The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-11
REV, DR., DERIEUX
DISCOURAGES CALL
He Will Not Leave Charge in
This City.
The PAPERS CHARGE HEREsy
Quite a Little Stir Over the Atonement
Ouestion-Or Ratcher's Birth
day-Brief Religious
Items.
The PAPERS CHARGE HERESy

which .ke Baptist Church at Fort SMITH
ARK, was preparing to extend 10 nm. lie
said yesterday that in repiE 10 !. le'.et
rom tho chairman OF the Baptist COM
:.,ittee OF the church. he has written
that any effort to move him from his
present charge would be fruitless
The Arkansas field is most attractive
one and holds out great opportunities ior
good work Just on the border of the
great West. it gives chance ios
almost indefinite extension. The church
is on the edge of the Indian
Territory, and has itself about 800 mem
bc,,s The chairman OF the Pulpit Com
1nittce is a Mr. GARRISON. through whom
the negotiations with the Richmond pas
tor were conducted.
Mr. Devieux, whose decision Will carry
pleasure to many, was influenced III
reaching it by his wife and daughter
both of whom desired TO stay in Rich
mond His sons wanted him to go. but
he couldn't see his way clear to 90 so.
The Religious Herald. DR.. ". r. L.
Smith pastor of the First Baptist
Church of this city, and the Rev. +. W.
Ninfrey, of Culpeper. are figuring IN
pretty brisk discussion of the atonement
question being carried on just now oy
Southern Baptist newspapers
The Word and Way. Baptist paper
published in Kansas City, Mo. in a re-
cont issue had the following TO say con-
corning the matter:
The Religious Herald has been
staunch and untiring advocate OF the
mission cause 1t has been a power in
developing the mission spirit and man
tanning the mission cause in Virginia.
Nav il increase in yigor and usefulness.
But it occurs to US to suggest that q Ut
tie wise, firm and determined heresy
all Of a.
minion.' might serve well the cause of
missions The moral influence theory
of the atonement, il it gets sufficiently
we'll rooted to bear fruit, will certainly
sll,ivel the mission spirit and hamstrlns
its enterprises. Teach Brethren Smith,
Winfrey and any others who may be
of that way, the way Of the Lord more
perfectly"
The Western Recorder. of Louisville
edited by DR.. T. I. Eaton, and other
oap.rs are said to have come cut some
what after the manner OIL lhe Ncio ana
May.
In its reply this week. the Herald re
pruluces part of the comment made by
the Word and Way and then proceeds
as follows:
I've could, of course. foment all sorts
of trouble, If We went In hot pursuit
inter everp honest brother who is trying to
do not think this is the best way. Moth
Ing is so prolific of heresy heresy
hunting and nothing SO injurious to
orthodoxy as a blatant and unlovely
.pirit in its advocacy. The Herald
stands in the old paths. but does not
.taltd still. It tries. also. to walk there
IN. The Word and Way mentions by
harpt two men whom it thinks ought
tsneciallv TO hunt These are excel
6ent brethren, and. while for the mo-
ment they may seem to our Missouri
t.other to be in some doctrnal error,
thev will not. he may be sure. get far
iva, from the cross; for at the last.
ii1eo rize as we may about the atone
o1ent a child of God and disciple of Je-
aus finds the dear sad. uplifted cross the
central object in the worlds history lie
Is aot happy out of sight OF IT..
DR.. w T. Hatcher. of this city. and
his brother. DR.. Harvey Hatcher. of
Georgia will celebrate their birthday
next week at Careby Hall. the country
home of DR.. Hatcher in Fluvanna coun-
~ The celebration will last a week. and
will consist of a series Of house parties
and drives over the country. Several
Richmond ministers and laymen will be
present.
On the 18th Of the present month DR..
Hatcher will have reached his sixty
eighth year: a week before that date-on
July 1eth-his brother. the Rev. Harvey
Hatcher. D. D. of Georgia. will be sew
enty Both were born i'm the same month
and IN the same place-Bedford county.
Wand though they have settled in
different sections and now find them
selves miles apart, both will celebrate
ut the same time DR.. Hatcher. of Geor-
gia. will travel all the way here. and.
as set forth in a letter received from him
yesterday by his old friend. Dr. A.
e Dickinson. of this city. will be in
Richmond next week. After calling on
some Of his old-time acquaintances he will
ioin DR. Hatcher, of Richmond. and to-
gether they'll go to Careby Hall for
genuine good time
The fourteenth annual report Of the
woman's Foreign Missionary Union of
East Hanover Pr"stYtery shows Ehat
the societies reporting to 1t had con-
,rihuted the sum Of s1.aS2 "a to foreign
missions. The Union completed fully the
fund for the erection of the Sarah NJ.
Price M@nse, at Takamatsu. Japan.
GOOD work in the foreign ncid. that could
scarcely have been accomplished with
out the earnest efforts o: the Union. The
annual reports show that the total of
contributions from the female societies
IN The presDytery has increased steadily
the Union.
Rev. and Mrs c. A. Logan. OF Jack
son. Ky, expect 10 go out this month 10
mission work in japan. Mrs Logan is
known in Virginia as Miss Pattie Myers,
OF Lexington, and IS a sister of the Rev.
Harry W. Myers, Of Takushima, Japan.
Bishop Thomas NJ Clark. Of Rhode
Island. has announced that, in accord
ance with the request of the three
Bishops-elect for the Episcopal Church
3n Mexico. the;r conservation is deferred
for time.
DR.. w Y Tudor preached and held
quarterly conference Wednesday night in
1aurel-Street Methodist Church. A large
congregation was in attendance.
There will be services at Grace-Street
Presbyterian Church this evening at
half past FIVE o'clock preparatory to
communion services next Sunday morn