The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-30

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then made few remarks, In which be II,
called somr'plcssing
"Reminiscences OF the Origin of mt,
General Association.
AZ the meeting cf the General Committee
IN charlottesville, in 1S22, there were onl,
'n'ee MINISTER'S present. and as two of these
!ner. ra. bap'lst and himself) were return
ls from that meeting the idea Of tho organi
~''.,"h o' thlS Association was first suggest ed
he spoke OF The great difficulties encoun
'efcd IN getting the churches generally I,
! cooperate, and of the valuable services OF
end @'''
tic briefly Ske'chcd the results of this or.
gnnlzation. FIRST followed the great reyiyn
ni iS"l-32. during which tho speaker bld
h'm>cif baptized ono thousand candidates
. Next followed the interest III the ca,Ise o
! education and in Richmond College. II,
sketrhrd the hlSior, and development of the
denomination during the past fifty years, re.
loiccd III the progress made. and would
humhly give God NIL the glory.
I He hid been ordained in the First Baptist
church, Richmond, and standing here to.day
on this glad occasion he desired 10 rc-dedi
cate and rc-,on>ccrate his few rcmaiuinu
days 10 the service OF the Mastcr--to tn,
preaching of llc same blessed gospel whic!
he had loved in his more youthful DAYS
Living or dying he desired to TIC the Lord.
, AT the CONCLUSION of Mr.. Fif.'S address,
on motion OF Rev. J. i. TAYLOR, Jr.. he wa,
requested TO write il out together with suct
Other "reminiscences IL he might choose. fol
publication.
All Raptists Invited to Seats.
! On motion of Rev. j. X. Garlck, brethren
! present from any SAFE of thc Union. or an,
country If the world. we've invited 10 seat
Tue committee OF Nominations reported
the following
LIST of Officers.
who were unanimously elected:
Vice FrcStd"HiS. Judge j. IL. e.. Jones
General y. &. Field. Roy. +. urrndon. Rev
Dr.. \. Il. Brown.
S"crHopy.- Rev. John L. Johnson, wht
selected a. his assistants Rev l.. !. Haie,
and Rev. G,J. HOLIDAY.
Committees Appointed.
The President appointed the follown.
committees:
Ctcdc1didIS.- +. VI. Latham. W. Eubank
DR.. Peter Winston, j. G.. Boatwright.
HJ'r$ Of .Ueettng.-,Iosiah Ryand, T.. W
Sydnor, \. t. Owen. J. }. Hopkins, J. L
llutson.
Order ~ Bn<inc<S.-C. {. Biting, r
Hume, .lr., J. Il. Taylor, r. W. Greer, DR.
Chilr>.
Nomination ~ Bru"d>.~-C. II. kyland
" : r"nick, Wa,IaEd iunnaway. \. Bay
hy, g. l.. locke. {. Il. Suticrin. j. kincsn
u"u. W. X. ID. Moncurr, aud W. +. Hatcher
General Field WIS then called to the cbai
and DR.. Curry proceeded TO deliver his ad
dress on the connection of the Baptist
with the struggle for religious freedom"
Address OF Rev. Dr. D. L.. VI. Curry.
pr. curry h"gun 10y rcmarkIng that trll
history i something more than mere re
cord ri p"iitl,.r transactions, wars, treaties
acquisition or loss nf territory, accession
and deaths ul rulers. and plot, and counter
plots Of fav"rltc> ana statesmen. Their
might hc u more profitable history q
opinions. dra~. thoughts. doctrines. II
rcsi-t an error and rnlhronc Il truth ma
bc greater Had more fruitful victory thai
, was won af sedan Virginia was battle
field t"r idra> and truths not adopted >olcl
IL her own people. hn' aprllcahIr to. AN
destined >ooncr or later IL he incorporate
III. The or-ann' iaW ot a'l peoples. TIN
triumph was the grandrst ever achieve
since pul:crv became Il fact.
~ illustrating the prejudice with whc
HISTORIANS ni'cn write, he cited the fa'
that White wrote in the reign of Gcorg
ILL.,, alh nude II" mention Of Wesley or tn
rise 1T Mcihodi>m. He insisted that
would lc even more Irriudlcial TO write tn
history of Virginia, OF the United STATES. q
"t Christianity, without giving promiucnc
To the prolonged and gigantic contest in thi
State for religious 'rc&dom. or the reStor;
ton oi the thri>lly principle of spiritul
worship.
Before telling he story of that grand vi,
:. tory he proposed to give an intelligent q,
count Of is getcSiS. He Skctched The pei
>ccutiou> ri the ealiE Christians, and shove
that ii was simply the Journalism OF .J,dai>l
) OPPOSED I" tue spirituality Of Christianity
the established religion Of the Romans seek
in" ~ crush "ttt Gi>>",lers.
. tUn>Iauin" ,Std'iist,G Christianity tor hi
own ,eti.h pullN>c-. and an establishment
i "r (. GItt,tt \ discrimination amiong II
iiGioHs helirt>. Il pre- tu;ttO assumption Of il
.llihilily, and Il denial OF religious liberty.
He cited historic examples and quote
from high authorities in the Church, to shoy
that RomaniSm has always held the civil
subordinate to the spiritual power. that
has ~purncd the idea of religious freedom
aud That in no instance mot even in the ca,
OF Lord Baltimore in Maryand,l lrts Rom
cuuMtemonCcd for 4 single moment the ldt
II religious freedom, He argued that tn
Is still the position Of Romlnlsm since Il
"lulAllibic Churrh" Gin never change.
lie regarded it Is one Of the anomalies /
history that Protr>tant> coming on. OF til
ll,
laye copied and enluatcd her rcpreSSiy
measures. aud that the RetormcrS, Wlthol
eyc.nliun, held that offences under the fir
'ahI" of the law fell under the lurl>dlctio
of the magistrate and favored the sever
persecution of diS-cuters. thus really reHl
l,lr under Protestant hicrarcllitS all Of IL
cnormitles of bitter persecution which la
di.graccd Rome.
lie showed that neither Luther, nor NJ
Ianclhou, nor IwinSlc, nor Calvin. had 40
correct idea of religious freedom, and III
.hcv were all prosecutors, and that the Pre-
b,irr!ans OF England and Scotland were u,
ahrad OF their age OH this question.
He >kctchcd the history OF the ESlabliS
, lncut in England. and showed that it W;
. written in pcual laws and blood, and tn;
even now hcnctlreS are owned anG Sold u
patrons, determinations are made again
: di>>cnlrr>. and Sturgeon and all otllfl no
conforms, preachers and people are tASt
, tor the support of the clergy Of the ESth
, iishlurnt
I The Greek Church, the Puritan>, the Con
yrc.ationali,:S. Sc. have all had codes {
+. intolerance. Literature. poets, dramat>t
, historians, society, wealth. The court, til
ariStucIury, The clergy. Wit, satire, hume
have all given the IL strong and con