Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-21

At night the pulpit was occupied bv heV
Mr.. Thames. pastor OF the FIRST chufch 4"
Hanyille whose effort was q mastery one
Rev. NJ. Porte, Of WakC-Forest COilcg-
y. C.. who has cOnsecrateG ms ne 10 uis
SION workln Brazil, also spoke and brou9h'
tears to the owes OF many by his earnest
moss and devotion to the cause when NJ
has cspousad Rev. DR.. Powell, missionary
TO Mexico. addressed the Su1dny-school o
this church N the morning. Elgut persons
were received by letter q. the morning
service.
N THE OTHER CHURcHEs.
The services IN the other churches were
eauallv Interesting. The seyera! pilpit'
70 Allied a. follows: Plne-Htrcet, heV'
1h0mas II. Putchard. y. -. OF CAiTIQtte'
sc: Nenab!e-Strect. Rev. George /. bag
lv. l.. d.. OF Farmvilie; GrOye-Ayrnue'
Rsy. T.. William Jones. D.. D.. OF atlanta
O.. NartOluh.Street. Rev. John b. lur'
plu. OF Charlottesville; Nest.N low. rev
/ Mr.. GassowGy, OF Louisville; Fulton Kew
/ NJ. Neighbor. O.! lexas; Easi-tnd. icy
Dir. Aeon, OF Louisville; Iourth-Strret'
/ key. Sir. Porter. o. wake Forest ~. =.
/ UoUaris-Groyc. Rev. Sir. stephens OF
louisville. Ha!utrIdge-otrcet, hey. J. /.
4 T,che-0r. p. H.. OF Atlanta. Ga. Barton
Heights. Roy. +. H.. Corr; Clay street
Iev. +. Pcrdioton Jones: Stochton-Street'
| hey. =. :. Netties. .
Rev. DR.. J.. William Jones, who - at
HON au1 among friends At any church ~
HIchmuui.' preached most acceplabiF IL.
Pluc-Street At night. IL. Jones Il assist
ant secratarg OF the Home Mission BOaTd
and Is deeply interested IN missions. IN
decd. tins department Of church work has
always been very near e. h5 heart. Inc
utchf meeting ut \eunhie-StTeet was con-
Quoted by Rev. 1. Is. Corr.
Fine Midday McetuG Yesterday.
The general meeting held in the interest
Of the centennial movement ~ the second
baptist church Yesterday 40 noon was az
tended by a very largo congregation, IN
which there wcrc maLy ladies anu a iarGe
number # the students Of RlcnmoAd 'oI-
logo. All the BAPTIST clergy Of the city
were ia attendance. while many ministers
o. other denominations were also present.
After the singing of a hymn Rey. Df. y.
William Jones, OF Atlanta, offered Gier-
Ur. ton. who presided over the meet
M. Introduced Rev. Dr. Lansing Burrows
a. .ne Llst speaker. The DISTINGUISHING
divine in his opening remarks referred
10 the progress az the present age, winch
was remarkable for many things BESIDES
MISSIONS and was producing q rlcher ana
more powerful and aggressive lite. lie
then commented upon the present me
lttNNAN ia lAHAETihAA wa "a '"N'|'
tn defective points and Illustrating In
pov,r.Ui language the reasons for e~XistiuS
Weaknesses and thc remedy therefor. lie
showed that the ideal lies III the efficient
0ner.tIou n tne local church, while CO.
operation J. conducive TO the general work.
The real cause Of tue present celebration
D. I'll" rise OF cooperation among lndepend-
eut churches.
Or. Burrows urged his hearers TO rise 70
o nigh conception OF the local church dong
rs owu work and empiOyIng the boards
for servants. II idea prevails that MS
Sions are the r. Iit 81 board WORK, why,
then. abolish tie boards. tie deprecated
the Iact that the present work was rather
% labor 80 sentiment than real earrestnes'
and was n many Instances merely . matter
ot local prldc. while tie genuine spirit O'
tue AiOrayIaus was lacking In fact. the
uiileuuUmOe missions na-uOt yet arrived.
