The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-31
MARCH 81, 1874.
LOCAL MATTERS.
CHURCH NOTES.


The following church items Of interest,
which occurred on Sunday, are mentioned
Rev. Charles III. Read, D. D., pastor of the
at IL A. NJ. During his sermon he stated
incidentally that the ladies Of the congrega-
tion had contributed $15, ,O00for church pur-
poses. He also asked bis people TO suspend
judgment in reference to the charges against
the State Bible Board, for he could assure
them from personal knowledge that those
charges were without foundation in truth.
In the afternoon Rev. DR.. Edwards, of
Centenary Methodist church, preached for
DE-. Read, and al night Rev. DR.. Read
preached for DR.. Edwards. sI..r... ...e-. ...
At the First Baptist church Rev. II. a.
Tupperr d. D., preached at night, and the
pastor, Rev. DR.. Burrows, baptised twenty
persons, making forty during the recent
meetings.
At the Second, in the morning, one person
was received by letter and one on commen.
dation. At night two persons were baptised
by the pastor.
At Grace church Rev. John E. Massey
preached both morning and night in the alb
sence of the pastor, Rev. DR.. Wilson.
The anniversary OF the Young Mems, his
sionary Society of Leigh-Street Baptist
church was celebrated at night. Rev. j. i.
NJ. Curry, d. D.. delivered the address,
which was quite interesting. In the morn
ing Rev. William Taylor ofilciated at this
church.
At Pine-Street church Rev. E. S. Wheeler,
of Railway, n. j., preached to large congre-
cations, in the absence of the pastor.
at the Valley Mission chapel one person
was received.
bo
morning service, has been appointed as the
time for the organization of new church.
The meeting is to be held at the Venable-
Street chapel.
Rev. A. C. Bledsoe officiated at Trinity
Methodist church on Sunday morning.
Palm Sunday at St. Peters cathedral was
observed with the usual solemnity. The
ceremony of blessing the palms was per-
formed at 1915 A. M. by Right Rev. Bishop
Gibbons, assisted by the clergymen of the
cathedral; after which the blessed palms
were distributed to the congregation, the
choir meanwhile singing the anthem, "Ho.
sanna Fills David." Solemn high mass was
then celebrated by Rev. Father Charles,
with Rev. Father Janssens as deacon, and
Rev. Father Van de Vyyer as sub. deacon.
An appropriate discourse was delivered by
Father Janssens. At the offertory Dir. Matt.
O'Brien, an ex-member of the cathedral
choir, sang in exquisite style that beautiful
selection from Rossini's StaJat Mater-the
&" Cujus Animam "a tenor solo of no ordi-
nary difficulty, well calculated to test tile
| compass of professional singers.
At night Bishop Gibbons delivered the
last Of the course of doctrinal lectures,
which have been attracting large congrega-
tons to the cathedral during the evenings OF
the past six Sundays; his subject on this oc-
casion being "The Church and Civil and
Religious Liberty"
Rev. Bishop Haven, of Atlanta, delivered
lecture at the Virginia Opera-House on
Sunday night on emission Work in Mex
ico." He gave description Of that country
and its history. After referring to the ciyili'
zation overthrown by Cortez, he claimed that
the Spaniards were sert there by Providence
to put an end to the awful sacrifice of human
lite which put to death as high as $4,000 hu.
man victims at one time to appease the god
of the Aztec religion. lie referred to the
Catholic supremacy since the time OF Cortez,
and claimed that the American army under
Scott was sent by Providence to open up the
land 10 Protestant'ideas. He referred to the
mission of the different American churches
lately established, and prophesied great
fusure for that distracted and priest. ridden
DeOple,