The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-25
LYNCHBURG.

VIRGINIA BIBLE SOCIETY MEETINGS IN IT'S IN
TERESr-B ISHOP D0GGtTT-INTEREsTING
STATISTiCS-REvIvAL- TOBACCO-U NIT d
STATES REVENUE COLLECTIONS, &C.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Di-patch.I
FEBRUARY %, 1880.
The theme uppermost here Yesterday was
the cause Of the Virginil Bible Society. II
was presented in several churches BY its
dsiin- uiShed President, B.hOp Doggett :;
the General Agent, DR.. NJ. w. staples; and
other ministers. At COurt.Street Methodist
cnurch in The morning the Bishop preached
an able sermon bearing on the cause; after
which an appeal to the congregation FIR pc
cuniarv aid was literally responded to.
After these services the pastor, Rev. Mr.
Bledsoe, received eleven persons into the
membership Of the church-a portion OF the
fruits OF his recent reyival-mectings. The
total number Of conversions was tifty'four.
At the same hour the General Agent
preached In the Second Presbyterian church
in behalf Of the cause. But the efforts OF
tie uay cuIuIinatCd dL nlSnt IN
GRAND MAsS-MEETING
ut Centenary church, which was very large
~ attended, and was participated in bv five
or six ministers. First, DR.. Staples led off
with statement OF the condition and Ope-
ratiOns OF he Society. He was followed by
the Bishop in 4 very effective address. and
from the statements OF the two ] derived
the following interesting statiStic>:
Since 1871, when the Society was re-
organized, there have been visited 1909 3j7
families, aggregating a population Of $780,
900; distance travelled by agents. $4,000
miles; number OF destitute persons 10 whom
Bibles were given, 100000. Since April
last there have been visited 1i.1ll families,
and 1920 volumes distributed, at a cost of
about $4,000. AS an evidence of the desti-
tuition IN the State, the General Agent said
that IN the month OF November the agent
in Patrick county VISITED 800 white families,
1877 nj whom he found without Bibles. The
Virginia Society, in addition TO its own
labOrS. also acts for the American Society
in Virginia, thus supplemenling its good
work.
The American Society was organized in
Philadelphia in 1908; the British Society in
1904; and the Virginia in lSl4-the latter is
therefore siXty.slX years old. UD to The
time of the Centennial QS7G) the American
and British Societies combi,ed had dstri.
buted 109.000,000 Bibles. and had published
1t in 80 languages and dialects. Since then
the distribution bad been at the ratio OF
O,OOO,OOO pr Ntdis ~ very UlCc
Testament is sold at five cents and Bible at
twenty five cents. The Bishop characterized
1t as "the grandest enterprise ever protected
by the combined piety Of Protestant chris
tendOm." HIS arguments for supporting
the Society, for various reasons, were strong
and convincing. His appeal seemed to be
literally responded to by the congregation
when the baskets were circulated.
He was followed By DR.. Hall, Of the First,
and Mr.. Rawlings. Of the Second Presbytc-
ran churches, in brief addresses, both Of
whom strongly endorsed the good work.
The receipts Of tobacco here for the last
week were about one million pounds.
Prices keep up well. Some lots sold as high
"a $40 per hundred.
The internal-Ievenue collections for this
DISTRICT for the past week were $50, Isl. Al.
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