The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-19
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Tide water CcsoperasieR OF Disciples
A Detailed Report

VIRGINIA NEWS
Underwater OF Disciples
1 A Detailed Report.
Correspon- ence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
SMYRNA CaURcH. KING AND QUEEN COUNTY,
| August IS, 1870. )
The Tide-water Cooperation OF the " Dis
cipIes OF Christ" convened at this church
OF, Thursday last. and was organized ny the
5annojntment of Elder Il. 7. Henley az
chairman and William Fl. Clemmitt MS Sc
cretary. This body Is composed OF nine-
teen churches. located In the tide-WateI sec'
tion of the State north OF James rlVeI'
| Hence It's name. 1t was numerousiy ~.
tended NOT oniy by delegations from most
If IN. churches. but also by citizens OF the
snrroundinp country, some OF them coming
| = distance Of over fifty miles; and it was
/ var;onsly estimated that there were from
| one thousand to three thousand present
each day of the Convention, which only
closed It's sessions yesterday.
It's deliberations were marked by con.
siderable ability rs well as by the greatest
harmony, we'll attested by the fact that
without division, and almost literally mem.
con. Elder John A. Dearborn, of your city,
delivered the Introductory address Friday
morning, as also an impromptu one next
day on Ministerial Education, both of which
were marked by the usual characteristics of
that gentleman's style, and produced pro-
found impression upon all who heard him.
The Sunday schools connected with the
churches held interesting discussions during
the intervals of the Convention, which Will
doubtless contribute largely to the greater
efficiency of that important auxiliary ana
| nursery Of the Church. These schools are
assuming an Importance not to be over
| looked, and as the Iron Duke once re-
| marked when viewing the games ana sports
of the boys at "Eton," the battle OF Wa
| terloo was won on that field: so may the
! future Milman record that the triumphs of
Christianity were Won in the Sunday school.
The superintendents of the different
| schools. and some of their co-laborers, de-
livered brief addresses on the difficulties IN
| the way of their successful management,
and the best remedies for their removal;
Quite an eloquent address was delivered
before this BODY bv a young gentleman who
furnishes in his own life and character one
of the best illustrations Oft the worth of this
most efficient handmade of the Church.
The zeal, determination, and unanimity
which uniformly marked all the dellbera-
tons of the Convention, clearly indicate
that it is about to throw itself into the van
among those most distinguished for success
full effort in heralding the doctrine Of the
cross; and If its future be consummate
with its more recent success, the day Is not
far distant when no Macedonian cry shall
be heard within the broad limits of our
glorious old State. As an indication of what
they can and will do, it may be mentioned
that there were present some ten or twelve
Young men in various stages of academic
preparation for the proclamation of the
GOSPEL, some of whom have already attained
considerable prominence for oratOrlcal
ability, and are destined to still further dis
tinction if they will "scorn delights and live
laborious days" remembering that the lau-
relS of scholarship can only be kept green
by the dew of continual assiduity; which
no less authority than the author OF " MY
Novel" has given rs a definition OF genius.
Let them then heed the, admonltlon, ana
not be numbered among those to whom ad-
yancing wears bring not increase of wisdom
and usefulness.
AS to the reception extended by the good |
people of this county to their visiting |
brethren. it might be deemed an ambiguous !
to say that the latter were |
"taken in" For the nonce far-famed Old
Virginia hospitality seemed to have taken
I'D It's abode in the ancient county, rs royal |
and queenly in the manhood and woman
hood of its citizens as in its colonial name.
small houses that to the uninitiated seemed !
scarcely sufficient to accommodate more |
than Il bakers dozen, by some mysterious |
process not vet discovered by Yankee in
genuity suddenly assumed huge dimensions,
capable of containing scores and hundreds,
as they almost literally did. In addition,
the multitude that daily attended the Con-
vention were all filled, and many baskets |
full of fragments Chow many "this depo-
ncnt saith not y were carried away.
There are to be seen fewer traces of the |
late civil conflict and less change i'll the
social customs of the people than in most
other portions of the State. May the only
future change which they may be called
upon to experience be that Of increased |
prosperity and wider diffusion of the
blessings of education and religion.
Owing to the severely dry weather, the |
crops are not so good as i'll some of the sur
rounding counties but it is to be hoped |
that they will prove remuneratiye to the |
hllsbandman.
For himself and all his associates, your |
most devoutly utters the
wish that when the next Cooperation con-
venes at Smyrna "may he be there to SET"
the goodly sight and enjoy the goodly things
by feminine culinary skill, as well
rs "the feast of reason and the flow OF
soul,'' URBAN.
Z. S.-Mr. Dearborn preached again yes
terday, when four confessions were made,
and a protracted meeting will probably con-
tinue during the week.