Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-25
THscoNvocATloN MEETS TONIGHT
DIR. Hiden breaches on Baptists and the
nlhlc-nLher SerNlc.s ON snndaN.

fID.c-Dther services on Nhnua9'
The James-Riyer Conyoratlon OF the Protest
ant Episcopal Church begins its spring most.ng
at Grace church tonight az S O'Clock. The con-
vocation sermon will be preached az that hour
snd the exercises will continue through We'd
nC5dsy ami Thursday. lh4 copYOrliloh Sun
embraces the counties q Chesterfield. Anellh'
Cumberland, PJwhatqn. BIcSihshfri. llhce
EiWard, ald AppOmattlX on the @'1th alde ui
tle riye-. though these counties nov belong =
tho Diocese Of southern Flrcinin. On TINS Side
Oi tho RIVER ths counties OF llelrlco lHitu lho
city Of Richmond. Hanover, COOcnlnud, flu-
wanna, Now kont, Charles City, and hing WI
lam lie within the bounds Ot tho cOnF0'utiou
The officers OF tho cOnFOcation cro Rev. Lewis
W. burton, president: Rev. Marin Johnson, oi
Powhntan, secretary and Rev. j. j. Ci1Fton, ~
Maucncs.er, treasurer Bosilo the clergy oi TINS
~ and Manchester the membership oi the 'ou-
vocation incildes Rcv. Me3srs. Amber OF Ash
laud, Brauner Of COumbia. COrnick OF NhAiItS
city, EopDrOu 0f Han Jyer, johnson Oi POWhatah'
Randolph Of Brook Hill, Itzzard OF Chesterfield,
and Ware OF Flrmyile. Al out ono OF ipeso
gentlemen are confidently expected 10 attend.
by ial request Rev. Or. }. c. ili9en delivered
his lecture on Tho Bapts's aud tne blDle az
Groyo-Aytnue Baptist church sunday nigLt De-
fore an inmense CONGREGATION The discOufBe
was a powerful exposition OF Baptist princip.e5-
The preacher stated that tho religion OF tue
Bap.ists was the revealed fatth, aud he quoten
Scripture - sub,tlntiato his statement. hl5
discussion was devoted chiciy 20 the SUE
i9r.s Of Immersion, infant baptism, ana
U.Ose communion. The lecture was made douDly
Interesting by tho many lncident5 and auec-
dote5 used 10 illustrate the points embodied IN
the discourse. and the satIrical comments OF the
speaker gt umca even brought smiles from MS
auditors. Dr. iliden directed hts remarks pfiu-
cipallg TO the CathO,icA Methodists, Lutherahs'
and EpiscopGlians, and 10 n reiutaton OF their
idea, and beliefs. His language, toweyer, was
by no means offensive to members OF other de-
nominations.
sunday afternoon DR.. Iloge delivered the
sixth Of his dscOurses on Great Events IN
Church History" III which be treated the PIC
lures nnd inscriptions IN the catacoinDs oi
Rome. De- Hogo brought on. with grsai lorce
that none 81 tho pictures represented the
anguish OF our Saviour, aud tina, IN no instance
did an Inscription breath spirit OF revenge.
lie drew powerful contrast between the M
s-riptions on the tomb5 OF the mobiles whlcn
lined the Apian way and those on the taDlets OF
the Christians buried In the catacombs.
Nearly all tue societies attached 10 50. MAYS
German Catholic .hurrh have now made tnelr
Easter communion. always doing 80 In bo1y
II was indeed a touching slght 10 sec over TWO
hundred married ladies' belonging 10 81. Anus
SOeiety approach the table OF tho Lord On tho
feast of TIE SeFen DOlors, and about a hundred
ami ninety members Of the sodality on me
second sunday OF hprii, ON whicn day, also,
teeDty-fve new members were received. About
ninety members Of st. Bonedcts Society ap-
prpache1 the sacraments lately. ana on last
Sunday about nine.y-lye membcrs OF ~.
Josoph's Society. Rev. 2, Willibsld has also beea
20 Roanoke and Lynchburg. and Rev. II. Gregory
20 Buekner Station 10 give the eGerman-speektng
Catholics residing there caance 70 cQafes3 W