The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-06
LOCAL M ALTERS

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Baptist dissertation AT % o'clock tho As
socia'ion Was called to order by ths President.
The opebing religious exercises were con
dua ted by Rev +. Hume.
The COMMITTEES on tho resolution to report
"the best methods of inatructiua our slaves
wac made to consis. Of Elders Wm i. Bead
! dua, T. Hume, j. b. Taylor, J. b. 5lomon,
| and T. w. Sydnor.
Tue Secretary read the proceedings yes
iereay, which wsre approved.
ksv: j. Il TAYLOR reported Inc following
| fran the Committee on Business:
fiom till 10 o'clock, misct ilancous busi-
| ress; I'll l0l, devotional exercises al lu1
o'clock, rspclt Of the Sunday Suhool and Put
!ica'ion Board; All ,urn at I O'Clock alter
noop, 4 O'Clock. Foreign Mis. ion REPORTS "a
night. Il ard Of Domestic and Iadian Mi 81 rf;
Saturday, business till 10 o'clock; Seyotior.j
exercises till leI; repor, Of the State Mission
Board; afternoon, repcrta of committees; ST
night, report OF Education and Billie Bard.
Rev G Tyree, ,Dr Je,er R.v j B Taylor REV
q w B.jgRa, Rev a Br.adus, OF Greenviie
s &; Rev A b Smith, took part in the special
devotit IL Il exercises.
Fervent prayers were offered in behalf OF
the soldiers and for speedy peace.
The brethren who exhorted urged thst'we
should pray for our enemies, aud especially
that We should seek the blessing of God on
our own soldiers.
Rev K Dickinson, Superintendent of Col.
portage, read his report. During the past year
the work OF the society has steadily g. own.
S6O,O37 - nave been collected eight Colpor-
teurs and Evan.elis.s havs been sustained
| aineng the soldiers; "a 600 pages of tracts
published ami put in cir calati0n: %. 600 bibles
and testaments printed and circulated. Besides
| many thousand copies Of religious journals
pubiehed in vsrious portions Of ths South are
sent by tho Board 10 the camps and hospitals.
This B ard was the frat in the Cotedsrate
States to enter upon Amy colpOrtage. More
than two years ago its trained band Of colpcr
teurs was sent iuo the army. The report re-
jOices in the fact that other aieties have been
established, and expresses the hope that others
may be calle d into being; for alter every effort
has been put forth by US all there will still, be
thousands Of precious souls but kcantily sup
| Piled with the means OF grace
Mr. Winsten president of the Baptist Female
| Institute, corresponding secretary Of the
Sunday School an0 Publication Board, read tue
annual report. Geo Sumner, the treasurer,
also reat Ills report. At The conclusion of the
readlng OF tuese reports, very interesting ad-
dresses, giving graphic and touching incidents
in camp life, aud the influence for good which
the ci, oulatlon and eadDg OF tracts mad effect
ed among the soldiers, were made by Rev DIR
W Bfoadus, ksy L Hume, Rev WIN HUFF
Rev John w Jones, chaplain 18th Va, repre-
sented that great revivals are Spreading
throughout the Potomac army, and hIndreus
bad been converted. This society had done d
noble work Its ooipo teurs and tracts are /.
be .uui oveiyw here. But much renai.a IL
! be done.
k-v a Droa..ug Of s. T. Rev. Tees Dod
500, OF II. O., k=v. D,. Il i,a,:i, apd i.elleu-
ant Governor Montague, ;.!@o addressed Tie
.Aesuciae ei0E--ihs la;tsf Ut sCuie .erfth, III ter
vent ana eivqaent ssf.!ss, Whi0h found :. le
sp"n-iye chord III tao hearts os the audience.
i he Whole discuss iJi. was interesting, and
f.oas were elected which :, il. lave al icti7-
en1e On the tutn.e operaiiUhs of the society
A sketch Cf The SariUG5 speeches may be look
oi iur i'll .ho ucxt humber UI tbs Religious
Htsuid
Iao reports on Coiyorlass AMI oi ihe Tsea
suIer were the.I unanimously adopted.
