The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-07


LUsIoSS-FACTS AND FIGURES-M1SS1ON-
AIRY YMEETiNG-PREsHfTE SUNDAY
SCHOOL USION-REP0RTS FROM THE
PREACHERS. MEETINtf--FIRST ANNUAL
SERMON OF REV. ME. TYLER, OF THE
sEyENTu-sTREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH
CHURCH ADDITIONS, &C, &c.
Sunday was Il very interesting day in
nearly all of the city churches, and. as Il gen.
rra thing. the congregations were quite
lrrrc. The weather was as beautiful! as one
could have wished ii. and rescmblcd rather
a spring or summers day than the fall sea-
son.
ANNIVERSARY SERMON.
Or, Burrows, of the First Baptist church,
resumed his regular pastoral and pulpit ser
vices on Sunday 1t was the nineteenth an
uiyrr>ary OF his settlement i'll Richmond,
and he preached Il review discourse on
CHANGES. rom job xiv, IS.
The kcy-notc Of the sermon seemed to be
struck hy this sentence:
"%ircc we met on 4 like occasion year
ago evcrythin@a md every hcing inall the uni
verse. except God. has cllangtd."
ts all change is toward completeness or
ncrIection. or from it toward corruption or
decay. all were urged to consider in which
direction their spirits were tending.
TIE satisfied returns showed in increase
of srr@atYciTt members. and diminution
NV removal, death. &c. Of thirtv-SiN, the
present number OF members in communion
being eight hundred and siXty-onc.
In speaking Of the supplies for the pulpit
during his engagement in the memorial
work of the year pr. Burrows said: The
gospel has been preached to you during the
vear bv able and faithful ministers of Christ
In this respect you have lost nothing by the
absence Of your pastor from the pulpit.
The earnest, clear, well-prcrared, tcrvent-
ly-uttcrcd sermons Of Rev. ID. Is. Wlntree,
and his nightly laborS in the lecture-room IN
protractcd services, were successful III their
direct results and beneficial in their gene
raj influence. You are, and always will be,
| trust, in the knowledge Of divine truth
communicated. and in the impulse given to
your practical piety. the better for these
miniStrations. Brother Wiufrce has Gu
dearcd himself 10 no heart among you
more than TO mine by these efficient and
dcvout laborS.
The two months services ,of Rev. DR..
Broaddus will never be forgotten by you
nor by me. Every text from which ne
preached. when read hy you or repeated in
your hearing in the future, will bring freshly
TO your memory Il distinct and useful tram
of thought, OF which every part is so linked
in with every other part that the grasp of
any one link brings the whole chain into
your hand. DiScourSc>. grand in their sill
plictv. clear and compact in expression,
crowded with rich truths, plain to the COM
prehcnsion of the unlcttcred. and yet fur
1 f,r u nd rr,t,lnl N.iIIys worthy pt
being pondcrcd hy philosopher and thcolG-
gian, delivered with earnest, quiet. unaSStlm-
| iuy naturalncS>. they left M impression upon
| common minds and upon cultivated minds
alike that perhaps no other man could cHci
effrc. On this community. 1t ceyatcs oilr
estimate of the piety and Intelligence oi the
pcoplc of Richmond that sermons Of this
character should so profoundly interest
them. They were SO free from all mere SELL
| satiGnaliSm, from the noisy dcclamltlon that
80 often passes for Oratory, from the stlitcd.
ornate rhetoric which substitutes sounding
wordSand strained tropcS for great thoughts,
| that it all reminds one o. the hGmble yet
| noble hQastiur of st. Paul: "Our rejoicing
| is this, the testimony of oar conscience. that
| in simplicity GnG gody sincerity. not G1h'
feShiy cisdom, but ny the grace OF God, we
| have had our conversation i'll the world,
| and more dbUndduiy tO,rdrd you."
| should do injustice to my own feelings
| if did not. in such connection is this. eX-
press my own gratiul appreciation-and l
am sure express yours, too-of the useful
and always welcome services Of our own
beloved ielow-mcmberS DrS. Curry and
| Tupper, who have been uniformly ready
| from their gathered stores OF study. and
thought, and experience, to impart a por-
ton. in season, for your comfort and cdih-
| cation.
| Your former pastor, too. Rev. DR.. Jeter. in
| his hale, vigorous, and graceful age" his
eye not dim nor his natural force abated'-
has frequently and always acceptablF filled
| the pulpit.
l cannot personally name all who have
kindly made up for lack Of direct pastoral
service during my absence. My colleague
pastors of the city, who bave generously
answered many calls to sick-rooms and flnc.
rails. and spoken words of comfort to the
afflicted and mourning visiting ministers
who have preached for you; some among
our own members. who have so usetuly
contributed 10 the interest Of the Wednes
day-ni~ht lecture the deacon>. who have
| been so watcliul TO maintain uninterrupted
the service of the sanctuary the member:
|
places in the house of the Lord. and thu!
kept the congregations undimnl>het
through the year. 1t is pleasant to me thu:
10 express my thanks. and your thanks, tc
all who have 30 striven to keep up the regu
larity and efficiency Of tue services OF The
church.
In speaking of the contributions of tht
church during the year DR.. Burrows said:
1t is also Il matter of congrltulatiOn thai
during the year the benevolent contributions
of the church have been larger than in any
previous gear of its history. Beside the
ordinary church expenses and regular col
| lections for missions, education, Sunday
| schools, and miscellaneous charities, the Me
mortal FEnd has received subscriptions
(much of it paid) of $4,000, and, in addi
| lion, subscriptions conditioned upon the
completion of the full suHa-$300, ,000-ag.
pregating over $4,000 more; so that oul
whole contribution to the Memorial Fund ii
now so nearly $4,000 that you will easily
make it up to that sum. ---- -,
The whole contributions Of the church
during the yeGr amount to something near
s50. .OG0 and no one has suffered or been
seriously embarrassed by thds liberality,
while the influences it has originated and
aided are going Oh, and will go an forages-
foreyer-i0 bless mankind and slorify the
Lord. Wltea all else is lost, tlNe will re-
main TO your credit, invested " laid up
among the treasures in Heaven, which moth
and rust Cannot corrupt, and which thieves
cannot steal" ..,
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETING
The Woman's Missionary Society Cd Rich
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