Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-15
THE MORNING PRAYER
SWEET DEvOTIOss HELD AT THE
Sun RISE HOUR.
FINE AFTERNOON LECTURES GIVEN.
DR.. WoeIfI<ln Talks TenderIy of the
Closet of Prayer mt First Church
DIR. shcpnrdson at the College
Helpful ChaIiS-TaILs.

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greatly enjoyed. The addresses were OF
the highest order and awakened deeply
felt responses on the part of the hearers
The service at the First Baptist church
conducted by Rev. Cornelius WoeIfkln
! u. d.. Of Brooklyn. was particularly
sweet The theme was suggestive OF
prayer. 1t was building the Closet
| Or. Woelfkin spoke beautifully Of tho
sweet comfort that comes OF talking Will
the God of comfort. He emphasized ms
statement that prayer was the pure ain
that the Christian should breathe. lie
| spoke touchingly Of how dear the closet
becomes 10 the disciple after years of
| use. DR.. Woelfkin Will speak this morn
| ing on conditions and Progress
TWO KINDS OF DISCIPLES.
No service was more enjoyed than that
| conducted by Rev. Daniel Shepardson, Jr.'
| IN. d.. OF Ohio, in Richmond College
| chapel.
After fifteen minutes Of uplifting songs
| Scripture verses. and short prayers, Dr.
! ShepardsOn read as tho lesson Tor the
| hour l. Corinthians iii., 1-l5, and Hebrews
v. XVI. 8, and then spoke upon the
theme. 1.-TWO Kinds Of Disciples. Inc
word disciple" the keyword Of our con-
Vention, is Tedoleul OF the scnool-room'
The Greek equivalent means learner OF
pupil and suggests its antonyms, didas-
caIos. or teacher, rabbi or master LAie
is a training school in time for the uniYer-
sity of eternity. Now, the present
life constitutes the course Of study Christ
is the teacher; all Christians are disciples;
the Bible is the chief textbook; Chris
tan character Is the end desired. The
words of the Scripture lesson and the
message Of the morning were addressed
entirely to Christians, TO the regenerate
nothing is said in either passage to the
unsay0d.
There are two classes of Christians;
two grades in the school of Christ some
are carnal, some are spiritual; some are
babes in Christ; some are full-groWh'
mature; some are children; some are
adults Disciples are not divided as some
would have US believe. into sinlessly per-
foot ones or saints and ordinary or sin
Ming Christians. All disciples are de-
clared TO be saints" holy brethren,
"partakers Of heavenly calling All
are separated for service, called-out ones,
consecrated TO Cod saved TO serve; Sc
parated 10 and for God.
The adult life. he said is not mira
culous and direct gift from heaven. 1t
begins with the divine touch upon the
soul but is developed through fulillled
conditions. The conditions of growth in
the material and spiritual realms are
very similar. They are four; Cd Rest
GU Food, CO Exercise, ca Healthy Envl-
ronment.
DR.. Shepardson will conduct the second
service this morning at the same place.
BELIEVERS FOUR PRIVILEGES.
The devotional exercises at Grace-Street
Baptist church was also of great interest.
Rev. =. X Dayfoot, of Port Hope, On
tario. conducted the exercises here. HIS
text was Hebrews X, 1872. and theme,
THE Four Privileges of the Believer
brief statement Of the points elabo-
rated by the earnest and eloquent speaker
is given here:
/ We may enter into the hottest. The
Holy OF Holes in the tabernacle repre-
scnts the immediate presence Of God.
Hebrew tx. a; Romans viii. 3i) TO this
place we may resort. OEpheslans H., $50
. We may have all bOldness. Many
people to-day are living in the outer
court OF mere conversion. fearing 10 APP
proach Cod Every believer is a priest.
Il. Peter H.. 81 As such the Christian
may live in conscious fellowship with God.
8 We may have access. Before the
Holy Of Holes hung a richly embroidered
curtain. This veil was rent when Christ
died GIatthew xvii. 81, signitying the
removal Of all obstacles to perfect COM
mUnion with Heaven.
We may stand before God. This we
cannot do in ourselves Exodus Ky. IS
49, But we have a great High Priest
and we need not fear.
A REMARKABLE MAN.
There were about seventy-fve persons
present at the I.eigh-Street service. where
the exercise was conducted by Rev. j. \.
Francis. of New York city. The topic was
"The Disciples Position" Mr. Francis
is really remarkable man. A short time
ago there was not an Englsh-speakng
BAPTIST church I'm a wide section of
certain part Of New York city. To-day
the Second-Avenue Baptist church stands
an enduring monument TO his zeal and
power as "a man Of God. He accomplish
ed all this by going right down among
the people and working day by day to-
wards the marvellous result he has now
so happily brought TO pass. His prayer
and his talk impressed all present greatly.
THE AFTERNOON SERVICES.
The . o'clock services are exceedingly
popular. Notwithstanding the unusual
hour for attending. Or. Price spoke i'm
the College chapel on Israel in Egypt"
His thought was: The testimony Of
Egyptian monuments is exceedingly IA
vorable to the supposition that Abraham.
Joseph and Jacob entered Egypt during
the Hyksos supremacy. II Is also evil
dent that the children Of Israel were free
and prosperous during the succeeding
eighteenth dynasty. The evidence OF the
cuneform letters found i'm 1887 at Telel-
- ha ha Of Voc or
Asia was very advanced and complicated
in the fifteenth century h. c.: that the
nations of Asia and Egypt We're closely
related politically and domestically, long
before Israel left Egypt. We now know
Rameses II. as the Pharaoh of the OPP
preston and Meneptah II. as the Pha-
raoh under whom the children of Israel
escaped from the land. Israel's sOiourn
in Egypt was her training school for her
great mission as Jehovah's chosen people.
Rev. Mr. Pierce delivered the second Of
his series Of chalk talks also az ? o'clock.
This course is rich in suggestions for
Sunday school teachers and emnently
helpful to all disciples.
DIR. STIFLER'S LECTURE.
DIR. Sitter gave the second OF his eV-
positions Of Paurs letter 10 the Romans
at the First Baptist church yesterday at
o'clock. 1t was very fine. thoughtful,
and eminently clear and practical. Dr.
Sitter can always get attentive audiences
in Richmond. no matter what his theme
or where he speaks. The third and last
o'clock and ALL as heretofore, are cor
daily invited
STATE RALLIES YESTERDAY.
These an Interesting Feature of the