Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-04-30
VIRGINIA MISSIONARY BaPTIST
.t STATE CONVENTION. +.
Richmond, Va, March 3, 1921.

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To the Churches COMPRISING the Viz.
ginia Missionary BAPTIST State Con.
vention and to Those Scattered
Abroad Throughout the Various
States, Sharing Common Interest in
the Great Work which our Lord has
Laid Upon Us Greetings;
Grace be unto YOU and peace from
God our Father abound Hpsn you.
| thank my God for you daily because of
the great work laid upon you the sue
| cess which has come to that work In
your hands. With the sweat and blood
OF your toll, He has mingled the dew
drops OF Heaven and in your trail He
| has multiplied blessings. I thank God
| with you for the great delegation that
met us in Staunton last May, for tho
! great outpouring of Holy Spirit upon
that session, and for the large offerings
the many Churches sent up for tho
| building of our Masters Kingdom.
BY the race Of God. we shall meet
this year in our Fifty-four,h Annual
Session with the Liberty Baptist
church, Washington, ID. c.. Rev. Hol
land Powell, ID. d.. Pastor. AT 500 L.
nj. tuesday May 10th. will be a great
memorial conference in honor of three
valiant men who have gone to Their
God. The late President Gregory viii
| lis Hayes, a. NJ, II. IT, Bowling H..
| ID. and w. Bishop Johnson, LII. ID /,
! will be culogized.
| While the Convention will net oue,,
until 800 a. M, Wednesday, We
greatly desire the delegation to be pres
| ent to honor the memory of these great
bencfactors Tuesday night. Let every
| church he represented. II you can
not possibly send n delegate, send
letter and money to the President or
| corresponding Secretary.
Brethren our one hundred thousand
| dollar Administration Hall on our
school grounds in Lynchburg Is 70
| ing up III II most pleasing way. BY tho
tmc we, meet in Washington, no
| uoubt, 1t Will be well nigh enclosed.
| IL Is the finest building to tho credit
! or the race in the State of Virginia,
ana shall stand there as a monument
10 The love and labors of Colored
| Baptfsts. Of this generation and reu
| eratohs to come even after we, who
now mingle our hands I'm the tot,
| snail have gone to be with ,JesuY.
Our great President, r. C. Woods, A.
No. Is doing the work in a way that
| makes our hearts leap for Joy. TIc is
genius OH the job; let us put ND
the money.
Our Foreign Mission program IS n
UNIQUE one, but n few years hence, it
VIII be adopted Ivy many Stntes. Our
| plah Is to open Virginia Baptist
| MISSION STATION in Africa, building
there il great school. training men for
the ministry and other professions
ana trades: We hope to begin work In
| the next convention yenr. We are ex
pecting you 10 send up sufficient mon
ey for Foreign Missions to tho com.
ing session to enable lis to launch n
creditablo foreign mission drive on
Atrlcnn territory. Let all of tho
churches, associations and local con
Ventions holding foreign mission
money In your treasures send It nm
TO washington. We will see that Il
goes to Africa and that you have III,
account of the same. ~.
| We are asking every Baptist of
the race, and all others who are in.
terested in the great program herein
stated, 10 give at least One Dollar
each towards financing the same. This
Is great denominational rally for a
larger amount than any organization
or tho race In this section has at.
tempted to raise at any one sitting;
but the work demand it; Gods cause
Is calling for 1t. We are the sponsors
and it must be Forthcoming.
| The President has issued fifty
| thousand One Dollar Certificates, car
rying the cut of the new building,
with those of the President of tho
! Seminary and the President Of the
| convention. Let every member and
! friend purchase one or more as souve
| Mrs. If you haven't one OF these certi
| ficates, apply to your District Super,
intendent. IF he cannot supply you,
| write your President. These are in
tended to help each Church raise its
! On" Dollar per member for Educa
tion and Missions 10 be reported Il.
our next convention.
! Bret nrcn pray for the next session
of our convention. Strive to raise and
| send up Ono Dollar per member for
| each member on your roll. Let tho
| delegates como prepared to stay
I HhrOugh The convention.
Yours for the Fifty Thousand Don
| lars for our Masters Kingdom at the
| coming session.
r. J. KING, President
212 Second Street ROah