Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02

The choir of st. James church.. which
has made such an excellent reputation
under the leadership of Miss Carrie Left
wich. has reorganized for the winter
with Mrs. Montgomery Brown as lead
ing soprano, Miss Frances Diggs contral-
to. Mr. George L. Bidgood basso and
Mr.. Walter Watkins tenor The congre-
cation is much pleased by the return of
Miss Diggs.
DR.. and Mrs. Witherspoon, who have
been spending their summer vacation at
various points in the North. will return
home the latter part of this week.
The regular autumn meeting Of the
East Hanover Presytery will be held
October 9th at S P. M, in Pryor Memo
rial church, Crewe, Va.
Rev. r. W. Mitchell field editor Of
the Religious Herald, has returned from
Southwest Virginia. where he visited
Bluefield and Pocahontas. he was at
Coopers when Tanning and the man he
murdered were both killed.
Sunday Rev. I. S. Boyles, pastor of
Randolph Street Baptist church, occu-
pied his pulpit at both services. The
minister is preaching a series Of sermons
on the subject Of Home Making" and
at the morning service he discussed,
THE Responsibility Of Parents in Rails
ing Their Children" taken from Pro-
verbs, %, vi. He spoke of the child in its
physical Intellectual, and moral sense,
and made a profound impression on the
congregation, which was composed mostly
Of parents.
Rev. T. Kuginiya. a native Japanese
minister is in the city and was in con-
ference yesterday morning with the
Methodist ministers at, their meeting at
Centenary. Mr.. Kuginya is a mem
Der Of the Japanese Missionary Confer
ence and is the pastor of a Methodist
church in HIROSHIMA, Japan. He is now
in this country studying American me-
thods in church work, and while travel
ling around in the interests of the Japan
mission is at the same time taking a
special course at Trinity College in North
Carolina. This morning the visi
tor will meet the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society of Centenary and at
night he will speak at ST. James. On to-
morrow night he will address the prayer
meeting at Centenary and on Sunday
next he will! hold two services-one at 6
P. NJ, at Epworth and another ats P M.
at Fairmount-Avenue.
The Castilian, a paper published at
CASTLE, Wyoming county, New York
contains the following which will be of
interest to Richmond readers: 1T was
very interesting service at the Presby-
terrain church Sunday evening, when the
people gathered to listen to what has
become to be the annual sermon by DR..
Jere Witherspoon. The Doctor took his
g
fifth Psalm. The interest of the meeting
was added to by the singing of Henry
Gardiner Davis of two pieces. which were
in accord with the Doctors sermon. This
event is anticipated with much pleasure
by our citizens, and Sunday night the
church was crowded and a number
stood up
The Frances Willard Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union will hold its
regular weekly meeting at o'clock this,
the I'd. AS repairing is being done at
Ashbery Methodist Episcopal church, the
meeting will be held at No. los Harvey
street. Members are requested to attend
this meeting. as delegates will be elected
to the district meeting, which is to be
held at Chester, September 10th.
At the morning service Sunday at the
Marshall-Street Christian church, Rev..
F. w Troy announced that he would ac-
cept the call recently extended to him
by the Lumver-Avenue Baptist church.
of Brooklyn. He will take up his new
work In a short while. There is prac-
tically no difference in New York be-
tween the theological beliefs of the Chris
tians and the Baptists. Mr.. Troy there
fore does not change his views in becom-
ing the pastor Of a Baptist church. The
lveliest regret is felt by his congregation
at his departure. His short period of
service at Marshall-Street has been full
Of fruit and during the time Mr.. Troy
has greatly endeared himself to his peo-
pie. It is understood that no steps have
been taken by the Marshall Street people
toward securing successor to Mr.. Troy.
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