The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-21

I. The report ahows the need Of NM
ification OF work.
The Increase for church extension
was shown to be ~ per cent AAd
that now is starting the greatest
church building err on record. More
buildings are being built than ever
before and the effort will be to help
the 1000 homeless churches Of the
South.
The evangelistic department cost
s3s.765 last year and reported 1896
baptisms and 12,767 professions of
faith. Praise was given DIR. w. w.
Hamilton. formerly OF Lynchburg. for
the safe and sane leadership he Is
putting Into this department.
Tn the enlistment department there
are twenty-six workers who visited
over 1000 churches in the enlist
ment service of the denomination
This department induced GAS churches
to adopt the envelope system.
Publicity for the year cost $4,000
and the report urged the pastors to
keep in touch with the department
The report showed that in the
mountain districts of the South in
seven states there are $500. 900
mountain people Only nice per cent
Of these are negroes forty eight per
cent are Baptists and there are few
Catholics or Episcopalians. The
Baptists lead in all Of the states, ex-
cepting Virginia. whore the Meth
odists lead by 10000. Tho Baptist
schools in these sections number
thirty mine with over 5000 students.
forty-six workers are used in con-
nection with the negro and foreign
work.
Rev Noel j. Allen. appearing in
army uniform. made an address on
the report taich amused. thrilled and
aroused his hearers. He contrastea
ms appearance before the association
with an address he made at Wash
lngton birthday cele hration on the
Mediterran ean where the women
wore enough die monds and Jewels to
feed yard full of fowls while a
hungry goat could eat all the material
worn by these women in clothing
More than once in his dramatic ad-
dress. Mr.. Allen showed HIS disap
Hroval of the modern fashions in
dress or scantiness Of dress, for wo-
men. He appealed to the Virginia
Eaptists to enter largely into doing
hie. things for God.
Great Work Of Ort,hanagc.
DR.. Roper. Of Petersburg, read the
report commencing the work of the
faptist Orphanage at salem. This in
stitution Is doing magnificent work
and the repor. commended II to the
love and support of the Virginia Bap-
lists
DR.. Wicker. pastor of Leigh Street
BAPTIST church. Richmond, made the
address on this report n was q
typical Wicker address, gripping and
stimulating. DR. Wicker is a native
of Iynchbur. and was himself left
an orphan. He spoke OF poverty as
an ally of religion and declared that
our orphanages were better assets of
Christianity than our fine homes.
Riches, he declared, are not always q
blessing. IF MY father had been a
rich man" he asserted. Il would have
been in hell long ago"
These Who Have Passed
DR.. Pitcher presented memorials to
'hoso who during the past year have
passed to their reward. The list in
Guided Revs. O. a. Gregory. J. p.
Jackson, Benjamin D. Cav. Henry r.
taris. Weston Bristow. Porterfleid
Swami, Fleet II. James. Crawley H.
Foy. Samuel +. Chaplain and at the
suggestion OF Secretary Smith the
name OF II, Theodore Ellyson. OF
Richmond. who was for As years as
sistant secretary of the association
was added TO the list
The submission of these obituaries