The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-22
Total Of S213,697 Con-
tributed in Virginia
During Year.
HEALTHY GROWTH
SHOWN BY CHURCH
Since 1880 Membership Has In
creased From Mere Handful to
More Than 25o,ooo-I. Tay-
lor Ellyson Submits Re-
port of Education Board,
Which Is Adopted.
ny MAMIE HAYS.

LynChbUrg. Va. November 2l-Sn
great was the gritiiication OF the vir-
Sinta Baptist General Association on
account Of the report Of the state
mission board that at the close Of TIL.
report tho doxoloev was sung Fol-
lowing that. Rev. iivius Lankford ~
y. Of Norfolk. led the prayer or
thanksgiving This report showed that
during the past year tn" Baptists OF
Virginia through the State mission
board have given s3i.G4S for state mis- I.
sions. sG.St5 for Sunday school and
colportage work: s5.l55 for the educa
tion board; s75,.S3 for foreign mis-
sions: S3..3sl FOR hor. missions: So
Sic FOR ministers relief fund: So. 1875
for tho orphanase sl.eSa for the edu-
cation commission; making = total OF
sel3,6s1. Adding 70 this the balance
~ the treasury. which is SG.32S makes
q total for tho year OF S2oo.o2s
through the state mission board The
total amount OF disbursements was
sai5,oio. leaving = balance In tho
, treasury At this time OF Si.eS5
The Woman's missionary Union gave
the past year for all purposes si5.l7c.
and attention was called 10 the fact
that this contribution from the women
was more money than the general as
ISOLATION raised from all sources fif-
teen years ago. Another interesting.
fact in this connection Mas noted by
Rev !. ~ Pitcher. -. D., when he
showed that In 1850 the collections
from the general association for all
purposes amounted to only $4,000. Til.
number Of Baptis,s in Virginia In 1850
was only few thousand. whereas, now
they number more than 25c.ooo.
Interest In OrphnnnEc.
The Baptist Orphanase. located At
Salem. is one OF the institutions OF
the general association about which
special interest centres. Tho report
on the orphanage, 10 be submitted to
the general association, will show that
At the present time there are lsc GILL
dren being cared FOR there. fifteen more
than last year Tie health or the
children has been excellent the past
year and splendid progress has been
made in the education work There is
need for building 10 he used for
manual training at the orphanaSe. the
cost Of which viii he $4,000. The print
ing department has proven TO be a
valuable addition 10 the orphanaee
equipment as a means OF training for
the BOYS. The sewing apartment for
the girls has resulted in marvellous
success also. Two thousand three hun
dred and sixty-hve garments. n n value
Of $500 have been made during the
past year
The equipmen; Of the u-pManage.
costing $500, has debt OF only s7o0
resting upon It a, this time. The
expense OF the farm the past year was
s3,6l5. and tho receipts from this farm
were $3.50. the excess in receipts be-
Ing Sl.934 The expenses OF the or
phanase have hecn greater tho past
year than Tor some time. due To the
increased number Of children in the
institution and need of repairs In the
buildings and other incidental eN-
penses The receipts likewise have
been large and the conditions at the
= inc
Morning Session.
The session OF the general associa
tion this morning began with the devo-
tional service. which was conducted by
Rev. r. q. Garland. president of the
general association. Rev. J. NJ. street,
OF Cumberland. led the opening pray
cr The first business 10 come before
the general association was the report
OF the treasurer. and i. y. Jacob. of
Richmond. treasurer Of the general as
sociation. submitted This report:
The receipts for the year ny district
associations for state missions sun
day school ana colportaGc work, cdu
cation board. foreign missions, home
missions ministers relief fund, or
phanaee and educational commission
are as follows.
Accomnc. s7.ls5.3l; Alhcmarle s5,5GS.-
80; AppomattoX, $1.011.56 Augusta.
s5.l47.S1; Black Water S9.2i3.G3 Blue
Ridge. Si.65Gi1: Clinch Valley, Sl,3t1.- :
81: Concord. s6.fli.00: Dan River So.
239.75; Dover. $it,G0I.ll: Goshen. S6.-
s7S.+6: iIermon. S5.27s.a3; James River.
Sl.S00.s4; Lebanon. s3.l5o.li: Middle
District s3.9ai.3i: New Lebanon, s..
?07.94; New River, SiS5S2; Peninsula.
SG.62l.64; Petersburg, Si.?o2.,,; Pied
mont, Si.o72l7; rortmouth sii.d12.2%;
Potomac. Sa.6S5.7i: Powell River. SG6?.
II: inppahannock. Sil.232.i7: Roam
oke. $S.l56t3: Shenandoah. $2.o5a.a0 :.
shiloh. Sa,372.u3: strawberry. S10.o53.
81: Valley. Sll.523.ol: additional Sl4,-
l2i.6i. Total receipts. S2l3.6aIll BAL
ance on hand, s6.32S.i2 Total, S22o.-
O25.23.
The total amount Of disbursements
FOR the year was S215.oio.li, leaving
III the treasury 1T this time Il bal
ancc Of Si.aSJ.o?.
Announcement was made Of the great
, sorrow which has come 20 Rev j. H..
llundlcN, Of Covington. during the
present week in the death of his son.
and on motion. the secretary OF the
general association was instructed To
send n message of sympathy from the
general association to Mr. llundlcy By
wiyc
Social service Work.
Tho report on social service was
submitted, and was adopted. This
report was read by William IIllyson.
OF Richmond. secretary Of the general
association. The Scriptural warrant
for social service was argued in the
report by the citation Of certain
passages OF the Eiblc in both the old
Testament and the New Testament.
The problems OF the Kingdom OF God
in the world were designated in this
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