Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-14
for Thanksgiving, the following account
of our stewardship:
WORK DURING TIN AND ONE HALF YEARS.

found habitualy neelecting tho preach
inc of the Gospel. 1898 families des-
titute of the Bible. Is. 1877 families des-
tituto of all other religious literature,
1850; sermons preached, 1888; adj
dresses delivered, 1916 Sunday school
addresses. 2,G46; prayer-meetings held,
2,s73 Sunday schools organized, 35l
Sunday-school conventions held, %
persons baptized, 779; other CONVEX
sions reported, 4,4S2; churches organ
lied, %.
These are the figures, the results are
known TO God. This missionary work
has boon n great blessing to our State
and to other States.
In addition to this the colporters sold
q, 249 Bibles for $40, 555.72, 30, 400
.Testaments for S6,32l.12. CO. 85 books
for 1875, 632.9 924, 995 pages OF tracts
for 1859 lS-total sales, So. 3G9.23.
They gave away to needy Sunday
schools, families, and individuals 4,4O8
Bibles, valued at 81 ,25l.7S; 1904 Tesla
mems. valued at S702.03 1882 books,
valued OF 81, 1906; 82j,206 pages of
tracts, valued at 1852. 50-total dona-
tons, 4,3GG.96 total sales and dona-
tons, S5G, 79G.19.
Our receipts for the year ending May
81, 1880, were 81, 1880. During the
past year the churches gave rs So, 9O9.75
an increase of -, 752. 45, or 500 per cent.
We enter upon q new decade with
bright hope.
WORK DURING THE PAST YEAR.
One general superintendent and thirty
colporters labored 5,7l3 days, travelled
81, 839 miles, visited %, families,
prayed or conversed on the subject of
religion with 6, 463 families, found 2,O9l
persons habitualy neglecting the preach
ing OF the Gospel, I,19l families desti-
tute OF the Bible, 20G families destitute
of all other religious literature, preached
701 sermons, delivered TAB addresses,
33l Sunday-school addresses, 352 prayer
meetings held, 20 Sunday schools or
ganized, 2 Sunday school-conyentions
held, 20 baptisms, and 300 additional
professions OF faith, and l church organ
lied.
They sold 2.SO1 Bibles for 81, G94.35.
1926 Testaments for S772.j9, $50
books for S3,1j957, 10i, 719 pages Of
tracts for S230.sl. Total sales, 81, 1915.
They gave away 36l Bibles. valued Mt
Sl0G. So 766 Testaments, valued at
S80.6i 791 books, valued at Sl7S.59 ;
235, 3j2 pages tracts, valued at Sl30.01
total donations, S5l2.G9; total sales ana
donations, S7,370.0i.
We are gratifed to be able TO report
an increase Of contributions amounting
to about 800, Notwithstanding the dis
esters of year ago. We look forward
with hope to succeed in obtaining next
year 500 and see in the present
great prosperity Of the State an abun-
daut promise of It.
DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS.
We have labored in all the district
associations excepting two, and tho APP
parent neglect Of these was owing to our
inability TO secure suitable men. In one
OF them We have just secured an excel
lent man and hope to supply the other
soon.
In the Accomac Association ]. J.
Savage is laboring with remarkable en-
orgy. He says: "In Hacks Neck they
are anxious for q Baptist church and
are willing to contribute. l propose to
rent the school. house end pay the ex-
pcnses myself.
j. W. johnson. in the Albemarle AS
ISOLATION, has been holding meetings at
Warminster ana near Mineral Spring,
with a revival at each place and many
conversions.
In tho Augusta Association VIC still
have the valuable services OF L. a.
Byerly. He says " ! found in one com
munity thirty families in which there
were only two Christians. These people
live within two miles (and many OF them
much nearer Of "a church. They rarely
attend. They are ignorant, degraded,
and poor. The two Christians conduct
Il summer Sunday school. l gave the
school a Bible"
We are fortunate in having the services
of Rev. J. Lee Taylor III the Blue
Ridge Association. He says al find
great opposition from the hard-shell ,
ministers. who everywhere warn the peo-
pie against buying books. Last week l
sold a copy of the Story of the Gospel to
q hard-shell brother. His preacher went
to see HIM about it, and on my return |
learned that he had been out trying to
sell it at half-price."
CL1NCH VALLEY DEVELOPMENT.
The Clinch Valley Association, long a
terra iRcOgRitd, is now coming into
prominence. The great developments
within its territory, in connection with
our work are awakening the people to
great energy in financial, educational,
and religious enterprise. Rev. j. b. f.
Mills Is leader in all these movements
and he has recently given us $1,000 III
the bonds of the East Big Stone Gap
Land and Improvement Company and
aided us in obtaining a handsome con-
tribution in cash. We have labored In
that association ever since We organized
our work and are now beginning to see
the fruits OF our labor. Rev. o. l..
Terry was our colporter last year. We
now employ Rev. T. Ii. Petty aud Rev.
Il. n. Plank.
In the Concord Association the be-
loved joseph Nj. Street labored.
In the Dan-River Association r. II.
Beazly has done work that will long
be a memorial of his energy and enter
prise. lie md in June 4" High-View
chapel is nearly completed. 1t only
lacks paint, varnish. and bell"
In the Dover Association o. d. Pitts
saws "There is great restitution in
Hanover, particularly of books and BIZ
bles. visited IN one day five families
that had no Bible and sold or gave to
each family. We need missionaries al
most in sight OF Richmond.
In the Goshen Association We have
employed j. NJ. Beadles and j. p. Cow
herd. Brother Beadles has done con-
siderable evangelistic work.
Several others have engaged largely in
this work. One SAYS: II am often en-