The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-06-04
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RRE VIRGINIA. R4TTTsTs GENERAI
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TEE VIRGINIA. R4IsTTsTs GENERAL
81 Ass0CzATHeN.
81 NoEToLs, June 2, 1870.
SECOND BAY.
Devotional exercises, conducted by Rev.
a: Hati, were held for an hour
Inc claims of the Winchester Baptist
Chursh were presented by Brethren Willis
ana Shepherd, and an appeal made to liqui-'
oase the debt Of 81 200 remaining ON their
new house Of worship. - ~ iTI-
rev. ~Dr. Poindexter desired to protest
s.ga.nss Ine practice OF contracting debts
1 t enurches and then appealing fer help.
No one had q right to pledre the sienomina.
ton and while he was willing To- helm
D Willis again, he wanted Che prac-
tice stoppe6. M 5.rS1 Iglss,1, II = III
Rev. DIR. Bagby said chat while, as I, rule.
ne agreed with DIR. Poinde xtcr. vet ne diS
not think we sufficiently sympatfized With
our brethren on the outposts. He urrpdl
t haats we should take them by the hand and
he1p Them oil we could. =. " 81 ;s -
~. burrows did NOT agreewith Dr.Pein-
uiAseE. II we were to adopt this. princi-
snip. Have faith in God and the .bretbren
Wasa good motto. =. :, -, -,
,;r,,a ndexter defended his position. and
ulgeo tnat we had no right To have faitf, in
o,Sner doo or the brethren, except SO far
as we nave promises. =;
Ut. burrows reioined that. DR.. Poindex.
.en had taken different position in this
i,aeseI from That taken by him on other
s,;na lie had properly urged! us to.
sG az fott Ior Richmond College and trust
same nr;n eas means of paying them. The
LIE. f1lVneS oynIaira fJ,ck rxr,,,,s@-
naa not acted in this matter on his own res
spohslDiity, but by the advice Of the breth-
fen, ana IN reliance upon their uron,ises -
Dr. w. +. Broaddus urged. rs = waw If
harmonlzing the views of brethren. that I'VE
as once take collection for Brother WilI;s,s
r rnn, This was done, and liberal sum
J. B. Watkins, ESQ., ' read the report Of
Inc eunday-school and Bible Board. The
report luily and earnestly argues the inn
portance of General Superintendent of
these works, and shows that, the WORK
has suffered during the past wear for
the want of a General S,lperiutend-
emit. The lack of General Superin.
tendent had caused the returns from the
schools to be very meagre, but they were
highly gratifying as far as they had been re.
ceiyed. One hundred and ninety schools
report 2,724 officers and teachers, 1855
scholars, and 1 300 conversions during the
last year. Taking into the account the 3N
schools which have not yet reported, the
Board estimates that there are at least
10000 gathered into the Baptist Sunda,
schools of Virginia. The receipts of the
Board during the last year have been com
paratively meagre, and this is attributed
mainly to the fact that they have, had NJ
General superintendent. q! = ;,
Do. mr.. Ir IF AZ
claims of this great work. srs1 y: -
-Rev.A. K. Dickinson expressed gratiica
ton at the presence of Rev. DR.. Teasdale
Corresponding Secretary of the Sunday
School Board of the Southern Baptist Con
vention, and called on him for statement
Of his work, -,.lr ri. -. .,.,,.. .-.s,-ss
Rev. DIR. Teasdale made full statement
Of the work of his Board, and made an
earnest appeal for the cooperation Of Viz.
giHia Baptists. a.-. sHr .a.H5" !.
Dr. G. r. Blackal, of Chicago, was called
on. and urged that we should do this work
rs BaptistS. s.p IL f.. .,,.
Rev. III. Barnes, of Williamsburg, spoke
of the importance Of getting full statistics.
Dr.. Jeter said that he represented here
the Martha Crawford Missionary Society,
composed of the infant class, numbering one
hundred and sixty, Of the, Gracc-Strcct
been urged to contribute only what they
earned themselves, and had entered into it
with such enthusiasm as had secured larger
contributions than many Of the churches
had given. He urged that the children be
trained to give. -'@
Brother j. b. Watkins urged the schools
to scHd up their Statistics.
j. Hardy IIcndrcn, ESD, spoke of the
importance Of Sunday School District As
sociations, and gave an account OF the one
with which he was connected.
Rev. DR.. b. Manly, Of Greenville, 5: c.,
felt n very special interest in this Board, Of
which he was once the President. He ably
and eloqucntIy spoke of the general work,
and OF the Importance of the study OF
Gods. Word in all the churches. The work
should not he confined to the children. He
wanted such - Infants classes" as he used
TO have in Richmond, composed of such
gray heads us Archibald Thomas, j. T..
Franklin, and others. He wanted church
Bible schools, in which all the members
should participate.
Rev. A. Il. Dickinson suggested tnat we
form Il State Sunday-SchoOl Convention to
take charge of this work. ,...
DR.. Curry suggested that we should pay
more attention to the circulation OF the BIZ
bic. lie begun To tell of the venerable
Brother Franklin, who taught the class al
l,Idedito by DIR. Manly, who met him when
he first went to Richmond, in '61, and took
him into his Bible class, but he was over
come by his emotion and compelled to take
his scat. ~ ..,.
Rev. C. II. Ryland said that DR.. Curry
meant to tell Of how that humble miller
taught Gods Word to members of Congress
who sat al his feet, and OF the debt OF gra-
titude, he felt for that humble but noble old
man.
Brother Ryland spoke briefly but earn
estly and pointedly Of the interests OF the
general work. -" ~ s5ss j,
Rev: DIR. Williams, of Maryland, urged
that teaching in the Sunday schools was
really preaching. He spoke Of the inn
portance of converting Young. America
and putting it to work, for Christ. He
earnestly eXhorted the pastors to so into
and work in the Sunday schools, and spoke
elouuently and forcibly of the advantages OIL
bringing the children to Christ and putting
them to work for souls. j
DIR. Hill, of Madison county, had mes
sage from one hundred poor children VINO
wanted help to buy Gods Word and suIta-
BILE books to assist in the study Of that
Word. :.
DR.. Gwathmey, President of the Sunday
School and Bible Board, said that has Board
had always been ready to respond to such
appeals, and he hoped that the Association
would put the Board upon such footing as
would enable them to do still more IN that
direction. - e*-'
Rev. William Fisher spoke earnestly on
the general question. .-l. b = %! Il
The report was adopted, and the Conver.
ton adjourned with prayer by Rev. Dr..
MANLY. -- ,'s's.-, !. +rs, .,e-ae..-.s.ssg
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