MORE REPORTS SUBMITTED,
Work of the Baptist General Associa
tion Sunday and Yesterday.
RAPTIST ORPHANAGE OF YIRGINIA.
The Report and Discussion Qceupy the
sunday Night session Meports on Home
M ssions and the Sunday School and
Bible Board Work of Women,
Ny TET
one business session on Sunday evening
and two on yesterday, one in the mori
ug and another in the evening. All these
mectings were very well attended, and
especiaily in the evening the big tal er
pacle on Grace street proved to be al
most 100 small to hold the crowd. A
feature of these meetings was that on
cach occasion the men were largely in
the majority.
On Sunday evening an interesting pas
per wag read on the Baptist Orphanage,
at Salem, and among the reports yes:
terday that attracted attention were
those on Home Missions, on Bunday
School and Bible board, on Womans
Work, and on education.
Every available space was occupied in
the big tabernacle punday night by 30
0 clock, when Moderator Dunaway opeiis
vd the session ul tae Bapust General
Association, Aller the siuging of the
opening hymn, Kev. A. CU, dice offered
prayer. ‘Fhe large congregation then Juin
ed in with tie choir in sighing the hymn
“Glory to God on High,” aliecied by nev,
Mr. Hines. Professor Pollard, of Rich
mond College, then offered a prayer, es
pecially for the Baptist Orphanage. Ane
other hymn, “Awake, My Boul, i Joy tual
Lays,” lollowed, whereupon Rev, Wil
Lam ls. Hatcher, the pastor of the Grace
Street Tabernacle, was recognized by the
Moderaior,
pr. Hatcher announced that he had re
ceived a telegram from itey. br, Brough
ton, who regretied exceodingly that he
was unable to attend the sessions of
the association, lle expressed the ear
nest desire of Calvary church, at Roa
noke, 10 have next year's sessions of the
General Assoctalion in that church, Dr,
Hatcher also announced that through
him Mrs. Gill, the etlicient superinten
dent of the Kichmond Orphan Asylum,
hud extended an invitation to visit that
lustitution to the delegates of the asso
cation, and especially to the Board of
Trustees of the Baptist Orphanage. Dr,
Hatcher then read the report of the
Board of Trustees of the Baptist Orphan
age, which was as follows:
BAPTIST ORIPHANAGH.
“Sixth annual report of the Baptist Or
phanage of Virginia:
“The trustees of the Baptist Orphanage
of Virginia rejoice 10 stand face to face
With thelr constitutents once more and
to lay before them a report of their do
Ings for the past year. With a sincere
desire to make known every detail of
their opyrations for the your now clos
lug, they are stil unwilling to weary
You with too long a report and therefore
this will restrict thelr statement to such
matters as will enable you to get a clear
view of what has actualy been done.
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“No new buildings have been erected
since our last report but the Schmelz
Cottage has been furnished and was on
Mirch 1. 186 opened. Already it is oc
cupied by thirty-nive boys, but that does
not fill it. The Evans Cottage has in
it thirty-four girls and three small boys,
making seventy-five children now in our
charge. We have room for thirty-seven
more and there are now before us twen
ty-five applications for admission. The
institution has now been in actual ope
ration since July 1, 1802, and during that
time has received nincty-one children, Of
these, one has died and eighteen have
been discharged. At the beginning, chil
dren were received to remain until they
were fourteen years of age but now in
most cases we take them with the right to
retain them until they are eighteen,



“The tarming and gardening operations
have of course, been continued and,
though the section of the country in
which the institution is placed, has for
several ycars been visited by serious
droughts the results have been very ben
ficial. These droughts have also affect
ed our water supply, and as a necessity
we have had a sloruge reservoir cons
structed between the mountain spring
and the Orphanage,


“We have two excellent teachers, ana
they are faithfully leoking after the
training of the children committed to
our cure. It cannot be claimed that all
of the children by any means are eager
for an education, but 1t 1s pleasant to
yecord that we are really doing valuable
work in equipping the children for the
intelligent discharge of life's duties,



“in addition to the teachers already
mentioned, we have the Superintendent,
the two matrong, one houses
keeper, a Seamstress who also
sets as nurse for the sick,
a general manager and two cooks and a
Janitor. We are soon to give our ma
tron an assistant, one of our girls whose
training well fiits her for the position,

“Phe Orphanage News,” still thrives.
It is printed by the boys and has just
turned over its annual profits, $19 to the
treasurer of the Orphanage,
“The trustees desire to make grateful
mention of the many substantial gifts
which have been made to this Institution
during the past year, The financial
value of the provisions, dry goods, bed
ding and other useful articles amounts
to £1.004.24. The treasurer's report gives
touching proof of, the warm
sympathy felt for this holy
enterplse by the Baptists of
Virginia, We give the following statement
of recoipts:
RECEIPTS TO BAPTIST ORPHANAGE,
From cash collections at General Ase
sociation in Petershurg............3 6.17
From two hundred and thirty-three
From one hundred and thirty
three Sunday -Se BOOS. couvnrrrnnnes ius 07
From twelve District Assoclations.. 18.11
From 27 Missionary Ald, Orphanage
and B. Y. P. U, Societies. coeoins. 166,30
From Richmond and Manchester
Sunday-School Assoclations....... 67.00
From Norvell Ryland, treasurer..1,i%3.1)
From Schmelz Brothers. ..o.ooveee. 00000
From Theodore Dulaney on note... 190.400
From Baptist Orphanage News... 1600
From Sunaay Donations, ic, 15.0
From Individual Contributions, ete, aM.I8
Total receipts from Movember 1,
1880, to November 1, 1855. .........35,142.71
Tota! cash reveived from incep
tion of Orphanage... .............563,98.06
It will be recalled that last year we
erected the Industrial building and we
feel vet deeply now our need of that
pullding, but it gives us pain to say that
owing to our ability to secure the neces
sary machlpery, we have not yet uocen
able to put the structure 16 its intended
use. One of our Immedlae and press.
ing needs is the money to equip thet
house with suitable apparatus and lin.
plements for giving the boys employmont,

“Phe treasurer's report shows thal we
have reduged oud debt during the pres.
EE a PIT Vas oF 24 1% OUR pry rae
d0tal receipns rain »ovalnper 3,
1885. to November 1, 1806..........39.142.11
Total cash reveived from incep
tion of Orphanage... .............563,08. 08
It will be recalled that lust year we
erected the Indusirial building and we
feel vet deeply now our need of that
building, but it gives us pain to say that
owing to our mability to secure the neces
sary machinery, we have not yet ocen
able to put the structure 16 its intended
use. One of our Immedlae and press
ing needs is the money to equip thet
house with suitable apparatus and fin
plements for giving the boys employmont,
“Phe treasurer's report shows thal we
have reduged oud debt during the pres
ent vear to the extent of §1,00, as fact
for which we feel most grateful, The
debt upon us is yet $500 and we cannot
feel comfortable until, that Is entirely
wiped out. We trust to our unfailing foun
tain of supply, the liberality of our yeople
for the means to extinguish that debt at
an early day.


