administration.  The  three 
courses  offered  during  the  next  period 
will  be  Missionary  Education  in  the 
Local  Church,  The  Mission's  Text  Book, 
and  Educational  Evangelism.     The  final 


period  of  the  morning  will  cover  The  Or- 
ganization of  Young  People's  Societies, 
Young  People  in  Training  for  Leader- 
ship, and  What  Shall  We  Believe  ? 

Here  is  a  menu  of  intellectual  and  spir- 
itual food  that  is  indeed  appetizing  and 
nutritious.  How  essential  that  hundreds 
of  our  churches  send  one  or  more  dele- 
gates as  students. 

Besides  the  above  there  will  be  a 
vesper  service  each  evening,  followed  by 
unusually  interesting  services  in  the  na- 
ture of  lectures,  entertainments  and 
stunts. 

A  list  of  the  faculty  will  be  presented 
in  the  March  "Bulletin."     Look  for  it. 

Save  the  date,  July  16-23,  1921.  Save 
your  dimes  now  and  plan  to  be  a  student 
at  our  Illinois  Baptist  Training  School  at 
Shurtleff  College,  Ahon. 


We  regret  very  much  to  learn  that 
Rev.  V.  Prodan,  a  student  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago,  has  resigned  his 
work  among  the  Roumanians  in  Aurora. 
He  seems  to  have  done  good  work  on 
that  field,  giving  one-half  his  Sundays 
to  the  Roumanian  work  in  Aurora  and 
the  other  half  in  Chicago.  The  work 
seems  to  have  been  successful,  but  he 
feels  that  the  work  takes  too  much  of 
his  time  from  school  and  he  will  have  to 
give  up  part  of  his  preaching  services. 
We  hope  that  we  may  be  able  to  find 
some  one  to  take  his  place  in  Aurora  in 
the  near  future. 


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PSALM  116:14 


Vou  remember  the  text:  Psalm  116:14. 

"I  will  pay  my  vows  unto  the  Lord — 
now." 

Vision  is  wonderful.  "Where  there  is 
no  vision  the  people  perish." 

We  have  had  our  vision  of  need  and 
of  challenging  opportunity.  We  have 
responded  in  our  pledges.  The  New 
World  Movement  is  our  Baptist  answer 
tc-  the  world  needs. 

Up  to  Dec.  20,  Illinois  Baptists  had 
pledged  $2,593,784.00  toward  the  allott- 
ment  of  $7,108,000  on  the  One  Hundred 
Million  Campaign.  $395,623.04  should 
have     been     paid     on     these     pledges : 


$368,438.01  has  been  received.  Illinois 
to])s  the  list  on  the  percentage  of  pay- 
ments to  above  date. 

■]f  you  have  made  a  pledge,  of  course 
you  will  be  most  diligent  in  paying  it 
regularly. 

If  }'ou  are  a  treasurer  of  benevolences, 
will  ytju  not  do  all  you  can  to  see  that 
pledges  do  not  get  behind  in  payments? 

If  you  are  a  pastor,  will  you  not  urge 
prompt  payment  of  pledges? 

If  you  have  not  taken  your  share  in 
the  New  World  Movement,  will  you  not 
both  make  and  pay  a  pledge? 


The  General  Board  of  Promotion  of  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention 

276  Fifth  avenue  New  York  City 


Send    all    moneys    promptly   to    State   Promotion  Director,  Dr.  A.  E.  Peterson, 
1433  Stevens  Bldg.,  Chicago,  111. 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST 
BULLETIN 


vol*  XII.  NORMAL,  ILLINOIS,  MARCH  1921  NO.  11 


The  Virgin  Birth 


Matthew  in  his  Gospel,  first  chapter  and  the  strongest  arguments  used  by  those 
18-21  verses,  states  clearly  that  the  Child  who   reject   the   doctrine   of   the   virgin 
Jesus  was  begotten  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  birth,  is  on  the  ground  that  it  is  not  men- 
Luke's   Gospel,   Luke    1 :29-38   recites  tioned  in  other  books  of  the  New  Testa- 
the  same  thing.     Luke  1-35  says :     "And  ment,  and  that  Paul  does  not  mention 
the  angel  answered  and   said  unto  her,  it.  But  the  fallacy  of  their  argument  can 
'The  Holy  Spirit  shall  come  upon  thee,  be  seen  in  their  own  conduct.     Nearly 
and  the  power  of  the  Most  High  shall  all  who  deny  the  teaching  of  the  virgin 
overshadow    thee :    wherefore    also    the  birth,  do  not  believe  in  the  resurrection 
holy    thing   which    is    begotten    shall    be  of  Christ..     They  say  they  do  not  believe 
called  the  Son  of  God.'  "  in  the  virgin  birth  because  Paul  does  not 
There  is  no  claim,  so  far  as  we  know,  mention  it.     Yet  Paul  refers  to  the  res- 
that  these  passages  are  not  genuinely  a  urrection  upon  almost  every  page  of  his 
part  of  the  Gospels  by  Matthew  and  Luke,  writings  and  they  reject  that  doctrine  the 
There  is  no  claim  that  they  are  later  in-  same  as  they  reject  the  teaching  of  the 
sertions.     Matthew    and    Luke    believed  virgin  birth.     The  scriptural  teaching  of 
what  they  had  written.     This  teaching  of  the  entrance  of  Christ  into  this  world  is 
these  two  inspired  writers  can  not  be  re-  in  perfect  harmony  with  a  true  concep- 
jected  without  nullifying  the  authority  of  tion  of  him  as  a  divine  Savior,  the  Son 
the  whole  of  Matthew  and  Luke.     And  of  God,  and  of  his  deity, 
yet  there  seem  to  be  many  teachers  and  j^^-^^   predicted   his   miraculous   con- 
preachers  who  deny  the  doctrme  of  the  ^^^^-^^      ^e  says,  Isaiah  7-14,  "Behold, 
virgm  birth.  ^  virgin   shall  conceive  and  bear  a  son 

If  one  believes  in  the  deity  of  Christ,  3,,,,  ghall  call  his  name  Immanuel." 
it  is  not  difficult  to  believe  in  the  virgin 

birth.     It  was  a  miracle,  of  course,  and  Matthew  declares  that  this  prophecy  in 

90    the    whole    life    of    Jesus    was    sur-  ^''''''''''  '''''''  fulfilled  m  the  virgin  birth  of 

rounded  by  miracles.     One  who  believes  -T^'"^-    ^^^  ^^y^'  Matthew  1 :22-23,  "Now 

in   the   Sonship  of   Christ,   believes  that  ^^^  ^^^'-^  '■'^  ^-^'^'^le  to  pass  that  it  might  be 

he  possessed   all   the  attributes  of  God,  fulfilled  which  was  spoken  by  the  Lord 

has  no  trouble  to  believe  that  he  was  be-  tlirough   the   prophet   saying,   'Behold   a 

gotten  of  the  Holy  Spirit.       The  virgin  virgin  shall  be  with  child  and  shall  bring 

birth   was   no   greater   miracle   than   the  forth  a  son,  and  they  shall  call  his  name 

resurrection  and  the  ascension.     One  of  Immanuel.'  " 


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If  we  have  the  clear  testimony  of 
Matthew,  Luke  and  Isaiah  on  the  virgin 
birth,  who  can  or  should  deny  it?  And 
furthermore,  when  God  in  the  Garden 
of  Eden,  promised  one  to  come  who 
should  bruise  the  serpent's  head,  he  did 
not  say  he  would  be  the  son  of  a  man, 
but  the  seed  of  the  woman.  Almost 
everywhere  in  the  Old  Testament,  the 
man  is  spoken  of  in  preference  to  the 
woman.  The  seed  of  Abraham,  Isaac, 
and  Jacob  is  spoken  of  scores  of  times, 
but  rarely  a  reference  to  the  seed  of 
their  wives.  But-  in  giving  the  first 
promise  of  redemption,  God  spoke  of  the 
one  who  should  triumph  over  sin  as  the 
seed  of  the  woman  and  made  no  refer- 
ence to  the  seed  of  the  man. 

The  Editor  of  The  Bulletin  beheves 
fully  that  the  mother  of  Jesus  was  Mary 
and  that  his  father  was  God,  that  he  was 
begotten  of  the  Holy  Spirit  and  that  his 
father  was  not  Joseph.  Joseph  was  his 
step- father. 


BUSINESS 

The  local  building  trade  unions  of 
Champaign  and  Urbana  have  demanded 
renewal  of  wage  contracts  with  employ- 
ers and  contractors  at  the  present  wages 
until  May  1st,  1922.  The  wages  per 
hour  are  as  follows:  Brick-layers,  $1.25; 
carpenters,  $1.00;  hod-carriers,  75c; 
concrete  finishers,  $1.25;  concrete  work- 
ers, 75c;  plasterers,  $1.50;  painters, 
$1.20,  and  plumbers,  $1.00. 

At  the  same  time  the  price  of  corn, 
hogs  and  cattle  on  the  farms  have  come 
down  below  pre-war  prices.  Wheat  is 
almost  down  to  that  price.  Cotton  is 
down  to  a  very  low  figure.  Sugar  is 
back  to  where  it  formerly  was.  Good 
ginghams  in  the  stores  are  selling  for 
one-third  of  what  they  did  one  year  ago, 
and  good  worsted  goods  at  about  one- 


half.     Shoes,  overcoats  and  clothing  are 
down  and  still  coming  lower. 

While  everybody  wants  laboring  peo- 
ple to  receive  a  good  fair  wage  for  their 
work  it  does  not  seem  possible  that  build- 
ing enterprises  could  be  carried  on  with 
wages  and  building  material  at  the  pres- 
ent   prices.     Rents    cannot    come    down 
much  while  there  is  such  a  demand  for 
homes    and   houses   so   long   as   present 
costs  of  building  continues  as  it  is.     The 
price  of  coal  it  seems  to  us,  must  come 
down  before  another  fall.     Farming  in- 
terests  form  the  real  principal  basis  of 
all  our  industries  and  it  is  not  possible  to 
keep  other  things  up  to  the  extremely 
high  prices  of  war  times  with  farm  prod- 
ucts down  lower  than  they  were  before 
the  war.     We  hope  that  things  can  be 
so   adjusted   that   great   building   enter- 
prises can  be  carried  on  and  thousands  of 
homes  prepared  for  the  people  that  are 
needing  them,  but  it  seems  to  us  that  this 
cannot  be  done  until  there  is  a  re-adjust- 
ment along  the  line  of  building. 


"KEEP  UP  YOUR  VOICE 

A  vicious  custom  of  many  preachers  and 
other  pubhc  speakers  is  to  begin  a  sentence 
explosively  and  to  allow  the  voice  to  fall 
until  the  last  words  of  the  sentence  are  al- 
most inaudible.  There  are  few  ways  more 
effective  than  this  for  rendering  the  message 
uninteresting  and  futile.  What  is  worth  be- 
ginning is  worth  ending  in  such  manner  that 
the  hearers  will  be  able  to  know  what  you 
are  trying  to  say.  When  one  has  to  strain 
his  ears  to  hear  he  is  apt  to  find  his  patience 
strained,  sometimes  even  to  the  breaking 
point.  It  might  be  well  for  the  wives  of 
some  ministers  to  take  them  in  hand  and 
drill  them  in  the  art  of  ending  their  sen- 
tences with  a  snap." — Watchman  Examiner. 


"The  Census  Bureau  gives  the  negro 
population  of  Chicago  as  109,594,  an  in- 
crease in  the  past  ten  years  of  65,491.  The 
total  white  population  is  2,589,104,  an  in- 
crease of  450,047. 


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Published   monthly  in  the  interest  of  the 
Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 

Subscription  price,  25c  a  year;  clubs  of  20 
or  more,  20c. 

E.   P.   BRAXD,   Editor 
Superintendeiit   of  Missions, 

201  North  School  Street,  Normal,  Illinois. 

"Entered  as  second  class  matter,  June  12, 

1909,  at  the  Postoffice  at  Normal, 

Illinois,  under  the  Act  of 

March   3.   1879." 

THE  month  of  February  was  well 
filled  up  with  Regional  Conferences, 
Kingdom  Rallies,  and  mid-year  meet- 
ings. Some  of  the  meetings  were  held 
at  Crainville,  Carbondale,  Alton,  Spring- 
field. Indianola,  Champaign,  Galesburg, 
Rockford,    Ouincy,    Tallula    and    many 

other  places. 

*  *  * 

THE  month  of  March  will  be  fiUed 
with  other  such  rallies  and  prepara- 
tion for  Easter.  Many  of  our  chtu-ches 
will  have  a  week  or  ten  days'  meeting 
preceding  Easter. 

*  *  * 

THE  81,000,000  Thank  Offering  on 
Easter  for  the  children  of  the  world 
should  add  much  interest  to  the  observ- 
ance of  that  day.  \'erv  many  churches 
will  have  a  considerable  number  to  bap- 
tize on  Easter. 

*  *  * 

''T^  HE  Board  will  hold  its  semi-annual 
1  meeting  in  El  Paso,  April  14.  The 
meeting  will  be  called  at  2  p.  m..  and  will 
continue  through  the  afternoon  and  as 
late  at  night  as  the  business  demands. 

*  *  * 

SOME  very  important  business  must 
come  up  at  this  meeting.  The  pres- 
ent administration  will  close  this  fall.  It 
has  been  carried  through  23  years.     In 


order  that  there  be  no  break  in  the  work 
the  whole  question  with  regard  to  Super- 
intendent, office,  location  of  headquar- 
ters, the  publication  of  the  Bulletin  and 
Annual  must  be  decided  at  this  meeting. 


*  *  * 


C COMMITTEES  must  be  appointed 
^  that  will  have  reports  ready  for  the 
Board  to  act  upon  in  October.  If  all  this 
business  were  left  over  until  October,  it 
would  require  six  months  from  that  time 
to  get  the  work  properly  organized  and 
started. 


*  *  * 


ALL  who  attend  that  meeting  in  El 
Paso  must  plan  to  remain  over 
night.  The  seven  departments  of  the 
convention,  that  need  to  have  special 
meetings  during  the  year  should  hold 
their  meetings  at  the  same  time  and  place 
as  the  semi-aimual  meeting  of  the  Board. 
The  El  Paso  people  will  entertain  for  the 
night  and  will  probably  give  supper  at 
the  church. 


*  *  * 


E\  ERY  church  should  plan  to  have 
a  rally  the  last  week  in  April. 
Those  churches  that  did  not  make  an 
every-member  canvass  on  the  SlOO,- 
000,000  campaign  should  do  so  this  year. 
Those  that  subscribed  for  only  one  year 
should  make  another  strong  campaign 
for  this  year.  Those  that  went  over  the 
top  and  those  that  partially  succeeded, 
should  have  meetings  to  rejoice  in  the 
work  and  to  interest  any  members  not 
yet  lined  up. 

*  *  * 

THE  State  Convention  has  done  a 
great  work  during  the  past  five 
months.  Xone  of  our  Missionaries  have 
been  laid  aside  by  sickness,  and  the  win- 
ter has  been  favorable  for  general  and 
revival  work.  The  outlook  for  the  next 
three    months    is    most    hopeful.     The 


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greatest  hindrance  and  handicap  in  our 
work  is  a  shortage  of  pastors.  The 
churches  are  anxious  to  work  as  never 
before,  but  we  can  not  fiird  pastors  for 
many  of  our  fields. 


RESIGNATION 

Rev.  Geo.  H.  Yule,  who  has  been  our 
District  Superintendent  on  the  east  side 
of  the  state  for  the  past  two  years  and 
has  done  much  work  in  other  parts  of  the 
state  in  evangelistic  and  financial  work, 
offers    his    resignation    to    take    effect 
March  31.     He  did  not  definitely  state 
his   reasons,   but  we  think  he  has  been 
offered  a  very  desirable  position  as  .an 
Anti-Saloon      League      Superintendent. 
Brother  Yule  has  done  fine  work  for  the 
Convention,  and  our  work  with  him  has 
been   perfectly   harmonious    and   he   has 
1)een  very  successful.     We  regret  to  have 
him  leave,  but  hope  and  pray  that  the 
Lord  will  provide  some  other  man  that 
can  do  the  work  successfully.     We  wish 
him  abundant  success  in  whatever  he  un- 
dertakes to  do.     He  is  a  worthy  man  ana 
deserves  the  approval  and  good  wishes  of 
all  the  Baptists  of  the  state.     In  closing 
his   letter   of   resignation,   Brother   Yule 
says,  "There  is  no  need  of  looking  back 
over  the  two  years   of   untold   kindness 
and  courtesies  from  the  churches,  lircth- 
ren,  and  your  own  dear  self  and  goo  1 
wife.     We  have  shared  our  many  bless- 
mgs  together  at  the  throne  of  grace.       I 
love  you  for  the  splendid  work  you  have 
done  for  the  cause  of  righteousness  and 
the  Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention." 


