Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-16
BAPTIST BUSINESS.
THE STATE GENERAL ASSOCIATION
WINDS UP THE BUSINESS.
women's Missionary work-Report of the
Home-sfission Board-Educational
-Thanbs-Adjourn
lspeci.l ,elegram 20 the Dispatcn.l

DAxvILLE. November 15.--The Baptist
General Association assembled this morn
ing in somewhat diminished numbers.
After the transaction of some miscellaneous
business the report of the Woman's Gen.
trail Committee was presented. This re-
port shows that very large quantity OF
missionary literature has been distributed
under the direction Of this committee. and
that S., ,0O1. 40 have been raised during the
year by the woman's missionary societies
an increase over last year of S253.70. The
expenses of the committee during the
year have been $S5.61.
HOME MISSION BOARD.
The report Of the Home Mission Board
was read by the clerk. Following is an ab-
stract of the report: The board conducts
work in this country among Indians, ne
groes, foreign whites, native whites. IL
has also great and growing work IN Cuba.
The peculiar features of the work among
Indians, which once made it unique and
picturesque, are rapidly passing away. and
the labors of pioneer missionaries are pro-
ducing visible and blessed results. Among
the negroes the board has sought mainly
TO instruct their preachers, to assist their
missionaries, and thus secure for them
better preachers of their own race, and TO
utilize every opportunity TO lInpart theo-
logical instruction. "A noble work" says
the report, " and often thwarted by preju-
dice and distrust, kept alive by dirty poll
ticians for party purposes. When we
count up the immense sums spent IN the
South since the war in educating the ne
groes and see the splendid school-houses
erected. and then study the records OF
crime and mark how it has increased, we
may well ask if this has not been money
and labor wastedl" The report makes an
earnest plea for religious instruction which
shall be commensurate with educatlonal
tr aiming.
AMONG FOREIGN WHITES.
The work of the board among foreign
whites in this country and In Cuba is
dwelt upon at length. The report insists
that the one great principle OF Baptist IN
dependency fits the denomination TO
Americanize as well as to Christlanize the
immigrants. The work in Cuba Is wonder
full. The chief field of the board, how
ever. is among the native whites IN destl-
tute sections of the South.
Economic problems. political problems,
the relations of the races, the antagonlsm
between capital and labor, all depend In
no small degree on the work that the Bap-
fists and others are doing for the native
whites. The religion of Jesus Christ can
solve these perplexlng questions, and the
Home Board is an important agency IN lts
pTomulgation.
The board then gives statistical sum-
mary of the work done under the auspices
of the board during the last convention
wear, and closes by expressing the hope
"that the centennial movement, which
has up to date manifested its presence, IN
Virginia mainly by very credltable dls-
play of oratory, O number OF excellent
resolutions, and the diffusion OF much MS
4 4 .1i fai
| BILE form and bring up Nirglnia's quota OF
| the $3.50. 900 TO be raised before next May"
DIR. j. William Jones' assistant secretary
of the Home Board, addressed the body IN
| a strong and fervent speech also Rev. Nj.
A. Wilson. DIR. j. g. Hiden, and Rev. 7. Ii.
Fontaine. and the report was adopted.
EDUCATIONAL.
Rev. J, S. Felix read the report of the
Committee on Education. The report was
| full of the most interesting statistics
about the educational WORK of the Baptists
| in Virginia. Ii is said that there were
| thirty-three schools of high grade In the
State under principals who were
connected with the Baptist denomina-
tion. Twenty-four of these are IN
Eastern Virginia, five in the Valley,
and four west of the Alleghanies
Correspondence with twenty-five OF these
schools had brought out the fact that their
equipment. buildings, etc., were of the ap-
proximate value of Sg0O,000. They are
supplied with able teachers and enjoy a
large and growing patronage. Inc report
! urges that the worK or these educators
shall have something more Than mere for
NAL recognition at the hands of this body.
DIR. Felix, Rev. L. b. Sheppard, DIR. John
Pollard, and Others participated in the dis
cussion.
ADJOURNED.
At the conclusion of this discussion
several motions were presented ana
passed. and among them the usual vote OF
| thanks to the community. to the transpor,
tation lines, to the press, etc., was passed
with great heartiness and unanimlty.
Then. with song and prayer, the sixty-nlnth
| session of the general association came 10
| a close,