Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-15
EASTERN SHORE BAPTIsTs.
Meeting of the Accomnc Association
Addresses, &c.


ONANCOCK, VA. August H-(Special)
The Accomac Baptist Association, COM
prising all the churches of that denomi-
nation in Accomac, Northampton, and
Elizabeth City counties. began its annual
session here Thursday in the OnancOck
Baptist church. In the absence Of the
moderator. Judge Ben. T. Gunter, the
Rev. j. Manning Dunaway, Of Accomac
Courthouse, was elected moderator pro-
tempOre. All the churches in the bounds
OF the association were represented, and
the reports from them showed a healthy
and prosperous state Of affairs
The hour for the annual sermon having
arrived the association suspended bust
ness. The Rev. Dr. John Pollard. Of
Richmond College, conducted the devo-
tional exercises, after which the Rev.
NJ. +. Sanford. of Parksley preached
the annual sermon from Genesis. xxi,
%: For as a prince hast thou power
with God and with men" The subject
Of the sermon was the wrestling Of Jacob
with the Angel, and the leading thought
developed was that men are blest in
proportion to the earnestness and per-
sstence with which they strive for the
divine blessing.
At the conclusion of the sermon the
Rev. A. J. Reamy. pastor Of the Oman
cock Baptist church, welcomed the as
ISOLATION in some happy and wel-chosen
remarks, in the course OF which he gave
a succinct history Of the church in Oman
cock In 1S5-just forty-one years ago
Mrs. Anne c. Taylor, Of Matomkin Dis
trict gave 81 0O0 to establish a Baptist
church in Onancock. The church was
organized. the following year with ten
members, two OF whom still survive
Mrs Sabra Joynes. of Baltimore, and
Captain Edward h. NAPLES. of Onancock.
The church has had eight pastors-four
dead and four still living. During the
forty years OF it's existence this church
has entertained the Accomac Baptist
Association eight times, an average OF
once in five years
The moderator called on tho Rev. DR..
Thomas S. Dunaway. Of Fredericksburg,
president Of the State Baptist Associ-
alton, to respond 10 the address Of well
come. Dr. Dunaway made very APP
probate response. He gave an interesting
account OF his FIRST attempt to visit the
Eastern Shore. in 1866 when he was met
in the middle OF the Chesapeake bay
by a furious storm that drove him and
his companions back to the western
shore at the imminent peril Of their
lives. He had recently made VI his
had succeeded in reaching this promised
land of the Old Dominion. He paid a
glowing tribute TO the Eastern Shore
and the hospitality Of its people. AT
the conclusion Of DR.. Dunaway's address
the association adjourned for dinner,
which was served in the shade Of the
spreading trees around the church.
In the afternoon the association re-
| assembled and elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Rev. a.
j. Reamy moderator; Spencer f. Rogers,
treasurer; GOODWIN G. Joynes clerk.
The report on education was then taken
up and discussed by the Rev. Or. Pol
lard, OF Richmond College; Rev. DR..
Spaight OF Berkeley; Rev. r. Werner
Bagwer, of Newton Centre Seminary,
and others. At night the Rev. John 7.
Belts, Of Richmond. delivered a delight
full lecture on the Holy Land.
Among the ministers here from dis
lance are the Rev. DR.. Pitcher. Of Pc
tersburg; Rev. William Fisher. Of Apo
mattox, the patriarch OF Virginia Bap-
lists; Rev Frank Fisher, OF Lynchburg
Rev. John T. Belts. Of Richmond, and
Rev. DR.. Il. A. Dickinson. editor and
proprietor of the Religious Herald.