The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-25


THE NINETEENTH cENTURY-INTEREsT- /
L ING, sTAF1sTICs-LARGE ADDITIONS AT
II 1Ay-sTREET T:CHURCH-WHAT THE BAP-
,c fists ARE DOING-THER MISSION WORK,
+ 52ETc-THEi cATHoLICs-INTEREsTING
q CEREMONIES AT THE CATHEDRAL,E Erc.
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The weather on Sunday was rather warm,
but it was clear. and all OF the city churches
were well filed. ,..4.,. IT.
MUSIC AT THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
~ :-Y,: CELEBRATION, &c.
At the Monumental church in the morn
ing the usual services appropriate to the
first Sunday after Easter were held. Mrs.
Marcy, who has recently been engaged to
take the leading part in the church choir,
was in her place, and for the first time sang
the Episcopal service, and sang it very
sweetly. She labored under many disad-
yantages, but it was not long before the con-
gregationr were aware that the Committee
ON Music had secured an artistic. Hervoice
has been highly cultivated, and she sang
! with much ease. Her high notes were par
tieuIarly fine, but to the cultivated ear her
low notes were not so acceptable. 1t is, how
ever, the opinion Of many persons that she
is not second to the great prima donna
Kellogg.
In the afternoon, at AZ o'clock, the ami
versary celebration of the Monumental
Church Sunday school was held in the body
Of the church. There was q large congre-
CATION present, and the exercises were very
Interesting. The Sunday-school children,
accompanied by their teachers, marched
into the church from the eastern door and
around the aisles, singing joyous hymn.
| After being seated the exercises commenced,
and were conducted by the pastor, Rev. DR..
Woodbridge, and Rev. +. M. Baker, late
rector of Grace church. At the conclusion
of the services interesting and appropriate
addresses were made by Rev. Messrs. Wood
bridge, Of the Monumental; Weddell, OF st.
Johns; and Baker. A collection was taken
I'D for foreign missions, and while the con-
gregation remained seated the children
marched back into the school-room singing a
hymn.
At St. James church in the morning
Rev. Robert Gibson read the service and
Rev. Joshua Peterkin, D. D., pastor,
preached. In the afternoon the Sunday
schools OF ST. James and st. Marks
churches assembled in St. James church and
heard an address from Rev. Mr.. Sans, OF the
Meade Memorial church, OF Manchester. A
collection was taken up for the Meade Me-
mortal Sunday-school nDTary.
BISHOP DoGGETT's ADDRESS ON THE PROGRESS
OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. &C.
At Trinity church Rev. A. c. Bledsoe
preached at II A. NJ. very forcible and
practical sermon.
AtsP. N. Bishop D. S. Doggett, D. D.,
by request, repeated his popular and in
str,1ctiye address on "The Progress Of Me-
thodim in the Nineteenth Century" The
church was filled to overfloWing with the
members OF this denomination and O goodly
number from other churches. He made the
following statements: Methodism began in
London in 1889 under the direction OF Rev.
John Wesley, D. D., of the Church OF Eng
land. In the year 1900 it had become
power for good in both Europe and Anne
rica. The membership was then 1SS,O65;
in 1875 it was 4, 1S9, ,105, with 100000 sum
day-school scholars and 100000 teachers.
Calculating the influence OF each member
to extend to at least three persons the ag-
gregate would reach about 10000, O00. In
| 17S6 missionaries were sent by the Method-
ist Church to the West Indies, and in 1889
to France-before any OF the great mission
ary societies were formed.
The educational progress is shown in the
following figures: Seyenty-nine UNIVERSE
ties. ninetv-three colleges and academies,
and 900 day-schools- total OF 1,072
literary institutions OF all grades under the
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Methodist
Episcopal Church North, and the Methodist
| Episcopal Church South alone.
:. The value OF church property is about
$50, ,0OO, 900, and the contributions during
1875 to charitable purposes were over S2o,-
| 100000.
The area OF territory occupied by Method
ism is without parallel. 1t has extended
in the Eastern Hemisphere to England, Ire
land. Wales, France, Italy, Germany, sWe-
den, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Nor
way, India, China, Japan, Bombay, Bengal,
Beigravia, 'Oceanica, Australia, and the ISL
ands of the Pacific ocean. In the western
Hemisphere to every State and Territory In
the United States, the British provinces IN
North America, and Mexico, and South
America.
The address, though long one, was
listened to with great attention ana interest
It will be published in pamphlet form.
At Clay-Street Methodist ehurch inc ser
vices on Sunday morning were very inter-
estinr, After sermon by the pastor thirty
ncrsons were received into the church ac-
cording to the usual forms, twenty-four OF
whom received the rite Of baptism. Ihe
ceremony of extending the right-hand OF
fellowship to the candidates was deeply
Affecting, and was participated in by the
nastor and Revs. J. NJ. Darden and John y.
f,olTerty. OF the ministry, and G. {. waiter,
q. J. Hunt, and W. P. Crutchneld,, OF the
CITY. At night, by special request, the pas
for repeated his sermon entitled line
Child the Father to the Man." =,
During the past three weeks one hundred
members have been added to this church.
At the Broad-Street Methodist church the
services on Sunday were of most interest
ing ing Character. The pastor, Rev S: A.
steel. preached both morning andnlght 10
LARGE congregations. The subject IN the
morning was "The Mode OF Baptism !;
in the evening, "The Scriptural secret OF
Success in Life"-a sermon addressed 10
young men. Mr.. Steel has commenced q
series of discourses to young men, "hlcn
will be continued for several weeks every
Sunday evening. The subject next SUNDAY
evening will be "Moral Surgery"
At the Manchester church three persons
were received by profession ana t"o were
baptized. ,,..,aa;s+ ,;nis-
ters held yesterday morning at Tue bloao-
Street church the following resolution "''
Resolred, That the bishops OF our Church
he and they are hereby requested to hoio
their next meeting in this city.
BApT1sMs-M MEETINGS, &c.
At tbe First church on Sunday night the
pastor preached the anniversary sermon oe.
fore the Young Mems Missionary society
in presence of a large and deeply-lnteres1ed
congregation. .;.h+ D-
At the Leigh-Street church at nlgnt " "
! A z nicl,insnn nreached Q sermon ON Ior-