The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-14
VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.
DR, sLEDD PREsENTs THE RtPORI
ON MISSION UOEh.
4 CoIored bishop Asks For and Receives "A
Good ColIection-Whst the Slate Max
er- say Of Richmond Appointments.


cial-The conference had its first fair
weather to-day and its first fair chance
10 be interesting. And 1t was interest
ing though the remaining routine work
consumed more time than was antici-
mated. The house was packed all through
the session. and it was remarked that
more visitors were present from "a dis
,ancc than have attended a conference for
years.
The members met promptly, and after
devotional services. conducted 10y Df' W.
f. Judklns, settled down promptly to
business.
RECOMMENDATIONS or THE BOARD
or MISSIONS.
Dr sledd read report No. ], Of me
BOARD Of Missions. The mission 'l llS
church. say. Che report. is TO suonue 'ne
world unto Jesus Christ ON us h"e"tS
IN tbis dvincly-appointed work depends
its life. God has no use Tor eh'Ich
whose sole aim is to maintain ils.ii'
Such an oi ganizatiCn may eNpeci To ui''
and oupht 10 die and the sooner the ht'-
ter The Church has raised duiihg tNe
year Il u cents per capita ior loielsh
missions. and cents per ctW,a lol uo-
nestle missions In the virginia 'oh-
earen.o the amount reaches 10 cents per
corito for foreign missions and il cents
,or 1oroesti, missions. The board does
,ot desriee the day OF small things, put
I, 5oes moi believe that this contribution
j. a fair exponent of the ablllN OF 'no
church. 4 chief difficulty appears TO &c
, lack Of zeal on the part OF pastors AS
a rule. missionary pastors MAKE
sio,,srv peotle. "We an need the IRE
- pontecost on our heads and on our
io,rt. The board recommends ll"l
tbe paetors make an earnest eho'1 ~
So. ure a contribution from every Hl,'''
chat thov preach en- the SUBJECT Oh
sions. and reinforce their serii'o',H ns
l,...mfnnfion Of missionary literature
elections be taken early in the
,,or ana that wherever pracucape INC
sunday schools he organized into mis- slon-'
,.,. sociotias Missionary mass-mcetlhss
arc al.o recommend d.
EXAMINATION OF CHARACIEk.
M ministers who have been on triai
one year rassed the examination oi char-
ector Rev. O.. II. Lambert. or this cidSs'
o,bo has been very III with typhoia-le'e''
v,as reported out OF danger.
reys / r. b. Smith. j. j. Hoosier' ana
T. peerman and =. n. Clements, were
elected 10 deacons's orders as io'"'
nroachers. Rev. l.. T. Williams was
elected to elders orders as local preach-
cr. q. r,.,.,, s,a
Drs. J. Wiley Bledsoe. a. G. Brown ana
Va ~ Irdl,in were appointed commit
too to send fraternal greetings TO the
state Baptist Association IN Session at
B~v J.. p. Woodward. 9. s. Wamsley
,rd 1 VI Proctor all Of whom are in lll
health. we're referred TO the Committ'e
ON Conference Relation for q supefanhu-
9tef relation. ,s..
All the pastors who had not already
made their reports passed the cAainina-
tiou Of character. one preacher rcpoiltu
"a great revival which resulted IN se,-
ting one hundred and siXty-eight people
out Of the church.
Rev g. w. DYER reported that the sun
da,-echool of Cabell-Stroet church. Dan
vulc has on its roll more than fourteen
hundred pupils. ..l..,
Dr.J G. Kilgo. president Of Trinity Col
logo. Durham. y. c.; Dr. James AtNih''
Sundav-schoOl editor, Nashville. Ienh''
rev + 7. NfcFaden pastor Of the First
PRESBYTERIAN church. Of this city, ana
Rev. Mr.. Collins Of the Baltimore tom
ference and Rev r. NJ. McCorkle' pas
tor Of tho Third Presbyterian church' 'his
city. were introduced TO the conference
4 cOLORED BISHOP SPEAKS.
p,shon Lane. of the colored VI. +.
church. was again presented TO tHe
conference. and made an earnest aPiv"l
s1, beln to complete the maiu building
al Paine and Lane Institute. Inc COL
ored church was set up by the Southern
Methodist Church in 1870, with 5000
members. VINO had until then belonged
10 the white church. "Our church.
said the Bishop. lis the only child your
church ever had. and / hope it Is the
only child she Will ever have The au-
dience responded readily TO the appeal
and the collection amounted 10 sol.
CIRCULATION OF THE SCRIPTURES.
Rev. w. ;. Campbell. secretary OF the
Virginia Bible Society. addressed the
conference on the subject of Bible dis
tribution. Mr. Campbell said That OF
the !. 500. .OoOO00 of the world population,
only about 20ooO00oO live in countries
where the Bible Is generally found IN
inc homes OF the people. ln the United
States. one family out of nine Is without
the word of God. In Virginia thousands
of families are entirely destitute of the
Scriptures. The American Bible Society
supplies all the Bibles used ina the for
eisn missionary work Of all the churches
of this country. without any cost to tnc
missionary organizations of the churches.
In addition to supplying the mission
aries with all the Bibles they need. the
society employees ass men as colporteurs
i'm the foreign field, who visit in the
homes OF the natives and carry to them
the word OF HE.
NOT 4 FOOT OF GROUND SUR
RENDERED.
Or. II. G.. Morrison. of Nashville, Tenn,
one OF the secretaries of the Board Of
Missions, MADE d brief address giving the
present status of the missionary inter
osts of Southern Methodism. Fifty
years ago the church sent her first mis-
siOnary TO a foreign country. To-day
there are six Annual Conferences in
mission fields. and the Board disburses
between three and four thousand dollars
every year. The Board has felt the pres
sure of the times in common with all
financial enterprises. but while great bus
mess institutions have gone down on
every hand since the depression set in.
the Board has not surrendered single
foot Of ground or called a laborer home
on the other hand new missionary has
been sent out occasionally. This state
OF things IS due. however. largely TO the
sacrifices of the missionaries. IF our
people had given as literally as our mis-
sonaries have given. we would to-day
have 100000 900 in the treasury" Dr.
Morrison said that the credit of the Board
is as good as the credit of any financial
institution in the country.
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
DR.. James Atkins Of Nashville, Tenn.
Sunday-schoOl editor. spoke az length