The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-24

rho session Closed and Walnut Grove
,,.,,.c, selected as Nest Meeting Place.

TAyLOESNILLE. VA, july
c,ol The work Of the Dover h'P.'.
Association was resumed ms
with the prescrtation by ~,
Ragbv OF tho report on Home M'aal''.s
work I'm this field has been in',1
f,inc There have been 81 -'.
, 200 .bur,bes and stations, 3,ol' haptsns'
q = go .l.,i,.ed h. letter So Sunday
eohools ORGANIZED, making 1-'N'' i"'''
-. on- churches constituted. % houses
- .,.or.t,ir built. and 146 improved -'''y
pu.,as al Testaments distributed. ~
A., Stnoooo arked for. the board received
"a u27 "a. and closed the year WIN " uc"'
., 81 go. Its church properly Mas l'a
creased g1JO. now aggresa'lh- Sl'4'","
T6e Woman's Missionary Union was asN-
"a for $1,000, and responded WIN @'''-
81 ca. .. c,,o work
,,oro has hoen suspended. Work among
rrd,ors and foreigners has been most
,-,atifving. In the past century baptists
bova increased four times AS rapidly as
| the population I'm hfty years haptlsts
OF the South have increased from 4'o'-
| OOO to 300o.Vp. ., ,,...
Dr. John Pollard. Rev J. VI. Mercer
and Rev. H. i. Quarles participated ln
the discussion. after which the report
was adopted.
. Mr. N H. Turpin read the report from
=, the sunday-school and bioia bo ,,..l
which. after discussions 10y M'--ie. lu'
|,in + II. White. Walter sylnor ana
ar ]. G. Hiden. WAS adopted.
IT. lpev / T. Brcaddus from 'he Com
-o- tee on state Missions. reported mat
ig. trnissionaries had been appointed lonI
adj o.ybom are colored brethren Nii.4
no CHI fl, this association have been as
ne SIS during the past year-namely. An
10, tioc Central Black Creek. HopeweiL
cd New ,tresada. Jemes City. Se'1nd New
y. port .,vs Towards Grove, and Ran
- dolph'roct
D. Rev. Rarbv anl Mr. William El-
" Tyson t,ussod the report which was
.s- adopted.
rs Ihe morator announced the following
~. siai.'lhs 1mittcos.
IN Euu'alloU. G.. Hiden, j. VI. Mercer
~ !. T.. Brooks
as Sunday SOL and Colnrrtage-P. r
W. Warren y. j. Scrimminger d. j. fus
Inn sell
NJ state Missioi John Pollard, W. c.
nd Foster. j. II. Gothmev.
Zee Home MissionsJ. r. Clr.ick, J. r
Wilkinson. j. o. lrl<
n Foreign MissionS--eo-ge Cooper, IT. \
Inc Bagby. w II. Campou
MS Ministers Relief Rnd-R r.. Gwath
r. mey. j. r. Tucker WI lipm.
re State Of the Churc As 7. r. Hutsol
az Tex oficio,. c. II. Rylud, Walter Sylnor
b. r. II. Pitt. Il. II. BOWEN
no The Baptist Orphange v. W. Roy
rs nolds. W. b. Tyler J. painer Gordon.
Dr. J. G.. Hlden preahed an eNcelien
rk sermon from Luke xvi . and p. am
"a. brought out many rev "a from thl
no old text.
Ie The morning session W. adjourned wit
ed prayer by Or. J. VI. Iichr.|
al The association rcoonvred AZ 2.30 +
on NJ. and was led in irayr by Rev. T.
A. q. James.
.s. Rev. II. y. Baghy pr ented the r.
-s port nthe state OF he hurchcs.
There have been eight hundred an
he fifteen baptisms durin, n year whic
ne is an incease of one llndro and sixty
NJ -FOUR over last year rh, |mombersni
,r OF the churches has ir ratd five hur
me- drcd and seven. making 4 Jtal member
nd ship OF 1892. At the lac Meeting OF n
association 5000 was aforionod anon
the churches for state Missions. TIL
churches fell short 81 IN raisin
IN this amount. Twenf-f1ts countr
ir churches succeeded in rasire the amour
nd apportioned. while only i've OF the cit
"a missions. tho assOciati0 raised abo.
5000. which is 5000 les. than last yea
od The womans missionary societies raise
ns for foreign missions $l.,5. and for hon
10 missions. Sil3s.
OF The report was discussc by Rev. II.
n- Bagby. Or. John Pollard J. II. Whit
st 7. II. Elicit. and other. and tho
adopted
10 Or. John Pollard oneri a resolutiC
Ok 10 constitute a committet 10 co-opera
n- with the Richmond Collse faculty
re raising $4,000 for that Institution. TT
Chair named on the committee h.
u.s. Smith. G. Q. Cox. J. b. Winston. K.
Gary. and L. II. eter.
Y. Visitors recognized by h. associate
We this afternoon were Rev. :. s. Hepbur
re- OF the Episcopal church. Rry. O.. +. Boo
~. er. Jr., OF the Methodist 1iurch, and Y
nd b. Walton. editor of the Hnoyer Heral
nd Rev. W. W. Reynolds sas elected
delegate TO the Southern Baptist Co
nv yentiOn.
IN. The association apponti as its ne
81 place OF meeting Walnut Cove church
Tuesday after the third nday OF Jul
g. 1897. at IL o'clock a. NJ. Or. J. @. /
ST. den was selected preacher OF the annu
an sermon and Rev. W. W Reynolds
III ternc te.
a The association after teIdering than
10 Iaylorsvilie church. it, pastor. n
friends in the community. for hospital
and cordial entertainment. which b
been given 10 the delegates and othc
ct composing the body. adjourned. with t