The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-09

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exercises, was well selected and admrabIy
rendered.
| After prayer by DIR. Warren. Rev. DIR,
Burrows read a brief pa per prepared nv DIR
Curry on "The Relation of the First Ban.
list Church to Educatiou.v
The paper shows that from the origin os
the old Virginia Education Society in 1s3a
the First church has been prominent in ali
OF the efforts of Virginia Baptists in the
cause OF education that its members have
been the liberal supporters of Richmond
College, Richmond Female Institute, the
Virginia Baptist Education Board, the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and
other similar enterprises. ltargues that the
deep interest the church has always taken
In Richmond College and the fact that DIR.
Jeter was so long its beloved pastor make
| 1t peculiarly appropriate that the "Old
First" should lead off in this effort TO honor
him and bless the College.
After an appropriate piece OF music ad-
mirably rendered
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n II.
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om .nn,.,, n eus uaus ou; ILL, sue ,tr.no has ~
~, sa;u Jn "s 81 :, 90 s'.,, ~, a',orr,so as
auar hasnro and enters tho nesv century
9th i,,s,v health and osnir;ng nnrnose
Dr Burrows f7od bless him he has done
moro for tho chnrcb and Tor Viroinio than
anv living mon, had orandIv told tho storv
of the past. and DIR. Thomas. win equal
nastors Rnt with the exner;ence and wis.
dom Of the nosl come the resnonsjbilitv of
heino wiser stronger richer bettor eob;n.
ned Tor boiv foil than she was century
aoo % ' ~
we Gland bere N roan tho Golden oroin
which our ,a,nars oovadN,o huiId or tho
,,mndo,;ors wbicb 80 Ioid
Wha, vii, va,, 10 'u; Win thi. r;ch ,ooacv a.,
f,;tn and nrayer and toilY Will Won add
to or waste ~
As no young man can succeed who sim.
nlv contents himself to no as HE father was
and does not catch the spirit Of progress of
the ape so that church will mjsprably fail
which il content TO pIorify The deeds and
rest i'm the labors Of the fathers. and does
not strive to make propress God bless the
noble men and women who made the first
lily ltdlS vi luIS CuulCu lHCy
wisely and well in their day and genera
tion, but times have changed since then.
and we must keep pace with the progress
OF the age. John Kerr was not only the
most eloquent man who ever stood In the
pulpit OF this church, but Virginia would
scarcely ever look on his like again; and
vet some OF his methods would not be tole-
rated in the pulpit Of to-day.
The Sunday school OF the olden time.
with its long lessons, long metres and
faces. would not do to-day. The church
mus;c NJ that dav wonld not snit these
times.
He would review the mast. gather the les-
sons of its wisdom and experlence. and ell
ter on new enterprises which should bless
the coming century. What should they do ?
| They had already decided what they would
undertake. ana IL seemed lhueed appro'
pirate tnat IN coming 10 ceieofale ,helr ecu
ten,iia' Inet suouIu usc 'no,l % oIo ~
10 hohor tue granu o'u lnah wno nau uoue
80 much 10 MAKE she history oI thls cnulen'
he then proceeueo 10 pay 10 Cne nleno,s
OF Dr. 'e'er ah e'oqueh1 ano aPpiopii"'S
triouIe' .uo,,n
REV. DN W. t.. "Ai'nH"
was the next speaker: lie hau oeeh toucheo
by the fact that this church had decided &c
| ueVo'e 80 linpoitaht palt vi TUG oc"'o"n''
to honor DR.. Jeter. DR.. Browns remark al
petersburg the otner uay 1na. III, t,i oetel
was Tue nJioe y, nsin," ''ipon nJpa 20 thiS oi(
Win equal proPlIety oe aPPneu ~ ,'is o;o. ~.
churcn. ror ,e,nuy ;nI p,;sto n, 'om d JJ,o' ho'
10 'ne views oi s'u'a ,ha, nopo antonn,,ans Sn,'
leu 'no 'an ~ s ~ ,hnr .n. ,,,a, vhan thor,
was no. ud;oo ,e trom ne" a,, I"1 nar,s q, IN,
HU,d'S SauI Somordins T, the honor;np ~ Dr' Jete
,aia ,his oIJ oid Eirst church sbonid load off
tb;s church could ever afford 10 Lao il wa
moi to.nigbt or this centennial the occasion