“The trustees are still fully convinced
that the central building ought to be
erected us soon as possible. A number of
friends have indicated a readiness to
contribiite iherally to this abject and
we are hopetul that with the return of
prosperity to our land, it will not he
difficult to secure the money necessary
for the erection of this ow Ry
“It will be remembered that Rev. G, J.
Hobday was in 1881 elected Suverintend
ent of the Orohanage for a period of five
years. That term having expired, he

Haeilty ang efilciency. They look upon
him as a man preeminently fitted for the
duties of his position.
“The trustees respectfully ask that
the Genera! Association will instruct its
treasurer to furnish to the treasurer cf
the Orphanage an itemized statement of
his receipts for the Orphanage from time
io time, in order that we may be able to
make due record of every gift which may
be made to this Institution.”
THE DISCUSSION,
At the close of the reading of the re
port, which was adopted, Dr. Hatcher
moved that the reqifest in the report in
regard to the treasurer be referred to a
special committee. This was agreed to.
Dr. Hatcher then Introduced as the first
one to #peak on the subject treated in
the report, Dr. B, 1. Whitman, president
of the Columbian University in Washing
ton, He pointed out that the social pro
sress the world was making could be
measured by the advancement of such
an institution as the one under discus.
sion, Mesides, the support of an orphan
age was an act of charity, An ounce of
prevention was better than a pound of
cure. An orphanage was the means of
raising children, and raise them up as
useful Christians,
The efforts to maintain an orphanage
were also embodiments of Christian en
deavor, and some how all these things
fit together. The orphanage did not take
away patronage from any other Christian
institutions. The work put in at Salem
did not draw away from the church work,
but it was only part of it. The work to
do in caring for the little ones would
come back in ten-fold blessings.
After the singing of a solu, “If T Were
Volee,” by Mr. Haddon 8. Watkins, Dr.
Hatcher introduced Dr. N. B. Wharton,
of Norfolk, as the second speaker, who
spoke In a very touching manner of the
fate of the orphans. A man who did not
love orphans was like the man whe did
not love music, as Shakespeare sald, full
of treason, strategem and spoils. Let no
such man be trusted. The speaker sald
Ye had recently come in contact with sev
eral groups of orphans. God was the
futher of the fatherless, and had shown
it through the provigions which he had
mide for them. It was the duty of men,
and of the churches to give towards the
support of the orphans. A church that
did not give towards the orphans should
not be trusted. 1f we give to the orphans
the orphans would give to us. They w ould
give to ug in the evidence of the accep
tance of God,
The speaker, as a practical illustration
of the gratefulness of orphans, related an
incident about Alexander MH. Stephens,
who had been an orphan himself, who
had been helped while he was In need,
and showed his thankfulness when oc
casion offered itself to do so.
OTHER SPEAKERS.
After the singing of the hymn, ‘Hark!
ten thousand harps and voices,” hy the
congregation, Dr. Hatcher introduced
Rev, R., J. Willingham, of this city, who
sald that he had always been very fond
of visiting the orphan homes, which al
ways made him appreciante so much
more his own home. He pointed to the
greatness of the home which God had
made so. He alluded to the Juggernant
cars of the past, and sald Virginians
were ha!f eivilized and half barbarians;
they Fad thelr own Juggernant cars, which
were the dens of sin and infguity. It was
not only the man at the corner who kept
the hig school, but it was also the sister
at the punch-bowl who kept the kinder
garten,
The work for the orphans was the
work of God. He wonld rather found a
house for fifty orphans than to have the
finest monument to his memory on Fifth
avenue from one end to another. The
Christian people had the unity of action,
of strength, but sometimes he was afraid
of unity: there should be more individu
ality. This he applied especially to the
orphanage, which he sald should he sup
ported by every individual church in the
association, and by every individual mem
ber of each church according to his or
her means.
When Mr. Watkins had sung “Only
Remember,” at the request of Dr. Mateh
er, as another solo, Dr. Hatcher vresented
to the gathering Mr. George J. Hobday,
the superintendent of the Orphanage at
Salem, who briefly addressed the ¢on
gregation and expressed hig hanks for
having been continued at the head of the
institution fince it had heen establigiicd,
He was conscious of the fact that (ie
Orphanage had a warm spot in the hearts
or all the people, and he had only been
afraid to press it for fear that he might
injure other enterprises, He had been
careful not to let the people know of the
trouble of the institution unless they had
reglly arisen, He asked his hearers not
#0 much for their contributions as for
Loeir prayers,
Dr. Hatcher then announced that no
collection would be taken up at that time
for the Orphanage, but he hoped that
the different churches belonging to the
associntion wonld do the best they could
for the institution, The Board of Trus
tees desired to expend during the coming
year 814,000 or $15,000,
The Moderator here announced the fol
lowing special committee to consider the
recommendation of the Hoard of Trus
tees of the Orphanage at the request of
Dr. Hatcher; Messrs, George Preston
Taylor, 1. H. Jeter, George R. Pace, W.
Fisher and R. N. Beale,
The Moderator next urged the Commit
tees on New Boards, on Time, Place and
Preacher, to go to work at once, in order
to submit their reports as soon as pos
sible. Dr. Hatcher called attention to
the fact that there were three vacancies
on the Board of Trustees for the Orphan
age, the Augusta, Powel River and Clinch
Valley associations being at present withe
out any representatives. He explained
that at the suggestion of the Committee
on New Boards the tent rial Association
would have to recommend two dames fol
each vacancy to the Board of Trustees,
from which the latter body would lave ta
make the selections,
Dr. Hatcher also expressed his satis
faction over the fact that =o nany men
attended the business sessions on Satur
dav. and added that he hoped that the
came interest would be manifested during
o rest of the seEsion.
4A on wag the n dismissed
with the benediction by Rev. Alfred
Baghy.

