Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-27

there ltis the prophecy Of liberty and truth.
Greve-Avenue Baptist Church.
The services at Grove-Avenue church ,,yester.
\ gay morning were Wen attended and the main
| cdinee was crowded with n representative audi
ence. In tho pulpit sat Rev. Dr. s. A. Goodwin,
! the pastor, ana Rev. DR.. ghco. Whitfield, Rev.
Dr K. H. Pit, Rev. 5. Q. Clopton, Rev. Or. George
Soopcr aud Othere
Alter tho devotional exercises Rev. DR.. Good.
win arose and referred 70 the occasion which
Drought the gathering together. He then intro
Guccd Rev. W l. Wright, cf Lcigh-Street church,
Who delivered the address OF tho day. Before
Mr. Wright began hie discourse Rev. Mr. Chop
| ton offered ieryent prayer. Mr.. Wright chose
his text from tho 18th Psalm, 9th verso-ssI'he
,nes are fallen unto mo IN pleasant places yea,
have gOodiy heritage"
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING SERVICE IN 1921.
In commencing his sermon the preacher said
that tho first service Of this character was held
IA America In 1921, when tho people asked for
harvest and later, In i023, whom they desired
rain. Washington was the first 70 formally set
tho day aside rs ono for worHhip.
" IL David uttered tho words Of the text three
thousand years ago, how much more haY0 we
70 be thankful for tc-dayf" said the speaker
lie ihen referred % Richmond Immediately after
tho evacuation and compared her condition then
% what Il Is now
81 want 10 spoak Of some points Ia this heri-
tage today continued the preacher. 1--WE are
living ia an age OF condensed civilization, and
these blessings put us under obligations to God
which We cannot overlook. There never was n
day when food was so cheap. We have in
ClOtning AL that Is necessary and what other
ages ala without for centuries. There has been
q higher study of the laws OF life, OF health, and
God is bringing us blessings in the fact that oil
OF tho world communicates with the rest OF the
world. / believe the time Will come be said,
"when we viii NOS boast Of being citizens OF the
United States but Of tho whole world"
MORAL BENEFITS or TIE PRESENT DAY.
Tho speaker then gave illustrations Of the pro-
gres5 made IN surgery, and after summing up
~ Et,.a a,rAl "a.
gave q Retrospective view Of moral manhood
and its present status as compared 70 that OF
bar5arc days.
Here Ia this laudn continued the speaker,
"tho world does not ask about birth, and IL IL q
fnct that only three OF tho Presidents have been
what the world called gentlemen Washing
ton, Jefferson, and John Quincy Adams.
"NOw there are princes IN the Old World who
haven't sense enough 70 drive a street-car-to
rule q cOrporars guard, much lese a nation.
"GOd be thanked that we have such q country
as we have. We need 20 thank God for the boon
OF liDoHy-ciyll, pOli-cai personal, moral, ana,
best Of all, religious liberty. The individual,
not the Government, has been elevated and
mGde the unit.
believe the purest homo lives in the world arc in
America. The Christian home Is tho grand ceu-
tre OF strength md p0W0r IN any laud. Let us
make them sacred as the very altar oi God.
we are 20 thank God for the unspeakable
gift OF Christ / started 90 prepare this dis
course from that text. / love TO think about this
gift because It IS 20 precious-because II is an
eternal gift
HOW TO MAKE RETURNS FOE BLESSINGS.
"Lot us now turn TO the thought how we shall
make a return Tor these blessings" added tho
speaker. 81 am going 10 speak very plainly.
We Will honor God 81 We put away the curse OF
all curses-the whiskey curse. The Government
fosters it, and believe that the greater nun Der
Of politicians DO not wish 1t lessened, as II p0uIs
immense revenues into tho Treasury.
There is another evil threatening our land (;
IL is the slavery Cf capital DO not wish 70 SIR
up labor troubles, but IL needs 10 be consid-
cred"
The speaker thon told how hundreds of women
and children were working for wages hardly
sufficient 10 put bread into their mouths, and
foretod the tmo when this system would be
OvgrrulCd
in concluding Mr.Wright made several grace
ful and tender illusions 20 Confederate veterans.
After the o'n)u, which WAS not only graceful
but replote with beautiful language, the annual
collection for the Baptist Home for Aged Women
was taken up.
Leigh-Street Raptist Church.
Union services embracing the congregations Of
Fulton East- End, Venablc-Streot, HOWard'--
Grove. and Legh-Street churches were held in
the lastnamed church at II A. NJ. The minis
tors present were Rev. Dr. w. w. Landrum,
Rev. DR.. 4. p. BOll, Rev. C.. G. Jones Of Lynch
burg, and Rsys. II. 4. Williams, @, +. Williams
and Hines, OF this city, and Rev. NJ. A. Wilson,
OF blueh0ld, w. W..
