The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-01
Rnprahannock Baptist Association immen>c
Conconrsc Of People Interesting Report ny
Hon. X, l.. Nontan uc-iddrc>>cs, Nc.

hhbIt. II La VT III WV
BRrINGroN, KING s. QUEEN, July 80.
The Rappahannock Baptist Association
is now in session at this place, and we have
II fine specimen Of what such meetings unro
10 be in nc good old days gone by. Inc
Association was organized on Sa'"tu"H,
morning hy the election "i Key. \. nan
as moderator, and j. II. I. Jones, fHl"
clerk. The letters from the thirty-hinc
churches composing the ASSOCIATION i'"!-
Gated a good degree al prosperity 'r,P'i',
inc in the aggregate three hundred ana
eight hapti>mS, and iiourlShlng
Sabbath schools, PRAYER meetings, &c.
The introductory sermon was prcached
hy Rev. G.. II. Nolthatn, and was an earn
c,t. practical discourse from the text:
"\o man livcth to himself, and no man
5;,th 10 himself" The chief matter of
interest, in the proceedings o. Saturday
was the report on the religious instruction
of the colorcd people. The report was pre-
parcd and read by Hon. Robert l.. Mon'a-
que. and was a very able document. lie
gave IN account OF the origin and history
al slavery showed that ii was forced upon
Virginia hv the CupidItN of Old and New
England that il existed i'll amuch scvcrcr
form at the North than at the South that
the North abolished slavery grddndHY
when thcv found that il VAS not profitable,
and then sold their slavcSto the South and
that the Sudden and violent abolition OF
slavery in the South has no parallel III the
history of tie world. The report then
ably argued that while We were not rcspon-
Sillr Tor either the introduction or the
abolition of slavery, that fact did not re-
lirvc us in IL" least from our obligation to
do all in our power to amclioratc the con-
dition OF the negro, and especially to chris
tianizc him. 1t earnestly insisted THAI we
should establish both Sunday schools and
dav schools among them that our minis
tiers should preach Ia them as often rs
practicable, and that we should all strive
10 make item 4 Christian people. Such
sentiments. coming from 50 distinguished
an actor in the recent revolution (and the
writer heard him express the same Scnil-
mcuts before The war;, give a triumphant
answer 10 the calamnicS hcaprd upon us
by the >o-rallcl philanthr"pi>tS OF the
North.
After able and interesting addresses 10y
Rev. Dr>. Ryl@nd and PoindcXtcr Of Rich
mond, Ecvs. \. B~roaddus, Jr., X. ii.
Baghv, T. T.. Evans, and John Pollard,
and T.. I. Montague, Esq, the report was
rccomm!ttcd 10 the committee. All OF the
speakers heartily concurrcd in the scntl-
mcntS of the report, but Scvcra! expressed
doubt a. 10 the propricty OF Introducing
the historical sketch OF slavery into Il report
cmahatlng from Il fci'sloo> pod!-Ho care
fnl are oar southern ili''''>tI! VI Il '.l''s
squirting t""at"> i'"i''l'H III '"c pu'Pl' VI
III religious bodies.
lhc exercises on !'>'''H"! l9"l'"':'
were 81 Il deeply interesting character;
There wa in Attendance "cIo"d estimated
at fully four thousand whites aud as many
c"lorcd, and 80 ainpI" were the accoil'io-
dall"nS On tue house ana al 'ile S'ai'd)'
and 50 complete were 'nc arrangement
tlai all could hear, th't there was lar i''S
disorder and confusion ','ai Is uHuai on
HurI' occasions. AZ "Ci"S" '"''c Was