MONDAYS SESSIONS,
mie Missions and the Sunday
fHeparis on Ho
Wo Woman's Part,
cehaol and Bible Bod
Heports on 3 A J A a
sehool and Bible Board Woman's Part,
When ihe sesalon of the General As
sociation opened yesterday morning at
6.20 o'clock, the jirst number on the offi
cial programine Was “Miscellaneous
Business.” Dr. Dunaway was again
in the chair, and Rev. Hugh Smith,
the efliclient secretary, was aleo in his
goat, After the singing of the hymn,
“here is fountain filed with blood,”
Rev. W. B. Tyler offered prayct. The
minutes of the previous session were
read and approved, and, on motion of
Rev, J. William Jones, the privilege
of the floor wus extended tg Mr. Camo
bell. the secretary of th Virginia Bible
Society, who explained to the assem
blage the gdvantage of pun hasing Bibles
from that* concern,
A communication was received from
Calvary Baptist church, in Roanoke,
asking the assoclation 10 hold its ses
slons next year with that church, The
communication was referred to the Com
mittee on Time, Place, and Preacher,
which took the matter al once under con
sideration.
Secretary Smith announced that he
hod received a communication from. Mr,
Josiah Strong, secretary of the Evan
gellcal Alliance, in reference to the
better observance of the Sabbath day,
On motion, the matter was referred to
a special committee of three,
he report on ‘tome Missions" was
then read by Mr. C. B Fleet, of Lynch
burg, which wgs as follows:
HOME MISBIONS.
“No organization for mission purposes—
THE TIMES—~RICHMOND VA! TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1806,
certainly among Baptists—so far as we
have been able to ascertain, presents
such a record of success as the Home
Mission Board of the Southern Baptist
Conventlon—of success proportioned to
the employed. Taking the record of the
last thirteen years eration, we find that
the board has semt out in that time 3.460
missionaries, whe have instituted 2,032
new churches, built 708 houses of wor
ship, and added 91,201 new members to
the churches. All this has been done at
an average cost to the denomination of
about $30 per annum for ench missionary,
In this utilitarizn age, when everything
ig reduced to a money standard, how
wonderful do these figures appear! And
vet, what money can measure, what
mind ean grasp, or even dimly conceive
what these figures represent in that in
definable, intangible, invisible something
we call Influence, which, once started
on its mission of good or evil, goes on
and on in ever-widening circles, touching
in its progress the whole cycle of human
relations, domestic, political, economic,
commercial, sclentific, philanthropic.
Bverywhere its subtle fingers reach and
mould and direct. Who shall estimate
what these statistics mean in influence
upon society, the State, the nation, the
world? None but Him who knows the
end from the beginning.
WORK OF THE PAST YEAR.
“The work of the past year has been in
keeping with the board's past history,
and, notwithstanding the unusual de
pression in business, shows but a slight
diminution in the force employed, and a
slight falling-off in receipts, For we
year ending April 30, 1806, the board sent
out 411 missionaries, against 426 the year
before, who supplied 1,826 churches and
stations, and report 5,617 baptisms, 6.672
additions by ietter; total additions, 12,250;
organized 272 Sunday schools; constituted
907 churches; and built 52 houses of wor
ship. The receipts of the board for the
year were $05,027.54, In the list of con
tributions, we are glad to sce that Vir.
ginia stood second to Georgia only. For
our associational year, ending October
81st, ‘Treasurer Ryland reports as re
ceived by him $0,837.20 -an fnerease over
last year of $227.12. This increase, though
small, is gratifying, in view of the un
usual and universal depression in busi
ness provalling, as well as the absorb
ing political contest attending the presi
dential election. We desire here (0 €x
press our hearty appreciation of the m
terest of our pastors throughout the
State, in keeping the claims of this work
before their churches. We have aided
them all we could by the dissemination
of printed matter, and are always glad
of applications for leaflets and nvelopes.
“Another potent factor in raising funds
for the Board is the Woman's Missionary
Socicties of our churches, through whore
untiring efforts much money has been
obtained, and many Loxes of useful anu
needed articles have been sent to our
missionaries. These boxes not only carry
ing comfort to the homes of the toiling
and destitute migsionaries, but have an
additional value in that they bring our
people more rectly in touch with there
workers. There is a pergonaiity about
their contents which does not attach to
money, a personality which speaks to
the hearts of the recipients from the
hearts of th: donors, which warms anl
cheers, and bids God-speed. The New
York Independent recently stated that
our Board put a money value on the
contents of these boxes, and deducted
the amount from the meagre gnlaries of
the missionaries. It is true, a money
wrlue is put on the articles in each box,
but solely for the purpose of giving
credit go the churches from which the
boxes are sent, but the amount is never
deducted from the salaries of the mis
sionaries, Some of the letters received
from those missionaries acknowledging
receipt of the hoxes are truly pathetic in
their recital of actual needs, and their
gratitude for the supplies.
THE WORK IN CUBA.
“In Cuba our work has been interrupted
py the arrest of Diaz and the removal
by the Board ot his male colleagues 10
this country last spring. As soon as the
arrest was announced your Hoard at
i ynchburg called on General lee, who
hod just been appointed Consul-General
to Cuba, and laid before nim such facts
as we had, and asked his good offices In
securing Brother 1riaz's rele: se, We were
courteously received by General Lee and
promised all the aid he could give; hut
before he sailed for Havann, Diaz was
released, and is now in this country
doing such work for the Board as he
can. The other missionaries, remos ed to
the United States, are engaged in work
among the thousands of Cubans at Tam
pa and Key West, Fla. Their monthly
reports show most encouraging SUCCesS
m their new fields of labor.
Among the negroes the plan of co
operation between our Hoard and the
Home Mission Society of New York had
pot, previous to the meeting of the con
vention, accomplished anything in Vir
ghia, but in North Carolina and Ala
Lama, the plan has been pul into prac
tical operation with the most encourig
ing prospects of success, Since the meet
ing of the convention this co-operation
work has been inaugurated in Virginia
the apportionment ol work of distinct
missionaries has been fully reported by
vour State Mission Board. Several meal
ings have heen held In different parts
of the State under the name of “The
New Era Institute,” at cach of which
twelve lectures were delivered by the
most talented men of both races with
in reach, on Biblical Theology, Church
History, The Gospel Ministry, Christian
Missions, Church Work, and Christian
fidncation, These institutes have proved
go far very interesting and valuable in
training the pastors, deacons, and in
fluentind members of the colored
churches
fhe safety and well being of our own
soclety demands that we shall train the
growing generation of negroes in right
paths, The kindly and we -disposed peo
ple, reared under the benign and gentle
teachings of slavery, as it existed in
Virginia, are fast dying out. To suc
ceed them is growing up a race with
whatever of evil heridity their parents
transmitted, unrestrained by the disci
pline of human masters and the refining
irttuence of enltarcd Christian homes, but
yather given greater scope by the free
school svstem of our State, which in
creases knowledge, perhaps, but not
KOOANEsE. The gospel, the only correc
tive for fallen human nature, we must
give them, or our State and society will
cufter. There are many consecrated and
zealous men amceng them, of their own
race doing all they can to lead them
ditional incentive it offers to us for the
support and extension of the work of
Home Missions. To win the individual
to Christ and through him the commu
nity, the State, the pation of States,
What a goal for our Christian zeal, con
tributions and prayers, God speed the
day when we shall Nterally and truly
be ‘a nation where God is the Lord,”
tributions and prayers, God speed the
day when we shall literally and truly
be ‘a nation where God is the Lord,’
INTEREBTING DISCUSSION,
Rev. Mr. McConneil, of Lynchburg,
took charge of ihe discussion that foi
lowed, and BPSL introduced Rey. C.J.
Jhompson, of the College Hill Baptist
church, at Lyncoburg, who spoke in de
tall on the prescil condition of the Bap.
List Church i connection witn the Home
work and the future responsibility in the
latter, Mr. McConnell was followed by
Lev, Dr. Tichenor, the corresponding secs
retary of the Huine aslssion board, who
buegain his address by saying that the
Board had started tne ycar just closed
with an indebtedness of about §,00, bul
this had veen done intentionally and des
liberately In Oruel (0 keep up certain
Baptist enterprises and insututions in the
Soutnern States, that were needed and
promised success, but would have gone
duwil had it not been for the timely as
sistance on the part of the Board, He
dwelt at some length on the necessity
of enlarging the Work among the negroes
as well as among the white population in
the mountain regions of Virgleia:
br. Quesenberty, of Chattanooga, also
bricily on tug same subject and ex
plained how Motion missionaries had
entered into Tennessee as emissaries of
their doctrine, and being highly educated
