The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-11

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S his to the mofNl and religious afnosphei
I which perrhdes tie coiiege.s rs
a number Of brethren responded In term
Or hearty endoTsefneH or tho fsnatksf
MI Rodgers. u sAiSr
Dr. Duncan announced that there ,Wopl
De held In Richmond sor the Stu Of ADri
next aIeonyentiOD OF the friends Of Ban
doiph TO devise ways and sneans OF raisin!
tue endo and building fund needed s
nere was some discussions as 10 wbsthe
the delegates to this convention should 5.
appointed BY the Conference or invited b,
the College, authorities, and the whole matter
was referred back to the Commitsse on Edu
csfion. s:5f - -
The other resolutions were unanimously
adopted. "a :...s 800 $500 '''o'''
Bishop Doggett took occasion. to- express
In few words his very deep interest in the
prosperity and success of Randolph Macon
College. ' --- --'
The report OF the Board of Missions Of
| the Baltimore Annual Conference was then
called for, and read by Charles Shipley. ESQ.
treasurer. The report gives detailed state
ment OF the amounts assessed and the amounts
Corrected ON every circuit and at every station.
Inc "nole sum colleeted for missions du-
ring the year had Seen S5,1s4.s4. The
amount assessed was $4,000. The collection
was an increase of 1852 over the collection
Of last year. - eS''~S''o-
BESIDES the amount collected, 81, 1928 %
balance was In the treasury at the begin.
ming OF the fiacai year. The appropriations
OF the Board had all been met, and the forty
per cent. required paid over to the parent so.
ciety at Nashville.
Besides the amount collected for this
Board, the Baltimore churches had raised
$1,000 for the mission to Mexico. 80 :
Rev. DR.. McFerrin, missionary secretary.
took occasion to say that this was "the best
treasurer's report he had ever heard at any
Conference"
The report was received and ordered TO
be printed.
Rev. a. Poe Boude rose to question of
privilege. Roanoke district only lacked $40
OF fully meeting its assessment. He wanted
the privilege of paying this, and thus making
his "the banner district - Of the Confer.
ence for this year. ....:
It was ruled that such corrections of the
treasurer's report were al1aYs.in order.
Leave of absence was granted key. G. L..
Torreyson, of Marydell, Md,s and Professor
j. W. G. Davis, of the Virginia Agricultu-
raj College, Blacksburg. {
Rev. S. A. Steel, chaplain of the University
of Virginia, was introduced to the Confer
ence, the usual number Of announcements
were made, and the body adjourned with
the doxology and benediction.
NIGHT SESSION.
MISSIONARY MEETING.
After prayer by Rev. DR.. Wilson, Rev.
| James 5. Gardner, secretary, read the an
nual report Of the Board OF Missions Of the
Conference.
The report details the appropriations and
Inc assessments made for the year, and gives
brief sketch of the labors of the ministers
10 Wnom appropriations had been made,
showing that they had been faithful and Ia
POROUS, and had been largely blessed. ..,
Atter Singing From Greenland's Icy
Mountalns, Kew. DR.. Haygood, Of Nash
vile, was introduced. He begun by saving
that he loved to plead the cause of missions
because it was the cause of our common I'm.
manity-the cause Of our common Master.
The same Gospel that saved us is necessary
to save, and is adapted to save all and VIC
will appreciate this just ir proportion rs W,
experience the love of God in our owl
hearts. He took the ground that more haC
been done for the heather within the las
fifty years than for the Fifty years succeedin!
the Day Of Pentecost, and gave brief re
view OF the mission work to prove it. 81
briefly argued to show that this ought To b
so, since We have facilities for spreading tn
Gospel now which were not enjoyed in tn
early days of Christianity.
He wildly sketched the work Of tt
Christian world In the foreign.mission tieio
insisted that the Methodist Church Sout
~as not living up to the full measure Of it
duty, and was not doing what it ought I
do in the foreign field.
He noticed two great hindrances to tn
| work:
/. Want of faith and patience.
He compared this TO "children playin
garden "-plantiDg seed and expecting i'm
mediate fruit, would dig up the.seed befor
it had time to sprout. He earnestly ap
pealed to the brethren to cherish the spiri
OF trust in God and patient waiting for re
suits which Judson had when, in the dark
est hour of the mission to Burnab, he wrote
"The prospects are as brightas the promise
of God"
9. The fancied claims of the home field a.
expressed in the witticism Of John Ran
| dolph, "The Greeks are at your doors !"
aud the favorite maxim of the penurious
"Charity begins ut home"
These maXims the speaker scathingly re
futed, and showed by the teachings and ex
amples of the Scriptures that "the field is
the world" and the obligation of foreign
/ :, tol h,,t of n
Master: "Go ye into all the world and
preach the Gospel to every creature"
He drew encouragement from the fact that
the seed once planted are selfperpetuat.
ing; that Gods manifest favor has been upon
the work of missions; and that they have
developed and exhibited for the admiration
of the Church all of the heroic spirit of de-
votion to the truth which characterized the
martytso Of the olden time, thus giving new
and unansWerable argument for the truth OF
our COMMON Christianity. .
| These points were elaborated into an elo-
quent and telling speech, Which produced o
| fine impression in spite OF the interruption
caused by the fainting Of ayoung man IN the
gallery and the carrying of him out through
| the crowd.
Rev. DR.. Duncan next spoke briefly but
most IOEClUiy ou tnlS 4uColioo, " has nav =
you to do with missionsf' He gave most
vivid and amusing picture of the effort
which individuals constantly make to Shift
responsibility to " The Church." and in most
facetious and telling strain urged that the
Church is made up Of Individuals, and that
each one must appreciate his responsibility
and come up to his duty in this matter.
He tacetiously introduced the missionary
secretary.