The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-06

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THE tCoUNTY-sERvICEs IN THE CITY
oHURcHEs-MEETING OF THE METHo.
DIST sUNDAY-soHooL soCIETY-BAP
TISMs, &C., &C.
The city churches were all largely attended
!, on Sunday morning, those of our citizens
who spent the summer in the mountains
having returned home and resumed their
places in their respective churches. In many
OF the places of public worship the services
were OF unusual interest.
ORDINATION SERVICE.
| at Four-Mile Creek Baptist church, Hen
rico county, at II O'Clock A. NJ. Sunday,
Professor Edmund Harrison was ordained
to the full work of the ministry. The
house was filed to its utmost capacity
with deeply. y.interested congregation. Rev.
DR.. Jeter preached the sermon from I. Corin-
thians, j., 81 /: "For after that in the wisdom
of God the world by wisdom knew not
God, it pleased God by the fooishness of
preaching TO save them that believe"
| He spoke of the unsuccessful experiment
of knowing God by the wisdom of God; of
Gods plan of saving the world through the
simple preaching Of the gospel, and of the
wisdom Of this plan as seen in the adaptation
OF preaching to the end in view. The Doc
tor elaborated these points into an admirable
ordination sermon.
The ordalnlug prayer was made by Pro-
fessOr 81. Fl. Harris after which there fol-
lowed the laying on Of the hands of the
Presbytery," accompanied by appropriate
remarks by DR.. Jeter.
The charge TO the candidate was delivered
by Rev. j. William Jones, who insisted that
he should cultivate spirit of personal piety !;
that he should make most thorough prepa-
ration for the work of preaching; that he
should preach every opportunity which
might be afforded him; that he should make
Christ and Him crucitied" his theme, and
that he should be a pastor as well as
preacher.
Rev. C. II. Ryland made the charge to the
church, and earnestly insisted that they
should support their pastor not only by CIV
ing him temporal comforts, but by sustain
ing him with their sympathies, their prayers,
and their active cooperation in every good
word and work"
The benediction was pronounced by the
candidate.
Professor Harrison has assumed the care
of the Four-Mile Creek church, where for
six months he has been preaching most ac-
ceptably, and begun bis formal pastoral
duties by baptizing in the afternoon nine
candidates.
The friends provided during the recess a
"spread of good things" which showed
that they have come back to an dnte-bellum
standard, so far as good living is concerned.
at WalnutGrore Baptist church the pas
tor (Rev. /. T. Wallace) baptized four per-
sons on Sunday.
CITY BAPTIST CHURCHES.
Rev. DR.. Burrows preached his twentieth
annual sermonas pastor of the First Baptist
church in this city on Sunday. His text
was from Genesis xxi, 80: This trenty
gears have Ibeen aUih thee"
The statistical changes during the year
closing October /, 1874, were reported as
follows: Additions by baptism and expe-
rience, n; by certificate, 22- totsl, SO.
Diminutions by certificate, part of whom
entered into the organization of the new
Venable.Street church, 40; by erasure and
exclusion, II by death, 1S-total, SO; show
ing net increase of 80 to the ccmmunicants
of the church, and present total member
ship of $50.
A general review of the twenty years his
tory of the church showed that in 1854, when
he assumed the paStorate, there were in its
communion 51S members. Of this number
SS7 have removed to other churches, in the
CITY or elsewhere-been erased for long ab-
sence. excluded, or died; leaving but 19l
(about one-third) of the original member
Shin. The additions to the church have
numbered 1,4S0, OF whom LOOP have been
received by baptism, experience, and restora.
ton, and 47S by certificates from other
churches. During the same period FL died
in full membership with the church, 57S
were dismissed By certificate, and ZIG, either
from continued absence or unchristian con-
duct, ceased to be members of the church
making the whole diminution l,l30. A
large number Of the erasures were OF SOL
diers who became united with the church
during the war who failed to take certificates
of transfer at its close. The average annual
additions have been IL; diminutions, 56.
Notice was also taken in the discourse
of the progress Of the Baptist churches In
the city during the twenty years. In 1904
there were three churches Of white mem
bers with 1925 communicants; there were
two churches composed Of colored members
numbering 3,17S communicates.
In 1874 there are eight white churches
with 3,176 members, and eight colored
churches with 9,33s members, making IN all
in Richmond sixteen Baptist churches, num-
bering over 1880 COMMITMENTS.
At night, Rev. T. Hume, Jr., Of Ports
mouth, preached an admirable sermon from
the text, "Enoch walked with God, and was
not, for God took him."
At the Second Baptist Rev. DR.. Curry
preached morning and night to crowded con-
gregations. After the morning sermon, Mr..
j. +. Ellyson, corresponding secretary OF
the Education Beard OF the Baptist Gene
raj Association Of Virginia, addressed the
congregation in behalf of bis Board, and
took up q collection amounting to $500. A
Young lady was received for baptism at the
| close of these services.
At the Leigh-&reet Rev. W. a. Pearson,
| of South Carolina, preached in the morning,
| the communion was administered IN tne al
terpoon, and the pastor preached at nlsnt.
| Five persons were received into the fellow
ship Of the church, and one was baptized at
night.
Grace Street church-At q church meet
| ing in The afternoon important action was
| had in reference to the re0rganlzatlon anu
more efficient working OF the church. Al
night Rev. j. William Jones filled the pulpit.
At Te7aable. Street chapel one candidate
was received by letter and one by baptism,
and there were three professions of conVer'
sion. - n
Fulton church.-The pastor (Rev. d. u.
Crews) will conduct meetings IN TINS
church every night this week. Rev. ..
William Jones will preach on "Wednesday
night.
METHODIST sUNDAy.soHooL SOCIETY.
snecial meeting of the Methodist Sun.
day.School Society was held at Nlcuoison'