The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-10
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The rIrst church school reported one aeatl an'
one c"T rlce.srcet school reported one death
The he valley Mission school reported one aea.L
ana TWO conversions.
Az the request Of the superintendent Of
tina Valley Mission school, Professor Harri
| CON led the Association in prayer in behal
of = teacher of that school who was not
Christian.
By invitation of the president, Rev. A. P
Graves, who is now iaboring as an evangelist
At the First Baptist church, repeated ser
mon to the children that he preached on
saturday last at that church. He took for his
text. nAnd Eli perceived that the Lord hao
called the child" He stated that he learned
from the text that Eli bad lived to be ninety
eight years old before he was convinced That
God called children to be Christians; oul
trusted that none of his present audience
would arrive at that's age before believing that
children were called to love Jesus.
The first portion Of bis address was to
parents and Sunday School teachers, urging
upon them the importance of laboring ano
praying for the conversion of even very
small children, citing many, instances OF per-
sons who had been greatly distinguished fol
their piety and usefulness, and who had been
converted at very early age. He next ad.
dressed the children in very earnest ano
impressive manner, begging them to give
their hearts to the Saviour while they were
Young that they might have whole Lifetime
to devote to His cause, and not wait until
old ace rendered them unfit for service fol
Christ. =,
He related several touching incidents in IL
lustration of his subject which brought tears
to the eyes of many in the large congrega'
ton present, all of whom seemed to be deeply
interested. a.
at the close of his address Rev. DR.. Curry
led the Association in Especial prayer for the
children. Rev. DIR. Upper then pronounced
a bepcdiction, and the Association adjourned
to meet at the Pine Street church on the at
ternoon of the second Sunday in April.
METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of this So
ciely was held at Manchester Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at ST o'clock-T
l.. D. Waltord, president, in the chair; John
l.. Sims, assistant secretary.
The meeting was opened with singing by
Manchester school, and prayer by Rev. W..
3. McGilyray.
Rev. W. &. Lumpkin, pastor of Manches'
| ter Methodist church, gave very interest
| ing report of the condition of the school,
| This school now has full corps of earnest
and faithful officers and teachers, and an in
creased roll Of scholars. For some time
past there has been an encouraging religious
feeling in the school,
Rev. A. c. BIedsoe, of Trinity church,
| then addressed the meeting-subject, Evan
geization of the World Must Begin with the
Children. He urged the great importance o.
bringing children into the Sabbath schooi
| where they may be taught the truth as It l:
| in Jesus. Also, the necessity of pious ex
| ample and godly conversation on the part o.
parents and guardians, in order I that a .ne
children may have ever present living cyl
| dences of the truth of christianity. He
closed with an earnest appeal to the children
to strive to build up good, Christian charAc
tiers By using all the means of grace, espe
cially prayer.
Mi. A. l.. West, assistant president ofthe So
ciety, then made very interesting address
subject, "The Brazen Serpent"
The following is summary Of superin
tendents' reports for February: