The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-11

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From our Special Reporter.
r,,r,, Annual Meeting Of the Virginia
sunday.scaool society.
SECOND DAY-SIGHT SESSION.
NoRroIK, April Z, 1870.
The Society met, pursuant to adjourn
rent, at s o'clock-Bishop Doggett, pres'-
dent, in the chair.
Tho Committee on Finance offered their
-oror. and the following resolutions
ssPesolred. !. That the representatives
If .he various schools now present be called
IN At once TO pledge their schools for the
proportionste amount necessary LOT tne
General expenses, and that the correspond
ing secretary coll on such schools SO are not
represented here to pay their proportion:
"2. That the scheme proposed py tue
Executive Committee, and e' trns ca 10
subcommittee, of which J. {. De alng was
cbairman-to wit, the furnishing each
member with a certificate OF membership
neatly engraved-be adopted.
IS. Tha. the General Agent be requested
10 enroll members" ....
Under the first resolution of this report
the delegates present pledged their schools
for about 800.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The Committee on Nominations made the
following report, and, on motion Of Rev. p:
4. Peterson. the report was received ana
the nominees unanimously elected for the
easuing year:
PreSident-Bisbop D. S. Doggctt, d. D.
Vice Presidents-First, Asa Snyder,
Richmond; I'd, J. c. Deming, Norfolk; Sd,
W. Webb, Lunenburg; 4th, DR.. W. 5.
Copeland, Northampton 9Th, Thomas W.
Green, Lynchburg; 9th, ". I. Chandler,
Bowling Green; 7th, J. R. Kilby, Suffolk !;
9th, W. I. Davis, Petersburg 9th, James
Cannon, Salisbury, Md.
Secretary.-Charles p. Rady, Richmond.
Assistant Secretary.-D. B. Digger, Pc
tershurg.
Corresponding Secretary.-T. L. D. Wal
ford, Richmond. i.
TTsasrer.-Dr. J. E. Chase, Richmond.
Executive Commiitee.-Rev. j. c. Gran
hery, Rev. ". ". Bennett, E. +. Parham,
J. II. Peay. G. L. Bidgood, 7. ". Pember-
ton, c. C. Walter, Rev. T. A. Ware, n. II.
Forbes, Rev. J. 4. Proctor, +. w. BEDFORD,
Rev. J. E. Edwards, of Richmond T. L.
II. Young, J. =. Williamson, Petersburg
! II. Dawson. Rev. D. ?. Wills, Rev. p. A.
Peterson, Norfolk T. J. Patrick, Danville;
J. NJ. GOODWIN, Charlottesville; W; 5.
Bird. Accomac Rev. +. n. Edwards, Mat
thews George NJ. Balm, Portsmouth W.
II. Davis, Farlnville.
On motion of Rev. John G.. Rowe, the
thanks of the Society were rendered to Rev.
W. ". Bennett, d. d., editor R'chmond
Christian Adu0cate, for use Of the columns
of his paper for Sunday school purposes.
PLACE OF MEETING, 1871.
Rev. A. G.. Bledsoe nominated Char
Iottesvile. Arthur Jordan nominated
Hartford, n. C. George l.. Bdgood nomi-
mated Richmond. T. e. II. Young nomi-
mated Petersburg.
On motion, it was resolved to meet on the
evening of the first Tuesday in April, 1871,
in Charlottesville, Va.
THIRD DAY.
FRIDAY, April 8, 1870.
The Society met ut half-past O'Clock
Bishop Doygett in the chair. Religious
exercises conducted by Rev. w. G. Lumpkin.
ANNUAL SERMON, 1871.
On motion of Rev. P. A. Peterson, Bishop
Doggett. D. D., was unanimously selected
to deliver the annual sermon at the next
meeting Of the Society. On motion OF heV:
CHI. Hall, Rev. J. C. Granbery was elected
alternate.
On motion, il was resolved that the Dis
cipline of the Church fully defines the 9th
cial relations of the pastor to the sunday
school.
The Committee on Memorial to General
Conference on the subject of baptized chill
dren were allowed time to report.
The Committee on Sunday-School Paper
and Book Depository offered report en-
pressing qualification ut the improved con-
lition Of the Nashville paper, AMI resolv-
inc to support it as soon as ut FULLY re
aIi2es the hopes" of the Sunday schools ia
Virginia. Of book deposit tories the report
does not deem it expedient'to establish one,
but hopes the General Conference will do
something to cheaper and improve Sunday
school literature.
A series of resolutions by Rev. John u.
Rowe in regard to the formation OF sub
societies were adopted.
DISTRICT srSDAY-sCHooL CONVENTIONS.
Rev. A. C. Bledsoe offered very i'm
portaut resolution, which WIS adopted,
nrovid;np for holding district Sunday
school conventions annually in every dis
trict.
George L. Bidgood offered resolution
calling on the pastors to preach often on
Sabbath school subjects, and try TO interest
the congregations. Adopted.
The consideration Of the question of con-
versions of scholars in the Sunday schools
was postponed on account Of the late hour
of the session.
A series of resolutions were adopted re.
turning the thanks of the Society to the good
people of Norfolk. to the press, and to the
officers of the Society, for unbounded libe-
rality in the entertainment OF the guests of
tho Society.
Bishop Doggett then made some very en-
cou-agiDg remarks, prior to adjournment
sine die. He said the meeting and the So
ciety had been great success-more than