The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-23
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Party, Including Z Rev. Nj. VIII
bingham and Bride, Sails Soon.
FAREWELL I0UR. TO BE. MADE i. Il
Big Services to Be Held at the Second
Church Here-"Back Door" Rsviy-
alism in Vogue 5Now-Bishop
Won de vyver Returns.
FAREWELL TOUR R I 0 BE. MADE DE

Won de vyver Returns.
| Quite a number OF missionaries from
diffe, ent denominations will sail from San
Francisco on September 18th for years
of service In heather lands. OF the party
five will be Bapt.sts, who so out under
the Foreign Board, OF this city, and two
| of these five will be from this city. The
| trip will be made on the, steamship Chi
ma" which will reach Honolulu on Sep
tember 18th, and .Nagasaki, Japan, about
October 18th
On the evening of Sunday, September
7th,4 there will be held in the Second
Baptist Church. of this city, a farewell
service to the Rev. Calder 7. Wiling
ham and BRIDE, who are the two from
Richmond referred to, and VINO will go
unite in his service-First, Second, Grace
Street, Grove-Avenue, and Calvary-nnd
their pastors will participate in the ex-
ercises. DR.. w. r. L. Smith, of the
Second Church, will preside, and several
addresses will be delivered Young Mr..
Willingham will, of course be among the
speakers.
From here the couple will go to Chata-
nooga, Tenn, where, in the First Bap-
well service, in which all the congrega-
tons of the city will unite. Dr.. r. J.
Wiliingham. father OF the young man.
was once the pastor of this church, and
Mr. Willingham was for long time a
member A third and last farewell ser
vice will be held in the church at Hop
kinsvillc, Ky. a member of this church
will support Mr.. Willingham, and he
wishes to give the young missionary a
will travel across the Continent to San
Francisco, where they will catch the
steamer.
The other three Baptist missionaries are
the Rev. Frank Rawlinson and wife, OF
Baltimore, and Miss Pearl Glare Hall.
of Indiana Mr.. and Mrs. Rawlinson,
who go to Shanghai, China will ac-
company Mr.. Willingham and wife on the
farewell tour. Miss Hall also goes to
China and upon her arrival at Shanghai
III be married to the Rev. S. T. Will
ms, a native of Virginia, who went
-ut several years ago. The work OF
Mr.. Williams is among the Hakkas In
South China, where the mission is very
prosperous and where many natives are
joining the churches.
It Is an Interesting commentary upon
A4Ns pISSeIt SldlS OIL Tie bdpLlSk. StAoAS AAS>'
in Virginia to note that at almost every
enc of the district associations which arc
now meeting in different parts of the
State, there has been ;s1na Her increase IN
membership than for many years gone
In one case there was somewhat OF a fall
ing Off
This fact is noteworthy since 1t indicates
a movement among the churches toward
purging their membership rolls-otnerwise
ra1,ix- icr, Tho falling off
CT the increase does not mean a weakening
Of the churches or even smaller num-
her Of additions; in fact, they are strong
er than ever and the additions have been
many. But there Is a widespread ten
dency toward clearing the church lists of
those who have strayed away 70 other
places and of others whose names mean
nothing more than so much space on the
register. In other words, while profess
sional revivalism, in certain OF its phases,
seems to be on the wane, back door"
revivalism Is for the time being on the
Increase. Hence the additions are offset
by those removed and they are not SO
apparent as usual.
Another noteworthy fact is that the as
;sociations are all reporting distinct ad-
vances in contributions to benevolent pur-
poses.
Bishop Van de vyver has returned to
the city from New York, where he went
to consult with architects with refer
ence to the new cathedral to be erected
here.
The contract for the cathedral has not
yet been awarded. but it Is expected that
some steps in this direction will be taken
before very long.
The Rev. +. W. Troy, pastor of the
Marshall-Street Christian Church. Of this
city. will leave Sunday afternoon
for Brooklyn. N. Y, where he will spend
a week with the Sumner-Avenue Baptist
Church, to which he has been called. He
will return in time to preach at his
church here a week from next Sunday
and he will then probably announce his
decision.
The Rev. Dr. Theron H Rice, pastor
of the Central Presbyterian Church OF
Atlanta, is sojourning at the home Of his
friend. a. r. Jameson. near Union Theo-
logical Seminary. DR.. Rice will preach in
the chapel OF the Seminary on Sunday
at half past five O'clock
The Bollings Sunday school In Ches-
terf1eld, will give a picnic on August
9th In Banney's Grove. The Kingsland
Sunday school has been invited to at
tend.
Rev. Dr. E. E. Bomar will preach in
Emmanuel Baptist Church next Sunday
morning and evening.
Rev. F. w Troy, pastor Of Marshall
Street Church of Christ, will preach Sum
day morning at II clock. There will be
no service at night as Mr.. Troy will leave
Sunday afternoon for New York.