Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-05-14
MANCHESTER NOTES
A GREAT SURPRISE.
DR.. Binga's 10th Anniversary
Other Interesting Items.


about $3.50 o'clock making their way
up Hull street. On reaching 18th St.
they turned going east as far as the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Squire Har-
ris, who were about to retire for the
night. A rap, followed by another rap
soon brought the landlord to the door,
and to his surprise their stood a large
crowd waiting to be admitted. which
shortly afterwards fled in. This was
the night of Mrs. Harris birthday, and
her friends had previously arranged to
surprise, which they did with much
success. The party was led by Mes
danes Addie j. Eggleston and Laura
@. King.
Among those present were Misses
Leila A. Johnson, Viola Wright, Susie
Elan, Lavinia Baker, Eva Armstead
Martha A Holmes. Lille R Hichmon.
Mary ]. Bland, Bertha Z. Hughes,
Pearl Robinson, Josephine Woodbridge
Katie Williams of Jerret, Va. Mes
DANES Ophehs Cogbill, M. A. Hughes,
A. r. Cunningham, Mary r. Hickmon
r. E. Archer, Sarah Clements, Amanda
Baker, N. q. Robinson, NJ. E. McCor-
mick, Mary Threat, Ella Winfree :
Messrs. O. Henri Jones, Willie Lewis.
Willie Pryor. William Deane, Charles
Greene, Walter Harris, Charles Hicks,
James Turner. Morris Harris, Robt. A.
johnson and John R. Cogbill.
After q few hours Of social chit-chat
refreshments were served, and at
O'Clock all left for their homes.
The 26th Anniversary OF Rev. DIR. A.
BiDga, Jr., now being celebrated by
his congregation had the services of
some of the best ministers in the state
First Sunday Rev. ID. Webster Davis.
assisted by his choir OF young people,
gave entire satisfaction. While we do
not feel that we are hattering the
young divine, we would say that we do
not believe his sermon on the subject
of Spiritual Growth" could have been
excelled- Come again Reverend, your
choir also.
At O'Clock PM, Rev. DR.. J. w
Kirby, financial agent OF the Union
University. preached the Thanksgiving
sermon for Evergreen Lodge, No. 1888
and Bsthrar Lodge, No. 1896, and Past
Grand Masters Council, No. 200. The
Doctor after reading from the general
law what constituted an Odd Fellow
and the qualifications of the same
preached from the subject, Bear ye
one anothers burdens" 1t was rich in
its productions so much so that the en-
tire audience acknowledged that it was
occasion
The carriage which conveyed the Rev
erend, his son and r. @. M, j. K. Hall
to the church was one OF the latest i'm
proved rubber tire, furnished by Mr.
A. ID. Price, the funeral director of
Richmond.
At night, Rev. Holland Powell of
Sydney, accompanied by his choir of
about 30 singers, the beauty of which
were all young christian in the work of
the Master. The Reverend was seen
at his best. His sermon, like the rest,
was inspiring. The musical rendition
of his choir was second TO none we
have heard recently. We ask them
over again.
Second Sunday at IL 80 A. NJ. Rev.
w. II. White and his choir were TO
have OBLIGATED, for some cause I'M
known they did not come.
At $3.50, Rev. Skinner, b. D., officiat-
ed and gave an excellent talk along the
line Of adhering to the gospel and tax
ing heed thereto. Owing to the funer-
al OF Mr.. Willie Matthews the Reverend
did not confine himself to the text or
sermon that he had prepared, knowing
that the time allotted to him and DR..
Binga also they could not do Justice to
their sermon, yet he would say few
words and yield to DR.. Bings.
DIR. Binga spoke in very plain man.
ner as to how a christian should live.
His remarks have been the talk of the
city ever since. Not that he covered
up anyone's wrong doings, but voiced
forth the plain doctrine of the scrip
ture that the time would come when
men would not bear hearing the gospel
in it's true light.
Mr.. Matthews was a member of Jor-
dan Lodge, No. 40, /. o. g. s., and the
lodge came over in carriages, the day
being quite rainy. They presented
statement Of the deceased, giving ac-
ccse.--t 80 80 h .:= membership and loyalty
to the order. w. [. Joseph N. Myers
presided. The deceased had been a
member of the church for a number OF
years. He leaves a wife, mother and
step-father to mourn their loss.
DIR. Binga put himself on record as
being opposed to preaching funerals on
the Sabbath day when there was q
great display in the streets with a band
Of music playing unholy songs over the
deceased, Decorating the Sabbath day.
de will preach any time during the
week, but could not sacrifice his con-
science to submit to this wrong, and
asked the sympathy of all christians to
coincide with the same.
The Manchester Union Band escort
ed Mr.. Matthews to the ''cisy of the
dead
At the O'Clock services Rev. T II.
Johnson, who is very often styled as
Bishop johnson, preached an able SER
neon indeed from the text, "Who is on
the Lords slider" To say that the Rev
Grand spoke grandly would only be
stating the truth, for it is his callIng.
Hearing him inspires one to ask, when
are you coming again brother?
The collections we're very good, but
when we take in consideration the
membership and knowing of such a
few who contributed, we would say
ethat the collection could have been
much larger.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fleming continues
quite sick on Canal street, NewtowD.
Mr.. Charles Erwin is detained at
home with an attack Of rheumatism.
Rev. L. FraYser is having a large at
tendance nightly at his church during
the series of meetings.
Work on the Zion Baptist Church is
progressing.
Mr.. Elisha Johnson, brother of Maj.
J b. Johnson, has arrived in our city
quite feeble. He is stopping at the
resinenee Of his brother on 10th Street.
Mr.. Johnson has been living in the
north for q number Of years and comes
south to recuperate.
Mr.. James Cogbin returned to the
city last week from New Jersey.
Robinson Lodge, Ia, I, o. of Good
Samaritans, presented Deputy w. II.
Hatcher last Monday night with
purse of eight dollars to assist in de-
fraying his expenses to the Grand
Lodge session to be held in Lexington.
Va, June 14-l8th. He expressed his
gratefulness in q neat speech.
The Good Samaritans and Daughters
Of Samaria are requested to attend a
general meeting next Wednesday at 8
p. m. 1t their hall.
The Benevolent Investment Relief
Association OF Virginia is doing good
work. They are employing two clerks
Mr.. w. II. Hatcher and Miss Lille r.
Hickman. We predict great success
for this company.