The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-03
CHURCH NOyEs.

CHURCH NOyEs.
Rev.A M. Poindexter read the service at
the Monumental church on Sunday morning
aud the pastor preached. In the afternoon
the pastor read the service and the Rev.
William Munford preached very fine ser.
mon from the words, What shall do to be
sayed?" The music in the afternoon at this
church was worthy OF special mention. The
well-trained choir, under their skilful direc.
| tor, rendered the selections for the evening
service with genuine artistic effect. Nothing
could be more devotional than their render
ing OF the OPENING piece, {" 0 thou, God, whe
nearest prayer" which floated upward in
softness like the incense from the altar. The
chants, too, were all sung with marked
effect, but the closing hymn, the finest of all
| the music of the afternoon, was the 147th-
When can read my title clear "-and gave
solos to all the voices, ending with fine
quartette on the last verse. There anchored
safe, my weary SOUL" &c. The music Of
this hymn was written, we are told, with spe-
cial reference to the qualities Of the voices of
the quartettes by their devoted director, and
most beautifully did they sing their parts.
At the Broad-Street Methodist church on
Sunday there were twelve additions seven
by profession for the Broad.St church,
and five for Centenary church, four BY pro.
fession and one by certificate.
At Clay.Street' Methodist, Rev. B. +.
Woodward preached in the morning, and
Rev. W. B. McGilvray at night. At this
church there were fourteen additions by
profession and eight by baptism.
At Sidney Methodist, Rev. George c. Van.
| derslice preached, and received one by pro.
fession and baptized three.
AT Trinity there were five additions by
profession.
AT the First Baptist church in the morn
ing, after a sermon by DR.. Burrows, there
| was meeting of the church and congrega-
| tion to receive the report of the committee
| appointed to draw up an expression of the
| feeling of the church on the resignation Of
| their pastor.
A series Of resolutions were read amid
the deep feeling of the congregation. They
commend the motives of DR.. Burrows which
have impelled him TO leave Virginia, but re.
| gret that he has seen fit to resign bis charge
| in this city ; that although the church may
get preacher whose pulpit ministrations
! may be as acceptable as have been those Of
DR.. Burro ws-that some pastor may be
! found who in time they may learn to love as
bis whole-souled, genial nature, that
will participate in their joys and min
gle his tears with theirs in their be-
reavements-yet it is not probable that
| they shall ever find any one man so fully in
vting in himself, with an intellect so vigor-
Gus and brilliant, q heart so capacious, and a
constitution so robust as to know no weari.
ness in the Masters work: that it is not
! likely they will find one who will, in addi-
| ton, be to each one of bis congregation in
this city the warm.hearted, sympathetic, un-
selfish friend; that he shall be sent forth
cheered by their best wishes, sustained by
their love, and strengthened by their prayers,
and that their loss shall rebound to the
| gain of their brethren in Kentucky.
'Resolued, That as. the dearest spot on
earth to hm-the grave of his saintcd wife
remains with us the church Graves the pri.
viiege of being its custodian; and as Az
earnest of the afectionate care that shall be
| bestowed on it, a sum not exceeding 800 IS
| hereby appropriated out of the treasury of
the church for the purpose of erecting Il
suitable monument and otherwise beadtify-
ing this restlng-plIce of our sister, Mrs.
Adelaide Burrows"
In response to these resolutions DR.. Bur-
rows attempted TO make few remarks, but
| was prevented by his deep emotion from
saying more than to express his grateful ap-
probation of the delicate kindness shown
1 him.
At the Gracc-Street church Rev. j. w.
Carter, of Parkersburg, West Va, preach
ed in the morning, and at night made the
annual sermon before the Missionary and
| Library Association of the church. The
congregation was very large, and the sermon,
\ u, =, thrn, m in y
was one of the grandest ever delivered in the
| city.
The annual report showed that 104 scho-
| lars had been brought into the Sunday school
| by the eXertions of the Society; Sl37 spent
In clothing the destitute 40 sick persons
visited; ia members of the church visited
with a view to promoting their spiritual
good 136 strangers visited with view OF
| bringing them to the church, and ITO absen-
| tees.
| After the sermon collection was taken
for the objects Of the Society.
| At the Legh-Street Baptist church the
pastor baptized one after the sermon in the
morning. and received flee at the commun.
| ion in the afternoon,
| At the Third Presbyterian church Rev.
James Baird preached in the morning and
at night.
All Saints Day Qst of Novemher) falling
this year on Sunday, the festival was OBJ
served at st. Peters cathedral by the cele-
braton of solemn bigh.mass at 1890 A. ~,
Rev. Father Van DeVyyer officiating US Gel
ebrant and Rev. Fathers Handy and Tier
nan as deacon and sub.deacon. Right Rev.
Bishop Gibbons delivered most pleasing
discourse; the gospel of the day furnishing
his text: "Blessed are the pcace'makers, for
they shall see God.' Farmers mass in was
sung by the choir with unusually fine effect.
At the Offertory, LambiIlotte's so, Glortosa
! Don,ina"- quartette and chorus-Was also
finely sung. The music was rendered the
more effective BY the presence in the cholr OF
two additional tenors-Mr. Harry Allen, OF
the Oates Opera Troupe, the sound OF whose
fine and familiar voice falling upon the ears
of the congregation carried them back 10
the days in years gone by when they heara
him every Sunday as valued member OF
their choir, and Mr. William Bailey, OF the
St. Louis Cathedral choir.
At the Seyenth.Street Christian church at
night the pastor, Rev. Joseph Il. Tyler, COM
menced a series Of sermons to the young.
CoLoRED SuNDAY-scuooL UN1oN.-The re-
gular monthly meeting Of the Colored sun
day.School Union was held on Sunday at the
second Baptist church. The meeting was
called to order at 81 O'Clock by the Presl'
don't and opened with the usual religious