The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-17
| ously upon his work. After preaching Sun.

Garlick, In discourse on Self.scrutlny,n .
made one of those plain, practical applica-
tons that 60 straight to the heart. He en-
forced his own thoughts by appropriate pas
sages Of the Scriptures. The congregation
was large and attentive.
Methodist tSunday-SchoolC Celebration.
Oregon Hill Methodist church was lite.
rally crowded to oyerflowing Sunday night
on the occasion of the monthly celebration
by the scholars of the Sabbath school attach.
TO that church. The exercises, conducted
by Mr.. Charles Hagan, consisted of singing
by the choir. and recitations and dialogues
by the children. It was very interesting
occasion, and manEa1arsons were unable to
get in the building.
Seyeufh-Strect Christian Church,
The pulpit of this church was occupied
by the pastor on Sunday, and tuo persons
were added to the church membership.
The Music On Sunday.
| One of the most interesting features of the
day was the excellent music which was had
| in ali of the city churches. It Is to be re.
gretted that the iaudable efforts on the part
| of the organists in Richmond and the choirs
are not more fully appreciated. No city in
| the United States, all things considered, can
|
| found In Richmond. The music at the Sc
cond Baptist on Sunday morning and at the
| Monumental church in the afternoon was
particularly fine.
The opening piece at the Second church
was rich solo and chorus, {" How Calm and
| Beautiful the Morn," by Aldolph Adam.
| Inc solo verses were sung alternately by
Mrs. Lallghton, Dir. and Miss Redford. We
rarely take occasion to make personal men
tlon Oh the amateur musicians in this city,
| Dut we may be excused this morning for
saying that Miss Redford's fine mezzo.so-
| prano, Mrs. Laughton's soprano, and MIR.
Redford's tenor will bear the most fayora-
! bic criticism anywhere. The beautiful hymn
"Be Joyful in God all We Lands of the
Eartb," from an anthem arrangement by
| Lowell Mason, was sung in telling manner
| by the choir and congregation. The hymn
Joyful be the Hours To-Day" was sung as
| the above to familiartun Astranger WIS.,
iting this church could not fail to be struck
| with the very impressive congregational
singing.
In this hymn Professor Turner, the ac-
complisbed organist of the church, in q
special manner displayed his beautiful taste
| as an accompanies, electrifying the audience
by bis management Of the organ, particularly
the pedals.
During collection the quartette "My God,
hermit me not to be" was well rendered,
Mr.. Redford and Miss Reinhardt sustaining
the solo parts. There is sweet and touch
inc pathos in Miss Reinhardt'S rich alto voice
which is always charming to the attendants
upon the sanctuary. ... ...
The closing hymn, "Sweet the moments,
rich in blessing," sung to- the ever-popular
and soul-inspiring tune " "Rathbun," By E.
W, GreatoreX, was a fitting finale to the
magnificent discourse Of the eloquent DR..
Curry.
Elsewhere in the city the music was very
good, and We may remark that an effort IS
being made by one of the most prominent
musicians in the city TO secure chorus OF
fresh, rich voices for the Easter festival, and
if it succeeds we will have on that OCCASION
the best church-music ever enjoyed in this
city.
sunaay-schaOl Mass Meeting at tile
First Baptist Church..
The SPACIOUS audience room of the First
Baptist church was crowded 10 its utmost
capacity dover floor and galeries) on Sum
day night. 1t had been announced that
there would he no services at Grace.Strect
or Second church. that this meeting would
| be held in the interests Of the Baptist Sun-
| day.school Association of Richmond, and
that only the adult members Of the schools
were expected 10 attend.
| The meeting was presided over by j. &.
Winston. Esq, the president of the ASsGcia-
| ton. After singing and prayer By Rev. d.
B. Winfrce, of Manchester, tue president ex-
plaincd the object of the meeting. and
brought out the very interesting statistics
contained in his annual report, which were
nublished in the Dispatch last week. He
also expressed his very high qualification at
the large and intelligent congregation pres
ent, and hailed it rs a bright augury OF the
future of the Association. He then intro
duced
REV. DR.. n. W. WILSON,
Of the Grace-Street church, who proceeded
to make one of his Enthusiastically fresh
and vigorous speeches, in which he showed
that this Association was really an admirable
| "church extension society,"" and ought to
be pushed aS such.
He met the objection that small suburban
churches would sap the prosperity Of the
larger ones. lie did not object to large
churches or large Sunday-schools, but on
the contrary insisted that these could never
| become too large so long as they were vigor-
Gus, strong, uctiye churches. And yet, ne
| urged, the large churches can no more de-
spise the smaller ones than Well.developed
| men and women can afford to despise chill
dren. He argued that there is really
no conflict between the large churches
and the mission stations = that If
the establishment of the latter should Kill
the former it was only because they were
decayed and deserved to die, but that mis-
sions do not exhaus; the churches which
promote them, and colonization never Kills.
He illustrated BY referring to the split in
the denomination years ago on the mission
| question, and said that the Missionary Bap-
lists now actually have much larger num-
Der of churches and far greater member
ship of CONFERRED heathe1s than there are
Anti.Mission BaptiSts in the whole OF the
United States. He applied this principle to
Sunday-schoos, and showed how the smaller
and the larger ones all grow apace.
He next showed how the Sunday school
precedes and then ripens into the church
how YOU reach the parents through the chill.
dren-and how Mission Sunday school is
a very John the Baptist to "prepare the
way =" for gospel church..
He showed how in the changing 1uctua-
tions of population those brought into the
Mission Sunday school in the mountains, or
in the suburbs of the city, will flow into the
larger churches who sustain them the cir
culating medium coming back to its foun.
tain,
He exhorted his brethren of the strong
churches not to take narrow, contracted
views from their little circles of observa-
ton, but to climb some high mountain from
whence they could take in the whole held.
lie earnestly eXhorted the Association not
mice r.