Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-25
SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES.
Most of the Puipits Filled by Resident
PastOrs-Dr. Hawthorne to Preach.

Sunday was unusually pleasant for TINS
| season OF the year, especially IN the after
noon. and the churches had good congIe-
cations, the recent steady exodus 10 the
springs and other out-oi-town points con-
sldered.
Rev. Mr.. Rennie filed the pulpit at DR..
! Hoge's church in the morning, but there
were no services in the afternoon. Dr.
| Fair being out of the city. there was no
service at the Grace Street PRESBYTERIAN
church either morning or night The
| other pulpits of this denomination were
supplied by their regular pastors.
Rev. DR.. George II. Ray occupied his
uuIpit at Union Station church on Sunday
morning and delivered very forcible SER
mon on Solomon's Temple, the Symbol
of the Church of God" Az night the
| theme of his discourse was The Bleating
Sheep and Lowing Oxen" One person
| asked for prayer.
| church, Is now atterdlng O meeting. at
Marthas Vineyard, Mass. On Sunday
morning his pulpit was filled by Rev. DIR.
Young. of Park Place church, while Rev.
DIR. III. +. Johnson preached for him at
night.
Rev. Or. p. A. Peterson, OF Trinity
| church has returned 20 the city after a
| brief visit 10 the seashore. lie occupied
his uulplt Sunday morning and night.
Board OF Managers OF the Methodist Sun
| dav- School Society was held Sunday after
noon nj Broad Street church. consider
able amount of routine business was
| transacted, but nothing of public interest
was done.
Rev. Drs. A. f. Dickinson, j. r. Gar
| lick, and Charles Ii. Rvland, and Rev. D.:
O. XIX will attend the seml,,centennial
| meeting of the Rappahannock Assocla-
| oh III "a no
in Northumberland county, this week.
Rev. DIR. George Cooper and wife, Mr.:
ana Mrs Golfer, and Misses COfer and
Gwathney left last night for Chicago.
| From the Windy City DR.. and Mrs. Cooper
will 90 TO Detroit and Niagara rams.
They will return to Richmond IN Septem-
Der
Dnring the month of August Rev. DR.. j.
II. Hawthorne. now Of Atlanta. Ga, but
| formerly of this city, will fill Dr. CoOper's
pulpit. DIR. Hawthorne. who was for nanv
wears the pastor of First church, IS
preacher Of great celebrity. He Is con-
sIdered one of the finest pulpit orators III
the Union.
Rev. Messrs. T. Leigh West, of Missouri,
and G.. w. Hunt. of Georgia, are IN the
city and will spend dav or 50 here, Iney
are both natives of this State and have
many friends in Richmond.
DIR. Landrum, Of tho Second Baptist
church. will not take his vacation for
several weeks. lie will occupy his pulpit
next SUNDAY and also on the succeeding
Sabbath. During this interval he VIII
hold a protractcd meeting at Harmony
Village. Mlddlesex county. In the early
part Of August DIR. Landrum will preach
IN Madison county and later ON be Will
deliver several sermons in New York.
I,eirh.Street Baptist church was well
filed on SUNDAY night when Rev Mr..
Wright preached an excellent sermon.
After the benediction was pronounced the
congrecatlon rendered him an lmpromptu
reception, the choir Singing Gou DC
With You Till We Meet Again" large
number Of the members shook hands with
MIR Wright, who leaves for his vacation
rms morning. During his absence his pull
mn will be filled by G. W. Duke, a recent
graduate of Richmond College. who was
awarded the medal III the State contest
for OratOry.
Rev. Mr.. Province preached two very
thoughtful sermons at the Fou:th-Street
| Bautl-t church on Sunday. His text In
| tho morning was "lnasmuch rs he dld 1t
not g. one of the least of these, We did IT
not To- me-" aud at night ne spoke from
| the words; Prepare 10 meet tiny God. "
| The duty of Christian people was plainly
pointed out in both discourses, and the
speaker urged his hearers TO discharge
their Christian obligations faithfully ana
TO make preparation for the future life.
Rev. l.. Il. Mason, rector OF Grace
church. administered holy communion to
some of the sick at the Soldiers Home
SUNDAY afternoon.
MIR. Marslllot conducted a song service
nj the Male Orphan Asylum Sunday alter
noon. Quite II large crowd was present.
Next Sabbath afternoon at O'Clock tins
gentleman will conduct services at the
Soldiers Home.