Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-11-10
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The BaptIst tsgneral Association o
Virginia meets N thus CTR t0-nlzns -
o,clock. N the Second BGptiss church
N ia sIxty-seeond annual session. Tn
body vii be called 70 order Dy Hon
II. T.. Pollard, president. and viii bs
Organized by the euroimsnt OF dele
gates and the election Of officers. Rev
4. I. Owen, ID. D.. Of Portsmouth
viii preach the annual ssrnon n q
tiuss to be fired by the Association Il
n expected that between four and fIvt
hundred members viii be n attend
ance. The proceedings vii be open tC
the public. and al interested u than
viii be cordially welcomed.
There are connected with the 6epera
Associationof Virginia % district Asso-
ciafions, 10 churches, 40 ministers.
and i .402 members. Reports viii he
presented during tine session on StAtC
missions, missions II the s0UthsrI
States. foreign missions. Sunday-scho0l
and Bible WORK, ministerial education.
ministers reiief fund, and general edB-
cation. Addresses by members Of the
body viii follow tint presentation OF ali
these reports. The meetings are ez-
pected 70 continue until next Sunday.
For over nall 8 century TINS body
was accustomed 70 meet the LIST o.
June and waE 50 gensraliycAlled ''the
june meeting tha1 nov thGt j; con
venes foT the firsi time IL November,
the brethren continue To speak Of u a.
- the june meeting.
AL delegates OF =. visiting brethren
shonld repors during ths day 70 the
COMMITTEES al Thomas ! Starke son Is.
909 east Man. znd a night II the base-
meni OF the Second BzptIs1 church.
nstsssdisE SUNDAY -scIseai society.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Methodist sunday-School Society Of
Ilichmond and Manchester was held a;
Trinity church OF Sunday afternoon a.
s. e'clock-A. /. West president
Charles T. RHdy Gnd a l. Lumsden.
secretaries.
Notwithstanding the incismency Or
tine weather the attendance was good
and the exercises very interesting. The
exercises opened with singing by TrIn-
ity school and PRAYER by Rev. Pau
v hilehead.
L. J. Rzdy. assistant 81 lerrntennent
mace 81 encouraging statement Of the
condition znd workings o. Trinity
school. lie spoke OF the earnest teach
InE, the good discipline, xnd genera
efficiency Of the school lie called for
heipers 70 take pzrt 70 the good WORK.
The meeting wa then addressed bv
Rev. Paul Whitehead. presiding elder
Of Richmond distrTcf--subiecs . The
Study OF the Old Testament. lie
snoks OF the Old Testament Scriptures
Al Furnishing tins besf means for
the study OF human character II al IT.
phases. 2. The pest means for the
STUDY or Gods proTidential dealings
with nations End individuals. 9. For
the STUDY Of true poetry" The
address was replete with fne illusrrs-
tions and sound argument.
The exercises were interpreted with
stirring mnsic by the school, consisting
OF solos. duets. am choruses. aided by
Captain Frznk Cunningham, VINO SAM
3 beautiful solo.
The superIntenuents monthly reports
show that al the schools ere II Eood
snd improving.
MT. q. L. West, the president. closed
the exercises with al esrnest appeal 70
the young people 70 study the Bible
Tie also announced thai 3 new afternoon
school mac beeD organized OF the upper
IND Of Man street
The next meeting VII be heid a.
Union-Stztion church o. the second
sunday II December.