and cultured made greal neadway and
became a grave danger to the baptist
Church, die also spoke in reference to
the mountain regions of Virginia! who
wore systematicany visited and instruct
ed by Presbyterian missionaries who
claimed that section as their field of Ju
bor. The report was then adopted,
Rev, Dr. Hatcher bere called attention
to an invitation tendered to the delegales
to visit the Baptist Home for Aged Wo
wen on Greve avenue, He also submitted
an invitation from Kev, br. Nelson to
visit the Woman s Coliege. Dr. Hatcher
then stated (nat tor years past the Char
lottesvilie Woollen Mills had annually
given to the association a piece of Vir
ginla broadcloth with the request that
it be presented 10 a Baptist minister,
ihe speaker, having been made the
mouth-piece of the donors, In a few feel
ing and appropriate remarks pre
sented the cloth to Rev, William
Fisher, of Campbell county, who
briefly expressed his thanks, Rev, Mr.
Treble, of Charlottesville, was requested
by Mr. Hatcher to express to the Char
jottesville Woollen Mills, the thanks of
the association for thelr donation,
After the singing of the hymn “Jesus,
Lover of My Soul,” the Moderator read
the following telegram:
Danville, Va,, Nov. 16, 189,
“Rev. T. B. Thames, D. D,, Baptist Gene
ral Association, Richmond, Va.:
“Present greetings of Moflit's church
to Association, Great revival, Over a
hundred professions and seventy-five ad
dittons to church, Ask Association to
pray for Danville,
P. G. ELSOM.
The secretary of the association was
requested (0 answer the telegram,
SUNDAY-SCHOO!L AND BIBLE BOARD
Rev, Dr. John M, Pilcher, of Peters
burg, then read the fifty-eighth annual
report of the Sunday-School and Bible
Board, which was as follows:
“By constitutional amendment, last No
vember, you added to our board five new
members, viz: Rev, George W. Beale, D.
b., Tidewater; Rev, R. E. White, South
side; Rev, KE. W, Winfrey, Piedmont: Kev,
J. B. Taylor, D. D., Valley, and Rev. Jokn
W. Hundley, Southwest, All attended
the annual meeting, December 10, 1865,
excepting one, who was pravidentially de
tained. All have rendered valuable sor
vices in representing the board at dis
trict associations,
“We have appointed twenty-six colport
ers: In Tidewater, three—(', K. lobbs,
HC, Halstead, M. J. Fitzhugh; Southside,
seven—Robert Criddle, W. I. Terry, W.
J. Badler, J. A, Jenks, J. I. Minter. G.
Phillipe, Rev. ti. A, Chocklett: Pied
mont, six-J. W. Johnson, A, P. Hall,
H. 8. Atkins, J, F. Cannon, Daniel Me
Daniel, A, AM. Smith; Valley, four—-Rev, J.
W. Cooper, Rev. W. W. White, nev. A,
M. Craft, C. O, Cross; Southwest, piv
Rey. W. N. Britton, W, 1. Bill, L. A.
Wall, Rev. P. II. Mink, Rev. T. J. Berry,
Rev. H. K. McConnell, Only eicht of
these are ordained ministers, sev n in the
Valley and Southwest and one in Pittayl
vania county.
“One of the objects of the General As
sicintion, set forth In its constitution, is
to ‘propagate the gospel and advance the
Redeemer's Kingdom throughout the State
Ly distributing the Bible and other
nrinted truths. by promoting Sunday
schools,” and this work has been com
mitted to the Sunday-School and Bible
Board."
The report here cites the census of 180,
and continues:
“This hmmense field we can only par
tially enltivate with the small sum given
1o us
“Phe instructions you gave us last year
were in accord with our past policy, and
if not unnecessary were easily oheyed,
excepting that in regard to a reduction
of expenzes. Your board recognized the
necessity of obedience, and in the an
nual meeting, having canvassed all the
items of expense and found them all ne
CesSEAry to a successful prosecution of the
work, escaped from the difficulty by abol
fxhing the clerkship and reducing the
traveling expenses of the general super
intendent one-haif, The effect has been
to Keep the corresponding secretary, who
is also the general superintendent of the
wark, at home more than formerly, ns
much to do necessary clerical work, as
to avold an addition to the allowance for
traveling, Of course he has traveled and
has furnished some clerical service out
of his salary, and to a small extent from
money paid him for preaching. He tray
eled 4,520 miles, preached 5 sermons, and
made 87 addresses, We may be allowed
to say that we have always heretofore
guarded the expense account, having con
stant regard, however, to efficiency.
“At your last session, in Petersburg,
you said: ‘We recommend that our board
co-operate as closely as practicable with
every agency whose work and gifts can
be made available for the evangelization
of our people along the lines of our Sun
day school and colportege enterprise.’ In
obedience to this recommendation we ac
cepted an invitation to a conference in
Richmond with Rev. Dr. J, M. ¥rost,
corresponding secretary of the Sunday
School Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention. which resulted in a gift of
$200 for Sunday-school work, payable
quarterly, We have received $225 of this
sum, and expended it in our work. We
record our thanks for it,
“We have not heen able to have a
conference with the secretaries of the
“The general superintendent and twen
ty-six coiporters labored 4.612 days, trav
eled 84,905 miles, visited 14,925 families,
prayed or conversed on the subject of
religion with 8122 families, found 1,541
persons habitually neglegting the preach
ing of the gospel, Ludd families destitute
of the Bible, L127 families destitute of all
other religious Nterature, preached 655
sermons, delivered 522 addresses, 323 Sun
day school addresses, held 320 prayer
meetings organized 1% Sunday schools and
one church, held 7 Sunday school conven
tions, baptized 61 persons, apd held meet
ings in which #7 others professed con
version. The great difference between
the number of baptisms and other con
versions reported is due to the prepond
erance of laymen among the colporters,
Brother J. W. Johuson, in the Albemarle
association, reports 72 prayer meetings,
addresses and 3 conversions, He is not
a minister,
8
“ip addition te this missfonary work
they sold 134 Blbles for $1227.15, 2,50
Testaments for $H615; 4.140 books for
$1,460.06; 149.711 pages of tracts and periodi
cals for $1,085.12. Total sales $1,230.51, They
gave away 22 Bibles, valued at $69.32;
M2 Testaments, Valued at $40.73; 465 Looks,
valued at $145.61; 32007 pages tracts, val
ued at $&o.X 10tA1 GORA LTOHS, heea.09, We
tal sales and donations, $4,619.07,
BOOK ACCOUNT.
On hand, Nov. 1, 186 ....ooonn ..8 1850.58
PUTCHASES o.ooovrrrirnns seinasiiine 4,003.87
$5,904.45
Bales coies srrriines ore $4,230.51
Donations ees seessses 258.56
meee 4,510.07
On hand Oct, 31, 1806 ........oo00ne $1,385.38
CASH ACCOUNT.
Balance Nov, 1, 1805 209.80
Received
From Norvell Ryland, treas
UPL 0000 sassssssssssssnss $4,763.95
From Sales” ..cee sevvesen 4,230.51
From 8. 8. Board, South
ern Bap. Conv........... 225.00
Legacy of Mrs. Luey A.
Mayes, Sussex county,
Xie cv sioner Apsaseres 10.00
Profit and loss Re
5.932 03
RR
raid
Salaries «coon sor sian $4,025.58
BOOKS csissser srssiss "hres 3,888.27
Expense account on S100
Freight c.oiee aes esses oe 1204S
£9.205.95
Balance, Nov. 1, 1806
sores 149.8
dent members, autlihitiatia Ws
General Association ....e eer sees 13.685
TPOSLARE 10ers sss sesssseessssarsassnin 105,03
Printing ao ssseee sescrsssrresassnny 3.15
INLOTeSt .ovaess snssrsees Ww 13.00
ROBE 0 sense sessPesnnnsupnnrmmensses
BINLIONEEY 3s sssg sts srsrraassnsnsny 15
EEE ERTL
SLR IMS
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES,
Assots BOOKS oa veneer Lo. 31,085.58
Cash ..coons sees 146.56
Balance reported by
treasurer ooo. oon 436.78
ema 1,068.02
Liabilities—For hooks oe 31,123.58
To colporters.... 105.27
an 108. BO
Excess of assets Se eed EY
J. M. PILCHER,
Corresponding Secretary.
Petersburg, Va., November 10, 1886.
We hereby certify that we have ex
amined the foregoing accounts and found
them correctly stated, We regard the
book-keeping of this office as very im
portant, involving a great amount of
labor, and the system used a most ex
cellent one.
JOHN W. SUTHERLAND,
E. W. ALLEY,
R. W. COLLIER,
Auditing Committee,
THIS WORK ADVOUATRD,
Rev. Dr. Battle, of Petersburg, folTow™=
ed with a detaticd statement of the dul
day school work, and made an earnest
and eloquent appeal for the evangeliza
tion of Virglaia.
pr. Dunaway, the Moderator, here re
linquishea the chair to Rev. Dr, George
Cooper, of the First Baptist church, and
brictly spoke on the same subject, He
stated that luring the thirty years that
he had attended the swegsions of the Gene
eril Association he had rarely taken the
toor. He did so on this occasion, seeing
the necessity of the Sunday School and
Bible Board, and its work, One of the
reasons was that the Board was the
child and the creature of the associa
tion, and was, therefore, hound to take
care of it, Besides the Board should be
supported on account of the dillenlties
it was confronted with, In order to ac
complish the objects for which the Board
had been created, the speaker urged the
various churches in tha State to en
lurge their contribution as much as pos
sible,
After the report had been adopted Rev,
Dr. J. AL Frost, the corresponding secre
ary af 1pt Southern Baptist Convention
ignition lb age
HIRT LT ont e delivered a highly
Bieta address mn the interest of
Pa ae ol Fark, In connection with
EE ae use, which his Board
conc rn wis Fhe pointed ottiwhat. hia
gratifying report Es Rpesenting 4 very
ob gd e urged the dele
Rule do use their imfluence with their
FeApective Shun hes so as to secure thew
3 is Board ile showed in
detail the resulis of the work done by
the Hoard without any financial aid from
the outside, Dr. Frost was listened to
with close attention. He spoke for about
half an hour.
to

