Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-26
suNDAY-scHooL MAss-MEETINes.
Professor HamilI TO Deliver Addresses
Here To- -uorrow-Other Services

Mass-meetings Of Sunday school work
| ors and friends will be held on Sunday
next under the auspices of the Virginia
| State Sunday-School Society. at which
Professor II. NJ. Hsmll, the well-known
| Sunday worker of Chicago, will conduct
| some very interesting exercises.
Professor Hsmi!l IS the State Superin-
| dent of Sunday-schoOl work IN Illinois.
and is noted for his ability IN the line of
| Suuday-schoOl management, especially
among the primary classes.
The first meeting viii be held at the
| Seyenth-Street Christian church in the
| afternoon OF 4 o'clock, and the second at
| Grsce-Street Presbyterian church at night
at o'clock.
lie Will also address the Grsce-Street
| Baptist Sunday school on Sunday morn
| ing at 10 o'clock.
The following is the programme of ex-
| ercises: Seventh-Street Christian church,
4 o'clock. Opening Hymn ana prayer:
2. introductory remarks. 3. Sunday school
drill by 100 scholars, conducted by Pro-
| fessor Hamiil 4. Sunday school teachers
conference.
Grace Street Presbyterian church, 8
o'clock. Opening Hymn and prayer.
| 2. Preliminary exercises. 3. Address by
Professor hamil on sundsy-School Op-
pOrtunlties.'
All Sunday.school teachers. officers,
patrous. and friends are invited to attend
these meetings.
DR.. r. II. Pitt Will preach bis last SER
mon az pastor OF NeDable-Street church
| tomorrow morning at IL o'clock. Dr.. Pitt
has been twice pastor of this church. The
first pastOrate lasted three years and six
months. and the second has extended over
penod of six wears and two months.
During the second pastorate the church
las grown greatly, and the new and hand
some house Of worship IN which they now
meet has been built and nearly paid for.
The most cordial and delightful relations
have always obtained between pastor and
people.
the celebration of the second ami
versary of the Old-Mlrket church has
been postponed on account of Dr. Hoge's
absence from the city. He was to have
taken a prominent part as the founder OF
the church.
The pulpits Of most of the city churches
Will 10 filled tomorrow by their respective
pastors. DR.. Richardson will preach for
Dr. Hoge, who is in Philadelphia, at II A.
NJ. and Dr. Fair at p. NJ. Rev. J.. A. Cut
Ter will preach at the Seyenth-Street Chris
tian church in the morning, and Rev. X. +.
Besdles will occupy the pulpit at HOW
arG's-Groye Methodist both morning ana
night.
The regular meeting of the Board Of
Directors OF the Methodist Sunday-School
Society Of Richmond and Manchester VIII
be held At Broad-Street church Sunday
afternoon at o'clock.
Alr. James Luxford. of the Christadel-
phian church. Will deliver u discourse at
Central Hall at II o'clock tomorrow
morning on What Am II Whence Came
j? What Is My Destinyt" and at 8 o'clock
at night an evangelist of the Catholic
Apostolic Church will lecture at Spring
fed Hall. Twenty-sixth and NJ streets, on
The Second Coming of Our Lord
Sermons on special themes are an
nounced IN a number of the churches:
A very interesting service will be held at
the Young Mems Christian Association to-
morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, when DIR.
j. \. Upshur Will deliver a lecture 20
Young men. HIS subject will be: " Our
Bodies-A Plain Talk to Young Men" 1t
II anticipated that the association building
will he packed to its utmost limits, conse-
ouently invitation cards Will not be print
ed this week. as a notice is all that IS ne
cessaTy to attract attention.
Rev Dr. George Cooper, pastor OF First
Baptist churcn, Will occupy hls pulpit TO-
morrow morning and at night. AT the
former service he will preach upon "
Witness Under Cross s-Examination," while
the subject OF his discourse at night Will
be "FireproOf Souls"
Rev. Dr. W. ID. Thomas will preach at
the Grace-Street Baptist church at Ii A.
NJ. and Rev. DR.. Il. Ii. Pitt at night.