The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-12
LOCAL MATTERS.
DOVER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

in the chair. Half an hour was spent in de-
vninnal exercises. Rev. McsSrS. Scott and
Hart leading in prayer.
pr W. K. Vaughan was requested to act
aS temporary clerk.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Rev pr. Burrows. from the Committee ON
Manoah Church. reported. recommending its
reception. The report WAS adopted, and
their messenger being present was given the
hand OF fellowship.
Letters were read from Warwick. Ashland.
Hampton, Bethel. Williamsburg. Glen Allen,
Bculah. aud Walnut Grove churches.
The Moderator presented Il letter from
Nr. {. Mccarthy. the clerk. rcSigninc that
office. The resignation was accepted and an
election held to ill the vacancy.
Mr>>rs. Adams and Barnes were appointed
tcllcrS.
Rev. DR.. Burrows nominated DR.. W. Il.
Vaughan.
Rev, Or. Wilson nominated Professor II.
II. Harris. but afterwards withdrew the
nomination. Professor Harris not being
present.
rr. Vaughan was then elected hy a nnani-
NOUS vote.
CIRCrihR~LETTER.
Nn motion of Rev. DR.. Burrows. the cir
rular-lcttcr by Rev. }. II. Barnes was read.
The SUBJECT" SeS of Money III Extending
Christ's Kingdom "-was handled in an i'll
tcre>tng manner.
The papcr was. on motion of Rev. Mr..
Biting. referred to Il committee consisting
ot Rev. George +. Adams, Rev. \. W. Will
sou, and nr. W. Il. Vaughan.
The report of the standing Committee on
Foreign Missions being in order, was called
for. but was not forthcoming. owing to the
fact that neither of the members of the col,-
mittec were present. The subject WAS there
fore laid oycI>
STATE ANp DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
ON motion of Rev. Mr.. Biting, Rev. DR..
William L. Hatcher. of Petersburg, was in
>urt ~ address the Association aS the repre-
sentative ot the Domestic Mission Board of
| the Southern Baptist Convention. DIR.
| Hatcher responded in some brief and pracll-
| cai remarks. earnestly urging the claims OF
! the weak churches in other states upon those
| more prosperous in Virginia. He spoke par
iic,thariy Of the needs OF the West and South
| west. and white acknowledging with glT.ti-
tndc the great work Virginia Baplst> have
done and are doing within their own bor-
dcr>. he deprecated placing any territorial
limits upon missionary Iabor and henriirence;
not that Virginia was rot doug aS much ;s
other S.ntes for The Roard he represented.
| hit move wr:a, doing enough. When the
| churches make their contributions he did not
wisl. ;hi> Board forgotten.
! Rev. Dr.. Curry followed DR.. Hatcher i'll
tie same behalf, warmly and eloqucntiy
urging liberal contributions to the Board
represented bv the latter. He spoke par
ticulnrly of the wOrl; done and to be done by
this Board among the celorcd people and
among the foreign population now coming to
our shores.
The report of the standing Committee on
state and Domestic Missions was read l'N Mr.
II. II. Ell,>un. secretary of III" state Mission
Board, hy request Of the Moderator. 1t is
stated that tlE, subject OF State Missions Is
awakening new interest and sympathy among
! the churches. The State Mission Board has
now iurty-two missionaries in the field, and
over 1000 conversions during the past year
through their inStrllmcnality are reported.
The attention of the Association is partcu-
larly called to the village Of West Point as u
missionary field of unusual promise.
| Mr.. EllySun then gave some account OF the
history. present condition, and prospects OF
the work of the State Mission Board. During
the past fifty years it had done great deal
in turther,nce OF the design Of planting Il
| lap1i>t church in every nei@hborhood III
Virginia, and Of giving each church living
ministry. These efforts, by the blessings vi
God. had borne fruit in the salvation OF
thousands OF souls, and the prospect was
never more encouraging and promising than
| now. iE,lt there is still much to be done
! Even now there are whole counties in Nlr
"inia in which there are 10 Baptist churches
and many neighborhoodS in which there Is
no regular preaching of the Gospel 10y MN
listers Of any denomination. The Board hits
been literally sustained, and its approprn
ti"nS 10 The support of missionaries nave
been large. But more means are needed
The calls for the current year already exceed
The sun the General Association authorized
to hcexpendcd. In conclusion the Secretary
called upon the members of the Association
10 nut forth renewed cXertions in behalf c1
this cause.
Rev. John q. 'rurpin and Rev. a. +. Scott
earnestly presented The claims of West Point
rs Il missionary field needing immediate at.
tcntion. They urged thata preacher should
| Ic sent there, and house of worship be
erected as soon us possible.
Rev. A. b. Smith thought it ought not to
he forgotten that while it was very wei
to appoint missionaries, money must he
raised tor their maintenance. lie reflected
with kind severity upon the TACT, learned
from the secretary, that sixteen churches IN
this Association had contributed nothing
whatever to the State Mission Board.
| Rev. j. W. Hart called attention to the
field in which he laborS, in Caroline county,
where. under his mnistrationS, Il promising
new church had been organized and house
Of worship built. Upon the house there
was debt which be solicited aid to pay be-
| fore its dedication. Mr.. Mason also spoke ot
the claims of this new field.
Professor Charles l.. Cooke referred to the
Frightening prospects of the Baptist denomi-
nation in the Valley Of Virginia. Baptlst
| doctrines are everywhere received WIN Ia
| yor, but the great need is for laborers in the
| vineyard. There are large tracts OF country
| in the Southwest also which are WITHOUT
| Baptist preaching, although it Is only ncceS-
| sary for this denomination to go i'll ana oc-
| cupy the land. 70 gather the harvest al
| ready ripe there must be men, and money IS
| necessary for their support.
Rev. Dr. Wilson, OF Richmond, also spoke
of the great importance Of the Valley heid.
While we ought not to overlook the claims
| of feeble churches in our immediate vicinity,
| it is above all eypedient that we shnll occupy
and hold the great centres of influence ana
the populous sections, where our labors viii
tell hes, not only for the present but in the
fu,urc. Such a section is the Valley of Nir-
ciniu. In the great and wealthy county of
Shenandoah there is not u single resident
R,nt;st minister, and 10 Baptist church, al
though one could easily be organized there
to-day if those who would compose it could
be convinced that it would be encouraged
pn,. % r REYNOLDS spoke of Southwest