The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-14
THE BAPTIST
ASSOCIATION.
The Negro Problem Taken Up
With the Report of Home
Mission Board,
FIERY & TENDER EL0QUENcE
Dr.. Pollard Offers Resolution
Calling on Legislature to
Pass the Cumming Bill.
FIERY & TENDER ELoQuENCE
tspccial to rhe rImes. plspatch.

Especial to The Times. Dispatch.)
STAUNToN, VA, Nov. 13-The norm
Ing dawned bright and beautiful. and by
o A. NJ. the auditorium of the Baptist
Church was we'll filled with delegates, and
the devotional exercises, which were led
by Rev. Charles Corhitt. we're very fer
vent and tender. At $3.50 the body was
called to order by 'vice-President John
Pollard, and Treasurer B. A. Jacob, Of
fered his annual report. Of which an abb
stract follows:
The report of Treasurer B. A. Jacobs:
State missions. s23,441.S5; Sunday-school
Bible Board, $s.4a2.70: Education Board,
s4,ss2; Foreign Mission Board. s?2a.47s.15;.
Homo Mission Board. s15,a25.2s; Ministers
Relief Fund. ;4,2o3.O2; Baptist orphanage,
(. s17ss2.23; total, $101 556.26.
The report showed that from the
churches OF the Dover District Association
in which Richmond churches are situated:
the following amounts were received:
state Missions, sss74.77; sunday-school
Bible Board. s9612s: Education Board,
sss2.2s; Foreign Mission, SS.s39.74; Home
Mission Board. 81. .9lb.74; Ministers Relier
Fund, s7S2.71: Baptist Orphanage, *s,-
1928 total, sl9,64S73. or nearly one-nitn
Of tn eamuont raised in the entiS State.
q This. afternoon discussion by DE-. George
Cooper was adopted with unanlmlty an"
heartincss. DR.. r. H. Pitt offered mo-
tion appointing a committee consisting tl OF
T. H. Elicit. George A. schelzI W. y.
Whitecaryer. William Ellyson and =.
a@y,n A.
szni MS tres siirar.s Sana 81
report any chang vi lch may Ia thetr
Judgment be wise in the present mr.
rangement between the general associa-
tion and the treasurer. The motion was
adopted unanimously.
VISITORS.
Then same the reception of vi'l+ors and
new pastors q most interesting feature
Visitors from a distance were: w. =. Har-
yey. D, D., and Rev. Mr. Clea ton. OF Ken
! stucky:4 j. e. White, D. D., of Atlanta; j..
M. frost, d. D., OF Nashville. Fourteen
new pastors We're presented to the body.
Two new school presidents, DR.. J. y.
Henderson, OF Bristol, and Professor r..
r. Hatton, of Danville, were also intro.
duced
Dr.. w. L. Picknrd read tn ereport on
home missions. The report save interest
Ing figures showing the extent ana con-
diton Of this great work, Ihe receil,ls
of the board for the convention year Wero
more than s10s. 900. During the past a. as
ISOLATION year Virginia Baptists gave $lo,-
825.2s. The action OF the Home Board IN
the Cuban dificulties is cordially ap-
proved Special mention is made OF the
work OF the board among the mountain
populations and the negroes and forelgn
populations.
THE NEGRO PROBLEM.
DR.. r. 3. Garrett was the first speaker.
He declared that If the Home Board had
no other field than the foreign popula-
tions who were crowdng into every part
~ tha south this would afford them
ample oportunity for all their efforts He
argued strongly for church building de-
partment to meet the dire necessities OF
destitute FIELDS. But he would put
especial emphasis on the necessity FOR
work among negroes. Ills Baptlst con-
science hurt him when he considered
The apathy OF Southern whites toward
the negroes. The negroes have drltteo
away from tho whites and the races A are
farther apart than ever betore' iha
Leopard's Spots had done more marin
with its message OF despair than any booS
that has been written since Uncle Tom's
Cabin" was perpetrated. It was amaz-
ing that man who had preached the
gospel could have written It, Under tlln
Divine blessing not only the leopard's
spots and the Ethioplans skin. but his
heart ms we'll can be changed.
DR., w. r, L. Smith. presented the reso-
lutions adopted by the Richmond Minis
tsrs' Conference. requesting the assoola-
tion to recommend to the Southern con-
yention the advIsability OF appointing