The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-27
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FORMAL LEASE
HE OLD HOTEL
Institute Will Soon be Opened by the
Methodists.
HOLD A UNION NJ EfT NC.
The Episcopal Glorious Closes BAPTIST
Missionaries in China As
LaureI-street Church.
Religious Notes.
HOLD A UNION M E.ET Nc.

The Nethodists of this city have now
formally leased thu old United States Ho'e1,.
Nineteenth and Main Streets, for the pur-
posa O.. establishing an industrial insu-
tusc. They VIII! begin in the next sixty
day, to use ii as centre for the religious
work now going on in the city under Rev.
George II. Wiley, city missionary.
Th= idea of those managing the mission
is to have some place where the move
mert can De developed as Bible ard In
dustria1 Institution. They intend 10 go
slowly and start in very limited way. but
the business men in the Churca, VINO
make UP the committees, are very much
in earnest, and intend TO make the move
men; & success The building will be thor
oughly renovat ted.
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED.
The Epwortf Leagrers are expected to
take an active part at the institution. as
they nave already done in the mission
work at several points. The branch OF the
work on Brook Avenue is entirely run by
the Leaguers of several churches.
Mr.. Wiley. speaking OF the work. says
that the most fruitful field in the line OF
men. was the noon-day work a the shops.
He said that it was very difficult in eight
or twelve minutes to get i man in the
midst OF MS daily toll to come cut pub-
licly or the side OF Christ; but that in
these few moments an earnest Christian
may say in the ears of men those things
which will work radical changes, both in
their views of reEeion and their habits.
BAPTISTS IN CHINA.
The missionaries OF the Southern Bap-
t:st Convention now IN Northern China.
while not Immediately IN the seat OF dis
turbances there, are nevertheless danger
ously near it. They are DR.. j. B. Hart
well and Mrs. Ha-twell. Miss Lottie Moon.
j. c. Owen and Mss Matte Dutton. WHO
are at Turs-Chow. Mr.. c. w. Pruitt
and wife. Pey,on Stephens and wife, who
are at Fwang-H:en:5 and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lowe, who are at Ping-1n-Shantung.
These are all in the Shantung Province.
where the English have a hold at Wal
Hai-Wei and the Germans have their re-
cently-se:zed territory at kaioChow. 1t
IS thought that the otter missionaries of
the Southern Baptists who are in and
around Shanghai and Canton, are not III
immediate dams No news has been re-
ceived by the Board directly from any Of
its missionaries and this is taken as good
omen.
Dev. D. X. Walthall. of Mizpall Church,
Chestnut Hi. is preaching every night III
the Presbyterian church at Manchester.
Seven new members We're received into
the church last Sunday.
Prof. Charles l. Cooke, of Hollins In
stitute, is in the city, the guest of Mr..
James D. Crump.
Rev. j. 3. Hawthorne. D. D.. pastor of
Cirove-Avenue Baptist Church. preached
the annual sermon yesterday before the
N'omar'i Missionary Society OF Mattaponi
Church, King and Queen county.
Every person who contributed to the
construction CT the Samuel \. Lapsiey, the
Congo missionary boat, will receive one
of the little blocks used in making rivet
holes. as a keepsake. Several thousand
were saved and will be distributed.
TIL. Episcopal clericus closed Monday
morning for the summer.
The Sunday-night service at Grace
Church will be held in the future at 6
o'clock.
There will be union meeting at the
First Presbyterian Church tonight
ia pray for the Christians in China.
Rev Dr. S. n. Chester will make the ad-
dress The meeting will be in charge of
DR.. Kerr.
Tue Sundav-school picnic OF Union Sta
ton Methodist Church took place yesterday.
Thirteen cars were taken out and the chill
dren thoroughly enjoyed themselves, both
on the trip and afterwards.
Rev Dr. w Y. Tudor presiding elder
of the West Richmond District will preach
at Laurel-Street Methodist Church to-
second quarterly conference will be held.
Dr. a. Bagby has been presented with
a handsome purse by the members of
Enon Church, III Chesterfield county. Two
ladies of the congregation were large con-
tributOrS.