The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-11

.,.,-~--sy,-vx-,,y .xSr-Ar. MEETING At CREEPY
VILE, s. COLLECTION or NEW offIchKs--
rxror,p.cIxo REPORTS or HOME AND FOR
E7cx MISSION WORK.
GnyKxvuLy. s. C., May 1o.-The South
ar, Ran,is. Convention met In the Baptist
church In This CITY Mt 10 o'clock this morn
inc In liz tweuty-seyenth annual session,
and was called TO order by Rev. +. III.
Nell n. n chancellor Of the University
n Georgia: Rev. Lansing Burrows, Of
Kertuckv. srting as secretary. After de-
yot;onsI exereises the roll was made up,
shaving 40 delegates In attendance, as
follows. MARYLAND, A; Virginia, %; North
CaroI;na- le: south Carolina, IS Georgia,
ao. hIa6ams. Ia: Florida, 2; Mississippi,
q. 7 on;s;,ra 1: Texas, 10; Kentucky, "a;
Tsnnesaec- 3: Arkansas, 4 and Missouri, D.
THE Convention Is o missionary body,
having NO ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, has
Home and Foreign Mission Board OF Man.
anors S1,nnorts missionaries in the SOUTH
as, States and California, among the In
dams in China, Africa, Europe, Mexico,
md South America. The Foreign Mission
Board is located In your si'!' rie ilg p1.
Mission Board in Marion, Aia. me VIII
Baptist churches Of the SCUM, WIN ,I.ae
over nNe nunQIcu tuouoA'~ y ~
its constituency. .. -
After the us1,al religious exercises this
,nornino tbe following officers were elected:
Pev Dr. Nell was reelected president
without opposition.
dents and secretaries, and wbl,e tile ballots
were being counted an hour was devoted
by the Convention 10 devotional exercises.
oil tAr g
sembly who had taken part in the or
ranization OF the Southern Baptist Con-
yention in 1915 seven men rose, as follows:
Drs. Nell. Burrows, Sydnor, Mcintosh,
and Carswell, and Messrs. L. L. smith ana
II. w. Mahoney.
THE elections Of the other officers Of the
Convention were announced a. folIoWs:
Vice-Presidents, Joshua Leyering OF Mary
land. Hon. Joseph +. Brown OF Georgia,
Roy. I. c. Furman. ID. D.. OF South Caro-
lima. and II. ID. KeIls Of Virginia; secreta-
ries, Rev. Lansing Burrows OF Kentucky
aud Rev. o. I. Gregory OF Norm caro-
lima.
An address was then delivered by Rev.
W. II. Strickland, pastor OF the Greenylile
Baptist church, welcoming the members OF
the Convention to Greenyille in behalf OF
the entire community.
The address was responded to in behalf
Of the Convention by Rev. DR.. 1. [. CHAP
lain, OF Texas.
At the afternoon session DR.. Mcintosh,
corresponding secretary OF the Home Mis-
sion Board. submitted the twenty-seyenth
annual report, showing operations in the
home missionary fields during the past
year. The work has made encouraging
progress in every department. The Board
recommends that 5000 be raised by the
churches TO pay off the debt resting on the
mission in New Orleans. In 1870, when the
present secretary went into office, the Board
was burdened by an indebtedness OF Sl1 200.
These debts have been cancelled, the sala-
ries OF missionaries have been promptly
paid, and a balance OF S6,342.2s Is In the
treasury for future work. The Board re-
ceived during the year S2S,3IO.0S In addl-
ton to the funds expended by the state
Boards, aggregating sG5,903.2S, making
the total contributions to the home mis-
sionary work by southern Baptist churches
s94. 1886. No reports have been received
from Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
Texas, Arkansas, and other bodies. which
would increase the total contributions to
100000. During the year forty-one per-
sons were employed in the home-mission
field.
The report OF the Board Of Foreign
Missions. submitted by the Rev. DR..
Topper, corresponding secretary, shows
the receipts OF the year 10 have been
s49.O4I.O2, which met all the obliga-
tions Of the Board. and left a balance in
the treasury Of s3.2s9.56. sin reviewing
the whole field" the report says. "the
state and prospect Of our work seem very
favorable. We have 81 missionaries and
native assistants, and "a missionary
stations; the membership OF >our native
churches is 40; the baptisms and CONVEX
sions during the year, 1876; the contribu-
tions. SG47S3 the number OF pupils, 14s.
Chapels. mission residences, and school
houses have been secured and improved at
a cost Of 11,191.Sj, and the property OF
the Convention in foreign lands may be
valued at some 100000. Eight new mis-
sionaries have been appointed, and six can
didates for appointments are prominently
before the Board. Progress is making in
svstematizing the benevolence OF the home
churches, which are yearly developing
more Of the spirit Of missions"
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