The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-08
LOCAL MATTERS.
Church Notes.

Church Notes.
At Leigh-Street Baptist church during
| the week two were received by letter. On
Sunday morning Or. Pollard preached and
administered communion. The right hand
Of fellowship was given to five.
At Clay-Sreot Baptist church during the
week one was received for baptism.
On Sunday night the Sidney congrega-
ton met with the Clay-Street church, and
Rev. :. G. ClOpton preached, and Rev. w.
J. Shipman, pastor OF Sidney church, bap-
tized sixteen persons who had been con-
ver;ed in the meetings recently held at that
church.
Rev. G.. W Manly. Of Aiken. :. c., is in
the city. ca route to Berlin. lie is Il son Of
DR.. Basil Manly. of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. ON Sunday night
he preached at the GTacc-Street Baptist
church.
Al Venablc-Street Baptist church sunday
night two were baptized.
At Second Baptist church Sunday night
one was baptized.
MIR. james Caldwell. a member OF the
Pine-Strect Baptist church, has given the
church on eXcecdngly-handSome pulpit
stand, which hc made himself. 1t was used
At Pine-Strcet Baptist church on sun
day morning four persons were received
by letter and one by experience.
At Sidney Baptist church on Sunday
morning one was received for baptism and
one was restored.
EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
At ST. Paul's church. in the fore
noon. the rector, Rev. DR.. Minnigerode.
preached 10 large congregation from
/ Peter; 4. :: "The end Of all things
is near" etc. At the close Of the morning
lesson DR.. Minnigerode stated that he had
at last completed a list OF the commune
cants OF st. Paui's and its appendiX-St.
Andrew 's-thc number approXimating six
hundred. In this connection he made
some remarks OF peculiar interest TO the
members OF the church. After the sermon
the sacrament of the Lords supper" was
administered-Rev. Pike Powers assisting
in the solemn rites.
At the Meade-Memorial chapel, near
Monroe Park. the attendance at the night
services was not large. Rev. DR.. Sprigg,
the pastor. preached.
The usual services by the resident minis
ters were held in the other churches.
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH.
The usual exercises, including the Lords
Sacrament. were delivered Sunday by the
pastor. J. Wiley Bledsoe, 10 large congre-
gations. At night the fifth oi the series on
the Lords Prayer was preached, and was
impre,>ive and thoughtful. and gave evil
dent pleasure to the congregation. The
-. ,ony service" was well attended in the
afternoon.
Nav the 20th the siXty-seyenth anniver-
slrv Of the school will he celebrated with
hghly interesting exercises, consisting OF
singing. recital Of the schools history, etc.
TIE BLIND QUAKER PREACHER.
Miss Sarah Foushcc, the blind Quaker
minister. preached at Friends meetin--
house sunday morning from the text
1" whatsoever Thy Hand Findeth To Do,
DO 1t With Thy Might" sc.
The conclusion Of her remarks was on
" Faith" to which her subject naturally
led her. She deeply deplored the lack OF
il. both i'm the church and III lis lnGNldual
members. saying that if all exercised the
faith enjoined by the Bible they would eX-
peucnce the promise that "gredter h'"9S
than these shall ye do.' During this por-
ton of her remarks she gave thrililnS a'-
rount al a cure which had been made on
her own person through this lnstruiheh'ai-
itv. Her words and manner cannot De re-
produced. but this is the substance oi her
statement: =.
She had been suffering with paralysis in
the lower limbs, and had not taken
step for four months, when the diIect
answers TO PRAYERS for lesser Things
smocested that she might be cured by
the same means. Friends were written
at.fe nT
with request that at n certain named hour
they would engage in special prayer ioi
her relief. When the time came her phy-
sician and another friend met by her bed
side. and while they were engaged IN pray
er She seemed to hear voice say, "Arise
and walk In obedience 10 this COM
mond She got out Of bed, and after walk
inc across the room. went down stairs and
returned without assistance, and the next
dav stood before q large congregation and
nreached for thirty minutes. This oc-
cIlrred i'm November last, and on Sunday
she seemed well ana strong, and yesterday
left for an extended eyangelistic tour IN
the West. When she left here little more
than wear ago none Of her friends ever
eyDected TO see her alive again; nut that
sbe i, greatly relieved, il not cured, was
opparent to all who saw her yesterday.
CoLoRED BAPTIST sUNDAY-scHooL UNION.
The regular monthly meeting OF TINS
Union was held at Sidney Baptist church
Ccolored) Sunday afternoon. Religious eX-
ercises were conducted by j. ID. GORDON
and w. II. Davis. Reports from nlne
schools were read, showing nm average at,
tendance during the last month OF l'Voi
scholars. Then followed recttatiohs .!
several OF fhe scholars, PRAYER tor Tue pros
perity Of the Union by Rev. james y: -.
Robinson, OF Lynchburg, essay y! ond MIun' nn
Willis on Sunday-school Irainihg, anu al
address bv A. c. Chism. Forty-seyen con-
versions were reported from the Fourth
street school during the past month. me
next meeting Of the Union viii De heiu
with the Rising Mount Zion school on the
first Sunday in June.