Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-06-08
Correspondence of the Tines.
BAPTIST ANNIVERSARIES.
NoaFoLK, Jane A, 1852.

ANoHfoLhs Juuc 1909
Our city is througed with delegates and visitors
attending the meetings of the Baptist societies of
Virginia; among them scores of the fair daughters
of the Old Dominion. With true Virginia hos
pitality, the houses of our citizens have been
thrown open and all made heartily welcome. A
number of reverend gentlemen from other States
also present.
The General Association met in the Cumber-
land street Church this morning, the delegates
filling the entire lower floor of the house. After
appropriate religious exercises, and the transac-
ton of preliminary business, the body was or
ganized by the election of Rev. James g. TAYLOR
Moderator, and IL. X. Ellyson, Clerk.
Resolutions were offered by Rev. A. M. Poin-
dexter, condemning the course of Northern Bap-
fist Societies in sending agents into the South to
collect funds, and urging Southern Churches to
discounteLance them. The subject was referred
to special committee, to report to- morrow morn
ing.
The annual sermon was preached by Rev. B.
Manly.
The report of the Board of Managers was read
by the Corresponding Secretary. Twenty-seven
missionaries had been commissioned during the
year, who labored in % towns and villages and
81 counties. They preached 1897 sermuns, bap-
tized 55l converts, constituted new churches,
organized Ia Sunday schools erected houses
OF worship and are engaged in erecting others,
and distributed many religious books and bibles.
Contributions SILLY 81. Eleven thousand per-
sons had been baptized and one. fourth of all the
Baptist churches of the State constituted by the
missionaries of the Association since its organi-
cation. Ten thousand members had been added
to the churches by baptism within the last two
years. There are now connected with this de-
nomination in Virginia over 9O, 900 members
The report concludes. with an appeal for an en-
largement OF the operations of the Associate
and the contribution of $4,000 the next fiscal
year. The report was laid on the table until to-
morrow, for the purpose, of allowing several gem
tlemen to make addresses on the motion to adopt
it.
In the afternoon the Foreign Mission Society
convened. Rev. James Fife, Vice Pre- sident, pre-
sided. The exercises were of an interesting char
acter. The annual sermon was preached by Rev.
Cornelius Iyree. Rev. James B. TAYLOR read an
abstract of the report of the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions of the Southern Baptist Convention. There
are fifteen missionaries and assistants employ
ed IN China, and three more soon to sail for
that country. There are seventeen missionaries
and assistants in Western Africa and one ia Cen
trail Africa.
Addresses were delivered by Rev. Drs. Bacon
and Jeter.
Rev. JAS Fife was elected President and all the
old officers reelected.
~. niSht' uesPlte Vie lnclemency OF Tie wealth
Ell, the church was well filled, and the anniversa-
ny of the Sunday School aud Publication Society
occurred. James c. Crane, President. in the
Chair The annual report showed that the sales
OF books at the Depository in Richmond had been
nearly doubled the past. year, and that the Sun
day School enterprise was prospering Throughout
the State.
Addresses were made by Rev. Messrs. Wink
Ter, of S. c.. Broaddus, and Buck, of kentucky
and Manly and Howell of Richmond
All the old officers were reelected.
Resolutions were adopted, respecting the em-
poyment colporteurs by district associations and
efforts are to be made to effect that object.
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