The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-17

boards reported the FOLLOWING nom1o8S
tons 80 All vacancies In TIE Trustees
Of the Baptist OrpbasaSd - vir01niA.
which were approved:
aids. q. w. Mcdaniel and ]. h Hutaon
Concord Association-C. n Wtli1ams
and q. T. H1gason. Peninsula Associa-
tion-C. a. helms and b w. Crumn
Petersburg Acknowledgements Phi.
cher. w. B. Daniel. valley Associa-
tom. H. Wright. e. A. Bishop.
DR.. r. H. Martin was elected preei.
dent of the board. /.
Bsards q the Asseeaat1en.
Subsequently the COMMITTEES on thsl
nominations Of new boards Of the -.
sociatton made full report which was
adopted without being READ Very few
changes are made In the membership
Of the boards a. organised last year.
On the State Mission Board. w. q.
Gibson succeeds Ryland KNIGHT ana
T. C. Skinner succeeds L. b. Warren.
On the education board. w. l. Ball
succeeds Ryland knight a. second
vice.president: K w. Battle succeeds
DR.. VIM. A. Hatcher. and J. ]. Wicker
and L. r. Wilson are new usmbers.
On the foreign mission board. vernon
]. Arson takes the place Of w. A..
Smith. and J. L. King. H. g. Driscoll
and J. T. Anderson are elected to MI
vacancies.
The foiliwins persons are nominated
to NIL vacancies on the Baptist Edu- |
cation Commission OF Virginia for
three years: w. r. Barksdale. C. T.
Sutherlin. George B. West. Marquis
Jones. J. e. Hicks. p. w. Terrell. X. |
]. Camp. p. d. Swaltney. 81.
For the unexpired term Of w. e.
Hatcher, ending in 1914. two are
nominated: w NJ. Rucker and l. M.
Creath.
sunday school and Coiportage.
Rev. J. L. Shet5urne. OF Bristol.
spoke of the work being done for sun
day School and Colportage-work to
make a better breed or generation OF
faith-and the progress Is very en-
couragtng.
sunday scLeol Board.
Rev. w. w. Hamilton read tho re-
port Of the Sunday School Board OF
the Southern Baptist Convention. The
board was organized twenty lone years /
ago. Its total business In 1892 was
$4,000: 1912 its business was 100000:
and In twenty-one years Its business 1
pose Of the board 10 Sunday school I'm
prOvement
DR.. Dunford. secretary OF the board.
spoke to the report which was very '
optimistic In CHARACTER.
DR.. DeMent spoke In advocacy OF
the report and its recommendations. /
especially that favorins a new. thor
oughgoing. biblical catechism
The report was adopted.
The remainder of the morning Sos
sion was devoted to miscellaneous bus
mess. and visiting pastors were intro |
duced.
Might Session.
There was no session Of the asso-
citation in the afternoon. the members |
going in a body to Richmond to view
the site and campus Of the Woman's
College. which was the subject Of In
teresting report and discussion yester- |
day.
To-night's session was devoted to
the consideration Of home missions. the
report being made by the Rev. W. A
Ayers.
Home Missio1 Board.
The report shows total Of baptisms
OF 26,ss9. and letters received. 20.S2s,
making total additions to the churches
under home boards work Of 47.72s.
There were $50 volunteers for the min
istry and mission work: 20l new
churches were constituted: 234 church
edihices were built and improved: 764
Sunday schools were organized 35.513 !,
Bibles and Testaments were dis
tributed.
In nearly every department Of tho
work results and signs for the future |
are most encouraging. The contribu-
tons OF s3ss.05O contrasts most elo-
Guently with the total Of $SS,89A. |
given in 1909: IS per cent Of the total
came In two weeks Of April
The Dead OF the Year.
Memorial services, tender and i'm
presstve. will be held by the associa-
ton Sunday afternoon. conducted by
the Rev. F. H. Martin. d. D.. Of Char
lottesville, in honor Of the following
ministers. who have died since the
last meeting OF the association: DR..
William z. Hatcher. Richmond: DR.. HI.
". Tribble. Lake City. Fla; A. d. Rey-