The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-18
Considerable Spice In.
trOduCed In Discus
sion Of Matters.
HOME MISSION WORK
THE LIVELY TOPIC
The State Mission Boards Work.
Lynch Law and Foreign Mis-
sions Considerations
nor Montague Address
es the General AS II
sociation. 5s5

Especial to The Times. Dlspatch.) ss
PETERSBURG,V VA, Nov. Il. - he clerA
OF tho wea ther department has been con-
slderate Of the comfort Of the Baptist
hosts now in annual conclave In this Il
goodly city. 50 far. clear skies have
daily smiled over the eighty-f frst annual d
session OF the Baptist General Association
OF Virginia This morning the sun shines
brightly and tempers the frosty air suf-
3tlciently tomake theathird day Of the AS "
sociatton's session an ideal Virginia No &
vember productions RI t a as 81
+ The members OF the great Baptist Con-
vention were in their seats in the hand
some First Church promptlya at the sound
OF the presidents gnvel. BQ The " $Baptists n
have a way OF working right up on sched-
Sule and this morning the work OF the 4
day was started right on time. n
rs Devotional exercises were conducted by
Rev. J. D. Hnrte, after Which and
promptly&on the minute. the order OF the x
day was called and Rev. Dr.. w y Il Bck VA
ard read the report on the work OF the 4
Home Mission Board. AN s%Ss ffs s;sssass
The Full Report. s
The following Is the report
4s5 The report Of the Home Mission Board 4
the year ending May. 1904, while show -S;
ing slightly smaller number OF mis-
sionaries employed, gives many items
which I'LL our hearts with grateful recoB-E n
milton that this is God s work, and has \
the seal OF Els approval. IN the fact that
In the four years Immediately preceding
four changes had been made In Its corr
responding seoretaryship, and yet there
was no material ackening OF It's onward
Q,..1 &l-<o
evidence that this work Is OF Sod. .8 ana n
not dependent upon any ono hun,a n of-ss
sacial. Virginia Baptists contributed dhr-
Ing the fiscal year ending October$31 g. .-5S
sS01.20, mn Increase over he previous year
( OF .s2,475.94.
It may not be known to many OF vn S.
that five missionaries Of the Homo Hoa5rd Il
were lin this State. These FIVE suppled !
eighteen churches and sta tions, baptized &
40, received by letter AZ (total go, /, con MI
stituted one new church. built and im-5
proved five houses and torga nized six Sun;
day schools. Their field was principally
In the mountain regions OF tho Southwest 1
part OF the State. OF tho necessity 4 for &
Baptist missions In this part Of the state X
no better evidence can be given than the I
statement OF Brother Garland that I'm ~
three counties there IS not single Bap-S
tist church;iin Bland county, only one ~
in Wythe and Frederick two ea ch. Ks
55s In Cuba the difficulties and perpleXitiea d
which hnrassed the board have been set-si
tied. legal titles to property received and 81
the work has been moving forward satls-s
sfactorlly$ under 80 missionaries and tea CHI
lers There were 1S0 added to the church,
es In that island last year-152 by baptism
and 20 by letter; six churches constituted
and ten Sunday schools organized.
Work among the negroes seems Just s
now TO be In peculiarly sunsu tlsfactoryf
condition, principally because OF lack Of y
5unan!n,ity among the negroes themselves
as to the question Of CO. operation. Tho VI
Home Mission Society, OF New York a nd Y
our Home Mission Board had agreed to
share equally In the expense OF this
work, the supervision OF which was to ba Z
more Immediately by. our board. but the 5s
negro national convention has takel,Snc-# II
ton with reference to 1t, which seems to 33
be ambiguous. to say the least, as It .
seems to be understood differently by
members OF that convention and by white II
brethren, who werc present We repeat K
what we have so often snid In these res
ports--that our own social and civic wall-3f
being depends OH orr giving the negroes
sound religious training.
Work in the Mountain Region.
The most important and most promis-
Ing In fnr-renchlng results OF any phase N
OF home mission work presents no adiffl-sf
culties except inadequate means to carry
1t on rs extenslvely as It's irnporra nee cs- 81
mnnds. Tho mountain s'regon' includes 8
nearly 150 counties, holding q population
OF moro than two millions, nearly all Of sg
n,,re Caucns sian blood, men OF stalwartsS Al
manhood, rough and uncultlvated In the! &
mnin but ready for the moulding hand
OF teacher and missionary The board, so +
far as It can, does Its work by assisting
~ kt.,l 1nt,-
progress. though slow. brings results tVat 8
are permanent and far-reachng. Wetare q
told that 65 per cent Of these people aro K
Bnptists The Presbyterians are making 5S
strenuous efforts In tho mountains OF
Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee 5
to gather these mountaineers into ther ,
fold. and vet they seem to ACCEPT mora
readily Baptist doctrines.
Immigrants into the South are RI pldly RI
becoming another field for home mission
work which must be done II We would
keen our loved Southern land true to itsB#
traditions and our society free from the i
license, bred OF unbelef. 1t Is stated that 8
already there are certain places where n.
Judges and jur!es deliver their decisions, 4
lawyers plead and witnesses testify In
German. Picture what II must be In n u
few years with the tide Of Immigration
setting In this direction; and bringing the vi
SCUM OF italian. Bohemian, Hungarian and 8
other European nntionallties to muddy
the pure stream OF our simple Southern
civilization! The board Is doing some
work already In meeting these immisrants
In tho seaports, hut much more needs 10 |,
be done after they, have settled II
z New fields are opening for the board IN 3f&5
the Is,a NJ Pines, near Cuba, and In Pana
ma. which give promise OF success and ed
present crying need for evangelical rs-
iigion. But Of these we cannot speak M
now, but commend to the liherality s ana "a
prayers OF our Virginia Raptists this great
board In all branches OF lts work,
Spicy Discussion. ~
The consideration of this report brought
/. .hout tha drst really sptcy disougAlonf ~ i$