Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-16
MO scpooLrIELp's WORK OVER.
IT. (1o.e. His Meeting Mt Trinity-Other
Fyangelistic Services.

Mr. SChOOlfIclO , WYNN WIN
lie Close. His Meeting Mt Trinity-Other
Fyangelistic Services.
Nr 7 T.. Scheduled. the evangelist, OF
Danyille. closed his meeting at Trinity
Methodist church last night after a most
gratifying and prosperous season of grace.
During the meeting about rs persons
have found peace and JOY In believing
and will connect themselves with some
avangellcal church. In addition TO this the
membership OF the church has been great
Iv revived and encouraged In their work.
Mr. Scheduled presented the claims OF
tho brotherhood Society OF the Virginia
Conference OF the Methodist Church. and
secured a number OF members. who. on the
death OF any Of the preachers OF the Nir-
,inia Conference contribute 81 to aid the
family OF the deceased
lie then preached a powerful sermon on
tho text. Go Forward" These. he said,
we're Gods words to the children OF Israel
after the dellverance from Egyptian bond
age The Israelites did as commanded,
and were always successful as long as they
continued in obedience. The bondage in
Ecypt. the crossing OF the Red Sea, the
tlInHgTlnCN III the NlluffntSH dTt All y IfS
Of life There is crisis in, every man )
life. when he IL beset with difficulties, and
then TO him comes the command. "GO
forward" He referred to the disobed-
ience that marked the way OF every sin
ner his cowardice in holding back from
God. being ashamed TO confess Christ.
MAN HIS OWN ENEMY.
The greatest enemy man has, Mr..
Il 4. To elf unit tnl6
SELF IS crucihed there is no hope OF
Heaven. Selnshness has carried so many
down 10 eternal death Conversion is not
al a man has to seek for: he is just then
commencing the battle of life-cross-bear-
ing for Christ. II fear" said he. there
are many in the church who have been
there for years and haven't grown an inch.
There Is no standing still In religion. We
must go forward. or we will retrograde."
The Christian who wants a deeper work
# grace I'm his heart must move forward,
trusting in the promise OF God. Faith
brings down the strength from God, which
inst,res success Feeling. he said. is not
necessary To the exercise Of faith He
urced the people TO add to faith, virtue,
knowled4e. temperance. patience, and god
illness. He defined temperance to BE- total
abstinence from all evil. and not the tenn
nerate use Of anything evil and wrong.
There can be no temperance in numbering.
stealing. lying. etc He said that Chris
tan patlence is very rare The husband
should be patient with the wife and the
wife with the husband. Christianity at
home will save the family, and honor God.
II Is charity or love that saves the world.
All cannot be preachers. or prophets, or
APOSTLES. but all can be filled with love
20 God and man. Love Is active ana seeks
for service Love produces obedience.
In concluding. he referred modestly 10
his own experience beset with tempta-
lions. but trusting In God. Said he: "Breth-
rem and sisters. we may never meet again.
and my parting message Is. Go forward In
Gods service. be faithful. and We will
meet again in our Fathers nome III
Heaven
THE PARTING SCENE.
Rev. Joshua Hunter. pastor OF Trinity
church. then extended an invitation to all
who desired to Join Trinity church TO pre-
sent themselves. and received into the
church twenty-nine persons The doors
Of the church will be open for reception
Of members on Sunday morning.
Mr.. Scheduled then closed the meeting
with some good advice TO the MEMBERS
ana dSktu tncDl 10 pray i'A h'ii''
lie goes from Richmond TO Grcenviliei
y. C.. TO open a meeting next Sunday
DIR NEEDHAM AT PARK-PLACE.
The largest congregation yet gathered
during the progress or the meeting AT
Park-Place church assembled last hlght
to hear Mr. Needham preach on the
text ITO Preach Deliverance 10 the cap
tives." The sermon was a plain. earnest
-. n
euce 10 laughter, and again to tears. NJ
ito close. there were many requests for
praver The speaker said that there were
MANY figures under which sin Is present
ed In the Word of God. II is burden
from which we are released by believing
i'm Jesus: il is a matter Of faith, not OF
feeling Jesus bears our burdens. SIN II
q debt: Jesus pays the debt. a youns
Russian nobeman, with his list OF depts
before him and thinking 10 take his me-
fell asleep. The Emperor came through
the. palace. saw the list lying there. ana
wrote under IL: 81. Nicholas. will pay IL
81 Jesus paws our debts. Sin Is MS
ease. like leprosy incurable by human
means. Jesus, the Great Phy scian'
cures il. Sin Is a despot. lords IL over
Gods heritage. Jesus releases US IRON
the power Of sin as well as its pehaity'
Jesus saves us from the doom Oh slh'
the wrath to come Jesus came to save
the whole personality, body ana SOUL
and 10 save them forever in Heaven.
THE FUTURE PROGRAMME.
Reeinning tomorrow night Messrs.
pIiss and Jacobs will conduct services
every night for week at Old Market
Hall The Moody choir will assist IN
these meetings.
sunday afternoon these gentlemen viii
lead the mems meeting at the Young
Mems Christian Association, and the
members of the male choir are requested
to he present. The meeting Will be Tor
men on.y.
Nfessrs Bliss and Jacobs are also ex-
pected TO conduct meetings every AFTER
noon next week at O'clock at Grace
Street Presbyterian church.
Rev. Dr. George c. Needham Will preach
al Clay-Street Methodist church Sunday
morning at II o'clock. At o'clock In the
afternoon and 8 at night he will preach
AT Grace-Street Presbyterian church. He
will also preach every night next week at
Grace-Street Presbyterian church, and at
o'clock in the morning will lead a
nraver-meeting service in the same
church.
CHOIR REHEARSAL.
The Moody chorus choir had splendid
rehearsal in the Second Baptist church
last night, with Mr.. Jacobs as director
There were nearly 200 singers present and
the hymns were rendered In excellent
STYLE. The change in the place or meet
ing was due 10 the fact that a concert
was being given in the Young Mems
,L~i,,far Association Hall,
Virginia News Items.
Mr. James y. Vaughan, a well-known
citizen of sNottoway. died on Monday at
his late residence. about three miles from
Crewe. aged 10 years.
The will OF Mrs. Mary Hemenway,
widow Of Augustus Hemenway. OF Milton,