Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-13
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,,sr, IS has reached a circulation Oh i-,VVv
!, this country, and has been trailslaee .
into Japanese. In the twen.y-n'e a.. -
- his ministry he has baptized oVo per
sons. ,,,-.~-crr
pov lanes A. Francis will deliver an
oddress ON "The Disciples Position on
Friday morning. Mr.. Francis IS the well
known evangelist, who mas risen TO ms
present prominent place in the Churen
through his energy and zeal for the care
of souls He was born on March ~ looi'
az Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia. he at
tended the district school from INC
age of TO 10; taught for TWO ye"iS
and a half. and filed various positions
as a salesman until % years OF age wheh
he took charge of the Tremont-kow
Branch of the Boston Young Mems Chrls-
tan Association for one year. Al q
he went 10 New Hampshire 10 cOh-
duct Il series of evangclisuc HeeuH5''
with the result that he was called 10 III.
nastorate of a little Baptist church AT
Peterboro' in that State ana there re-
NAMED three years after ordlnatloh' Vi
untiI 1891 In that year he was calleu
IN the pastorate of the Riverside Baplisl
church Niuety-second street, New forh
CITY where he remained six years anu
san. roorths during which time the
church completed it's building, the Dase-
ment story having been built during
former pastorate In February, 1888, ne
accented the call of the New YORK Bap-
fist CITY Mission Society to take cnarge ol
the work about to be inaugurated III
the then vacant building at Second ave
me and St. Marks Place. during Ihe
wear and a quarter that has elapsed
vigorous church has grown up IN Inls'
one of the neediest, fields, IN Greater
New York.
NEWSPAPER MAN AND PASTOR.
one of the prominent visitors from
Canada is Rev. Charles Aubrey Eaton
NJ. A., of Toronto. Mr. Eaton Is Oh New
England ancestry his family having hEeu
i'm Massachusetts since its rounding ne
was born in Nova Scotia in 1908. ECU
Gated at Acadia University, where ne
took his r. A. in 1880 and NJ. a. in 1888.
He graduated from Newton Seminary III
lSq3 and settled as pastor of the tlfst
Baptist church. of Nauck, Mass On
the appointment of DR.. Wallace to the
chancellorship of McMaster University
Mr. Eaton was called to succeed nm as
pastor Of Bloor-Street Baptist church'
Toronto. I'm 1895. He has spent three sum
mers preaching in London. MT Eaton
fs Canadian correspondent for the BOSTON
| transcript and special correspondent Tor
the New York Tribune, stan coiili lDu0Ol
to the New England Magazine anu n "a,
| been connected for three years WIN 'ie
Toronto Globe as editorial Writer III III
sociological and theological topics. lie
received the degree NJ A. al eumuuhl
from NIcNlaster University in 1876
NATIVE OF VIRGINIA.
"The Law Of Discipeship' Is the SUD
,ect of an address TO be delivered "I nv
| socond session of the convention by Dr'
| Diclfinson. of Alabama. He IS 4
| native of Virginia. lie was born DeCeih-
| her o 1864. in Louisa county, his iather
! being DR. c. r. Dickinson, a prominent
| minister and physician of twenty years
| 400 His mother was Bottle valentine
| IF the family of that name in this Sta1e'
ITa was graduated from Richmond Coi-
! Ieoe June 1856. with the degree of Master
| of Arts He pursued his theoloslcdl
! studies in the Southern Baptist Ineolos
| ical Seminary Of Louisville. hy' lie W1S
] pastor Of the Central Bapust chuI0u u,
! Memphis. Tenn, for TWO years anu M
beon for ten years pastor OF the lIst
| Baptist church, Selma, Ala. ne -,
! the degree Of Doctor or DlNIhlly I'm
| the University Of Alabama in 1872 lie -
associate editor Of the Alabama Baptlst,
| lie has often preached in Richmond anu
baltimore as supply for the summer
4 VERY FORCIBLE SPEAKER.
one Of the most forcible speakers of the
| convention is Rev. j.. q. a. Henry - De-
| enDerintendent of the New York state
! Arti-saloon League which has us he"d-
quarters at Poughkeepsie. Dr. Henry Wo'
born I'm Iowa, and was reared on a L,i H. ~,
| He attended the district school uu1h NJ
| was II years old, when ne went 10 w
chester. Ind, and graduated from tne
| TIigb school He studied at the ola Uni
! --.,,i+,- ~ chicago. and graduated from
tba Raptist Union Theological seminary,
nv Divinitv School of the University OF
| chicogo Since then he has been pastor
Of tho First Baptist church of Portland
ore; First Baptist church, Denver lrst
| Rapflst church. Of San Francisco, ana lor
! four and a half years pastor OF La SAFE
| Avenue church, in Chicago when chaIse
| hn recently resigned to accept his present
position. Dr. Henry will speak on me
| disciple and the Drink Devll
PASTOR AND EDITOR.
1.-THE Horizon of DiscpleshiP' will be
| the subject of an address TO be deuVeteu
| bv Rev. W. G. Fennel at the evening
| session Of the first day Of the cohVeillon'
Rev. w. G. Fennell, who IS the pastor
| Of the First Baptist church, Meriden,
| Corn was horn i'm Goshen, Conn, in 1853.
His early years were divided between 2
farm and the district school. Al II
! wears of age he was converted and uniteu
with the little Baptist church OF has'
! cornwall. At . he began 10 feel the
| NECESSITY Of entering the ministry; az
16 Welded 10 the call, was granted hcehs'
heSore ne was rs, was graduated from
CONNECTICUT Literary Institution ~
S,eieId Conn. i'm 1870 taught scnOoi a
voar. was graduated from Colgate M
yersjtv Hamilton, y. Y, IN 1881 A4.el
nearly two years Of seminary course ~.
accepted call to the FIRST bdpl,''
church OF Middletown, Conn, where III
had a successful pastorate or nearly hVt
wears. 4 long-standing Indebtedness wa
noid and the building thoroughly repair
"a nearly $500 being raised for the pur'
nose. In October, 1881, he was caued u
The pastorate Of the First Meriden churcr
In the same CNew Haven ASSOCIATION
Tbis ia one OF the leading Bapus
churches of Connecticut.
| In addition TO church work. Mr.. zen
nell has had many responsibilities III oth'i
lines. For two and half years ne Wa
EDITOR of the Inductive Series, puDlshe'
nv The publication Society. lie mas
served as president of the Connecucu
Christian Endeavor Union, ana spok'
twice at the Washington convention. Ii
Is one of the Executive Committee OF TN
state Convention, and president OF IN
state Baptist Education Society.
AUTHOR, MISSIONARY, AND ORATOR
DIR. Henry Clay Mabie, well-known a
, an author. missionary. and a most elo
quent speaker, will deliver the iirst al
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