The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-25
VIRGINIA BAPTISTS
ENDORSE NATIONAL
PROHIBITION ACT
Urge State General Assembly
to Pass Enabling Action
denim Sale of Liquor at State
Fair Grounds.
Report on Temperance Tells
Of Growth of Sentiment in
State---Home Missions and
Church Building Fund are
Topics of Discussion.

| Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
LYNCHBURG, VA, Nov. 24.---The
enabling act was strongly endorsed,
| the State senate condemned for its
| refusal to pass 1t in 1919. national
| prohibition endorsed, and the Virginia
State fair censured for allowing the
sale of liquor on its grounds, in the
| report en- temperance read to the
| Baptist association here tonight.
| The report set forth the continuous
growth of temperance in Virginia,
| pointing out that in eight local OPP
| ton elections held last year the dry
| forces won in every case except In
| that of Bristol. 1t included resolu-
! tons opposing the sale Of liquor on
| the State fair grounds, declared that
| the senate had not represented the
| State when It refused to pass the
/ enabling act, and endorsed the recent
I action of the National AntiSaloon
| league in declaring at Columbus in
favor OF nationwide prohibition by
constitutional amendment
The association was addressed by
Rev. J. D. McAllister and Rev. e. c,
Richardson. of the Virginia Anti-Sa-
loon league, the packed auditorium
hearing them with great interest.
| Many Delegates Leave,
The general association convened
! on the fourth morning with the ranks
| of delegates somewhat depleted. Many
pastors had gone home to their
churches for the Sunday services. The
new faces were seen in the associa-
ton, these are ministers and dele
gates who arrived this morning.
No session of the association was
held on Sunday. except the memorial
| nm Sunday afternoon In honor
Of the ministers, who had died during
the year Practically all the pulpits
OF the city were occupied by visiting
minister's Hon. John Garland x-ol'
lard, who Is a delegate to the asso'
citation, addressed mass meeting a
the Y. NJ c. A. on Sunday afternoon
A member of the Y. NJ. c. A. said i
was the largest Sunday Afternoon
meeting held this year
Home missions was the first topit
to be considered. The report read b,
Hon. A. r. Long. of Lyncheurg, show
the largest amount OF money. and the
largest number of conversions in tbs
history of the board of a half cen
fury.
For Church Fund.
Rev. ". r. Clark, of Parksley
spoke In behalf Of the church build
ing fund of 100000, which Is beinf
raised by the home board TO ala II
Church building. There are 1,40'
houseless Baptist churches east OF th'
Mississippi river, and 1000 west o
that river In the Southern Baptis
convention.
| Or. Arch c. Cree, OF Atlanta, great.
stirred the association by an address
on the Relation of Home Missions u
: the Worlds Work" He dwelt on tn
fact that as never before we are al
neiChbors and in order 10 redeem
China. we must redeem Virginia ans
the South and the nation.
The Virginia Baptist Historical so
ciety, organized in 1875 reporte'
through DIR. c. II. Ryland, who ma
! been the only secretary the society ha
= had. DIR. J. Is. Jeter, DIR. John a. Broad
dus. Or. ]. l.. NJ Curry and others
the most noted Baptists in the Stat
and tho South have been officers II
| this society. The valuable documents
now held by this society in the hre
proof vaults OF Memorial hail.
, Richmond college, viii be kept per
: manently in a similar vault which tn
association requested the trustees o
Richmond college to build in one of tn
; new buildings at Westhampton. Tn
address before the society was mad
nv DR.. III. w Battle, of Charlottes
y Vile.
Hear DIR. Gardner.
The Southern Theological seminar
WINS represented by DR.. c. s. Gardner
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