The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-19

Slll buptiSl SOuNSlltlOT, tne Salne, Stulea
gave the Home Mission Board S256. .365,
or about seven times IN much. The re-
port says the creation and continued
growth of our Sunday School Board.
with Il property worth Mt least 100000
and it's incnlcuablc possibilities OF flu
ture influences, are the direct outcome
of the work of the Home Mission Board.
During the year ending April 30th. 1895,
| the board employed 428 missionaries,
distributed throughout all the Southern
States, District of Columbia Oklahoma
and Indian Territories and Cuba. These
laborers supplied 3,iS4 churches and
stations and report 5,92l bnptlsms and
6,5l9 additions by letter. aggrcgnting
| l0.5Gi. They also report 80 houses of
worship built and IFS churches consti-
tutcd"
After the reading OF the report Prof.
cssor Ifovey, Of the Richmond Theolo-
gical Seminary, colorcd. addressed the
| Association, speaking of the colorcd
people, Professor Hovey said 1t was
| time for us to write In Il strong effort
| to see what can be accomplished for the
colored race. The only way we can
| reach them Is through their leaders
The speaker next referred To the col
| ored schools and the progress they had
| made and said that II seemed TO him
that some of their leaders should have
some broad training. These schools of
the Home Mission are doing n great
work.. Here is school in Richmond
that is accomplishing much good. There
Is much that you can do for this work
Numbers Of the students of these
schools are sent TO the neglected por-
tions OF the State To carry the Gospel
and ut the same time continue to pro-
secutc their studies. Prof. Hovey said
that the white people in helping the
colored people in tho neglected dis
trcts would be helping themselves.
Rev. l.. c. Broughtun, OF Roanoke.
Followed Prof. Hovey He began by
speaking OF the necessity OF the Church
sending missionaries out to the neglect
ed districts. Or. Broushton gave his
reasons for favoring the Home Mis-
sion Board 1t Is Home Mission work
FhiS motive that starts me out to find
my own people is dear to my own heart
Or Broughton beli,-ved with the
help OF GOD. we ought TO capture our
own fields and territories and cndcayor
10 save our own people and build up
religious structures on our own fcuuda-
lions. When we have captured the
South; when all our neoplc are born
10 God. the next move should he 10
| take the great West ana then. said DR.
Broushton. want to Join hands with
my friends in the North and sway the
banner of Christ. ] feel tonight that
II VIII delight my soul when look down
from heaven and see that America has
been taken for Christ. Then the Mas
ter VIII come with US again to earth
ana reign as ffr1Ithe3s to- day I'm heaven
Dr. lSrouEhton was III favor of Home
Missions because il pays. Arc you
brethren, struggling with all your power
| to build Il church Talk TO yu,,i pco.
pie about giving to Home Missions. DR..
l'rouEhton said the people OF his church
mas huilt a line church at Roanoke and
| in addition TO this they are supporting
Two churches in mission fields His
church also supported n young lady as
a missionary 10 China. The money 10
support her, said DR.. Broughton. was
raised in his church In one night. He
added that he believed he could have
| raised that night enough money to have
supported three female missionaries
Dr.. Broughton said that Home Mis-
siohs Was our only protection these
| days. The State provides for the pro-
lection of society from the wretch who
steals or kills, by Furnishing him, but
the church goes further than that 1t
does better work. IL takes hold OF
the mans heart The religion of the
church says To the voter when you vote
cast your ballot so as To protect So
ciety from the stuff that causes the man
To pull The trigger and sends his soul
10 hell. How are We to strive In the
church without the Home Mission spirit
we want to be fired with the spirit of
the Lord, Jesus Christ. Baptists Of this
State and of the South, the church OF
Christ IS threatened with the fires Of
liomanism intidelity, intcmpcrancc and
anarchy. For he sake of the King
dom we love let us seek the wcapon
of truth and go out to fight the flames,
and save the church of Christ Al The
close of DR.. l'roughton's eloquent adj
dress the congregation sang Am | n
Soldier of the Cross"
Rev. Whaling Dunaway was the next
speaker He began by saying that we
cnEGi 10 pause as individuals and
Christians and inquire which Is the t.lti-
mate end of all our meetings, speeches
ava contributions. The contributions
| OF Barlists to Home Missions are the
promotion of Gods work. There Is.
nothing so deairous as regeneration ana
Sahctiication: The Church of Jesrs
Christ is partly for the members OF rho
church. but the chief end is that we
may combine our efforts in spreading
the Gospel. DR.. Dmaway said he gre al
" ioNed TINS mission work We ought
10 seek To evangelzc the South. he
cause II is a large and important ul,t
OF The world. This is one Of the great
est and most fruitful land thai has
fallen 10 our heritage. The object of
ms Home Mission Board is To estni Iisl,
the Church among our own civi,igo.
thon. but we have some conf,irtins did
ments in the Southern States. We have
Il race that can never amalgamatc. but
we may sun work together AS brethren
developing the products of the earth
ana also spread the Gospel
Dr. Dunaway declared that we need
say nothing more about the negro
problem II we can induce the negroes
10 embrace the gospel of Christ DR.