Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-21
Baptist General Association.


The final meeting OF the eighty.seeond
annual session of the Baptist General
Association OF Virginia was held last
night in the First Baptist Church Of
Charlottesville, the exercises being given
up to a presentation OF views of the
Worlds Baptist Congress, the speakers
being Drs. G. S. Garner, R. II. Pitt, j.
Ryland knight, w. H. Whitsitt and r.
b. Garrett.
The committee on cooperation made
a report. 1t says: "The total amount
received from all of the churches for the
year ending October 81 is 1921, 72l. II,
an increase of 7,39390 When we
take into consideration the fact that last
year we received by special donations
1900, we find the actual increase in
the contributions from the churches to
be Gil, 1893 SO.
The increase is distributed between the
several boards as follows: State missions,
SO, S43. 80; Sunday school and Bible
board, $135 ST; education board, S52 81
foreign missions, "a, M Sc; home mis-
sions. 81, $685. 46. Twenty-three of the
district associations show an increase in
their gifts to the several boards and four
a decrease. Number of persons baptized
during the year 6,S66, an increase of
500 over last year. Number of church
es in the State without pastors, $50;
number of Baptist churches in the State,
lob.
"Of the 1,0l3 churches of the State
we find from the books oil the treasurer
that 1875 churches failed to contribute
any amount TO State missions, 2l3 to the
Sunday School and Bible Board, 2l3 to
the Education Board, l47 to foreign
missions, 1862 to home missions, 267 to
the ministers relief fund, l67 to the
orphanage and II churches failed to
contribute one cent to any of The
boards"
DR.. NJ. Ashby Jones and others spoke
to the report aud all the speakers laid
much emphasis upon that part OF the
report which spoke of the dereliction of
the IT churches, and the sentiment of
the body was to the effect that "this
shall not continue longer"
The report on temperance was taken
up out of order and quickly disposed Of
after very brief talks by several of the
members. The report recognizes the
Auti-saloon League as the present great
agency for carrying out temperance re-
form, and DR.. Pitcher offered an amend
ment to the report recommending that
proper effort be made to have the legis-
lature amend present laws so as TO bring
distilleries under the operation of the
Mann law to amend the law az TO social
clubs; to provide that saloons in cities
be held to hours from 6 a. m. to 10 p.
m. f; that the present laws be changed so
that imprisonment shall be the punish
ment for violation OF liquor license laws,
and that law be enacted making the
possession Of United States tax receipt
for the sale Of liquor to be regarded as
prima facis evidence of the sale of spirits
by the holder of such receipts.
DIR. W. W. Smith, a messenger from the
Virginia Methodist Conference, appeared be-
fore the association, asking the body's con-
sideration in organizing an interdenomina-
tional commission to abate the evils of Sun
day railroad traffic in the State. A com
mittee, consisting Of President William Eli
son, Judge w. w. Moffatt aud DR.. r. B.
Garrett, was named to act in conjunction
with similar committees from the Presby.
terrain Synod and Methodist Conference.
The report Of the Woman's Missionary
Union showed that $50. 301. 66 had been raised
during The year, an increase over the preyi-
Gus year Of over $4,000.