Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-09
RELIGIOUS SERVICES :
NOTED DIVINE WILL SPEAK TO.
THE GREATER MEMS MEETING.
REV. MAURICE PENFlELD FIXES
Several Meetings for Railroad Men
Excellent Music ut Grove-Avenrc.
Baptist Church and second Bap-=
fist church-Pastor Betty VIII oc-
.cupy His Pulpit-ot1ner Services.
REV. MAURICE PENFlELD FIXES
.cupy His Pu1pit-other Services.

Rev. Maurice Penfeld Fixes. Of Balti-
more, Md, will speak at the second OF
/ the Academy greater mems meetings.
which will be held this afternoon, the
doors opening at sos o'clock. Mr.. Fixes
| is young man. and is represented as a
| powerful orator who attracts to his
church In Baltimore more people than the
| great auditorium will accommodate. He
! is said to preach to more people in Balti-
more than any other of the Protestant
ministers there.
In sneaking Of a lecture delivered by
| him, the Trenton IN. j. Times SAYS: 1T
was as lively as a rafting stage perform
ancc, as laughable in parts as though Bill
Nye or Artenlus Ward was in the center
of the atforn1 as serious at times as a
funeral sermon. and as instructive in the
illogical information as q college profess
sorS lecture
His subject this afternoon will be ga
Profitable Investment The Centenary
| Methodist Church choir will sing. Miss
Mamie Harrison will be the soloist and
the music Of the great congregation of
men will be led by male chorus under
the direction of Mr.. j. r. Dunbar.
The members of the 4nae chorus are
requested to be on the platform ready for
service at BIS
The railroad men and their friends will
be addressed at $50 o'clock this afternoon
at Main-Street Station by Rev Carey E.
Morgan, of the Seventh-Street Christian
Church.
All the associations of North America
observe this week of prayer for young
men from November 8 to Ii, and the rail-
road department will hold two meetings
each day during the week. The noon
meetings will be held in the Chesapeake
and Ohio shops. and the evening meet
ings in the Main-Street Station parlor
The music to be rendered by the quar-
tette choir OF the Grove-Avenue Baptist
Church at to-day's services will be of a
high order, both morning and night. The
pastor the Rev. DR.. Hawthorne. will
preach at both services.
The following is the musical programme
% be rendered at the Second Baptist
Church at the services to-day:
Morning SeIVce-"1 Lay My Sins on
Jesus fTours) new. Offertory-'Jesus,
the Very Thought of Thee" (Brcwer), duet
for contraIto and bass.
Evening Service-Benediction, in E fiat
fertory-"Great is the Lord
(Narchant).
AT WeSt-ETt CHRISTIAN l;nuTCn, on MOT
ris street. between Main and Floyd ave-
nue., there will be preaching to-day by
the pastor, Rev. Henry Pearce Atkins, at
II A. NJ; subject. The Witness Of Jesus. y
and at 5 P NJ; subject, The Present
Mission Of the Christian Church.
Rev. r. 3. Betty. the pastor of the
Clay-Street Methodist Church. will occupy
his pulpit at both services to-day, preach
ing for the first time III his purpit since
the repairs. The Sacrament of the Lords
Supper will be administered. Monday
quarterly conference of this church will
be held. All members OF the conference
are requested to attend.
The West View Baptist Church will hold
its annual rally this morning at 9a15
o'clock. Special exercises by the children
and choir will be features of the coca
sion. Nessrs. ]. Garland Pollard. Ernest
M long and the Rev. 1. M. Mercer, the
pastor Of the church. will deliver ad-
dresses.
The pulpit at Grace-Street PRESBYTERIAN
Church will be occupied by Dr. Wither-
spoon, the pastor, al both services to-day.
His subjects will be. Unity and Variety
in Religious Experience" in the morning
and 'Christ's Progress OF Missions at
night.