The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-01
CHURCH NOTES.

III ~ Aen', ana services appropriate to the day
were held.
AT st. Johns, Rev. j. s. Hauckcl, OF
Christ church, Charlottesville. filled DR.
Wallis pulpit both morning and evening
Or. Wal! being absent from the city.
AT the Monumental, Rev. Mr.. Gibson, as.
s'stant rector Of st. JameS'S, exchanged pull
pits with DR.. Woodbridge in the morning
and delivered an interesting discourse.
The solemn rite Of confirmation will be
in this church on the 9th
Instant.
ST. PETERS CATHEDRAL
was crowded, as usual, on Sunday evening
but il possible the attendance was excep,
tionally great on this soccasion-Passion Sun.
iay-~-the congregation being composed moi
only of members Of the church, but oi
A large number of persons Of religious de.
other than Catholic. The dis.
course was delivered by Right Rev. Bishop
Gibbons; and while this learned divine
Illustrated gracefully the doctrines Of his
own faith, as has been so far his wont, he
never once reelected upon the beliefs OF
others. His subject was "Thc lniallbillty
OF the Catholic Church in her Teachings"
After brief explanatory eXordium ne
seized upon the sacred texts, and referred
to the heavenly promise that Upon this
rock will build my church, etc.; that the
rains might fall, the storms blow, and the
floods wash. vet she would stand firm and
intact, and hell could not prevail against her.
He then showed that when the Saviour sent
forth his disciples, he sent them so with bis
divine authority, promising that when he
left them the Paraclttc-the Comforter
would be by him delegated for their strength
cnmcDt Of faith. BY this saying nc bealltl'
fully illustrated that Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost were coGqual and coGXistent.
Abiding to the continuity of the Catholic
Church, he adverted to the allegations OF hel
enemies that she had been pure up to the
close of the sixth century, and that then she
became corrupt, and for eight centuries sc
remained. lie asserted that those who were
called Reformers who so alleged either tolt
the truth or Christ told a lie. In othe
words, the Reuecmer was the truth-tcller o
the others the mistaken ones; for the Sariou
promised to be dt,Cdys with uisapostles ant
disciples unto the end of time. There was, b.
added, as much need of grace in the nine
teenth century as there was in the first. Th
ordaining power which Christ bestowed
upon His apostles of binding on earth tha
which would be ratified in Heaven, and uic
rersa, he urged was promised link which
could not afford a gap of eight centuries
" Forever" did not mean the first century
and the command given to those whom H,
sent forth. to shake the dust off their feet, o.
sandals. against the cities that would not re
ccive them-upon whom would fall a fat,
worse than that of Sodom and Gomorrah-
was confirmation of the unbroken perpetuity
of Chrst's guardianship Of His beloved ant
eternal Church.
Altogether the discourse was elegantly de
!ivercd, classical in diction, cogently theo
logical IN argument and thought, and singu
larIy luminous, and its broad spirit of Chris
tim. brotbcrly love very commcndable.
The choir was full and satisfactory. Mrs
b WIS particularly grand in her solos
Her even soprano voice and staccatO fleXi
h;iity in ornamental beauties merit muct
praise, While the sweet and bird-likc soprano
Of Mrs. W was in delightful contrast
These ladies. with the assistance Of the othc
members of the choir, rendered the music 0
the evening in an artistic and pleasing man
ncr.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
After the sermon Sunday morning Rev
u. l.. Winiree baptized nine candidates il
the presence of Il very large congregation
Five other candidates for baptism were re
ceiyed 1T the close OF the Sunday school
There have been about sixty professions o
conversion during the revival in this church
The meetings will be continued every nigh
this week.
In the afternoon the quarterly meeting 0
the infant class of the Sunday school wa
held.
After most delightful singing by the little
ones, and Il MISREPRESENTATION by their &c
teacher, which showed mos
careful training and familiarity with TIT
lessons on the part Of the children which
would put older heads to the blush, ad
dresses were made by Rev. j. William Jones
General Superintendent Of the Firgmi
Baptist Sunday-School and Bible Board, ant
Rev. DIR. Curry, Of Richmond College.
The prizes were then distributed TO the NJ
small delight of the little ones and tht
gratificltiou Of the large number OF Visltor
present.
This class numbers upwards of two hun
dred, and Mrs. Curry has shown most extra
ordinary power in tcaching and managin!
them.
SECOND BAPTIST.
Large congregations morning and nigh
heard Rev. DR.. KendTick, the new supply o
this church, and were highly pleased will
his cllaste style and eloquent presentation o
gospel truth. -Four persons were rccciyrt
into the communion of this church.
GRACE-sTREEr BAPTIST.
In the absence of the Iastor OH mcmoria
work the pulpit was most acccptablY fillet
by Rev. Mr.. Province, student at Richmont
College.
LEIGE-STREET BAPTIST.
Rev. J. r. Garlick being absent at memo
rial meeting in King and Queen, the pulpl
was filled by Rev. j. B. Iurpin, a member
of this church, who has recently t0rsakeD tht
law for the ministry. The pulpit efforts o
this Young divine seem to give the highes
satisfaction to his hearers.
METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The attendance at the Manchester churche:
in the morning was not SO good aS the beaut!
full weather seemed to warrant, but wa
better ut night. The feature OF the Ga!
was the quarterly celebration OF tht
Methodist Sunday school, at their church
at 81 O'clock 2. NJ. The singing by
the choir and the school was excel
lent; and interesting addresses were de-
Iiyered by Rev. AIessrs. McG!vaiy ano
Lumpkin, and Masters John IL. Conner and
Charming Rcdford. aud handsome sun
was collected in aid of the purchase of &
library.
The following report for the quarter wa,
submitted On roll, six officers, five female
and fourteen male teachers, and ffty-twc
female and one hundred and six male
scholars, and The average attendance is about
sixty-fiyc per cent. Utner interesting state.
,nents were made The school mourns the
loss of three of their number by death since
January lst. The next meeting will be held
on the last Sunday in June.
THIRD PRESBYTERIAN.