Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-16
THE HOLY SABBATH.
,HRIsrIAN CONVENTION LOOKING TO
ITS MORE FAITHFUL OBSERVANCE.
pslm-sunday Services --susday-sehool Meet
ings-R -Revivals-O Church Notes
Of General intsreet


|wni NEE, at Grsco-sircot Presbyterian CHURCH
r. s.is o'clocs lhis evening and will be IN session
|,vo days
The convention win be composed ~ all the
-ersy In The safe who may attend sni ono lay
nan from each church outside Of Richmond
.oa two from each church in Richmond. Tho
soesions will be open 60 the pnblic and the ladies'
!. ar espcclsly irvited to attend
81 Rev. w. r. uA.cLor D. D., IA president and z.
FN. Qaarios, Fsl.. IA secretary OF the convention
rnr Wsy1INo rO.SIGHT.
IA Dr. En, H. will cal tho mesting 70 order to-
IA. ieli AID Ite. So. .. Young pastor Of the Pros
II d erisu oislr.h ip Aexandda, VIII condaci 'he
III proliminart services -
II The satlect for tonight VIII be Tho ooser-
vance of ihe sabbath A. n Duty Toward 600.
i Tho principal SPEAKERS val be Ho' fredorick
T.. Power % Wellington. ID. C., and kev pr II.
NJ To'ge- 4, pastor n Vermont Avenue Chris
Hsn church aud vss President Garneld's old pas
Ioi. lie ~ son o. Dr. Robert H. Power. OF now
port News en- oN-Staio senator. M io"o' -
very eloquent speaker and has national repu-
Dr. sled Ia ono Of the best known Methodist
ministers in the sOuta and ~ very ablc Hnl
eloquent speaker
WEDNESDAY MORNING sEsSIeN.
The opening exercises Wednesday morning
rll nc conducted oy Rev. james +. smith, pas
far hf the lrc- bytorian church in fretericks-
burg stops wii ~ taken ~ his sessiou 10 or
ranize q Sabbath s'sie convention.
rne first tonic for c0us dereton to-morro"
morning will be "lo-sl Associai'on," hnc the
discussi IA Will bc opened by Rev. John Pollard
y. d. professor ~ rglish IN Richmond college.
1nr sabbath Laws OF NirFiuiS-H0W IKE
cuted ard Wbat Legislation l. Needed" viii he
dlscussed hy William G.. Preston, Esq, promi-
nont young member of the hchfnond tar
WEDNESDAY, NIGHT.
"Wednesday nlrhi there viii be grand mass
meeting. The preliminary serY es Will De con-
duciof Dy kcv. Df JChu r. Newton. rector OF
Monumental church The subject Tor discussion
,gti Doc "Saihl'h f0r man. and the principal
st,saksrs viii tc Rev DR.. l. =. FOX. oi salem,
Va. and Rev. Dr. W. r. CRAFTS. Of New York
DR. FOX ts "a tvell-lr0gD minister in the Luthe-
rsn Churth nud lir Crafts has long been idcn-
tHed win tire sunday Observance movement
He VIZ in his city during The CONVENTION OF the
locomotive engineers lssf October, snd also hero
n fe,r months ngo fD fhe interest OF better OBJ
Scfvnnco OF The Nabbath day
orHKr srEASERs.
Daring fho convention tcn-ninutc speeches
will bn Insdc hy Ecv. s. k. Winn, ct PeiersDlig;
Kes IS. r.. iiail. %. D. a. iynchourg: hev. l.. a.
Cox, D. n.. ~ Harrisonnurg; Rev. =. W. Rose
bro. ot Petersburg, ana otherN.
Rev. O.. Men. simpson and Rev K. II. Fleming,
both ~ fynrhburg. who were expected 10 de-
liver addresses. Will he unable 10 DO present.
PALM SUNDAY.
Services appropriate to this day which begins
Voiv NFcek or tie last week In ont we're hold
tn the Catholic churches on sunday Tho pro
erammo- were published iu sundays DiSpaich:
'Aiaoag other thaga thefc was blessing oi
rrlurlcs of the pGlM-tree.
fr tn. Erisco. al churches The rog llar services
appropriate o. tho day we're hold. during ina
week Joint services vii be- hoii Ia the Episcopal
churches a. follows: Tuesday, 6raco church
wednesday, Monuocntai; THURSDAY, 81 johns
and 81 fanPs. osch - - N. Good Friday scr
rres in an tho churches ~ II a. VI. Tho
a ~
At the First English Lutheran church SUNDAY
the eoryiccs were fppWprlat1 10 the DAY, ana al
night the pastor. Rev. Mr. Aioser. preached an
clogueat Palm sunday sermon. HIS theme was
the question asked 10y tho Jews III Jerusalem or
Jesus on Paim Sunday. "Who "a ihs9 aud Tho
answer those accompanying Him made. " This
is Jesus # Nazareth, the Prophet OF 1aiulee.'
srNDAY.sCuooL ANNIVERSARY.
The sunday school OF the Second Baptist
church held It's anniversary celebration sunday
morning al n o'clock and the regular church
scrvice Of this hour WAS dispensed win. ne
entire gallery Was reserved for the scholars, the
giris occupying the left side ana the boys me
1ght The congregation occupied mo h0dy oi
she church. AMI there Wss hardly vacant seat
IN be found. 4 feature ~ the pleasant Oc"RsiOn
wa the excellent singing of tho school, led ~
the church CnOr.
pronptiy AZ ~ o'clock The exercises were OPEN
nd uifh the voluntary Nv Tho choir. Benedic
Aniua" AZ the close q The voluntary tho whole
roncrt CATION arose AMI ssnG tEe DoXoogy
vrr-ary" A chapter from the bible Vas READ
hy kov Dr. ". ~. Laudrlm, the pastor, after
which the infant class sang in "a highly-credita-
bic manner g" Win Go 10 Jesus The weekly
Offering ras made. during which Mr.. Walter
aferrer sang q solo" Ecautiful Land on High"
DR. Laudrun preached from the text Con
sider tho lilies ~ the neld." Ills discourse was
direefed principally 20 The children At the close
a. the sermon "1he Song OF tho Young" was
fung by the school
Mr. n. Is. kllys0n. the superintendent. made
fye-m uutee' tax. and following THIS itsfrp-
firn was taken from the Nom bers Of the church
ana congregation for tue support VI the school
Soc the next twelve months. While ibis was
ining done As the Growing OF tie Com was
fuuE.
Frizes we're distributed 20 the scholars who hsd
won thenL I'VE VIII Follow Thee was sung,
ana with tie bcue-icfion tho very interesting
tr.erammo of exercises closed. During the
everrles. MIS- Fannie l.. Power sang sweet 500
81 q highly credlishle manner.
BAPrIsT ASSOCIATION.
The quarterly meeting Of the Bsptsi Sunday
-rhvOl As-O.iarou % Richmond and Manchester
was held sunday evening at the First Baptist
church a. ! O'Clock, J. h. Elieu prosidenp Oc-
CIpyiue the chair.
lie meeting MS opened with prayer by Rev,
8 G. Clopton, al The Ciay-Street church. After
crrellent singing by he choir the monthly md
olartoriv reports from the different schools we're
real.
The monthly reports are as follows: