The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-10
GoRDoNsvILLE, VA, September s.

GORD0NSVlLLE, VA, september y.
IF your type-setters were not usually so
accurate I would charge to them the ugly
blunder by which my last letter from JEFF
fersonton called the Shiloh !" Association
the Rappahannock ~; but as they rarely
make mistake, i suppose l must confess
that the blunder was mine. -
BY the way, some of your readers may
begin to conclude that there is no end to
Baptist Associations. Well, we have nine
teen in the State, and they usually meet
during August and September. They have
nearly all held their sessions now, anu we
hope that other correspondents will give as
full accounts of the religious meetings OF
other denominations. Egg. The Preshyte-
rians will soon begin the annual meetings
of their Presbyteries, and we nope that we
shall have full reports from them. Inc
DisDntch has elected the thanks OF the
religious public for giving SO promptly anu
90 fully the religious news Of the State.
Rpt begun this letter to say that the
Goshen Baptist Association begun to-day
w;tbfbe Gordonsville church its sixty eighth
ANIMAL meeting. This body is composed Of
forty-six churches, twenty seven minis
tors and 4,7Ol white members, and its ter
r;tory embraces the counties Of Orange,
Louisa, and Spotsylvania, and portions OF
Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, and Flu
wanna. Before the war 1t was considered
the Banner Association of the State in
it's contributions to our benevolent enter
prises, but the desolations of the war and
other causes have enabled some OF the other
Associations to outstrip it.
The letters from the churches this year
report 29l baptisms, and represent the
churches as nearly all having Sunday
schools, and being in more healthy gene
raj condition than last year. .itss y
The Introductory sermon WAS preached.
by Rev. +. L. Kregel, of Spotsy lvania, to
crowded house Of attentive listeners. His
subject was the Redemption in Christ as
symbolized by the passover The spacious
Baptist church could not hold half OF the peo
- pie, and Rev. T. S. Dunaway, OF Fredericks-
burg, was sent to preach ut the same hour.
to a large congregation in the Presbyterian
church. The arrangements for the Asso-
citation, the accommodations for delegates,
&C., are admirable, except that the churches
of the place {all Of which are kindly ten
dered for the use Of the Association) are
utterly inadequate to accommodate the
81 large crowd in attendance, and We need o
stand and arbor out Of doors. Long rows of
tables are set under an arbor in the yard,
and are literally loaded with a bill of fare
that would satisfy the most fastidious cpl
cure. Gordonsville has wide reputation
as the emporium Of fried chicken but
i. from the well-known propensity for demo
fishing chickens which Baptist ministers
have. and from what we witnessed to-day,
il is to be feared that the supply OF this sta
pie will run short for some time alter the
Association adjourns. There are upwards
of forty preachers present, aud the con-
sumption must be awful. -
In the afternoon Rev. william Il. VII
liams preached in the Presbyterian church,
and Rev. DR.. W. F. Broaddus In the Dlsci-E
pies church. I.rr
The Association spent the afternoon in
organizing and discussing certain local mat
tiers. Visiting brethren were invited to
seats, and the following reported Rev.
William Fisher, Agent State Mission Board
Rev. C. II. Ryland, General superintend-
ent Sunday Schools; Rev. DR.. Poindexter,
Agent Richmond College; Rev. George +.
Adams, Hampton Rev. j. William Jones,
Lexington Rev. J. c. Hiden, Portsmouth ]