Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-05-07
VIRGINIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST
STATE CONVENTION.

lICnmOnd, va, March &, l92l.
re the Churches Comprising the Vir-
glnia 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--t;rcctings:
Grace he unto you and peace from
God our Father abound upon 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. lie has mingled the dew
drops of Heaven and In your trail IIc
has multiplied blessings. l 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 the
building Of our Masters Kingdom
BY the race of God we shall meet
this year in our Fifty-fourth Annual
Session with the Liberty Baptist
church, Washington. ID. c., Rev. l1ol
land Powell. ID. d.. Pastor At S:00l l..
! NJ. Tuesday May 10th. will be great
memorial conference IN honor of three
valiant men who have gone TO Their
. God. The late President Gregory Will
lis Hayes. A. NJ. II. II. Bowling. IL.
ID. and w. Bishop Johnson, LII. ID. :,
will be culogized.
! While the Convention will net oper,
until 900 A. NJ, Wednesday. We
greatly desire the delegation to be pres
g ant n hnnnr M r Al,
benefactSrs Tuesday night. Let every
+: Church I've represented. If you can
not possibly send Il 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 go
, ing up in n most pleasing way. by the
time we meet In Washington, no
doubt. it will be we'll nigh enclosed.
! 1t is the finest building to the credit
of the race in the State Of Virginia.
and shall stand there as Il monument
to the love and labors of Colored
Baptists OF this generation and gen
crationS to come even after we, who
now mingle our hands in the toll
shall have gone to be with Jesus.
Our great President. r. c. Woods. a.
NJ. Is doing the work In way that
makes our hearts leap for Joy. He Is
: genius on the job; let us put up
the money
Our Foreign Mission program is n
unique one, but 4 few years hence, It
Will he adopted by many States. Our
plan is to open a Virginia Baptist
Mission Station i'll Africa, building
there great school. training men for
the ministry and other professions
and trades. We hope to begin work in
the next convention year. We are ex
pccting You 10 send up sufficient mon
ey for Foreign Missions to the com.
ing session to enable us to launc;, a
creditaDle foreign mission drive on
African territory. Let all of the
churches. associations and To- Il con
ventiOns holding foreign mission
money in your treasures send it up
to Washington. We will see that il
goes to Africa and that you have an
. account Of the same.
, We are asking every Baptist OF
the race, and all Others who are in.
tereStcd in the great program herein
stated, 10 give at least One Dollar
each towards Financing the same This
Is a great deGom;na; ional rally for a
larger amount than any organization
OF the race IN this section has AT.
tempted to raise at any one sitting:
but the work demand it; Gods cause
is calling for il. We arc the sponsors
and it must he forthcoming.
The President has issued fifty
thousand One Dollar Certificates. car
rying the GU Of tho new building.
with those ii the President of the
Seminary and The President OF the
Convention. Let every member and
Eriend purchase one or more as souve
Mrs. II YOU haven't one of these ccrti
ficatrs. apply 10 your District Super.
I'M cndent. l. We cannot supply you
write your President These are in
tended to help each Church raise it's
One Dolla: per member for Educa-
tlon and Missions 10 be reported a.
our next convention.
.Brethrcn pray for the next session
of our convention. Strive to raise and
send ND One Dollar per member for
earh memb"r on your ron. Let the
delegates come prepared to stay
Through the ronvontiOn
Yours for tho Fifty Thousand Dol.
lars for our Masters Kingdom at the
coming session.
II. ]. KING, President
2l2 Sacc.:d Street Roah,