The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-01
CHURCH NOTES.

THE GREAT REVIVAL AT TRINITY-BAP-
TIshS-ADDIT1ONs-TH ODIsT
MINISTER'S AND THE SOUTHERN AssO-
CATION, &C.
Sunday was clear and cold, aud large mum.
bers of persons attended the various city
churches. Especially was the attendance
large at Trinity, where very interesting re-
vival is in progress. At the Baptist churches
number Of persons were received or bsp-
tiZed. In the other churches the usual SER
vices were held.
Methodist.
At Trinity church the services on Sunday
were unusually interesting, owing to the re-
yival exercises now in progress.
Bishop D. S. Doggett preached at II A.
NJ. an eloquent and impressive sermon from
the text 'sLikewise say unto you, there is
ioy in the presence of God over one sinner
that repenteth." Luke xv.. 10.
After the sermon Rev. DR.. Bledsoe bap-
tized seventeen persons and received fifty
persons into membership on profession and
two by certificate.
DR.. Bledsoe preached at u P. NJ. a very
earnest and convincing sermon on the text,
"And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted
into heaven, shall be brought down to hell |;
for If the mighty works which have been
done in thee had been done in Sodom, it
would have remained until this day. But
saw unto you, it shall be more tolerable for
the land of Sodom in the day of judgment
than for thee" Matthew xi; %, "a.
An afternoon mass prayer.meeting was
held at 81 O'Clock, which was very largely
IL, H1t6 n
night filled the church to overflowing. Ser.
vices will be continued every night during
the present week, regardless Of the weather.
Rev. George Fl. Ray, OF Main.Street
church, preached at the Broad.Street church
on Sunday morning. At night the church
| was closed in consequence OF the indisposi-
| ton Of the pastor.
At Oregon Hill church on Sunday morn
| ing TWO persons were received by certificate
and two By profession. At night there were
| two conversions.
At Manchester church four persons were
| received-three by profession and one by
certificate.
! WHAT METHODIST MINISTERS THlNK OF THE
"soUTHERN ASSOCIATION"
At regular meeting of the Methodist
| clergymen of the city, held at the Broad
Street church yesterday, the following reso-
luton was adopted:
| RGSolved, AS the sense of this meeting,
that all lottery schemes, under whatever
name. or for whatever purpose conducted,
whether secular, religious, or benevolent,
are palpably in violation of Christian morall.
| ty. and that we affectonately exhort and
warn our people not to patronize such
schemes; and from what we have learned oil
the charter and workings of an enterprise
conducted under authority Of law, anC
known as the Southern Association for the
! benefit Of Widows apd Orphans,' woulc
caution our people against it as being in it
practical effects immeasurably corruptint
and disastrous 10 the morals Of the com
1 munity."
Baptist.
At the Second Baptist church after th
eonmunion on Sunday the pastor receives
Twenty persons into the full membership
the church.
There has been an increasing interest i
this congregation, which has determined IN
church to begin on Wednesday night ST
ries of nightly meetings.
At Venable-Street church on Sunday nigh
the pastor received two for baptism.
At Pine.Street church on Sunday nigh
the PASTOR OlptlZeu one person.
At Sidney Baptist church there were tw
professions of conversion on Sunday, and
deep interest In the congregation. Their
will be nightly meetings this week, Rev. ,
William Jones preaching tonight, and othe
ministers Of the city assisting the pastor du
ring the week.
MISSIONARY SERMON.
| The annual sermon before the Missionar
Society of Leigh-Street Baptist church wa
delivered BY Rev. W. E. Hatcher on Sunda
night in the presence Of large audience
| The text was taken from the 1th chapter o
Judges. 1th verse, and the discourse Whicl
| followed was of an able and intere sting char
acter. and was received with the deepest at
tention by his hearers. The history o
| Gideon defeating the Medeanites was tn
subject Of the sermon, and the application
was exceedingly appropriate and happy. Du
| ring the discourse the reverend gentleman
delivered an eulogy on cold age" in"th'
| most beautiful language, which was, W.
thought, the best effort Of the kind that WI
ever listened to.
The Society and congregation were mucf
pleased with DR.. Hatcher's admirable dis
course, and at Its close collection was taker
up for the benefit Of the mission cause.
| Presbyterian.
DR.. Hoge's morning text was Second Cor
Inthiaps y, Ia clause Of the verse: :" u
any man be In Christ he Is new creature :"
| from which be drew his subject-viz., the
nature of conversion. In the afternoon,
from Hosea w., 4-"Ohi Ephraim, what
shall I do unto thee? Oh! Judah, what
shall do unto shee7 for your goodness Is as
morning cloud and as the early deH"-he
showed indecision to be fatal to salvation.
The solemn attention of the full congrega.
tious. the growing interest in the PASTORS
Bibls.class. the bright faces, aad pleasant &C.
tlyity of the crowded schools, made this Sab
bath day Of great encouragement.
Christian.
AT the Seyenth.Street Christian the pastor
received three persons into the fnil feloWsnip
OF the church 10 the morning, ana naptizeo