The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-07
BAPTIST GENERAL ASSOCIATION
OF VIRGINIA.
THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

At the opening OF the session Oh oaouI
day devotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. George W. Adams, of Hampton.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SUNDAY
SCHOOLS.
Rev. Mr.. Chaplin, from the committee 10
consider the propriety of continuing the ap-
pontment, reported recommending the
adoption Of resolutions providing-frst,
that the Sunday-School and Bible Board DE
instructed to continue the office of general
superintendent second, that as far as prac-
ticablc the Office work be performed by the
corresponding secretary, allowing the SUI
pcrintcndcnt to have more time for held
| labor: third, that if the said office be con-
tinucd, the superintendent shall hereafter be
known as the General Sunday-Schooi Mis-
sionary.'
On motion, the report was laid on the Ia
bic to come UP with the report OF the Board
Of Domestic Missions for consideration.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rev. Z. s. Taylor, from the committee to
consider the propriety of consolidating the
Boards of the Association, reported mat
such consolidation was not now desirable.
| Report agreed to. ..
On motion of Rev. George 3. Taylor, it
was ordered that column be opened on the
| trcas,lrcr'S book and in the consolidated re,
! port for contributions TO the Sunday-scnool
! Board of the Southern Baptist Association,
now located at Memphis:
| On recommendation of the committee ap-
pointed to designate the time, place, Nc., oil
the next meeting,
| "RcsolUed, That the forty-seventh session
of the Associations shsl be held at Norfolk
on Thursday before i" first Lords day IN
June 1870; the annual sermon to be
preached by Rev. L. j.. Winfree, OF Chester
iicld-Rcv. n. v. = ilSon, OF FarmYlle,
alternate"
STATE VISIONS.
Mr.. II. X. Ellysol IN read the report of
the State Mission t'Jard, al abstract OF
which is suhioincd:
The Board Of STATE MISSIONS regret that
they have not halfaS nary missionaries en-
ploved in Virginia - hey had at the last
annual meeting oI sho Association. The
financial embarrassment i the board COM
PEELED them to limit Their appropriations to
:. 800. which was used ii sustaining fifteen
missionaries 1T thrtv-tuyr stations in por-
tons Of fifteen counties and twelve towns
and villages. Th,tv-onc sunday schools
arc in opcrati0n III T!lr-c stations. The mis-
sionarics during the year preached / ,302
sermons, baptized -! converts, organized
three new churches aoG Zen new Sunday
schools.
The total iabilti"s or he Board amount
to about $500, which "r" to be discharged
out of the contributors sent up to this
meeting of the Associ;' IN.
The Board recommend the employment
of thirty missionaries II Virginia next year,
and earnestly appeal ~ the churches for
means for their suprn'.- An avearge con-
tribution of twenty ,,li,rs from onc-half of
tb,, llI~ IL
amount.
The reDort closes righ Z feeling allusion
to the death of the ls,u"nlcd William Sands,
of this city, who W. lcr more than thirty
wears Il member Of The Board. and for eight
wears of the time it corresponding secre-
tary.
Rev. Mr.. Fisher spoke at length touch
ing the need OF the mission fields. There
was not only work for sixty missionaries, as
stated in the report, bat for one hundred
and twenty men, and they should be good
and strong men, fit for any pulpit in the
land. lie enumerated many counties in
which there was no REGULAR Baptist preach
inw, and other counties in which Buptists
mad not only to fight the world, the flesh,
and the devil. but the lcthodiStS. PreSby
tcrianS, and EpiscopalianS, too. Morc intc-
rest must be manifested III the great cause of
spreading the gospel il this old Common
wealth. While education and foreign mis-
Sions should by no means he neglected, do
nestle missions should receive our first at
tcntion.
Rev. Mr.. Sydnor presented the claims of
the Concord Association III some forclDl2
remarks.
Rev. George w. Adams, missionary at
HAMPTON, gave IN interesting account of
the progress of the denomination in that
Il n inf hnt
this mission be sustained.
Rev. J. William Jones urged the import
ancc of the BaptiSts paying more attention
TO the great region OF country known aS the
Valley of Virginia. He regarded this rs IL
most hopeful field although until recently
there had been very little done there for this
denomination. Now several brethren were
located there-somc, where the sound
of Il Baptist preachers voice had never be-
fore been heard. The Importance of Il good
church in Lexington was particularly urged.
rs from the collegiate institutions there an
influence goes out that is felt all over the
southern States.
Rev. Mr.. ChambliSs, Of Iiarrisonburg,
followed with Il statement Of the moral cha
ractcristicS OF the community in which he
laborcd. People there had fixed religious
| principles, handed down 10 them from an
Episcopal, Presbyterian, or Methodist, an
ce>try, and it WAS country Of "lSmS' and
"ites"; but there were also in their midst
good, earnest BaptiSts, influential though
poor, who were doing " good work. They
needed, however, the ympathy, the pray
ers, and the material aid, of the brethren Of
| Eastern Virginia.
Rev. n. W. Wilson and Rev. Alfred Bagby
followed III Il few remarks. The last-namcd
gentleman incidentally paid Il high tribute to
the earnest and Eclt->arriticing labors of the
chaplainS in the Confederate army, and
particularly TO one OF these (Rcv. J. W.
Jones', who went all through the war minis
terin9 to the spiritual necessities of the sol
der, and when ocrJ -i,'n required, shout
dcring his musket for hi, country. He went
up with the army 1t Fredericksburg, and
down with It 1T ApponlatoN, and was now
laboring is Il missionary il one of the most
important fields in liz: State.
Rev. T.. j. WilliSaisO spoke; after which,
the usual recess was taken.
AFTERNOON SESSION,
The afternoon session WAS opened with
prayer by Rev. Samuel IIarris.
Rev. W. 5. Pcnick, of JAMESTOWN, Va.
invited the attention Of III, Association par
ticularly to his field Of labor us one That
might he made 10 bring forth rich fruits for
the Baptist Church; but he needed assist
ance. That country Was now being rapidly
filled up by immigration. and among the
immigrants there wel2 some Baptists who
wanted home. The difficulty about the
BaptistS who came hum Eastern Virginia
across the mountain, j. hat when they
get where their Denomination is weak
they become timid, aflI too quickly strike
their colors, instead Of erecting their
standard, standing by i. and calling others
to gather around ii. This speaker also de-
prccatcd the tendency shown TO single out
particular fields rs beiHg the most important,
from their natural advantages or political
or commercial prospect. lie desired the
prayers Of Gods pcopir hat he might be