The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-01

school at stations. SI: new sunday schools
organized, -; new churches constituted,
4; houses Of worship being erected, II:
houses Of worship completed during th'
year, 3.
Baptist Education Bonrd.
Rev. DIR. w. y. Hatcher, president; }.
| Taylor Ellyson, corresponding secretary
No. lll7 Main street,
The object OF this Board l. to aid yonng
men studying for the ministry at Richmond
College or the Southern Baptist Theology
cal Seminary. II Is a state organization,
and only undertakes 10 aid students VINO
come properly endorsed by the Virginia
churches. During Is past career the Board
has aided 43g ministerial students, many OF
whom have been among the most Hseiul
pastors and most consccratcd MISSIONARIES
OF the denomination. During the pist
year Il has had under rs charge ana aldcd
81 ministerial students.
Baptist sunday-Schooi Association.
William Ellyson, president; George {.
Jackson. secretary; r.. Il. Gwathmey, trea-
surcr. This Association is composed OF
delegates from all the Baptist Sunday
schools OF Richmond and Manchester, and
meets on the afternoon OF the second sun
DAY i'm each month at some one OF the
churches. II has m Executive Committee
composed Of one from each Sunday school.
The objects Of the Association are 10 foster
new Sunday schools and discuss variou,
questions connected with Sunday-school
work, and il il the only church-eXtcnsion
organization among the Baptisis IN The
city.
During the past year the schools have en-
ioycd marked degree Of prosperity. One
new mission school was organized during
the wear. and the Association has aided IN
building one new church home.
The following are the statistics OF the
fourteen schools connected with the Assoc
citation for 1881: Officers and teachers on
roll, Al; average attendance, 1872; scholars
on roll, 1886; average attendance, 2,ie6
| scholars baptized. rs; contributions FOL
schools. -. 1901; contributions for AsSo-
/ citation. S3jl.G3.
Nomon's Missionary Society.
/ This Society, formed in 1872, j, composed
Of ladies from six OF the Baptist churches
OF the city. lis object is 70 support female
missionaries i'm foreign lands. Mrs. George
I Il. Eager. Rome, Italy, is at present sup
ported. The officers OF this society consti-
/ futc the Central Committee OF the Southern
Baptist Convention for Virginia. The
amount contributed during the year Is
/ Sil333. It's officers are: Mrs. ). Is. deter,
president; Mrs. II. Theodore Ellyson, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Charles II. Ryland,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Jack Tenn
/ pie, treasurer.
First Church,
/ Corner OF Broad and Twelfth streets, Rev.
! 8 4 4
membership is 3lS male and jj3 female
mcmbcrs-total. $50. During the year there
have been added 10 he church 80 members
by conversion and baptism, and Is by let
ter. experience, and Tc,tOratiOn-tOtal, -.
Total diminutions for yariou, reasons, 20.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.-William NJ. Turpin.
superintendent. Officers and teachers, g
scholars, 551: collections for the wear,
S5l3.j3; volumes in library, $50, embracing
many works OF much value i'm different de-
partmcnt, of literature and distributed
with an approved system; conversions
from The school during the year, q.
LADIES' MISSIONARY SOClETY.-Mrs. Dr.
II. A. Topper. president; Mrs. Colonel
/ knight, secretary; Mrs.. Coleman W ortham,
/ treasurer. The special work Is the support
/ Of Ycoung Seen San. native preacher III
. cannon, I Dlllls
YoUNG LADIES' MISSIONARY SOCIETY,"
Miss Leila y. Berry, president: Mis-
/ kcsiah Peasants, treasurer; Miss Sailie J.,
/ llundlcy, secretary. This Society under
takes the support Of Miss Stein, mis-
/ sionary in China, at salary OF 500 PEI
annum.
DoRCAs SOCIEY.-Mrs. j. II. Hawthorne,
president; Mrs. Sallic Williams. treasurer
/ Miss b. lIatchctt, secretary. Contribute
/ 10 several good works, and aids especially
the children Of the poor.
/ YOUNG MEMS MISSIONARY SOCIETY,"
/ b. Hill, president; II. NJ. Walthlll, trea'
surer; Arthur Plclslnis. secretary. Con-
/ tributed $50 to the d" Baptist Home for Aged
/ Women" and has been helpful in other
/ directions.
/ The total contributions OF The church fol
/ all purposes during the year have been
/ fully $4,000. With her sister clurchc'
She Ina, been efficient in aiding the cstab-
1 liShmont of q - Home Tor Aged W omen.
+ I'm the first week OF the new year the chWcl
will hold a series OF masS-mcetin9s 70 dis
cuss enlarged plans for church work, anC
though she i, the first Baptist church con
,,iutcd in the city, and therefore the Old
est. she enter. upon the second year Of hei
second centennial With renewed youth an(
yisOr
second Church,
. Corner Main and Sixth streets. Rev Henry
! Mcdonald. j.. D., pastor. Residence y.
east Main street. Present membership. go
SUNDAY SCH0OL.-H. Il. EllysOn, super
intendent; ". j.. smith, secretary. Num-
/ Der OF officers and teachers, -; scholars
85G-tOtal. 39S. Contributions, SGll.ul.
YouNG MEMS MISSIONARY SOCIETY hi
Society has supported one missionary II
China. another in Virginia, aided city MS
sions, and supported one ministerial stu
dent, besides aboring in other directions
There is held praycr-mceting every sun
day evening. Membership, GO.
TIE BOYS MISSIONARY SOCIETY was on
ganizcd during the year, and has MON
ber.hip OF -.
TINS LADIES' AID SOCIETY has Tor it.
work to help the poor, and has done muci
in this direction in the past.
TIE DORCAs SOCIETY has been true to IL
name, and, with uniailing zeal, has clothed
81 poor children. Mrs. J. 4. Ellys0n
president; Miss Syc Roberts, secretary.
The church has recently organized Othel
department, OF Christian labor such as th'
appointment OF large and efficient force
cor work among Young men, the sick anC
needy, and ia other fields where ChriStia,
work is needed. Some CT the active yOun.
workers hold "a Sunday school on Byrt
( Island. The contributions OF the chUrcl
in 1881 amounted to $3.50. II has no deb
OF any kind.
Grace-Street Church.
Corner Grace and EOushcc streets. Rev
William l.. Hatcher, ID. d., pastor, No. Co
west Grace street; George Il. Pace, clerk
No. 50j west Grace street. Additions du
1inr the Ncnr. 1nn; losses. l0-not gain. 90