Richmond planet., 1921-04-30
VIRGINIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST
STATE CONVENTION.
Richmond. Va. March :. 1921

Richmond. Va. March ,. 1921.
To the Churches Comurisins thc Nir.
Ginia Missionary Baptist $t8tr Con.
vcntion and to Those Scattered
Abroad Throughout the Various
States, Sharing Common Interest in
the Grca; Work which our Lord has
Laid Upon Is GrcctinGs:
Grace be unto YOU and peace from
God our Father abound Apsn YOU
thank my God FOR You daily lrrauSe of
| tie grca; work laid upon YOU. the sue
""IS which h;!', cnmo to that work In
your hands. With the Swca,l and blood
Of your toll. He has mingled the dew
crops of Heaven and in Your trail lie
has multiplied blessings thank God
with YOU for the great delegation that
met us in Staunton last May. for tho
great outrourinG Of Holy Spirit uyon
mat session. and for the large offerings
tn" many churches sent up for tho
building OF nur Masters Kinudom.
by the race Of God. we snail meet
this year in our Fi:ty-fnur,h Annual
Session with the Liberty BAPTIST
church. Washington. d. c.. Rev. 1oI
land Powell, ". H.. Pastor. At 500 L.
NJ. Iuc&tay May 10Th. will be "A great
| memorial conference in honor of three
variant men who have gone to Their
Hod. TR" late President Gregory Will
| llS Hayes. y. NJ. Il. H. Bowling. IT,.
II. and w. lnshop johnson. LII. u
viii he culoGi2cd
While tn" Convention will net orc,,
| until 900 y. Nj. Wednesday, ".
| greatly desire the dclcgntion to bc pres
cnt 10 honor thc memory OF lhr-, rrco,
| h"nciactorS Tuesday night. Let every
Church hc represented II Won cam
not possibly send Il dclc.a1r. send
| letter and money to the President or
| corresponding Secretary.
| brethren our one hundred ,hous,ub
| dollar Administration Han ON our
| Schooi grounds in l,ynchburg is 20
| 'n% up III II most pleasing way. BY the
| time We meet III Washington, no
"ouht. ii will be we'll nigh enclosed
u - IN" tines huildin" to tho credit
o' IN" race in the state Of VIRGINIA
| 2nd shall stand thcr" as Il monumrn,
to h" love and 'lburS of ColorcI
H"ntiStS OF this generation and rcu
| "r;i to "oIur even after we whn
/ now min%lr our hands i'm the toil
| Shal bay" gone to he with .Irsus
| our great Pro idcni. r. c. Woods. 4.
! N, Is "oin" The work in a way thar
! m"';'S our h"artS leap for JOY. He is
! u "NrinS on Iva job; let MS nut III
| the money
Our Foreign Mission program Is u
| uninne one, but a few years hence, il
| WIZ h~ adopted hy many States. Our
hlah ~ to open Il Virginia Bantist
Mi*S!CE %.ar'pn in Africa. buildiuc
| th"rc :, &'cat school. training men for
| the ministry and other professions
| ana trades. We hope to begin work in
| IN" next convention year. We are OK
| pcctlng You ~ send up sufficient mon
| cy Tor Foreign MiSsions to the com
ing session to enable us to Iaunca a
crrditahlo foreign mission drive on
AIricnn territory. Let all of the
churches, associations and local con
tionS holding foreign mission
money III your treasures send it M
to Washington. We will SEQ that il
goes to Africa and that you have nll
! account Of the same
| we are asking every Baptist of
the race. and nll others wEo are in
ttreSted III tn" great program herein
! stated, % give nj least One Doflar
/ t.icn '"HariS financing the same. This
| Is il 'rcat dcnominational rally for n
/ larger amount than any organization
OF tAr race iii this section has at.
| tempted to raise at any one sitting:
| hnt IN" work dcmnn" it: Gods cause
Is calling for i. We are the Sponsors
| anu 1t must he forthcoming