PASTORAL  CHANGES 
Rev.    H.    L.    Mounce,   of    Petersburg, 
Illinois,  has  accepted  the  pastorate  of  the 
Mt.  Olive  church  in  the  Central  Illinois 


Association  for  one-half  time.  He  would 
be  willing  to  take  another  church  for 
half  time  somewhere  within  sixty  miles 
of  Petersburg.  Mr.  Mounce  is  a  good 
brother  and  a  faithful  pastor. 

The  Plymouth  church  has  called  as  its 
pastor.  Rev.  J.  P.  Sansom,  of  LaGrange, 
Missouri.  We  understood  that  he  has 
accepted  the  call,  and  we  learn  that  the 
Plymouth  church  is  making  some  ad- 
vancement. 

The  Petersburg  church  extended  a 
call  to  Dr.  Krumreig  of  Denver,  Colo- 
rado. He  has  not  yet  given  them  a 
definite  answer  as  to  whether  or  not  he 
will  accept  the  call. 

Rev.  Morris  F.  Gilbert  has  accepted 
a  call  to  the  Willisville  and  Campbell  Hill 
churches  and  began  work  about  two 
months  ago.  He  reports  the  work  very 
encouraging.  He  has  organized  a  B.  Y. 
P.  L\  at  Campbell  Hill  and  the  outlook 
is  hopeful. 

Rev.  Mr.  Holland  closed  his  work  as 
pastor  of  the  Chatsworth  church  about 
two  months  ago  and  accepted  a  call  to 
North  Dakota. 

Rev.  W.  R.  Johnson  of  Jacksonville, 
has  accepted  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of 
the  Winchester  church.  Brother  John- 
son was  pastor  of  that  church  a  few 
years  ago. 

Rev.  Geo.  W.  Broome,  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Percy  during  the  past  year, 
has  closed  his  work.  Percy  is  a  good 
field  and  is  now  looking  for  another  pas- 
tor. 

Rev.  R.  R.  Favoright  has  accepted  a 
call  to  become  pastor  at  Jerseyville. 
'Brother  Favoright  is  a  Shurtleflf  and 
Rochester  graduate,  and  has  been  doing 
successful  work  in  Nebraska  for  a  num- 
ber of  vears. 


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CHURCHES 

Rev.  Ray  Starr,  pastor  of  the  Baptist 
church  at  Paw  Paw,  Illinois,  writes  a 
very  encouraging  letter.  He  says  the 
people  are  taking  hold  of  the  work  in 
splendid  shape  and  things  are  moving  to- 
ward success  in  all  departments.  The 
Sunday  School  membership  has  been  al- 
most doubled.  A  striking  feature  in  the 
work  is  a  junior  choir  of  twenty-five 
members,  organized  by  the  pastor's  wife. 
They  render  a  special  selection  each 
Sunday  morning.  The  prayer  meetings 
are  well  attended.  At  the  annual  roll 
call  the  treasurer  reported  all  obligations 
paid  and  over  $800  in  the  treasury. 

The  Glasford  church  has  made  quite 
extensive  repairs  on  their  meeting  house. 
They  expended  about  $750  and  raised  all 
the  money.  We  hope  to  locate  a  pastor 
for  Glasford  and  LaMarsh  working  to- 
gether as  one  field  in  the  near  future. 

The  great  revival  in  Olney  where 
Rev.  L.  D.  Lamkin  is  pastor,  seems  to 
continue.  One  of  the  daily  papers  re- 
ports as  follows :  "The  great  revival  of 
the  Baptist  church  is  not  yet  closed 
though  special  meetings  have  stopped. 
Last  Sunday  was  one  of  the  most  re- 
markable days  of  the  meeting.  Seven 
men  came  into  the  church,  five  by  pro- 
fession of  faith  and  two  by  relation.  Of 
these  four  were  representative  men  of 
the  city.  Five  young  ladies  were  bap- 
tized and  after  the  congregation  was  dis- 
missed three  men  in  middle  life  came  for- 
ward and  confessed  Christ  and  asked  to 
join  the  church.  They  were  received 
and  two  of  the  men  were  baptized  at 
once  on  their  own  request.  It  was  the 
greatest  Pentecostal  scene  ever  witnessed 
in  the  Baptist  church." 

Rev.  B.  E.  Allen,  pastor  of  the  Os- 
ceola church  writes :  "We  have  just 
closed  one  of  the  best  evangelistic  meet- 


ings which  this  church  has  ever  had.  Dr. 
M.  P.  Boynton  of  Chicago,  was  with  us 
three  weeks,  going  home  for  over  Sun- 
day each  week.  This  was  his  sixth 
meeting  with  us  and  his  preaching  was 
more  powerful  than  ever  before.  His 
messages  fairly  ring  with  truth  that  grips 
the  heart.  I  have  baptized  nineteen  to 
date  and  six  more  are  waiting  for  bap- 
tism." 

The  clerk  of  the  Warren  church  writes 
as  follows  :  "Our  church  wishes  to  thank 
you  heartily  for  your  part  in  sending  J. 
C.  Dent  to  hold  meetings  for  them.  The 
meetings  were  held  from  January  22  to 
February  16,  inclusively.  Mr.  Dent 
preaches  twice  on  Sunday  and  every 
week  night  except  Saturday  to  large  and 
appreciative  audiences.  Only  words  of 
praise  have  been  heard  for  his  pleasant 
manner  of  preaching  the  Gospel  truths 
and  his  messages  through  song." 

A  layman  of  the  Olney  church  Avrites 
as  follows :  "I  want  to  write  you  to 
tell  of  the  wonderful  revival  which  just 
closed  here  last  night.  Dr.  Lamkin,  who 
will  be  talked  of  here  long  after  he  is 
gone  led  us  in  one  of  the  most  wonderful 
spiritual  feasts  the  city  of  Olney  has  ever 
had.  All  the  denominations,  as  well  as 
the  Baptists,  received  strength  from  his 
sermons.  The  outstanding  accomplish- 
ment of  the  meeting  was  the  winning  of 
so  many  adults  to  the  church." 

Rev.  W.  E.  Mundell.  Ph.D.,  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Belvidere,  writes  some  very 
encouraging  things  concerning  that  field. 
Airs.  Mundell  has  the  largest  Bible  class 
in  the  city  and  they  gave  her  $20  in  gold 
as  a  Christmas  present.  The  ladies  of 
the  church  gave  her  $100  as  a  personal 
present  from  the  church  and  besides  that 
she  received  a  number  of  very  valuable 
])resents  from  individuals.  "I  received 
a  pair  of  very  fine  auto  driving  gloves 


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and  the  board  of  trustees  came  to  me  and 
said  that  if  I  would  stay  they  would  pay 
for  my  car  and  I  would  not  have  to  do 
out  of  town  service.  That  means  $400 
more.  That  is  just  the  financial  side  of 
the  encouragement.  The  Sunday  school, 
congregation,  and  B.  Y.  P.  U.  are  work- 
ing loyally  for  the  advancement  of  the 
Kingdom  of  Christ."  Brother  Mundell 
and  his  wife  and  the  first  church  of  Bel- 
videre  seem  to  be  well  suited  all  around. 

The  First  Baptist  church  of  Bunker 
Hill  of  which  Rev.  T.  C.  Coffey  is  pastor 
is  doing  encouraging  work.  Pastor  Cof- 
fey has  been  there  for  quite  a  number  of 
years.  One  of  the  paper  reports  states, 
"Despite  one  of  the  worst  days  of  the 
year  that  kept  the  country  members  away, 
as  vehicles  could  hardly  travel,  a  large 
crowd  was  present  at  the  Annual  Roll 
Call  and  Banquet.  After  the  entertain- 
ment of  the  evening  the  roll  call  and  re- 
ports of  departments  showed  that  every- 
thing is  in  a  most  flourishing  condition. 
Brother  Coffey  is  one  of  our  pastors  who 
is  advancing  in  years  but  is  doing  very 
successful  work. 

Dr.  R.  S.  Kirkland,  pastor  of  the 
Herald  of  Hope  Church,  Urbana,  writes 
as  follows:  "We  continued  the  meeting 
three  weeks  and  had  forty-nine  additions 
to  the  church,  six  of  them  men  and  their 
wives.  This  little  church  is  getting  along 
nicely.  Paid  all  its  bills  last  year  except 
$500  repairs  on  the  church,  paid  $375 
on  the  Onward  Movement  and  paid  the 
pastor's  salary  last  year  without  any  out- 
side assistance  and  had  money  in  the 
treasury  on  January  1." 

Rev.  J.  E.  Corwin,  pastor  of  the  Flora 
church  writes  as  follows :  "Four  men 
have  been  received  since  I  wrote  to  you. 
Things  are  looking  good  for  us.  The 
Bible  School  has  increased  fully  two 
hundred  per  cent.     We  had  twenty-six 


out  to  prayer  service  last  Thursday  even- 
ing. We  had  a  house  full  last  night  and 
baptized  one,  others  are  waiting." 

Rev.  J.  AI.  Lively,  pastor  of  the  Cen- 
tral Baptist  church,  Mattoon,  writes 
some  encouraging  things.  He  says: 
"The  reports  at  our  annual  meeting  re- 
ceipts showed  that  we  had  $3,159.51  for 
current  expenses,  $836.28  for  missions 
in  1920.  Had  one  hundred  seventy-four 
in  the  Sunday  School  week  ago  Sunday 
and  eighty-four  in  the  Chapel  in  Grant 
Park.  Closed  the  revival  in  the  Whet- 
stone Separate  Baptist  Church  over  by 
Charleston  last  Wednesday.  There  were 
seventeen  conversions  and  a  number  of 
renewals.    This  church  is  six  miles  out." 

The  First  Baptist  Church  of  Decatur, 
of  which  Rev.  T.  Harley  Marsh,  D.D., 
is  pastor,  at  a  meeting  on  Feb.  2d,  un- 
animously voted  after  one  year  of  prayer 
and  discussion,  to  retain  their  present  lo- 
cation for  a  down  town  church.  And  to 
repair  the  present  buildings  at  a  cost  of 
$75,000.  They  can  make  an  auditorium 
including  side  rooms  and  gallery  that  will 
seat  1,000  people.  The  lot  on  which  the 
church  stands  is  supposed  to  be  worth 
$80,000.  The  church  already  has  $50,000 
subscribed  for  remodeling  the  house.  Dr. 
Marsh  has  been  pastor  six  years  and 
they  have  increased  his  salary  each  year. 

The  Riverside  Church  in  Decatur  of 
which  Rev.  Irving  Fox  has  been  pastor 
for  about  three  and  one-half  years,  is  do- 
ing well.  The  Sunday  School  has  in- 
creased to  160.  The  congregation  fill 
the  house  on  Sunday  nights.  Some  are 
ready  for  baptism.  The  pastor's  salary 
has  been  increased  $600  and  they  are  now 
supporting  him  without  any  assistance 
from  the  State  Convention.  During  the 
same  time  they  have  built  and  paid  for 
a  splendid  basement  for  a  fine  church 
building. 


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East  Park  Church,  Decatur.  Rev. 
George  W.  Stoddard  is  still  pastor  of 
that  church.  He  has  now  arranged  to 
give  all  his  time  to  that  field.  The  at- 
tendance is  increasing.  The  attendance 
at  Sunday  School  is  175.  The  Sunday 
night  congregations  are  good.  Brother 
Stoddard  has  been  in  the  field  three 
years. 

The  Second  Baptist  Church  of  John- 
son City  has  recently  paid  off  the  old 
mortgage  that  has  been  on  the  church 
since  its  house  was  built. 

Frankfort  Heights  Church  has  paid  off 
its  $1,400  debt. 

The  Walter  Street  Baptist  Church  in 
Marion  is  making  fine  progress.  Twenty- 
four  united  with  the  church  in  three 
Sundays  without  any  special  meetings. 
There  are  now  about  250  members  in  the 
church  and  they  are  planning  to  enlarge 
their  house. 


DEATHS 

Rev.  A.  A.  Todd,  D.D.,  pastor  of  the 
Baptist  church  of  Jacksonville,  died  at 
7:10  o'clock  Tuesday  morning,  February 
15th,  at  Maplewood  Sanitarium  after  a 
two  weeks'  illness  of  lethargica-enceph- 
alitis.  The  disease  seemed  to  be  some  at- 
tack of  brain  trouble.  He  had  been  in 
poor  health  for  some  time  but  continued 
his  work  until  about  two  weeks  before 
his  death.  Mr.  Todd  was  born  July  6th, 
1870,  in  Missouri.  Early  in  his  life  the 
family  moved  to  St.  Louis  and  as  a 
young  man  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Watertower  Baptist  church  in  St.  Louis. 
He  received  his  education  at  LaGrange 
College,  Missouri,  Shurtleff  College,  Al- 
ton, and  Ewing  College. 

He  married  Miss  Daisy  Rice  of  Alton, 
who  died  February  4th,  1920.  His  pas- 
torates were  Bunker  Hill,  Shelbyville, 
Ewing,    First    church    at    Mt.    Vernon, 


Pontiac,  Lafayette  Park  church,  St. 
Louis  and  Jacksonville.  He  did  good 
work  on  all  these  fields.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Illinois  Baptist  State  Conven- 
tion Board  and  a  member  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the  Board.  He  was 
always  faithful  in  his  denominational 
work,  both  in  his  home  church  and  in 
the  denomination  at  large.  He  will  be 
greatly  missed  in  Jacksonville  and  Ill- 
inois. 

The  funeral  services  were  conducted 
by  the  Ministerial  Conference  of  Jack- 
sonville in  the  forenoon  of  February 
16th,  and  at  two  o'clock  the  burial  serv- 
ices were  conducted  in  the  cemetery  at 
Upper  Alton,  Superintendent  E.  P. 
Brand  being  in  charge  at  the  cemetery. 


Miss  Ruth  E.  Kirkham,  daughter  of 
Rev.  O.  C.  Kirkham,  deceased,  former 
pastor  of  the  Tiskilwa  church,  died  at 
her  home  in  that  town,  January  17th, 
Fifteen  years  ago  she  gave  up  a  splendid 
position  as  private  secretary  in  a  large 
business  firm  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and 
came  to  Tiskilwa,  111.,  to  care  for  her 
father  and  mother,  whose  advanced  years 
needed  her  services.  She  taught  music 
and  art  in  the  public  schools  of  Tiskilwa 
for  several  years.  Freely  and  unselfishly, 
she  gave  her  time  and  talent  to  the  Bap- 
tist church  serving  as  organist,  chorister, 
and  clerk.  She  also  taught  a  class  of 
boys  and  was  always  active  in  promoting 
the  work  of  the  Sunday  School  and  B.  Y. 
P.  U.     Her  mother  still  survives. 


MISSIONARIES  AND  MISSIONARY 
PASTORS 

Evangelist  Frank  M.  Dunk  assisted  the 
pastor  at  LaMoille  for  about  three 
weeks.  The  meeting  was  quite  good 
with  twelve  professions  of  faith.  At 
this  writing  he  is  engaged  in  a  meeting 


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at  Toulon  and  will  continue  there  until 
Sunday,  March  13th. 

District  Superintendent  Geo.  H.  Yule 
is  at  this  time  engaged  in  special  meet- 
ings at  South  Danville.  They  are  having 
a  great  meeting.  On  Monday,  February 
28th,  he  reported  forty-one  professions 
of  faith  and  had  another  week  in  which 
to  continue  the  meetings.  Rev.  C.  C. 
Rork  of  Chrisman  has  supplied  that 
church  for  the  past  six  years.  The 
church  seems  to  be  in  a  good  condition 
at  the  present  time. 

Rev.  L.  H.  Koehler,  our  Sunday 
School  and  B.  Y.  P.  U.  director,  during 
the  past  month  visited  the  Antioch  and 
Tallula  churches  in  the  Central  Illinois 
Association,  the  Pittsfield,  Clayton  and 
Kellerville  churches  in  the  Quincy  Asso- 
ciation, and  Indianola  in  the  Bloomfiekl 
Association. 

District  Superintendent  Joseph  C. 
Dent  during  the  past  month  made  a  very 
successful  every-member  canvass  of  the 
church  in  Sterling  and  is  now  engaged 
in  a  very  successful  meeting  at  Oglesby. 
The  attendance  is  large  and  a  large  num- 
ber of  people  have  already  made  a  pro- 
fession of  faith.  We  do  not  know  at 
this  time  how  many  additions  there  will 
be  to  the  Baptist  church.  Brother  Dent 
has  had  a  very  successful  winter's  work. 

District  Superintendent  D.  O.  Hopkins 
was  very  busy  during  the  month  of  Feb- 
ruary. He  visited  and  held  services  at 
Tallula,  Pittsfield,  and  other  places.  He 
also  closed  out  a  meeting  of  several 
weeks  in  February  at  Bradford. 

District  Superintendent  J.  B.  Little, 
has  been  doing  work  at  a  number  of 
places.  He  did  some  work  at  Hillsboro 
and  at  Otterville  and  Madison.  He  is 
now  assisting  in  a  meeting  at  Flora. 

