The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-07
OVER NINETY JOINED.
A REMARKABLE SCENE SUNDAY At
LEIGH STREET CHURCH
The Largest Number Of Peop'e Who Ever
United with That Church Did So Sun
day-The Il ipt 81 Churches.

/ Al ilnf-siffct BdriiSt tNAIfh on sun
day morning, tho pastor. Rev. Mr. Hut
son, preached from the latter part Of
tho eth verse OF the fourth chapter OF
Ist Timothy: And exercise myself
rather unto godliness' The subject
was godliness The pastor asked. What
/ IS Bodliness2 Godlrcss IS not only 10
abstain from that which Is evil. but 70
/ do all the good We can. Goodness is
! Go9likeness. 10 be like God. Jesus Christ.
when on earth. event about doing good
and 10 attain 10 godliness is To be- as near
/ Ike Christ as possible
/ Mr. Hutson asked. how can we attain
TO godlincss lie said Timothy was "A
most dcvout man. an earnestly pious
/ man he was a pastor, and did also
evanFelistic work, ana set. with all ms
/ piety. Paul thought he needed cxhoria-
| ton. Thus. II was. the most consccrated
| pcOple sometimes needed exhOrtatlOn,
needed reminding Of their duties. encour-
/ agoment in them. He would sag, ono
might attain TO godlincss. Let BY prayer
/ No one could live a Christian life without
! living q prayerful life We are told IN
| Gods word 10 pray without ccaslns
/ Paul saws; Praying always with an
! prayers and suppllcations In the Spirit
/ 3D. We ought 90 read. We should read
/ good books. good magazines. good pa
/ pcrs The speaker said. above all things,
read the Bible God s word. Christ was
/ the Bread Of Life" and His word is bread
/ 10 the Christian soul. we should eat;
we should devour it,"
81. We must labor 10 all the good We
can. Stagnant water becomes foul. To
| attain 20 gOdliness We must be active,
working for our Master.
4th. We must sacrifice. Without sacri-
fee no great good is ever accomplished
| We should eRdeavor 10 remind ourselves
| OF the sacrifice our Lord made for our
sake. He sacrificed all things. His right
ARM Ills left arm. which We're nailed 10
the cross. His body. which was pierced
for our sake. His heart. lie died Of
broken heart and all for our sake We
should remember them. and be ready TO
sacrifice all things. in order 20 attain TO
that G0dliness which makes us like our
Lord
The closing remarks were very tender
aud beautiful. After the sermon the
Lords Supper was administered; three
were received by letter.
At night the pastor preached from the
nth verse NJ the 7th chapter Of John.
"If any man will do His Will, he shall
know Of the doctrine, whether II be Of
Cod or whether | speak OF myself"
GRoyF-Av2NUE BAPTIST.
At Grovc-Avenue Baptist church Rev.
Or j. g.. Hiden. the pastor. preached
morning and night on Sunday. The
morning sermon was on the 18th verse
of the third chapter Of the Gospel by John.
And this is the condemnation. that light
Is come into the world. and men loved
darkness rather than light. because their
deeds were evil"
From the connection I'm which the tcNt
occurs Dr. Hiden held that the Eight
spoken Of I'm the text is Christ himself
The teaching of the text Is that men re-
ject Christ because they do not want TO
do right From the text, then, arises
the theme
CHRIST THY LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
He is The light OF the world
j. By His Life
In illustrating this point the preacher
made reference 10 the life OF Rev John
A. Broadus. and paid hieh tribute 10
his personal worth He quoted from John
Stuart MIL the sag Ing that Christ IS
perpetual possession OF the whole human
race, and that other saying. that no man.
however skcpucai. can find better
scheme Of life than so to live that Christ
Will approve his life.
Christ IS the light Of the world
g. By His Teachings.
TIE spirit Of these teachings lives among
of the so-oalled results of the advanced
Biblical criticism OF the day, especially
800 IT'S dealings with the book OF Daniel.
He then said whatever these critics may
choose TO say of the date and the author
ship OF this book. there stands Jesus
Chrsrs endorsement Of q as the book
Of the Prophet Daniel; and that Is author
fly enough for me. Critics. clear the
track The Master has spoken, and that
settles the matter.
Christ IS the light Of the world
g. 49, His Death.
How can sinful mar be just before
God2' was a great question. TO which
mans philosophy could find no answer
Or. Hilen here quoted the touching words
of the dying Aristotle: 81 came into the
world in sin. l have lived ia ignorance:
j die in terror. @, thou Cause Of causes,
pity me"
The preacher then dwolt upon tho doc
trine Of the atonement as satisfaction
for sin.
AT night Dr. Hiden preached from the
words "Wilt Thou BE Made Nhole?' IN
the hfth chapter and 9th verse OF the Cos
pei by John.
IET3P-sIREET BAPTIST.
II Sc probable that never in the his
tory of Leisat- Street Baptist church has
such q scene been witnessed within It's
walls as greeted the immense concourse
of people gathered there sunday morning.
Rev Br Wright mad been engaged iu
baptzng recent converts every night !
during last week, and sunday the right
hand of fellowship WAS extended TO /
ninety or more persOns-the largest num-
Der. il is said, ever taken into the church |
az one time. After short talk hy f3r.
Wright on the Lords Supper and the |
administering Of he emble us TO about 100 |
communicates. the pastor announced his /
desire that every member OF the church |
shake hands with the ninety converts. !
ID was then that Ct scene. rarely witness /
ed outside of an Old-tashiouel MethO- |
dist love-feast or class-neeting occurred |
and one unacquainttd with the denomi- /
nation worshipping at Leigh-Strect. aud /
having some idea of the manner in which |
the old Methodist fathers and mothers /
were accustomed 10 cOndIct their reli-
gious jubilees would have concluded
that he was In the presence Of a con-
gregation OF happy Methodists. The
faces OF women and men fairly shone
with enthusiasm, and Or Wright was
so overcome by his feelings as TO break
forth In song and give other evidences Of
his happiness II was grand occasion /
and one which will leave a lasting i'm
preston on all participating therein.
FULTON BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday was a red-letter day both for
church and Sunday school at the Full
ton Baptist church. There were present
nearly UfrSDus a sunday school. |