The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-19
Immediate Need of Funds for
Proposed European Bap-
fist Seminary.
Times-Dispatch Bureau.
Bolltngbrook Street.
(TelephOne 1850.

Petersburg. Va, November ID.
The Baptist General Association met
this morning. the members refreshed
after Sundays rest. After devotional
exercises. conducted by Rev 7. IL.
Campbell. the regular order OF business
Vas resumed.
The report Of the committee on the
European Baptist Seminary. Of which
Dr. Ryland knight Is chairman. was
read. The committee urges on the
churches the Importance OF giving I'm.
mediate attention to the raising OF
necessary funds for the proposed Euro
pean Baptist seminary. The conditions
In Europe make the time seem ripe
for q grea. Protestant forward move
mena. Virginia has been asked TO
raise only $500. of this amount oven
So, 900 being subscribed.
DR.. W. G. James spoke earnestly tS
the report. and urged the need Of more
money for this seminary at once. The
conditions In Eastern and Southeastern
Europe he declared to be ripe fol
evangelization. and what the Baptist
Seminary Of Louisville has done fol
Southern Baptists generally. and Rich
mond College. for Virginia. this sem1n
airy at st. Petersburg would do fol
Eastern and southeastern Europe. The
report was adopted.
The Historical Society.
DIR. c. II. Ryland presented the re-
port Of the Virginia Historical Society
The society was organized In 1875. II
an incorporated society. and its Object
II to procure and preserve Baptist his
tory. The report gives in detail progress
made by the society in collecting and
preserving historical material The min
utes and files in possession Of the So
c!ety are of inestimable value Nir'
ginia IL richer in political and reltSi.
GUS history than any other State In the
Union. The report states that vast
quantity Of valuable historical material
Is in the possession Of the society tna'
10 unbound. and that should be Ar
ranged and preserved by binding. NO
body Is paid to do the work Of the So
ciety. All money appropriated goes To
the work itself. not to paying salaries
Resolutions were adopted Tor secur-
ing annual and life Memberships in the
society. and to arrange for a PUBIC
meeting to be held in Richmond dur
ing the winter to promote the interests
and purposes OF the society.
The Juds01 Ceatenial.
The committee on the JudSon cen
tenial made its report At the South
ern Baptist Convention. In Jackson
Vile, Fla. last year attention was call
ed to the fact that the year 1872
marked the centennial OF American
Baptist foreign missions, 1t having
been in 1872 that Adoniram Judson be-
came. on his way to India, a Baptist.
and a little later the first foreign mis-
sionary Of American BaptistS. 1t was
suggested that a committee Of Ave be
appointed to take up the matter OF
fitting celebration of this centennial
This committee made its report at the
Oklahoma City convention. After
full statement Of the main facts con-
nected with the beginning OF the
American foreign mission work one
hundred years ago. and Of the needs
on Southern Baptist foreign fields to-
day, the committee made the follow
fnR recommendations:
l. That Southern Baptists undertake
to raise a million dollar educational
fund for the adequate equipment and
enlargement Of our educational insti-
buttons on foreign fields. 100000 OF
this amont to be devoted to our foreign
publication work. and that the encr'
to secure the subscriptions for the $l.-
100000 cover period OF nov