Missionary  Geo.  H.  Yule  spent  about 
ten  days  on  the  Russell  field  and  made 


an  every-member  canvass  and  raised 
sufficient  funds  to  carry  on  the  work  of 
a  student  supply  for  some  time  to  come. 
The  outlook  of  Russell  at  the  extreme 
northeastern  corner  of  the  state  is  quite 
hopeful  at  this  time. 

District  Superintendent  Little  assisted 
the  pastor  at  Carrollton  in  a  meeting,  re- 
sulting in  fourteen  additions  to  the 
church,  seven  of  them  heads  of  families. 
From  Carrollton  he  went  to  Hopkins 
Park,  near  Chicago,  and  assisted  on  the 
matter  of  rebuilding  the  church. 

Evangelist  T.  O.  McMinn  writes  from 
Tamaroa,  where  he  was  at  that  time 
holding  a  meeting.  He  says  Tamaroa  is 
a  town  of  eleven  hundred  inhabitants 
with  five  Protestant  churches,  namely : 
Southern  Baptist,  Northern  Baptist, 
Christian,  Methodist  and  Presbyterian. 
No  one  of  these  churches  has  full-time 
preaching.  The  Second  or  Northern 
Baptist  church  has  about  one  hundred 
members.  The  meetings  opened  up  quite 
well.  The  evangelist  says,  "The  South- 
ern Baptist  pastor  is  standing  by  me 
loyally." 

The  Charleston  church  of  which  Rev. 
Henry  L.  Dufif  is  pastor,  is  making  en- 
couraging progress.  The  Sunday  School 
now  has  an  attendance  of  129,  B.  Y.  P. 
U.  an  attendance  of  35.  The  congrega- 
tion averages  from  100  to  150. 

The  Bourbon  church  has  as  its  pastor 
Rev.  C.  W.  Kerst.  The  Sunday  School 
has  an  attendance  of  from  60  to  80.  The 
B.  Y.  P.  U.  is  good.  This  church  now 
has  a  pastor  for  full  time. 


PERSONALS 

Rev.  A.  V.  Roland,  assistant  pastor  in 
Peoria,  has  been  sick  and  in  the  hospital 
for  five  or  six  weeks.  He  is  now  im- 
proving slowly  but  will  not  be  able  to  re- 
siune  his  work  before  Easter. 


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$1,000,000  EASTER  THANK  OFFERING 

The  women  of  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Montgomery, 
president  of  the  Women's  American 
Baptist  Foreign  Missionary  Society,  and 
Mrs.  John  Nuveen,  president  of  the 
Women's  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 
are  at  the  head  of  this  great  movement. 
It  is  to  be  a  Thank  Offering  for  the  chil- 
dren of  the  world.  Two  hundred  fifty 
million  of  these  are  in  foreign  lands  look- 
ing to  America  for  assistance.  Very 
many  are  in  our  home  land.  This  is  ex- 
pected to  be  a  Thank  Offering  because 
of  our  gratitude  to  God  for  his  blessings 
on  us  in  our  childhood.  Each  church  in 
the  territory  of  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention  is  requested  to  make  this  of- 
fering at  Easter.  Each  church  that  gives 
to  this  will  be  credited  on  the  $100,- 
000,000  drive,  but  not  on  the  subscrip- 
tions already  made  on  the  $100,000,000. 


SOUTHERN  ILLINOIS 

The  Southern  Illinois  Association  held 
its  semi-annual  meeting  at  Crainville, 
February  10-13.  The  attendance  was 
good  although  the  roads  were  such  that 
automobiles  could  not  be  driven  at  all 
and  yet  the  house  was  well  filled  continu- 
ously and  about  two-thirds  of  those  that 
attended  were  men. 

The  Southern  Illinois  Association  was 
organized  a  few  years  ago  by  the  First 
church  of  Benton,  the  First  church  of 
Mt.  Vernon,  the  First  church  of  Mur- 
physboro  and  the  Ashley  church.  One 
year  later  the  First  church  of  Cairo  came 
in.  This  new  association  passed  a  reso- 
lution that  it  would  receive  any  churches 
of  the  former  Free-will  Baptist  denomi- 
nation that  would  send  up  letters  re- 
questing admission  and  receive  them 
without  re-baptism.  The  Baptists  of 
southern    Illinois   that   have  united   with 


the  Southern  Baptist  Conventio:.  would 
not  receive  the  Free  Baptist  people  with- 
out re-immersing  them  and  thus  make  a 
travesty  of  the  Lord's  ordinance  by  im- 
mersing in  the  name  of  the  Trinity  peo- 
ple who  had  already  been  scripturally 
baptized.  The  Baptists  of  southern  Illi- 
nois who  refused  to  work  with  the  State 
Convention  and  the  Northern  Convention 
believe  that  no  one  is  scripturally  baptized 
unless  immersed  by  an  ordained  Baptist 
preacher  under  the  authority  of  a  Baptist 
church.  They  will  not  receive  a  regen- 
erated person  into  their  churches  who 
has  been  immersed  in  the  name  of  the 
Trinity  if  baptized  by  a  Methodist,  Pres- 
byterian or  by  any  Baptist  preacher  if  not 
of  the  regular  Baptist  type.  By  this  ac- 
tion on  the  part  of  our  new  Association 
in  southern  Illinois  we  have  received 
forty-four  churches  from  the  former 
F'ree-Will  churches  and  the  Association 
now  numbers  5,753  members.  These 
people  are  doing  splendid  work  and  mak- 
ing good  progress. 

Rev.  J.  L.  Meads  of  Benton,  one 
among  the  best  pulpit  orators  in  the 
state,  preached  a  sermon  at  the  semi-an- 
nual meeting  in  which  he  emphasized 
very  strongly  the  doctrine  of  persever- 
ance and  preservation  of  the  saints.  I 
have  not  heard  a  stronger  sermon  along 
that  line  for  ten  years. 

The  writer  spent  Sunday  morning, 
February  13th,  at  Carbondale,  and  Sun- 
day night  at  Murphysboro.  Rev.  J-  W. 
Merrill,  former  clerk  of  the  Association 
in  Chicago,  has  been  pastor  of  the  church 
for  about  two  years.  His  influence  is 
felt  throughout  that  section  of  the  state. 
He  and  his  wife  have  done  a  very  fine 
work  and  the  church  is  prospering. 
There  were  304  in  the  Sunday  School 
Sunday  morning.  The  large  old  parson- 
age has  been  connected  with  the  church 


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and  the  old  building  remodeled  for  Sun- 
day School  and  social  work.  The  church 
is  now  planning  to  build  a  new  parson- 
age. The  Sunday  School  at  Alurph\ 
boro,  February  13th,  numbered  413,  and 
the  house  was  crowded  Sunday  night 
with  many  chairs  having  been  brought 
up  from  the  basement  to  accommodate 
the  people.  Rev.  H.  T.  Abbott  has  been 
pastor  of  that  church  for  several  years 
and  seems  to  be  gaining  in  strength  and 
influence  all  the  time.  They  very  much 
need  a  new  church  building  and  are  talk- 
ing very  seriously  of  enlarging  the  old 
church  or  erecting  a  new  building.  The 
membership  of  that  church  is  now  784. 
A  few  years  ago  the  Free-will  Baptist 
church  united  with  them  and  brought 
their  property  into  that  church. 

This  new  Southern  Illinois  Association 
is  making  fine  progress  in  the  Onward 
Movement  of  the  Baptists  and  is 
working  up  the  more  backward  churches 
on  the  $100,000,000  Movement.  Some 
very  remarkable  revivals  have  takt 
place  in  that  section  this  winter.  Rev. 
James  B.  Little,  our  District  Superin- 
tendent, held  a  meeting  at  Ava.  There 
were  more  than  eighty  additions  to  the 
church.  The  old  Missionary  Baptist 
church  disbanded  and  their  membership 
with  their  property  came  in  with  the  for- 
mer Free-will  Baptists  and  now  they  call 
their  church  the  First  Baptist  Church  of 
Ava.  They  are  now  able  to  support  a 
pastor  on  the  field  for  full  time. 


the  successful   pastor  at   Sidell   for  the 
past  few  years. 


STEWARDSHIP 

From  the  23d  of  January  until  Febru- 
ary 20th  is  the  time  suggested  by  the 
General  Promotion  Board  for  the  study 
of  Stewardship.  This  is  one  important 
phase  of  Christian  life  that  has  been 
sorely  neglected  in  our  day.  The  sug- 
gestion that  a  Christian  should  use  all 
his  powers  entirely  for  the  Glory  of  God 
and  the  advancement  of  the  Kingdom  of 
Jesus  is  not  taken  seriously  by  many 
members  of  the  church.  Many  seem  to 
think  that  a  profession  of  faith  and 
membership  in  a  church  is  some  assur- 
ance for  the  next  life.  Many  do  not 
think  of  the  Christian  life  as  a  great 
chance  for  service.  All  our  physical 
powers  come  from  Him.  All  our  busi- 
ness and  possessions  are  his  gifts  to  us 
and  should  be  used  in  his  service.  Let 
us  study  stewardship  and  see  what  effect 
it  will  have  upon  our  lives.  The  only 
really  happy  life  for  the  Christian  is  to 
recognize  his  true  relationship  to  Christ 
and  live  accordingly. 


WEDDING 

Rev.  Lester  M.  Anderson,  who  is  just 
beginning  his  pastorate  at  Griggsville, 
and  Mary  Emily  Lough,  daughter  of 
Rev.  I.  C.  Lough  of  Sidell,  were  married 
on  Tuesday,  February  22d,  at  the  home 
of  the  bride.    Brother  Anderson  has  been 


"TIME  RED  SEA  PLACE  IN  YOUR  LIFE 

Have  you   come   to   the   Red   Sea  place  in 
your  life, 

Where  in  spite  of  all  you  can  do, 
There  is  no  way  out,  there  is  no  way  back, 

There  is  no  other  way  but — through? 
Then  wait  on  the  Lord  with  a  trust  serene, 

Till  the  night  of  your  fear  is  gone, 
He  will  send   the  wind,   he   will   heap  the 
floods, 

He  says  to  your  soul,  'Go  on.' 

And  his  hand  will  lead  you  through — clear 
through — 

Ere  the  watery  walls  roll  down, 
No  foe  can  reach  you,  no  wave  can  touch. 

No  mightiest  sea  can  drown; 
The  tossing  billows  may  rear  their  crests. 

Their  foam  at  your  feet  may  break, 
But  over  their  bed  you  may  walk,  dry  shod, 

In  a  path  that  your  Lord  will  make. 


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In    the   morning   watch,    'neath    the   lifted 
cloud, 
You  shall  see  but  the  Lord  alone. 
Where  he  leads  you  on  from  the  place  by 
the  sea, 
To  the  land  that  you  have  not  known; 
And  your  fears  shall  pass  as  your  foes  have 
passed. 
You  should  be  no  more  afraid. 
You  shall  sing  his  praise  in  a  better  place, 
A  place  that  his  hand  has  made." 

— Annie  Johnson  Flint. 


"The  Christian  Union,  of  the  University 
of  Chicago,  has  made  a  survey  of  the  re- 
ligious activities  of  the  undergraduates. 
The  survey  was  made  in  the  spring  quarter 
when  there  were  2,800  undergraduates  in 
attendance.  Three-fourths  of  the  students 
furnished  the  information  desired  of  them. 
Based  upon  this  information  it  is  found 
that  eighty-eight  per  cent  of  the  students 
are  members  of  some  religious  body,  sixty- 
seven  per  cent  being  Protestant,  eight  per 
cent,  Roman  Catholic,  twelve  per  cent,  Jews 
and  one  per  cent  miscellaneous.  To  the 
surprise  of  all  it  was  found  that  in  propor- 
tion to  their  number  there  were  more 
women  than  men  without  religious  affilia- 
tions. Ninety-two  per  cent  of  the  students 
are  accustomed  to  go  to  church  at  least  once 
a  month,  while  forty-five  per  cent  declare 
church  attendance  every  Sunday  to  be  their 
habit.  Many  of  the  students  are  engaged 
in  regular  religious  activities  or  in  some 
form  of  social  service  work." 


"Dr.  A.  H.  Harnley  began  on  Jan.  23d  his 
pastorate  of  the  Michigan  Avenue  Church 
of  Saginaw,  Mich.  For  the  last  year  and  a 
half  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Wilmette, 
111.,  church,  whose  pastor  was  formerly  for 
several  years  the  minister  of  the  Michigan 
avenue  church.  Dr.  Harnley  has  held  im- 
portant positions  in  Illinois,  having  been  for 
eight  years  pastor  at  Austin  and  for  some 
time  state   evangelist." 


"Robert  R.  Moton,  of  the  Tuskegee  Nor- 
mal and  Industrial  Institute,  has  made  his 
annual  report  of  lynchings  for  the  year  1920. 
There  were  sixty-one  persons  lynched  with- 
in the  United  States  in  1920.  Bad  as  the 
record  is  the  number  is  twenty-two  less 
than  the  number  for  the  year  1919.  Of  those 
Ij'nched  fifty-three  were  negroes  and  eight 
were  whites.  Fifty-two  of  the  lynchings 
were  in  the  south  and  nine  in  the  north  and 
west.  This  crime  of  lynching  is  a  blot  on 
our  civilization." 


dent-elect  of  the  United  States:  'Religion 
i.-;  the  essential.  The  community  without 
the  church  goes  to  pieces.  I  have  seen  it 
again  and  again  in  New  England.  Our 
Nation  was  founded  by  men  who  came  over 
for  the  sake  of  religion.  They  made  it  what 
it  was.  Our  Nation  cannot  live  without 
morality,  and  morality  cannot  live  without 
religion.'  " 


"The  Number  of  American  troops  now 
overseas  is  estimated  at  42,000,  of  whom 
15,000  are  in  Germany,  7,000  in  Hawaii, 
6,000  in  Panama,  10,000  in  the  Philippines, 
1,800  in  Porto  Rico,  and  1,400  in  China." 


"There  are  seventy  Baptist  churches  in 
Mexico,  with  a  total  membership  of  about 
5,000.  One  hundred  messengers  recently 
attended  the  Mexico  annual  convention. 
They  reported  600  baptisms  during  the  year 
and  $40,000  contributed  for  all  purposes. 
Baptists  have  had  a  long  and  hard  struggle 
in  Mexico.  Evidently  they  are  not  indigen- 
ous to  the  soil." 


"A  CALAMITY  INDEED 

There  could  be  no  worse  calamity  in  a 
democratic  country  like  ours  than  ignorance 
of  the  Bible,  and  it  is  not  only  widely  preva- 
lent, but  increasing,  owing  to  our  present 
educational  methods.  Bible  study  is  sorely 
needed  on  the  part  of  both  parents  and 
children.  A  professor  in  college  asked  a 
large  class  who  Absalom  was,  and  only  four 
out  of  the  whole  number  had  any  idea.  A 
recent  candidate  for  high  office,  venturing 
to  quote  Scripture,  described  the  flaming 
angel  driving  Cain  out  of  the  Garden  of 
Eden.  It  is  well  that  we  are  to  have  a  pe- 
riod of  Bible  study  in  our  churches,  for  here 
is  the  storehouse  of  spiritual  riches  and  the 
source  of  spiritual  enlightenment  and  en- 
ergy." 


"Those  who  question  the  place  of  religion 
in  our  modern  life  will  do  well  to  ponder 
these  words  of  Calvin  Coolidge,  Vice-Presi- 


"A    CENTER    OF    CHRISTIAN    LIGHT 
IN  CUBA 

What  are  your  Dollars  doing?  Prof. 
Vaugha  nof  Newton  visited  Cuba  last  sum- 
mer and  saw  mission  work  on  that  beauti- 
ful and  wealth-producing  island.  He  says: 
"The  Northern  Baptist  work  is  in  the  east- 
ern half  of  Cuba,  and  its  success  is  largely 
due  to  the  college  at  Cristo.  From  that 
school  there  has  gone  a  group  of  preachers 
who,  a  Presbyterian  told,  were  the  ablest 
preachers  in  Cuba.  This  school  is  finely 
equipped  in  some  particulars — its  scientific 
apparatus  would  do  justice  to  many  a  col- 
lege— but  it  is  crowded;  some  rooms  have 
eight  or  ten  cots  in  them.  This  is  another 
reason  why  the  Hundred  Million  Dollars 
should  be  speedily  raised.'  " 


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PASTORAL  CHANGES 
Rev.  W.  L.  Markland  closed  his  work 
with  the  Amboy  church  December  6th, 
and  has  accepted  a  call  to  the  pastorate 
of  the  Assumption  church  in  the  Spring- 
field Association. 


