Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-06

the Virginia State Missions, VIII preach
at andolph-Street Baptist church sun
Thompson is the best-informed man in
the South on State missions. and will
doubtless have large audience.
month devotons to the Sacred Heart
" ere held in the Catholic churches in
the morning and in the evening.
The Church Recorder says: The Brit
isl1 and Foreign Bible Society have re-
Gently added to their list of publica tions
copies Of the New Testament translated
into four hitherto unknown tongues. !ne
New Testament is to be turned lnto
Nyanja for the tribes of the Shire river
bank, Nyassaland, and in this work the
Livingstona Mission of the United Free
Church Of Scotland, the Blantyre MIS-
sion Of the Established Church Of Scot
land. and the Myera Mission OF the Dutch
reformed Church are collaborating a
version in Yuunka is nearly ready. Tor
natives of the Falaba District Of Sierra
Leone, and in Bugotu for the inhabitants
group. Lastly. a translation into Visa
van. spoken by some two million persons
in the Philippine archipelago IS being
undertaken All are enterprises of great
Importance to philologists.
The coronation choristers are to make
on extended tour Of Canada and the
United States. The party is composed
Of well-known singers and poy soplan 1;c
all of whom took part in the coronation
service at Westminster Abbey. PrloT 70
their departure for Canada, the ,cnolr
boys of the party sang before the Prince
and Princess of Wales and litte1 Prince
Edward at Marlborough House. and they
we're presented by the Prince OF WARES
with silver medalllOns.
Rev w. r. L. Smith, pastor Of the
Second Baptist church, has returned from
his vacation.
The Rev. DR.. William E. Hatcher was
in the city for a short time yesterday
morning. He has been hard at work
throughout the State in behalf or Rlch-
nond College.
He said that he had ~. eSuccHeueu
IN getting $1,000 pledged for the endo",
nent fund. The $4,000 recently received
from the Federal government was used
IN paying off the college debt.
Dr.. Hatcher said that the number OF
students at the college during the com
ing session will be larger than Of any
previous session in recent years.
In an interesting letter from Rev. l.
VI. Blackboard. who, with the Rev. A. s.
l!oyd. is now in London; as pubils Sil n
nan. Mr.. Blackford regrets that in Visit
Ing ST. PauIs cathedral for the first time
me is ant to mistake it from its adorn-
rnents to be a Roman Catholic churcn
rhe following is a portion of the 1ettel
.lI,ldine to his visit to st. Paul's cathe
dral: ;,
The clement of antiquity-since II
s only a little more than 200 years Old
S wanting, but this is compensated IN TIT
minds of many by the recollection thar
none but Protestant rites were ever cele
brated in it. It is not pleasantEto nave
to add, in connection with the las
thought, that many who now view for tn
! first time the splendid gilded reredo:
| erected in recent years, as we'll as some
other incidents of the altar, might neee
10 be told that it is after all Protestan
| church. a life-crucifix In bass relief, Will
[ a figure above it of the Blessed Virgin
| suggests Roman rather than Anglican
theology, a suggestion not contrad1ctet
by the ma ssive brass "altar cross, flank
| ed by huge candlesticks and candles
! which adorn the stone ALTAR below. 0
F! the statues, tablets, windows, and othe
stately memorials in the church and il
| the crypt we do not pause again to speak
| but pass on with the remark that tn
| yastness of the interior does not at frs
| make so deep All impression from tn
! fact that it's proportions are so perfect
! Up to forty years ago the entire absenc
/ of decoration was painfully marked bu
| the movement then inaugurated by Dea
/ MiInan has since resulted In eXquisit
| adornment in marble, gliding, mosaics
ETC., Of both dome and choir.