The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-02
NO. l3l.

them for The reception Of the truth as it Is ia
Jesus, nor of the far-relching influences put
iHto operation for the glory Of God and the
Of men.
We deeply regret to mar the pleasure you
must feel in listening to these facts 10y re-
ference TO the pecuDiagy cmbarr,ssmeDts
which threaten serious interruption
of the labors Of the Board. It's fnan-
cial condition requires the prompt spe-
cial attention of the General Association.
Our appropriations amounted to Sl0,S25.
We have paid to our missionaries $500.
leaving a balance due them of about $1,000.
We have no money in our treasury, and it
is not probable that the receipts at your an
nual meeting will pay this Indebtedness.
Our missionaries are poor, and in need Of
what we owe Them. A. tDis debt was incur
red by authority of your body, expressed in
the most emphatic form by sanding vote
at your last session, We respectfully submit
that you are under peculiar obligation to
make immediate provision for the payment
of it.
Arrangements must be made, too. for pro-
scouting our work the coming year. Most
Of the missionaries now in service should be
reappointed. In addition to these we have
on die applications for appointments TO i'm
porsant places which Ought to be made, and
which will require further appropriations to
the amount OF si,5o0, or $4,000 in all, If
we extend our operations no more than is
here contemplated.
If lit was eninentIy appropriate" as was
so fifty said by the General Association at
Staunton, TO commemorate tue occasion If
our tiitieth anniversary by 4 "taugibe eX-
preston Of our gratitude to our Heavenly
Father for His preserving care, and for his
great goodness in causing us to grow from
a scattered and feeble few TO so great null
titude," it will be equally worthy the peo-
PIE whom God has so wonderfully blessed il
they distinguish the first year of the coming
semi-ccntennial period BY spirit of pei
sonal conservation to Jesus, and Of enlarged
enterprise in bis service far ahead Of
any point they have heretofore attained
or attempted. Great fuvorS from God ill.,
pose great responsibilities upon those who
receive them. Extraordinary opportunities
for doing good 10 our felow-men demand
extraordinary labors and sacrifices from those
to whom these opportunities are presented,
Most copiouSly has our Heavenly Father
showered bis benedictions upon our mis-
sions in Virginia. As VIZ, under the leadings
of His providence, have pressed forward yer
after year into the whitcned harvest field
opened to our laborers and reaptd the
rich fruits of bis grace, He has con-
!inually spread before us other new
fields, until to-day the utmost stretch of
pious zeal en- scarcely keep pace with the
rapidly developing area of Christian activ-
ity. 1t becomes us to recognize the oblrga
tons imposed upon US by these highly fl
yorable circumstances, aud to discharge
them with all the ability God has given US.
The great need Of the Board Is more men,
or we ought rather to say, more means to
support those who are ready TO enter on The
work We therefore earnestly appeal to the
General Association to adopt sucl measure.
Is SHALL relieve us from debt and furnish
ample resources for the prosecution Of State
missions.
Remarl.s OH the Report.
Rev. DR.. Tyree took the floor and made
an earnest speech, in which be said that VT
should consider nothing done while so much
remained updoue--tla while thanking Goo
tor all of the glorious things He has enabled
US TO do in the past, we should be ashamed
that we had done so little.
1T HCsily piStu iOi a. illSi~A tsl'r ~
piety in the churches.
Rev. |. 5. Tn,ley had been fol- over FORT
years connected with this Association. ant
gave some eai ly "reminiscences OF the body
rev. DR.. Wilson called attention TO tb'
ftct that the State Mission Board had no
made the number Of appointments which ,lit
General Association had authorized. or cH
pended the amount of money which the body
by rising vote, al Stauntun, had pledged
Or. Wilson earnestly insisted that the thing
to do now was to make W the deficit.
II. X. EIlysun, Esq, said that the credit o
the State Mission Board all over The State i
so good that tlieir missionaries tan al|ay:
buy what they Need on the faith of promise:
of this Board. These promises must be me
even if we borrow the money. He wouit
not mike "a money colec ion here now, bu
he would have the brethren make pledge
here TO be redeemed at the earliest possible
day.
Kev. 4. f.. Dickinson suggested the an
pontnleut of Il special day to take cotlcc
ton for this Object.
The report was adopted with the under
standing that tie opportunity be given Il
rai:c1 deficit.
Rev. DR.. W. ID. Thomas. Of Norfolk, IN
troduccd resolutions 10 the effect tnat all co!
lcctions for home missions should be mad
! through The State Board, and that onc-tourt!
| Of said amount should he gwen to the Do
| nestle Mission Board of the Southern BAL
tist Convention. DR.. Thomas said thar Il
was fully aware TINT local feeling ala stat
pride would oppose this movement. bn
: the question is not one Of feeling, but Una
is rtqht! He was in ever. tihrea 'lrgihial'
and reioiced in the work done by the OH
State, But there is some other plac
beside, Virginia, and some Woik I
be done outside of her limits. IL
insisted that the rest Of The ueld l
our wide.sprrading territory las cam
upon us that We have too much neglected
| He would by DO means neglect the State. Dt
would have the destitute places OF the sout
remembered. He spoke OF the val'le OIL I'll
Southern Baptist Convention and the IN
portauce OF Increasing its power hna intli
ence; argued that the Domestic Ml.slo
: Board was necessary 10 the preservation
! tao Convention, and that some such measuI
AZ this in all OF the States IL necessary to ID
preservation or the Domestic Mission Boar'
He urged tina. this seemingly narrow pole
was injurIpg Y;gina's Influence 10 the Coz
| yention. and that the measure be propose
was necc. sary to preserve that influence. Il
earnestly insisted that while IL might tor
j.; brief season lessen the amount that the sta
Board would have to eXpend, tia. it woul
, in the end really increase that amount. Il
earnestly appealed to his brethren TO thro
away their local prcjudces. and to care ne
who got the credit 50 rs the Lords work ":
/ done.
At the conclusion Of DR.. Thomas's Speec
the resolutions were. on mot.on Of Rev. ,
r. Garljck. laid on the table. and Profrssp
+, G. l.. Cooke moved that the Assertion no.
proceed to
risuidate the Debt OF Four ThOusan
; Dollars
la, ,ho n,;ys;onar; he the BOARD Profe,