UNIVERSITY  CHURCH 
Rev.  Martin  S.  Bryant,  pastor  of  the 
University  church  at  Champaign,  reports 
for  February :  Average  attendance  at 
preaching  services,  181 ;  Sunday  School, 
114,  and  B.  Y.  P.  U.,  85.  The  offerings 
were  $185.42  for  the  month.  The  pastor 
has  a  special  training  class  of  seventy 
enrolled  to  meet  at  five  o'clock  Sunday 
evenings  for  eight  weeks.  The  three 
meetings  held  averaged  sixty-eight.  This 
church  is  doing  a  wonderful  work  for 
the  Baptist  students  at  the  university. 


teaching  and  religious  living  and  Chris- 
tian beneficence  was  given  and  Mission- 
ary information  was  prominent.  The 
Onward  Movement  was  emphasized  and 
the  blessings  coming  from  the  $1,000,- 
000,000  Campaign  were  spoken  of.  The 
people  seemed  to  enjoy  these  rallies  very 
much. 


District  Superintendent  Dent  writes 
from  Oglesby,  Feb.  28:  "We  had  a 
great  day  here  yesterday  at  Oglesby.  I 
preached  four  times  and  had  thirty  con- 
versions over  ten  years  of  age.  We  ex- 
pect more  this  second  week  of  the  meet- 
ings. The  members  are  being  received 
and  loving  one  another  more  and  pray- 
ing for  one  another." 


The  writer  attended  the  mid-year 
meeting  of  the  Bloomfield  Association 
held  at  Indianola  Feb.  24th  and  25th, 
The  attendance  was  fairly  good.  Al- 
most every  place  of  denominational  work 
in  which  the  Association  is  directly  con- 
nected was  discussed.  The  interest  in 
that  Association  in  all  our  work  at  home 
and  abroad  is  very  good.  The  churches 
are  nearly  all  supplied  with  pastors  and 
the  work  is  moving  hopefully  on  their 
side  of  the  state.  The  new  student  pastor 
at  Tuscola  was  examined  for  ordination 
and  was  unanimously  recommended  for 
ordination.  The  Indianola  church  has  a 
location  and  resources  for  a  great  work. 
Rev.  W.  F.  Thompson  is  the  pastor. 


KINGDOM   RALLIES 

The  Editor  had  the  privilege  of  at- 
tending two  of  these  rallies  at  Lincoln 
and  Pontiac  March  3d  and  4th.  The  at- 
tendance at  both  places  was  good.  Dr. 
Petty  attended  both  meetings.  Pastor 
Martin  S.  Bryant  of  Champaign,  spoke 
at  each  meeting.  A  lady  from  Chicago 
was  present  at  each  meeting.  Mrs.  Gil- 
more,  a  teacher  in  Judson  College  in 
Burmah,  gave  a  fine  address  at  Lincoln 
and  Dr.  A.  E.  Peterson  was  at  Pontiac. 

No  effort  was  made  to  raise  any  money 
but  instructions  with  regard  to  religious 


SHURTLEFF  BOARD  MEETING 

The  Board  of  Shurtleff  College  trus- 
tees met  in  Springfield  at  the  St.  Nicholas 
Hotel,  March  8th.  About  three  and  one- 
half  hours  were  spent  in  business.  The 
President's  report  was  very  encouraging. 
About  $13,000  have  been  expended  this 
}ear  in  repairs  and  equipment.  The  in- 
stitution now  keeps  a  team  of  horses  and 
equipment  for  taking  care  of  the  grounds. 
They  haul  their  own  coal  and  cultivate 
several  acres  of  ground.  The  college 
now  owns  about  twenty-five  acres  of 
ground  and  beside  the  college  buildings, 
eleven  dwelling  houses,  six  of  these 
houses  are  large.  The  campus  never 
looked  so  beautiful  at  this  season  of  the 
vear  as  now. 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


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The  Baptist  Old  People's  Home 

May-wood,  Illinois 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Runyan,  Sec'y. 
5742  Maryland   Ave.,   Ohicago 


Since  January  25th,  four  residents  of 
the  Home  have  passed  "through  the  val- 
ley and  shadow  of  death."  But  Jesus 
passed  through  the  tomb  before  them, 
and  we  know  all  is  well  with  them. 
These  four  were:  Mrs.  Anthony  of 
Morgan  Park,  aged  81  years,  Jan.  26, 
1921 ;  Mrs.  E.  Head,  of  Austin,  aged  77 
years,  Feb.  4,  1921 ;  Mrs.  H.  Grandin  of 
Chicago,  Feb.  12,  1921;  Mrs.  Cora 
Griggs,  widow  of  Rev.  David  Griggs, 
Feb.  4,  1921.  How  glad  we  are  to  have 
been  a  little  comfort  and  help  to  them  in 
these  last  years  of  life. 

If  we  had  a  whole  issue  of  The  Bulle- 
tin at  our  disposal  we  would  be  glad,  to 
u  in  to  our  matron's  record  and  give  you 
the  names  and  addresses  of  the  sixty-six 
churches  that  have  sent  us  during  the 
season  Oct.  1920  to  Feb.  1921,  the  1589 
quarts  of  canned  fruit  and  204  glasses 
of  jelly.  Fine!  We  of  the  Home  and 
Board  thank  you  so  much  and  hope  you 
all  had  a  note  of  thanks.  I  am  sure  we 
tried  to  reach  you — though  some  barrels 
contained  no  address  to  which  we  might 
write.  One  letter  addressed  to  the  Home 
said,  "We  are  sending  you  one  barrel  of 
fruit  addressed  to  the  Orphans  Home." 

God  bless  you  for  your  good  intentions, 
we  hope  the  Orphans  received  it. 

The    Special    Days    continue    to  be    a 

great     blessing     and     help.     Has  your 

church   or   school   provided    for   a  day? 
Join  the  ranks ;  you  are  needed. 

Mrs.  a.  W.  Runyan, 

Field  Secretary. 

5742  Maryland  Ave.,  Chicago. 


HH>&LSON  BAfTIST  ORPHANAGe 

Kev.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Supt. 
Mrs.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Matron 


Fortune   has   smiled   upon  our   Home 
this  winter  in  a  remarkable  way.       The 
splendid  response  of  the  friends  to  our 
needs  at   Christmas  time   has  continued 
though    of    course    in    smaller    measure. 
Our    store-rooms    look  good   at   present 
and  the  surplus  stock  is  being  killed  and 
cured  for  summer  use.     We  believe  that 
the  principal  mission  of  the  orphanage 
farm  is  to   feed   the  children,  therefore 
nothing  is  being  sold  that  can  be  eaten. 
We    are    feeding    exactly    one    hundred 
people,    ranging   in   age   from   two  year 
old  Lawrence  to  the  Superintendent  of 
uncertain  age.     Fifteen  hogs  were  killed 
and  salted  a  few  weeks  ago  and  by  the 
time  this  is  read  three  more,  and  a  cow 
that  has   proved  unprofitable,  will  have 
gone  into  the  barrel.     At  present  prices 
of  beef  and  pork  it  would  be  foolish  to 
sell.     Besides,   we  value  too  highly  the 
spirit  of  satisfaction  among  our  children 
and  the  compliment  universally  bestowed 
upon  them,  that  "they  look  so  well-fed." 
The  large  increase  in  the  number  of 
children  in  the  Home  has  brought  to  an 
acute  stage  the  problem  of  play-rooms. 
An  addition  to  the  main  building  to  pro- 
vide for  three  such  rooms  for  different 
ages  and  sexes  seems  imperative.     Seven 
churches  visited  in  the  last   four  weeks 
have  pledged  more  than  $1,000  for  this 
inn-pose,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  when 
the   trustees   have    formally   worked   out 
the  plan  the  friends  of  the  children  will 
rally    to    this     additional     improvement 
proposition.     We  have  come  to  a  spirit 
of  confidence  that  anything  that  is  im- 
peratively needed  for  the  care  of  home- 
less children,  can  be  secured. 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


Woman  s 
Baptist  Missionary  Society  of  Illinois 


MRS.  W.  P.  TOPPING,  Pres. 


Mi-s.  Martha  V.  Higman,  Editor 
Morgan  Park 


Elgin 


Mrs.  H.  W.  Tate,  Treasurer 
2331  Hartzell  Ave.,  Evanston 


The  Foreign  Secretary  for  Blooming- 
ton  Association,  Mrs.  L.  K.  Evans,  haJ 
resigned  because  of  ill  health.  Her  suc- 
cessor is  Mrs.  R.  O.  Ahlenius,  609  East 
Washington  street,  Bloomington,  111. 

The  Children's  World  Crusade  is  rap- 
idly increasing  in  the  number  of  organi- 
zations. It  is  the  finest  organization  for 
children  we  have  ever  had.  Word  comes 
from  Villa  Grove  of  a  new  organization 
with  twenty-five  enrolled  and  with  an 
avowed  purpose  to  have  fifty  members. 

The  Aurora  Association  has  a  new 
W.  W.  G.  Secretary-Director  in  Mrs. 
Egbert  Carr,  176  Evans  Ave.,  Aurora. 

The  new  W.  W.  G.  Secretary-Direc- 
tor of  the  Wabash  Valley  Association, 
writes :  "We  took  ten  subscriptions  for 
'Missions'  at  our  first  meeting,  are  ex- 
pecting more  as  membership  increases." 
Good  for  Miss  Florence  Perrine! 

Furnishings,  including  silver,  sheets, 
pillow  cases,  blankets,  etc.,  for  the  In- 
dustrial Home  at  San  Juan,  Port  Rico, 
were  provided  this  last  month  by  the  cir- 
cles of  Chicago  Association,  through  the 
efiforts  of  the  Associational  White  Cross 
leader,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Ross. 

Again  one  of  our  much  beloved  asso- 
ciational officers  has  passed  on,  Mrs.  R. 
H.  Flannigan,  Home  Director  for  Alton, 
Association,  was  a  woman  of  strong 
character  and  tenacious  in  standing  for 
what  she  believed  to  be  right.  Her 
friendship  was  much  prized  by  those 
who  knew  her,  and  especially  by  the 
writer,  who  has  known  her  many  years. 


Our  sympathy  goes  out  to  her  husband, 
Judge  Flannigan,  who  is  left  alone. 

Mrs.  C.  W.  Gilkey,  college  counsellor 
for  Chicago  University,  and  Mrs.  Mead, 
president  of  Southern  Illinois  Associa- 
tion, have  each  lost  the  mother  from  her 
earthly  home.  We  can  remember  them 
in  their  sorrow  and  ask  that  their  grief 
may  be  lightened. 

Has  your  circle  received  and  is  it  using 
the  annual  report?     Read  what  the  Na- 
tional President  writes  about  it: 
My  dear  Mrs.  Topping: 

I  have  received  a  copy  of  the  19th  An- 
nual Report  of  the  Woman's  Baptist 
Mission  Society  of  Illinois  and  am  de- 
lighted with  it.  It  shows  much  thorough 
preparation.  I  want  to  congratulate  you 
also  on  the  results  of  the  Reading  Con- 
test. I  think  it  has  been  wonderfully 
promoted. 

Thank  you  for  sending  me  the  report. 
Very  cordially, 

Helen  B.  Montgomery. 

Is  your  church  "carrying  on"  in  the 
Reading  Contest  and  Mission  Study 
classes?  The  State  Chairman,  Mrs.  W. 
W.  Reed  sends  the  following:  "First 
we  hear  that  one  of  the  circles  in  the 
Chicago  Association  has  voted  to  take 
the  Reading  Banner  away  from  the  Bel- 
videre  South  Baptist  church  this  year. 
That's  fine!  Then,  Bloomfield  Associa- 
tion in  another  part  of  the  state,  an- 
nounces that  it  is  after  the  loving  cup. 

The  Belvidere  South  church  welcomes 
all  contestants.  Don't  the  rest  of  you 
want  to  work  just  a  little  harder? 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


179 


Department  of  Religious  Education 

Chairman  Rev.  Herbert  Hines,  El  Paso,     Director  Rev.  Louis  H.  Koehler,  Normal 


Summer  Assembly  Faculty 

The  state  department  of  religious  edu- 
cation takes  great  pleasure  in  announc- 
ing the  following  persons  as  among  those 
who  have  accepted  a  place  on  the  faculty 
of  the  coming  assembly. 

Dr.  Carl  D.  Case,  pastor  of  the  Oak 
Park  church,  Chicago,  will  be  the  instruc- 
tor in  Bible.  This  is  most  fortunate  for 
the  Baptists  of  Illinois.  Dr.  Case  has 
been  requested  to  present  the  life  of 
Christ  as  based  upon  the  gospel  of  Mark. 
All  the  students  are  expected  to  take  this 
course.  Those  who  know  and  have 
heard  Dr.  Case  realize  something  of  the 
spiritual  treat  that  is  in  store  for  them. 

Rev.  Herbert  W.  Hines  of  El  Paso, 
chairman  of  our  state  department  of 
Religious  Education,  will  present  a 
course  entitled  "'A  Program  of  Mission- 
ary Education  for  the  Local  Church." 
Never  in  the  history  of  our  denomination 
have  missions  and  missionary  effort  been 
to  the  front  as  now  and  it  is  high  time 
that  we  had  just  such  a  course  presented. 
Needless  to  say  Mr.  Hines  will  treat  his 
subject  in  a  most  fundamental  and  thor- 
ough-going" manner. 

Rev.  Albert  H.  Gage,  director  of  Re- 
ligious Education  for  the  Baptist  Execu- 
tive Council  of  Chicago,  will  give  a 
course  on  educational  evangelism.  The 
subject  of  evangelism  is  very  important 
for  Baptists  and  since  Mr.  Gage  has  been 
so  highly  successful  in  helping  others  to 
win  children  and  youth  to  Christ  he  will 
be  truly  inspiring  as  he  brings  forth  facts 
from  his  rich  experience. 


Mrs.  H.  E.  Truex,  wife  of  the  popular 
pastor  of  the  First  church,  Mt.  Vernon, 
will  present  one  of  the  mission  study 
texts  for  the  coming  season.  Mrs.  Truex 
is  most  deeply  interested  in  mission  study 
and  those  who  elect  her  course  will  be  the 
better  prepared  to  teach  the  text  in  their 
own  local  field  when  they  return  home. 

Mr.  Claude  E.  Tilton  of  Fairmount,  is 
a  graduate  of  the  International  Sunday 
School  Association  Training  School, 
Lake  Geneva.  It  is  most  fortunate  for 
our  Sunday  school  leaders  that  Mr.  Til- 
ton  has  consented  to  present  the  course 
on  Sunday  School  Administration.  Min- 
isters and  all  school  officers  will  find  Mr. 
Tilton  both  practical  and  inspiring  in  his 
teaching  work. 

Rev.  Martin  S.  Bryant,  our  Baptist 
University  pastor  at  the  University  of 
Illinois  at  Champaign,  will  present  one 
of  the  needful  courses  of  the  day,  en- 
titled, "What  Shall  We  Believe?"  Mr. 
Bryant's  faith  is  so  well  founded  and  his 
convictions  are  the  result  of  such  mature 
and  reasoned  judgment  that  this  course 
ought  to  be  well  attended. 

Other  faculty  members  will  be  intro- 
duced next  month. 

Concerning  Reports 

The  Sunday  School  report  blanks  and 
the  B.  Y.  P.  U.  report  blanks  will  be 
sent  out  from  this  office  during  March. 
Let  officers  be  prepared  to  make  an  early 
return  of  same.  The  Bloomington  Asso- 
ciational  B.  Y.  P.  U.  is  offering  a  $15.00 
scholarship  in  the  summer  assembly  to 
all  standard  societies  in  the  Association. 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


"NICARAGUA  AND   HONDURAS 

Nicaragua  is  our  hardest  field,  but  per- 
haps it  would  not  be  so  if  we  cultivated  it 
more.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  are  the  only 
representatives  of  the  General  Society.  The 
Woman's  Board  has  founded  a  school  in  the 
capital  under  the  direction  of  Miss  De 
Moulin,  and  in  addition  has  two  mission- 
aries, one  of  whom  is  Miss  E.  M.  Black- 
more,  a  veteran  in  experience. 

There  are  five  organized  churches  with  a 
total  membership  of  125,  and  five  Spanish- 
speaking  pastors.  In  addition  there  are  14 
out-stations.  The  contributions  for  the  year 
amounted  to  $447. 

Our  work  in  Honduras  began  only  last 
July,  when  our  first  missionaries,  Mr.  and 
Airs.  Lance  A.  Mantle,  sailed  from  New  Or- 
leans. They  are  now  located  in  the  capital, 
Tegucigalpa,  hard  at  work  on  the  language. 
They  report  many  open  doors  and  a  great 
field  for  educational  and  medical  work,  as 
well  as  for  the  straight  preaching  of  the 
Gospel.  With  a  percentage  of  illiteracy 
reaching  up  to  90,  and  with  not  a  single 
trained  nurse  in  the  republic,  Honduras  calls 
to  us  for  Christian  deeds  of  mercy  and 
helpfulness,  as  well  as  for  the  Christian 
message  of  life." 


