Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-29
PORTSMOUTH
ASSOCIATION
Account Of Proceedings Of the
Last Days Session.
RESOLUTION or THANKS
Neport~ Rond. Dtxostrd and Adopted
Tho ministers Rellcr Fnnd-New
cot,nEe For tho baptist Orphan
age High Grade school In,prncti-
enbso-womnn's aIission Work
Pastoral support.

(Berkley Bureau virginian-P ilot.)
The Association convened at 10 a.
m. yesterday. with the Moderator, DR..
Dunaway, in the chair. Prayer was Of
fered by Rev. C. p. Ryland
The report OF the Home Mission
Board was presented by Rev. w. W.
Sisk. The report says, in part:
1.-The past year has opened up to the
Home Mission Board a. broader field
of usefulness than ever before, and de-
mands a call upon all the churches and
people. for increased gifts for this
great work. The work has been SO
we'll kept before the people that no
elaborate report is required to tell Of
the work now being done by this
board in Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
Cuba and our great Southland, among
both white and colored."
The report closes with strong ap-
peal Tor enlarged gifts from every
member of every church in the Asso-
citation.
The report was spoken to by Rev.
Sisk, DR.. Owen and DR.. Fisher.
The report was adopted.
MINISTER'S RELIEF FUND.
The order OF the day, ministers Re
lief Fund" was announced. The re-
paper says assurance should be given
to every minister that in old age neith-
CIR he nor his family shall be in need
of the necessities of life. This assur-
ance. the report says, can be given by
meeting fully the demands Of this fund.
The Portsmouth Association con-
tributed last year sS23.25. There was
distributed in It's limits $500.
The report was discussed by Revs
IAnson, Dudley, Prof. Mills, DR.. Bar
ton. Rev. Jones, DR.. Owen and Rev
j. w. Mitchell, and was adopted.
The following was offered by Rev. DR..
Pilcher:
Resolved. That we endorse the ac-
ton OF the last General Association in
appointing a. committee of six breth-
rem to promote the interests of the
Sunday School Board OF the Southern
Baptist Convention. and bring its worl,
before our churches.
The resolution. after being discussed
by Revs. J. j. Hall and j. NJ. Pitcher,
was adopted.
THE REPORT.
The report of the Committee on Or
phanage Cottage fund was read by
Rev. w. V. Savage, chairman. 1t says
nasmuch as there are over S1,100 in the
hands OF the treasurer, your commit
instruct and authorize Rev. George j.
HOLIDAY to secure plans and commence
work at once upon the Portsmouth As
ISOLATION cottage building, said build
ing to cost $500. and that the Asso-
citation appoint one man to collect the
unpaid amounts by the first of Janu-
airy next.
The report was discussed by Rev.
Savage, Lay Delegate Jas. T. Borum
and Rev. Love.
DR.. Hallsoffercd an amendment that
Rev. w. V. Savage be appointed the
agent to raise the amount required to
erect the cottage. Adopted.
The report as amended was adopted.
DIGEST OF CHURCHES.
The Committee on Digest Of Churches
submitted the following report of
amounts raised:
- ........$ 1910. SO
Home Missions ............. II $40 65
Foreign Missions .............. 3,O31. IS
Sunday School. etc............ 1858 63
Minister'S Relief Fund. ....... 42S. As
Total 49,. ...................sS .9 37 81
Contribution to orphanage.. l.725 50