The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-27

hEv. MIR, =, EARLE AT THE FIRST BAPTIST
EHuRcH.-Ihe announcement that tha
rev: A. d. Earle would preach at the First
DaptiSt church last night caused that com
iiouious place OF worship to be crowded. n
1911 a.n LINUS. capacity with an eager connre
Who during his former visit to this citv .,poo nus
iessea conversion under his ministry or
night alter night heard admiringIv his sim.
Gospel of Jesus. p''''nins ol toe
Ine reverend gentleman having arrival
from Norfolk in the afternoon msda Ii.
appearance at the church punctnnlIv ~ iha he
appointed hour. Notwithstandinp bis er, ero
1nat natsalnS iahors as an evangelist since wo
@ aass saw MIN IN this house nearly two Years
aSG, hls hou1ap lace Is marked by no new
wrinkles, ana not hair of his head seemed
TO have changed its color. He Ionts tthto tn Gu
NOT more than fifty years of age. whiIe ba
ahust Ia De over sixty and this hale broad.
cncstcu, strong-Voiced man has, durino =
thlll'stly Oh lorty years, preached NOT le,s
IMAM lO,OoO SermOns-an aycrape of ono -
day; and since October last he has trovaIIod I =
over l2,0OO miles and preached Zoo ser.
mons-an average OF more than two e,nb
Gay: wherever he has gone the spirit of
COO seems to have followed, and the seals
OIL MS ministry are numbered by thousands
| ~" VIZ eo'o". So NOuuer That such q
| large and promiscuous crowd is huShaJ
into stiffness, and no wonder that thew wait
breath lessly for the first utterance of ono
who has done so mich for his felowmrn.
| Besides Mr.. Earle there were seated in
| the pulpit the following ministers: Rev,
Drs. Curry, Jeter, Dickinson, and Cham
bliss, of Richmond Rev. Or. II. &. Keen.
Of Kentucky. The services were opeucd
| by the singing OF the 18th hymn, which
was first read by Rev. DIR. Jeter. air,
Earle then stepped forward and read the
parable Of the rich man and Lazarus,
| making some characteristic and pointed
eXpo>lJOry comments upon almost every
sentence. Prayer was then offered by
Rev. DR.. Keen; after which the 1245th
hymn was sung, the whole congregation
rising, at the suggestion of the preacher
that they had been sitting long while
and might be relieved by standing.
Before announcing his text, Mr.. Earle
made a few personal remarks. explaining
that he had made this appointment primer
pally with view to meeting and greeting
his dear friends in Richmond once more in
the flesh. lie could tarry Withthem but Il
night, but hoped that the reflections of that
night would not be unproductive of good.
His text was then announced-the2 oath and
25th verses of the 18th chapter of st. Luke.
The sermon preached was plain-spoken
exposition of the prayer of the rich man in
hell. and the answer, with statement of
the lessons lcgitimatcly deduced from the
text.
There was no display of rhetoric. or
gorgeous word-painting, and no apparent
straininga at effect, but simple, earnest pre-.
seutation OF the truth, in language that
sometimes seemed almost too homely. But
every word was heard with attention, and
there is reason to believe that the effect was
good.
The whole congregation arose again in
singing the last hymn, and, led by the
splendid organ, joined in the tune with an
JUNCTION that gladdcucd the hearts Of the
old fathers and mothers in the church
The benedction was then pronounced, and
the dense tnrong quietly dispersed.
Mr.. Earle leaves Richmond this morn
ing, and expects to preach in Rev. DR..
Fuller's new church, Baltimore, Tonight.