The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-22
LOCAL I'd MATTDRS.

to the tTansac ton of business
A rope Aieil, Esq, of arlottesyille was
recognized as messenger from the A Albena rIs
Association, and invited TO q seat Ietters
from several churches were received and
read. "
Elder A. E. Dickinson offered a reso,p,io,
recommending the Allegheny College to The
sympathies, prayers and con tribu lions OF the
churches. lie spoke of the favor with which
this young Institution has met, and the in ten.
tion OF lis friends 10 make it a College OF high
grade.
Rev. r. Jones spoke ir behalf of the Domas.
tic Mission Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention. The object of this Board is TO
sustain missionaries in the most destitute
portions OF the Southern country, and among
the Indians. Mr. Jones gave an in;eres ii u z
account of the spread of Baptist principles
in Texas. a few years ago at a meeting of
the General Association, in this CITY an an
peal was made for missionaries for Texas
Rev. j. ID. Creath, then the pastor of several
churches IN this State, arose and said, 81 will
60" He went, found a few scattered Baptists
and here and there a feeble church n. AT first
he fonnd great difficulty in securing horse; !;
but General Sam Houston, whose wife was
BaptIst, said TO him, "The Lords messenger
must not be stopped. Here is the horse upon
which rode while fighting the battles of my
country. He Is old now, and l have given
him his liberty; but The Lords messenger
must not be stopped" The same saddle on
which Gen. Houston had rode while defending
his country, was used by Mr. Creath He went
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and rarely has ever tie preac hing of any maIi
been more successful. The Baptists are now
the lending denomination Of that State and
are doing much To send the Gospel out ito
the regions beyond. After bap izing hundreds
of others, Mr.. Crea tn baptized Gpu. Houston
aud Is now his pastor. Rev. Mr. Jones urged
that The Domes tic Board oQght to oe sustained,
and that piOus self denying ministers ought
10 be sentfrom the older States into the new
States and Territories.
An hour was spent in devotional exercises,
during which Elders III. Hatcher, A b. Smith
and A. K. Dickinson addressed the AssocIa
toh, urging the necessity of more prayer ana
eH prt Iii th- work of spreading the GOSPEL al
home and abroad
The subject of Colportage was brought be-
lore the Association by a resoiu ton offered by
A. H. Sands, Esq, commencing the coIpDr
teurs TO the kind regard of the families and
churches among whom they labor.
IL was proposed that the colporte RS pre-
sent give some account OF their lahors. Mr.
*. w. Crldlin sand that be- had spent the
greater part OF two summers in this work
Ia southampton county, he had Iab0reG and
nad fJund great deStIiutIUn. He spoke OF Wis
Iung a man - years of aga aud finding him
without the Bible. During all the long years
81 that mans lie, no one had paid him u reli-
gious visit; no one had spoken to him about
the great salvation; no one had offered him
God's book. Mr.. &. had often been told by
lamllIes, you are the first person who ever
came TO pray with me, the first that ever urged
me 10 become CurIstian." He had met with
great Kindness from all classes and deuOni.
nations
MIR. Thomas u. Quarles had been a walking
colporteur. He hau walked Is miles day dur
ing The mmer, carrying load OF books
mis- shoulders and visiting three hund red iaml-
les a month IN Henrico aud Hanover Be
sides distributing some 500 worth OF books
per month he had averaged about three
prayer meetings week since entering the
work Mr. Quarles gave some thrilling incl
dents. On Que occasion he had visited n poor
les IL Ia 4tnH Hun mo II h..
II for granted thar hey were very vic c.rG and
begun 10 warn them 10 flee from the wrath to
come. "On, sIr,' said the lady, I'VE are poor
and very needy, but We try to pray and 10 serve
the Lord Though have no Bible 10 tell me
the way TO Heaven, am concerned about my
soul, and do desire, above all things. 10 love
the Lord" The colporeur gave her Bibeand
after prayiug with her ana explaining to her
the Gospel, lett her, as, with streaming eyes
she thanked him aga'n and again tor being SO
kind AS to search her out and give her Gods
Word.
