Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-17
REP0RT0N THE WORK
CITY PASTORS ASSEMBLE TO TALK
OVER THE MOODY MEETINGS.
Resolutions of Thanks-rrompt Payments
pcsired-Iast Tabernacle Service
Sing to the Veterans.

The ministers OF the various dcnomina-
tons in the city who were interested in
the Moody meetings met IN the parlors OF
the Young Mems Christian Association
yesterday afternoon. and after listening
10 reports from the various committees,
INDUCED In "a lOvc-fcast. each fehcitatlnS
the other on the harmony ana success
which had prevailed throughout the meet
iags and the success which had crowned
their efforts on the whole Undertaking.
An Of the denominations were well rep
resented.
Rev. Or. Hatcher presided. AZ chair
man OF the General Committee OF Ar-
rangements he reported that Mr.. Moody
had arrived IN Richmond on March -o'h
and remained until April 18th lie re-
ferred to the great religious awakening
which the city had undergone. ana con-
,.ratulatel the chairmcn Of the commit
tees on the work done by them
SOME FIGURES GIVEN.
Mr.. T,bbitts reported that Liza members
had bcru enrolled in the choir. ana rs
FAR as possible he reviewed the WORK Hohe
bv the choir. OF the CHRISTIAN woikefS
51l had offered their services, ana those
OF the greatest experience were selected.
Six hundred inquiry cards, he SAID had
been disposed OF finally. having been 'urh-
81 over 10 the ministers and been return
"a by them with their reports. ana seVei"
hundred were now out
Dr Cooper. as chairman OF the Enter
tainmcnt Committee. reported mat
Mcssrs Moody ana Sankey had been
gratuitOusly entertained al the Lexington
notel bv Mrs. Atkinson. and hc desired
that q vote Of thanks be cNt'n''d h'I.
He also commended Miss Tyson Work
amonS the children ,,..
R.v. Dr Young. chairman Of the Print
In, COMMITTEE. referred 10 the excellent
work done by the press Of the city. ana
Of the satisfactory manner In which the
reports of Mr. Mooiy's sermons hdd
been made. lie desired that a vote OF
thanks be extended the newspapers.
Or Hatcher testified to the energy ana
fidelity which had been displayed by the
ushcrs. and Or I.audrum gave history
of the tabernacle. He said he was APP
preached by no less than 10000 people who
had claimed that the building was unsafe,
and ne was glad to be able To report that
not even the slightest accident had oc-
CURED 10 mar the pleasures Of the meet
iugs.
ASKED TO PAY lP.
Mr. Thomas Potts. chairman Of the
nance minute ""S ''""''
any definite statement OF me ni.a','",
aspect OF the meetihES' from the I'V' 'i'"'
all ~ me money p!'lL'' hdu 49,. -
received. At the direction Of the General
committee he prepared The following ior
publication:
The Finance Committee most urgently
cell upon all individuals 10 redeem their
pledges. and all the churches u forward
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a mos, enjoyable one
Tn meeting was opened with the rcndi- |
ton of Take Time 10 BE Holy" by Mr.. ,
Jacobs. Messrf. jenkins, Smith. ana |
Smms sang Light of the World is |
NE. az ttI hiltH ti' 'ilOIl HiHS F'N'-
rll hymns. The singing was interSpcrs u |
with prayers offered 10y Rev ". i. Hines |
AID Rev. DR. Landrum.
MIR Necdham read the 10th CHAPTER of
In. Book Of Joshua. and after prayer by
III Jacobs took his text from the DIST
Psalm. >: The Lord is My Refuge" lii
sermon opened with a beautiful smile
the trend of which was that to a tempest
tossed soul the Lord was as much a sal
walton or a refuge as was harbor 10
the tempest-tossed mariner. THE Lord
- said. lis not only n refuge or the
refuge, but He Is my refuge. For is He
not the only refugee on this point the
speaker elaborated at some length, and
said that the Lord was not a refuge until
claimed as such He told Of an incident
I'm his life when he with his wife had been
lost in IA New England forest which was
infested by snakes. and Of their safe de-
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