PLACES  BAN  ON  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

"The  papal  decree  placing  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
under  the  ban  on  the  charge  that  it  is  prose- 
lyting, is  a  creator  of  inditferentism,  and  a 
corrupter  of  Catholic  youth,  indicates  that 
the  welfare  work  of  the  association  abroad 
has  been  done  only  too  well.  Indeed,  it 
was  so  well  done  and  so  manifestly  for  the 
good  of  the  people,  that  many  governments, 
including  the  Italian,  made  special  request 
that  the  work  be  continued  under  American 
direction.  This  was  true  of  France,  Poland, 
Czecho-Slovakia,  and  other  nations.  Evi- 
dently the  Catholics  have  become  alarmed 
and  try  this  plan  of  checking  the  good 
work.  Of  course  the  charge  that  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  is  a  corrupter  of  youth  is  amusing;  and 
the  history  and  practice  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
prove  the  groundlessness  of  the  other 
charges.  It  would  seem  that  according  to 
this  Catholic  point  of  view,  for  the  associa- 
tion to  hold  religious  meetings  in  its  own 
huts  is  to  proselytize;  but  for  the  Catholics 
to  celebrate  mass  in  the  K.  of  C.  buildings, 
and  often  in  the  Y  huts  as  it  did  in  the  war 
period,  is  all  right.  The  decree  will  not 
hurt  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  but  will  react  upon 
an  ecclesiastical  hierarchy  which  thus 
openly  proclaims  its  intolerance  and  autoc- 
racy— an  anachronism  in  a  democratic  age." 


GOD  CARES— DO  WE? 

Forget  not  that  your  first  and  principal 
business  as  a  disciple  of  Christ  is  to  give 
the  Gospel  to  those  who  have  it  not.  He 
who  is  not  a  missionary  Christian  will  be 
a  missing  Christian  when  the  great  day 
comes  of  bestowing  the  rewards  of  serv- 
ice. 

Therefore,  ask  yourselves  daily  what 
the  Lord  would  have  you  do  in  connec- 
tion with  the  work  of  carrying  the  news 
of  salvation  to  the  perishing  millions. 
Search  carefully  whether  He  would  have 
you  go  yourself  to  the  heathen,  if  you 
have  the  youth  and  fitness  required  for 
the  work. 

Or,  if  you  cannot  go  in  person,  inquire 
diligently  what  blood  mortgage  there  is 
upon  your  property  in  the  interest  of 
Foreign  Missions,  how  much  you  owe  to 
the  heathen  because  of  what  you  owe  to 
Christ  for  redeeming  you  with  His 
precious  blood. 

1  warn  you  that  it  will  go  hard  with 
you  when  the  Lord  comes  to  reckon  with 
you,  if  He  finds  your  wealth  hoarded  up 
in  needless  accumulations  instead  of  be- 
ing sacredly  devoted  to  giving  the  Gospel 
to  the  lost. — A.  J.  Gorden. 


ABRAHAM   LINCOLN'S  TRIBUTE  TO 
WASHINGTON 

Washington  is  the  mightiest  name  of 
earth — long  since  mightiest  in  the  cause 
of  civil  liberty,  still  mightiest  in  the  cause 
of  moral  reformation.  On  that  name  no 
eulogy  is  expected.  It  can  not  be.  To 
add  brightness  to  the  sun  or  glory  to  the 
name  of  Washington  is  alike  impossible. 
Let  none  attempt  it.  In  solemn  awe  pro- 
nounce the  name,  and  in  its  naked  death- 
less splendor  leave  it  shining  on. — In  an 
address  before  the  W ashingtonian  So- 
ciety on  February  22,  1842. 


ILLINOIS   BAPTIST 
BULLETIN 


VOL.  XII. 


NORMAL,  ILLINOIS,  APRIL  1921 


NO.  12 


A  False  Theory  and  Some  of  Its 

Consequences 


(The  following  article  was  written  by 
Rev.  ]\Ianly  J.  Braker,  D.D.,  deceased. 
Dr.  Braker  was  a  southern  man,  a  very 
able  preacher  and  writer,  and  for  many 
years  General  Secretary  of  Missions  in 
the  State  of  ^Missouri  with  headquarters 
in  St.  Louis.  Many  of  the  things  in  this 
article  will  apply  to  southern  Illinois  as 
they  applied  in  Missouri  at  the  time  he 
wrote  them.  These  difficulties  in  Miss- 
ouri today  are  worse  than  they  were  at 
the  time  Dr.  Braker  wrote.) 

"Somewhat  more  than  half  a  century 
ago  there  were  three  quite  conspicuous 
Baptists  in  the  middle  southwest,  J.  R. 
Graves,  J.  M.  Pendleton  and  A.  C.  Day- 
ton. At  least  two  of  these  had  been 
reared  under  other  than  Baptist  influ- 
ences. They  were  men  of  vigor,  intel- 
lect, and  all  of  them  devoted  to  logical 
forms.  They  wrought  together,  and 
they  left  a  powerful  influence  on  the 
denomination  in  the  southwest.  They 
are  the  authors  of  the  doctrine  of  "Old 
Landmarkism."  This  is  a  theory  of 
churchly  authority,  and  may  be  briefly 
stated  thus  :  'All  authority  to  spread  the 
Gospel  and  administer  the  ordinances 
was  left  by  the  Lord  Jesus  in  the  (local) 
church.'  Some  of  the  consequences  of 
this  doctrine  seem  not  to  have  been  fore- 
seen by  its  authors,  and  no  one  of  them 


was  entirely  consistent  in  practicing  it ; 
but  they  all  proclaimed  it  with  a  great 
deal  of  force,  and  it  has  had  far-reaching 
effects  upon  the  Baptist  denomination. 

"The  theory  was  then  new  to  Baptists. 
It  had  been  held  in  substance  for  a  long 
time  by  Roman  Catholics,  some  Episco- 
palians and  Lutherans,  and  perhaps,  here 
and  there,  a  Baptist  may  have  accepted 
it;  but  it  has  found  place  in  no  Baptist 
confession  of  faith,  and  until  its  procla- 
mation by  these  men,  was  little  known 
in  the  denomination,  though  they  called 
it  an  'old'  doctrine,  and  said  they  were 
resetting  'an  old  landmark.'  Hence  the 
name. 

"At  least  two  considerations  have 
helped  widely  to  spread  the  doctrine. 
One  is  the  desire,  in  a  great  many  minds, 
for  some  mechanical  form  of  authority. 
It  is  this  which  helps  Romanism  to 
spread  in  the  world.  It  is  so  easy  to 
refer  all  questions  to  some  authority,  and 
accept  its  decision.  Of  course,  among 
Baptists  there  could  be  no  such  author- 
ity, except  the  authority  of  the  local 
church,  and,  therefore,  if  there  is  to  be 
any  such  authority,  it  must  be  there. 
This  desire,  more  or  less  unconscious, 
for  an  easily-accessible  court  of  final 
jurisdiction,     is    very    widespread    and 


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hence  this  doctrine  has  found  easy  ac- 
ceptance in  many  quarters. 

"Likewise,  there  were  polemical  rea- 
sons for  its  spread.  It  was  a  time  of  a 
great  war  with  Methodists  and  Camp- 
bellites.  There  were  constant  debates  as 
to  the  merits  of  doctrinal  positions  and 
ecclesiastical  acts.  The  controversy  was 
long  drawn  out,  and,  in  the  popular  mind, 
victory  was  not  always  on  the  Baptist 
side.  It  immensely  simplified  matters, 
if  the  Baptist  advocates  could  say,  "We, 
and  we  only,  have .  the  divine  right  to 
preach  the  Gospel  and  administer  the 
ordinances.  This  is  a  matter  of  church 
authority.  Ours  are  the  only  churches, 
and  therefore  ours  is  the  only  author- 
ity. The  rest  of  you,  one  and  all,  are 
usurpers  in  the  kingdom  of  God,  rebels 
against  the  authority  of  Christ,  whom  it 
is  a  sin  to  encourage.'  That,  of  course, 
is  but  a  repetition  of  the  old  Roman 
Catholic  argument;  but,  as  the  contro- 
versy was  not  especially  with  Catholics, 
but  with  Protestants,  many  of  the  Bap- 
tists did  not  perceive  this,  and  the  doct- 
rine, being  so  easy  of  application,  and 
yieding  so  facile  results,  was  readily  ac- 
cepted. And  having  been  accepted  of 
course  it  was  easy  to  find  it  in  the  Scrip- 
tures, as  is  always  the  case. 

"Now  what  are  some  of  the  conse- 
quences of  this  doctrine?  I  have  said 
that  the  authors  of  it  were  not  always 
willing  themselves  to  accept  all  these  con- 
sequences ;  but  they  did  accept  some. 
First,  they  believed  that  it  was  a  sin  to 
encourage  any  one  to  preach  the  Gospel 
who  had  not  been  ordained  by  a  Baptist 
church  and  therefore  it  was  not  only  a 
sin  to  ask  a  pious  Pedobaptist  to  preach 
in  a  Baptist  church,  but  it  was  a  sin  to 
encourage  anyone  to  hear  such  a  man 
preach.  The  further  declaration  that  it 
would  be  a  sin  for  God  to  bless  the  labors 


of  such  a  man  the  authors  of  the  doctrine 
were  not  ready  to  make,  though  they  lim- 
ited their  estimation  of  such  blessing. 
Also,  one  of  these  men.  Dr.  Graves, 
taught  that  it  was  a  sin  for  a  member  of 
one  Baptist  church  to  partake  of  the 
Lord's  supper  in  another  Baptist  church. 
"And  in  more  recent  years,  far  more 
widespread  consequences  of  this  theory 
have  occurred,  and  they  are  logical  con- 
sequences. None  of  our  organizations 
for  the  spread  of  the  Gospel  through 
missionary  operations,  through  publica- 
tions, through  educational  institutions, 
through  Bible  societies,  through  Sunday 
Schools,  through  Young  People's  so- 
cieties, through  Women's  societies,  were 
founded  on  this  theory,  and  therefore, 
the  consistent  application  of  the  theory 
sweeps  them  all  away.  Great  numbers 
of  those  who  hold  the  theory  draw  back 
from  these  consequences,  but  they  are 
logical  and  unavoidable,  and  those  breth- 
I  en  can  draw  back  only  by  throwing  their 
consistency  to  the  winds. 

"However,  in  the  last  decade  or  so, 
some  bold  spirits  have  arisen,  who,  car- 
ing but  httle  for  missionary  activity  and 
caring  everything  for  doctrinal  consist- 
ency, have  avowed  their  desire  to- wreck 
all  denominational  organizations  and 
start  over  again  on  the  basis  of  Old 
Landmarkism.  Already  the  movement 
has  taken  concrete  form  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  state  and  general  bodies,  in  an- 
tagonism to  the  present  organizations, 
and  non-fellowsihip  has  been  declared 
for  those  who  hold  to  the  old  views.  So 
bitter  has  the  feeling  become  on  the  part 
of  some  of  these  advocates  of  the  new 
and  false  theory,  that  they  are  not  will- 
ing to  recognize  the  Christian  character 
of  other  sorts  of  Baptists. 

(Continued  on  Page  184.) 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BOLLETIN 

Published  monthly  in  the  interest  of  the 
Illinois  Baptist  State  Convention. 

Subscription  price,  25c  a  year;  clubs  of  20 
or  more,  20c. 

E.  P.  BRAND,  Editor 
Superintendent  of  Missions, 

201  North  School  Street,  Normal,  Illinois. 

"Entered  as  second  class  matter,  June  12, 

1909,  at  the  Postoffice  at  Normal, 

Illinois,  under  the  Act  of 

March   3,   1879." 

THE  semi-annual  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  the  State  Convention  will 
be  held  in  El  Paso,  Thursday,  April  14th, 
at  three  o'clock  p.  m.  It  was  announced 
in  the  February  Bulletin  at  two  o'clock 
but  on  account  of  railroad  service  the 
session  will  not  open  until  three  o'clock. 
The  ladies  of  the  El  Paso  church  will 
serve  supper  at  six  o'clock,  and  the 
Board  need  lose  but  one  hour  between 
the  afternoon  and  evening  sessions. 
Some  of  the  Departments  will  have  a 
meeting  in  El  Paso  at  the  same  time. 
*  *  * 

ALL  of  our  churches  should  have 
some  sort  of  special  anniversary 
the  last  week  in  May.  The  churches 
should  be  informed  with  regard  to  the 
work  throughout  the  world  following 
the  Great  Campaign  of  one  year  ago. 
Every  church  should  inquire  carefully 
with  regard  to  the  paying  up  of  the 
pledges  made  one  year  ago.  New  mem- 
bers should  be  given  an  opportunity  to 
subscribe  on  the  New  World  Movement. 

'T'        '1'        ^ 

THE  past  three  or  four  months  have 
been  a  season  of  great  success  on 
the  part  of  our  State  Convention  mis- 
sionaries and  evangelists.  Almost  every- 
where that  these  men  have  held  meetings 
there    have   been   gracious    revivals,    in 


some  of  them  very  large  numbers  of  ac- 
cessions to  the  churches. 


*  *  * 


PEOPLE  must  now  begin  looking  for- 
ward to  the  Annual  meeting  of  our 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  in  Des 
Moines,  Iowa,  June  22-29.  Illinois 
should  have  the  largest  number  of  dele- 
gates of  any  state  in  the  territory  of  the 
Northern  Convention. 

*  *  * 

THE  financial  question  of  our 
churches  and  of  our  Missionary  So- 
cieties is  a  serious  one.  In  these  times 
of  financial  and  business  readjustment, 
the  people  should  be  careful  about  al- 
lowing their  religious  obligations  to  lag 
behind.  If  we  have  to  cut  down  along 
some  other  lines,  let  us  not  fail  to  keep 
our  obligations  to  the  Lord's  work.  So 
far  the  churches  have  been  doing  splen- 
didly along  this  line. 

*  *  * 

EASTER  Sunday  this  year  was  quite 
disagreeable  all  over  the  state  and 
in  many  parts  of  the  state  very  rainy. 
Yet  we  have  never  had  an  Easter  with 
apparently  larger  results  among  the  Bap- 
tist churches  of  Illinois.  It  would  be 
interesting  to  know  how  many  people 
were  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism  in 
Illinois  this  year.  There  were  many 
hundreds,  perhaps  more  than  one  thou- 
sand. 


A  senior  Deacon  writes  from  Decatur 
the  following:  "I  want  to  thank  you 
for  the  editorials  in  the  February  and 
also  in  the  March  numbers  of  the  Bulle- 
tin. I  never  read  anything  better  from 
your  pen  nor  from  any  other  pen  for 
that  matter,  and  I  hope  you  will  long  live 
to  write  such  doctrines." 


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A  FALSE  THEORY  AND  SOME  OF 
ITS  CONSEQUENCES 
(Continued  from  Page  182.) 
"Strangely  enough,  their  own  applica- 
tion of  the  theory  in  their  organizations 
is  somewhat  illogical,  for  they  have 
found  it  impracticable  to  refer  every- 
thinjr  to  the  action  of  a  local  church. 
Yet  they  are  as  determinedly  destructive 
of  the  other  organizations  as  if  they  had 
succeeded  in  their  own.  No  small  part 
of  the  blight  which  rests  on  the  Baptist 
cause  throughout  Missouri  and  some 
other  parts  of  the  southwest,  and  no 
small  part  of  the  humiliation  which 
comes  from  the  inefficiency  of  the  vast 
body  of  our  churches  in  this  portion  of 
the  land,  is  due  to  this  false  theory, 
which  is  advocated  not  only  by  preach- 
ers, but  also  by  newspapers.  Fortu- 
nately, here  in  Missouri,  we  have  some- 
what escaped  the  bitterness  of  the  an- 
tagonisms aroused,  because  compara- 
tively few  of  those  who  follow  the  theory 
are  willing  to  follow  it  to  all  its  logical 
results,  but  the  strifes  and  confusions  in 
Texas  and  Arkansas  and  Tennessee  il- 
lustrate only  too  fully  to  what  this  doct- 
rine tends.  All  of  which  illustrates  the 
wisdom  of  the  old  maxim :  Obsta  in- 
ceptis.  Or,  as  the  Lord's  brother  puts 
it:  'Behold,  how  great  a  matter  a  little 
fire  kindleth.'  " — St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Journal 
and  Messenger. 


MISSIONARIES  AND  MISSIONARY 
PASTORS 
District  Superintendent  Geo.  H.  Yule 
held  a  meeting  in  February  with  the 
Lexington  church.  His  wife  was  with 
him  and  the  people  were  much  pleased 
with  their  work.  He  is  at  this  writing 
assisting  Rev.  Chas.  R.  Drussell  in  a 
meeting  at  the  Elliott  Avenue  Church  in 
Springfield.     He  writes  that  on  March 


20th,  thirty  decided  for  Christ  and  248 
were  present  in  the  Bible  School  and  the 
house  was  crowded  at  all  services. 

Rev.  L.  H.  Koehler  keeps  exceedingly 
busy  in  Sunday  School  and  B.  Y.  P.  U. 
work.  Last  week  he  was  at  Bushnell, 
El  Paso,  Bloomington  and  Areola,  and 
at  this  writing  he  is  in  the  Chicago  Asso- 
ciation and  will  speak  this  week  at  Oak 
Park,  LaGrange,  Batavia  and  also  at 
Minonk  in  the  Bloomington  Association. 

