Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-01
and county unions, and two delegates
from each city and county union.
CITY STATISTICS.
Noana Mems Christian Association.

cond vice.president William NJ. Coul-
ling. third yice-president James Il.
walthall. recording secretary; Charles
X. Willis. treasurer II. NJ. Clarke,
general secretary; r. f. White, assist
ant secretary and librarian. Direct
ors 4. II. Christian, Jr., Z. d. lay
lor. u. f. Lumsden, George p. Stacy.
J. T. Ellyson. Joseph Bryan, G. +.
Buck, r. II. Gillian, j. c. Freeman
New building soon to be erected
on the corner Of Sixth and Main
streets, to be built of rock. faced
granite sub-structure, stock brick
above. with stone trimmings will con-
tain large hall for lectures and entertain
ments, with stage, retiring-rooms, &c..
! commodious gymnasium with lockers
and dreSsing-rooms bowling-alleys,
bathrooms, boys gymnasium, recep.
tion-room, readng-room, library, par
Tor. claSs-rooms. cloak-rooms, commit
tec-rOOms, boys rooms, small hall,
ianitor'S apartments, and other con-
vel fences. Estimated cost. 100000
Building committee Howard Swine
ford, chairman Charles +. Whitlock,
treasurer ii. NJ. Clarke, secretar,
f. d. Taylor, Joseph Bryan. j. T. FL
tyson, 7. {. Williams. Railroad-de-
partment rooms-Chesapeake and Ohio
depot and Richmond and Danville
depot, Manchester; NJ. Dickie, railroad
secretary. Well equipped and pleasant
rooms; 60 leading papers and maya
zines on files daily average attend
ance, GO. This department suStains
cottage prayer-meetings, gospel and
song services, and Bible train
ing-class. They have occasional
entertainments. \ course of lee
lures on " First Aid to the Injured"
is given by local physicians. The sick
and injured are visited. Papers are
distributed. The Manchester depart
ment has bath and toilet-room. Both
departments have recently secured or
gans. In short, general Young Mems
Christian Association work is done for
railroad men by railroad men. The
work is largely supported by the Rich
mond and lille, and Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad companies. Junior de-
partment-room in Association build
ing organ, books, games, &c. Mem
bership of Association, 500; volumes
in library, 400; books issued, 200;
visitors to building approximate 10
! 600: daily papers on file. ; weeklleS
and semi-weeklicS, % mOnthlcS and
semi-monthlieS. 10. Religious meetings,
Young mems meeting, Jail service.
Biblc-training class. boys meeting.
Senior lyCeum. for training in debate
and oratory-E. Pendleton Jones, pre-
sident Reading-room library, social
parlors. gymnasium; frequent recep-
tons. occasional lectures. THE ASSo-
ciatiou Recoll, eight pages, published
monthly. devoted to local Association
work.
Il ,lmoud >rudaI->caooi jn.on OF hli "
nominations.
This urdenommatiOnal union Of Sun
day->chool workers has its hca1Quar-
tiers in the city Of Richmond, and holds
it, meeting, >emi-annually. The Off
GERS are: Rev. T. G.. DaShiell. prc>i-
dent William NJ. Turpin, John l..
Cary, James II. Peay. .ir.. AdolphuS
Blair. Judge George l.. Christian. Rev.
W. G. >chaeher. yicc-prr>idents Will
liam L. Hill, secretary and treasurer
ChaIlcS =. Eady. assistant secretary.
Executive Committee The Superln-
tendents Of the Sunday schools Of all
denominations in the city.
The Union is composed Of all the
white evangelical sunday schools Of
the city of Richmond, and is auxiliary
to the Virginia State Sunday-School
Mon.
Its object is TO greatly improve the
efficiency Of the Sunday. school work,
and to harmonic and bring together
all our Sunday-School workers upon the
platform of Christian unity, which is as
broad as the redemptiyeTOrk of Christ.
1t desires to aid in the establishing o!
schools in destitute parts OF the city,
and to foster the missionary spirit nall
our schools.
Owing to many claims upon the time
and energies Of The individual workers
of this mon during the past year their
work has not been 30 efficient as they
could desire. 1t is proposed TO give
the Association a new impetus in the
spr!ng Of 1856.
As some Of the most important gen
| eral boards Of this denomination are
located in this city. we present below
list of their officers and synopsis of
their work
Board Of Foro,Sn Missions OF the Southern
Baptist Convention.
In the Dispatch of the LIST of Janu-
airy, 1855, this Board was reported to
have sent out during the year pre-
cediug fourteen new missionaries.
making their force Of missionaries, ma
tive and foreign, in Mexico, Brazil,
Central Africa, Southern Europe, and
China, nincty-two. In November last
ten other missionaries were sent TO
China and Brazil. which augmented
the missionary workers Of this Board
TO over a hundred. The principal work
OF these missionaries is to eyangelize
the natives Of these foreign countries,
by means of the gospel preached and
taught, though the auxiliary school in
terest is an important factor in the mis-
sion enterprise. The missionaries try
to train the natives to self-support in
church-liie, and progress is making in
this direction. The annual disburse-
ments of the Board aggregate some
$4,000. The Board publishes a val
liable mOnthly-the Foreign Mission
journal. Their rooms, on Ninth street
near Franklin, contain the most eX-
tenSiye museum OF mission curiosltes
IN our city.
state M,,sipn Board.
Rev. John Pollard, Jr., u. D., preSi