Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-07
impres.Iou !. ,ba, there Is good religious

impression u that there ~ goOo fehRlous
feeling pervsding this community.
Our Sabbsih-school has very largely In
creased In numbers and In interest, and is
now going on 10 success My congregations
have not only been good, but full, atteotive,
and impressive.
The fnancisl interests Of the church are
all on the Increase. The PASTORS sslary and
the material expenses Of the church are fully
abreast OF the denomination, aud The debt on
our church incurred In ils building VIII
soon be lifted. snd We are now projecting
the building OF parsonage 10 be owned and
held by the church for the benefit oil our
Minister'S In enc you may report that we
are on the up grade, and msy the blessings
OF the Lord not only rest on US but on oil his
Israel.
Presbyterian.
FIRST PREsDYTERIAN.
Rev. Dr. Robert 2. Kerr: Since the 1st OF
January we have received foriy-t1o mems
befs into the FIRST Presbyterian church aud
It's MISSION. Two weeks leDce our quarterly
communion occurs, when we viii receive
considerable number more. Our cOngrega-
tlons are larger and the prospects better than
at any time siuce | became pastor OF the
church, five years ago. But this Is not the
result OF any special effort. There has been
a 0tFAIl kiONtU UD W iug 'if7tHe hAN'A wv
regular use OF the means OF grace. ] bave
not had communion without receiving
members. DOR mission church, Weslmin-
ster, Is a great success and is crowded every
Sunday.
GrACE-sTREEr CHURCH.
Mr. b. c. Wherry ] am sorry TO say that
there have been no additions to Grace-Street
PRESBYTERIAN church since January lst. We
hay tUit honf n naafCF since flrfgEcT
last, and to that extent have not been able TO
do the complete and most effective work Of
q church. The Rev. Mr.. Fair, who has been
called TO become our pastor, has signtied bis
willingness to accept aud " nov taklng
steps in,his presbyterv TO be transferred 70
Grace SlTset church, and we expect aim 10
he with lie not later than the first sunday IN
May. To your second inquiry, as to " OBJ
seryatIOns on the growth Of religious feeling
and improvement in church attendance IN
this city," can confidently say | think at
no time, except perhaps when Dir. Moody
was in Richmond, has the religious feeling
Of this community been as intense as it has
been during the past few weeks, aud judy
ing from my own church never bas the i'm
pfoyement in church attendance been
equalied. At both our morning and alter
noon service our congregations have shown
a steady increase.
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. VI. ID. Hoge. ID. d.. We receive
members four times wear and on each occa-
sion about twenty additions are msde 10 the
church. The attendance isVerv good on the
Sabbath and at the Wednesday-night ser
vices, too. Nearly every Wednesday night
our lecture-rOom is filed. AZ the Old'Market
Hall Rev. MIR, Turnbull has entered upon
his duties with great yicor. | have not with
drawn my attention from this work, but
Will continue TO preach there occasionally.
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. j. Calvin stewart: Number OF COM
muncants January l. 1889, ljl; number re-
ceiyed from January to April 4, 1889, Is;
number transferred January " April 4,
1859. 4; total nun her OF commandments April
4. 1889, 1872. Observation clearly shows that
an unusually deep religious feeling IL pre-
yaing in all Of the churches and has spread
throughout the entire city. IT seemingly per-
yades all lines Of thought and uctiyity.
CoIOred Baptist
FOURTH CHURCH.
Rev. Evans Payne; Received by letter
since January !, 1889, 4 There have also
been upwards Of thirty converts, VINO viii
he baptized soon. AT present quite a large
revival is gong on among our several Btp.
Inst churches Of this city, and | can truth
fully say that the religious Interest manifest
ed is apparently as great as that Of 1873.
at which time hundreds Of souls were added
to our churches.
SIXTH MT. ZION.
Rev. John jasper Joining since January
Ist, %: preparing to JON, ). As far as l can
perceive increasing interest Is being manl-
tested in religious teachings and practices,
aud a marked increase IN church attendance
generally.
FIFTH CHURCH.
Rev. Daniel Tucker: The number Of ac-
cessions to the membership OF the Fifth Bap.
tisl church Is three. There are more pre-
pairing TO Join. The growth Of religious
ieoliag among my people has not been good.
which has greatly hindered the improvement
10 church attendance.
SHARON CHURCH.
Rev. William Troy: Igye the following
statement OF accessions to the Sharon Bap-
fist church since the 1st Of January 1882:
Fifty-Gve added. Number preparing fer
membership, -. PrOspectiyely the reli-
gious feeling Is better than any period OF my
labor ia the city. Church attendance
greatly improved and / will add that the
apparent earnestness TO hear preaching Is
a marked change for the better FROM former
wears. | am sauguDe OF happy results IN
tine true morals OF my people in this new
body OF members. Total membership, 400.
RecnpttuiatiOn.
The statistics above are from thrty-four
Tor lust one more than halD OF the Rich
mond churches. They show an aggregate
increase IN church membership during this
year Of 1927, with 432 now preparing to
Join. Among the churches not Included IN
The above are the First Baptist and Grace
street Baptist, to both OF which there have
been large accessOns. Perhaps more than
ons hundred have been added TO the latter.