The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-17
Virginia Secures Several In
portant Chairmanships.
C0LoRE D EV ANGELIzATI0N
The StlIman institute to Be Furnished
With Farm on Which the Ministe-
rial Students Can Gain Their
Own Support-Message of
Sympathy Sent to Or.
Palmer, New Orleans.
Especial Dispatch to me Iimey.y

~
JACKSON, MISS. May 1s.-The As4
sembly's work to-day was largely rou-
tine. Reports wero received from the
Committees on Colored Evangclization
and the Assembly,s Home and School at :.
Fredericksburg. showing that both these
important causes have been wisely and
economically administered.
Dr. Hawes. the financial agent of tin.
Home and School. made most earnest
and forcible appeal to the Assembly to
widp out the present Indebtedness and
suitably endow this home for the fami-
lies of deceased ministers. A telegram
of sympathy was sent to DR.. B. NJ.
Palmer, OF New Orleans. and the AS
sembly led in prayer for his recovery by
DIR. Strickler, of Richmond
vIRGINIANs SECURE.
Virginia secured the craftsmanship OF
three important committees. DR.. Cecil.
of Richmond, is chairman of Theological
Seminaries and DR.. Fl. a. White, OF
Lexington, of Church and Christian Ed
ucation, and Dr. Stricken, of Foreign
Missions. Other Virginia assignments
are: Observation-Disclosures Whittet. OF
Richmond; Bills and Overtures-H. A.
Allen, of Lynchburg: Publication-Robert
Grey. of Dublin, and Rev. c. w Max
well, of Norfolk, Church and Christian
EIducation-Rev. E, Fl. Stover. of Rapi-
dan: Sabpa th-rsev. Charles Friend. OF
Buchanan; Leave of Absence-nev- A s.
Roehai. O: Shawsville; Ministerial Relief
DR.. D! X. Walthall of RICHMOND; Col
ored Evangelizatfon-Capta j. r. Pat
terson, of Petersburg.
OyERTURES.
\ large number of overtures were re
ceived and referred. the most important
of which are those touching the elect
infant clause. fromation of PresbyteryH
in China and several requesting the AS
senbly not to recognize Louisville Semi
nary as one of our institutions on ac-
count of it's partial control by the North
ern Church.
At night DR.. strlckler delivered ore
of his most powerful and logical eis-
courses from Hebrews iv., L.
COLORED EVANGELIZATION.
The report of the Committee on Color
ed EvangeIizatiou was presented TO tbs
General Assembly of the PresbF terrain
Church in the United States at It's morn
| ing session. The report showed an en-
| coura ging development in every branch
| of the committees work
| During the year five churches havo
! been organized and eight houses of wor--
| ship erected and purchased. The report
! showed that more than two Thousand
| colored children are being regularly
| taught by white teachers in Sunday
! schools throughout the Southern States.
| The Executive Committee supplies eighty
| four churches with preaching ard has
paid promptly and fully all of the minis
! ters under it's direction. AT the Still
| man Institute which is school for
! training coIored ministers. the students
! are to be put upon their own resources
| on the following general plan:
| The committee will provide the iand,
| the building, the necessary implements.
| stock and all necessary teachers and ths
| students will be expected to furnish ths
| contributor, fertilizers SEED etc. end to
| have the proceeds from their farming.
The committee announced its purpose to
| make of this institute training schoal
| for ministers and teachers. its work TO
be done in harmony with the views OF t.is
| Southern people respecting negro educa-
ton.
4 GREETING FROM METHoDIsTs.
| DR.. Russell Cecil. OF Richmond. Ea.s
presided.
4 telegram OF greeting and congratu-
lation from the General Conference os
Methodists at Dallas. Texas was resa.
4, Dr. Mathews. general secretary or tas
PRESBYTERIAN Alliance. London. England.
told assembly of the work of his depart
ment in South Africa