Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-02-10

| colored statesman, had been publishe
as Mr.. Robinson, and he also was d.
sirous Of having all the glory that h
remarks were entitled to.
| The Council then adjourned.
THE RELIGIOUS INTEREST.
Services on sunday and Last Niahs-Larz
Numbers Converted.
! One Of the religious papers Of thi
city has declared that the mission worl
Of DR.. Hoge at Old-Market Hall is tn
most important ever undertaken in thi
city. The meeting on Sunday nigh
largely confirmed the truth Of thi
statement. Before taking his text DIR
Hoge remarked that be had purposely
neglected to put any notice Of the meet
ing in the city papers, as he wished t.
see whether the interest already
awakened was sufficient to sustain thu
enterprise and gather the people. Hs
said the assembly then before him was
a test of the success of the enterprise
and its best demonstration, as there
was not vacant seat in the hall.
This was DR.. Hoge's fourth sermon
at the Old Market. The singing by the
full choir of some fifty voices was ad-
mirable, and the two solos by Captain
Frank Cunningham were given in his
best manner. He has a voice full of
pathos, and many who have heard Mr..
Sankey say that Captain Frank can
touch the hearts Of the people quite as
readily as that efficient co-laborer of
Mr. Moody.
DIR. Hoge took for his text the Goth
verse of the 32d chapter Of Exodus !:
"Tben Moses stood in the gate Of the
camp, and said /: WHO is OH the Lords
sidcY Let him come unto me. " The
introduction to the sermon at once gain
ed the attention Of the audience. The
Doctor said the interest Of the whole
civilized world was now centred on
what was going on at Khartoum.
A little handful Of brave men, under
the gallant General Gordon, had for
months been trying to hold their own
against the surging masses of the Mahdi.
Gordon had everything TO fear from the
trescherous character of the Oriental
troops under his command. The ques-
ton. " On whose side are you?" was a
vital one to him. To ascertain how
many loyal men he had TO depend on
amidst such defections was all-im-
portant to him. Whether in the army,
in the State, or in the Church, nothing
but true valor. patriotism, and piety
are worth courting.
Could General Gordon have pitched
his tent, as Moses did the tabernacle.
without the camp Of the diSaffected,
and rallied to his support all that were
true TO his cause, it would have made
him stronger than he was with the
whole city of Khartoum, filed with
pretended adherents, who were at heart
n sympathy with the enemy.
So, too, in the great struggle for
American independence in l77G, when
he little Continental army threw down
he gage of battle to the well-equipped
orces Of Great Britain, the question
vas " Who is on the side of the coun-
~ and its freedom against the King
nd its oppressors:
The same thing is illustrated in times
4 peace when great political excitement
revails and party feeling runs high.
very effort is then made to ascertain
rho are the adherents of each candi-
ate, and appeals are made to the pa
riotism Of all voters to arrange them
elves in favor Of the one who supports
rider and law and the true interests OF
he public.
So it was with Moses on this memora-
le occasion. There was treason in the
amp; almost universal detection
nong the hosts of Israel. Moses
ood almost alone, but he stood firm.
he a rock amidst the surges of the
"a. He pitched the tabernacle at
stance from the disloyal camp, and !
ood in the door and cried =. Who is
the Lords side: Let him come !
ITO me-"
so men must come out of the camp {
the careless, of the profane, of the
shonest, and of the dissipated. j
In taking the Lords side men NAV
we to suffer losses. They may alien
e friends; they may encounter the =
position of their own families; they !
ny meet ridicule and persecution; but :
e favor of God will be recompense .
r all.
DR.. Hoge here gave an account of the !,
lgin Of the familiar hymn :
Jesus. my cross have taken. :,
All TO leave and follow Thee Il
He enumerated the advantages of o
king an open, outspoken stand on the ii
rd's side at whatever cost, and ex- v
rted his hearers TO come to 4 decision p
m, each for himself.
When the clock struck 9 he ended p
, discourse, and invited the gentle le
N living in the vicinity of the hall. tC
10 had kindly offered their aid in the al
nagement of these meetings, to re- al
in after the benediction for consulta-
n as to organized arrangements and A
ms for giving still greater efficiency B
these services. at
UNIoN-sTATIoN METHODIST, IL
The special services being held at u
Methodist church have CT
n crowned with encouraging success. W
Iy persons have professed conversion
thirty-six have joined the church.
vices continue every night this week. r.,
, pastor is aided most efficiently by ~ =;
Reys. 5. l.. Thrift and w. f. Rob ~ ~
5.
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vENABLE-sTREET CHAPEL. r.
lev. Thomas Needham. the evangel- NJ,
preached to large audience on Be
day morning from the text. They 10
u be mine, saith the Lord of host. d,
N | come to make up my Jewels. Ii,
er the sermon two young men united BE
! the church. IL