The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-30

| The. secretary adds that the monthly
meetings of the Union have been bcld dl-
ring the wear without single interruption,
though the attendance for the most part mas
been very thin. Five topics have been dis
cussed ut these mcetings-ViZ: 1st. COlored
Schools: 2nd. Character and Conduct OF
| the monthly meetings; Sd. The one Lesson
system as published by the Presbyterian
Committee 4th. Contributions to forelen
Missions and the other General Causes oil
the Church 9th. Mission Schools ana our
duty in regard to the same.
After this rcport was read the Ircs-
ident, Mr.. Slcight, submitted few re-
! marks, by way of revciw of the operations
of the various schools during the past year.
We make the following extract:
"The work among the brethren OF The
Third Church has been prosecuted Wild
untiring yigOr, and with great success. anu
| by the report of our secretary to-day, we
| find that its numbers are largely increased
over the reports Of former years. The la-
| dies of the church have in their united ca.
| pacity clothed many poor children, ana
thus drawn them into Tue school While
some $3.50 for the purchase OF Il new library,
and an organ for the schools.
| Nearly all our people are familiar with
| the facts regarding the labors of the chill
dren in the Gracc-Strcet School. For more
] than q wear past their little hearts and
| hands have been striving to accomplish 4
given purpose. God has blessed their et-
| forts, and crowned them with success,
while over $500 raised by The children, will
place in their new church beautiful pull
Dit, which will, we trust, stand for long
wears, as a monument to the mIghtlness Oh
Titles, and the labors Of the children.
~. llnccoI i'm I'll nir uptICp ya3l
| for this good work, they have received a yet
greater blessing in spiritual things, for the
!" still small voice" has been whispering
among the classes, and many dear ones have
lbeen added to the communion OF the
church.
| During much of the past year the
lIschooI Of tho Second Church has felt the
broodings Of the Holy Spirit in its midst,
and ut nearly every communion large addl-
| tions have been made to the church from
| the ranks of the Sabbath school. The pas
ltor has, at stated times, held special SER
vices for the school, and his sermons to the
children have been The means of great good.
| Teachers have been quickened and en-
couraged, and children brought to sit at
Jesus's feet. This school has also been re-
Gently supplied with large new library
| and an organ.
| The Manchester. School has, during the
past year, emerged from its mission charac-
| ter and taken its stand in our ranks as q
| PRESBYTERIAN school. Its numbers have
steadily increased, and now, with u pastor
| for their church and the speedy prospect OF
house of worship, there is every hope
that its future will be marked with useful
| ness and success. ...-. .u.
Progress, zeal, and precious fruits
have crowned the labors Of the workers
| iu the school connected with the First
Church. The attendance hus been regular
and increasing, while souls have been given
to the laborer for his hire, and gathered
| from the school to the communion Of the
church. A large Bible class OF young men
| has been regularly sustained, and has
! proved the means of much good. This
school has also during the year sup
piled one of its departments with a
new library, and the teachers have pro-
yiled for constant additions to it by the
formation of library fund, through the
nayment Of three cents each week by every
teacher. This fund will supply the school
| with nearly one hundred volumes yearly.
| One fact of interest which does not appear
from the statistics presented by the secre-
| tary is this: that large additions have been
made to the church from the school since
the close of the last fiscal year April 3Otn,
than during the entire previous year. Tue
same fact applies also to the Grace-stree'
| school, and perhaps Others"
! Addresses peculiarly appropriate aud I'M
pressiye were then delivered by Rey. Dr
Hoge and Maj. Rob't Stiles, and after sing
| ing the benediction was pronounced by
Rev. Thos. L. Preston.