The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-01

membership Of the Hebrew congregations
are made up OF males only, and they all
adults.
COSGREGATION BETH AnABA, worship
ping at the synagogue or Eleventh street
between Marshall and Clay. Members, 1870,
consisting only OF heads Of families. Rev.
DIR. a. Harris, minister; Moses Mfllhser.
President; y. W. Nelson, vice-president:
William Loyenstcin, secretary.
Uebreic Sunday School, attended by jew
isl children OF all congregations, meets at
Elcyenth-Street synagogue. Superintend-
ent, William Loyenstein; Assistant Super
intendent, }. l.. Levy; Secretary, ;. :.
Whitlock; teachers, u; scholars, lj0-to-
tai, 1872.
CONGREGATION BETH SHALOS, worship
ping nj the synagogue on Mayo street near
Franklin. At present without minister.
Abram Levy, president: Joseph Cohen,
reader.
CONGREGATION KENNESsETH ISRAEL, wor-
shipping at the synagogue on Mayo street
near Broad. Herman Jacobs, president;
Abraham VI. Meyer, secretary. Members
and stockholders. 40.
LUTHERAN.
First English Lutheran Church.
Seventh street between Grace and Broad.
Rev. W. G. Schacier, pastor; residence,
No. 705 north First street. Present men,
bcrship, %; net increase, 1G.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.-OfiiGcrs and teachers,
81: scholars enrolled, 1S0-toial, POI.
The Luther Union, - members, is
vigorous organization Of the young people
Of the church and Sunday school.
During the year $3.50 have been paid
on the debt Of the church.
German Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem
Church.
Sixth street above Cly. Rev. Frederick
Dreyer, pastor; residence, BIC east Clay
street. Present membership, 30; add
tons, II. Instruction in the catechism
every sunday afternoon. Weekly services
Wednesday evening. There is in connec-
ton with the church a Ladies' Society.
The church also has parochial day school
numbering 81 scholars.
This congregation is united with the
German Lutheran synod OF Missouri.
Ohio, and other States, numbering AS
ministers. with SIS congregations and 2j4
missions, including 40.T22 voting members,
sos schools, and 1929 scholars. The
Church has attached to It. name the letters
"U. 4. c." which signify that this con-
Word OF God ~ eXD0unded i'm the Unal-
tered Augsburg Confession, from the year
1870.
German Evangelical ~. Johns Church.
Rev. Ed. Huber. pastor. Number OF COM
municantS. $50; confirmed, IS; baptized,
20: weddings, :: funerals, Is. The new
and handsome church, OH the corner OF
Marshall and Eighth streets, WAS dedicated
OH the 9TH OF October, 1881. The build
ing. including the lot. costs about $4,000.
It. Johns Is the oldest German congrega-
ton in the city. During the last year it has
been slowly but constantly increasing.
sunday school numbers 21j scholars and
teachers.
AiETUODISr.
Methodist Sunday-schoOl Society.
Officers: Albert l.. West. president;
Charles =. Rady. secretary; James Z. Tur-
pin. assistant secretary, and I. l.. ID. Wal
ford, treasurer. THIS Society was organ
lied IN 1866: il represent, all the Methodist
sunday schools oil Richmond and suburbs,
ard Of Manchester, and numbering ten
schools. The superintendent, OF the schools
embraced in this Society are the yicc-presl-
dents. Monthly meetings are held regU-
larlv. alternating at The various churches.
on the second sunday in each month.
The schools embraced in TIL; Society are
aIl in GOOD working condition. well officer
ed. and supplied with earnest and faithful
teachers. The average roll OF officers,
teachers. and scholars for the past year
shows a small increase, and j. now 2,lGl:
average attendance, 1,7jl: percentage, -.
All the schools raise weekly contributions
for current expenses and missionary work,
and some OF them support Dorcas societies
Tor the purpose OF clothing the poor chi'-
drcn OF The schools. All the schools have
circulating librarieS-Somc OF them large
and valuable. This Society supports a
mission school IN Shanghai, China, by con-
tributions from each school quarterly.
Trinity Church
Has large and imposing church cdiice,
situated at the corner OF Twentieth and
Broad streets. II stands clothed in a new
and bright garment, having been painted
recently from the ground to the top OF the
tall and graceful spire.
The ladies Of he church, with commend
able zeal and libcrality. are now having the
main audicncc-rO0m thoroughly renewed,
the floor carpetcd, and the pcWs hand
sOmely cushioned.
Rev. j. Wiley BlcdSoc, the pastor, has
his residence at No. ZOOS east Broad street.
The present membership is 40. Thomas
W. Pemherton is the Sunday-schOOl super
intendcnt and Charles p. Rady assistant;
James l.. Riddick, secretary; officers,
teachers, and scholars, $685. Silas l.. john
son. chairman OF the Board Of Stewards. j.
also president OF The Sunday-School So
cicfv. The church has a Ladies' Aid So
cietv. Woman, Missionary Society, Chill
drcn's Rosebud missionary Society. and
Young spraycr-moeting-all in reSu-
lr and successful operation.
Centenary AIcthodisU.
Situated on the south side OF Grace street
between Fourth and Filth streets. The
cdifce i, commOdiOus and handsomely
finished. The sittingS are Tree. Number
oil COMMITMENTS, AZ.
The sunday school Ia, u officers and
teachers. and 300 scholars on the roll.
Rev. p. \. Peterson, pastor-residence,
3a4 east Clay street; Rev. W. B. Mctiil-
yray. local elder; u. :. Woodbridge. pre-
,ident: f. L. lludgin>. secretary; and
Allen VI. Lyon, treasurer Of Che Board OF
Stewards; O. Summers Morton, supcrln'
fcndcnt Sunday school: Mrs. Lizzie Nor
ton. president Ladies Md Society; Mr..
Helen Gray Manson, president Dorcas So
cicty; Mrs. Mary /. Winston, president
Ladies Missionary Society; Miss :. Alice
Wci,iger, president Circle OF Industry
Miss Lizzie J.. Deaton. president Rosebud
Missionary Society. The contributions to
benevolent purposes during the past year
were large.
Brcad-Strect Church
| T. one OF the handsomcst church cdilicc,
| i'm the South. 1t is located on the corner
OF Broada and Tenth streets, only one square
from the Capitol and near the centre Of the
city. II was built about twenty years ago,
I ,,,1 Los had an eVpnffti history The fame