The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-14
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penorted for the Baltimore SIM. i; Il
Sanshern Baptist Convention.
Tue III D,y.-The Convention met .at5the
-, hour. DR.. P. II. Nell, president, in
the sn'i Mr. Fuller offered resolution Of
rev. -,,aoment and thanks to the Ameri-
acSn now Society for donations Of Bibles.
can p.' the war and since, to the Baptist
d daa, School Board which was adopted.
s" p"s Or. Fuller moved that the conmu-
. htaI desired to be presented by Rev.
rcI pahcock, from, the Board of the Ameri-
n. Ind Foreign Bible Society, be received;
S rh;ch was adopted.
"I psy Rufus Babcock, corresponding Sc
tory of the American and Foreign Bible
s SD.;aty. then read letter Of fraternai
',ntot;on and kindness, recommending q
S a'in;on between the Society and Convention
e. tbe wider spread Of the Scriptures.
=" IN motion of Rev. DIR. Fuller, the COM
-,on;,ation, together with the appendix to
.sn report of the Sunday School Board,
~. ave referred 70 special committee, to re-
nart in the afternoon.
The discussion Of the committee report
), n, Domestic and Indian Mission Board
vas resumed, and participated in by Rev.
Mnssrs. Jones. Sumner, Jeter, Berg, w. f.
prnaddus. Throughton, and Reynolds--the
srserhes being limited to Ave minutes du-
rsp,on The report was adopted.
Rev. William Hague, Of Massachusetts,,
n o short address, took formal farewell
- the Convention, disclaiming any inten-
,;on in sermon delivered by him on Sum
Iay last, Of introducing, in the most remote
manner. anything political, as had been
,bnurht by some. he served Christ and
reached Evangelical Christianity only.
Rev. DR.. Jeter, from the special commit
100 on the preamble and resolutions offered
by DR.. Seeiy, which declare that the Bap-
list Missionary Convention is a permanent
institution, and must be sustained, looking
70 renewed and earnest effort for the reli-
cious education of the freedmen, the intro
duction of a new instrumentality-yiz the
Christian Colony, for the evangelization Of
Africa. and the sending, at an early day,
large bodies of converted freedmen to Africa
"a labor as missionaries, made report.
The committee recommended the adoption
of the first two clauses of the resolution,
and that the proposition to send bodies Of
converted freedmen to Africa be referred
10 the Foreign Mission Board for careful
consideration
Rev. Messrs. Allen and Culpeper gave
short accounts of their labors among the
freedmen in the South. The latter stated
the blacks were SO governed by the Loyal
Leagues that if another minister belonging
10 that organization were to demand it Of
the League, the blacks must attend his
preaching, and none other. Rev. Messrs.
Bacon, Sumner, Howard, Broaddus, S. IL.
Ford, Landrum, and Caperton, made adj
dresses on the subject. The report was
adopted.
Rev. Mr.. Howard offered resolution in
structng the Domestic Mission Board to
enter into correspondence with the Ameri-
can Home Mission Society to ascertain whe-
Their aid will not be furnished the appointees
of the Board in preaching the Gospel to the
the freedmen of the West and Southwest.
Rev. Mr.. Thomas, of South Carolina, OPP
posed the adoption of the resolution, on the
ground that they had already expressed
their readiness to receive this aid, and no
response had been received. He was
against making any further petition in that
quarter. After addresses on the resolution
by Rev. Messrs. Poindexter, Broaddus.
Fuller, Winckler, Sumner, and Helm, it
was withdrawn.
Rev. DR.. Hume presented report from
the committee to ascertain the best plan OF
securing means for missionary purposes.
1t is strongly recommended to continue the
agency system in this connection. The re-
port was adopted.
afternoon SeSSi0n.-Rev. DIR. Jeter, from
the committee on the communication from
the American and Foreign Bible Society,
reported that the Convention accepts their
fraternal greeting, and will unite with them
in their work, and returns thanks for sup
plies of Bibles and Testaments. The re-
port was adopted.
Upon motion of Rev. DR.. Jeter, com.
mittee was appointed to nominate gentle
men to represent the Convention in the
Northern Baptist Societies.
The Committee on the Nomination of New
Boards recommended that the present Of
fccrs of the Foreign Mission Board and
Domestic Mission Board be reappointed. A
new list of officers, with DR.. $. II. Ford, OF
Memphis, as president, was recommended
The name of Rev. J. L. Burrows was
placed on the Foreign Mission Board in
place Of that of Rev. j. b. Jeter, and the
report was adopted.
Macon, Georgia, was fixed upon as the
place, and the 9th of May, 1869, as the
lime, of holding the next meeting of the
Convention.
Rev. Z. 4. Winkler, D. D., was chosen to
preach the Convention sermon.
Rev. DR.. Burrows offered resolution IN
relation to the Importance of the denomina-
lonal press, and urging efforts to increase
its circulation. Adopted.
4 resolution was offered by DR.. Jeter,
and adopted, requesting the pastors OF
churches to urge their members to attend
the sessions of the Convention, and take q
more general interest in its operations.
The Committee on Nominations of Dele
cations from the Convention to Northern
Baptist Associations reported the names OF
Rev. Messrs. Manly, Curry, Jeter, j. A.
Broadus, Fuller, and Winckler. The COM
mission was authorized to fill all vacancies.
Resolutions of thanks to the citizens OF
Baltimore, the railroad and steamboat COM
panies, and to the churches, were adopted.
G. W. Wharton, Of Kentucky, was re-
elected treasurer, and J. G. Long, Of Ken
lucky, auditor Of the Convention.
The Convention then adjourned sine de.
DR.. HoGE IN ST. LoUIs.-From notices in
our exchanges, we learn that Rev. DR.. Hoge,