The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-07

III want Of will than power, They had
sSmna That when such churches received
ss thelr preacher, without conditions,
t tne! moaia give him no more. No minis
az sTs oS E0ulq i've In Kentucky on less than
yl,uo; He read the outline OF the scheme.
.he principle Of which is that all gifts To
EHhurcnes shall be regulated by their own
.ioerality,. They help those who are willing
40 heip themselves. IF they pay their part,
.wo.thlfds ofSl 900, and send the preacher
'cIIccipt, they receive the other third $685. {.
one church can't raise so much as two
sniras OF a thousand dollars, part of the
munster time is given to other churches
solacent which are willing to raise O pro-
por!lonate amount. Thus evangelistic work
Is adaed TO missionary iabors. The treasury
ouI o, winch these payments are made Is
raised by assessment upon all their churches.
They have so ministers and 100 churches.
They bad found that when the minister
.eils the people that he can't get anything
from the sustentation fund unless they pay
their share, he finds conscience aody dozen
IN them, which is stirred up by his appeal.
ne mad been appointed general superin-
tendent of this work. he would inform
MS brethren that he had been elevated to a
sort OF bishop or presiding elder. Some of
the brethren were frightened at the Episco-
pal tendencies of the thing, but he was
willing to appear Episcopal or Methodist to
get the money.
He was a professional beggar, and had
Deen ever since he entered the ministry.
lie regarded money Us the exponent of the
plety of the Church and part of their wor.
ship. When his congregation in Baltimore
once complained of the jingle of money-we
had no greenbacks then-hc was compelled
to say TO them that he feared there were
some unpleasant associations connected
with their handling Of money during the
week. II man got his money pleasantly
during the working days, he did not see
why II should disturb his devotions on the
Sabbath. He did not like the timid way in
which some brethren asked for money. He
had been enabled to advocate the cause of
sustcntation in Kentucky in a great many
churches by going out on week days and
preaching to the people whom he could
reach, and recommended that pastors ra-
Their than paid agents be employed in the
work Of raising funds for this object.
DR.. Robinson spoke of his residence in
Canada when eXiled by the war as not
martyrdom. He had not suffered in that
way, but had preached and labored there
with great delight among large congrega-
tons. His martyrdom had been since the
war. He then mentioned and illustrated
by great variety of interesting statements
the trial to his feelings caused by letters
from ministers and others at the South, and
gave interesting and deeply affecting details
of the sutterings thus brought to his view
and the efforts he had made for their relief.
DR.. Robinson closed by apologizing for the
length OF his speech, and said that he was
always long when not prepared.
4 committee was then appointed to draft
resolutions on foreign missions and susten-
tations. Committee; Rev. w. T. Richard
son, DR.. Pryor, and DR.. j. NJ. p. Atkinson.
Synod then took recess till IN 2. M.