Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-03
~ ~ JACOB.

how, as In the case OF Jacob. grace had 10
be gotten from God and how the Lord. by
HIS all.wise determinations, placed some
over Others and gave them strengthen they
believed.
The congregation OF this service was also
very large.
B,shop Jackson left yesterday morning
for Norfolk and viii return to Ricbmoni
this forenoon. lie leaves tonight witn DIS
wife aud child for Alabama.
DIR. sew on's Sermons at ST. Johns.
A large congregation, in which were en-
urusual number OF jnen, gathered IN Ut:
Johns SUNDAY night TO hear the first OF
the sermons which Or. Newton u 10 preach
there every night this week. The Doctor
sermon vas on the text, III. Kings, W., Z6,
as II well with theefn IL struck homewlth
tremendous power and has been talked
OF a great deal since as a splendid eAort
Adopting the question Of the text the DOC
tor SAID he was not asking concerning tenn
moral welfare. "a ID was OF comparatively
iittle importance. But, addressing hlm-
self particularly to the men, he pressed
home % their reasons and their con;
sciences the question, whether II was Wen
with their Immortal souls? II they bad
not accepted Gods terms OF pardon
through tho mediation of Christ Jesus, and
if they were travelling along the broad
way OF worldly religious indifference. II
not OF vice, il certainly was not well with
them spiritually.
THEIR own NEGLECT,
If not, why not? 1t was not because
God had failed 10 do everything possible
to omniscience and Omnipotence; IT was
because they themselves were postponlng
till tomorrow the step. for the privilege OF
taking which to-day they ought 10 he pro
foundry grateful. Procrastinatlon was not
only fatal habit, but also an insult TO the
ALMIGHTY. The Doctor closed with O
moving appeal to al TO make II well with
their soul 40 once and for eternity.
FRANK SINGS swEErLI.
Captain Frank Cunningham Immediately
followed with q beautiful rendition OF the
HYMN, Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Ne, sung
with so much expression and 80 lmpres-
sively as to hcighten greatly the e1ect OF
the sermon. C...-
At DR.. Newton's special request CAPTAIN
Cunningham will be present at ~. John IS
everv NIGHT this week and Will sing Doth
before and at the close OF the sermons mon.
The services begin promptly o. O'CLOCK
There IS also O devotional service every
morning frOm 1880 20 o'clock Tor inter-
ccssoTy prayer
Fsdraoion aud It's Environs.
Al fine First PRESBYTERIAN church the in
terest OF the Church-gJiug people and tue
community at large seems undated IN tue
series Of valuable lectures being deuyered
ON Sunday nights by the pastor, rev. Il. I.
Kerr ID D. His theme on Sunday night
YVES - FsdraclOn, the Plain Of Battles, and
its Environs." This great PLAIN extends
from the Mediterranean to the JORDAN ana
from tho range Of Carmel and Samarla 10
the mountains in Galllee. il ~ classic
battlefield. Here Barak and GIDEON TIL
umnbcd Deborah sang her war song
Jonathan and saul tell near by on the
mountains of Gilboa. Here King JOSIAH
was mortallv wounded by the Egyptians,
and here Napoleon won fruitless victory
over q Turkish army Of $4,000. This PLAIN
furnished the Apostle with mystic name
for the final battlefield of the Almighty
Revelations XVI, 1916.
The closing portion Of the lecture de-
tailed an interesting visit of the tourists
at Shunem and Main, both being spots OF
tender interest to all readers of the sacred
story. The subject Of DR.. KeTr's next lee
ture will be Among the Samaritan Hills"
The Great Revival at Clay-Street.
The meetings being conducted at Clay
Street Baptist church by Rev. j. r. Har-
risou, under whose ministry during the
last thirty-fve wears about ~, 900 persons
AbiAAA III NAAAa o's oN-AA EAR' -
interest and power. Although the church
has removed the partition walls in the rear
Of the pulpit opening other rooms into the
main audience-roOm, ell the availanle space
was occupied Sunday night. MIR. HARRISON
TO about 800 people a sermon Of
great power, and there were twenty-one
professions of faith. With large number
of requests for PRAYER. Many heads OF
families are among the number. Last night
there were number of professions. MIR.
Harrison is to begin a series of meetings at
the Second Baptist church after he leaves
Clay-Street.
The Mountains of Scripture.
Sunday afternoon DR.. Hoge delivered
the third of his series of discourses on the
Of the Scriptures 10 a large and
interested congregation. His subject was
Mt. Carmel and the scene between Elijah
and the priests of Baal, and the discourse
was picture after picture in vivid
word painting linked together by an
unbroken chain of logical and historl-
cal evidence of the truth of the scrip
tural narrative. One of DIR. Hoge's
many striking illustrations was the con-
tention that the mountains of the Scrip
ture were the piers on which rests the
bridge that stretches from Paradise lost
to Paradise regained. and those who heard
his discourse on Arrarat and that on
GeriAm and Ebal must have been particu-
larry impressed with it. In fortifying the
points he made DIR. Hoge adduced most
testimony from IacItus, from
traditions, and from the names by which
places on and about Carmel are now
known. Through all the ages the spot
where the trial by fire took place has been
known rs the place of burning, and the
place where the priests of Baal were slam
'lta Flap1a la
scriptions of the scenery from Mt. Carmel
were intensely realistic, and he closed his
discourse 10y making a startling appeal TO
all who were out of the Church to choose
whom they would serve-whether God or
Baal-as the false god is embodied in
worldly things.
The witch of Endor.
Rev. ]. Wiley Bledsoe preached the sixth
of his series of sermons on the Women of
the Bible Sunday night at Park-Place
church to a large congregation. He had
for his subject The Witch of Endor. In
Producing his subject, the speaker said:
Woman, the queen Of life, the goddess of
all that is lovely and beautiful, the sister
of mercy and charity, and the mother of
us all may descend 10 the lowest depths
of degradation and shame. When pure,
gentle, and sweet she is almost angelic.
She may reach tho deeper shame because
of the lofty height from which she topples
We have reviewed the life and portrayed
the character of The Beautiful Wife
= The Practical Wife aud The Model
Mother-iu-Law.' Tonight we are intro
duced TO weird, haggard, shriyelled old
creature called witch. She resides at the
town of Endor and has escaped the edict
of Saul which sought the destruction and
extinction of all the witch fraternity"
SAUL AND THE WITCH.
The speaker here reviewed the history of
Saul, his inability TO communicate with
God by dream, by Urim, or by prophet.
his VISIT 10 the witch he had previously
sought to destroy. Dofing his royal robes
and donDing citizens dress, he goes un-
der cover of night 10 have his fortune told,
Every seoRce Of this old witch was de-
ception and a fraud. Both she and Saul
were alarmed when the real Samuel APP
peaFed. 1t was more than they had bar
gained for. God entered the sedHce and
greatly embarrassed and disconnected the
witch by bringing up the real Samuel.
The speaker gave in brief a history of
and tablo-rapping, introduced
in this country in 1877 somewhere In the
State of New York. He condemned the
whole thing as base deception practiced
on the superstitious. nervous. the be-
wildered and excited under cover of