The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-09
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.BAP:'I'|||s|T!S'|I MEET 4 |. i
two Days, Session of1tlie One
Hundred and 8Tweilty-'T[1h1 d n
I; Meeting 81 Asso atom.
REPORTS IS SHOW !l',' PROGRESS 'l'

p,ec IA from i stan correspondont)

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Especial from d stan Correspondent,
Y "a Af1DLorH HAN, August s.----rhe
8 one hundred ana tweny- third annual
meeting 81 tho Middle District Baptist
isl Association was opened at far-famted
II Bethel Church, in Chesterfield county,
about eighteen miles. from Riohm
n Iuesday morning. $5f w ..5 6. 81.
.f8 rho association was opened a Y IL q, CLOCK
M that day With devotional xercises, after
IL which the letters from the churches " we're 3
8prescnted showing that delcB tes were ~
H present. from tWenty-sIx sg out OF IN. y 70
twentynlne churches IN the
at roll call. Letters from the other three re-
were handed In latcr, and the dele ga;t| y s
came forward and took cir sea ts. nus,
. for the first time In many years per-
!sG hnpy every church was epresen ted. l3. N
SE The letters from the churches give
very Interesting statistics, and without
81 exception, show Increases in the work on
al lines; that Is to Sc X increases IN men-
bershlp increase In the Interest IN church Ilrl
81 work ana increase In cont ributions 70
4 all the boards.
a . II !. t,wd & RI attendance was larger
h Tuesday than Is usual on the first day
III OF the session s This fact was probably
Il duo 4 IN n q great measure to the wide
reputation OF Bethel Church and tho:
people OF TINT neighborhood for unbound nd
@ ed hospitality. s58 n 5sf.
Bethel Is located in the loyeliest and
most prosperous part OF & Chest rtield
county. It ii 81 handsome brick g hurcti,I
one OF the most substantially built IN the the
county. perhaps. one Of the best country ly
churches IN, the stnte. It has a large
III membership d, made Up OF substan tlal. we'll
" TODD farmers, and 1t Is regarded as one
OF The most liberal contrib u tors to the
boards OF the Baptist denomination among
N The country churches in the State
Rev. Robert II. Wlnfree is tho beloved
A and popular pastor Of the & church. IL
The community ii, which Bethel y Is
located Is famed FOR its open -henrte cd hos
pltality.sa This fact was abundantlyf
sl,lyn by the magnificent and beautiful
di ers set I or the people Tuesday and and
# yesterday. ~ t
N Alter the calling 81 tie roll. seating
or delegates and the reading OF church
Y letters Tuesday morning the following!
q officers were elected: Rev. ] ohm r.. Bagby,
II. II o., moderator: j. Hasklns Ii Il OLSON.
i. clerk and treasurer, and tho following
s. as members OF the Executive Board N +. .
AZ Justice, chairman ". ~. Baker, r.
u HI Bruce. Il j. 4 a avidson, Hasklra
Hobson, a. J. Horner. and John
VI 8. Taylor. n s;l s 53iss s5 isS{
1911 ne ELECTROMAGNETIC llOH s5N1sApiC hSuSu
U Tuesday morning by Rev.S A. c.. Davi dson.
\ OK Manchester. 53 s8s
The report on State missions was read
u By u s8A i ester, and discussed by several
Y speakers. The report sotH forth the work
TOT the State mission board OF which WI
y liam Ellyson Is the secretary. and tells
A OF the money needed to enlarge and carry
\ on the wor k. The board and Its good
work we're highly commended to the con-
sideration and the lberality OF the
churches. 1t is ~ s53s
The report on the state 81 the churches
and the report OF the Executive Board
n were discussed at lens 9Th, and not cons
4 cluded unt.i ayeste ord ay. t AZ NJ iii
Tho second days 4 session was Y much
4 more largely attended than that OF the
first There were fully 1900 p ople on
tho grounds. Among the many prominent
n visitors were DR.. W. w Landrum. OF
& Atlanta; DR.. J f. tPnrser OF Georgia;
AZ Drs.4 Gardner, Pitt, and Boatwrlght, OF
Richmond; Or, Peter Winston, Of Farm
Vile; Hon. j: Ia ylor Ellyson, OF Rich
nond. and OF hers @ We
II Tho report on the Baptist Orphanage,
most encouraging paper. showing the
good work being done by this institutions,
located Mt Salem, was read by r. IL
4 Pierce and was discussed briefly and Its
Recommendations adopted. EMF M Ak g
At noon DR.. G. 8. Gardner, OF the Grace
Street Baptist Church. preached to an
y Overlooking 8congregat ton. The text was
81 from Johns Gospel. n fourteenth chapter,
Z 18th, 18th, and nth verses. The Doctor
z ably presented the distinctive Views or
tho Baptist denomination. At the same
y hour DIR. Purser, OF Ian tn, pre- ached TO
4 equally ms large IA cons regnt ton = the5I
4 arbor and temporary pulpit which i had
been erected In the beautiful grove two
hundred yards from the church.
After these sermons the association re-
sumed Its business session, and the re-
port on home missions was presented by
8 Mr. Nc ,aurine. On this report Dr. Lar
drum, or Atlanta. who Is the president
y OF the Home Mission Board OF the South
s err Baptist Convention, made an able
address, giving particularly interesting
details OF the work Of the board In
i Cuba. Dr. r. II. Pitt was the other
; speaker on this report.
3 Another splendid dinner was served.
Il and the feavlly-laden tables were sur
rounded by hungry crowds. but there.
was an abundance OF good things to eat,
and after all had been bountfully served 4
there was enough left to All many bas-
kets. S II Re N
AT the opening OF the afternoon ses-
sion tho unconlpeted reports Aof the Ex-
3 ecutiye Board and of the Committee on
4 tho State of the Churches were taken
up, and after brief discusso were
adopted. " Y
Nearly all OF the remainder Of the
afternoon session was taken up with a
discussion OF the report on ministerial
education. The report WAS read by DR., ~.
L b. Bailey. q
Il 1t shows that the. number OF ministerial
students being educated by the denoH-
ination is ten per cent. larger than i was
last year, and that applications are stu |
coming in to the board, The denomin1a-s
tion has never before been 50 deep M
terested In ministerial education as now,
Or. 10, ". Badly OF Manchester, opened
the discussion. and he5 was followed py I
Is Iieutenant- Governor ], Taylor Ellyson,5
who Is tho chairman OF the board lof5 /