The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-15

End OF the Cfty-MOnthlyM Meeting O
Baptist and Methodist sunday
Other Services.
The weather was pleasant on Sunday, an
the places of public worship 10 Rchmon
were, as general thing, we'll filed.
Being the third Sunday In Advent, th
day was appropriately celebrated in th
lEpiscopal and Catholic churches. The Epis
eopal church on that day dwels upon th
Christian ministry and its great mission
There was blending of interests and Q
subjects, therefore, in the services of tha
day.
At the Monumental church the paste
preached fitting discourse, and Ia the saf
tternoon the solemnity of the occasion wa
increased by the music. which. was simpl,
Eloveiy. The choir of this church has jus
been re6rganized by Mr.. Wheat, and th
q7artette is now, if possible, better than
has ever been before. F.
PRESENTATION TO A CHAPEL.
| A handsome pulpit Bible, and prayer
books for the reading. desk, altar, and pulpit
were presented to the Moore Memoria
chapel on Saturday last, and were used fol
the first time on Sunday. They were giver
by the grandchildren and great grandchii
dren of Bishop Moore, after whom the
chapel is named. The Bible and prayer
books will no doubt he highly priced by the
vestry and congregation.
| A portrait Of the Bishop has also been pre-.
sented to the chapel, and will be hung up in
the yestry-room.
! FIRST BAPTIST CnURcH-DR. BURRows's LAST
SUNDAY IN RICHMOND
In the morning DR.. Burrows preached to
a very large congregation.
at night the people began to collect at 6
O'Clock, and by O'Clock the spacious al.
dience room (galeries, aisles, platform. and
class rooms at the sides of the pulpiD was
literally packed, while hlndreds went away
unable to find even standing.room.
Not only all of the Baptist churches, but
all denominations were represented in the
congregation, for DR.. Burrows has won O
place in the hearts Of all.
Among the ministers present were noted
Rev. Drs. Curry, Wilson, 'Jeter, and Tup-
per, Revs. George F. Williams, W. Il. Will
liams, Fl. G. Crews, Edmund Harrison. j..
William Jones, - Dearbon, DR.. Bettelheim
(of the Jewish synagogue, and others.
The preliminary services conducted by
| Rev. J. William jones' were very appro-
PIRATE, the singing very fine, and the im-
preston produced an excellent preparation
for the sermon, which was in perfect taste.
DR.. Burrows announced as bis text i:
"Tbeu answered Paul: What mean We TO
weep and to break my heart? for am ready
not only to be bound, but also to die at
Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
I. ,,1f kov Hnd yyl
ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.'
Acts xxi. 1914.
Repudiating the idea that he meant either
to liken himself to Paul or the circumstances
of his leaving Richmond to those under
which Paul left Cesarea, he said that there
were certain principles involved which were
appropriate to the occasion. Vividly bring.
| inc out the circumstances Of the text, he de.
duced as bis theme:
! Duiy, Sometimes Difficult, is AlUdys De-
cisiue and Desirable. Under the first head
| he brought out the points that duty IS din
| cult to discover and difficult to do.
Under the second he made the points that
duty is decisive over persuasion, over lnte-
rests, and over affections.
| Under the last head he insisted that duty
is always desirable because it is right, be.
cause it is most useful, because it is the hap
piest, and because of the reward.
These points were elaborated and illus.
trated in the Doctors bappiest style.
He concluded as follows:
81 think, dear brethren. l can hunaBly and
conscientiously say that, in ponderlng all
! the circumstances leading to dectsao" to
terminate my labors as pastor of this church,
convictions of duty in the line of the senti.
ments I have so imperfectly expressed have
| mainN Influenced me. Had consulted my
personal tnclinations, interests, or affections,
[ should remain here until your kind hands
laid me beside my beloved dead in Holly
| wood. If I bring to close the relations
that have so long and so pleasantly subsisted
between US as pastor and church, let me assure
you that bring no hing else to close. My
| looe for you-my interest in ourprosperity,
and happiness, and usefulness-my Jog IN
your joys, my grief in your griefs, my
PRAYERS for your enlargement, efficiency,
spirituality, and sayation-these will never
be brought to close. The best days of my
life-the heart Of my earthly existence--l
have cheerfuly given to you; and this
church was never dearer to me than to-day.
! "For twenty years | have walked with
vou in concord and love. During this whole
neriod among you .disagreements and Vari-
ances have been trivial and brief; kindness
and good fellowship have been uniform and
| enduring. Amid all such aggregations oil
men and women in this imperfect world it is
inevitable that there should be some less firm,
and wise. and upright, and consistent than we
could wish, yet, taken as whole, l have
never known church of more solid and dlg'
nifed worth, practical wisdom, mutual es'
teem. sincerity, and unostentatious piety
In INV ministrations there have been errors
of Judgment. mistakes, faults, aud sins. You
have borne them with forbearance, leniency,
and charity. To me and mine you have
been uniformly kind and sympathizipg
For speciai personal favors l have never
i had occasion to ask. I had no need to dc
SO. NV wants have been generously met.
| nFor all the evidences and expressions o.
/ yonr confidence and affection, from my
! heart I thank you to-day. / should not de
serve to be called Christian man j
IL did not feel deep regret and sad
ness in parting from such a people
! More than seven hundred of you, no"
united in fellowship here, have come into the
communion of the church during my pas
torate. have welcomed into the church BY
baptism and experience 9S7 persons, and BY
letter and restoration 495, making total o.
.4S2 additions. Five hundred and seventy
seven have been regularly dismissed to unite
with other churches; 275 names have beer
erased from our register or excluded, th'
larger part of these having been soldiers wbt
were baptized during the war, and scattered
at It's close. Two hundred and eighty deati
has removed from our communion. The.
wait for our union with them in the Church
above. The dminutions have been 1, ,130
The average annual additions have been "A
the diminntions, 56. Such figures indicate
an unusual changefulness OF population
This has been one of the consequences o
the war, aud Of the depressions since.