Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-14
THE BAPTIST WORK.
FEocEIDTxes OF THE GENERAL Asso-
CATION AT srAUKToN YESTERDAY.
Encouraging Home and State Mission
Reports Dr. Broadus's Address Before
the Historical Society. &C.
Tspeoiaiteiegram 10 The nlspstoh. ]


wa, fine congregation in attendance upon
the meetings OF the General Association.
HONE MISSIONS.
Home missions wa the order oi the day
his morning al 10 O'Clock, and wa. pre-
scnieG IN on admirable report, read by Rev.
l.. T.. Acrce. OF LyuchhurE. IN The absence
OF the corresponding SECRETARY. {. y. Fleet.
rho prepared il. The Home Board located
al Atlanta, with which tins Board cobpe-
rate. had in 1855. lSi missionaries 10 Us
employ among The Indians, the negroes. and
the destitute 81 the whites 81 the South and
Southwest. and tlis year 2j5 missionsrt-s,
" ho have supplied GAG stations. reported
G.ldE additions 10 the churches.
Thu report expresses qualification 81 the
increase 81 contributions, bu pleads lai .
still larger increase. II gives an interest
ing sketch OF the new mission 10 Cuua,
which has had phenomenal success. u
sketches The WORK 81 the churcb-bUiding
Department. snG cordially comments the
>undly--chool paper, published 10y the
board 8; Atlanta.
Rev. x. X. AcTec made brief speech. in
which be thanked The brethren iOr their co.
operation during the past year. and earn
csfly appealed for more active WORK 10 Jh.
future
a
made an earnest and effective plea iOf the
Home Mission Board and its WORK. appeal
/ Jig especially 70 tho laymeu to come o. the
! front md do their full share OF the WORK.
The report was further discussed by Or.
Andrew BrnaddIs. Dr. George +. Taylor.
~ q Dr !. l.. Burrows, in very effective
| speeches.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND TIL NEGRO.
.,.f.
between Dr. Curry and President Glove
land JUS; before the former started for
spain the President asked him about the
negro problem and how il was 70 De solved.
md that after some discussion Mr. Cirye-
l8nd said " Well, after the Government had
utterly failed in IT. efforts 20 solve tn w.
dian problem Christianity had come 10 and
| lad done for the Indians what the Govern
mcnf could never have accomplished. and
10 the hope OF solving the negro problem
! j. Ia Christianity" Or. Tayior based or
THIS incident b powerful. argument ioI
| Bone missions.
sTATT MISSIONS.
Ny. II. K. Ellyson. CORES OndnC score
iarv. read the sixiy-third annual report OF
The State Mission Board, from which il aI@
/ pears that lnrrer amount o. missionary
service was performed and q larger number
| Of converts were baptized ny the mission
| nvies than IN any one Of the past ten years.
Jortv-niue missionaries were employed
| fifteen west OF the Blue Ridge. fourtecI in
| Piedmont and Middle Virginia, and twenty
/ in The 1ideWater districts. No ministerial
I students were appointed during their lasi
summer vacation owing 70 the lack oi iunns
| NJ that time. The mi-si0narle, occupied
| ~, siauioEs. preached 49, sermons, hai-
/ tied 1907 converts. aided pastors 10 meet
| ines in which 1.JSG proi.SSed faith m
/ Christ. made q 3 visits 10 families for rel-
| rious conversation and PRAYER. Organized
| Gtncw SUNDAY schools and lOnev CHURCHES.
COMPLETED : houses Oi worship. arc %
! gsetd ln building j. others. and sustained
lcl sunday schools a tleIr mission size
! tons.
The report then gives q somcwau de-
/ tailed account OF the wOrh oi TIE nn->Iuna-
! rics, progress on their se'ersi fields OF
/ igboT, showing large acce-sions 20 TIE ml~.
/ sion churches. and growth IN Christian az
I uvity and Ghcralitv.
during the current financial yrar the
/ Board received g.. $3.50, OF sl.1%3.9l more
( inan IN 1851. The receipts enabled The
i Board 10 IHy all IL appropriations 70 Orto-
/ ier 81. 1886: leaving . balance in the trea-
/ sury Of SC31 with which 70 begin snoiher
I wear.
The Board regret. thst is efforts 20 raise
1 g igrstr revenue fell So f2r short ~ ~ eX-
! pectaiiOns. and expresses the fear that next
wear il will have 10 dismiss some Of IL ull--
sOuarics. and also decline 10 make appro-
nriajious 10 MANY new fields asking for aid.
