The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-05
BAPTIST GENERAL ASSOCIATION
OF VIRGINIA..
FORTYSIYTH -iNNUAL SESSION.
SECOND DAY.
The session of yesterday was opened with
Inc usual devotional exercises.

promoting the lnlrl'"tS oi INC uiieich
Boards of the Association during the coming
year. The motion was "4rccd to, and George
b. TAYLOR, \. Hall, If. Hatcher, c. Tyrcc,
!. A. HAYNES, Colonel 7. J. Evans, and j.
X. Harrison were appointed on the commit
tee. .
On motion OF Rev. George b. Taylor it
was ordered that I Il" consolidated reports of
contributions p1liirhed in the Minutes he
made 10 include contributions up TO the
time Of the annual n cling.
Messrs. J. c. Lon-, (. Fl. Cooke, Z. j.
Willis, and Samuel G.u.iia,n, Of Lancaster,
were added to the cornmittee appointed TO
consider the propric;y u consolidating the
Mission Boards.
FoREIGE MISSIONS.
Professor John Hart. of Albcmarlc, sub
united the report o. the Foreign Mission
Board, giving 4 mos encouraging exhibit OF
the BAPTIST missionary enterprises in Cam
ton, Shanghai, and other places in China,
and also in Africa. The report concludes
with an able argument against the popular
belief that foreign missions are 4 failure, ana
an urgent appeal t. Christians in behalf OF
the millions who still lie in darkness.
Rev. !. b. TAYLOR. y. D.. aftcrthc rcadn"
of the report. urged the claims of the cause
of foreign missions in few earnest remarks.
Rev. J. &. Long thought the success OF
the Church in this cause had not been slight
in proportion to the efforts put forth. The
amount of money spent for the carrying on
Of single campaign during the late war
was larger perhaps than the amount raised
by the Baptists of the South in fifty years
for the conversion of the heather, and there
was scarcely single skrlni>h in that war
i'm which there was not more blood shed
than has been shed by American mar
Il Irofr
foreign parts. In behalf of the men in the
Church who have Just reached the greatest
working period in their lives, the speaker
promised the elder Observation-Disclosures lay
Ter, Jctcr, PoindeNtcr, and OthcrS-that
when the duty of pushing the foreign mis-
sion work should TALL upon them they would
do their part, nor would they suffer the zeal
to lag.
Rev. J. c. Hidden, Of Portsmouth, spoke
of some of the benefits resulting from the
devotion Of missionaries to the work OF
the world. Among these re-
suits was the light thrown upon Biblical
criticism by the acquaintance OF the mis-
Siouarics with foreign languages and their
to the science OF comparative
philologv, which has of late become so in
icrcSting to educated men.
Rev. George b. Taylor urged the infinite
Importance of prayer for blessing upon this
cause. The great work, after all, is the
work Of God, and it is ours by PRAYER to
secure the Divine intcrposition. There
should DC n regular concert OF prayer Tor
missions held in every church.
Rev. A. L. Dickinson at this point su%-
ccstcd that the Rev. DR.. Price and Rev. Mr..
Henry, of the English Baptist churches, he
invited TO speak on the subject before the
Association
Rev. Dr. Price was then introduced. lie
was deputcd by the Welsh BaptistS, about
seventy thousand i'll number, to extend to
the Bapti>tS of America Il cordial greeting.
But the special object of the visit of himself
and brother was to present the claims OF the
British Irish Missionary Society, an orSanl-
cation for The purpose Of dispensing the
true light Of the gospel to the Roman Catho-
lies of ireland 1t was doing Il great work
in that island which had so long been over
shadowed bv the viu"S of popcry and SUI
pcrstition. The Speakers associate, Mr..
Henry, was 1T t!'c head of the mis-
sonS in ireland. anal was IN enthusiastic
Baptist although he was the son OF the
Rev. Dr.. Henry. u celebrated minister, and
had himself been tor seven Years in charge
of PRESBYTERIAN congregation before he
saw the error OF lis ways. He alluded clio.
qucntly to the oppression OF the Irish, Eng.
li>h. and Nclch non-conlormlstS, and 30 the
system of spiritual police to which they
were subjected, and congratulated the
people of America upoG heir religious irce-
dom. In conclusion. he made IN earnest
appeal for pecuniary ait for the oppressed,
dcludcd people whose religious Shackles he
sought to strike oil, AMI said that he had
now but two objects III remaining i'll Anne.
rica-irst. to obtain money for the Society
that he represented, and secondly, to take
away with him al AMERICAN wife.
Rev. Mr.. Henry "u'lowcd DR.. Price in an
address glowing Wi;'l nErning and effective
Irish clOqIcncc. r. .i.~tured in icrvcnt
language the condition II his native colln
try, lying rs she dec meath the heel Of
English oppression t,t pipal domination
and he%olIght the Chr. ANS Of America tc
consider the great Importance Of dissent
mating the gospel i'll Il sad which annually
contributes 50 lar" e proportion of tho
population Of this l'9&d continent. He
spoke, toe. Of The grn' strides now being
made by the Romani>t>. although Italy is
free and many other rountrics hitherto Ca
tholic are growing roe'ivc under the yoke
The heart Of Ireland ,.I'l beats true to the
Man Of Sin. and il Wa turn the speaker,
Acknowledged from the error of Their
ways that the society which he represented
was established.
The effect Of the address of Mr.. Henry
upon the congregation can hardly be de
>crlbcd in the brief space allotted to this
report. The result was that rs soon as the
eloquent gentleman concluded the people
crowded around him, some apparently
almost overcome by their emotions, and al
with open pocket-boOkS n hand, and eager
to contribute out Of the poverty Of Nirgi
mia something toward the spiritual redcmp-
ton Of the Emerald I>Ic.
Rev. Dr.. Price took iii the money, speak
ing earnestly all the while, and Mr.. Henry
was engaged in counting it. The sum raised
must have been very large, for when tho
atide of contributions cbbed, one of the
speakers remarked that the amount was
certainly larger than they had received at
any one time since they had been in Anne.
RIGA, and this notwithstanding their laborS
in the large cities Of the northern States.
After these addresses, the report of the
committee was adopted; and Rev. Dr.. Bur
rows moved the appointment of IL commit.
tee to confer with the Irish deputation, and
TO report TO the Association.
The motion was agreed to; after which
the Association adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At p. NJ. the Association reilssembled
and The session was opened with prayer by
Rev. DR.. Kirk.
EDUCATION.
The report of the Education Board was
then presented and read by Professor II. Ii
Harris, Corresponding Secretary.
The duty of this Board is to provide as
>l>lancc i'll preparing for the ministry
such young men as need help, are properly
recommended, and prove themselves wor
thy. During the year aid has been given t.
observation-disclosures at the Theological Semi
nary at Grccnvillc, 5. c., the rest at Rich
mond College.
The financial statement shows Balance
on hand June LIST, 1865. SD 81 receipts dur.
inc the wear in cash, 81 ilg2O. rccpipts dll-