At the conclusion of Dr. Frost's ad
Aress the entire congregation sang the
pymn, “Am I a Soldier of the Cross."
THE WORK OF WOMEN,
Rev. Dr. Cooper, of the irst DBaotist
ehurch, read the renort of the Woman's
Central Committes, which was as fol
lows:
Another year with successes and fails
ures has passed and the record is writs
ten on high, we ave assured that results
have been large and beneticial,
“Phere have ben several changes in
our ranks in the pa it year. Two of our
most earnest and consecrated workers,
Mrs. J. O. Kirk and Mis. (5. W. Kilgore,
having been called to their reward,
Other have felt that the demands ol
other duties vaorbaide thelr continuing
with us, and some having removed from
the State, it hecame ne essary to ape
point others in their places. We are
sorry to re port that our efficient corre
sponding secretary, Mra. Br Johnson,
finds that, in consequence of her perms
nent absence from ihe city, it is im
pe ssible for her to keep the work any
longer. thus we are again called on 10
fil the place of corre sponding secretary.
“Phe president has written letters and
sent out quarteriy reports cach quarter,
and the return from them has been most
gratifying, and she is sure that there
are more earnest workers in our ranks
than were before.
“The woman's meetings at the District
Associations were well attended, and
great interest taken in them. In some
instances it has been difficult for the la
dies to find a time when it wes conv®™
nient to the gentlemen for them to have
their meeting, and I now ask that the
brethren will render all the help they
can in giving them a time in which
they may have their meetinge, for I hes
lieve they are promotive of good, and
serve to interest some who would never
Lear of the work otherwise,
“in one of the associations, the New
River Association, there is not a sin
gie mission society. We are entirely at
a loss how to rectify this trouble, and
would be glad for any advice which will
show us how to remedy this, We have
pald more attention this year to the for
mation of Sunb2am Societies, for we feel
that it is of vital importance to train
the children of our churches in habits
of cherriul consecraled giving and devo
tion to every good cause. We are aiming
to establish one or more Sunbeam Socle
ties in epch Sunday school, and we ask
the co-operation of the pastors ark! San
day-school superintendents in this good
work. We are willing to work, but wa
feel that we must have the approval
and co-operation of the brethren if we
want to accomplish any great results,
“At the request of the gunday-8choo
poard of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion in the latter part of August, out
corresponding secretary sent out iM cir
culars calling on all the Sunday schools
to observe Missionary-ixy on September
th.
“I do not know what was the rosulf
of that effort, nor ean know, for the
money that was ralsed on that day was
by request of the Sunday-Schoo! Beard
sent directly from the school ta Nash.
ville, and Aid not pass threngh the hands
of the treasurer of the churches, and, of
course, no credit can be given for thal
amount on the hooks of the treasure:
of the General Assoclation, For gnite g
number of years we have been trying
get our societies to pay all their money
to thelr church treasurer, designating, of

