The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-02
IONDAY, JUNE 2, 1S73.---SUPPLEMENT.
rom what would be a most Interesting re

view Of the records of this period to the
operations of the year which has just closed.
This, like all the years that have preceded,
has Witnessed the triumpbs OF divine grace
IN our missions. We have not had so many
HboTerS as in some other years. nor so many
;is The General Association authorized rs to
employ. Seeing how the great Memorial en-
terprEe bad engroSsed the attention and alb
sorbed the means of the churches, We deemed
1t prudent to postpone the 'much.necded en-
largement of our work until another year,
but holding meanwhile all the stations that
had been previously occupied. For this
reason we appointed only thirty-eight mis-
slonarles. All the Associations in the State
shared in their labors except the Middle Dis
trct and james River, for which we were
unable to secure suitihlp men at the time we
made our appropriations.
In that portion of tine State between the
James and Potomac rivers and east of the
Blue Ridge, ne have ten missionaries and
tblrty-nine stations. Brother f. NJ. Buryn
supplied Drummondtown. in Accomac
county, and baptized eighteen converts.
Brother George f. Adams continues
at Hampton and has a growing church.
He baptized i've. Brother James Fl.
Barnes baptized thirty in june City and
New Kent. Brother James q. Coun-
Gill baptized thirty-nine in Gloucas-
ter and Mathews, organized q church and
commenced building a house Of worship.
Brethren L. j. Haley, H. G Ragland, aud
William A. Hill supplied several feeble
churches in tic Goshen Association, the for
uer baptizing twenty-nine, the other six
teen, and the latter seven converts. Brother
j. 3. T. Patterson supplied Scott>ville and
baptized FIVE. Our venerable brother James
Fife gave three months service to the deSti-
tute in Albemarle. Brother B. z. Dulin
continues to serve feeble churches in Lou
doun, Fairfax, and Prince William. lie
baptized siXty-four. These brethren baptized
2l7 converts; aided pastors in meetings in
which $50 persons protested conversion
organized four Sunday schools and two
churches, and commenced the erection Of
two houses Of Worship.
We have twelve missionaries south Of
James river and east Of the Valley and south
western equities, supplying forte-four sta
tions. Brother K. w. Cridlin baptized ten
converts in the Fourth-Street church,
Portsmouth. Brother w. D. Pritchard Ill
bored three months in the lower district Of
the Portsmouth Association, aud baptized
siXty-seven. Brother W. ID. Woodson bar.
tized four in Shiiuh church. in the upper
district of the same Association. Brethren
A. +. Davidson and Robcrt Burton have con-
tinued their work in the Concord Assoca-
tion-the latter baptizing three converts.
Brother J. Il. Faulkner preached to Fork
and Clover churches, in Halifax, and bap-
lized twenty-one. Brother n. w. Read is
doing well in the Roanoke Association. He
baptized twenty -nihe, aided pastors III meet
ings in which there were one hundred
and fifteen conversions, organized church,
and commenced the erection OF two houses
of worship, one of which has been flushed.
Brethren Il. d. lIaymore and ". II. Beamer
a,e in the Blue Ridge Association. The
former baptized twenty-five and the latter
seven converts. Brother J. j. l.. Sherwood
lubored in the New River Association. He
baptized thirty converts, held meetings with
pastors in which there wee one hundred
and ten conversions, organized six Sunday
schools and one church, and has four houses
Of worship under construction ut his stations.
Brother james a. Davis has been greatly
blessed. as general missionary in the
Strawberry Association. He baptized
! forty-two converts and aided pastors in
meetings in which there were ninety-seven
conversions. Brother o. Ellyson supplied
three stations i'll the iApponiattoy Associa
ton at which he baptized sixteen converts,
| held meetings with pi>tors at which there
were one hundred and thirly-nine couver-
sOns, organized one church, and finished
| one house of worship. OurIwelye mission
aries in the territory under review baptized
two hundred and litty-oue converts, aided
pastors in meetings in which five hundred
and twenty-onc persons protested CONVEX.
sion, organized eleven Sunday schools and
five churches, commenced The erection OF
eight houses Of worship, and finished two OF
them.
| The Valley and the counties Of the South
west continue to be a most promising AND
productive field of missionary labor. Here
| we have sixteen mis- :ionarieS and seventy.
six stations. Brother W. 5. Penick's
church. in Dariins5urg, will soon he
II strong, self.sustaining body. Their beau
ti!ul house is near complexion. He baptized
twelve. Brother "A. f. Rogers is earnest,
struggling to EtIlIu ny uilr cause IL Chaiirs
town AID itS vicinity. He baptized fifteen
Brother Il. j. Wills is much encouraged n
Winchester and Hebron. lie baptized
twenty six. At Harri,oDburg, and in it:
vicinity, Brother W. a. Whitcscarvrpmeet
with good degree Of encouragement. lii
baytiZrd four. Brother J. \. May supple
Luray and Fliut Hill. lie bupized Jour
The Lexington church is steadily grown!
under the ministry OF Brother y. 60 Barron
He baptized nine, and aided pastors in meet
inos in which there we're lli;y-lEe CONVEX
sions. Brother j. W. RylHHd resigned alte
four months service, having baptized ii!
persons and organized folr Sunda,
schools. Brother W. A. Wilson baptize,
twenty-:hrcc in Allegheny and Rock
bridge, and Brother n, NJ. Leslie eighteel
in Botctourt. Brother Johu NJ. Pitcher SUP
plies Coyington, Healing Springs, and Whit
Sulphur Springs. He baptized twenty si
and organized a church. At Salem Brotbe
w. j. Shipman will soon complete Il hand
some church building. He baptized iou
aud aided PASTORS in meetings Ia which thcr
were sevcnty-tour conversions. brother
a. Murday i stationed AZ Blaeksburg, th
eeat o! the Virginia Agricultural and Ne
ehautral College, where new house OF wol
ship has been finished. He baptized sigh
aud held meetings with pastors, in wh!e]
forty-six' professed conversion. Brother A
! L. Leonard baptized eighty In Tazewell. Il
also organized two churches and one Sunda.
school and il engaged in building house o
worship. Brother Il. Routh, our mission
ary-at-large for the Lebanon Association
baptized tifty-one, aided pastors in meeting
where niuety-eight proie.sed conversion, ant
organized three churches. Brother {. {
Blankenship baptized eighty-two in TIT
! Clinch Valley Association, bad forty con
versions in meetings held with pastors, or
! ganizad one church, and is engaged in build
| lug Two houses Of worship.
! IN the part OF the State through which We
! have thus rapidly passed, our missionaries
baptized three hundred and siy!y-lipe, aidet
pastor, In meetings in which there we're inuI
hundred and thirty-three conversions, organ