The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-04
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SrAuNTox. June 1.
An Interesting meeting was held at q O'Clock
this morning Rev. Richard Barbv presidsd
The Association met At . O'Clock. the as2d
hymn sung. and Elder w. NJ Young led In
prayer. The minutes Of yesterday proceed.
ings were read and approved. The President,
W. q. Broadus, took the chair The Comm fttes
on BUSINESS reported in part, and after re.
marks by Elder Poindexter, the report was re.
committed with instructions to give conside.
ration to the request Of Elder Poindexter for
the arrangement Of a suitable time for tho an
nuat meeting of the Board Of Foreign Missions
OF the Southern Baptist Convention. The
Committee on Business was instructed TO ar
range Tor mass meeting ON Indian Missions
on Sunday evening. as
An invitation was read by Elder George h.
Taylor from the principal Of the Asylum for
the Deaf and Dumb. for the members Of the
Association 10 visit that institution at o'clk
r. NJ The invitation was accented The
Committee ON Business reported as follows /:
Miscellaneous business for the first hour each
morning.; Sunday School and Publication
hoard and Colportage Reports, at 10k O'Clock
this morning; Education Report tonight al
O'Clock; State Mission Board Report Satur.
day morning and afternoon; Foreign Mission
at night; mass meeting on indian Missions
Sunday night at O'Clock The Bible Board
Monday morning at 10Y O'Clock; bones tic M d
Indian Missions at O'Clock Unfinished bu :
siness TO the end OF the session. A season was
spent in devotional exercises elder Witt pre-
sided Prayers were offered by elders POin-
dexter, Sydnor and Ryland and a highly iu-
teresting address by ID. Witt, giving q remi.
nlscencs OF his missionary laoors in the town
OF Stannton thirty years ago. Appoint
ments Tor preaching were announced Elder
+. Henson. Lutheran Church. Tonight; elder
7. u. Jones, Episcopal Church, Tomorrow at
same place. at night. Elder A. f. Dickinson
read the Colportage Report giving the result
OF the labors of the ColpOrteurs during the past
year, reading extracts from their reports to
the Board. The following is summary OF
the statistics embraced in this report: Col
porteurs employed, s5; families visited, i6 9Oe;
families prayed with, q, ,t39; families dqsiitut te
Of the Bible, 95e; number OF families destitute
OF all religious books except the Bible, 1,i33
sermons and addresses by the Colporteurs, =, ,063
Bibles and testaments given 1877 30 religious
books given away, 81 sos 81; Bibles sold, g.,
| 59G AZ; other books sold, Slu,7Sl Is. During
| the past three years these Coiporenrs have Wis.
tied lU7, ~! families, Of whom s. $50 were des ii.
tute Of the Bible of all other religious books
| delivered 5,759 sermons and addresses; gave
| away S3.i39 40 worth Of books and sold S32,
| 165 II worth.
Interesting addresses were delivered by Bro
Cooke, OF Botetunrt 1t. Gov. r. l.. Montague
Indians, and Elder E. G. Ship; after which
/ the report was adopted. Officers to compose
the Board were appointed.
A resolution was offered by II. K. Ellyson, tG
i
after prayer by Elder Hume, the Conve al tic \
| adjourned till O'Clock, r. M.
| The afternoon was devoted entirely to thu
| examination OF the pupils OF the Asylum FOL
| had brought Il considerable addition to tn,
/ numbers of the members OF the Association
| several of the ablest ministers of the denoni
| nation in this State, aud some from othel
| States, being among them. Rev. Mr.. Cabanis,
| and the Chinese convert also came; the latter
| Grated quite sensation wherever he went.
The large chapel at the Asylum was denselJ
crowded to witness the performances of tn,
pupils III the various branches of learninl
taught them: Drawing. singing reading, or
| biography, painting, arithmetic, geography
algebra, trigonometry, French and the sigr
language. A beautiful little girl, only fiv,
months in the institution, Mary G. Lamb, o
Norfolk city, gave, in the most graceful anG
| winning manner, the signs for love, hate
| beauty, prayer, &c, the teacher Interpreting
| them An other beautiful Hebe, Miss &. w. S
Nichols, of Harrison county, recited by sigua
| the Lords prayer. There were also perform
ances by The band, (blind pupils instrumen
| tai and vocal, which did credit to both pupil
| and instructors. Perhaps there never ha
| b-en an occasion when SO many persons from
| the different sections of the Stale Were pre-
| sent to witness an examination in this Insti
| tuition. AS citizen OF this good old Common
wealth, felt proud that she had within he
| borders such a noble institution, and ever,
one present prayed heartily for its prosperity
Among the visitors were several Presidents
/
and scholars Of good Tepute. and the exami
nations were of u character to elicit their ap
| probation.
The Chinese gentleman was an object q
| great interest TO the deaf mute pupils ever
| one OF them rising 10 look at him. and by sign
!, communicated to each other their thought
| respecting him.
| The exercises at the chapel occupied thre
| hours, and it was time usetully and profita
> | bly, spent.
Elder z. Fl. Henson, Principal of the Flu
: | wanna Female Institute preached tonight i
| the Lutheran church.
In the Baptist Church the subject of educs
| tion was considered. Rev DIR. Ryland rea
] the Report, which elicited disc ussion, lastin
: | for two hours and halt, and was participate
| in by able gentiemen-Elders Watkinson. Poir
! dexter, Sampson, Ryland, Jeter, Barrow
: Long, WIN. Sands, A. Broadus and A. Ii. Sand
|, | EsQ.-the latter part relating to the propos
7. | tiOn to buy the Blue Sulphur Springs, at $40
| 600, for College. A large audience was pref
. ent during this discussion, who manifesto
great interest in the subject.
| To-day the State Mission will be brOugt
up and the Report of the 1abors Of the Mil
. | siOnarics in the State heard.
The hospitality Of the citizens OF StauntO
: | il unbounded. 1t is equal to that of Old Vii
| ginia anywhere within her borders and tn
large number of Baptists now here, from a
parts OF the Common wealth, tests that hosp
| tality.
On Sunday. the pulpits Of all the churcht
will be occupied by some OF the many ab
ministers extending the Association.
MONTICELLO.
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