Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-17
acting the effect being made by these
oLT OF CLOTH FOR HIM.


nouncements. he held up a beautiful bolt
OF cloth. presented. he said, by the Char
lottcsville Wooilen-Mils to the body. TO
be given one of its ministers. DR.. Hatch
er then handed the cloth to Rev. VIII
liam Fisher. who IS now I'm his 10th year.
and asked that about sixty of his brother
ministers contribute q cents each through
Rev George +. Bagby. for the purpose
Of having the cloth made into a suit OF
clothes for Mr.. Fisher. AS he handed
the cloth TO Mr.. Fisher that gentleman
was very visibly affected, and his re-
sponse, fervent God bless you
though brief. was eloquent in the ex-
treme
At the suggestion OF the moderator. all
stood and sang verse from Jesus.
Lover OF My Soul" after which prayer
was offered by Dr. j. NJ. Frost.
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND BIBLE BOARD
The report of the Sunday School and
Bible Board was submitted by DR. ]. NJ.
Pitcher. Of Petersburg II showed that
the general superintendent and 26 col
porters labored 1912 days. travelled q 995
miles. and visited H. 925 families. They
did a great deal towards extending the
Gospel. They sold A23l5 worth Of
books. and made donations Of S2sS5s.
The board had Sl3S53S on hand October
3lst last in the Bible department. The
total cash received for the year was
50 iiS, and total expenditures were
50 1855.
Rev. Dr. Battle. Of Petersburg. was
then introduced 10 speak TO the report.
He spoke Of the deleterious effects Of
the scarcity Of money upon the sales of
cOlporters. and said that the vitated
tastes for another class Of literature had
also had its effect. the two combining to
make the results Of the boards work
not so gratifying as could have been de-
sired. Mr.. Battle said. however that
the board had done the best it could. and
he then requested that those present who
desired further enlightenment on the
work Of the colporters should question
him. number OF interrogations were
propounded and answered.
THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS.
Upon the conclusion Of Dr. Battles ad-
dress Or. Dunaway took the floor calling
Dr. Cooper 10 the chair The associations
president takes a great interest in the
work being carried on by the Sunday
School and Bible Board. and he advanced
two or three reasons why this board
should have a large place in the prayers
sympathies, confidence, and gifts Of the
association. The first reason was that II
is a child Of the association. II the
board lacked vitality it was incumbent on
the association to love II into life, as
Pygmalion Of old had done Galatea. and
to support it until it was strong enough
to stand alone.
The second reason urged by the speaker
was that the character of the work was
such as to appeal to the sympathy Of the
Baptists. He then spoke OF the vast i'm
portance of the work being done. and
submitted some very startling facts, show
ing the destituton of religious literature
throughout the land
The third and last reason advanced in
behalf of the board was that il encoun-
tered many difficulties. and he made
strong appeal in its behalf. saying il
should be the privilege Of the Baptist de-
nomination TO rally TO the support of the
board and overcome these difficulties.
DIR. THAMEs's RESOLUTION.
When Dr. Dunaway concluded the re-
port was adopted. and DIR. T. =. Thames |
offered the following resolution:
Whereas the times are prOpitious for an
aggressive movement in the Sunday-schoo |
work of the state; and whereas the fos-
tering Of this work is one of the func-
tions Of the Sunday-School and Bible |
Board: and whereas the work of this |
board I'm this department for the last year |
has been gratifying and encouraging: |
therefore, be 1T
Resolved That the board be urged to |
put further and larger emphasis upon this |
feature of their work during the next |
assOciatiOnal year
Or. Battle amended the resolution by in
serting the following: And we urge our |
churches to enlarge their contributions TO |
the board in order that this may be ac- |
comDlished."
This was accepted by DR. Thames, and |
the resolution as amended was adopted.
GENERAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL BOARD.
The next order Of business was an ad-
dress from Rev. Dr. J. NJ Frost cor
secretary OF the Sunday-School
Board Of the Southern Baptist Conyen-
tion. DR.. Frost gave a most interesting
history of the work done by his board |
from It's inception. some five or six years
ago TO the present time. and gave
synopsis OF the wonderful work IT had |
in that time. it having
given in actual cash 10 other denomina-
tionsl enterprises nearly $4,000 in four
years.
WOMAN'S WORK-THE ORPHANAGE
When Dr. Frost took his seat DR.
Hatcher led in singing Am ! a Soldier OF
the Cross" in which all rose and Joined
When the last verse had been sung the
report of the Central Committee on Wo-
mans Work was submitted by Rev Dr. |
Cooper. After expressing regret that Mrs
b. +. Johnson had retired from the cor
responding secretaryship, the report |
showed that 496 societies had reported
during the year. There had been written
3 $50 letters and 1851 had been received.
The treasurer's report. which was in
corporated in the main report, showed
that S1O.O5SS0 had been disbursed during
the year. There was an increase in con-
lributions over the preceding year Of
.3-36S
THE ORPHANAGE AGAIN.
The report was adopted, and Rev. DR..
George B. Taylor submitted the follow
ing report: your committee. to whom
was referred the request Of the trustees
Of the orphanage In their annual report,
regarding said request as reasonable and
proper. recommend that the treasurer OF
the General Association be, and Is hereby
to furnish TO the treasurer Of
tbe orphanage AM itemized quarterly
statement of his re ceipts for the orphan
age op
81. II. JETER,
&c. X. PACE.
"W. f. FISHER.
"R H. BEALE"
This report was adopted. and the as
sociation adjourned until 7SO o'clock.
PRAYER being offered by Rev. Mr.. Wyatt.
SESSION AT NIGHT.
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