The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22
PLEAS FOR
DRE|GN MISSIONS
&GI GRATIFYING REPORTS
En6r.ORTs MAD. To GENERAL
\ sASs0claTsoN AND EARNEST
ADcREssEs a8LE
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III ROANOKE r., VA. 1soN. S.~--Ine at
Ad4nce ON the FaSist General AS
c1Atisn TUESDAY saofasas ~as some
%hAt re0uceu. hEt tie house ~as GEM
tADiy h4iea wnsn freslaent fteh her
Mxl&d the Body 10 order.
After devotional exercises. the re-
Hr& ON foreign missions WAS read
Or. II. 3. Garrett, Of Portsmouth.
X&a report gaze Interesting ana INA
xEtaSiye statements showing the rap
Fl growth az this great enterprise
I'd urged its more iiuerai support
I the churches. The first speaker
(1as a.Ss. III. >. Aatio. ~ Biueueld.
1whp answered the question, shall
- export Our religion tn an ad-
xfe4e OF great power. secretary Ray
- very entertaining and informing
MANNER teid af his experiences in
onth Africa, which he mas recently
Wasted.
" The education Gem nissiGn present
n III annual report through pr. X.
II Pitt. president The report gives
y glowing account ri the prosperity
X the various schools IN the care Of
- commission. II urges the mn
S33Anre Of pressing the collections for
|Nfe Woman's College and endowment
3~md and asked the churches IL put
~ cpmraiSsion On their calendar TO
ceIye regular contributions. The
S6roft dweiis especially upon the new
|H0s for the colleges at Richmond.
NUGht out the fact that the archi-
<ce1 are now at work on preliminary
&1Ae for the buildings and that al
10Y the committee on new build
- n preparing the grounds. Il.
Htt1 and Secretary fleming and
4g1 spoke to the report. The
Sutsxion had on hand to be shown
ne delegates map and pictures
lAN new site and the general build
pian-
Minister'S Relief.
the close OF the discussion OF the
~ of the education commission,
1A0nt r. III. Elicit read the report
~ ministers relief fund, which
herpwith submit the report Of
AtSuAtees OF the Baptist Ministers
&k Fund OF Virginia for the fis-
%8aAr from November /. 1909. to
&>3er 81, 1910, and the present
milton OF the fund under our con-
Ae receipts from the churches
0Unts 10 S4,5as.S5, or st37s7 less
1m last year.
3nr Income from all sources
o1nts to $4.536.25. or $337.s7 less
~ hast year,
5uF benefactians amount TO 3d.
Or tis2.5o less than last year.
9ur disbursements 10 neneficiaries
N@d our receipts from the Churches
4asS.75.
EENge have assisted sesentl-nne CID
ED0as during the last year and have
44d ave new benefciaries To our
#S4A4 following deaths nave occur
during the year: brethren J. w.
GOwn and R, Bailey Sanford and
e&F1 Mary r. Marshall and J. j.
44le.
nee 1879 we have assisted over
x persons and have paid out to
0acfaries $167. S32.15.
- report was discussed by w, T.,
19rtS0n, of Norfolk. and adopted.
State Missions.
n q IN afternoon session of Monday was
S4a to the discussion of State mis-
nA Secretary William Ellyson read
II report. Of which an abstract was
n1ed In Mondays Nirginian.
- report was discussed in strong
MG6NN by Kev. r. A. Williams, OF
NA6urR. and Secretary Ellyson.
&reno Report on Temperance.
gcndny nights session was devoted
94ennp~rance. The report was read
Ur. w. G.. Taylor, of Petersburg.
was an unusually strong paper.
1oWtnE liz an abstract OF it:
31 Baptists. working Ia cordial
&Athy with the Anti Saloon
&1ne, we note, with gratitude. that
1nG the past eight years of our CO
Kg41ve work the number of saloons
XtrKiniR has been reduced from
II TO 702. decrease OF l,0l6. Dis
k1Ga have been reduced from Gal to
IN decrease of 573. Dry counties
81 Increased from 10 ct, and coun-
with no saloons from "a to IS.
lRe note. further, that in all parts
alDa, State there Is an awakening
H. deepening of temperance senti-
The bugle note, The saloon
4 30 In arousing the attention OF
secular press; finds Il voice of
4kul enthusiasm In more of our pull
md amites with alarm the trou-
cnmpx Of King Alcohol. In many
41W old Virginia families. into which
60cial beverage habit came as an
Eftance from customs Of the past.
ecanter and, social glass havekdis-
nEed In many communities SEN
e n such that any one whose
m n fumed with liquor is at once
e suspicion OF the best people. 1t
orAIly conceded that the tide for
IN year local option elections have
hid In DanviiIe, Fredericksburg.
GAester. Radford and in the Vest
ranch district OF Norfolk county.
WITT of which the drys were vietori-