The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-01
THE BAPTISTS on VIRGINIA.
SlxTIErH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF
THE STATE.
Reports ON Ministers Relief Fund, Sunday.
School and Bible Work, Education, &C.,
&c.-Fine Speeches Yesterday and
Excellent Sermon Last Night.

IAScheut sermon Last Night.
The Association. after singing, ant
prayer by Rev. j. III. Newbill. appointed
the following additional standing commit
tees:
Credentials: W. +. Dunnaway, J. X
Harrison, o. ID. Browne, Z. +. James, anC
ii. Il. Pollard.
Time, Place, and Preacher Next Session
John X. Bagby, John Todd, S. NJ. Athey
W. II. ID. Moncure, Thomas Crowder.
New Boards: Reuben Jones, III. III
Weyer, j. NJ. Lucke, Edgar Allan, w. A.
Pearson. 49,
Religious Exercises: The Baptist pas.
tors OF Richmond, with DIR. Hawthorne as
chairman.
TREAsURER's REPORT.
II. X. Ellyson, Esq. read the report OF
Norvell Ryland, Esq, the treasurer, show.
ing the amount OF receipts for the year to
have been: Amount from last report
S3,36S.S9; receipts since last report, $780,
547.3S-t total, S36,9l6.27. Disbursements,
S31 ,S75.1S; amount on hand 1904. 90
Rev. j. NJ. Pitcher moved that the
question be referred 10 committee OF five,
which was adopted. Committee: General
j. G.. Field, II. X. Ellyson, J. B. Winston,
/ ii. III. Harris, and j. L. Massey.
The president announced the Committee
on Obituaries as follows: Rev. A. &. Bar.
ron, j. c. Griffin, J. II. Newbill, W. Y.
Abrahams, and 5. 7. Huff.
MINISTER'S RELIEF FUND.
MIR. Thomas J. Starke read the report Of
the trustees OF the ministers relief fund,
| showing the amount OF disbursements for
the year TO have been about 81 900, and the
permanent fund properly invested about
| $4,000. The contributions OF the year have
been larger than any previous year. aggre.
gatlng about $4,000. The report closes
with expressing q hopeful outlook for the
future. w. NJ. Turpin, Esq, treasurer
read his report OF the relief fund. Both
reports were adopted.
Committee on Order OF Business report.
cd as follows:
Thursday-0:30 4. NJ, Treasurer's Re.
port 1890 A. NJ, Ministers Relief IL a.
NJ, Sunday-School and Bible Board; 1890
Z. NJ, Education Board, in connection
with the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary; SIS p. NJ, Annual Sermon.
Friday-9:3O A. NJ, Committee on Co
operation; 1880 a. NJ, State Mission
Board: S:l5 =. NJ, Home Mission Board.
Saturday-9:30 A. NJ, General Educa-
ton: II A. NJ, Foreign Mission Board
Miscellaneous and Unfinished Business.
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND BIBLE BOARD.
Rev. John NJ. Pitcher, general superin.
! tendent, read the annual report II the sun.
day-School and Bible Board. During the
year this Board employed one general su.
perintendent and twenty-nine colporters
in twenty-one OF the tWenty-three district
associations OF the State. Notwithstand.
| ing the unusually wet winter, which
greatly bindered canvassing, they
| travelled 34,64S miles, visited 11,7Gi
families, prayed or conversed on the
subject of religion with 4,14i families,
found 1892 persons habitually neglecting
preaching, $40 families destitute Of the
Word Of God, 0SS families destitute OF all
religious books except the Bible; preached
/ 624 sermons, delivered 5j2 addresses, con-
| Quoted $50 prayer-meetings, and organized
| % Sunday-SchOols. They report 23S con-
versions and AZ persons baptized. They
sold 900 Bibles, 1,0ji Testaments, 4,474
books, and 42,30S pages tracts. They gave
away 2S7 Bibles, 3l1 TestamentS. III books,
and 33,476 pages tracts. Total value OF
sales and grants, S4,272.76.
The receipts from all sources, including
cash on hand at the beginning OF the year
were S7.429.5l. Disbursements were
Salaries Of laborers, Sl,773.97; freight
S123.3O; books, S2.24.34; expense ac
count, S223.3S. Balance in hand, SGi.52
! Receipts from the churches Of the state
S3,3l7.22. AssetS-BookS, Sl,S9l.6l; cash
! SG4.52. Llabilities-Dueior books, 1912
salaries due colporters, Sl39.jG. Excess o
assets, SSi4.42.
Many Sunday schools were aided in ad
dition to those which the colpOrters or
ganized.
The report closes with an appeal fol
200 rs the least amount which will NEE
the needs OF the Board the coming year.
Rev. DR.. Tyree emphasized the colpor
tage and Bible feature OF the Board. Fol
Sunday schools it had not done so much.
Rev. DR.. T. w. Sydnor would speak to
single point on the line OF the last speaker
SUNDAY schools were generally incautiou
as to the character OF books used, and adj
duced facts to prove it, especially as to th'
use OF particular book.
Rev. j. G. Hiden, ID. d., took as text 9
statement in the report-tO wit. Withou
Canyassing, Colportage is Nothing" /
Christianity can't take bad man and MAKE
him a good man, it is nothing. So If poor
needy people are ignorant and unlearned
il is our duty TO send books to them by th'
colporter. The First Baptist church haC
a famous preacher, yet he would not trus
his living to the rich church people i
somebody's business it was not to go L
them and ask them TO give. So there mus
be agents, even book agents. The old sun
marks in the front porch, showing 1.
O'Clock, are pushed aside or erased by {
spick-and-Span waterproof clock, because
the clock-seller was on hand, and came t
stay till he sold his clocks. SO OF the col
porter: he leaves a story. tract, and some
wild boy or giddy girl reads it, and th'
character is all changed, and there is "a ligh
Illuminating that hitherto dark place. Al
admirable address was that OF DR.. Hiden
Mr.. j. b. Winston, though feeling /
hard to "follow the King" must say
word in commendaton Of the report. ll
hoped the contributions would be doubled
the next year. The State Mission BOarC
and this were not rivals, but inter-dependen
and auxiliaries, one blazing the way for th'
march Of the other.
Dr. J. b. Hawthorne was deeply pleased
with the report, and would say TO the su
perintendent, "Well done, good and faith
ful servant There was one painful omis
sion in the report. He hoped 1t was not
as feared by the colored brother when re
minded that he had omitted his anathema
AGAINST stealing, replied 1t might bring
- scoldness upon the meeting" SO h
boned the meeting would not be mad
:. coldu by rejecting that the work Of thi
Roord belonged to another north Of us.
Rev. h. c. Dargan, OF Petersburg, sale
as plain as the palm OF his hand was th'
report and purpose OF this Board. so fa
os the contract Of the Board with the Ame
rican Baptist Publication Society was con
cerned, it would be abandoned as soon a
n nnneared TO be grieyOus or Injurious Z