Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-04

VA, TUESDAY. APRIL
estine sermon at st. Marks church. taking
| for his text 4. Corinthians xv.. II Even
so, IN Christ shah oil be made alive" Inc
| Offering was applied TO the payment OF the
church debt. II amounted to about $500.
and practically wipes out this incumD-
rance.
There was o large congregation at st.
Johns union service sunday morning.
| Rev. Mr.. Burton delivered powerful ser
| mon from the text, 1.-The power OF his
resurrection" The service was rsad by
Rev. Mir. Kuyk. The offering, which was
for the church debt, was large.
In the afternoon there WAS joint cele-
bration by the five Sunday schools OF St.
Johns church and its missions. Addresses
were made by Rev. Messrs. Burton and
Kuyk. The reports showed that an en-
couraging work IL being done in this line
by st. Johns church. There will be q
meeting of ST. Johns Missionary Associa-
ton at the church next Wednesday eve
ming. Rev. Mr.. Burton will deliver On ad-
dress upon missionary work.
very gratifying sum was realized oy
the collection at st. James church In tho
morning. There was splendid congrega-
tion present and the communion was
large. The sermon of Rev. DIR. Mason was
very fine he took as his text toe Scrip
tural lines. IF Christ be not raised your
faith is IN vain" The music was oeauti-
full and appropriate"
IN THE METHODIST CHURCHES.
The congregations that attended Cente-
nary church Sunday were the largest tnat
have assembled in the house of worship
for years, while the services we're OF an
unusually interesting character. The pull
pit and chancel were beautifully decorated
with flowers and evergreens. The music
was an attractive feature of the service.
Rev. DIR. Sledd, the pastor, preached an
exceedingly able sermon from |. CORN
thians, XIV, 1888. The text was: But
some man will say, How are the dead
raised up2 and with what body do they
come? Thou fool. that which thou sowest
is not quickened except it die. and that
which thou sowest thou sowest not That
body that shall be. but bare grain-it may
chance of wheat or some other gram. But
God giveth it body ~ it hath pleased
Him, aud to every seed MS own body
At night DIR. Sledd preached from First
Corinthians, fifteenth verse. ffty-eighth
chapter The subject Of his discourse was
Fidelity and Perseverance," aud the SER
mon was one OF unusual power and force.
The Easter services at Union-Station
were attended by large congregations.
The theme of the evening discourse was
Tho Empty Sepulchre," and the sermon
was an excellent one. Rev. Mr.. Ray the
pastor. received three persons iuto the
church membership.
The revival meetings. which have been
ia progress at Union-Station church for
some time. will continue this week. Next
SUNDAY the congregation will hold fare
well services in the old house of worship.
which Will be pulled down to make place
for a new and handsome edifce. The occa-
sion will be- quite an event in the history
of the church. There will be services IN
the morning and afternoon and at night.
and nearly Gil the former pastors who
have filed the pulpit will be IN
Rev. DR.. George +. Booker. Rev. W. &.
Walden. Rev. I. ]. BoGgs, Rev. II. G. Cheat
ham, Rev. J. A. Proctor. and Rev. W. ii.
Christian. In the afternoon the pastor
will give short history of the church
from its foundation to the present time.
and several OF the clereymen and Iaynen
will deliver short addresses. The work OF
tearing down the old editice will be CON-
menced next Monday.
After the morning lessons IN Broad
Street Sunday school Superintendent j.
+. Minor alluded in feeling words to the
loss the school had sustained IN the death
of Miss Fannie Fairfax Parker and called
upon Mr.. George l.. Bidgood, her teacher.
t. present the resolutions Of respect 10
adopted. He prefaced the introduction
of the resolutions with q fitting eulogy
upon the Christian character OF the de-
ceased, and the school were III perfect &C
cord with the speaker, az their sympatnies
fully showed. Before the morning service
Or. Tudor baptized four adults. Ills dis
course was pertinent to Easter
ABOUT THE BAPTIsTs.
The services at Barton-Heights Baptist
church Sunday morning were attended by
an unusually large congregation. The pull
DIT was tastefully decorated with flowers
and ported plants, while the pastor. Rev.
l.. H. Pitt, delivered very fOrcIble SER
mon. A collection tor foreign missions
was taken up and the sum Of 500 was
realized.
Revs. II. A. Bagby. of Suffolk. Va. and
A. j. Fristoe. of Petersburg, attended the
morning i fRR re sfer i IS dassisistng Rov. Dr.
Jolly in meeting at Randolph-Street
church, where he VII preach every night
this week. There were seven professions
Sunday night.
There ls an interesting revival IN pro-
gress at West-View Baptist church. There
have been several professions and o num-
Der received into the church. At a meet !
ing Of the church Sunday afternoon J. A.
Smither. A. ". Ball, and j. II. Minter
were elected deacons. The congregations
were large Sunday and great interest mani |
tested. The meetings continue every |
night this week.
There was q very pleasant reunion SER |
vice at Howard s-Groye Sunday afternoon.
The attendance was large aud the exer--
cises interesting. Rev. DTs Hatcher and |
Pitt and Messrs. J. b. Montgomery, b. +. |
Johnson. and Others made appropriate
addresses. Rev. Mr. Kirk IL dong a good |
work at this church.
DR.. Hatcher received seventeen new |
members at Grace-Street church on Sun |
day, and Rev. j. Il. HutsOn, of Plne-Street, |
gave the hand Of fellowship 20 nine. Mr.. |
Hutson preached the anniversary sermon |
besore the Ladies' Society at night.
DR.. Pitcher, of Petersburg. preached at |
East-End both morning and night, and |
took up collection for the Sunday School |
and Bible Board.
WORSHIP ONLY THE REAL GOD.
The second of the series of sermons on |
the Ten Commandments was preached at |
Leigh-Street Baptist church Sunday night |
by the pastor. Rev. W. L. Wright. The |
church was crowded to It's utmost capacity. |
Mr.. Wright read from the fifth chapter OF |
Deuteronomy. an enlargement and eX- /
plauation of the Second Commandment" |
and also from the Book of Isaiah. showing |
the wrong OF idolatry. To the question
y what does me commandment iOrDld
Wr. Wright said tbatlt did not forbid art in |
architecture, because after the command |
ments were given God commanded Moses |
to beautlfy the tabernacle and Solomon |
TO embelish the temple. Material objects |
which stand between man and the service |
and worship of God is Idoatry. Il want"
he SAID. mo God on canyas-no dingy. dim, |
dusty God; no marble statue. mono that can |
be MARRIED by the remorseless tooth of time
no fictitious representation of the real. |
the baan I'M and loving God I wOr.