Rev. G. q. Jones preached from the words,
" Inc spirit huQ tue btllo say tpult. IL h"1
revival sermon OF gTent power and was attended
with manifest results.
Rev. Dr. Laudrum followed In an eNhor,ation
and six persons came forward TO the pulpit ana
prOiessed faith in Chf.st.
TLe THANKSGIVING at Leigb-Stroet was for
spiritual blessings. A revival vs. In progress at
that church. Dr. Land1um has been preaching
every night. Service again tonight at . O'CLOCK.
The Christians Union Service.
There were union services az Seyenth-Street
ohm Z. y.
the faithful and C0nse'rated young pastor Of Tue
Third church, on Church Hill, and Rev. l.. A Cut
Ter. OF ofNarHnaii-Stroet, tho pastor, Jabez Ha be-
ing Kept 40 home by sickness. Mr. Cole TOOK ior
hia text the words OF the Psalmist, " 10 Is Good
Thing TO Give 1hnnks Unto the Lord," saying the
words Of David were 10 full OF praise and giving
of thanks that il would 10 better 10 read them
than 10 listen % words Of his. Stul no could not
fni1 20 give expression 20 his sense OF the great
fitness Of the ObserYancoo OF set Day tor Ihhuks-
giving. Every ago Of man, said he, has its day
Christmas for the children, May-day FOR tho
maiden, the Fourth Of July for heyoung patriot,
and ThauRsEiying-day for tho aged, when the
grandparents gather their children ana graud-
children around them and give ther testimony 10
tho goodness Of God and forget not all His bene-
hi5.
SHOULD HAVE 4 SPECIAL DAY.
While we should be thankful and givo thanks
,s,yV dan. and the Scriptures enj1in us 40 10 do,
II Is meet that We should set apart special day
that shall bear the same relation % the year that
the LOrd's day does 10 the week. ana the year
lust gone has been 80 especially full OF blessings,
both material and spiritual, We should especially
feel called upon 90 give thanks. Peace and
plenty have been our portion; the Waf-clOud
has scattered, and famine, pestience, and per-
sccltton have been unknown terrors 10 our pros
porous and blessed people. Mover had such
bOuntiiul crops been known; mover had missions
20 fOurished, over 1000 having been converted
I'm one day: never has the Biole been 80 eA-
nltcd and lifted up above all human clouds;
noyor has been known such convention OF
Christian workers as that at Minneapolis last
July, when, as was said 10y thoughtful speaker,
the great Christian Endeayor movement must
swallow up EeclGrianlsn as tne Whalo ulu
mo ace Of brotherly love Is dawning, and for
all these things We must thank God, and while
We are grateful for our own blessings let US
gathor IN tho fragments left over from our
abundance and bestOw them upon those who
ARE less favored. and do our part 70 relieve the
poor and afflicted, whom We have always WitA US
Broad-street DIothodist Church.
There was an unusually large attendance at
the Thanksgiving services which took place yes
ferdey morning at Broad-Street church. Rev.
Dr. Tudor filled the pulpit, and preached an eN-
ccedingly interesting sermon, Mhich was very
apurouriate 20 the occasion. lis teAt was So
lected from Second Chronicles, 9th cnapter, l3th
aud I4th verses, and She subject OF the discourse
was " Genuine Thanksgiving Service as Up
posed 20 Mere Formally
(" The text said DR.. Iudor, "describes euch
whom A saya The priests could not stand 10
minister by reason u The divine presence &C.
cepting the service We worship to-day in our
great national temple, whose foundations are
deep 10 the centre Of the earth and wide from
Atlantic 10 Pacific coasts Iron northern iake 10
eouthern gulf. The tomple OF liberty ought 10
be full OF praise TO God. We should remember
our common mercios by which we nave been
saved from famine and pestlence, but Anerl-
cans are mgrateiul people.
wORsHIPPING THE TURKEY.
Many OF them arc wolves that viii han any
time of want, and tho turkey involving the blood
and death aud bereavement of millions oi their
feilow-beings for the sake OF creating market
Tor corn 70 save spectators tron financial rum.
The people who believe In God must act THIS dny
as priests Tor the unbeleying and unWorshipping
masses 10 this end We must confess Win nor
ror national sins aud the sins OF the people ana
the goodness OF God must lead us 70 repentance
~ shall the praise and thanksgiving DC acceptA-
bic in the sight Of God =,
After tho sermon collection was taken up lot
the Methodist Home for aged Women.
Services at Trinity Church.
The services at Trinity church yesterday were
very iuteresting and instructive
The exercises were conducted by the pastor,
Rev. =. A. Peterson. ID. D., assisted hy Or faul
Whitehead presiding elder. Both OF these gem
tlemed made short addresses appropriate 70 TIE
occasion. ,,.,..
1be attendance was very large and the exer-
eises inters porsed with singing and prayer.