The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-18

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The COMMITTEES on Cooperation, through
7! Pr. Ryland, reported an amendment to
e Of tbe G, re- ne
the chairman of the Cooperation !ommit-
L tee, and shall do the clerical work Of the
DR.. A. b. Dickinson, the venerable ed,-
! tor, of the Religious Herald, was accord
!! ed the privilege Of the floor TO address the
! associa ton on general principles. He
great great Work before o"a V !HyE Baptisty.
Report on Foreign Missions,
DR.. A. n. Owen. Of Portsmouth. read
the report on Foreign Missions. which Is
we do mot come to the General Asso.
citation OF Virginia with arguments In
favor OF foreign missions. The comma nds
any production Of human thought upon
the subject So we only propose to lay
before the representatives Of the BAPTIST
he whoh 9y
based The Foreign Mission Board Q.
the Southern Baptist Convention1is lo:
snted y the city Of Riqhmnndnlmph this
great,headed corresponding secretary,
and its devoted and gifted assistant sec
Baptlsts in Virginia.
There are some expenses IN this eou i.
tx r., 1. IN connection With the work Of the
salaries Of secretaries, postage. etc. All
4 OF thees for the past year. including q
part Of 1903 and 1904, embracing the ex-
amounted to six cents on the dollar. and
the expenses In the various States
amounted aI1e' to four per cent making g
en cents be on dollar hs df n 70 Ing
missionaries. We make this statement
because some people have asserted thai
It costs more to run the machinery. Q T.
missionaries. We cannot divine why some
people Will be SO peryerse, when the
facts IN the case can be 50 easily OBJ
III we will largely Increase our contri-
reduced. The expenses Tor last " year
TO- raise $500. 900 Tor the work it would
take IKE; about fiye per GENT. to carry it on.
We Rave 1ss missionaries in the for
eign field, sixty-eight males and seventy.
i've females. There are s!x.y-elght Or;
male helpers and thirtX-two lemales.
@aKln 5os a hy uT1aE 5hs
In China. Africa, Japan. Italy, Mexico,
Brazil and Argentina gsi!
Money Raised.
The amount reported by the board to
the Southern Baptist Convention in Nash
vile. last May. as receipts for the pre-
cedIng year, was SCI, 62a,G9, and OF this
amount Virginia gave s33ssl662l This was
the largest amount the churches OF this
state ever gave In any one year. The
amount received by the treasurer OF this
General Association for foreign mission
for the year closing October 81, was 49,
1G3. So. The amount collected since the
May convention Is SIS 27GS5. - ThIsI puts.
Virginia above all Southern Statesta.p ito.
the present time. .titg& Ill
The report highly comimnends the For
etgn Mission Journal and other literature
Issued by the board. ~ gt55af{45sz5..
Vile, the board has sent to China IS new
TO Brazil 2, to Mexico 3. to
japan 2, TO Argentine 2. and to Africa
2 There are SIX new missionaries under
appointment who are yet to sail for for
eisn lands.
The report further says. /" Our work 10
charging In every description. Me have
more money, more missionaries, and moro
converts than ever before.n'5 }B no
Foreign Mission Mass-M Getting,
!. with. the reading Of the report tho ses-g
into foreign mission mass-nt ctIng ;Withi,
the assistant secretary. pr. Bpn mar, and (
Dr.. Owen in charge Tho first speaker
ha tRa 81 Oven IS
new conner to Virginia, fresh from North /
earolina.;:' Mr. Vines has recently moved I
T tr0n AshMHNy lass n ,co mSrfok Mr.
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one Of the great efforts Of this great
meeting OF great people, He was fol-
owed by Dr. Bomar. whose earnest, ten
Ter address aroused great thusiasn'
ind moved the splendid congre cation with |,
he missionary spirit. The development
vas revelation to many. Or. Bomar
emphasized the need for more missions
aries, especially In Italy, and laid upon
he hearts of the young ministers the1
natter Of going to the foreign field,
Dr. Hatcher offered feryent prayer for
liv!ne blessings upon this work and for
more lnborcrs for the harvest.
The Young People.
According to the programme the report 7
IN the work OF the Baptist Young Peo-
session, but It was sidetracled |
~ tho somewhat exciting discussion on |
no Home Mission report. t. ca me In AS /
Dr. George Braxton Taylor offered a
'csolution commencing the work among
md for the young people Nand President
William A. Harris and Rev. Mr. Thomas,
# Roanoke, made short addresses,
The report Of the Educatlonal Commits
'ion Will be the feature OF the closing
session Tomorrow. ts
i Notes Of the Day.
Governor and Mrs, N1ontague. reached
hs ana
Governor and his wife are members OF
he First nanist Cnurch&of DanYlle.
o be the most hustlng ayman In the
association when 1t comes to raising
money for the Minister'S Relief Fund Or
or the Orphannge. s
lay hut the fact s&that, the ttendarce a
II women was larger than on any pre-
,lous day.
or great meeting to-morrow, afternoon
which VIII come rs kind 50f postscript
q tho eighty-tlrst annual session Of tho
Virginia General Association. r. s., W.
COLLISION IN5F0G