Evangelist  T.  O.  McMinn  is  at  this 
■time  spending  some  days  with  the  Percy 
church.  Percy  is  a  good  field  with  a 
good  membership  and  they  need  a  pas- 
tor for  full  time.  They  have  had  some 
discouragements  for  the  past  few  months 
Dut  everything  is  hopeful  for  an  aggres- 
>ive  work  as  soon  as  they  can  locate  a 
man  on  that  field. 

Evangelist  Frank  M.  Dunk  writes  the 
following  from  Tiskilwa :  "I  arrived 
from  Chicago  in  time  for  the  service 
on  Saturday  night.  We  had  a  good  day 
\esterday,  with  three  splendid  services. 
Had  a  big  storm  last  night,  but  the 
church  was  nearly  full.  We  have  had 
fifteen  come  forward  to  date.  A  deep 
spirit  of  earnestness  prevails  and  we  are 
looking  for  further  victories  this  week" 

We  quote  the  following  from  a  letter 
written  by  District  Superintendent  J.  C. 
Dent.  He  is  holding  a  meeting  in  the 
First  Baptist  Church  in  Rockford.  He 
says:  "We  are  having  just  as  good 
meetings  here  as  we  had  at  Oglesby. 
Yesterday  was  a  great  day,  great  con- 
gregations and  great  results.  I  preached 
to  the  entire  Sunday  School  except  the 
Primary  Department,  and  we  had  forty- 
five  decisions  for  Christ;  several  were 
young  men  and  women.  A  hundred  or 
more  members  came  forward  for  con- 
secration. I  preached  at  the  Young 
People's   meeting   to   the   converts   and 


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others  and  again  at  the  evening  service. 
We  had  more  conversions  in  the  evening. 
Besides  the  conversions  during  the  day 
we  had  six  come  forward  to  unite  by  let- 
ter, and  two  by  experience  and  several 
who  want  to  be  baptized.  The  pastor 
and  members  felt  happy,  so  did  I>" 

District  Superintendent  J.  B.  Little 
Just  lately  closed  a  meeting  with  the 
Flora  church  of  which  Rev.  J.  E.  Corwin 
is  the  pastor.  At  the  last  report  about 
thirty  had  united  with  the  church.  Eight 
or  ten  of  them  heads  of  families. 

The  Erie  church  seem  to  be  making 
good  progress  in  their  new  church  build- 
ing which  is  being  pushed  to  completion. 
They  are  planning  to  dedicate  this  build- 
ing April  24th.  An  account  of  this  will 
be  written  for  the  Alay  Bulletin. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Pierce,  pastor  of  the  Toulon 
church  writes  the  following  concerning 
a  meeting  held  by  Evangelist  Frank  M. 
Dunk :  "We  have  just  closed  a  very 
successful  meeting  here  in  the  Toulon 
Baptist  Church  with  forty-eight  acces- 
sions. Forty-two  of  these  are  by  bap- 
tism. Brother  Dunk  was  here  for  two 
weeks  and  a  half  and  won  his  way  into 
the  hearts  of  the  people  in  a  very  brief 
time  and  his  services  have  been  alto- 
gether acceptable  to  every  one.  Many 
here  in  our  church  and  in  other  churches 
here  were  very  much  opposed  to  evange- 
lists but  it  is  all  gone  now  and  we  have 
already  asked  Brother  Dunk  back  this 
fall  for  another  meeting." 

Rev.  G.  A.  Sheets,  pastor  6f  the  First 
Baptist  church  in  Rockford,  writes  the 
following  concerning  Missionary  Dent's 
work:  "I  want  to  express  my  apprecia- 
tion of  the  excellent  work  of  District 
Superintendent  Dent  who  so  acceptably 
conducted  a  series  of  evangelistic  meet- 
ings from  March  13th  to  27th.  Brother 
Dent  is  a  strong  preacher,  presenting  the 


Gospel  fearlessly,  yet  in  a  winsome 
way." 

District  Superintendent  George  H. 
Yule  closed  his  meeting  at  South  Dan- 
ville with  ninety-one  additions  to  the 
church.  The  pastor,  Rev.  Chas.  Rork 
writes:  "Never  in  the  history  of  this 
church  has  there  been  such  a  gracious 
awakening.  Both  old  and  young  have 
been  united  with  the  church.  '  In  some 
instances  whole  families  united  with  the 
church.  Twenty-two  men  have  started 
a  brotherhood  for  community  welfare. 
Ladies'  Aid  and  Missionary  Society  have 
been  organized  for  educational  and  spir- 
itual welfare." 

Evangelist  T.  O.  McMinn  writes 
3*Iarch  8th,  as  follows :  "Our  meeting 
with  the  Cambria  church  closed  Sunday 
night.  We  had  a  fine  meeting  resulting 
in  fifty  conversions,  fifty-four  additions 
to  the  church  and  forty-two  by  baptism. 
The  church  was  wonderfully  helped  in 
its  spiritual  life.  Brother  Blythe,  the 
pastor,  was  with  them  one  week  before 
I  came  and  I  continued  just  two  weeks 
with  them." 

District  Superintendent  D.  O.  Hopkins 
held  some  meetings  with  the  Tallula 
church  which  were  successful.  The 
church  was  revived  and  reorganized  and 
Pastor  Wright  of  Ashland  will  supply 
them  Sunday  afternoons.  This  church 
has  been  closed  up  for  a  good  many 
years  yet  there  is  quite  an  opportunity 
on  that  field  for  the  Baptists.  Within 
recent  weeks  Dr.  Hopkins  has  been 
working  in  the  Salem  and  Quincy  Asso- 
ciations.       

The  El  Paso  church,  of  which  Rev. 
Mr.  Hines  has  been  pastor  about  six 
years,  is  doing  fine  work.  Sunday,  April 
3d,  there  were  123  present  in  Sunday 
School  and  a  fine  congregation  for  the 
]ireaching  service. 


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DEATHS 

]\Ir.  James  M.  Taylor  of  Taylorville, 
died  a  few  weeks  ago  at  his  home  in 
Taylorville.  He  was  past  eighty-one 
years  of  age.  Brother  Taylor  served 
his  country  in  the  war  of  the  sixties. 
For  many  years  he  served  as  a  member 
of  the  State  Convention  Board  of  Mis- 
sions and  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  Shurtleff  College  for  many 
years  until  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  an  attorney  and  carried  on  a  suc- 
cessful law  office  in  Taylorville.  In  the 
death  of  Brother  Taylor  we  have  lost 
one  of  the  prominent  laymen  of  the 
state. 


Mrs.  R.  H.  Flannigan  of  East  St. 
Louis,  passed  away  on  January  27th, 
after  a  brief  illness,  following  an  opera- 
tion upon  her  throat.  She  has  been  a 
most  devoted  and  earnest  worker  in  the 
First  Baptist  church  of  East  St.  Louis, 
a  great  help  in  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  work, 
and  in  other  public  interests  in  that  city. 

For  years  she  has  been  Home  Direc- 
tor of  the  Alton  Association  for  our 
Woman's  Baptist  Home  Mission  society 
and  in  the  missionary  cause  her  deepest 
interest,  perhaps,  was  centered.  She  was 
ready  for  any  service  which  lay  in  her 
power  and  her  talents  were  freely  and 
gladly  consecrated  to  her  Master,  and  in 
His  name,  to  the  help  of  those  about  her. 

Her  genial,  cheery  disposition,  her 
friendly  interest  in  others  and  her  deep 
and  loyal  affection  for  her  friends,  en- 
deared her  to  all  who  knew  her.  She 
will  be  greatly  missed  by  many  friends 
and  fellow-workers,  who  feel  deep 
sympathy  for  her  husband,  Judge  R.  H. 
Flannigan.  in  the  great  loss  which  has 
befallen  him. — Mrs.  M.  W.  Twin? 


CHANGE    OF   ALIGNMENTS 

One  of  the  old  missionary  churches 
of  southern  Ilbnois  recently  passed  the 
following  resolution : 

"We  the  members  of  the  Lone  Oak 
Baptist  church  in  regular  session,  with 
Rev.  James  B.  Little  acting  as  modera- 
tor, this,  the  fifth  day  of  March,  1921, 
wish  to  go  on  record  on  the  following 
things : 

"Whereas,  the  Oak  Ridge  Free  Bap- 
tist Church  of  this  neighborhood  has 
been  dissolved  and  its  membership  scat- 
tered, we,  the  members  of  the  Lone  Oak 
Baptist  Church  would  invite  them  with 
any  other  Christians  in  this  community, 
who  have  been  baptized  to  join  with  us 
for  the  upbuilding  the  Master's  King- 
dom in  these  parts,  and  to  that  end  we 
wish  to  say  that  we  will  gladly  receive 
them  on  their  experience  into  full  mem- 
bership with  us  in  this  church. 

"Be  it  further  resolved,  that  this 
church  asks  admission  into  the  South- 
ern Illinois  Baptist  Association  at  its 
next  session  to  be  held  at  Marion,  the 
29th  day  of  September  to  October  2d, 
1921,  which  Association  affiliates  with 
the  Northern  Baptist  Convention,  and  to 
this  end  will  in  due  time  appoint  mes- 
sengers to  said  meeting  to  present  our 
request  for  membership  and  letter. 

"Done  by  order  of  the  church  in  ses- 
sion this  fifth  day  of  March,  1921. 

"James  B.  Little,  Moderator. 
"AI.   Deach,   Church  Clerk."     . 


MEETING   HOUSE   BURNED 

On  Sunday  morning,  March  6th,  the 
meeting  house  of  the  Old  Stonington 
church  was  destroyed  by  fire.  It  has 
been  only  a  few  years  since  the  Old  Ston- 
ington meeting  house  of  that  place 
burned  and  a  splendid  new  modern 
house  was  built.     Perhaps  less  than  ten 


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years  ago.  This  building  had  $3,000 
insurance  upon  it,  but  that  will  not  nearly 
cover  the  loss.  However,  the  church  is 
abundantly  able  to  build  and  we  hope 
they  will  rebuild  at  once.  Rev.  R.  H. 
Crawford  is  pastor  and  has  been  doing 
splendid  work  on  that  field.  The  Metho- 
dists have  a  house  that  is  not  being  used, 
not  very  far  away,  and  the  Baptists  are 
using  that  building  at  the  present  time. 


PERSONAL 

Rev.  Chas.  Gilkey,  pastor  of  the  Hyde 
Park  Baptist  Church  in  Chicago,  has 
been  given  a  leave  of  absence  of  six 
months.  He  and  his  wife  will  spend 
this  time  in  a  trip  to  Europe,  leaving 
Chicago  April  5th. 

Rev.  Henry  G.  Smith,  who  was  for 
several  years  pastor  at  Berwick,  111.,  and 
recently  went  to  the  Second  Baptist 
Church  in  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  expresses 
himself  as  well  pleased  with  his  present 
field  of  labor.  Brother  Smith  did  good 
work  in  Illinois  and  we  hope  for  him  as 
equally  good  success  in  Nebraska. 

Rev.  Hector  C.  Leland  of  Dixon,  who 
retired  from  the  pastorate  last  June, 
seems  to  be  kept  quite  busy.  He  sup- 
plied the  Morrison  church  for  fourteen 
weeks  until  they  located  a  pastor,  and 
he  has  also  supplied  the  Clinton,  Iowa, 
church  for  several  months.  He  is  now 
engaged  to  supply  for  an  indefinite  time 
at  Savanna.  Brother  Leiand  is  a  strong 
preacher  and  a  wise  adviser  of  churches 
that  need  counsel  and  help. 


yet  when  the  contest  ended  on  March 
13th,  there  were  one  hundred  and  two 
men  present  in  Brother  Metcalf's  class 
and  not  one  of  them  was  a  member  of 
any  other  local  church.  The  highest 
competitor  was  the  Methodist  church  of 
Toulon  with  about  seventy  present. 
Since  the  above  was  written  a  letter 
comes  from  Pastor  Aletcalf  and  he  states 
that  on  Sunday,  March  20th,  there  were 
one  hundred  fifteen  present  in  the  Men's 
Class  and  one  hundred  ninety  in  the 
Sunday  School. 

A  letter  one  week  later  states  that  on 
April  3d,  there  were  153  men  present  in 
this  class. 


A  LARGE  MEN'S  CLASS 

The  Bradford  Baptist  Church  of 
which  Rev.  Frank  Metcalf  is  the  pastor, 
entered  the  contest  of  Stark  County  for 
the  largest  attendance  in  the  Men's 
Class.  This  church  has  only  about 
forty  or  forty-five  resident  members  and 


PASTORAL  CHANGES 

Rev.  W.  L.  Markland,  who  for  several 
years  was  pastor  of  the  Streator  church 
and  later  of  Amboy,  has  located  as  pas- 
tor of  the  Assumption  church  in  the 
Springfield  Association.  The  Assump- 
tion church  has  made  a  strong  increase 
in  pastoral  support  and  is  very  hopeful 
for  the  work  of  the  future. 

Rev.  R.  H.  Claxon,  who  has  had  five 
years  of  successful  work  with  the  First 
church  of  Aurora,  has  resigned  the  pas- 
torate of  that  church  and  removed  to 
his  farm  in  the  state  of  New  York.  He 
is  engaged  to  preach  one  sermon  a  Sun- 
day in  a  church  near  his  farm.  Brother 
Claxon  had  very  good  success  in  his 
work  at  Aurora  and  he  does  not  think 
of  quitting  the  ministry,  but  on  account 
of  his  nervous  condition  he  feels  that  he 
should  change  his  work  to  some  extent 
for  a  few  years.  He  has  a  fine,  well  im- 
proved farm  of  165  acres  in  New  York 
and  will  live  on  that  for  a  while.  The 
Union  League  of  Aurora  gave  him  a 
very  fine  reception  before  he  left  the 
city. 


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Rev.  A.  J.  Rendleman  has  resigned 
the  pastorate  of  the  Edgemont  Baptist 
church  in  East  St.  Louis  to  take  affect 
April  30th.  The  church  has  been  mak- 
ing some  arrangements  with  Rev.  V.  Col- 
bert of  Collinsville  to  supply  that  field 
after  Brother  Rendleman  closes  his 
work. 

Rev.  Andrew  Martin  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Theological  Seminary  in  Chicago 
has  accepted  a  call  to  the  Morrison 
church. 

Rev.  Geo.  C.  Fetter  who  has  been  pas- 
tor of  the  church  at  Mt.  Carroll  for  quite 
a  number  of  years  offered  his  resigna- 
tion to  take  effect  on  March  27th.  Broth- 
er Fetter  has  accepted  a  call  to  the 
church  in  Ottawa.  He  is  reported  to 
have  done  first-class  work  at  Mt.  Car- 
roll and  we  hope  he  will  have  equally  as 
good  success  in  the  larger  field  to  which 
he  goes. 

Rev.  J.  T.  Finnan,  pastor  at  Elvaston, 
has  accepted  a  call  to  become  pastor  of 
the  Pittsfield  church,  county  seat  of  Pike 
county.  He  will  live  in  a  parsonage  at 
Pittsfield,  giving  one-half  time  to  that 
church. 

The  Sterling  church  has  called  Rev. 
A.  W.  Fleischman  of  the  Elgin  Im- 
manuel  church  as  its  pastor.  Brother 
Fleischman  has  accepted  the  call  and  will 
begin  his  work  May  1st. 


TRAVELS  OF  THE  EDITOR 

The  Editor  spent  a  portion  of  the  time 
at  the  Regional  Conferences  at  Alton, 
Springfield  and  Galesburg.  These  Con- 
ferences were  all  quite  well  attended. 
About  two  representatives  from  the  Gen- 
eral Promotion  Board  outside  the  state 
and  several  state  workers  attended  each 
Conference.  The  women  were  well  rep- 
resented. The  whole  question  of  de- 
nominational work  at  home  and  abroad 


was  thoroughly  discussed  and  the  people 
enjoyed  the  meetings  very  much  and 
seemed  to  receive  much  benefit  from 
them.  Pastor  Burden  has  just  located 
at  Galesburg  and  seems  to  be  getting 
hold  of  the  work  well  on  the  field. 

The  Editor  also  attended  Kingdom 
Rallies  at  Lincoln,  Pontiac  and  Bush- 
nell.  While  these  were  more  local  rallies 
than  the  Regional  Conferences  and  not 
so  many  outside  speakers  were  present 
yet  the  attendance  was  as  good  and  the 
interest  seemed  to  be  as  deep.  All  these 
Conferences  emphasized  very  strongly 
the  New  World  Movement  and  every- 
thing pertaining  to  that  line  of  work. 

He  attended  the  mid-year  meeting  of 
the  Bloomfield  Association  at  Indianola. 
That  was  a  strong  meeting  of  local  work- 
ers. Only  two  men  outside  of  the  Asso- 
ciation were  present  but  the  interests 
discussed  were  vital  and  that  Association 
is  in  the  front  lines  in  the  state  of  Illi- 
nois in  doing  denominational  work. 