course, for what ghigct raised, 4 fhe
church treasurer to orward the J
to the treasurer of the
cation,
“In view of the fact that our mission.
ary societies are just bertaning to ap
preciate these methods o co-operation
with the General Association, we ex
ceedingly regret this diversion of a part
of the funds that we feel justly belong
to our receipts. We appeal to you to
take some action in the matter.
“The corresponding secretary's report is
before you, showing earnest work on her
part. Please pemember that our work
1s hand, head, and heart work, with none
of the modern appliances for copying or
multiplying letters, ete, and is frequent.
“My Jone at a great sacrifice by the busy
housewife, Nosthought of remuneration
has ever entered the heart of any offi.
cer,
“During this past year, through the
courtesy of the Foreign Mission Board,
the Central Committee have been hold.
ing their meetings in one of their rooms,
Wo now find that whenever we have
our monthly and sometimes weekly meet
Ings it is necessary for one of the secre
taries to give up his room for our accom
modation. We, therefore, are not wills
Ing to impose our presence upon them,
so that now we have no place for our
meetings, and no accommodations for the
storage of literature and the increasing
demands of our correspondence. Cannot
the General Assoclation allow us an ap
pre Jiiution sufficient to give wus this
equipment made absolutely necessary by
our Increased and increasing work?
“The treasurer's report shows a grati
fying increase in receipts. This increase
of $354 shows how earnestly and hopefully
our women can work in the most dis
couraging conditions.
“And now, dear sisters, there are a
few things I wish to say in addition to
what 1 have said to the General Asso
ciation, I am much gratified at the
result of the experiment of sending quar
terly reports to the societies. It not only
helps the vice-president, but serves to
stimulate the socleties to work so that
they will have some things to report.
Now. when the vice-president sends the
quarterly report to you, don't throw it
aside and pay no attention to it, but
fill up the blanks and return it prompt
ly, because the vice-president cannot
make her report to us until she hears
from all the societies in her asspciation
and I am sorely disappointed if I do not
get a report from each association, Again
whenever you have paid your money to
the church treasurer, as requested by
the General Association, don't fail to get
your two receipts from the church treass
urer, and then promptly send the dupli
ciate receipt to Mrs, William Ellyson, 310
south Third street, as she i= the only por
on to whom such duplicate receipts
must be sent,
“In several instances the vice-president
has complained that the memorandum
gent her from the societies of money paid
in to the different Boards, docs not cor
respond with the receipts which Mrs. El
lyson gives account of, This can be
accounted f6r by the irregularity of send
ing in the receipts. There has been a de
cided improvement this year over the
last, and if the treasurer of the socloties
will be more careful the coming year
about filling out the quarterly reports,
which are sent to them by the vicepresi
dent and see that the amounts Corres
pond with the receipts forwarded to Mrs,
Ellvson. I feel sure there will be no dif
ference In the accounts of the vicepres
dent and treasurer,
“Another tlilng: Don't fail to answer the
letters of the vice-presidtut of your as
sociation, It is very discouraging after
one has written a number of letters re
quiring answers to them and no notice
is taken of them. A little thoughtfulness
of each one will soon remedy this trouble,
“In the first part of this address, I spoke
of the Sunbeam Societies I just wish
here to emphasize what 1 said about a
Sunbeam Society in every Sunday-sehool,
It has been found a good plan to make
the infant class ol each Sunday-school
a Sunbeam soclety We have a form ol
constitution and suggestions which’ we
wish them all to adopt so that there wil
be uniformity in the organization, We
will furnish each society with one 0
these constitutions.
“Sometimes when the question is asked
of the pastor or some prominent membe|
of the church, "Have you a missionary
society in your church?’ the answer i
‘no. we have a ladies’ ald society, bu
they do give something to missions ever)
vear." Then, my friends, we do no
ire the formation of any additionn
society, if in your work as an ald society
vou give anything to any of the Board
of the General Association, no matte
how small and insignificant Please re
member, that you are to that exten
workers with ng in woman's work, ane
all we ask, is, that vou would give us
memorandum of that amount, We wil
furnish vou with the blank receipts si
shat vou can fill them out and send then
to Mrs. Ellyson,
“Respectfully submitted In behalf o
the Central Committee
“MRS. A.M. GWATHMEY,
“President.”
OTHER OFFICERS REPORTS.
w= Te El PRY a MN
The report OL MER, BB, J. JEIIALIT, PIE
corresponding secretary of the Central
Committee, for the year ending October
21. 1866, which was also submitted, con
tained the following:
Societies renorted
Woman's Missionary Societies.... 3M
Kunbeams and Bands ...0 IH
Now-societies organized
Woman's Missionary Societles.,.. fi
Sunbeams and Bands .....0 1»
Correspondence—letters and post
als written—
By the Becretfry .....ecsesseesesss 1,083
By the President ....oovvieininien EU
By the Treasurer soveen EY
By the Viece-Presidents.......... 1,292
Th
Total number written 3,082
Letters and postals recefved—
By the Becretary o.oo. seeessniane 6m
Bly the President Lo. p
By the Treasurer o.com 823
By the Vice-Presidents ou. S29
Total number of letters ree'd.... 2,007
Literature distributed
Mission cards everanevsssvre SiR
Mission leaflets cereess ETL
Christmas envelopes .oeeeseens 83,720
Programmes for gathering of en
VelOPeS sevr rrsrisrene eersssernrin Si
Programmes for Week of Prayer... 35
Appeals for week of self denial., 365
Leaflets, week of self-denial... $000
Recommendations of boards........ 3
Programmes for Sunday-Sehool
Missionary-Day rires serssnessns HB
ADRURIE +..r sevirrer sramabsnseps SRN
Woman's Miss'n Union Reports... 37
Foreign Mission Journal .......e
Kind Words vovirvsnsnrsssrsnns 1,626
1.210
HOLA ...ov sre ssness ssesnpanses Shiflh
Mite barrels furnished 32
Frontier hoxes sent ssersvres 4
Frontier boxes now in preparation.. kil
FF ITINNRIKEE race vy I'M pp Np TRE» ses
The report of Mrs. Willlam Ellyson,
the treasurer of the Central Committee,
in regard to the financial transactions of
that body during the year, from Npvem
ber 1, 1865. to November 1, 1856, shows
the following:
RECEIPTS.
Amounts furnished by Committee
on Co-operation .ooevveen.e.3 150,00
Balance on hand from previous
DISBURSEMENTS.
Pald for postage, printing, station
ORY, BL0. fs var reser arsenmpess eres I al
Balance on hand, Nov. 1, 180...... 2.08
$157.01
CONTRIBUTIONS MADRE FOR THE
YEAR.
First quarter, ending Feb, 1, 188, $5.212.85
Second quarter, ending May 1,
Third quarter, ending August 1,
Fourth quarter, ending November

