The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-23
by MAMIE BAYS.

I.ynchbure, Va. November % Tho
FIRST thing that claimed the attention
Of thc Virginia Baptist General hsso-
citation this afternoon WAS III. consid E
cratioi OF the report OF the ministerS'
relief fund After the report had been
submitted hy Richard W Jones. OF
Richmond tHo addresses were deliver
ed, one by J.: :. Barbour OF South Bos-
ton and one by j. y Turner. OF biol-
Inns. who spoke to the report and e
general discussion OF the subject fol-
lowed. The keynote OF the discussion
was struck ny Dr. ]. T. Henderson. OF
Bristol % lGEman, IN tho TWO sUcgcs-
tons which he made The first Of
these suggestions VAS that create
care should b. taken regarding the
men who ar" 10 enter the ministry. and
the other suegcstior was that. WHOM
men como into the ministry. the church
should give them such ampl. support
ar viii enable thcIr 10 meet all OF The
expenses Of them selves and thciI. fam
flies, and allow them. in addition u
this 10 lay aside = sum OF money every
year. 80 that they VIII he prcparch To
meet the needs Of OLD age. ana viii
hay" no canse 10 apply 10 the RELIEF
fund for aid. some people. he said.
regard Tho relief tuna as q ,harit,.
FUND, Int lie did 40; - ,unSi,icr ii for
TWO reasons the nrst Of these reasons
being That III" church docs not pa,.
ministcrs sufficient salarv du,jner
the years ~ their aciivit-. ana III,
other reason, that when ministers re-
tire from activity, their work does NOT
cease.
lie derlored the small amour, Of
money available foI the bcn.iiciarics az
the general association. ana said ,ha
haptlst !aymen of Virginia Should rem
cdN this condition
Report OF Relief Fund.
IN" report Of the Baptist minister's
relief fund Was read by Mr. Jones in
the absence OF r IL Elicit, of Rich :
in"nd' president Of the hoard. Mr..
Jones read hrst the report of TN. oresi :
dent. which showed that the incom..
from all sources Tor the relief rund
curing the year was S13l4 which j..
S+iA more than the amount contrib
ut"d 10 this cause The previous wear.
The benefactions during The wear
amounted 10 $d.3>7. which is sos more
+ than the amount OF hencfactions the
year previous The disbursements 10
heneiiciaries since the session OF m,
general association OF 1912 exceeded
by $3.50 the receipts from the churches.
During the year eighty bcncficfarics
have been added TO the list Of benc-
hciaries this year. Since the year 1872.
o'i persons have been aided by the
Z g
pended in meeting these claims
The report Of the treasurer contained
! the following facts Of interest regard
/ ing the relief fund: Balance on hand
from last year sl.33l: receipts during
the year. $l3.SS". Total $la.22O. Dis
burs"mcnts, $i5.22o. OF which amount
Sb,3s' was paid to bcncticiarics
sine" the last meeting of the general
association the following named min
away Rev. II. W. Cridlin. Rev.
Thomas Il. Gatcwood. Rev. i. Il. Ken
drick and Rev. Il. II. Boatwright and
the following wives Of ministers: Mrs
II. l.. Austin and Mrs. T. w Newman.
During the course of his address
Mr.. Turner showed that the average
membership OF the 1913 churches in
the general association is I42 that
these churches arc under the care of
$50 pastors and that the average sal
AIRY received by these pastors is ONLY
$5S3 lie showed further that if the
ministers who receive salary OF
$4,000 and over he excluded from this
count, the average salary will lie
much smaller than $3.50. and he argued
that with a salary 50 small as this it
could not be expected that ministers
could lay aside money with which Ia
meet tic needs Of old age
Mission Report Considered
The consideration Of the report of
the state mission board consumed al
most all of the morning session Of the
Virginia Baptist General Association
/ to-day This report was read by Will
liam icllyson. OF Richmond. correspond
ing secretary Of the State mission
board. Immediately after the close of
devotional service with which the ses
sion began. The report showed that in
every department OF the State mission
board the EaptistS of Virginia have
made rapid progress during the past
year The sections OF the report rclat /
ing to the Sunday school and colport
age work having been discussed and
acted upon during the session of the
general association on Friday morning,
were not included i'm tho reading to-
day.
Tho first speaker to the report was
Rev. T. S. Dunaway, Jr,. or Smith
field. and his subject was Underwater
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