Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-11-18
baptist General, Association.
.TReported for ENrERpRIsE.l


The Baptist General Association
met In its seventy first annual session
with9the First Baptist Church, Roam.
oke, Va, on Friday, November 10th.
There were about 400 delegates pres
ept. The meeting was called to order
by Hon. ]. Taylor Ellyson. Rev. DR..
T. 8. Dunaway, OF fredericksburg,
was elected by reclamation as preei-
dent; Drs. George Cooper, George 3.
Truitt and Hons. L. B. Allen and B..
p. Cole, vice presidents.
The annual sermon was preached
by Rev. w. F. Dunaway, of Middle
burg, from Matt. is: 3S.
Report on Education was read by
Hon3J. T. ,Ellyson. This Education
Board is assisting 8S young men at
Richmond College. Help was with
drawn from eight because they did
not maintain their class standing.
The Board last year received So, S41 rs
and paid out $3.50 more than it re-
ceived. This amount was raised
Saturday morning. The report was
ablysdiscussed by Drs ]. W. Jones.
University of Virginia, G. H. Corey,
President of Richmond Theological
Seminary for negroes, and W. T..
Kearroot, Professor of Theology in
S. B. T. Seminary, Louisville. KY.
DR.. Corey has been connected with
the Richmond Seminary for colored
people for years. He said there were
to day "a, 900 colored teachers in the
South, and over 1900 in Virginia.
His school has sent out 800 preachers.
DR.. .Kearfoot said there were $50
students at the seminary ut Louis
vile, KY, while only a few years
ago there were only Sc. This insti-
tuition has 1856, 900 invested.
WIN. Ellyson read the report on
State Missions, which was discussed
by Drs. Ryland and Cooper. This
State Mission Board was born 70
years ago, when the Baptists of Vir-
ginia numbered about 10000; now
they number 217,OOO. Virginia lead
all Southern States this year in con-
tributions The State Board OF yir-
GINA received last year $1a,525.
Rev. DR.. A. E. Owen read the re-
port on Foreign Missions. The re-
port showed that Virginia give $685.:
800. IL This is about $4,000 more
than Virginia has ever given to For
eign Missions. The report was dis
cussed by Rev. Drs. A. B. Dunaway,
R. T. Bryan. who has just returned
for a few months from China, and
R. J.. Willingham, corresponding Sec
Rotary for Foreign Mission Board.
DIR. Dunaway said: Foreign work
has two needs-one at home, the
other abroad. We look at the need
from short range view at home and
long range view abroad. That
some men raised foolish questions
which startled the natives, but were
doing nothing to startle the foreign
ers. People every where need saliva
ton. Continuing he said: 1t is
necessary to have an honest faith.
Early christians believed thatno man
could be saved without the Gospel
We must also have simple obedience
to Christ's commands and have rigid
self denial. Early christians made
sacrifices; did not give God crumbs.
When things are what they ought
to be at home, things abroad will be
better.n
DIR. Bryan then followed and said
in part: l will speak of the result Of
mission work in China under three
heads: 1, preparation; 2. sowing; g.,
reaping. Some times man will
spend his life in preparing. Fifty
years ago we prayed: 30 Lord, open
the field" Now we pray, 20 Lord,
send US a thousand men to preach. !"
We have harvested changed atti-
tude. Only few years ago, you
could not get men to take tract,
now they kindly take them. DR..
Bryan said he believed hundreds of
thousands in China were almost
ready to accept Christianity. Rev.
Dr. Willingham followed DR.. Byran,
in a speech that fired every heart
the speech cannot be reported.
Rev. DR.. J. R. Harrison offered to
the Baptists of Virginia the South
west Virginia Female Institute, a
property worth. S25O,0OO The gift
was of course accepted.
A motion was made by Judge Sgd
nor to consolidate the State Mission
and the Sunday School Board. The
motion was lost by large vote.
The Treasurer's report was read.
The report showed that Virginia
raised from October 31st, 1893, to
October 31st, 1893, $4,000 for mis-
sions. More by sa,543.39 than any
year before.
The Sunday School and Bible
Board received more money than
ever before-$11, 900 worth of books
were sold. Over one thousand fami-
lies found during the year without
the Bible.
From October 31st, 1892. to October
31st, 1898, the Home Mission Board
received s1O6, 7sO.15. The women
raised $4,000 of it. Virginia women
gave $1,000. The Home Mission
Board is working in the Southern
States, Cuba and Mexico. Virginia