The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-02
TIE rrmEs--prcHMoNp VA TUESDAY. JUNE :. l0yL

l''s lbranched candlestcks, was rlchly
| draped with damask and silk curtainsof every
| hue. o.,dlea In
| the seven-branched canuiestcAs III" D0'
beautiful lamps.
HISTORY OF TIE TEMPLE
pov " n. Atwell. of Cay-street church,
hogan this part of the afternoons serVlce
| with a brief history OF the temple from .ne
| ,;r,,a that solomon was told TO build u, de-
srriSnc lis magnidcence and glory, to It's de,
struction and the building OF the secohu
| temple ,. ,oor,;s,I aIlp-
s,on To the Temple on High, OF when the
lord God Almighty and the Lamp Is tue
MIR G. p Rady superintendent and chair
man of the committee. then unveiled the tent
! ple. This was followed by the following de-
scription by a class of eleven girls dressed IN
white M God selects Solomon 10 build
temple. Annie McPhail: 90 King Davids
/ charge TO Solomon. Carrie Bowman. s3)
King David commands the people to help,
| Rosa Muire (3) The dimensions OF the tenn
ple' Lizzie Riddick 90 The decorations Of the
f Srass Fla waiford. q The completion and
! dedication, Dellie Ogilvie 90 Solomons
/ gratitude and thanks. Susie Lear CO. The
! lord accepts his house, Florence Bass. tlO)
! The New Heaven, New Earth, New Temple
Selma Pickering ga 81 on 1v Anthem arIor on be
The exercises concluded with hat the
! Bells Say Z" recited by Selma Pickering and
sung by the class. and then the Lords Prayer,
! led by Myrtle Cheatham.
Mr.. John II. Frischkorn presided at the
organ, with Mr.. Charlie Frischkorn as as
sstant. "
large number Of persons requested Mr.
Rady TO repeat the Temple service. which
will be done with additions In about TWO
weeks.
Leigh-Street Church.
The anniversary of the Mems Missionary
Society Of the Leigh-street Baptist church
Sunday night was largely attended. Rev;
Moses d. Hoee d. d., delivered the annual
sermon. Rev James y. Cannon, OF the
Third Presbyterian church. and Rev. l. Is.
Bell of the Baptist Foreign Mission Board,
were on the platform, but did not take part III
the exercises.
Union Station.
Children's Day at the Union-Station Metho-
dist church was celebrated on Sunday, and
Rev. George III. Ray, Jr., made an elegant
and interesting address. which greatly pleased
the large congregation present
The singing by the school, under the ieadef-
ship of Mr.. X. s. NJ. Valentine. was especially
| fine. The exercises were perfect success
and reflected much credit on those who took
| mart and also those who trained the children
! The programme rendered was as follows;
PRAYER by Mr. William i. Hughes. assistant
| superintendent of the school. Recitation
More like Jesus" by Emmie Gary. Duet
Infant Praises" by. Ola Diacont and Ethel
| EnOs.
Recitation-"Where is the room for the
children" by Virgle Crouch, Bessie Hechler'
and Rosa Brauer. Room in the Sabbath
school, by London Wilcox Room in the
wide. wide world" by Vlrgie and Lille Hech-
! Ter II et them come" Ruby Hechler. Dia-
/ logue, Room in the fold of Christ" by
! Ethel Enos and Fannie Hoffman.
Soo-"Open the door for the children" by
| Ola Diacont. Recitation" two rain
drops" by Maggie Bates Singing by infant
class. =,
The SUPERINTENDENT made brief address
| touching the interest of the school, and stated
! that much good work had been done during
! the year especially in the conversion OF many
children.
DIR. Briggs and the Bible
At the First Presbyterian church Sunday
! morning the pastor, who had Just returned
| from the Southern Presbyterian General AS
sembly in Birmingham, Ala, delivered SER
mon on the "InspiratiOn of the Scriptures"
| which doctrine is denied by DR.. Bmggs, OF the
New York Theological Seminary.
The text Of the discourse was from Psalms,
chapter XIX. Thy word is lamp unto
my feet. and light unto my path.
DR.. Kerr said the New York professor had
been condemned by an overwhelming majority
vote Of the Northern Assembly for teaching
that the Bible is of coordinate authority IN
| religion with the Church and the reason and
| that like the Church and the reason Of man,
its statements contained many mistakes.
He stated that the Church had no right 10
say that DIR. Briggs should not teach that the
Bible is not inspired. but that he should not
preach this doctrine as the Church's agent
aud with its Endorsement. and supported by
| It's money.
The world is wide, and Dr. Briggs should re-
tire from the ministry of the Presbyterian
Church and preach what he pleases. but ne
could hardly expect TO be allowed TO preach
against the Church which supports him.
1t is breach of trust for man TO do that.
! The PRESBYTERIAN Church allows its private
members to believe anything they please so
/ long as they hold to the fundamental doctrine
of Christianity and lead religious lives, but
to be a public teacher man must MAINTAIN
the creed of the Church
1t is justso. he said, in the American nation.
| man may become a CITIZEN though believe
in monarchcal or despotic system of gov
| eminent so long as he Obeys the laws, but he
could hardly expect to be President of the
I United States unless he believed III and de
| Tended the Constitution.
The speaker said the two great institutions
| of Christianity which we need most zeal
ously to defend in this age are the Sabbath
and the Bible-God's day and Gods book.
The Church's great function on earth was he
| declared, to hold up the lamp of life TO a
lost and ruined world. The Church could
not convert a soul, but it could hold up the
! light while the Holy Ghost opened the eyes
! of men 10 see il.
He closed with an illustration of the statue
of Liberty in New York harbor, which holds
aloft an electric torch TO shine upon the great
pathway of the worlds commerce. So the
| Church holds the light above the SHINING,
sorrowing world, and that light is the Bible.
This light can never be extinguished, but will
outlive time and the world.
The Association.
The boys meeting held in the parlor of the
! Young Mems Christian Association on Sun
day afternoon at o'clock was we'll attended
! In the absence of Mr. W. II. Smith, who had
been called out of town, Assistant Secretary
| James S. Atkinson led the meeting. Mr.. L. j.
Cragie, Jr., sang a solo.
At 4 O'Clock the meeting for young men fol-
lowed III the library. The meeting was con-
Quoted by Mr.. J. ID. X. Sleight, of the Presby-
| terrain Publication Committee Mr.. Sleight
| delivered q very interesting and instructive
address. full of forcible arguments, which
/ deeply impressed the hearers. There were
l06 young men present. Mr.. W. b. Cridlin
| presided over the organ and Mr.. NJ l.. Willis
played the piano. The soloists were Messrs.
Haddon s. Watkins and f. j. Crage. Jr
At O'Clock Secretary Candlish took charge
of the Bible class. which was attended by
rrfr Exfa q ln IL, g H..