The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-05-16
Baptist General Association.

n COlOred J. fists met IN its fourth "A
e. nual session in the First Baptist chur
Is. here Wednesday morning at 10 o'cloc
n, The meetings are attended by ,
II. overwhelmingly large delegation, the
5: being nearly $50 present representa-
every section Of the State. At Il
As same time there is being held
- Petersburg another association
% colored baptists. which also is known 0
% the General Association Of Virgin,
% The dividing Of the brethren Occurre
b some four years ago 1t is said tina
o the friction which caused this division
S is greatly subsiding, and many VIII
then opposed cooperation with tn
. Northern and Southern Baptist
(white) in educational and missionar,
work among the negroes see now tina
1t Is not the best thing for them to do ii
the interest Of the Southern blacks.
The address Of the president Wednes.
day morning was strong and forcible
He urged the Association TO stand firm
IN their efforts to keep down racialsm
or sectionai-m i'm the work Of the
church throughout the State and the
South. He begged that they carry no
sword for those who are opposed to their
principles
Wednesday afternoon Prof. G. f.
Read addressed the Association on
"Our Needs Of Finance" At the even
ing session the annual sermon was
preached by Rev Isaac Lee, Jr., and
Prof Jones, Of the colored University
at Richmond, spoke ably and in clear,
forceful style on the "Relgious Press. -
The Association is holding day and
night sessions, and will continue until
Sunday night.
They have planned to raise 5000
during these meetings here and the
members present express themselves
as feeling assured Of this amount
The meetings are interesting and
profitable. Excellent preaching in
spring music, and a general good feel
ing pervading throughout.
THURsDAY-MoRNING SESSION.
Much Of the time in the Association
was taken up this morning in intro
ducing corresponding messengers, aud
visitors.
Rev. T. A. Green. Of the colored !
Methodist church, addressed the Asso-
citation.
Rev. :. II. Thompson, Of the white
Baptist church, Of Farmville, was in
troduced to the body, and addressed it
at length. He stated among other
things that he was just from the Con-
vention (whlte) at Ashevile, n. c.,
and that the colored Baptist brother
was discussed in that Convention.
That the two races in the South loved
each other and understood each other
best That there was room enough in
the South e.. he two races to labor to-
gether in 'r- land Of sunshine and
flowers for the Master He made
touching appeal to the brethren to lay
their plans well for working for the
Master, to acquaint him with their
future plans for their uplifting in Jesus
Christ and if he could be of any ser
vice he stood ready to render that ser
vice.
The speakers made the striking
point that the destinies or the two
aces are in a peculiar and mysterious
way bound together, and that when
me falls, to an extent the other falls,
md when one rises, to an extent the
'ther would rise just little higher.
Rev. ;. y. Vass, ID. d., Southern ,
ecretary Of the American Baptist
publication Society Of Philadelphia,
"a, was introduced and spoke to the
,ody.
a telegram came from the Central {
Mississippi College to the effect that
he degree of Doctor Of Divinity was 8
onferred by the faculty Of that school {
pon Rev. G.. w. Goode b. d., Of Dan |
lille, Va, and Rev. A. Chiles, Of Phla-
elphia Pa. !
The collections of the Association to {
his writing exceeds 100000. ,
We will rejoice when the extra trains I,
n the n. & w. are running regularly T,