Total CEE sae sinnn sen nana SHLERS 0
YRAP os sevier sarin srasirsarransess. Ru
Total
1596 Atria es creat vee
1588... none ns HIP IIAR RE
sooner Herrsrrnians ceens
Sunday-School and Bible Poard........... 11% 39
Minister's Relief Fund covviiiiinne 66 24
TORRE w+ con sesenn rasta ansnsn sasassenen J704 62
crease Of OVER AL. fuer aunarter 1 3
hi decrease in the last grid i
port, making the gain for
J0d68, 2
A rene reports were, of course, opt
av. Mr. Taylor then presented, ni
behalf of the Special Committee the
had been appointed wii Buniay Wy Ing
5 wrpry Bs Mp ys Baptist Orphan
A report set forth that the re.
ent of the Board of Trustees, requl
the treasurer of the association to
certain detailed statements to the Board,
x a reasonable and proper one. The
Wis 4 reasona
report, which was signed by all members
of the committee, was adopted,
The
mer
y
OR GREATER AID.
Rev. Mr. Davis offered the following
resolntion:
“Whereas the times are propitious for
an Yehoenas movement in the Sunday
sohool work of the state,
ol Whereas the fostering of this ath a
one of the feng of ihe Su y
School and Bible Board, an

Whereas the work of this Board in
this department for the last year has
been gratifying and encouraging; there
ore, he it
y aaa. That the Board he urged to
put further and larger emphasis upon
thie feature of the work dering the next
wintional vear,
2
Iesolved, That the churches be re
quested to increase their contributions,
i that these ingfructions be carried out,
3
The resolution was adopted, and, after
several announcements In regard ta
meetings daring the remainder of the
dav had been made, an adjournment
wie token until 7:50 P. M,

