Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-11-19
fsabtist 6eiierAl Association.

Inc seventy HUI session OF Uu6 Dap
fist General Association of Virginia
began here to night In the First Bars
list Church in the presence of an i'm
mense audience and under the most
auspicious circumstances. The eXer.
cises were introduced with prayer by
Rev. R. J Wil1ingham, Of Richmond,
secretary of the Foreign Mission
Board. q passage OF Scripture by Rev.
w. W. Hamilton, of Bluefield, and q
prayer by Rev. J. Manning Dunaway,
of Marion.
The Introductory sermon was de-
Iivered by Rev NJ. E. Broaddus, of
Bristol, who discussed the condition
of the Baptist church of the day.
He warned the audience against
striving mainly for numbers and de-
clared that he was afraid that God
was not with the Baptist Church to-
day.
He closed with an earnest and elo-
quent appeal to the Baptists to cling
to God and to keep Him for their
guide and helper.
Rev. DR.. A. E. Owen, of Portsmouth,
was unanimously reelected president
for the ensuing year. Henry Schmelz,
of Hampton, Rev. w. r. L. Smith, D.
D.. of Richmond, Judge A. T. Cole,
of Marion. and DR.. G f. James, OF
Danville. were elected vice presidents.
The other officers are Rev. II. z.
Smith, of Martinsville, secretary; b.
A Jacob, of Richmond, treasurer; j.
B. Montgomery, of Richmond, audi
tor, and H. Theodore ElIyson, of
Richmond, assistant secretary.
Dr. F. G. Mcconnell, in brief ad-
dress of welcome, took DR. Broaddus
to task to some extent and declared
! that he believed God was With the
Baptists, and that as for the number,
he was glad to see them, as they indi-
Gated success.
Lynchburg, Va, Nov. 13-Over
five hundred delegates are attending
the annual meeting of the Baptist
General Association, which is being
held in the First Baptist Church,
this city The three sessions of Satur
day were devoted to the reports of
the treasurer, the education board,
Sunday school and Bible board. COM
mittee on cooperation, and State
mission board, which were read, re-
spectively, by Mr.. B A. Jacob, Mr..
]. T Ellyson, DR.. j III. Pitcher, DIR.
II. R. Thornhill and Mr.. William
Ellyson.
The report of the treasurer showed
collections during the year as follows:
Sunday School aud Bible Board,
SIS $50 40: State Mission Board, Sill
$50 so; Home Mission Board, South>
ern Baptist Convention, S1O,55569;
Education Board. 81, 500 Ga; Foreign
Mission Board, $50 1853; Ministers
Relief Fund, $2,S69 20; Orphanage,
$11 1858 IS.
DR.. w. R. L. Smith spoke on the
Sunday-school board and DR.. Whit
slit made an address on the Southern
Theological Seminary, of which he
is the president.
DR.. George W. Beall delivered the
historical sermon. Rev. r. H.. Mar
tin, of Salem, and P. T. Hale, of Roa-
noke, were nominated for vacancies
on the orphanage board of trustees.
Addresses were made on home mis-
sions by Revs. w. w. Hamilton, FIJI.
Martin, H. G. Smith and DIR. II. w.
Battle.
Today's proceedings consisted of
mass-meetings, one this afternoon in
the interest of the Baptist Orphan
age at Salem, and one this evening in
the interest of foreign missions. The
report on the orphanage was read by
the president of the trustees. DR.. VIM.
E. Hatcher. 1t was decided to ex
pend $4,000 in erecting an additional
building for the orphanage, and a
considerable part Of the money was
subscribed.
This evening the report of the for
eign mission board was read by the
corresponding secretary, DR.. w. F.
Fisher, of Portsmouth. 1t showed
So, 600 less for foreign missions than
at the same time last year; over seven
hundred baptisms had been reported,
mainly in China and Brazil. The
outlook for the present year was
promising.
The report of the State Mission
Board thus presents the work accom-
plished:
In the past thirty years our miss
sionaries have baptized 25,26S con-
verts into the fellowship Of their mis-
sion churches, and have aided pastors
in other meetings in which 1875
persons professed faith in Christ, and
have organized 220 churches These
figures will give some conception of
the visible results of our work.
For the past year we have had
seventy-nine missionaries under ap-
pointment, who report that they oc
! cupied 226 stations; preached 7,426
sermons; baptized 769 converts; aided
pastors in meetings in which l ,459
persons professed faith IN Christ;paid
16. SAT visits for religious conversation
and prayer; organized % Sunday
schools, churches; were building IL
houses of worship, and completed a.
In the building and improvement OF
churches and parsonages they had
collected $7,6S0.45, and all this was
raised on their own fields except
$2O3 CO."
1t speaks most hopefully of the
work among the negroes, and Of the
labors of four general missionaries
employed, who have held during the
year seventy five institutes for the
instruction of preachers and deacons,
labored in meetings in which 800
persons were baptized, visited many
churches and associations in the inter
est of their work, and collected ST.
2G3. y to promote it. The receipts of
the board for the past year had been
$l1, 369.S1, being $1,3O7.74 more than
the year before, and the board has
been able, therefore, to meet all OF
it's obligations and begin the new
year with $257.75 in the treasury.
Bristol was chosen as the next
place of meeting and the time was
changed to Friday before the third
Sunday.