The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-09
ELOQUENT INTRODUCTORY SERMON.
VamfS Elected and Various Committees
Appointed.
rn.srextfne Reports OF Home and Foreign
Misxions-Progress Made by the Church
10th at Home and Abroad-Satisfao-
tory Work Done-Urgcnt Appeal
for Removed EKertions
in the South.

order promptlyat 10 a. NJ. by the president
of last wear. Judge HARRISON. The O'Bnen
Opera House having been secured as the
place Of meeting was crowded to Its utmost
capacity Religious exercises were conducted
bv Dr. Chambliss. Of Missouri who read the
1s3d psalm, and after singing the hymn,
Amazing Grace. How Sweet the Sound
lead the convention in prayer.
Preparatorv 10 the permanent organization
the enrolment Of delegates was made, snow
ing 1,4OO present, representing fifteen states.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
On the nomination Of DR.. Williams, of Bal
timore. Judge HarOlsOn was reelected Presi-
dent by reclamation. and four ylce-pTesl-
dents were elected as follows: Governor
Northern. Georgia Professor Cooke w
pinia. Colonel HOyt South Carolina, ana Dr.
Eaton. Kentucky The secretaries OF last year
were reelected namely, Dr. Lansing buI-
rows. Georgia and Dr. Gregory, Baltimore;
A committee of business was appointed
with Professor Harris, of Richmond, as
chairman Special courtesies were eX-
tended TO representatives OF the press
TO visitors from, the Baptist Edus
cation Society and 10 the pastors OF
churches of other denominations in this city;
Floouent addresses of welcome were delivered
by Hon. +. O. Lane, the mayor OF Brming-
ham. on behalf of the city, and by, Ut, flcK,
ard pastor of the First Baptist church, ana
DIR. F.. G. Dargin, of South Carolina, being
called out by the president. responded III
speech very admirable IN every way.
Dr. Tupper secretary of the Foreign MIS-,
sions Board, submitted his annualTeport'bind
different parts were referred TO appropriate
committees 1t was as follows:
Report of the Foreign Mission Board.
Tne report expresses gratitude to God for
tie success which has attended the Work Oh
the board for the past year.
THE FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL
has during the past year been changed from
four-Dape paper 10 thirty-t two page magazine
and has prospered all expenses having been
paid with a cash balance on hand
SIX NEW MISSIONARIES
have been appointed two of WIN ON are mar
rod and one Young lady has gone TO her field
in North China. Three Of these 90 to Brazil,
two 10 China. and one to Mexico. The Fifth
Baptist Church of Washington, ID. e., has
agreed TO DAY the expenses out and support
one of these Young men in China One young
lady. Miss Minor, of Richmond, Va. Is also
under appointment to China Several other
Young ladies are to meet members OF the
Board at Birmingham 10 be examined with a
view TO appointment. Many others, both
male and female have applied Men and
women are ready to go az soon as the churches
furnish the means. -Four missionaries have
returned TO their fields after being IN this
country for several years.
Vice-presidents Of the board in the various
States have rendered very sufficient service IN
forwarding the boards interest IN their re-
spective States. and they, with the secretaries
Of State boards, have cheerfully and faithfully
answered 10 every request made OF them by
the board. Reference IS made 90 the death OF
that prince Of secretaries of men" Dr. ). II.
Devote, of Georgia.
sUMBEAMs
These societies. composed of the children,
have grown in number 44S and contributed
during the year over - 00O-an increase Of
more than 81 900 over last year. Seventy
six new societies were enrolled.
The third annual report OF the
woMAN's MISSIONARY UNION
SHOW, the gratifying fact that all the States IN
the convention have entered into the Union.
Great quantities of valuable missionary liter
AZURE have been circulated through the central
committees of the various States and ms
sionary columns have been established III
most of the UNCONVENTIONAL papers. A
woman's and children's department. the one
in the Foreign Mission Journal, and the other
in Kind Words are maintained.
These societies have raised for the board
s29. 76l 81, an increase of S2,53S.40 over last
year.
INTERESTING FACTS.
Special mention is made of a number of
facts of interest, most of which are embodied
in this abstract, in the body of the report.
Among others may be mentioned the com
petion of chapel at Carp, Italy the gift by
the (ranllll6 ASSOCIATION AMeAlcO) u Cf'u lol
home and foreign missions; the purchase OF
printing press in Bahia, Brazil; the publica-
ton Of "A Decade OF Foreign Missions,
history of the missions of the board for ten
years. 1880 1890, the work OF DIR. II. A. lup-
per: the receipts for the year have been over
$40, 900 above the average of contributors for
five years past and over $4,000 IN excess OF
those of last year; prayer has been sllgnally
answered in the prosecution of the work
FINANCES.
The balance on hand April 80. 1890. was
81 922.34 Receipts have been Sl13, 5223 81,
giving the board S15444.1 10 work with.
Owing TO the delay of the churches IN FOR
vardng the money the board has from time
70 time borrowed SOS 900 in bank and IS, $500
from individuals. All this has been paid
back save "a, 81, against which Is a bal
Rnce in the hands of the treasurer of 10, 935 10.
The board is due certain special funds
raised for church buildings not yet being
constructed, "A, 96l.54. The special attention
of the convention will be called by a concur
rent resolution of the home and foreign boards
TO the evil results OF the delay In the raising
of money for thege boards and committee
asked for to consider and report on the same.
ITALIAN MISSION.
DIR. George B. Taylor reports for this mission:
The prosecutions of former days have sub
uded If not ceased. Occasionally there are,
N small places. threats and insults, but IN the
larger cities there is perfect liberation. If not
liberty. ana III some regions tnere Is not lack-
ing, on the part of goodly number, a certain
sympathy for evangelical views. DR.. Eager
has made a successful tour OF eyangellzation
in Southern Sardinia where he found large
and attentive congregations. The rest of the
field has been visited in two journeys OF great
interest by Dr. Taylor VINO has given details
of these evangelstc labors in the Foreign
Mission journal. There has been, also, a
good deal of running TO and fro, and scatter
ing broadcast the good seed of the kingdom
by our colpOrters and by two or three of the
evangellsts who have the gifts for that inn
portant and not easy work. A Baptist
Almanac and tract on Baptism by Sig.
Paschetto have been widely circulated The
work has proceeded, for the most part, as
usual
New interests have sprung up in various
places, the most important of which are Flor
ence, TO which city DR.. Eager has moved.
Several excellent new men have been EN-
ployed as colporters and evangelists. There
are IN this mission fourteen churches with 277
members. twenty-five of whom were bap-
TIED during the year. There are fifty-sx out
stations. where the work goes on. Excellent
native pastors preside over the churches.
wilhelm some places the work moves forward
encourageinsly, in others it does not. Qs it
not so at home alsoO
BRAZILIAN MISSIONS
havs All panvad forward this vsar hokh Ia tha