The closing paragraph, Of the report MAKE
an earnest appeal FOL more money 70 en-
/ piov more men 20 do the evangelical WORT
/ iht B1srt was organized 10 do and ought
/ o. do II Nigiuia.
The report ELECTED deepiv-ini eresting
discussion. which was participated III ~
+ Rev. pr. 1yree, Of salem. Roanoke, Rev.
/ W. l.. Lemon. % Brunswick; Hon. II. "a.
Fllyson. Dr. : A. Goodwin Rev. L. i.
[ HuymOre, o. Bristol, Rev. ". A. Whi;eA-
carver. Of WGynesbOro' Rev. NJ. A. VII
son, Of Giles county Rev. {. g. Jones o.
Mmtinsvi.ie: Rev. j. lie, TAYLOR. %
Frubln cOunty; Rev. q. GRAY. Of B'ie-
loun county: Or. A. L. Dickinson. oi
/ Elchmond y. 7. Borum, ESQ, q Port-
mouth, Rev. :. G.. Ciopt1u, Of Richmond
Professor Z. L. Cooke, OF HOl,Ins Institute
/ Professor Edmund Harrison. Of Richmond
College Ecy. !. A. >Qslght. ~ Ports
mouth; Rev. 7. T.. shepherd, oi Clarke
county; and Rev. w. George Cooper, oil
Richmond.
ON motion of Rev. ~. =. /. Burrows.
1 The Association resolved 10 i;i>e a Teas.
sI3,O0u during ihe coming ye.I.
Night Session.
The announcement thai d. John a.
Er0adus would Speak Tonight before th-
Nurrm Baptist Historical society packed
/ the house long before III, appointed hour.
After devotional exercises, during which
/ Hcv. Alfred Bagbv and Rev. pr. II. j.
" ver led in PRAYER. d.. g. II. EyICuu. seq
rotary OF the ~Dcietv, read the auuua. Pc
! port Of the society, which showed that die
/ ring The pasi wear there had been y.'v ya'u-
/ ablc addition. 20 the arc'ive- gi thc~prlett,
winch srt preserved IN the library % Rich
/ mono College.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFFICERS.
The secretary announced tina; 81 10,
meeting Of the society Yesterday afternoon
I The following officer, were elected Pre5i-
/ ocnt. Rev. George ". Bcaie, of Buchanan
! 3 Ice Presidents. Drs. {. ! james. >. ".
| McCOWn. and J. William J0nr, secretary,
| Df. C.. Il. Eyiand; Treasurer. Professor
| II. u. Harris.
NJ. Bealc, IN introducing the speaker,
| Oi the evening. SAID thai the deuouinaiinu
III Virginia had never had d man more
/ hlhlv hOnCred than A. NJ. P1indcxter.
and that The society was peculiarly ioriu-
| uaie IN having 70 delineatt bis lie and
! character pr. =. A. Broadu,. Of The south
.rn Baptist Theological seminary. whom
| Dee toOk pleasure In Introducing
nE. EROApus's ADDRESS.
lr. Brohdus began his addres, by saw
/ IN HAT another generation had arisen VINO
/ know not Joseph and who wi. ind il diti-
cult 10 realize v hat man De Wa !
/ whom boz wa, % present memo
( rial psper He then gave word-phn-
/ ,ogrspL Of Dr. a. NJ. PondeXter
/ which the older brethren who knew hin
I al once recognized a. true % tho lie. He
F then proceeded 20 give sketch o. the life
I md character oi MIR. PoindcXter, viVdiy
skltchiuc THE early ana latter life % th.,
I great mau. and throwing into Il flashes
| oi keen vii and passages Of tender
uathu- OF thrilling eioquence. winch
would excite The contagious smile or melt
/ 10 tear, ne vast crowd. The delicate and
{ beautiful sketch Of q sermon by Or. Poin-
dexter. tV vhict the speaker, Then Il youth
about 10 enter the University Of Virginia
/ L. tudv medicine. was led 90 decide - de-
( vote himself 30 thr work ~ ~" minis trV.
touched many hearts In the audience, caused
tear, 10 hsW freely. and made many fee
! fnai il Dr. poindeXter had never done auy-
thing more than % have been instrumental
m bringing Dr. John 4. BrOadus into the