Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-10

4 HoW3rd'S GrOye Baptist cnurcn ~ MIL
| past O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
The neat and attractive editice was well
| filed, and the exercises were cordial and
heartily enjoyable.
| The Council had az presiding officer
Rev. DR.. George Cooper, who. after few
| preliminary remarks, introduced the
| speakers of the evening.
Rev. DR.. j. NJ. Frost. of Leigh-Street, de-
| livered an address of welcome in behalf of
| the Richmond Baptist Conference, andhe
was followed by William Ellyson. Esq,
secretary Of the State Mission Board. who
/ delivered an address to the church as
| the last adopted child of the board.
| Dr.. Landrum delivered an address to the
| church on it's duties to the pastor. Rev.
Leroy j. Phaup. of the Methodist Church,
| gave an address Of welcome in behalf of a
sister denomination. He was followed by
| Mr.. j. Il. Norman, deacon of the church,
who gave the right hand of church well
come TO the new pastor. and made a splen-
| did address.
| The exercises were closed by an address
| from Rev. DIR. Hatcher. who instructed the
| pastor as TO his duties, and then proceeded
to take collection for the repairing of
the church. Quite good sum was real
! lied.
| Mr. Kirk is q native of Virginia, and
son of the late Rev. DR.. Kirk, who was a
contemporary Of Jeter, Witt, and the other
| Baptist leaders of his day.
Park-PIace Church.
The services at this church were attend
| ed by full congregations morning and
night. The pastor Rev. j. Wiley Bledsoe,
who had been quite sick for more than q
week, was in his pulpit, and while the
| effects of his recent attack showed upon
him, he preached with decided emphasis,
clearness, and power. At night he re-
sumed his series of discourses on the
women of the Bible, taking for his subject
| Rebekah.
| He stated that it would be his purpose
| to show from the history of Isaac and Re
| bekah the interest felt and manifested by
the Lord in marriage. Marriage Is of
! Divine origin. 1t is one of the most
| solemn and tender relationships known to
the human family. 1t is too often made
| the subject of Jest and ridicule He drew
a very graphic picture of the old patriarch
| Abraham with wintry beard falling on his
breast calling his trusted servant, who had
| charge of all his possessions, TO his
| presence and expressing TO him in solemn
| tones and by the use of language so digni-
| fed and lofty as TO sound like prophecy
| his wishes with respect to the marriage of
his son.
| SENT FOR WIFE.
The speaker said the grand old Hebrews
1 Setlileu TO 40 everything. tNtu lut tOlu-
| monplace duties of life, with solemn and
massive righteousness. The servant, i'll
| obedience TO the request of his Master,
| starts out from Canaan 10 Mesopotamia
to find wife for Isaac. He pauses 8t the
well and there meets Rebekah. and what
here transpires is in exact answer TO
prayer. Rebekah was true to duty. The
women Of the East were accustomed to
! domestic life not in harmony with our
higher civilization and refinement. Many
a Rebekah has failed to find her Isaac be-
cause not in the line of duty.
Rebekah was civil and courteous, polite,
| accommodating kind TO strangers. These
traits of character are the beautiful flow
ers of life. God cares for. the flowers,
though they do not serve for food and
drink. They adorn woods and fields, and
tell Of the exquisite skill and delicate
touch of the Divine hand. The tree
blooms and bears fruit The flower first
| and then the fruit. He emphasized the
importance Of cultivating the flowers that
should adorn female character, Gentieness,
courteousness. kindness, &c. Rebekah
was elevated to place of honor and re-
| sponsibility in becoming the wife OF
Isaac; usually the wife rises or sinks to the
level of the husband in marriage.
The sermon abounded with striking facts
and illustrations greatly enjoyed by the
large congregation present.
General Church Notes.
| Professor Harris, Of Richmond Col
| lege, preached at Venable-Street Baptist
| church Sunday morning TO "A large congre-
| CATION and at night Rev. W. II. Atwill. of
the Clay-Street Methodist church delivered
the annual serIpon before the Young LADIES'
| Aid Society. The special services at this
church wifi continue all this week. Dr..
| Goodwin preached last night. DR.. Hatcher
will conduct the services tonight, and
| DR.. Whitfield tomorrow night.
| Large congregations attended both the
| morning and night services at Broad-Street
Methodist church. At the latter there
were more people than could be seated.
DR.. Tudor is steadily growing in favor
with the people, and often speaks three
| times on the Sabbath, but seems fresh at
every service. His sermon Sunday night
was one Of great power, and the audience
| gave undivided attention. His thoughts
| flow so rapidly that it hurries his speech,
| but his articulation Is always clear and
| distinct. His appeals TO } ,s audience to
renounce sin and become children CT God
are tender, earnest, and persuasive. A
| large number of young people attend the
| church and the proportion of men in the
| congregations at night is unusual. The
| Acme Quartette with Professor Galpin
| sung the offertory and Professor Galpln
| sung a solo.
| The drug clerks of Richmond have
| petitioned Rev. DR.. Landrum TO preach
sermon on the propriety of closing drug
stores during the hours of public wor-
| ship.
The weather on Sunday was perfect and
the congregations throughout the city
were large DIR. Goodwin had perhaps the
| largest audience that has heard him since
| the Grove-Ayenue church was dedicated.
| He preached in the morning on the Mi
racle of the Loaves," and at night his sub
| ject was" The Value of the Soul"
Rev. E. NJ. Peterson. of Manchester,
preached at the Washington-Street Metho-
| dist church Sunday morning, and the COM
munion service followed. Rev. James
Cannon preached at night.
Rev. DR.. George Cooper, of the First
| Baptis. church, left yesterday for Frede-
ricksburg. where he will assist Dr. Dunna-
way in a meeting, preaching every night
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