NEPORTSON EDUCATION,
Anather crowded house greeted the
Moderator last evening when he opened
the session of the General Association at
the Grace-Street tabernacle at 7:30
o'clock. After the singing of the open
ing hymn, “I love Thy Kingdom, Lord,"
a fervent prayer was offered by Rey,
Dr. Whitsett, Secretary Hugh CC, Smith
then read the minutes of the sessions on
Sunday night and Monday morning,
which were approved,
Dr. Hatcher announced that he had
a pocketbook in his possession that
had befn lost. at the Richmond College
during the afternoon, but he did net
want all of his hearers applying for it,
Rev. Mr. Jordan, of Birmingham,
was then presented by Rev reaMe
Connell, and briefly expressed his
tharks for the compliments paid him,
Mr. J. Taylor Ellyson then submitted
the report of the Board of Education.
The report was in part as follows;
I USixty-sixth annual report of the Bdu
i'ion Board,
he education of young men to preach
the gospel is a work in which the Bap
thst of Virginia have ever sinee the or
ganization of our General Association
taken an active and sympathetio interest,
The Education Board, during all the
vears of its history has enjoyed in a
lnrge measure the confidence and esteem
of thelr brethren, and in their work of
better equipping young men for the min.
istry, they have enjoyed the hearty cos
operation of the churches of the State,
The Interest in this great department of
Christian activity was never greater than
HOW
2
We have under our care this session
Hfty-=nine young men, of which numbep
one is pursuing his studies at Oakland
\oademy, forty-two at Richmond Col
ind sixteen at the Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary,”
After giving the list of the names of
the students and the associations they
represent, the report continues:
3
“The number of students we are aid
ing this sergion is two less than we had
last year OF these, the one at Oaks
Lind Academy 18 a new student; of the
iorty-two at Richmond College, twenty
eight are old and fourteen are new stuy
dents, and of the sixteen aft the Bemi
hary, seven are old and nine are new
students; =o that of the fifty-nine stus
dents of the present term, thirty-five are
old students, and twenty-four enter upon
thelr studies under our care this your
for the frst time
i
“It will be noticed that we have ox»
tended ald to a YOUug man at Oakland
\cademy, We did this, frst, because th
hptieant was worthy, and because, with
covery small amount from the board, he
would be able during the year to pres
pare himself thoroughly for college work
next session; and forether, because we
Were anxious to extend ald to young men
nt academies. We have giways des
to do this, but our cbarrassed adie
condition has for so any yeals pres
vented our giving to this class of young
men that ald which we would otherwise
bave cheerfully rendered.
1
i


“It will be seen from our treasurer’
report that we had on hand at the bes
glining of the year $84.50. We have re.
ceived during the year $4,766.30, making In
all 25,033.19. We have expended dur t
year 3.765, leaving a balance ht
October 31, 1566, of $3004.54.
“We owe the Southern Baptist Theolosh
cal Seminary for the board of studen
last year $727.25. 'Thiz amount, whieh
ought to be paid immediately, would leave
balance on hand te be applied to the
work of the present year of $179.29, A
number of years ago an agreement was
mada with the seminary that in consid
eration of our payment of two-thirds of
all the expenses of the Virginia studen
under our care at the seminary, ther
would be no special collections in this
State for the support of Virginia stu
dents. In consequence of this arrange:
ment the seminary has for a8 number of
years pald out hundreds of dollars fol
fhe support of Virginia students from
money secured by special collections I
qtheg States,
a
y

“It has seemed both to the i 4 4,
authorities and the Education Hoard tha
Virginia Baptists ought to be willing, a
we feel we are able, to pay all the ex
pensges of the Virginla students recom:
wended by this board as worthy of ew
help at the seminary. It is but propel
to #uy that it Is ouly within the les
year that the semipary suthoritics have
brought this matter to our suention. BY
vo lung as théy were able to secure
cient funds for the support of
students they wore perfectly willing
the arrangement with us should
and whilst they de not even now
that the present arrangement shall
cancelled, they do feel, with your
that Virginia ought not to be
Board, which
they among
wat
8 10 teach
ha a dog
i
American
our thanks are due to the soclety for
the readiness with which they fill all
our orders and extended needed credit
WORK OF THE PAST YEAR.
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M—————————— i
General Association held
was at the anmml meeting on last Fri
day re-elected with great unanimity and
that without any MHmit in time, a fact
which but feebly expresses the high ap
preciation whicli the trustees have of his
aright, but with their poverty and com
parative ignorance, ‘what are
many?’
“Among the native white population is
the work of the appeals
most strongly to our affections and this
is the most interesting phase of Home
Missions. Work in these flelds has pro
gressed most satisfactorily in every diree
tion so far as means have been afforded
for prosecuting it, the Board is
specially anxious to put a larger force to
work in Oklahama Territory, a far land
rapidly filling up and destined to Le a
preat State, With sufficient means at
its disposal, the Board can in a few years
#0 leaven it with Christian teaching that
when it arrives at statehood, it will be
indeed a Christian, a Baptist State,
‘A study of the history of the United
States, especially that part covering the
formation and adoption of our present
Constitution, must convince the thought
ful student that his Union of States has
been guid d by Divine Providence through
the dangers of those early day
the world lessons it had never learned
h
elsewhere, One lesson above all others
geems to be the independence and re
sponsibility of the individual. This prin
ciple, in conjune tion with the other great
foundation principle of our government
that the will of the majority must he re
copnized as supreme in matlers of Siate
policy, subject only to the limfttations
of the Constitution itself, In an exact
counterpart to our Baptist principles. Is
jt presuming too much then, to draw
the conclusion that our denomination is
the hope of the nation and thereby the
hope of the world to set forth man's
true relation to God and his fellow men?
“1f the deduction is just, what an ud-
p——
$6,413.51

Sad FN
EXPENSE ACCOUNT IN DETAIL,
Travelling expenses of General
Supt., authorized by the board... $112.69
Travelling expenses of nonresi
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