The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-11
OPENING OF the Association.
Continued from page I.

operate and the extent to which each
State (board) shall attempt such opera
lions for the ensuing year, and to con.
slider the question OF merging the two
boards, and chat the reports now pend
ing be also referred to the same com.
mittee. The president announced as
the committee: Brethren w. e. Hatcher,
u. Is. Taylor, j. w. Jones, II. X. Ely
son and w. Il. Gwathmey.
Elder w. e. Hatcher presented the
following report y which, after re.
marks by Elders w. f. Broaddus, g. B.
Taylor, j. w. Jones and the author,
was adopted: y -
It is the Judgment 81 this body that
both these boards continue In exist
ence, as there 10 q sufficient and we'll
defined work for each. The State mis-:
sion board should oonfine its appoint
ments to evangelists and pastors, though
these will, OF course. labor incident
ally In the Sunday-school cause and
In the distribution of religious litera-
ture. The Sunday-school board on
the contrary should appoint only those
who are strictly colporters, though they
Will, In some GASES, be also preachers.
CONSOLIDATION IN 1873. ~
The committee on bonds reported
through the chairman, Rev. c. II.
Ryland, and on motion OF DIR. N. W.
Wilson the report was referred to
committee who should consider and re-
port upon the propriety Of consolidat-
ing the Sunday. school and Bible and
the State mission boards. The two
boards were appointed committe.
!, DIR. N. W.. Wilson. president of the
State mission board, informed the body
Of the desire Of that board and Of the
Sunday-school and Bible board to be
excused from the consideration of their
consolidation and to have appointed for
that purpose committee whose mem-
bers should have no official connection
with that board. On motion the boards
were excused and w. D. Thomas, C.
lyric, w. S. Penick, DR.. James Parker,
j. A. Hammer and j. w. McCown were
appointed to consider the expediency of
consolidation.
DR.. Thomas, chairman of the com
mittee on consolidation OF boards, re-
ported that in the opinion of the com
mittee such consolidation is at present
inexpedient and on motion the report
was adopted.
UNIVERSAL CONSOLIDATION IN 1874.
Brother L. w. Sydnor, from the COM
mittee on constitutional amendments,
reported. On motion of Brother H. X.
Ellyso1, and after remarks by Brethren
Sydnor, Thomas, Jelor, Davidson and
A. Broaddus, the report was ordered to
be printed and referred to the next gen.
eral association.
mended was the following:
The general association shall elect
annually one board to be called the
board of the Baptist General Assocla-
ton of Virginia. This board shall con-
sist of twenty. seven active members
including president and recording Sec
rotary, all of whom shall reside in the
city OF Richmond, and one correspond
Ing member from each of the district
associations cooperating with the body
This board shall be sub-divided into
five committees of FIVE active members
and one corresponding member each to
be called respectively the State mission,
foreign mission, home mission, Sunday.
school and education committee, which
shall have the management of the mat
to the approval Of that board.
CONSOLIDATION DROPPED IN 1875.
The report OF the committee of last
session on amendments was taken up
and after discussion by many brethren
the constitution was amended only so
far as related to membership in the as
ISOLATION. At this same session the
Sunday. school and Bible board was re-
moved to Staunton, and the subject of
consolidation has had rest eighteen
years.
Young Peoples Meeting Convenes at $50.
The joint and exclusive delegates to
the Meeting for the organization Of the
State Baptist Young Peoples Union
will convene at 900 o'clock this after.
noon in the Sunday school room of the
First Baptist Church.