The  Editor  spent  Sunday  night,  March 
6th,  with  the  North  Venice  church,  of 
which  Rev.  W.  E.  Rose  of  St.  Louis  is 
pastor.  Brother  Rose  has  done  splendid 
work  on  that  field  for  about  one  year. 
The  Sunday  School  is  doing  fine  work. 
The  congregations  are  large  and  the  in- 
terest is  quite  deep. 

Monday  forenoon,  March  7th,  was 
spent  with  a  meeting  of  the  Missionary 
Committee  of  the  Alton  Association  in 
South  Wood  River,  investigating  the 
proposition  of  building  a  new  meeting 
house  at  that  place  and  also  in  consulta- 
tion with  regard  to  the  progress  of  the 
work  on  the  new  church  building  at 
Wood  River.  We  had  a  very  satisfac- 
tory meeting. 

On  Tuesday,  March  8th,  he  met  with 
the  trustees  of  Shurtleff  College  in  their 
regular  spring  meeting  at  the  St.  Nicho- 


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las  Hotel  in  Springfield.  A  three  hour 
meeting  was  held  and  all  business  that 
was  necessary  to  be  transacted  at  this 
time  was  attended  to. .  Shurtleff  College 
is  in  a  very  hopeful  condition  this  year. 

The  Superintendent  spent  Sunday 
morning,  March  13th,  with  the  Syca- 
more church,  of  which  Rev.  E.  K.  Mas- 
terson  is  pastor.  Brother  Masterson  has 
been  there  about  nine  months  and  the 
church  has  made  very  rapid  develop- 
ment since  he  went  on  that  field.  They 
are  now  supporting  the  pastor  for  full 
time  at  a  reasonable  salary  without  any 
assistance  from  the  Convention. 

Sunday  night,  March  13th,  was  spent 
with  the  Woodlawn  church  in  Chicago, 
where  Dr.  M.  P.  Boynton  has  been  pas- 
tor for  about  four  years.  We  never  saw 
the  meeting  house  in  so  fine  a  condition 
nor  the  church  prospering  as  it  is  now. 
It  was  a  very  rainy  evening  and  yet 
about  three  hundred  people  were  pres- 
ent. On  good  Sunday  nights  the  main 
auditorium  and  the  galleries  are  crowded. 

Monday  morning,  March  14th,  was 
spent  with  the  Minister's  Conference  in 
Chicago.  The  auditorium,  where  this 
meeting  was  held,  was  crowded  and  the 
interest  good. 

The  Editor,  on  Wednesday  afternoon 
of  March  16th,  gave  a  forty-five  min- 
ute address  at  the  Negro  Workers'  Con- 
ference held  at  the  Olivet  Church  in 
Chicago.  By  special  invitation  he  re- 
turned for  another  address  Friday  after- 
noon. Friday  forenoon  was  spent  in  a 
meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  State  Promotion  Board  in  Chicago. 

The  Editor  spent  Sunday  morning, 
March  20th,  with  the  Pekin  church.  He 
found  the  Pekin  church,  of  which  Rev. 
E.  C.  Poole  has  been  pastor  for  three 
years,  in  the  best  condition  we  have 
known  it  to  be  in  for  twenty-three  years, 


perhaps  it  is  in  the  best  condition  in 
forty  years.  The  auditorium  was  well 
filled  with  Sunday  School  pupils  and 
their  morning  congregation  was  good. 
They  are  now  giving  their  pastor  a  fair 
support  and  no  longer  ask  any  help  from 
the  State  Convention. 

Sunday  evening,  March  20th,  the  Edi- 
tor preached  for  the  Tremont  brethren. 
Rev.  T.  L.  Stephens  has  been  pastor  of 
that  church  for  about  six  months. 
Brother  Stephens  is  having  considerable 
success  and  is  quite  well  encouraged  with 
the  work  on  that  field.  The  work  has 
not  been  prospering  there  for  several 
years,  but  there  are  good  indications 
there  now  that  the  church  will  succeed 
along  substantial  lines.  Brother  Steph- 
ens went  to  Tremont  from  the  Claim  St. 
Church  of  Aurora,  where  for  several 
years  he  had  very  successful  work. 

By  special  invitation  the  Editor  ad- 
dressed the  Men's  meeting  at  Orion 
Wednesday  night,  March  23d.  A  Wom- 
en's meeting  was  held  at  that  place  the 
night  before  and  there  were  115  women 
present.  A  splendid  chicken-pie  supper 
was  provided  for  the  men  and  about  80 
were  present,  nearly  all  men,  a  few  boys. 
The  Orion  meeting  house  is  in  first-class 
condition.  The  church  is  working  splen- 
didly and  Pastor  Shields  is  seeing  fre- 
quent additions  to  the  church. 

On  Friday  forenoon,  March  25th,  the 
Editor  gave  a  fifty  minute  address  to 
the  faculty  and  students  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Theological  Seminary.  About 
forty  students  were  present ;  about  two- 
fifths  of  them  women.  The  school 
seems  to  be  very  hopeful,  and  it  seems 
to  this  writer  that  it  has  a  good  and  use- 
ful future. 

The  whole  day  of  Sunday,  March 
27tli,  was  given  to  the  Savanna  church. 
The  pastor  has  closed  his  work.       The 


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Sunday  school  was  fine  with  123  pres- 
ent. There  was  a  good  congregation  at 
both  services  and  the  people  seem  very 
anxious  to  locate  a  pastor  and  to  push 
on  the  work.  We  stopped  at  Dixon  on 
jNIonday  and  secured  Dr.  Hector  C.  Le- 
land  as  a  regular  supply  for  a  while. 

Rev.  John  Simpson,  pastor  at  Dixon, 
reports  a  good  Easter  service  in  his 
church  and  small  but  substantial  growth 
in  the  church  and  Sunday  School  work. 


DEMANDS  AND  POSSIBILITIES 
OF  TODAY 

There  are  many  churches  in  Illinois 
that  are  either  standing  still  or  in  a  de- 
clining condition.  Many  of  these 
churches  have  made  practically  no  ad- 
vancement for  ten  or  more  years.  The 
cause  of  this  stagnation  and  decline  is  in 
almost  every  case  caused  by  the  churches 
trying  to  do  things  about  as  their  fathers 
and  grandfathers  did  from  forty  to  sixty 
years  ago.  In  some  cases  they  have 
fallen  behind  their  fathers.  In  many 
cases  they  are  not  keeping  in  good  re- 
pair the  property  their  fathers  secured 
for  them. 

There  never  has  been  a  time  when 
God  has  so  richly  blessed  his  churches 
that  have  undertaken  to  do  things  on  a 
proper  scale  as  at  this  time.  Many  of 
our  churches  are  just  playing  around  the 
fringes  of  religion  while  the  members  are 
doing  aggressive  work  along  all  other 
lines.  Some  of  our  churches  seem  to 
have  suddenly  waked  up  to  the  fact  that 
they  ought  to  put  time  and  brains  and 
energy  and  capital  into  their  religious 
life.  Some  are  doing  twice  as  much, 
some  three  or  four  times  and  some  six 
times  as  much  as  they  ever  did  before. 
Where  they  have  undertaken  to  do  things 
along  these  lines,  God  is  blessing  them 
as  never  before.     Land  has  doubled  and 


in  many  places  quadrupled  in  price  dur- 
ing the  past  few  years.  Business  has 
enlarged.  People  spend  large  amounts 
of  money  on  machinery  for  farming  and 
all  kinds  of  manufacturing.  Thousands 
of  people  that  did  not  drive  a  horse  and 
buggy  formerly  now  drive  an  automobile. 
Taxes  have  more  than  doubled  from 
what  they  formerly  were.  People  live 
in  better  homes  than  they  formerly  did. 
How  then,  can  they  expect  church  work 
to  prosper  working  along  the  old  lines? 

When  we  come  to  the  point  where  all 
the  people  will  tithe  their  income  for  the 
Lord  and  the  people  with  reasonably 
large  capital  will  take  as  much  of  it  as 
is  needed  in  the  Lord's  work,  and  not 
only  give  capital,  but  time  and  thought, 
God  will  open  the  windows  of  heaven 
and  pour  out  a  great  blessing.  And  God 
is  just  as  ready  to  help  and  bless  the  little 
weak  church,  when  it  will  make  the  ef- 
fort according  to  the  times  in  which  we 
are  living  now,  as  the  large  and  rich 
church.  Let  no  one  suppose  that  he  can 
drift  along  and  give  almost  no  time  to 
the  Lord's  work,  and  give  from  $25  to 
$50  to  the  Christian  work  out  of  an  in- 
come of  from  $3,000  to  $5,000  per  year. 
If  a  man  has  an  income  of  $5,000  per 
year,  $500.00  of  that  belongs  to  the 
Lord's  work  and  only  those  who  give  it 
are  happy  in  His  service.  Every 
church  that  has  a  considerable  number 
of  tithers  is  having  an  easy  time  with  its 
finances,  and  every  tither  feels  and 
knows  that  God's  blessings  on  the  nine- 
tenths  he  uses  for  himself  makes  it  do 
him  more  good  than  the  ten-tenths  when 
he  gave  only  a  trifle  for  the  Lord's  work. 
Some  prosperous  farmers,  whose  grand- 
fathers plowed  corn  with  one  horse  and 
a  single  shovel  plow  are  wondering  why 
the  church  is  not  prospering  when  they 
are  trying  to  do  church  work  after  the 


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same  plan  as  their  grandfathers. 

Let  us  remember  that  we  are  living  in 
the  third  decade  of  the  twentieth  cen- 
tury and  not  the  middle  of  the  nineteenth 
century. 


CHURCHES 

Rev.  J.  M.  Lively  of  Mattoon,  writes 
as  follows  on  March  21st:  "Our  re- 
vival meetings  have  been  in  progress  for 
a  week.  About  twenty-five  conversions ; 
many  interested,  some  splendid  folks 
coming  into  the  church.  Sunday  School 
attendance  yesterday  was  a  record 
breaker,  240  in  the  school  down  town,  91 
in  Grant  Park  Chapel,  making  a  total 
of  331  for  the  day  and  we  are  just  get- 
ting started.  Have  rented  the  German 
Evangelical  church  building  near  us  for 
the  Men's  Class.  Had  thirty-two  men 
yesterday." 

Rev.  Irving  A.  Fox  of  the  Riverside 
church  in  Decatur,  writes  encouragingly. 
He  says:  "I  have  baptized  twenty-six 
so  far  this  month  and  several  more  are 
ready  for  Easter.  I  am  wonderfully  en- 
couraged in  the  prospects  of  this  field 
and  I  know  that  He  is  going  to  build  up 
this  field  in  a  marvelous  way  in  days  to 
come." 

Rev.  Chas.  W.  Wolfe,  pastor  of  the 
Clayton  and  Marseilles  churches,  writes 
as  follows  on  March  14th:  "Dr.  Koeh- 
ler  spent  a  recent  Sunday  at  Clayton. 
He  gave  us  a  new  vision  of  our  work 
and  made  many  valuable  suggestions. 
His  address  on  the  advantages  of  the 
small  Sunday  School  was  inspiring  to 
our  teachers." 

]\Ir.  C.  E.  Hughes  of  the  Kilbourne 
church  writes:  "We  had  Dr.  Koehler 
with  us  Friday.  He  surely  is  a  treat. 
I  wish  it  would  be  possible  for  us  to 
have  him  for  ten  days,  as  it  would  be 
the  re-making  of  this  church." 


Rev.  W.  F.  Wagner  has  been  pastor 
of  the  Arthur  church  eleven  months. 
During  that  time  twenty-six  members 
were  added  to  the  church.  Fifteen  were 
added  during  a  recent  revival. 

On  Easter  Sunday  it  was  very  rainy 
in  Olney  and  kept  many  members  of  the 
Sunday  School  away,  yet  Dr.  Lamkin's 
men's  class  gave  $107.00  in  their  Easter 
offering. 

The  following  note  was  written  by 
Pastor  G.  W.  Kimball  of  Lincoln,  March 
28th:  "Ji-ist  closed  my  meeting  last 
night.  We  had  seventy-five  sign  cards 
who  professed  conversion  or  reconsecra- 
tion.  I  had  Mr.  Jos.  W.  News  of 
Hammond,  Indiana,  helping  with  the 
music  and  I  did  my  own  preaching.  I 
baptized  twenty-seven  Easter  Sunday 
afternoon  and  shall  have  another  class 
throueh  the  instruction  for  the  second 
Sunday  in  April." 

We  take  the  following  quotation  from 
a  long  letter  written  by  Rev.  L.  E.  ElU- 
son  of  Villa  Grove:  "The  spirit  of  the 
Lord  is  moving  mightily  in  the  hearts 
of  our  people  here.  We  have  the  great 
joy  of  seeing  souls  saved  in  practically 
every  service.  More  than  a  score  of 
persons  have  been  added  to  the  church 
within  the  past  three  or  four  weeks. 
Our  men's  brotherhood  class  is  develop- 
ing into  a  great  evangelistic  organization 
and  the  presence  of  men  in  the  congre- 
gations is  an  inspiring  sight.  Our  seri- 
ous problem  now  is  room  to  house  our 
ever-growing  Sunday  School." 

Evangelist  R.  S.  Stein  and  wife  as- 
sisted Pastor  Edwards  of  Mahomet  for 
a  few  days  in  a  meeting.  Brother  Ed- 
wards did  the  preaching  and  seven  were 
received  for  baptism. 

Rev.  L.  M.  Westrate,  pastor  of  the 
Macomb  church,  began  a  series  of  meet- 
ings   on     the    20th    of     March.       The 


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church  seemed  to  be  in  a  good  condition 
for  this  work  and  even  before  the  special 
meetings  began  there  were  conversions 
and  accessions  to  the  church. 

Mr.  Geo.  M.  Bennett  recently  cele- 
brated his  thirty-second  year  as  choir 
director  of  the  First  Baptist  church  of 
Urbana.  In  the  thirty-two  years  he  has 
conducted  the  music  of  260  other  serv- 
ices, has  held  1522  rehearsals,  and  has 
conducted  th  emusic  of  260  other  serv- 
ices. This  is  a  long  and  most  excellent 
service  for  one  'man  to  render  in  his 
church.  In  token  of  its  appreciation  of 
the  service  rendered  by  Mr.  Bennett  the 
church  presented  him  with  a  beautiful 
rocker.  The  Urbana  church  has  had  but 
two  choir  directors  within  the  past  57 
years.  Mr.  N.  A.  Riley,  the  former  di- 
rector, made  the  presentation  speech  to 
Mr.  Bennett.  Forty  years  ago  Mr.  Riley 
selected  Geo.  Bennett  as  a  member  of  his 
choir  and  on  retiring  from  this  service 
commended  Mr.  Bennett  to  the  position 
which  he  has  held  to  the  great  delight 
and  edification  of  the  church  from  that 
day  to  this.  Who  can  beat  it? — C.  C. 
Long. 

Rev.  W.  A.  Pittman,  pastor  of  the 
Second  Baptist  church  in  Johnston  City, 
writes  on  jMarch  7th  as  follows :  "We 
began  a  meeting  at  the  Second  Baptist 
church  the  20th  of  February.  Up  to 
this  day  we  have  had  twenty-eight  to 
take  a  stand  for  Christ  and  the  church. 
Twenty  of  them  have  come  into  the  Sec- 
ond Baptist  church  of  which  we  are  pas- 
tor. We  have  deep  conviction  among 
the  people.  The  church  is  working  fine 
and  we  have  a  fine  Sunday  School,  three 
hundred  enrolled,  and  the  B.  Y.  P.  U. 
in  good  running  order. 


The  Baptist  Old  People's  Home 

Maywood,  Illinois 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Runyan,  Sec'y. 
5742  Maryland   Ave.,   Chicago 


Tuesday,  March  26th,  a  reception  was 
given  at  the  Home  to  say  good-bye  to 
our  beloved  Superintendent,  Mrs.  J.  F. 
Crippen,  who  has  been  with  us  for  nearly 
seven  years,  and  to  introduce  Mrs.  Lilian 
Hyett,  the  new  Superintendent,  who 
comes  highly  recommended  to  the  Home 
April  1st.  Mrs.  Crippen  resigned  two 
months  ago  because  of  a  much  needed 
rest.  She  is  highly  esteemed  by  all  for 
her  devotion  to  the  best  interests  of  the 
Home  and  its  members.  Her  self-sacri- 
ficing and  sweet  Christian  spirit  has  so 
endeared  her  to  the  members  of  the 
Home  that  it  is  a  real  heart-break  for 
them  to  have  her  go. 

Mrs.  J.  G.  Hale,  President  of  the 
Board  of  Managers,  in  a  few  well  chosen 
words,  presented  Mrs.  Crippen  with  a 
purse  containing  five  $20  gold  pieces  as 
a  slight  token  of  their  appreciation  of 
her  services  and  their  good  wishes.  She 
also  introduced  Mrs.  Hyett.  The  retir- 
ing and  incoming  Superintendents  both 
responded  in  words  showing  their  inter- 
est and  devotion  to  the  Home ;  Deacon 
Halsey,  in  behalf  of  the  members  of  the 
Home,  read  a  poem  he  had  written  for 
the  occasion  expressing  their  love  and 
good  wishes  for  Mrs.  Crippen  and  pledg- 
ing loyalty  to  the  incoming  Superintend- 
ent. 

