The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-04-08
VIRGINIA STATE BIBLE SOCIETY
=. ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Virginia
State Bible Society was held in the Broad
street Methodist church last night. The
bad weather prevented a very large at
tendance, but considerable number of
ladies and gentlemen, representing all the
different Protestant denominations, were
present.
The meeting was opened by singing the
10th hymn after which, prayer was offered
by Rev. Nelson Head. Rev. DR.. Wood
bridge, president, occupied the chair, and
introduced to the audience the Rev. S. j.
Baird, D. D., general agent of the Society,
who read the following:
REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT.
The following is an abstract of the re-
port of the general agent, Rev. DR.. Baird
The materials for this report were very
inadequate, owing to the neglect Of
county societies to send in their annual re-
ports:
The general agent has travelled during
the year about $1,000 miles in the service
He has visited all parts of the field, made
sixty-three addresses, preached about one
hundred and thirty times, organized or re-
vived ten county societies, sent about two
hundred and twenty letters, and dis
tributed many hundreds Of circulars oi
this and the American Bible Society. He
has been received everywhere with the
greatest cordiality to the hospitalities OF
the people, the pulpits Of the churches
and the hearty sanction Of ecclesastlcal
bodies.
The following gentlemen have gratui-
tously served the Society as local agents
The Rev. J. D. Thomas, for the Eastern
Shore the Rev. Hugh A. Brown, fol
Charlotte county the Rev. T. W. Hooper,
for Montgomery county; and the Rev.
Messrs. NJ. Malry and Thomas W. GRmer
for the Northern Neck. The hope is ex.
pressed that large number of valuable
colaborers will, il. this way, be early en-
listed in aid of the Society.
County auxiliaries are enumerated as
follows: Albemarle, Alexandria, Amherst
Augusta Central, Augusta Stone Church
Bedford, Charlotte, Danville, Floyd, Frede'
ricksburg, German Settlement of Loudoun
county, Giles, Grayson, Jefferson, Lynch
burg, Meadows of Dan in Patrick county
Montgomery, Norfolk, Orange, Peters
burg, Portsmouth, Prince Edward ano
Cumberland, Rockbridge, Rockingham
Salem, Salem Church in Charlotte coun.
ty, Suffolk, Warren, Washington, ano
Wythe.
Bible committees, with supplies OF oooRs
are located at the following addltlona
places: At Berryville, in Clarke county
Charlestown, Jefferson county ran
Church, Fairfax county; Gordonsvliie
Orange county; Marion, Smyth county
Northampton Courthouse; PlttsylVanls
Courthouse Saltville, Washington county
Warrenton, Fauquier county; ana Hooo
stock, Shenandoah county.
Supplies Of Bibles and TestamentS nave
been kept by all these societies ana con:
mittees, ready to meet the wants OF appl
cants, whether by purchase or gratui'o~u ~
supply. irrespective of class or color. vi
the Eastern Shore six local distributor
have been ready to meet the wants ol Wv Wv
needy, and have to some extent eAploie. =
the destitution by visiting from house - y
house. In addition to these, the heV; = oa "a
leb Bernis, colored minister OF tne Dap
tist Church, has acted as distributing agen
among the colored people. :, 60
The societies of Portsmouth, freoe
ricksburg, Petersburg, Amherst Gnsl h.s
lotte, jefferson, Montgomery, ana otnets
have accomplished valuable results Dy .n IL
pratuitous labors of ministers ana otpel n
in the work of active distribution. bu
the reports do not furnish precise returns a
In Albemarle, Bedford, Lync6ourg
Loudoun, Montgomery, Prince Eu"aiu
Cumberland, Roanoke, Washington, an
Wythe, colporteugs have been employee