II S. Taylor offered the following resv,u
ton, winch was adopted:
Resolved, Tdat tho Sunday school and Pub
lica,ion Board be Instructed cvTrespy nd with
pastols sl,.ted to tie wo, aud sudeayor " ou
| gage Tile III 10 labor :.s vviuntary evargeliss Ia
| TIE army aud thas the Board ue;iay lie eX-
| penses.
| After prayer By Rev, D Maniy, Jr, OF $
| e, tho Association ADJOURNED iii 4 clock
| L. Nj.
| Arf.i,e,;.s sE.siJE.
Tire Aasoeislien was opened with prayer BY
| E,acr w. nj. Ioitug.
| The report OF the Foreign M,seion Board
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made by Elders w. L. Mcdowell, T.. Dodson,
| L. III aDly, Jr., W. III. Young, aud j. Is. lay ior,
who after STATING Inc difficulties that existed
| IN communicating with and transmitting funds
| to the Missionaries iii China, Yet means had
been sometimes afforded tor doing 80. Seve.
"a! of the Missionaries were engaged in tusi
| ness not inconsistent wita their calling, which
enabled them to procure the means of aup-
| ri, ing tAeis temporal wants At the eud ri
| the war 1t " Wouid 10 doubt Ee ascertaiued tha,
| the Beard will be largely indebted to thei,
| brethren III the foreign field.
| Nv. Mr.. Aayi0r read letter from Rev j
T. Hcyes, OF i. e., relative TO raising funds ioi
| Jne foreign mission cause. lie also proposed
lahe following resolutions. The last two ha,
been adopted by tho biennial Southern Bap
list Convention eceLtiy assembled in Angus
ia, Georgia.
kesolved, That in accordance with ths ex
press resolve OF the Southern Baptist COnven
li0n recommending the vigorous prosecutor
Il funds t. meet, immediately or in future
the wants Of our Missionaries III foreign land.
il be urged upon ille churches to mike regai.
and liberal contributions to this object.
Resolved, That the oondiiion of cur For
| eigu Al .ssionares, separated from Gs rs they
! are, calls upon us for special share i'll Ou
earnest, believing supplcations.
| Resolved, That We respectfully urge tbs
the concert of praser DO regularly observes
by our ChuIohes.
! Remarks were also made by Elders Solo
mol, Gresham, and DIR. GwathIey, and Eide
Penick.
The Assistant Secretary Of the Assoeiatio
| Appended t. the members TO continue the reSr
| lar contribution OF funds for our Foreign Aii
| sioDaiies, aud make earGess sp5ciai prayer !
| God i'll behalf OF shese missionaries
Elder Young urged the necessity of givint
and regularly giving. Ha had moro confidenc
III that Church WHO gave regularly and syi
t. Enaticaliy, without praying, than ia a Churs
wlo prayed and never gave anything. II
further said that he always f,uDd tsstt & ma
VINO never prayed never gave of Tia means
aid the gospel. Un the contrary, lie found IL:
mau who prayed always contributed o! IA
means to inissions-
The rspovt and resolutions wers the
adopted.
A change in ths order Of business VS.
| made. A MAS meeting on Sunday Schoo
| TO be noldsn To night at 81 o'ciock, ana Rs
MIR. Tanner allowed to bIing tho sutte eel
Iadiau ami Dome site Missions before the A
suciasion 10 -morroNy at IL o o'clock.
| Rev DIR. Eurrows made the following L
port from tho Comu ittee on Religious Ike
! cses, which Was adopted;
, Apuointmans- for Preaching on Sabhst
Jnus ,th, by Delegates vi the Virginia Ba
tist Ass0yiatIon:
F.: 81 Baptist Chu. eh--fi@v is Manly, Jr,
ID, Il Ii O'Clock, apd Rev Ii II Bagby al
! o CLOCK. :
Ss.ord Hapt,ss Gnureh-Rev VIZ Bfo
dus, d ID, al ii o'clock, aid Rev M b w H.
ton at ) o'clock u,.,,,-
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