The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-04

FRIESDS-DR. HOGE'S LECTURE AT AS
sEMBLY L-INTEREsTING FACTS
CONCERNING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH,
&C. &C. ~
The bright and beautiful weather on Sun.
day morning brought out large congrega-
| tions at the various city .churches, and the
religious services were attended with the
| usual interest. -.
METHODIST CHURCHES. ...
All the Methodist churches were largely
| attended on Sunday morning. DR.. Edwards
received twelve members at Centenary
! church, making in oil tifty-three received du-
| ring the conference year, now near its close.
Congregations large both morning and
aiS;nn aigh'; The church is in a prosperous con-
The revival at Manchester continues.
Rev. W. G. Lumpkin reported twenty.three
! conversions during the past week. He re-
ceived thirteen members on Sunday, and
| baptized nine. Meetings continue every
| night this week.
Rev. B. F. Woodward received nine mem.
bers at Clay.Street church OH Sunday morn
ing. Congregations large and the church in
a prosperous condition. Rev. W. B. Nc.
Givary preached at night.
Good congregations and large communion
services at all the other Methodist churches
| in the city. The pastors are all closing up
| their work for the Conference year. The
| Conference is to be held in the city of Nor
folk, commencing on Wednesday the 2Gth
| instant.
BAPTIST CHURCHES.
Rev. j. B. Hutson, pastor of Pine-Street
| Baptist church, preached the anniversary
sermon of his first years pastorate. Twelve
months ago the church numbered 225. Du-
ring the year they had added 81 by baptism,
33 by letter, and 20 by restoration, and their
dimnutions had been six by death, four by
letter Of dismission, and 13 by exclusion,
leaving net gain of 1T. On Sunday two
were baptized one received, and two made
professions of conversion, making 2G CONVEX
| sions as the result of their recent revival.
The present membership Of the church is
544.
At Gace-street Baptist Sunday school on
Sunday there were present five hundred
scholars, and fifty-eight officers and teachers.
The congregations were very large both
morning and night. 'alD the afternoon there
was an interesting meeting of the Young
Mems Missionary Society.
| Al the Venable-Street chapel in the morn.
ing the chapel was filled to hear the introduc.
tory sermon of Rev. George f. Williams,
late of Mobile, who has come to take charge
of this important interest. He chose rs his
text Jeremiah l.. &: "Say not | Am a child.''
He gave the reason why the prophet, in
contemplating his great work, should con.
slider himself child. And then Oh the
other band why lie should not call himself q
child. Weak Of himselt-a child-but strong
in the Lord-a man.
| He applied these principles to the work oi
the Church-the return Of the sinner-and
his own personal work in this new field Of
labor. He was Il child of himself, but felt
strong ip the Lord, and relied Oh Hin for
help in .Hlflling has ambition, which Was to
win souls to Jesus and build up His cause.
| In the afternoon the house was crowded
to its utmost capacity to witness the installa-
| ton services OF the new missionary.
| j. y. Winston, Esq, president Of the
| Sunday School Association, under whose
auspices this mission has been fOstered,) con.
Quoted the exercises, Introducing them with
a very appropriate and stirring little talk.
| After PRAYER by Rev. III. ii. Harris, Rev.
J. William Jones spoke on "The Mission
! Work of the Sunday School Association"
Dir. Burrows made Il most appropriate adj
dress of welcome TO the new missionary,
| W., bls
address to the congregation, in which he ap-
pealed to them most earnestly to sustain
| Mr.. Williams by their sympathies, their
prayers, and their active cooperation. The
singing OIL the occasion was very fine.
Mr.. Williams is a graduate Of Rochester
University and of the Southern Baptist The
illogical Seminary; was most efficient
worker in our army during the war; has
been most successful mission pastor in Mo-
/ bile; and enters upon his new field OF
labor with every prestige of success.
| Rev. j. NJ. Butler, pastor Of sidney Bap-
tist church, baptized eleven candidates on
Sunday afternoon, making twenty-one in
| all as the result of the recent revival.
Rev. DR.. j. L. NJ. Curry addressed large
congregation at the Manchester Baptist
church Sunday evening in the interest ol
the Baptist Sunday-School Mission Society
The address produced a good feeling, and
quite number of persons joined the Socl
ETY.. Services at the Baptist church to-mor'
row and Friday night. .- ..
DIR. uoGE's LECTURE AT ASSEMBLY HALL.
Assembly Hall has rarely been more
crowded than it was on the occasion of the
delivery of DR.. Hoge'S lecture on the PROV
Iince of the Supernatural on Sunday morn
| ing. Every chair was filled and many ad
| ditional seats had to be provided to accomo
date the congregation. .....
| After the usual Sunday morning services
DR.. Hoge announced as his text the 1st, "a
Sd. and 18th verses of the 1st chapter of Gene
sis. and the 7th verse of the I'd chapter Of
the same book. We shall not attemptan ao
stract of the lecture. It was one OF DR.
Hoye's ablest efforts, and commanded the pro
found attention of the, congregation.
The next lecture Of the course Will. be de
liyered at Assembly Hall on next sunday
morning. Subject: The Law of Develop
ment as Applied to Christianity.
| sEyESTH-sTREEr CHRISTIAN.
At the Seventh Street Christian church or
Sunday the congregations were large botE
morning and night. In the morning one
| person was admitted Into membership, ano
at night there were two confessions. The
services at this church were particularly IN
teresting.
| $3.50. FRIENDS aEETING.HoUsE.
On Sunday Richard Harkness, minister
| in the Society of Friends, preached at tht
Friends Westinghouse, on Clay street ABOVE
First, in the morning. His sermon was yer!
interesting, and was listened to "lth marked
attention. ..>A--i
| -.u .u..r CATHOLIC.
At St. Peters Cathedral Sunday high
mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Van
De Vyver. A discourse was delivered D!
Right Rev. Augustine Verot, Bishop OF ST
Augustine, Fla, Ia the course OF when az
read some very interesting historical lacts
connected with the Church in this State,
dating as far back as i570-eyer three pun
dsed years ago-together with the progress