The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-27

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the presentation hy the pastor of the church.
on behalf of the school. of beautiful silver
hntter-dish and y large. handsomely bound
Bihle-thc former to the faithful and excel
| lent meloGeonist. and the hitter TO Mr.. 5.
Edward Bates. the competent librarian.
| ST sARr's GERMAN CHURCH.
| AT 10 O'Clock Sunday morning Right Rev
bl'Eop Gibbons administered the sacrament
~ confirmation to ln2 girls and boys at st.
Mary : German Catholic) church. The sa-
| crcd edIfice was filled with an eXtraordina-
rhy large congregation, including many who
were attracted thither to witness the solemn
| ana interesting ceremonies. The candidates
| for confirmation were appropriately dress
fd-the girls in neat and tasty white. with
flowing yeils and wrealhs of flowers upon
their head>; the boys bciug also uniformly
c'au. After the ceremony the Bishop ad-
dtcSScd the little ones upon the importance
OF the great @ift which had been bestowed
| upon them that day. and the necessity tor
strict attention TO their religious duties
through life
Solemn High-hlnss WAS then celebrated by
Rev. Father Albert. of Bethlehem, Penn,
assisted hy Father Herman Wolfe and Fa-
ther Jans.rns; during which Il sermon i'll
German was preached by Father Wolfe.
The music on the OCCASION was unusually
fine. Beside; the regular choir, there wils
grand orchestral accompaniment under the
leadership OF Captain McCanu, the combini-
ton rendering Mllard's Mass in style
never before cquaIed in st. Mary's chulrb.
The singers were led by Mrs. DuweIl the
whole being directed hy MIR. Duwel. The
I" Dcnm. in German, sung by the whole
congregation standing. was indeed most inl-
pre>>ivc and grand.
ST. PETERS CATHEDRAL.
At this place of divine worship on Sunday
nothing OF an UNUSUAL character occurred
during the morning. but in the afternoon ut
vcspcrs number of children were received
rs = Children Of Mary" by Bishop Gibbons,
the obligations and responses being made on
he part ut the children hy Miss johanna
Doh. rtv. Others were received aS a>pilantS
having to undergo Il probation Of six months
before being rcgullrly admitted 10 The So
rtcIy. About fifteen Of the smaller girls of
The congregation, raDgin" from five TO ten
years of age, were also received into the
Society of Angels. Bishop Gibbons then
spoke to them briefly in his usual happy and
interesting manner \ beautiful hymn and
the litany of the Blessed Virgin were then
sung by the children, and the service, con-
cluded by til" henediction of the Blessed
Sacrament.
FRIENDS MEETISG-HOrSE.
AT this place of worship, Mes,rs. David
Douglas, q! Ohio, and Fernando Cotirtland.
Of Chicago, took part in the services on sun
day. The former delivered il highly inter
c>ting and instructive discourse. his remarks
hciug based on portion OF scrlpt,lre taken
frpp fhp third rboptpr of i,nyrl ,tinD
OTHER CHURCHES.
At the Second Baptist church the pastor
ntcatcd in the morning, and Rev. J. Il.
kcndrick at night.
Al the Gra"c-strcct Baptist, Rev. y. W.
Wilson. having returned TO the city. preached
botI, morning and night.
AT st. Johns tEpiscopai, in the absence
| of the pastor. Rev. Dr. Wall, morning PRAYER
w;,S read by one of the lay readers, and Rev.
Mr.. Page preached.
At the Monumental in the morning, divine
service WAS read hy Rev. Mr.. Clarke. ot
Halifax county. At the same church IN the
afternoon, evening prayer was read by Rev.
!. l.. Hammond. oi' ihc Meade Memorial
church, Manchester. assisted by Rev. Mr..
Derby, cf Sussex county. and Rev. George
Woodbridge, y. d., pastor of the Monu-
mental. Rev. Mr.. Clarke, of Halifax,
preached most solemn and impressive SER
mon.
At the Broad-Strcct Methodist church tic
pastor, Dr. Granb.Iy. otiiciateh in the moIn-
Ing. At nyht DR.. -Scl,allr. OF New York,
delivered an address to the congregation on
! the saline subject IL, The discourse IL DR..
| lIogc's in the afternoon.
| BArTlSMS.
One hundred and twcnty-eight persons
| were baptized in Manchester by Rev. 4. l..
| Bihgee on Sunday mornin2--torty-ci"lt
males and eighty females. The candidate,
| were baptztd in the river at n point near
the DauviIlr railroad. the females hcin"
| dressed in white.
At the PInc-Strrrt Baptist church Hcv.
| Mr.. Hu,>o baptized two candidates OF S'In'
day night.
On Sunday, previous TO The npc2irg of the
morning services, Rev. Anthony Finger,
! m,stur of the Cnlo:cl Riptl>t church. i'm
mcr.cd Il lar.,c number of candidates Of both
sexes in the James. just below the Dmvlilc
bridge. This unusually large haptIsn was
| the result of most successful revival,
through which that church has just passed,
and in which the pastor kbored zeaIously.
At the Meade Memorial church lev. Mr.
Derby, of Sussex, otfcaied in the morning,
and the pastor, having returned from WIN
chester, preached at night.
At the Baptist church IIcv. Dr. Dickinson
| (lus. from AlIany, y. l.) i" rupicd The pull
pit in the forenoon. AT night there was Il
mass memorial meeting. Able addresses
were delivered hy Rev. DR.. Dickinson and
! Or. l.. r. Chiles, and nearly $500 was sub
| Scrihed.
The regular pastors otticiatcd at the Meth
odist and Presbyterian churches.