Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-27
GREAT INTEREST IN REVEALS.
Large Congregations Attend and Numbers
of Conversions Reported.

The revival at Centenary church ia grow
ing more and more interesting. The ser
vices last night we're OF n deeply-mprossive cha
racter. The Rev. DR.. johnson, who is aiding the
pastor and preaching nightly, IL doing with
great power and effect. The attendance Is grow
ing larger and larger and tho earnest and pa
thetlc appeals Of the eloquent divine move upon
his hearers and viii be productive OF great good.
Tonight he breaches specially 10 the young, and
tho membership Of tho church and the public
generally are earnestly requested TO come and
bring their young friends with them. Bible
readings also from to q o'clock. Come and
welcome.
sEvESTH-sTREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
The interest in the meeting at this church Is
still increasing. The crowd last night was very
large. The sermon was on self-denial and Cross
taking In following Christ, from Luke tx, %.
Jesus, Mr.. Spencer said, does not say II is din.
cult to be Ills disciple without self-denial and
daily cross-taking, but that Il Is impossible
Jesus makes no compromise whatever with the
devil and will bo first and absolute master 90 q
soul or nothing. Submission and the spirit OF
obedience must be greater and more complete
to Christ than TO father or mother. said Jesus
himself.
In the days OF the apostles the taking Of ones
cross and following Jesus brought shame and
suffering from the world Now it means at least
opposition TO the lusts Of the fiesh 10 pride, ava
rice, ambition, and oil the pursuits and plea
sures OF sin. He exhorted his hearers 90 give up
all its promises, which are but vanity, and 10
surrunder TO Christ, whose word teaches the
young and old how to use the world and how TO
follow Christ and save themselves and others.
There will be meeting to-day at III O'Clock
for women. All are invited.
AT vENABLE-srREET.
Rev. J. X. Harrison preached TO n very largo
congregation last night at Nenable-Street Bap-
tist church and made an earnest appeal " the
ungodly. There were seven conversions and
twenty-five or thirty persons rose for prayer.
REV. MR.. BURTON AND BISHOP RANDOLPH AT ST.
MARKS.
Tonight tho solemn and impressive series OF
Frday-night sermons at st. Marks will be COM
pleted by the reverend rector Of 81. Johns. The
lenten services will tomorrow night be closed In
the same church by Bishop Randolph, who will
preach and administer the rite Of confirmation.
Although the rough weather all through February
and March has been q severe test the people
have stood IL, and with only one or two excep-
tions large congregations have been In at
tendance.
To-day the Episcopal churches win all bo open
at u A. VI. and mary OF them at Z. M. IL Is
an interesting fact that throughout the whole
country from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific the Epis-
copal congregations will to-day mako their con-
trlbutiOns to missions TO the jews.
BAPTIST NOTES.
This weeks Religious Herald says; DR.. Frost Is
I'm raptures over the splendid preaching OF Rev.
Dr. W. Ii. Felix, OF Lexington, Ky. He returned
home with all the Leigh-S.reet people loud In his
praise. Thirteen persons have been received
Tor baptism at Legh-Street church.
The next meeting Of the Sunday-SchOol Asso-
citation OF Upper Henrico viii be held with the
Bethlehem SCHOOL Sunday, April 9th, 1891. at
o'clock. The following subjects will be- discussed
l. announcement In Sunday-Scho0l Work, by
j. f. Broaddus, l. II. Jeter, and q. II. Waldrop
.. How 70 Teach the Sunday-School Lesson, by
Professor II. II. Harris.