The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-17
,a,.er ,ans OF profound gratitude and encourage

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| ment. e'.uoe ahu encourage
we nave the organization for church work
pese, nn,,, ,r, tne machinery Is In position and
| nom Wnat IS wanted Is life In the wheelaN
Ms.or, elders, deacons, parents. teachers
every church member alive to God
| CITY MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
me Executive Committee Of the citv
missionary Association OF Richmond. COR.
| sisting OF all the Episcopal CLERGY and | iar
delegates from each OF the EnisconaJ, aJ
churches, are just now presenting fhe c,a;pos
OF the Association before their conereontinrS
ana requesting them, by signing Certain
pledges which have been placed in the news
of the several churches, to secure its surnort
for the year 1874. oploi'
The objects of the Association arr knov,
to many persons, but it may not be inannro.
| pirate at this time to enumerate them hrief,v.
| .Hrst: Ehe parochIal schools, four in mum.
Der. and containing nearly three hundred
children. The results Of these church.
| children, the accessions to the Sundav
schools and communion, and the Influence
for good which, through this care of the
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otherwise would hardly have been accessible
to this denomination. This missionary
agency and beneyolencc the Association are
not willing TO abandon. s
Second: The Episcopal Depository and
Work-Agency, and though it has suffered
somewhat from the strictness of the times,
it has been sustained, and has furnished
work and aided many in the support Of
themselves and their families. Few institu-
| tions are better deserving Of an increased
| patronage and promise more desirable results
| in the relief of the suffering.
Third: The committee say that the vlSl-
tation of the poor Is needed us much as ever
| by the different churches, and more so at
| this time in cooperation with the general re.
| lief committee. The poor are aided chiefly
| by orders for the necessarieS Of life at TIVE
stores, selected in central parts of the most
destitute portions of the city.
The good which this association has done
is already we'll known to the citizens Of
Richmond.
BAPTIST CHURCHES.
At the First Baptist church the revival has
| attracted large crowds. Rev. A. P. Graves
preached in the morning, after which DR..
| Burrows baptised eight The regular COM
| munion then followed, at which ten were re-
ceived into full fellowship. 1t is estimated
that during the series Of meetings at this
church fully sixty have found "peaee In be-
lieying."
At the Grace-Street Baptist church the
congregations were very large morning,
afternoon, and night, and the revival inter-
est seemed to widen aud deepen. At the COM
munion (after the morning sermon) there
were secen received into the fellowship of
the church. There have been sixteen pro-
fessions of conversion during the series of
meetings at this church. They will be con.
tinued every evening this week.
| At the Venable-Street chapel there were
three candidates received Sunday for bap.
tism, two other professions of conversion,
and i've other inquirers.
The organization of the new church at
this chapel has been postponed for week,
but will be effected under most favorable
auspices.
At Sidney Baptist church Rev.J. William
Jones preached in the morning, in the after
noon the Young Mems Missionary Society
held Its monthly meeting, and at night the
pastor lRev. j. M. Butler) occupied the
pulpit.
At the Seventh.Street Christian church
Elder Rowzee, of Philadelphia, preached in
the morning from the text "Because the
foclishness Of God is wiser than men, and
the weakness of God is stronger than men,"
I. Corinthians, /. %. ..-.
| CATHOLIC scuURCHEs. ........
| at st. Peters cathedral, at high mass,
Rev. Michael Dausch, of St. Vincent de
Paul's church, Baltimore delivered q sermon
on sin, first explaining the nature Of sin, and
| then showing its consequences. He said the
delormity of sin consists in the fact of its
! being the attempted annihilation Of God and
the attempted dedication of self. This is the
| idea of sin conveyed by the sacred Scrip
lures, which represent sin as rebellion
against God-Isaiah, j., 2; Jeremiah, H., 20.
| Rebellion, the speaker defined to be the en-
deayor to make ones self free, either abb
| soluteiy Or relatively, from the control OF
| legitimate authority. After having evolved
| these ideas, be proceeded to explain the ter
/ rible consequences Of sin, and concluded
| with an earnest appeal 10 bis hearers to avoid
i it end not to delay their conversion.
!, At night Right kev. Bishop Gibbons de-
| liycred an eloquent and beautiful discourse
on "The use and Yencration of sacred
images" he said that the doctrine of the
Catholic Church regarding the Use of sacred
images is clearly expressed In the following
| decree of the Council of Trent: 1.-The
/ images of Christ and His virgin mother,
aud of other saints, are 10 be had and re.
taincd, especially in churches, and due
honor and yeneralion is to be given
them. rot that any divinity or virtue is be-
| lieyed to be in them. for which they are to
be honorcd, Or that any prayer is necessary
to be made 10 them, CT that any confidence
is to be placed il them, is was formerly done
BY the boathcls, who placed their hopes in
| idols, but because tie honor which is given
! them is referred TO the originals which they
represent: SO tGst Gy the images which We
Hiss. and before which we uncover our heads
or kree!, We adore Christ and venerate His
| saints whose likeness they represent"
The bishop remarked that the command
ment of God, contained in Exodus Xx., did
not imply an absolute prohibition to make
images, but simply fOrbids us worshipplnS
them as gods, since in other parts Of Scrip
ture God commands Moses to make golden
cherubs and braZen serpent, which are
The "likenesses Of things in Heaven above,
| in the earth beneath, and in the waters under
the earth" and if we accepted the COM
| mandment in an absolute sense we would
all violate it by keeping in our houses the
| likenesses of our friends.
He showed by numerous examples and lie
Illustrations how religious paintings tend to
adorn the house of God. If the statues OF
| illustrious citizens are permitted to decorate
| Westminster Abbey, why should not the
statues of Christ aud His saints with more
propriety adorn Catholic temples Descrlp-
tive paintings are the catechism OF the llllte-
rate. BY religious memorials we make
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