The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-30
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Much Interest is Manifested in
Church Work Here.

The attendance at all the churches
was exceedingly large Sunday. The
ministers who have been absent from
the city have all returned and filed their
appointments
The morning services at Greene. Me-
mortal was conducted by tho pastor.
Rev. DR.. w. L. Hammer. The DISCOURSE
which was very able and eloquent was
from this text, "Sir, We See jesus" At
night Rev. DIR. S. X. Cox, pastor Of
Grace Church, preached on excellent
sermon to largo congregation, he hsv-
Ing exchanged pulpits for the evening
with Mr.. Hammer.
The pastor, Rev. s. K Cox, preached
in the morning at the Grace Methodist
Church in East Roanoke. The evening
service was conducted by Rev. DR.. w
f. Hammer, of the Greene M emorial
Church, on the Effects OF Piety on
Nation"
The services at Mt. View Terrace, in
West Roanoke, was conducted at IL a.
m., by the pas:or, Rev. L. f. Snapp
A very interesting sermon was preached
from the text, For the children of the
world are in their generation wiser than
the children of men," The Sunday
There were no services in the evening.
Rev. DR.. J. Cleveland Hall, the rec
tor, preached at IL a. M. and D. M, at
Christ p. e. Church to large congre-
cation The morning subject was
Prayer" and the topic discussed at
night was Temptation"
The attendance at Bethany Presby
terrain Church was large at both tho
morning and evening services, which
were conducted by the pastor, Rev. w.
Ii. Groves. Mr.. Groves also preached
at Vinton in the afternoon at o'clock
Tho pastor. Rev. S. G. Ferguson,
preached two very able sermons at Trim
ity Tabernacle. The morning subject
was Gods Special Care of the Right
eous, and in the evening the pastor
discussed The Aggressive Attitude of
the Gospel Toward Sin"
Rev. Mr. Miller, the pastor. conducted
the services at IL y. m and D. m. at
ST. Marks Lutheran Church. The con-
gcegations were iar.-e and the services
very interesting.
Rev. A. L. Grayhill filed the pulpit
OF Rev. &. 1. ID. Collins, at st. James.
in the morning, and at night the service
was cond ucted by the pastor.
Rev. DR.. Campbell, pastor of the First
Pres by terian Church, is out of the city
and the serv c"s there.were conducted
By Rev. DR.. Scout. OF Cloyerdale.
The pastor, Rev T.. r. Acree, preached
at both services at the Calvary Baptist
Tabernacle. In the morning he preached
a special sermon to the children on the
call OF Gideon, and in the evening on
the return OF the Prodigal Son.
The attendance at the Fourth Avenue
Christian Church was good at both ser
vices. when were conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. d. c. Garrison. who preached
in the morning on "Imitators OF God"
and at night on idle Words" Both OF
these discourses were excellent.
Rev. DR.. Flippo, the pastor, has re-
turned from Martinsville, and preached
at IL a. IN. at the First Baptist Church
to large congregations. The text was
John, Gas. The evening service was
conducted by Professor Winston, of
Richmond College, who selected for his
subject the "First Christian Martyr"
One member was received into the
hurch.
Rev R. C. Anderson preached to the
members of the Second Presby terian
Church at morning and night. The
morning subject was the Chart Of the
Church." There were three additions
to the church and the service at night
was very interesting. Mr.. Anderson
preached at 4 p. N. at the mission at the
West End.
The Sunday afternoon service at the
7. M. G. A. hall was cond ucted by
Thomas A. Johnson, who made a very
instructive talk on the "as" and $50" Of
the Bible. The attendance was unusu-
ally large.