Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-22

pr,- WILLIAM MEADE CLARKE.
..,. and friend he comes to Richmond
With tbe highest testimonials his people
In rrredericksburg who parted WIN n'''
with sorrow. could give him ..,,,-
srl,c music at St James Sunday morn
t,. ,,as especially fine. and keV. MI
Ci,rl,o took as his text the words from
,f.ttneo, w. "a: How many loaVes
have yc?" r.e,
CHARACTER or CHRlSTS MIRACLES
Mr. Clarke spoke Of the peculiar char
acter Of Chrsts miracles and thelr Pui-
,,os. They differed from the miracles
~ the old Testament, ne said. III that
tbov were brought I'm His own name ana
Am that they were always human anu
never "a mere display OF power me
were obiect-lessons. and each and every
one was designed to teach ana liiip'eS'
some great Christian truth.
In the instance cited by the text the
6isciples we're greatly troubled that
there were thousands Of hungry peo-
plo present and nothing with which to
fced them. Christ was appealed 10,
tut lie dld not convert the stones INTO
bread. Instead. lie turned to the DIS
cirles and said. How many ioaNes
bave veq" And they said. Seven, and
few little fishes" But Christ took these
and gave TO the disciples. ana they
gave to the multitude, and all were
THE LESSON OF THIS.
The minister. in referring to the
lesson of this miracle. said: why.
a. is that when we bring all
that we have and give II unre-
served1y 90 God. be it never so little IL
is an His hands enough. God works
through human instrumentality, ana
his power for doing good TO his creatures
a. limited only by mans willingness to
co-operate with Him. God requires no
thing OF US beyond our capacity 10 give
some viii say. what Is my little mite TO
The great God OF the universe? Given
unreservedly. it is enough. That is all.
10 IS enough"
At the conclusion OF his sermon MI
clarke made a beautiful address 10 the
church. promising his best efforts to the
work 10 which he has been called, ana
asking Of his people an earnest co-opera-
ton urging that they should give what
thev had 10 God. with the assurance from
God that 10 would be enough
AIr Clarke is at present the guest or
Mr. Samuel g.. Wallace. No. 100 north
Firth street. but. with his family, VIII
soon occupy the rectory.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONVOCA-
TON.
The meeting OF the Episcopal Glorious,
held in the basement OF ST. Pauls church
yesterday at noon. was the largest held
since the ministers began 20 leave the city
for their summer vacations. Among those
present were Bishop John Il. Newton;
Rev. Dr. Pike Powers. president of the
Clericus. Rcvs j. J. Gravatt. L. Il. Ma
son. j. r. Hepburn, r. 4. Goodwin. Mar
Gin Johnson. J. II. Griffith Jr.
THE only business Of consequence con-
sdered was some having reference TO
the next session of the old James-Rlver
Convocation NOW the Richmond Convo-
catiom The programme for this meet
ing was partially made out. The cOnvo-
cation win be held az the Church Of our
Saviour Hanover county October 2Oth
TO "a. inclusive.
REV. NR. SALLADES FAREWELL.
Rev. Jacob Sallade. whose resignation
as pastor Of Broadus Memorial Baptist
church has been announced in the Dis
patch. preached to his congregation for
the last time Sunday night. The church
was crowded 70 its full capacity. and
in the congregation were many members
OF other denominations. At the close Of
his sermon. which was an interesting,
clearly-dcfned Gospel discourse. Mr.. Sal
Jade referred briefly and tenderly 70
tho parting about TO take place between
Iast0r and people He expressed regret
81 leaving a people Tor whom he had so
much love and I'M whom he felt such an
interest, but IN this matter. as In all I
others. b. sought the guidance Of Provi- |
dcnce. and hoped time would prove the
wisdom Of his action. The entire con-
gregatlon were much affected by the /
preachers parting words and a large l
number Of persons gave vent 10 their |
feelings I'm tears.
The Board OF Deacons have appointed /