The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-05-04


was psesniasiiy one church gave about twenty.
ave 1ellaTs, another about nity, sud none mucn.
But fhere 10 Geld spough aud % apAre, and plenty
Of opportunity for preaching. me SPEAKER a.
,udsd 10 the Heterogeneous character oisbs socesy,
nov 70 forming state ens = ssp PA made that
Baptist State, and N Quakers early went 70
sylvania and New Jersey and made them v1ahes
States, might now tho Bsgttsts hnd Maa, 81. -
abundant fields Of labor In Western Wisoo.s,.'
tIe wanted some Of these brethren TO ne,p n.m .n.
IE said he, you have no money, Do iike .no yo1"s
lady in New York, and subscribe yourselves. l..
Rev. Mr.. Hatcher. Of Manchester, vas se. hrisf
vited 70 address the Association; ~ IA attended
the church since his residence tneIe. ano D.
yeraious and accessions had been numeIous, n
Gently, 40 great Was the Interest," mAun ss .nS
community, the meetings had 70 co~n non,srsons
hsd TINS iar resulted In about forty consers1us'
ia took none OF the credit TO himself peisonsy,
but attributed Il to the efhcient VOL Ma.sst hv
threu, which had been 20 graciousy ~arIJ
Providence, He believed that Mancpes.e. "v M.
be evangelised 10 the course Of lew Ia. .ir
moutha An encouraging account OF the SUNDAY
school was also given. He urged the aoop'Ion VI
system, and the brethren everywhere VIII "o'A,
and God will bless the work. A.,.
ones,ed to speak, said he was laboring about MY
miles from the Kansas border. He dinereo WIZ
his aged aud esteemed brother (Mr Weicnl III Io>
gard to the character Of the men wanted tneie;-
Tbou On the incubation are restless, they are ins
teIlireut. The difnculty 10 that men come from
the different States of the South, Dringing .as,r
own peculiar views. To manage their Ie,,sioos
opinions successfully, requires eAHa9suinasy
power of character and great prudence. .Ad na
cannot be useful 10 Virginia, he will scsicsiy DO
useful In Missouri The field was vast ana inter.
eating. No state In the Mississippi valley was
more promising. There 10 no nnei Asr ,.,.'
territory on the globe, and the mineral Iosou'.
ces are inexbaustible. The great state presents
cloriops fieId for Christian effort and missionary
enterprise Lat
better than none, and if the best men could not
be spared, would take such as he could get
He sgreed with MS Drotner aS w 'no e""
Of the men needed.
The addresses, of which we have given sketches
merely, were listened to with the most ptoiounu
attention. IL Al.
report 1T was put and carried In the anlrmanve'
COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
The President announced the committee OF MS
| teen to nominate delegates to represent THIS
Association In the Southern Baptist Conventions
| a. follows :-Messrs NJ coleman, D1un,o
mopd. B W Snead, Il W Roach. W Snydor,
Winfres, Josiah @ Bailey, Broadous,
| Grimsley. VIM A Bapghan, VIM Wilson, ) NC
Lauehlin. Alexander Eubank, P Gown, L >
Chandler. ,.-
| AIE6r prayer ny nov AAA AAS"A"N'
| ton adjourned.
| NIGHT SESSION.
| The President resumed the Chair at O'Clock,
IPM hymn was sung. Prayer was maoe ny
| DIR. d r Campbell, Of Kentucky.
| The congregation was very numerous, showing
the interest felt in the proceedings OF the Associ
| alton.
| order was the consideration OF the supJec'oi
! coLPoRTAGK.
Rev E Dickinson, Superintendent OF Coiport-
| soe made his report. 1t exhibited very grati'
| fying state of the cause-many were ittereS.eu ~
| il now who had not been heretofore-!he pIoileA
| tons were received with 30 mucn pleasure , suu
nrofit that the prices had In some instances oeeh
| reduced. a consideration of much importance ~
| the securing of complete success me report
| SHOWS the following result for the past eie'eh
| months: on,
DAYS employed ~
Famiiies visited.
Pa. lies prayed ~
Families destitute OF Bible -: SSS
| Desutute VI 9.uJ h ,rtatinn. ..,.... 2,02S
B BILE grants amountipg o.-.......s 1 1io 20 20
Grants of other religious books..."..". L0Is 70
Bibles 10
Other BOOB ''''''''''''''
| Extracts from letters, and reports from Coipor-
teurs. embodied in this report showed aoeVoIiop
| 10 the canse amounting to enthusiasm Several
| incidents of much interest in their eAperience
we're narrated. They have been laoo.inG VIII
great success, not only In the Distributors VI o1
| Int in awakening the public mind to the sueJeci
| of religion In closing, the superintendent paiu
an affecting tribute the memory OF the iate hop
| ert Jones of Petersburg, devoted iaooref VI
| the cause, who died within the year.
| The Association was addressed upon tue various
subjects embraced in the report,and upon the oene
| fetal influences ofColportage generally BY heqs
| MANLY. Jr, of Richmond, John Broadue, OF Cnar-
| lottesyilIe Barnet Grimsley, OF Rappahannock,
| Jno Francis, of Richmond Jno Long, OF NorfolK
and NJ Poindexter. The lateDess OF the hour OF
adjournment forbds the publication OF our
sketches of the remarks, in the present nunDef.
The question recurring upon the adoptlon OF inc
report it was adopted.
REV Hardwicke offered the following reso'
luton:
Resolved, That committee be appointed to re.
mort upon the proprety of blending the work OF
Colportage with that of State Missions
The following substitute, offered by DR. Broad
dus, was adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed
to confer with the state Mission Board and with
the sunday School and Publication Board. with
view to consider the expediency OF attempting
more direct cooperation between the boalas.
The President appointed the following commits
tee under this resolution: W Broaddns,
Hardwicke, W Sydnor, Manly, jr., Willis.
Prayer by Rev w Fontaiue, after which the
Association adjourned.
1.-THE list of delegates in attendance, os we'll as
that of visitors from other States, being yet in
complete, the officers of the Association deem 1t
proper to defer the publication thereof until to-
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