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444 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
were forbidden, and it is given here because of the ingenuity of the writer as
well as the fine interest which he expressed in the work of the Board.
"For maintaining the nations welfare and strengthening the spiritual forces
of the country your institution is indispensable. With you Ridgecrest marches
patriotically and scripturally for victory and freedom, earths best hope for all,
and especially freedom from want and slavery for aged people during the
next twenty five years and evermore."
In December, 1943, the Board elected another associate secretary in the
person of Dr. Robert S. Jones, formerly a missionary of the Foreign Mission
Board in Brazil and later home secretary and field secretary of the Foreign
Mission Board of the convention. The specific task committed to Dr. Jones
was that of securing capital funds for the work of the Board in its several
departments either as direct gifts or through gift annuity contracts or through
bequests in wills. Dr. Jones has assisted in the general work of the Board
whenever and wherever opportunity and need call for such service. His long
experience in the mission work of Southern Baptists and his wide acquaintances
throughout the bounds of the convention have constituted a real asset to the
Board. The results of labors such as Dr. Jones performs are not to be seen
immediately in a large way, although tangible results have been already secured;
and in the months and years that lie ahead these results are expected to
multiply and greatly enlarge.
CHAPTER IV. THE CURRENT VIEW
CONTENTS
Deaths of Drs. Truett and Scarborough and Brethren Coleman and Bowie.
A Highly Satisfactory Year with New Eras in our Brains.
Exposition and Application of Isaiah 54:2 with Emphasis on the Amplitude of
the Board and its Plans and Necessity of Amplitude in its Resources.
A. Lengthened Cords.
B. Strengthened Stakes.
The (Old) Annuity Fund underwritten by the Convention. (1938 and 1944)
All new annuity plans inaugurated by the Board have stemmed from the (Old)
Annuity Plan and the Service Annuity Plan, both of which were specifically
approved by the Convention, and all of them are well within the original
concept of the Convention. They are also in complete harmony with
the amended charter of the Convention and with the charter of the Board.
Less than $250,000 of the Board's Assets is its Surplus.
Three Million Dollars of the Twenty Million Dollars to be raised by the Convention
for Capital needs was Allocated to the Relief and Annuity Board.
Addenda.
CHAPTER IV. THE CURRENT VIEW
FOR THE YEAR 1945 AND FIRST QUARTER 1946
Since the last session of the convention in Atlanta, Georgia, the Relief
and Annuity Board has suffered the loss of four of its most valued 'and beloved
members. These were Dr. George W. Truett, member of the Board since 1918
to the day of his death and chairman of its executive committee 25 consecutive
years; Dr. L. R. Scarborough, for 27 years a member of the Board and for
three years, 1941-1944, its president; Brother Robert H. Coleman, member of
the Board since 1918, and for the same number of years its one and only
recording secretary. Drs. Truett, Scarborough, and Brother Coleman were
charter members of the Board. The fourth member called to the heavenly
home was Mr. Clarence K. Bowie, Maryland member of the Board since 1942.
Resolutions expressing the Board's high esteem and love for these brethren
"lost awhile" to us were unanimously adopted by the Board and ordered inscribed
on pages of its minute book. Dr. Truett's death occurred July 7 1944;
Dr. Scarborough passed away April 9, 1945; Brother Bowie answered the summons
January 13, 1946; and Brother Coleman was called to rest February 12
1946.