III. E. r Chiffon said that for many years
ne had been deSIrous of spending mis- Wuoir
time III going about doing good, but that not
until three years ago had he known of col
portage. During these three years ne mad
placed religious books in many Thousand fam
lies. For nearly year lie had been iabJring
III this city, csiefiy among the poorer classes
,nd that, besides visiting from 1000 TO I2UU
families month, and distributing from 7 10 10
sou worth OF books and tracts among them he
had frequently held As many "a twenty
prayer meetings per month. He would go
into the most abandoned neigh Dor hood anu
ask permission 10 hold prayer meeting; and
after obtaining PERMISSION, he would 90 To
every family, telt them at whose house the
meeting would be held, and urge them all 10
come, and frequently they would come out in
such num- bers us 10 fill the house, and scarcely
any of them had ever before attended a prayer
meeting. On one occasion he had held
prayer meeting in a grog shop. Mr. Chiffon
had organized three Sunday Schools in desti-
tute neigh ghborhoods il this city. These schools
had effected great good, and he hoped to
much more good flow from them. Mr.. Ch.l-
ton spoke OF how kindly lie had been treated
by all denominations OF Christians. Ere
quently persons of other Churches would
ppen their houses to him. and they would take
hold and help in the Sunday Schools.
Rev. Dr. Fernerdon mate some remarks
He, too, was engaged in this work, though he
bad oeen commissioned but recently. DIR.
frrneI don Will operate IL portions OF hanover
and Henrico.
Mr &. L. Cox is also employed 10 labor in
several counties below Richmond. He report
ed having sold and given away ECO worth OF
books, AID attended several meetings, where
much good was done.
Kew. Dr. BrOaddus of Fredericksburg urged
that the families whom colporIeurs visited
should AID them by procuring from them
books. by not insisting on their remaining
TOO long with them TO the neglect OF other
families, ard by maniiesting an interest in
them and their work. He believed that col
porteuro often erred III staying too long with,
and visiting too ofeu wealthy families.
Kew j T. Solomon said that the BdpLists of
North Carolina had recently taken hold OF
colpUrtage, and that hereafter they intend
u make II the most prominent object in their
labors to evanEeiiZe the State. He believed
colporteurs would be TAR more SUGGEST tui if
relglous persons would tell them OF the char
acterIstIcs of persons and families IN their re-
spectlve neigh borhoods. Thus they might the
better adapt their appeals to them.
Rev DR.. Burrows could not refrain from
speaking of the excellency of the coIporteurs In
the employ of the BaptIsls in this 5 ate. They
are good and true men--rnen who love their
fellow men, and are willing TO make sacrifices
10 benefit them. Occasionally he Board might
be imposed on by an unworthy person, bu he
did not believe any society could claim better
colporteurs than those in our employ.
Rev. Mr. Young, OF Williams burg said thai,
so far as he had seen and heard, those engaged
In This work are good men, and are dsing
good. He wan ted the churches 10 show an ap-
preciation of these labors by making larger
conIribu tions.
MI VIM. Sands, editor of the Religious
Herald offered II resolution recommending the
Bapusis 10 make special effort TINS year u
raise an extra book fund OF $4,000. Reys. Z.
J Willis, a. T.. Dickinson, ana several other
persons addressed the meeting, after which The
resolution was adopted.
1t was decided 10 hold the next annual
meeting a Ashland, Hanover county. A reso-
luton Of thanks To the citizens OF Richmond,
for their cordial and generous entertainment
of the Association, was passed. Thus has
closed the SEVENTY SEVENTH anniversary OF
the Dover Association-a Association whose
influence for good has for more than three
score and ten years been felt throughout lhe
entire land, aud which is now giving more
money for the spread Of the Gospel than any
other association of Baptists In the State
The Grand EIn.-The Union Fair of the tate
and Central Societies, 10 be held near this
city in October, Is attIac ing the attention of
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