The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-27
Church Notes,


pastor resd the service and preached in tn
morning. In the afternoon Rev. Mr.. Shields
Of st. James's church. read the service AM
the pastor preached.
| At the Broad.Street Methodist churcl
Rev. James A. Dun1H, D. D., OF Rindoiph
Macon College, IN the absence OF the pastor
preached morning and night to large copgre.
| cations. -
At Centenary Methodist church decided
indications of relig 5o,,s interest were report
ed to the preachers meeting yesterday and
the meeting will be continued every night
this week at O'Clock, .-ti = :. ..
At Trinity church four members were re-
ceiyed By certificate. Meetings will be con-
tinued every night this week.
The revival meetings at the First Baptist
church have continued during the past
week with undated interest.
The congregation Sunday morning was
very lirge, and ut Dleht the house Was
packed te.its utmost capacity.
At night Or. Curry baptized fifteen per-.
|sons-masiDg twenty -four in all during the
meeting. -
ReV. DIR. Manly continues 10 preach every
night, and the morning prayermeetipss will
be kept up during this week.
At Grace.Street Baptist church series of
morning prayer-meetings (from 81 TO y
o'csock) have been inaugurated; wnich are
wen attended, and are OF deep ipteres'.
A.ter preaching at night, at the Leigh
Street Baptist church the pastor lRev. Or.
Garlick) baptized one person. Che person
was received by experience after the morn
ing sermon.
At the Venable-street Baptist church on
Sunday, in the afternoon, there was prayer
meeting of interest, at which there were ten
lnquirafs. The meetings will be hept up at
night. .i!El5 1857 II
A prominent citizen of Augusta county,
Va, states that Etteen persons came for
ward for prayer at the close of Rev. A.. E.
Dickinson's sermon last Sunday afternoon, at
Hundley's Mill several of whom made-apro-
fession of conversion" and that he has
6" never seen congregation more stirred by
the preaching of the Gospel" t.- ....
At the Seventh-Street Christian church on
Sunday Rev. G. s. Lucas preached at night.
In the morning (after sermon by the pas
tori six persons were received into the fel-
lowshp of the church. ..a 20 .. .n.r..- e..
AT the Twenty -fifth.Street Christian
chapel RevJ. 5. Lucas preached in the af-
ternoon to large and deeply-interested con-
gregation.
Rev. Mr.. Taylor, of Chicago, preached to
large congregation at Grace.Street Presby-
teran church ou Sunday morning. Sunday
evening the pulpit was most acceptably filed
by Rev. DIR. Arthur Mitchell, formerly Of
Richmond, now Of Chicago. ...... . ...
Rev. DR.. Hoge on Sunday concluded his
admirable series Of sermons on the Apos-
ties. Next Sunday he will commences series
Oh a new subject.
At ST. Peters cathedral high mass was
celebrated by Rev. Father Hanley at 10A
O'Clock Father Tiernan delivering a fine ser.
mon, taking his subject from the gospel of the
day. The music by the choir was very good,
Farmers mass, in being sung. At the Or
fertory MIR. Matt. O'BIien, former member
of the choir, sung in admirable style the
" Cujus' tnimam" from RossiDi's Stabdt
Mater-a very difficult tenor solo, and one
seldom essayed.
At St. Mary's church Germany the SER
vices Sunday were very impressive and ill.,
terestiug. At the early mass large num-
Der of children partook of the sacrament of
the Holy Eucharist, making what is termed
in the church their first communion. At 10
o'clock A. NJ. Right Rev. Bishop Gibbons
administered the sacrament Of Confirmation
to about forty boys aod girls and several
adults, the girls being attired in white, with
flowing wells and wreaths upon their beads,
and the boys in neat black suits. This cere.
mony was inaugurated and concluded by the
Bishop with brief remarks to the candidates
for confirmation upon the great importance
of the sacrament, and eXhorting them 10 ad
here to the good resolves they had made,
and so conduct themselves in the future that
they would reap glorious reward. Solemn
high-mass was then celebrated, Rev. FIther
Janssens, of the cathedral, acting as cele-
braut, with Rev. Father Herman Wolfe
As deacon, and Rev. Father Bcnno Hegele
as sub-delcon. Immediately after the
Gospel, Bishop Gibbons delivered
beautiful and very Instructive discourse
to the large congregation present.
The music on the occasion was unusually
grand. Professor kessnich's orchestral band
accompanied the choir, with fine effect, in
rendering Lambillotte's paschal mass, in D.
and the Lauda Sion, by the same author.
While the Bishop was administering con-
tirmation Alillard's Teni Creator (trio and
choIu.), with orchestral accompaniment, was
finely sung. AT the conclusion OF the SER
vices, after the Bishop had given his benedic-
tion. Father Benno Hegele intoned the Gr0s'
ser Gott (Te Deun), which was taken up by
the choir, and then joined in by the congre-
CATION and the orchestra, the whole combined
6llng the church with volume of rich mel
ody. Professor Joseph DuweIl directed the
music and Professor F. A. Newheiser pre-
sided at the organ. -.a