The entire address was bold. active, and
aggressive. and i was marked br q spirit
81 rucrg, which urged the audience 10 DC
up and d"Jiug-to 90 boldly ahead. and
having rccfItied their errors, 10 push tie
Gospel 10 Its utuos limit.
W0NAN's PART II Il WORK.
Dr. Ellis. the next speaker, announced
to tLc CONGREGATION that II was his puT-
pose TO speak Ot the part that women had
accom- h-hei ~ mission work ana what
they could DO IN the tuture. Tie attributed
the W.de spread OF tie Gospel 10 tLeerCrts
a.d clf-s.crIlrlng devotion II the wcGHeT
SO he briefly skCtchcd the career ot Ann -
JudsDu, q noble missionary WorhtrfOt lu'
cause oi Christ, and then mentioned Tho
awe, Of OdelA Flah aud Miss Goddard.
The latter went ON f. i've months journey
III Southern hfric4, whore snt ACCOMPLISH
ed wonders IN spreading the Gospel. ne
speaker IN stIruug language tod ~ IN,
rr-t urogre,s o. Christianity III India.
Tho time has passed. he sad, when Chris
tan wolEen need 10 apologize Tor men
work IN the kingdom O. God. IL Tie laSl
wear the Presbyterian women alone nave
furn shed Out OF tIel1 pockets SUI
OJJ for mission WORK. The Woman Ms
s.ouayv lniOn Of the Southern Baptist
Church, though organized but q lew years
40, has accomplished Il marvellous wOrA.
vH,I rHYr ARB DOING.
There arc TO-DAY. Dr.. Ellis continual.
10 ms ouary organizations established
bv ladies'. \,hy shouldn't tie women
work: There are 17.01n.0 geo Of widows IN
Iudi.. ana who could help them AID open
the harems OF tlat dark country but wo-
mem Who else can bring these uHtortu-
mates 20 Christ: God l. undermining
hclthcIlsin ia India TODAY throuSn the
/ influences of the weaker sex. The doors
/ of every nation except that o!iIhlbet have
been thrown open TO God. On the other
I hand VI want more conservation, because
the WORK itself needs It.
"GIve me the Jewc.ry Of the women OF
the South slll the speaker, y VIII
double and qualrupie the missionary
forces N the ueNt year. The e1pedltures
for useless luXurIes on the part of women
III this country amounts 10 St.OJ0,OO ,OiO q
year. II tie women only give ono dime
of every dollar thus uselessIy spent there
would be $50. O99, $40 for missions
1T j. DO easy mdtterto ave your pro-
pcrty or your son or daughter to the ms
/ sionary eau Q. hut u this century 1t has got
q be done. The work cannot be accom-
plished by mass-mrctugs.
just before tie meeting adjourned 2
collection was taken up tor the mission
cause and generous contributions were
made To- the congregation.
Ladies' Irv teetlTg.
\ largely-a.teuaCl meeting of ladies' in.
t|eres,el IN mission work was held in the
lecturc-roUm Of the Second Baptist church
yesterday at noon under tho Poi 81
the BAPTIST MoNau's Central Committee
a. Virginia. Miss upper. the president
of the organization. occupied the char,
and Hiss Pollard acted as secretary. The
latter. II graceful language, Delivered the
address az welcome, winch WAS responded
to by Mrs. John 4. Barker. Of Petersburg.
Miss lottie bloom. a returned missionary
from China. who has made a noble record
iu the Celestial kIngdom." delivered a
very interesting address. IN which she
male q stirring appeal, showing the Tela-
tons oi the centennial movement 70 tor-
eirn-missicn wo7b. Miss Anne ". Arm
strong. Of MARYLAND. the pOlu,uc
secretary of tho WOmau's Missionary
Union. delivered N Gld-css upon the rela-
tons Of the ccntenuiai to home-mIss.on
work.
An encouraging pape- from Mrs. Dug.
gan. the returned III l%ssiouary from MeAiro,
who j. now confined by illness IL the Re-
treat tor the Sex was read.
OTHER SERVICES ON SUNDAY.
unetinr OF tho N,ethodi.t S~nndaN-Schoo