Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-19
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Richmond va. Nov. 1s.---The Baptist
81 Ge6eral Assoc alton held two interest
4. Ing sessions TO- day and there were adj
:Ss reSses BY a number of distinguished
/ ministers and laymen.
4 ndINISTBRIAL EDUCATION.
% HE following resolution, presented
~ bysD Or. Ohm Pollard, was adopted:
w hereas. the Education Board I'M
NJ derlaKes TO conduct one Of the most
6 Important Enterprises entrusted to this
81 bo1y and u,
hefeas, the number Of ministerial
ss tud Tents has been steadily diminishing,
y 9iIh 81 81, u
sss sbysss.yY hereas, the board has been COM
n PEELED 30 report from year to year an
Il eli Hi al RAISING debt, therefore be it
ISL Resolved, That q committee of nine
N Is E app oinIed to consider our whole
Dit ii " ministerial education to receive
39 stis gesuons from delegates and from
" d Iiys 30 Their brethren that wish to pre-
ss5S en1S their views md report at this ses-
r sioii Recommendations as TO best meth
IDS for deepening ind extending de-
nonlinational,in interest in the indispensa-
~ bic work OF supplying our churches
Z. mi tiis consecrated and competent pas
ors..r: 4;
81 ETREASURERS REPORT.
sSE Tho treasurer presented the following
Sreport, giving comparative figures OF
ssSt his year and last:
sstate Mission Board-1sos. s11,6os.s1;
ASS, Isl 1,S69.S1.
Sunday school and Bible Board
ssSs1 Synss S. 10: BIZ 1S9S, $5.4So.42.
duca ton Board7-lSs9. s7,506.94; 1898,
81 Sit 2.06. ;
& Foreign Mission Board -1S9e. s21.522.-
III S7;S 1888; Il $40, 145. 3d. Fl
ss.,. Ifeme Mission Board-ls9s s12.1S4.9o;
1857 $40, 555 SO. ~, \. s. ii,is95 Z
inlsters Relief Fund 1890, s2.se5.7o;
Ufsipnanage.1sss, s1o457.ss; 1888, SILL
So, s7o,s22,5s; 1898. sso.27e.54
II il ONE MISSIONS.
The report on Home Missions, pre-
II Esl tied by Dr. i. @. Mcconnell. showed
Va init during the year ended May /,
Ss1Ss9 g., the Board had employed 65S mis-
81 Si6nnrles Their field includes the
q bound aries Of the Southern Baptist
81 EonYent lon'Sa and Indian and Oklahoma
MS rritorles, Cuba, and the District Of
Isl Coiumbia 3 The missionaries reported
asS2, $50 churches and stations supplied;
IS 9, 562 aoaptisms, and 6,431 persons re-
ssoeiY led by letter. They. have organized
ss,1 p4s churches built GLE Sunday Schools.
;5ss aid % new churches, and repaired 252
ssSlIlore e. u.s.
ssS The cash receipts for the year were
81 Gil T94 .6SjS md increase Of ST,744.17 over
"a the preceding year. Y.
sSs TILE WORK IN CUBA
ss2g IS egards the work In Cuba, the re-
81 port says that to avoid friction and
s daane mutual relations, the Southern
5ssssG s.onyent ion Board and the Northern
IA Society agreed that tire Southern Board
sSlHh ould have charge of the evangelical
sssSt ION of the four western provinces of
ss ss The island lille the Northern Society
aSsp ccupies the eastern.
ssS:;ss The Southern Convention has Pnar
gssssssfl FL Rio ALBANIA, Matanzas, and
ss anta Clara; The Board has been
sssltnabl to establish stations in PInar
Nj del Rio,& the most western province,
IN o,ltgs has church hes q mission stations,
SRI and sch oolss sss as, follows: Habana, 4
s rl,uT pfes,s sta lions; in Santa Clara, 8
81 more churches and stations: in
sgsA Y at +; reports are lacking
e es3S sa: 1T IEIB PULPITS SUNDAY.
;s;fs Tom orroW the visiting ministers will
sss5fll 1.-The aXarlousip ulplts and Monday the
|esssnmed. rs