The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-28

/ upon TIE ldea That offenders must bf
/ brought to a sense q the moral law thai
they have broken, and thus restored tC
; Christianity.
! Rev. Dr. Tucker, Of Mississippi. was the
next speaker. He was received with greal
applause. lie was the speaker who CD.
gagged in tie discussion Of the relation.
Of the Church 10 the colOred race the
other night. He began by saving
that il was possibly dangerous thing %
tell the truth in Church Congress. Laugh
terl He thcn went on 10 give his expe-
. r1ence OF twelve years in prison-miniStc-
rial work, and 10 tel very interestingly OF
the success he met with by the work OF many
Of The ladies Of his church. He gave some
practical suggestions d 70 how the work Of
reformation can he done. The man who
goes home half drunk and kicks his wife
10 death must be brute-it is not. how
ever, 30 much the fault Of the whiSkey-
there Is in that man the brute. and il is
that which must be ref rmed.
DR.. Peters, of New York, who had been
engaged in the prison work for thirty
three years. gave some illustrations Of how
the criminal can be reached by little acts Of
kindness and genleBess. He had led q
number OF ladies in the work, and seeing
a number Of girls in tine house told them
what they could Do with flowers. His r.
marks were pathetic and touching.
Bishop Gallehcr spoke next. basing his
remarks chiefly upon the necessity of q r.
form in the criminal lawyers, We have
heard. said he. much today in regard 10 q
reform in criminal law. He thought that
there should Doe a reform in criminal law
ycrs. The speaker referred touchine'y 10
The proper Use OF the pardonIng power
and 20 The fact that what j. possibly needed
more than anything else for Christian pco-
pie 10 bee brave enough 10 give hope 10 the
criminal and help him 10 forget the past.
and show him that you can trust him.
THANKS.
Bishop Dudley, next addressing the
Congress. returned his thanks 20 The gene
ri secretary and h> assistant, for their
work.
Or. Ni.les. the secretary. made au a;-
propTiatc response. IN which hc took occa-
sion % thank tie people of Richmond.
clurchunen and others, for the entertain
mout oi tie Congress and il, officers. IT,
also spoke of and regretted Bishop Whit
tie, absence on account of sickness
Rev. Ii. ". Jackson, u Richmond ac-
-
said thai while be- had been pleased &. speak
oi our little city. and fo express hi, thanks
i1r WHAT the Congress had received in the
vay 0f hospitality. De- wanted II UNDER
stood That thc Obligation aud gratitud,
should hc and VIZ, with Us, and hc wanted
The Courrr., o. understand that our heart
and home- arr AWAY, open 20 them.
After singing ty tie assembly and tne
hrnedictiou BIS bi-uop Dudley the tou-re-,
took recess until =. NJ.
Afternoon Gcssi"n.
The Church Iou1rcs. met again aroG. =
p. N.--Eey. Dr. Potter iu the chair.
PRAYER hy Or. Potter. The l,t Hvmi -
. Come. Gracious spirit. Ilca euiv Dove ''-
was then sung. M vhich the toWcfo- The
afternoon wa> on,idared-yiZ..
TEc-rsg,F r- FlE C0Nr-EttTIor.
Re,. Henry y. ~attc-l-e. =. H.. Of New
y orb CITY. was Tho FIRST writer. Hc read
an interesting and carefully prepared paper
on the Suuicct. IN which he discussed the
inquiry. How much Of the life Of Christ do
YOU possess: a~ being the practical rather
than Theological question that should be
asked tle candidate f1r confirmation. Tho
golden moment for Christian work j. in
The period Of childhood. Another require
mont for confirmation is the habit u im.
plicit and unque~iiouing obedience. An
other requirement j, To hc taught that
Christ j, not q iar-oa being hui o H'inr
body. ever present IN spirit, ana Ih' lrI-
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