The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-06
PULPIT AND PEW.
Or. Hawthorne Will Visit atlanta.

SERVICES Tor Men
Dr. ]. B. Hawthorne has received q let
ter from DR.. W. w. Lanurunl, Of <Atianssi'
Ca, lnvltlnS him TO come 20 tnas place on
Sunday, February 18th, and take up Il col
lection Tor the penenI OF MS ne" chuIchl
Or Hawthorne was Tor Twelve years pas
tor or the First Baptist Church of Allan
"a OF winch Dr. Landrum now mas cnslA ee.
tie Will also pay visit To the r1rst sap
list Church OIL Lyncnpurg next sunday.
these visits wIll be the first moe by
Dr. Hawthorne in u campaign lor iulidS
OUTSIDE OIL the city. The chursh mas el-
ready $4,000 in SIGHT and expects 70 S.
$4,000 more in Virginia ant the Seueh.
Bids for the new building VIII be opene>i
next Monday and just as soon alter tue
awarding OF the contract as possible the
work Will begin.
= service ues-gned specially for men
viii be held at ST.. Paufs Episcopal
Church, under the ausp.cle.o OF the St
Andrews Brotherhood OF the Church, on
Sunday next at z. NJ The pews ~ the
m.dule aisle WILL be reserved solely Tor
men until the commencement OF tie Ser
vices, though: ladies are cordially invited
to occupy other seats in the church. The
Rev. Robert Strange D. d. will deliver
the sermon.
The BAPTIST ministers of the city decid-
ed at their meeting Monday morning TO
take no action or? the request of the Re
tail Clerks Union to endorse the efforts
of the union to secure Shorter hours. The
Methodist ministers at a recent meeting
adopted a resolution favorable To the
request.
Judge Wexford has called meeting of
the Committee on Penitentiary Enlarge
ment to be held this afternoon at
O'Clock at the residence of Rev. Landon
r. Mason. At this meeting the petitions
will be gotten in shape for presentation to
the legislature Quite a number OF these
petitions. signed by the best men of the
State, have been received. ana it is de-
sired to get them in as convenient and
brief form as is possible.
The Rev, William Cabell Brown. a
missionary to Brazil under the Episcopal
Church, will be in Richmond next Sun
day for q weeks visit. He will speak
Sunday morning at st. Paul's; Sunday
afternoon at o'clock at st. James. and
Sunday night at Grace Church. On the
Tuesday afternoon following he will ad
dress a meeting of all the chapters of
the Womans Auxiliary of Richmond to
be held at st. James Church. The
object of Mr. Browns visit is to
secure the enlarged contribution for mis-
sionary work in Brazil. The contribu
lions have fallen off considerably and
the American Church Missionary Soci-
get the people interested in the matter.
His meetings here will be the beginning
of Il campaign to that end.
The Episcopal Churches of the city
are busy arranging for the observance
of Lent, which begins the latter part OF
this month. While no definite arrange
ments have been made as yet. it has
been decided to continue this year the
practice OF holding each day in one OF
the Churches a great union meeting OF
all the others.
Several hundred copies of the report
of the committee appointed by the Bap-
list Ministers Conference to voice its
sentiments the recently agitated
question of the observance of Sunday,
have been printed and will be circulated
throughout the country.
Rev. II. J. Goodwin, for several years a
student at Richmond College and a resi-
dent of Richmond, will soon take charge
of Sharon and Colosse Baptist Churches,
of King William county, the call to which
he has just accepted. He will begin
work in his new field as soon as he can
sever his connection with Cornth and
Emmaus Baptist Churches, in New Kent,
his present charges. Mr.. Goodwins
father is a well-known resident of Fair
mount.
Every Baptist church in the city has
arranged to start special meeting
the LIST of March, and nearly all of them
have secured help from abroad. The OBJ
ject of these meetings is the revival of
religious interest. The Grove-Avenue con-
gregat:on, which is without a house OF
worship of its own, will probably secure
some hall
The Christian Women's Board OF Mis-
sions of the Seventh-Street Christian
Church held its regular monthly meeting
yesterday morning in the church. Con-
siderable routine business of interest and
Importance to the ladies was transacted.
A meeting Of the various Cathois So
ceties of the city will be held Sunday
week at $3.50 P. NJ. in the rooms OF the
AIcGill Catholic Union. to make arrange
ments for proper observance Of St. Pat
ricks Day.
The annual report of st. Patrick's
Church shows the receipts during the
past year to have been s5.ss51. go. and ex-
pense amount $3.50. leaving balance to
the credit of the church of s9ss.a2. The
church is entirely free from debt