Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-21
BID THEM FAREWELL
TOUCHING SERVICES IN HONOR OF
REV. AND MRS. CHAMBERS.
Parting words from Prof. winston
Mr.. johnson, Rev. II. A. Dagby, ana
Secretary Mullins-Response OF the
Missionary.

In spite OF the excessive heat very
large audience assembled at the Leigh
Street Baptist church last night 10 say
good-by to Rev. and Mrs. X. Il. Cham-
hers. who are soon to set sail for Canton
China. TO engage in missionary WORK.
Professor Charles II. winston, OF Rich-
mond College, president OF the Foreign
Mission Board had charge of the eSer-
cises. After the opening song tervent
prayer was offered by Rev. J. S. DILL H.
ID. DR.. Pollard read appropriate Scrip
lures. and then Professor Winston spoke
of the peculiar interest which attached
to this OCCASION and of the peculiar honor
done TO the Leigh-Street church by hoiu-
ing the meeting there. He had known MI
Chambers as a student. and was ready
to say that he was first-rate man u
send to the foreign field
b.. f. johnson. Esq. spoke OF the MIN
gIed sorrow and Joy which filled the
hearts of the members Of the Broadus-
Memorial church. which Mr.. Chambers
had done so much TO establish. His own
heart sank within him when he first
heard Of Mr.. Chambers's purpose TO leave
for China The little church, he said.
would miss Mr.. Chambers very much. and
their prayers would follow him and his
wife In their far-off home. At the con-
clusion Of this address, which was very
tender. Mr.. James c. Harwood sang
.Hark. the Voice of Jesus Calling"
WORK AS CITY MISSIONARY.
Rev. II. a. Bagby then spoke on behalf
of the City Missionary Society. under
whose direction Mr.. Chambers has been
working In Richmond and Manchester
for five or six months. He emphasized the
different conditions which would surround
the worker in his new field said that MIR.
Chambers's coming to this society was
MAINLY providenual: that his work Tor
them had been eminently satisfactory. His
work i'm the tent would be deathless. ana
there would doubtless come 10 him in the
Of missionary work In
China the remembrance of the Broadus
Memorial church to cheer and help MN,
He believed that Mr. Chambers had gwen
IN the work of the City Missionary So
ciety n momentum which demonstrated
the value and power Of this organization
RELATION or THE CHURCH.
Rev. Il. Y. Mullins, associate secretary
OF the Foreign Mission Board. spoke on
the relation OF the church-member at
home TO the foreign missionary. rms re-
lation, he said, was one OF IDENTITY. Ihey
were doing the same work. win the
same motive and the same purpose. The
Christian worker whether here or in
foreign fields, was Gods man, In Gods
place. doing Gods work, In Gods way
for Gods glory.
Rev Mr.. Chambers responded briefly
and tenderly TO the several addresses.
speakine with manifest feeling OF some
OF the things which made Richmond dear
TO him. One was the fact that under the
preaching of Or. Hatcher one OF the pas
tors Of the city, he was converted; an
other was his life at the college; yet an
other that he had found his wife here.
These and many other precious associa-
tions and ties made the city dear to him.
His going, he said, would not sever these
ties. They would. on the contrary. De
stronger than ever. He bade them an
affectionate farewell.
While singing the closing hymn the con-
gregation gave the parting hand TO the
missionary and his wife.
Among those present were Drs w. Il.
Wright, j. II. Garlick, W. W. Landrum'
George Cooper, II. ii. Pitt, and Revs. j.
o. Kirk, and George +. Williams.
Rev. Mr.. Chambers will hold his last
service in Richmond in the Barton
Heights church Sunday evening. This Is
the only church Of which Mr.. Chambers
WAS ever pastor.