The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-22
American baptist Publication Society
Meetings..

OF this series OF meetings was held at the
SecoHd Baptist church. The meeting was
opened with prayer by Rev. DR.. NJ. r.. Sum-
ner,.of Alabama.
Rev. DR.. L. Fl. Pritchard, OF North Caro-
lima, made an admirable address on The
Better Support Of Baptist Missionary
Work." He gave some striking statistics
to show that in many OF the large cities OF
the country--such as st. Louis, New Or
leans, New York, &c.-a very large proper
tion OF the people never 90 to church at ALL
He also showed that Christian churches are
not keeping pace with the increase OF the
in these great cities. He raised
the question as to how these masses and the
tecming millions who fill our wide-spreadlng
territory are to be reached, and earnestly
insisted that the great need is more self
denying spirit of liberaIity.
He insisted that the pious Jew who COM
piled with the requirements of the law gave
not tenth OF his income. as is popularly
but at least one third. He earnest
ly emphasized the point that people who
pay so much for cigars, amusements, and
liquors, ought to give far more than we do
for the support OF the Gospel. He thanked
God for giving to the Baptists such large
numbers, but he was ashamed to confess
that The contributions OF the churches, and
Of the Southern Baptist churches.
were neither in proportion to numbers and
ability, nor to those Of some other denomi-
tons. He claimed that as God had given
the Baptists the ear of the common peo-
ple," and in the South the great mass OF the
coored people, he had thereby placed them
under peculiar obligations to the liberal use
OF their means in spreading not only the
fundamental principles OF the Gospel, but
also the peculiar tenets OF the denomination.
Rev. DR.. Dunaway, OF Fredericksburg.
next spoke on "The Training OF Our
Churches to Bencvolencc, or the Religion
OF Giving" He earnestly insisted that
there is great need OF this training, since the
churches are giving very little III proportion
to ability. lie showed this by statistics
drawn from the financial tables.
Raising the question as TO how this train
ing could be accomplished, he made these
points:
|. We need more intelligent piety.
=. There is needed Il greater diffusion cl
religious and denominationa literature.
;. The pulpit must lay aside all squeum-
ighnesS on this subject, and teach. without
reserve, that the religion OF the Bible Is 4
religion OF giving, and that 4 religion
which costs nothing is worth just what il
costs.
/. There is needed more active and az
grcssivc piety.
5. There is needed more intense inGi-
vldualSm in this matter-that the giving
may be done by the many, and not, as now
by the few.
6. Above all, there is needed higher
type OF pictY that shall recognize all we are
or have, us the Lords.
Dr.. Dunaway elaborated and illustrated
these points in an able, practical, and If
fcc,iye address. He spoke earnestly OF tn
value OF the circulation OF denominations
literature, and closed with. some eloquent
illusions TO his old mother, the land 0
Burns,' and his adopted country, "frcC
America" urging the unity of work for tliG
common cause OF our common Master.
There was some discussion in reference
TO Il series CT resolutions offered by Rev
DR.. Warren, when at G:30 the meeting aG
journed.
NIGHT MEETING.
Rev. DR.. johnson made brief but inter
eSting statement Of the Sunday-school wor!
OF the Society.
Rev. DR.. Charles Manly, OF Staunton
made an excellent address on I" Baptl<
Sunday-School Work and the 1mportanc
OF It's Enlargement" After speaking o
the great progress OF the SunGay-schoo
idea, and the zeal with which the BAPTIST
have prosecuted it, he gave detailed Stats
tics as TO the Sunday-school work in the va
rious associations or virginia. He re
gretted that the reports in the minute
OF the associations were so imperfect
f,;lo iyi
strength OF the denomination, eithe
in the membership OF the churche> or th'
Sundav-schools: but these minutes repor
for the white Baptists o! Virginia G6.
churches: number Of members. GG,320
number OF Sunday-school> reported, Oh
officers and teachers, 5,033 scholars. 33. 10.
(otal membershiP.of the schools, 3S,l3')
baDlisms from the schools reported durn!
the year, 957.' DR.. Manly based on these
statistics IN earnest appeal for more earncs
zeal in enlar.inS the Sunday-school work
Rev. Dr.. NJ. Il. Sumner next ADDRESSED
the meeting on "The Needs OF this Norl
in the Southern States Of Our Country.
Hc introduced his remarks by feeling ali'!
sion to his former residence IN RlchmoDt
aud his relations to the Second Baptis
church, and then proceeded to discuss earn
eSlly his theme.
ON motion, the resolutions OF DR.. War
rem offered in the afternoon were referred
TO Il committee, consisting OF DR.. l..
Warren, DR.. W. +. Hatcher, and i. y. FL
Tyson, Esq.
The meeting at night was largely at
tended.
The following is the programme for th'
meetings to-day:
Saturday, March 30, p. NJ. in Grace
Street Baptist church, Rev. W. i. Hatcher
d. D.. pastor, an address by kew. II. Nc
Donald, d. D., on "Relations OF Roma'
Catholicism and the Baptists; their Con
trasted Faiths and Our Line OF Duty" aht
a paper from Rev. G. II. Corey on "Th'
Work Among the Colorcd People"
Saturday night, S O'Clock, in Grace stree
Baplist church. Bible reading, by DR.
Johnson, on "The Baptism Required 0
Christ's Followers Il paper from Proies
sor II. Fl. Harris, OF Richmond College, ol
Southern BaptiSts-thcir Charac'cris.ic
and Duties" and an address by Rev. G.
Anderson, D. D., of Philadelphia, on "Ih
Baptist Publication Society and the BAPTIST
Of Europe" ~
Pulpit appointments for Lords day TO
morrow. so far as arranged. are as follows
In First Baptist church (Dr. Warren pas
tori: In morning, DR.. G.. }. johnson,
Philadelphia; at night, Rev. y. b. Nooo
fin, of University OF Virginia.
In Second Church Or. Mcdonald PASTOR
In morning, DR.. {. c. Biting, OF BAT
more at night, DR.. Y. \. Pritchard. OF X;
leigh.
In Grace-Strcct church Dr. Hatcher pa
tor): In morning, Dr.. Pritchard.
In Pinc-Street church (Rev. }. f. Hu;so
pastor): In morning, Dr.. NJ. L. Sumner,
Marion, Alabama.
In Venable-Street church Rev. George i
Williams pastor: In morning, Rev. II
Petty, OF Chatham, Va.