Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-15

| with an endowment and with bright
| prospects. Special mention was made OF
the Southwestern Virginia Female In
stitute at Bristol and the Woman's Col
lege az Richmond, which are under the
especial charge Of this General Associa-
| ton. and the report expressed grati1ca-
ton at the iourishing condition OF the
| other female schools OF the state that
are under Baptist control
TEN-THOUsAND GIFT.
The report announced the gift OF NoVo
| towards the endowment OF the Southwest
| Virginia Institute.
Richmond College was reported to be
I'm most fiourishlrg condition, having
now present seventy-five students for the
| ministry from eight States, and a larger
| number OF other students than ever be-
| fore In its history The college needs. 1t
was urged. more endowment and addl-
tional buildings and especially attention
was called to the fact that while some
other colleges have lost their endowments
| or had them impaired, Richmond college
| has had its funds so wisely managed That
| 1t has never lost a dollar, or had Its en-
dowment In any way impaired. despite
| the financial depression in the country.
| The report declares that the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary has now,
as always. q warm place In the hearts
OF Virginia Baptists. President Boat
| wright made an eloquent and earnest
| speech on the merits OF the report. DR..
whitsitt paid glowing tribute TO the
value OF Richmond College. and the noble
work It is doing President Thorp, of the
Southwest Virginia Institute, made an
earnest speech on the report
OBITUARIES
| Rev. J. II. Hartwell Edwards. from the
| Committee on Obituaries, read the report
which pays fitting tribute to the follow
ing ministers. who have died during the
past year: Rev. William Fisher, OF APP
pomattox: Rev W. r. Jolly, OF Richmond;
| Rev. S. T. Dorsey, OF Louisa county; Rev.
| A. Little and Rev. X. W. Hatcher, OF
| Roanoke county. After appropriate re-
marks Ey Rev. c. T.. Woodson. T. II. Ell
lett. Esq, Rev. J. II. Newbill, Rev.
| George w. Beale NJ. NJ. Morris. Esq, DIT
| W. E. Hatcher, Dr. ]. b. Taylor, Rev. ii.
| w. Trbble. Rev. y. Il. Warren, and Rev.
| G. ]. Thompson, the report was adopted
and the association rose and sang verse
| Of the Sweet BY and By Dr. w. H..
Hatcher then led in fervent and appro-
| pirate prayer.
Rev. DR. T. s. Dunaway, from the spe-
cial committed made the report on the
|
| report pays graceful tribute TO tho work
| of the Central Committee in the past. and
makes the following recommendations:
| l. That the Central Committee be con-
| tinued for another year
| 2 That the Missionary Union be request
| ed to nominate TO this body board or
| twenty-five.
g. That It is deemed best that the Wo-
mans Missionary Union hold its annual
meeting at a different time from the meet
| ing of this General Association.
| A. The association cordially endorses the
Missionary Union with the distinct under
standing that all funds raised by them
shall pass through the hands Of the trea-
surer OF this association.
| 8. That the union make an annual report
| to this association.
Rev. F. H. Martin, from the Committee
| on Nomination of New Boards, made a
| report. which was ADOPTED and which
makes very few changes in the boards
| only such as were made necessary by re-
| moval or death
On motion OF Rev. George w. Beale,
Rev. Mr. Campbell corresponding secre-
tary, was invited TO address the associa-
ton on the work Of the Virginia Bible
! Society. Mr. Campbell made a clear and
| interesting statement Of his work.
NIGHT SESSION.
| The house was packed. as usual, to-
| night. After prayer, led by Rev +. Is.
! Robertson, on motion of DR.. Willingham,
the association instructed the Chair to
| appoint a committee to cooperate with
| the committee OF the Southern Baptist
| Convention in its centennial celebration
The report Of the Home Mission Board,
which is located in Lynchburg, and CO.
operates with the Home Mission Board or
the Southern Baptist Convention, was
read by DR.. c. b. Fleet. The report be-
gins with the following:
"The Home Mission Board Of the South
ern Baptist Convention reports for the
year ending May l, 1898, 467 missionaries
employed. These missionaries supplied
]. $50 churches and stations. AS the result
Of their labors, 4739 persons were bap-
tized and 4,770 received by letter, making
total additions of $500. One hundred and
| three churches were organized, 40 houses
| Of worship built, and 6S improved. Two
hundred and ninety-seven Sunday schools
| were organized; 4.6SS Bibles and testa-
ments distributed besides more than
million and a half pages of tracts"
The receipts of the board for mission
work was 5425l04; raised and expended
| on the field for houses of worship, $J6,3S5.45
making a total of $1106965O. In the list
OF CONTRIBUTORS NlIBlllld Sld4uS Sr1Oiui
| Georgia being first. The board closed the
| year without debt and with balance OF
| $500 50 in the treasury.
Rev. DR.. George BraXton Taylor, Of APP
pomattox, made an address on the work
| in Cuba which was clear eloquent, and
| telling. He insisted that the results of
| the late war should give us a deeper in
| terest than ever in the Gem of he An
TILES" and stronger determination to
push forward that work which the South
ern Baptist Convention begun some years
ago.
WAS PROPHETIC.
DIR. w. X. l.. Smith made an earnest
and telling speech on the urgency Of this
work. Rev. NJ. Ashby Jones, of Rich
mond was called out, and began his
speech by saying that that noble old
Roman DR.. |. 7. Tichenor corresponding
secretary of the Home Mission Board
had been prophetic when he took in Cuba
as a part of the "home" mission field,
for the guns at Santiago and the men
behind the guns" have made Cuba indeed
a part of the home field. But he pro-
posed TO speak of the work within the
bounds of the Southern Baptist Conven-
tion-the work in this Southland OF ours.
He made an earnest plea for sending
the Gospel into every nook and corner
and 10 every class of our Southland as
the solution of every problem and the
panacea for every ILL.,
Rev. NJ. d. Early being called out
spoke as one who had been converted
under the labors of one of the mission
aries of the Home Mission Board, and
who had been for years connected with