The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
From Our Special Reporter.l

| The Association met at O'Clock A. NJ,
and spent half an hour in devotional exer-
cises-Rev. Reuben Jones, vice-presideht,
in the chair. :. ..n ~. -
| Reports OF committees on order of bust
ness and hours Of meeting were adopted.
l. Standing committees were appointed as
follows: az E.ss# ..t. .,Ee1>
Credent,als.-J. T. Averett, P. Swami, j.
II. Barnes, Josiah Ryland, j. X. Lloyd.
| Order of Business.-T. S. Dunnaway,
W.rR. D. .Moncure, W. A. Whitescarver,
]. A. Davis, T. D. Toy.
| Hours Of Meeting. Wayland, Dunna-
way, Thomas n. Walker, T. II. Elicit, B.
F. Bland, G. T. sutherlin. .rv.
| Time, Place, and Preacher for Neat
Meeting.-W. S. Penick, B.. D. Haymor, J..
r. Garlick, C. Tyree, A. E. Owen.
Religious Seruices.-The pastor and dele
gates of the Danville Baptist church. ..'
t. Ne,o Boards:-T. W. sydnor, F. NJ. La
than, w. a. Street, j. A. Haynes, q. T.
Rice. -. l-.,.<. ... 49,. III. -
! Etlucation.-W. D.. Thomas, Andrew
| Broaddus, Jr., Thomas Hume, Henry Nc
Donald, J. E. l.. Holmes, George B. Eager,
W. r. BarksdaIe, C. B. Fleet.
HOME MISSIONS. ...-r
! In the absence OF Mr.. C. b. Fleet, CORE
spending secretary, the secretary OF the
Association read the annual report Of the
Home Mission Board. 1t briefly reviewed
the operations OF the Home Mission Board
| OF the Southern Baptist Convention. Twen-
| ty missionaries had been employed, who re-
ported four hundred and seventy CONVEX
sions. The debt Of the Board had been so
reduced that it was easily manageable. New
fields among the Indians had been opened,
and six missionaries were laboring among
this people. The contributions from Vir-
GINA for this work had only been 81, 341. rs
during the year. While it was small in
crease over the previous year, it was far be-
low what ought to have been raised; and
pastors were urged to make more earnest
efforts to increase the amount raised for
home missions.
Rev. William II. Mcintosh, D. D., OF AL
ALBANIA, the corresponding secretary OF the
|
fist Convention, addressed the Association
| in support Of the cause he represented. He
announced the gratifying fact that the
whole debt Of his Board had been fully
paid. Then he earnestly and graphically
sketched the field in which his Board work
| ed, and showed its needs and the import
ance OF furnishing ample means for thor
oughly cultivating it.. 49,. - ...-
Rev. w. Z. Hatcher, D. D., followed in
an address in favor of Indian missions, and
concluded by Offering. the following resolu-
lions, which were adopted as an amendment
to the pending report: ...
| Resolved, That we warmly second the
movement for the establishment Of mission
schools among the Muscogee Indians:
Resolved, That our brethren in Virginia
be urged to raise the $500 asked from them
to complete the amount necessary to the
establishment of this school. T..
Rev. Elias Dodson, of North Carolina,
and Rev. j, =. Carroll, made earnest
speeches in favor Of adopting the report.
A collection was then taken for the Mus
cogee Indian school, amounting to 1866.
The report was then adopted. - 49,. E
| THE ANNUAL, SERMON. .et... III.
| The President announced that the hour
for the annual sermon had arrived. Intro
ductory religious services were conducted
by Rev. A. Broaddus, D. D. Rev. j. B.
Jeter, who had been selected to preach on
this occasion, remarked that this was the
fifty-iourth anniversary Of the Association,
and that he was the only man living who
had witnessed it's organization. Taking the
Sd verse Of Jude for his text, he proceeded
to discuss in an able and earnest manner
"the obligations Of Baptists regarding their
distinctive principles ~, E. a. s...-.
Adjourned to P. NJ. =.
-. t.- Afternoon Session. m"
Prayer by Rev. DIR. Lay, Of South Caro-
lima. General j. G. Field, first vice-presi-
dent, in the chair.
~ In the absence of the author Colonel 7
J. Evans), the report OF the
MINISTER'S RELIEF FUND a'
was read by DR.. G.. r. Vaughan. The re,
port shows that during the year the receipts
of the committee have been 81, 501.o5, being
an increase over the receipts OF last year
and that fourteen needy ones had been
aided, and that the committee now has $37e
(cash) on hand and $3.50 invested. The com
mittee state that the demand for relief is
greater than ever, and urges a large In
crease of contributions. 1t insists that the
invested fund should be increased to al
least $4,000. }i,
DR.. Vaughan read touching letter from
the widow OF a deceased Baptist minister.
DR.. E. W. Warren, Of Richmond; Gene
raj Beale, Of Westmoreland; Rev. T. s.
Dunnaway, of Fredericksburg; DR.. Kirk,
OF Northum berland; General j. G. Field, Of
Culpeper; DR.. Rice, Of King and Queen
Rev. Joel Hubbard, of Pittsylvania; Judge
J. II. G. Jones;i Rev. DIR. A. B. Brown, oil
Pittsylvania; DR.. A. Broaddus, OF Caroline
1 and Professor c. L.. Cooke, OF Hollins In.
Estitute, made earnest aud effective appeal:
for this object. ..< .,...'. ....3 -. :: ~
Generals Beale and Field spoke as laymen
OF. the sacrifices Of the ministry and the OBJ
litigation Of the churches to sustain them:
(, Father Hubbard, who is eighty-fYe years
! old, recalled some touching "reminiscences
Of the older ministers. '@@ .4,'2'''. ~ -
f. Dr.. Brown, in bis usually able manner
urged that unless the general fund be made
large enough to meet all claims upon il
harm would he done by withdrawing loca