The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-21
DOVER BAPTISTS HEAR
ENCOURAGING REPORTS
Sessions Open With an InspIrational
Sermon by Rev. j. r.. John
son. OF Richmond.
FIGURES SHOW INoREAsE
Body Goes ON Record Strongly For
Confirmation Of Great Temperance
work--PIedgcs Support 20 DRY
Campaign.

annual session of the Dover Baptist
Association, composed of the churches
In Richmond city and in Henrico,
Hanover, King William and New Kent
Counties, met wlthtthe Sharon Church,
in King william County, on yesterday
Sessions twice each day will be held
until Thursday afternoon.
The association Is divided into three
sections, and one section reports each
day. The churches of the eastern
section reported yesterday. These
consist Of Ashland. Berea, Bethlehem
Cool Spring, Deep Run. Dover, Glen
Allen, GoochIand. Gwathmey. Hope
full, Mount Oiivet. Mount Vernon
North Run, Ridge. Salem, TayIorsville
westhampton and Wins Churches
These churches report a membership
Of 1900. which showed a net gain OF
rs for the year.
These churches have in their Sun
dny-schoois z.485 scholars. a net gain
OF 40 for the year.
They reported S1s,83S given for
home purposes and 81. 305 to missions
This was an increase of SIS over the
previous year.
DIR. r. w. Boatwright delivered ar
address on the reports on Orphan
age, Temperance and Ministers Relief
Fund. The Baptist Orphanage Of
Salem IL caring for $50 children. The
receipts for the year were $4,000.
The Ministers Relief Fund during
the forty-three years of its history has
given si2s.s1o to aged ministers and
their families.
Report On Temperance
The report on temperance. unani-
mously adopted. was as follows:
.since the last meeting of the
Dover Association sweeping temper
ance victories have been achieved
The unprecedented struggle Of the
Anti-Saioon League supported BY
thousands Of coiorbearers throughou'
the state, crystalized into Legislative
enactment the 22nd day Of last Sep
TENDER, and the angels OF God shout
ed over another State that had gone
dry. :.
During the many years prior tn
1907 there were but three dry States
North Dakota, Kansas and Maine
In the next seven years six became
dry; In 1914 five States parted COM
pany with the saloon, and three
others followed suit in the fret three
months of this year.
s-rhe economist says whtskey hai
no food value: the physician says II
has no medicinal quality. and ths
Government OF the United States IL
almost ready to say: We have nc
more place for rum Old John
Barleycorn Is packing his trunk.
@One note needs to be sounded
still. Some OF the greatest battles
are vet to be fought The COMMITTEES
recommends that every Christian mar
qualify to vote, and see to II that no
man enters q legislative hall who II
not pledged to enforce laws already
made. and be glad TO vote for al
other necessary statutes demanded bJ
our Anti-Saloon League"
Rev. y. r. johnson breaches.
At noon the associationai sermon
was preached by Rev. ]. r. johnson,
pastor OF the venable-Street Church
Richmond. The sermon was the sup-
ject OF most favorable comment.
At the afternoon session the repoI'
on evangelism was read by Rev. w
r Hail. OF the Emmanuel Church
richmond. There were 1854 adj
ditions by baptism to the churches
Of the Dover Association LAST year,
Dir. Floyd r. Wilson spoke on This re-
port.
was the subject OF an al
dress by Dr. James Buchanan. 0:
Richmond.
At today's session the main topic
will be Education" On Thursday
the subject will be "Missions.
Meet Next In Ashland.
The association decided to meet
In Ashland in 1915. A large dele.
cation 10 In attendance from the Rich
mond churches. Many more Will &c
today, The Richmond delegates &c
Oh the Rappasaxfsf.osK" RAffw1y'see
Pamunkey and thense by automobile
eight miles to the church.