Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-01
HONOR ST. ANDREW.
DAY CELEBRATED ny BROTHER
HOOD BEARING THE NAME.
UNION SERVICE AT GRACE CHURCH.
Excellent Addresses Made by Revs.
w. A. Barr md Thomas scmmes
and the Sacrament Administered
by bishop Penick.

! Yesterday being ST. Andrews Day, the
| anniversary was ittingly celebrated by
the members Of the Brotherhood Of st.
| Andrew in union service Of the various
| Episcopal congregations Of the city. helo
| last evening in Grace church. The SER
vice was conducted jointly by Bishop e.
| C. Penick and Revs. J. j. Gravatt, ID. H.,
and Martin, while Rev. Landon r. Mason
presided
Reys. Thomas Semmes, OF st. Andrews
church. and w. A. Barr, of Monumen-
tai, delivered addresses to the Brother
hood. and after the service Bishop Penick
administered the holy sacrament.
The church was filed TO the doors
when the service commenced. and the
most profound interest was manifested
by ALL One Of the features of the service
was the excellent singing of a vested
male choir of forty voices. After the
professional the regular evening service
of the Episcopal Church was conducted
by Bishop Penick and DR.. Gravatt, after
which Rev. Mr. Mason assembled to the
chancel and told Of the practical work
introduced Rev. Mr.. Semmes, who spoke
as a Brotherhood man, and briefly toId
of the growth Of the organization from a
few hundred members ten years ago to
1900 at the present time.
SUCCESSES AND FAILURES.
The speaker told Of the successes or
the Brotherhood, and then treated AT
length Of its failures After a discussion
OF the law of cause and effect and its
application to spiritual things, he assert
ed that the cause of the failures had not
been in the organization nor in its lack
Of opportunities. Where failures had oc-
CURED, he said. they were directly at
tributable to the members themselves.
The difficulties. he asserted, lay in the
hearts of the brothers, in their lack OF
willingness to do Gods work. God, he
continued, is a jealous God; He wants
all the heart-not portion of it: He Will |
not divide with any one. He can't use a |
heart that is full Of the world.
Mr.. Semmes prescribed a remedy FOR |
the failures and said the first rule to be |
was that of prayer; the second |
was to secure the fulness of love for |
God. and with this would come the power
to do His work.
MIR. BARR'S ADDRESS.
After the singing Of a hymn. Rev. Mr.. /
Barr was presented, and from the be-
ginning Of his address he held the UNI
divided attention Of his auditors. In the |
outset he quoted Bishop Potter as having
said that the Brotherhood of st. Andrew
was the most significant movement in the
modern Church, and then charging on
this idea, he spoke of the usefulness Of
nj II rtreffr
-rations. 80 long as a man lives hope
fully in the future, observing and en-
Toying the things that around him exist"
ne said, "he is young. but when he lives
With the skeletons of the past and sees
laught in the present or future to pro-
luce happiness. he is old, even though he
De in years only 80.
SOCIETY'S INCONSISTENCIES.
With this idea for the basis OF his re-
marks. Mr. Barr asserted that buoyancy |
S a requisite for labor for Christ, and
lie then discussed the wonderful invOlun-
airy influence that il was possible for a |
'oung man to exercise when he labored
n the service of Christ. 1.-The world" he,I
aid, thinks an old man ought to be
eligious, whether he is or not, and So q,
iety would be shocked If the young /;
mans sister did not show some religious :
erNor' out Dy TINS same society the young y
nan is granted a period for sowing his },
'ild oats. He is licensed for a time to 7
lad a life CT sensuality and sin. This =
fe is expected of him, but If he has
tamina of character sufficient to with
tand the temptations of this licensed life,
hen is his influence enlarged and made r
'holesome." !,
Mr.. Barr closed with a beautiful word y
ainting of a symmetrical life, which.
lough bordering on the ideal, was re-
lete with realism. and appealed TO the
Dung men to adopt such life as theirs
he offertory was then made for st. =
ukes chapel, after which the COM
union was partaken of. and the congre-
alton dismissed. Q