Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-08
RELIGIOUS BODIES.
TIE GREAT UNCONVENTIONAL Ga
THEalNGs IN VIRGINIA THIS WEEK.
p.pt,st General Association--The Metho-
dist Annual Conference-virsinia
Christian Missionary Society.

The Baptist General Association of Viz
ginia will convene in its sixty-eighth
annual session with the First Baptist
church of Norfolk next Tuesday. the 10th.
at 1880 p. M.
The meeting. which has no ecclesiasti-
cal authority, will discuss the evangelical
and benevolent works Of the Baptist de-
nomination. The body represents con-
stituency of nearly 10000. and these are IN
YEA churches. presided over by 403 minis
ters. Rev. DR.. Cornelius Tyree, OF Salem,
Va, will preach the introductory sermon.
The convention will be IN session tor
three days. and among those from this CITY
Who will attend the meetings are; Rev.
i,r George Cooper, Rev. DR.. w. W. Lam
drnm. Rev. DIR. William Z. Hatcher, Rev.
Dr. Theodore Whitfield, Rev. DR.. X. IL.
pitt. Rev. DR.. A. L. Dickinson. Rev. J. b.
Hutson, Rev. S. @. Clopton, Rev. DIR. 3. A.
Goodwin, Rev. w. J.. Wright, Rev. l.. X.
Thornhill, DIR. James Nelson. DIR. 9. IL.
| Corey. Professor II. II. Harris, Professor
Edmund Harrison. Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson,
James ID. Crump, w. j. Whitehurst, Z. w.
Tanner, George O. jefferson, William ELY,
son. B. T. johnson, Il. w. Powers, Noryell
Ryland. L. III. Elicit, II. Theodore Ellyson,
tudllco II. 10y AeNh1f aA0 IN'
Wood.
THE LATE HENRY K. rLLYsoN.
Professor Charles l.. Cooke has prepared
and will deliver before the association o
memorial address on the life and character
of the late Henry X. Ellyson.
The annual meeting OF the board or the
VIRGINIA Baptist Orphanage will be held IN
Norfolk Tuesday afternoon at O'CLOCK at
the First Baptist church, and DR.. Hatcher
the president, will present his report. Mat
ters of great interest concerning the Or
phanage will be discussed.
The annual meeting of the Educational
Board of the Baptist General Association
was held yesterday afternoon. The Cor
responding Secretary, Hon. j. Taylor
| Elyson, submitted his report, which Will
be offered in Norfolk at the session or the
! General Association next Wednesday
night.
The Virgins Annual Conference.
The annual Conference of the Methodist
| Episcopal Church. South, will meet IN Pc
tersburg on wednesday, November l1th.
| i'm Washington-Street church. The senior
| Bishop OF the Church, Rev. DR.. John u
Keener, will preside.
! Rev. DIR. W. L. Judkins, who has served
! nary church, Will be assigned 70 other
! fields of duty, and DR.. Sledd IS spoken OF
as his successor. though the congregation
| OF the latter are anxious for him TO remain
with them If possible.
Rev. w. II. Atwill, pastor, OF Clay-Street
! church, will also sever his official rela-
! tions with his charge much TO the regret
! of his congregation. Among the names
mentioned as his probable successor are
| Rev. r. L. Wilson and Rev. Joshua
| Hunter.
POSSIBLE RICHMOND PASTORS.
In Manchester Rev. f. NJ. Peterson, D. D.,
will bid adieu to Central church and Rev.
George w. Wray is spoken OK as his posi-
/ bio successor.
The following are places spoken OF fol-
our former Richmond pastors: Bey. ;: ,
/ Lambeth "a presiding elder Norfolk
! district; Rev. w. Ii. Atwill. Centenary
church. Lvnchburg; Rev DIR. W. G. Starr
! Court-StreeJ church, Lynchburg; Rev. w
II. Edwards, Washington-Street, Peters
! burg; Rev. DR.. Judklns, Mt. Vernon
| church, Danvllle; Rev. Il. b. Betty, Me
mortal church, Lynchburg; Rev. DIR. A
/ {. Bledsoe. Cumberland-Street, Norfolk.
| virginia Christian Missionary Society.
The sixteenth annual meeting OF the Vir
| ginia Christian Missionary Society will bC
held in the Fourth-AYenue Christian
church in Roanoke on November 18th
18th, and 18th.
There will be o public session on the
opening day "wednesday, and several sub
| iects Of religious interest will be discussed
On Thursday, after the transaction o.
routine business and other matters, five.
minute speeches will be made on The Coco
of Cooperative Work and What 1t Has
| Done and is Doing for Virginia.
! The Christian Woman's Board of Mis-
sions will meet November 10th in the Pres
byterian Sunday-school room at Roanoke