The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-02

/ mistakes God greatly blesses them, and we
] must ssmbafi ss WITH item ana help them:
DIR. Tyree was missionary OF the Board
thirty years ago, and had watched its work
with deepest interest. He made power
full appeal for the work. zsss
i There were some pleasant passes between
city and country brethren as TO the relative
liberality OF their churches. Mr.. EIiyson
settled the question by stating that the
churches in the country are giving more to
this Board than the churches in town OF
city. IS. '.'''.
There were frequent
i CALLS FOR REV. J. R. HARRISON,
whose labors have been so abundantly
blessed in Southwest Virginia.
Mr.. Harrison thanked the brethren, but
begged to be excused from speaking, as be
had averaged a sermon and half day since
the ist of September last, and was broken
down now. Besides, he had nothing to say
about his work except that he had simply
preached the same old gospel which the
! fathers preached, and had been honored and
blessed Of the Lord in reaping harvest
from seed which others have sown. He
earnestly insisted that we want not only
money, but the prayers Of the churches for
Gods blessingon the missionaries and their
labors.
at the suggestion Of DR.. Jeter the Asso-
citation united in singing the long-metre
doxology, and DR.. Tyree led in special
prayer Of thanksgiving for Gods blessing
on the labors OF the missionaries.
REV. GEORGE B. EAGER
made an exceedingly interesting statement
OF the interests of bis church, at LeSing-
ton, Va. Revs. J. William Jones and A. c..
Barron made brief statements; and the
whole amount asked for (S23O) was prompt
ly raised. ..
Afternoon Session.
Prayer by Rev. j. R. Harrison.
The effort made in the morning by Rev.
W. A. Whitescarver, Of Harrisonburg,
and Rev. o. Ellyson, resulted in the col
lection Of 500 for Harrisonburg and S1S5
for Winchester.
There was long, spirited discussion as
to the time and place Of next meeting,
which was decided by determining to meet
with Court-Street Baptist church, Ports
mouth, on Wednesday before the first Sun
day in June; Rev. Charles Manly, D. D., Of
Staunton, to preach the sermon, and Rev.
j. A. Davis, OF Bedford, to be the alternate.
Rev. DR.. Boyce, OF Kentucky, was then
invited to present the claims of
THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMI
! NARY.
| DR.. Boyce announced that the 100000
promised by Kentucky for the Seminary
had already been secured, and that by inyi-
tation of the General Association of Ken
lucky the Seminary will be removed to
Louisville and opened the 1st OF September
next he paid glowing tribute to the lib
erality Of Virginia Baptlsts to the Seminary
in the past, and expressed his full conf
dence that they would come up and raise
their full quota Of the $4,000 to complete
the 100000 required. He made an able
and eloquent address, which seemed to
make profound impression.
Rev. DR.. Jeter followed in one OF the no.
blest speeches Of his life, in which he said
that il he could give to only one object, it
should be to this Seminary, as he regarded
it the most important object now before the
denomination. He closed by pledging for
the Religious Herald one thousand dollars
to this object.
Drs. Hatcher and Dickinson and others
made short, stirring speeches, and subscrip-
tons continued to flow in, amid spicy re.
marks from those who engineered the col
lection, until the sum of $3.50 was Sc
cured. There were also many promises OF
contributions to be raised in the churches.
Adjourned with prayer by DR.. Jeter.
Night Session.
The body was called to order by DR.. Je-
ter and opened with prayer by DR.. Tyree.
Professor Fl. Fl. Harris made brief state
ment of the organization Of the Baptist
Historical Society, which has for its object
the collection and preservation ofeverything
bearing on the history OF the Baptists Of
Virginia.
DR.. Jeter, as president OF the Society,
then read deeply-interesting paper on his
EARLY "REMINISCENCES OF THE MINISTRY
and private membership OF the Baptists.
| He spoke OF the character OF the ministers
and membership Of those days, their man
ner OF conducting worship, sc. Some OF
his touches Of humor were very fine, many
of his descriptions very vivid, and the whole
paper one of great interest and value.
General r. L. L. Beale, Of Westmoreland,
then took the floor and made an eloquent
speech, in which he insisted that while there
is but little mention made Of Baptists in pro-
fame history, yet they can be traced through
the ages up to the period at which the work
OF this Society really begins. He then spoke
Of the early history of the Baptists Of Vir-
ginia, the inspiration to be drawn from it,
and the importance of preserving the re-
cord. General Beale is fluent and graceful
speaker, and his address seemed to make a
very fine impression on the large congrega-
ton present.
Rev. Theo. Whitfield, OF North Carolina,
was next introduced and made a stirring
address ON the Importance Of Baptist history
in general, and especially Of Virginia Bap.
fist history.
Rev. DR.. Boyce insisted that the very idea
OF the Society involves the statement that
the Baptists have history, and that that
history has not yet been written. He spoke
earnestly OF the value of preserving papers,
| namDhlets. &c. and urged the brethren to