Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-31

Mills. Of wake-Forest College; Rev; H. Z.
Wood, Of Newport News; Kew. Il. ".
Cridlin. Of Burkevillc: Rev. Mr.. George,
Of Grocer Theological Seminary; kcv. r.
II. Fontaine, Professor Dnnford. o. Dan;
vile. and many more have been welcomed
| "a Waiting brethren, to say nothing Of the
Dan River pastors, deacons, and delegates
who are gathered here in large numbers.
| II IL indeed great and inspiring occasion,
| and IL furnishes in its great enthusiasm rs
we'll a. numbers q magnificent evidence
that the Baptists are prospecting in all this
section of our old State.
POPULAR MEN.
Hon. William l. Jordan, who ably re-
presents Halifax county in State Sem
ate. 10 here making himself very popular
| TO his Baptist brethren. Farmer-Congress-
man Paul Edmunds IL here. too, and he
| has pleasant word and winning smile
for us all. Hon. W. II. Barksdale. the
| Judge of the county. is general favorite
| not only among his Baptist brethren, but
among all the people. lie WAS hardly
more than boy when he won from the
| University Of Virginia its highest honors.
His great abilities AS lawyer soon brought
| to him the offer of law professionally IN
one of the best colleges in the South, but
this failed to take him from old Halifax.
which he loves with an ever-increas'ng
| devotion.
SPLENDID ADDRESSES.
| The crowd to-day reached up into the
| thousands, and such splendid addresses
are seldom heard in city or country. Rev.
| NJ. l.. Wood led of in behalf OK foreign
mission, in q cbaste and thoughtful ad-
dress. Judge Barksdale presented him to
| the body as one of the mos: gifted young
men wb6'has gone out from this bright to
bacco county. Mr.. Wood well represented
his Newport News field, as well as the for
| eign field. ;,
| William Ellyson, Esq. followed in behalf
| of State missions and made most enec-
tive speech. Rarely has any man.ever re-
| ceived a more cordial greeting, at the
| hands Of tho Halifax people than was
| given him.
The next subject which came before the
| body was ministerial education. Judge
| Barksdale congratulated tho body THAT
| the brother who for seventeen years mas
| had charge of the Baptist Educational
Board of Virginia and who has now seven
| ty-oDe ministerial students on his hands
| was present and said: " am very happy
TO present to you brother D. layior Ely
| son. the corresponding secretary OF the
| Education Board of the BAPTIST General
| Association" His Honor came forward
and made capital address. He said that
| during all his long connection with TINS
| board he had never lost dollar by
ministerial student. They had always met
| Their obligations when they borrowed from
him. Not more than tye In one hun
dred." he said. "of all the great number
we have helped have failed to do well IN
| the ministry. They to-day fill many OF the
| best pulpits in city and country through
ont tie whole country. North and South"
MAYOR Ellyson's speech was happy hit
and delighted his great audience. As sccre.
tary Of the Education Board he has helped
hundreds of Young men at Richmond Col
leee and at the Southern Baptist Theologi-
cal Seminary, who are now influential pas
tors. and will gratefully bear IN mind To
their diving dav the aid he rendered them
in their early struggles.
RELIEF REPORT.
The ministers relief report brought out
Mrt L. II. Elicit, who has charge OF that
matter for the Baptisis of the whole State.
Mr.. Elicit gave q good account of his
stewardship. There Is nothing more Won
derful among the Virginia Baptists than
the ease and efficiency with which this
work is prosecuted. Mr.. Elicit is winning
the hearts of Baptist preachers and the:r
wives az no other man In the State. To
him they all look when ministers relief
is needed. He is building for himself
monument more listing than the granite
around his beautiful city.
ANoIHrR BAPTIST ACADEMY PROPOSED.
There is talk of Baptist academy for
the Dan-Rlver Association. and it is more
than likely that South Boston will be the
place and the Baptist pastor there, Rev.
Mr.. Thomson, its principal.
PROFESSOR pURYEAB's GREAT sfZRcH.
Professor Puryear's address on Richmond
College was gem. The great audience was
delighted and thrilled by HIM, and mo-
ton was adopted for its publication in the
Religious Herald. He never pat up better
lob in all his busy life