The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-28

At Grace NJ. e. Church, the pastor,
Rev. ). Is. Cox, preached at IL a. IN.
from Ecclesiastes, 80, IA timo to die"
AT night Rev. =. IL. Whisner, the pre-.
siding elder of the Roanoke district.
preached. His subject was, Tho para
BILE OF the fig tree" There were eight
sccessions to the church. The revival
services will be continued throughout
tho week By tho pastor, Row. DR.. Cox,
assisted by other ministers in tho city
AT st. Paul's Reformed Church the
pastor, Rev. Lewis Reiter, preached at
IL a. m. from Matthew, 26:41, "\Yatch
and pray that ye enter not into tempta-
ton" Prayer services every Wednes.
day evening evening at o'clock.
Rev. w. c. Campbell pastor CT tho
First Presbyterian Church, preached in
the morning from Matthew, o:37 IS,
Then saith He to His disciples, the
harvest is truly plcnteous, but tho la
borers are few. Pray ye therefore tho
Lord Of the harvest that He wall send
forth laborers into His harvest In the
afternoon DR.. Campbell attended the
services at the West En1 Church, bap-
tized one, ard received ono into tho
church on profession Of faith. at night
Rev. DR.. Carter, of Richmond, filled the
pulpit at the First Presbyterian Church,
and preached to q large and apprecia-
tive congregation.
AT tho Second Presbyterian Church,
Rev. j. NJ. Holiday, of Rocky Mount,
preached in the absence of Rev. r. c.
Anderson, tho pastor, both morning and
night.
The Y. NJ C. A. services were con.
Quoted Sunday afternoon by the secrc-
tary, w. A. Wynne. The subject dis.
cussed was the Result OF the Recent
RI IIall IN foll
comparison was made with other asso.
Citations in the State, which shows koa-
noke up very favorably. There were
about eighty young men present and
the meeting was u beneficial one
At the Ninton Nj. Il. Church the fourth
quarterly meeting was held. Row. A.
III. Moore, of Bedford county, preached
Saturday night. Sunday morning Rev.
+. Ii. Whisner conducted the services
and ADM Mustered tho communion. at
night the pastor, Rev. c. ii. Buchanan.
preached from the text, The Joy of
your Lord is your strength" from Ne
hemiah, $40.
AT the First Baptist Church the morn
ing text was, Train up child in the
way he should go and when he is old he
Will not depart from it." Sermon by
Rev. o. +. fIippo, addressed to parents
and Sunday school teachers. A night
the text was, The Joy CT the Lord is
your strength" a now Baptist Sunday
school was o. gani2ed in Southeast Roa-
noke in the afternoon. Tine school is
under the auspices OF tho First Baptist
Church, and starts ots with one hundr red
children and adults. Deacon Green, of
pottstown, Pa, accompanied the pastor
and made an address 10 tho school and
workers packed with wisdom, practical
-. a
Green is prominent Baptist and is tho
father of Mrs. Churchill. The Young
Peoples Union was we'll attended ono
hour before the preaching at night. Ono
was received for baptism at night
AT tho Calvary Baptist Church tho
pastor, Rev. X. AGREE, preached in
the morning to tho children on
Lesson From tho Grass" after which
three accessions to the church were
made by letter. At night tho subject
OF the discourse was "Nho are With
the Lord" Several stood up in the
congregation and asked for the prayers
OF the pastor.
The services at the Brethren's Taber.
nacle was conducted by the pastor. Rev.
d. G. MoomIw. The subject of the dis
course was The Parable of the Ten
Virgins" No services were held at
night.
There was good attendance al the
railroad department OF the y. NJ. C. 4.
meeting at 4 o'clock. The first half
hour was devoted to praise service,
s. Homer Eaton, OF the New York Stars,
presided at the piono. Secretary Lyman
gave talk on the recent State con-
vention held at Norfolk, which was
listened to with close attention. lie
said the re was much enthusiasm during
the entire session and good years
work was reported from every depart
mebt, particularly from the railroad
department, which shows great gains
over previous years. Mr.. Lyman then
gave some statistics, first OF the work in
general, covering the United States and
Canada. The first association formed
as distinct railroad department was at
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1872. AT present
there are l04 associations, with q total
mem bership OF 81 900. Tho cost of the
work last year exceeded Sl65, 900. OF
this amount railroad corporations con.
tributed S25,O00, which shows the
interest corporations feel in Christian
work along their lines.
In speaking of the work in Virginia
Secretary Lyman gave the folio wing
figures: AT present there arc nine div
sion points covered. Crewe, Roanoke,
Newport News, Clifton Forge, Rich
mond, Shenandoah. q adstone, Blue.
fielo and Radford, with eight division
points yet TO cover. There arc in tho
State $4,000 railrosd employees. or
this number 200 are enrolled mem bers.
The number OF r.iroad men converted
last year WAS So Ia conclusion the
secretary saiA the dooc of a great work
had been ouencd aud therc ls no more
promising tir,d for Christian activity
than that FIR railroad pp1r lOvps Tho