The  Committee  on  Supplies  thanks  the 
churches  at  Delavan,  Cornell,  and  Elvas- 
ton.  111.,  for  eggs  sent  for  Easter.  Now 
that  they  are  more  plentiful  perhaps 
others  will  send  also.  They  are  better 
than  meat  at  the  Home.  Some  good 
cider  vinegar  would  also  be  greatly  ap- 
preciated at  the  Home- 


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CENTRAL  BAPTIST  CHILDREN'S  Wm 

MAYWOOD,  ILJLJNOIS 

Rev,  D.  H.  MacGillivray,  Supt. 
Mrs.  D.  H.  MacGillivray,  Matron 


HBDBLSON  BAFTIST  ORPHANAGE 

Rev.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Supt. 
Mrs.  N.  T.  Hafer,  Matron 


Owing  to  pressure  of  work  we  over- 
looked our  news  article  last  month  until 
too  late.  We  are  conscious  that  we  are 
the  losers  thereby  and  now  we  are  de- 
termined not  to  be  sidetracked  any  more. 
Our  friends  keep  in  touch  with  our 
Home  through  the  Bulletin  and  when 
we  miss  we  hear  of  it. 

In  the  February  Bulletin,  we  hinted 
that  eggs  were  a  scarce  article  with  us 
at  the  Home — and  expressed  a  wish  that 
the  hens  call  off  the  strike.  We  wish  to 
announce  that  the  strike  is  off  and  dona- 
tions of  eggs  have  reached  us  and  the 
boys  and  girls  have  passed  the  stage  of 
"yum  yum"  and  have  reached  the  gate- 
way of  "Oh  me!" 

It  is  with  great  pleasure  we  acknowl- 
edge donations  of  eggs  from  the  follow- 
ing places,  Aledo,  Cordova,  Cornell, 
Delavan,  Elvaston,  Hutsonville,  Man- 
lius,  and  Roseville.  By  this  time  our 
friends  will  be  thinking  we  are  over- 
stocked but  "abide  a  wee."  Remember 
that  it  takes  eight  to  ten  dozen  a  meal  to 
serve  our  family  once,  and  we  began  to 
eat  them  just  as  soon  as  the  first  lot  ar- 
rived and  Easter  Sunday  we  had  them 
boiled  for  breakfast  and  fried  for  din- 
ner and  egg  sandwiches  for  supper. 
Such  donations  mean  much  to  the  Home 
and  yet  the  parties  giving  the  eggs  will 
not  miss  them.  All  that  is  needed  in 
each  section  is  that  some  one  take  it  upon 
himself  to  collect  eggs. 

We  have  a  full  house  of  boys  and 
girls  and  everybody  well.  Our  recent 
improvements  are  completed  and  paid 
for  at  a  cost  of  fourteen  hundred  dollars. 


Our  family  continues  to  grow,  now 
numbering  105  people,  big  and  little.  We 
are  beginning  to  wonder  where  we  will 
])lace  all  of  them  if  the  number  goes 
much  higher.  The  Executive  Commit- 
tee of  the  Board  has  tentatively  ap- 
proved the  plan  for  an  addition  for  play- 
rooms, the  full  plan  to  be  worked  out  at 
the  meeting  of  the  Board.  In  future 
years  when  we  get  our  new  gymnasium 
building  this  addition  will  doubtless  be 
used  for  dormitories. 

The  end  of  our  fiscal  year  is  approach- 
ing. Many  churches  have  not  supported 
the  Home  by  an  offering  during  the  last 
twelve  months,  though  we  appreciate  the 
generous  increase  by  those  who  have. 
Remember  that  the  appropriation  from 
the  missionary  budget  takes  care  of  only 
about  one-third  of  our  current  expense 
and  gives  nothing  for  improvements. 
We  are  again  changing  overseers  as  the 
good  brother  who  succeeded  Mr.  Olson 
is  compelled  to  leave  on  account  of  his 
wife's  nervous  condition.  We  are  not 
as  averse  to  a  widower  or  bachelor  as  we 
once  were. 

We  also  will  need  a  new  school  teacher 
next  autumn  as  Mrs.  Olson  leaves  at  the 
close  of  the  school  year.  Will  some  ex- 
perienced school  teacher  who  wants  a 
position  with  missionary  opportunity 
please  write  us.  She  should  be  of  good 
training  as  this  is  a  public  school  under 
county  supervision  though  only  the 
Home  children  attend.  Above  all  she 
should  be  of  large  human  sympathies 
and  infinite  patience  as  many  of  these 
children  have  had  a  poor  start  in  life. 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


Woman's 
Baptist  Missionary  Society  of  Illinois 

MRS.  W.  P.  TOPPING,  Pres. 
Elgin 
Mrs.  Martha  V'.  Higman,  Editor  Mrs.  H.  W.  Tate,  Treasurer 

Morgan  Park  2331   Hartzell  Ave.,  Evanston 


GIVE  ATTENTION 

Annual  meeting  of  Central  District  of 
the  W.  A.  B.  F.  M.  society  and  the  W. 
A.  B.  H.  M.  society  (co-operating)  on 
May  18-20  at  Immanuel  Baptist  church, 
Chicago.  Room  and  breakfast  provided 
free  to  delegates  appointed  by  Woman's 
societies  or  W.  W.  G.  Chapters.  Send 
names  by  May  7th  to  Chairman  Wom- 
an's Committee,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Vinnedge, 
5508  Hyde  Park  Ave.,  Chicago,  or  Chair- 
man W.  W.  G.  Committee,  Miss  Florence 
Kennedy,  4738  Indiana  Ave.,  Chicago. 

The  W.  W.  G.  Rally  is  to  follow  Cen- 
tral District  meetings,  beginning  with 
the  W.  W.  G.  banquet  on  Friday  night. 
Conferences  on  Saturday,  Pageant  on 
Saturday  evening  and  Consecration  serv- 
ice on  Sunday.  Miss  Alma  Noble  will 
be  present,  also  Mrs.  Montgomery.  The 
speakers  from  foreign  fields  will  stay 
over.  Everv  Guild  in  Illinois  should  be 
represented.  The  Central  District  Sec- 
retary, Mrs.  Florence  Copelin  is  expect- 
ing a  large  representation.  Come,  that 
she.  may  not  be  disappointed. 

Illinois  now  has  a  State  Secretary-Di- 
rector and  a  State  Secretary  of  Litera- 
ture. The  two  women  who  hold  these 
new  official  positions  have  labored  long 
and  faithfully  as  State  Foreign  Secretary 
and  State  Home  Director.  In  these 
days  of  new  plans  we  are  pleased  to  an- 
nounce that  our  new  State  Secretary- 
Director  is  Mrs.  L.  A.  Vinnedge.  Our 
new  State  Secretary  of  Literature  is 
Mrs.  J.  D.  Louderback.  No  two  women 
know  our  state  better  than  they — no  two 


will  give  more  earnest  attention  to  every 
detail  of  the  work.  As  the  days  go  by 
and  we  are  able  to  rearrange  our  Asso- 
ciational  force,  we  believe  that  in  every 
way  greater  efficiency  will  be  obtained. 
Remembering  the  many  duties  of  the 
past  days  and  the  splendid  co-operation 
of  these  women  in  every  undertaking, 
we  greet  our  new  officers  and  bespeak 
for  them  the  loving  allegiance  of  Illinois 
women  and  feel  assured  there  are  greater 
accomplishments  in  the  future. 

Miss  Marchie  Hines  of  Elgin,  returns 
this  month  to  her  work  at  Kodiak  Or- 
phanage, Wood  Island,  Alaska.  Her 
furlough  at  home  has  meant  a  great  in- 
terest aroused  in  the  mission  work  of  the 
island,  and  she  carries  back  with  her  not 
only  many  hearty  wishes  for  her  safe 
journey,  but  the  W.  W.  G.  girls  of  Elgin 
are  sending  a  beautiful  Victrola  with 
many  records,  and  Morgan  Park  ladies 
are  sending  money  for  new  chairs  in  the 
girls'  dormitory. 

Word  comes  from  Champaign  that 
they  are  planning  to  raise  their  Standard 
of  Excellence  this  year  and  have  decided 
to  do  White  Cross  work,  they  have  also 
organized  an  Extension  Departijient. 

Griggsville  Circle  in  Quincy  Associa- 
tion, observed  membership  week  and  in- 
creased its  membership  one-third.  Has 
any  circle  done  better  ? 

The  Marengo  Circle  is  planning  for  a 
Golden  Jubilee  in  June.  Mrs.  F.  W. 
Patrick,  a  charter  member  of  the  circle, 
has  been  president  of  the  Rock  River 
Association  for  many  years. 


ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN  195 

Department  of  Religious  Education 

Chainoan  Rev.  Herbert  Hines,  £1  Paso,     Director  Rey.  Louis  H.  Koeliler,  Normal 


Assembly  Faculty  handled     in     a    masterly    way    by     Mr. 

Besides  the  list  introduced  last  month  Howard, 

we   present    the    following:     Dr.    H.    E.  Annual  Reports 

Tralle,    editor    training    publications    of  The  B.  Y.   P.  U.  report  blanks  have 

the  Publication   Society,  writer  and  au-  been  mailed.     Please  return  same  with- 

thor    of    Sunday    school    literature,    will  out   delay   after   you   have   filled   in   the 

handle    the    courses    in    pedagogy    and  blanks.     Let  us  make  a  fair  showing  for 

young  people  in  training  for  leadership,  our    state.     The    school    report    blanks 

We  are  exceedingly  fortunate  in  secur-  will    be    mailed    shortly.     Will    superin- 

ing  Dr.   Tralle  and   sincerely   hope  that  tendents    who    receive    same    reply    as 

many  ministers  will  avail  themselves  of  quickly  as  possible? 

this  rare  opportunity  to  meet  Dr.  Tralle  pogt  Card  Questionnaire 

and  sit  under  his  instruction.     Pastors,  A  survey  was  recently  made  by  means 

we  invite  you.  of   post   cards.     Ministers   are  asked  to 

Miss  Myrtie  Huckleberry,  director  of  report  as  to  young  people's  societies,  etc., 

children's  work  of  the  department  of  re-  and   school   superintendents   were  asked 

ligious  education  of  the  Indiana  Baptist  to  report  as  to  training  classes.     Many 

State  Convention  will  present  the  courses  have  done  so  and  we  thank  you.       But 

in    children's    work    and    in    elementary  some    ministers    and   especially   superin- 

psychology.     We  ought  to  have  at  least  tendents  have  failed  to  send  in  the  card 

sixty   workers    in    the    children's   grades  duly  filled  out.     Please  give  us  the  facts 

to  take  these  courses  with  Miss  Huckle-  asked    for    without   delay.     It    will   cost 

berry.  Let  ministers  and  superintendents  you  nothing  but  your  time,  and  the  facts 

urge  such  to  attend.  you  gleam  for  yourself  will  be  worth  the 

Miss  Elsie  L.  Oberg,  assistant  to  the  efifort.  Thank  you. 
pastor  at  Kewanee,  and  in  charge  of  the  Intensive  Training  School 
young  people's  work  in  that  progressive  The  Publication  Society,  in  co-opera- 
church,  will  handle  the  course  entitled  tion  with  the  department  of  religious 
youth's  division  under  Sunday  school  education,  will  put  on  an  intensive  train- 
methods.  This  is  Miss  Oberg's  specialty  ing  school  for  church  vacation  school 
and  all  who  work  with  youth  should  plan  workers  at  Shurtlefif  College,  Alton, 
to  attend  and  take  this  course.  April  18-22.     The  purpose  of  this  school 

Mr.  Harold  J.  Howard  of  Mt.  Ver-  is  to  give  training  to  those  ministers  and 

non,  the  popular  president  of  the  B.  Y.  workers  who  desire  to  conduct  a  vaca- 

P.  U.  of  Illinois,  will  present  the  course  tion  school  in  their  church  this  summer. 

on    the   organization    of   young   people's  It    is   also   proposed   to   assist   ministers 

societies.     The  whole  question  of  the  or-  and  others  to  get  a  vision  of  week-day 

ganization    of    a    local    society    will    be  religious     education.     Dr.     Thomas     S. 


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ILLINOIS  BAPTIST  BULLETIN 


Young  of  Philadelphia,  assisted  by  Rev. 
F.  H.  Fahringer  of  Chicago,  will  be  the 
experts  in  charge.  President  Potter  is 
deeply  interested  in  this  intensive  school 
and  the  ministers  of  the  city  will  give  it 
their  support.  Further  information  will 
gladly  be  given  by  the  state  director. 


PAY  YOUR  MONEY  NOW 

(By  A.  E.  Peterson.) 
The  one  great  need  now  is  money ! 
All  our  societies  have  based  their  scale 
of  operations  upon-  reasonable  expecta- 
tions that  subscriptions  to  the  New 
World  Movement  shall  be  paid  and  paid 
promptly.  They  have  trusted  to  the  in- 
tegrity of  Baptists  and  Baptists  dare  not 
break  faith  with  them  and  with  the  mis- 
sionaries and  workers  back  of  them, 
whose  labors  depend  upon  the  support 
thus  promised. 

Anniversary  Week  is  the  great  week 
for  cash.  It  is  the  week  when  all  sub- 
scriptions should  be  paid  to  date.  It 
must  represent  such  an  ingathering  of 
money  that  all  our  denominational  agen- 
cies shall  be  able  to  meet  present  re- 
quirements and  stop  the  payment  of  in- 
terest. 

This  is  the  time  when  churches  that 
did  not  make  a  regular  canvass  last  year 
should  make  cash  subscriptions  after  the 
same  standard  as  other  churches  are 
making.  Churches  owe  each  other  mu- 
tual co-operation  and  united  effort.  Com- 
mon justice  demands  that  all  shall  make 
an  equally  honest  effort  and  shall  make 
gifts  in  accordance  with  their  abihty. 
Can  any  Baptist  church  stand  aside  in 
these  days  of  world  need ;  remain  un- 
responsive in  the  presence  of  cries  more 
urgent  than  any  ever  heard  by  this  gen- 
eration? Can  any  self-respecting  Bap- 
tist church  content  itself  with  the  mere 
mediocre  in  the  presence  of  the  heroic 


achievements  of  neighboring  brother- 
hoods? Can  any  Baptist  pastor  or  any 
Baptist  church  officer,  remain  compla- 
cent and  self-satisfied,  working  and  giv- 
ing under  past  standards,  when  the 
whole  Christian  church  has  moved  far 
forward  in  these  lines  ?  Only  dead  souls 
can  do  that.     The  living  move  forward! 

The  financial  depression  must  not  de- 
ter us  either.  A  church  leader  recently 
declared  tliat  last  year  the  people  of  the 
United  States  spent  $22  for  amusements 
for  every  dollar  given  for  education. 
Unquestionably  Baptists,  even  as  others, 
find  money  to  squander,  and  they  can 
find  money  for  the  Kingdom  even  now 
if  they  will  only  seek  the  real  meaning 
of  the  Master's  searching  words  when  he 
said  "Seek  ye  first  the  Kingdom  of  God, 
etc." 

Baptists  of  Illinois,  let  the  world's  ap- 
peal and  your  Lord's  appeal  result  in  a 
mighty  outpouring  of  money  on  Anni- 
versary Week,  April  24-May  1. 


TO  SPEND  $15,000,000 

ON  BUILDING  PROGRAM 

Chicago,  March  30. — The  University  of 
Chicago  plans  an  expenditure  of  $15,000,000 
in  the  next  five  years  for  new^  buildings  and 
institutes  for  scientific  research,  President 
Harry  Pratt  Judson  informed  the  alumni 
in  a  booklet  sent  out  today.  Ultimately,  he 
said,  university  building?  will  extend  for 
three-quarters  of  a  mile  on  both  sides  of 
the  midw^a}^ 

The  proposed  buildings  will  include 
Rockefeller  chapel,  to  cost  $1,500,000  and 
seat  2,000  persons.  The  monej'-  for  the 
chapel  will  be  taken  from  a  $10,000,000  gift 
made  by  John  D.  Rockefeller  several  years 
ago. 

Other  buildings  planned  are  the  Albert 
IMerritt  Billings  hospital,  for  which  the  Bill- 
ings family  has  provided  $1,000,000;  a  new 
quadrangle  club  to  cost  $200,000;  the  Max 
Epstein  dispensary,  for  which  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Epstein  have  contributed  $100,000;  a  the- 
ology building  and  divinity  chapel. 

Alumni  have  been  asked  to  'contribute 
$10,000,000  to  the  extension  program,  $2,- 
000,000  of  which  will  be  given  for  pro- 
fessors'  salaries. 


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