Mission Work Among the Negroes in Montgomery, Ala.
By GEO. E. PETERS.
I AM grateful to be able to report progress in every department of the work in this city. The tithe for 1911 amounted to $398.45, about $150 more than for the previous year, and the donations to foreign missions, including our Sabbath-school offerings, amounted to $86.46. We have torn down our old mission building, which was in quite a dilapidated condition, and have built a modern structure, consisting of rooms for the workers, and an auditorium twenty-two by thirty-eight feet. The building was dedicated March 10. We were glad to have present Elder A. J. Haysmer, secretary of the North American Negro Department, and Elder C. F. McVagh, field secretary of the Southern Union Mission. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Elder McVagh. Elder Haysmer offered the dedicatory prayer and made a very timely address. Several visitors were present. At the close of the service our visitors rendered financial aid to the amount of twenty-eight dollars. During eighteen months, twenty members have been added to this church by baptism. At present several not of our faith are interested, and we hope to see them come into our ranks soon. We request the special prayers of God's people for the work in the Southern cities.