Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-14
IN TIE CHURCHES.
DIR. Hawthorne on Innate Greatness oil
Man Catholic Changes.

| v. 7.
Cd most interesting sermon Sunday
| in the First Baptist church from Luxe
/ xii. o. And there was also STRIFE
among them. which should be counted the
! greatest" The burden Of his sermon
was tho innate greatness Of man. The
I greatest men. he said, were not those
/ Who were more heard Of In enforcing
} this p0ln' he referred To- COrbet ana
/ Sullivan. who possessed brute strength.
/ and Comparing them with Alexander
/ stephens and Martin Van Buren, h SAID
/ that they were mere pismies.
| There was no harm. hc said. in mans
! striving 10 be great. The great harm lay
| in the manner % striving. The Doctor
argued that the word respected the self
/ made mon y great deal more than X did
/ those who were descended from long
| line Of ancestry. This. he said was the
/ day when people could not pend on their
| ancestry 70 sustain their position IN the
world Brain Is what tells In the race
for greatness the mere fact, he CON
tinued. " mans being IN Congress DID
not prove that h. was great
HARD NAMES.
There are congressional tramps, senato-
rial boobies. pr,s-i cntlal pnrvenues. and
millionaire balloons. Then. again, he
argued. that "a name carried very little
weight IN this progressive age. There are
BE- said, George Nashingtons selling pea
nuts. Thomas JcnersOns N the work
houses. and Abraham Lincolns and JEFF
fefson Bayises in The chain-gangs. 1t
is thought and brain and what man
dos HAT permits him 10 achieve great
ness. when Shakespeare died he pos
s.sseI only few pounds He left behind
him. however. a work, the thoughts in
which were worth more than all OF
England.
MIND AND MATTER.
During the course Of his remarks Or.
Hawthorne referred in beautiful language
o. the power of mind over matter, and
contrasiod the eternity Of the soul with
a., sun The sun. he said. would event
ually become extinct. but the soul Of man
could never be eXunguished 1t would
=, oycrlJstiasy pcrpctuated adown The
ages.
lie preached - minutes. and during
that time h.!d his audience almost spell
bound
pr Hawthorne received an invitation to
preach sunday afternoon at the Soldiers
Homo. but owing to a previous engage
mont was forced 20 decline. lie will. how
ever. preach there next Sunday afternoon.
tie viii occupy the pulpit at First church
two more sundays. and on the first sun
day iu September Will talk To the young
mon at nisht.
FOR DIR. LANDRUM.
Rev. Dr. J. j. Taylor OF Mobile. Ala
occupied The pulpit at the Second Bap-
tist church Sunday morning and preached
4, a large congregation. lie selected as
his text Luke NXiV., y: And lie SAID
unto them. what manner Of communion
tions are these that ye have. one To an
! other as ye walk. ana are sad?
The text has reference to the two dis
| cipl,s who were journeyng from JcrusI-
/ lem 10 Em1ucs after Christs cruciiiNlon'
/ and the preacher pictured their distress.
/ They. he said. had evidently believed that
| Christ would huhd a temporal instead Of
! a spiritual temple on earth, and their
! hopes having been blasted, they were sad
! and cast down.
During the course Of his remarks Or.
! TAYLOR drew several beautiful SMILES. ret
I ting forth the absolute dependence OF
! humanity on the works Of Divine ProNl-
dence. In times OF adversely many VINO
were professc1 Christians began to doubt.
This be strongly censured AMI argued
| against.
CATHOLIC CHANGES.
Father William A. MrKcefrey. who has
| ltfu -tailbut at l0e 'dbHtNIdi l'i ''N'i''
wears. and who was also Chancellor Of the
! places. OF Virginia. has been transferred
4, 81, Mays church, Norfolk. 70 be as
s.s'ant Iaator Of Father Dohcrty, formerly
Of 81. Patricks church, this city, and
he VIII leave for his new post next
| Friday
Father McKcefrey will take the place
Of Father Mccarthy, who Is 10 be pastor
If 4 now church that has been built IN
| The West End OF Norfolk.
Father Walsh. VINO was recentIy or
daincd. will be stationed at the Cathe-
| aral in Father McKeefrey's place. but as
Vet 40 appointment has been maue Ioi
| the ChanceLorshlp.
TO DEDICATE \ CHURCH.
Rev. DR.. Tudor viii leave the city TO-
d,v for Northumberland county, where
ne goes to DEDICATE the handsome new
Uehobeth church. near Lancaster ne
vim bee gone for rec weeks. HIS puipl'
viii hc filled next sunday by Rev. r.. H.
Pen. and on the following Sabhalh h,N
pr. Whitehead VII preach in the morning
| for him. and Rev. Mr.. Moore at nlshl:
R-v. Dr. Ray preached sunday motl"i,s
on "Th,. Rest that Remains to the feop'e
! of cod" and the theme OF the night as
| course was THE Righteousness oil ihe
| Scrjhes and Plarisecs" The congresa
tions were large and deeply interested
and the singing was beautifully rendered.