The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-19
.HANDSOM CHURCH
FOR NEWPORT news.
Appeal Issued by Lafayette Bap-
fist Congregation Unique
Feature Of Excursion.

A new church is to be built for the
Beatist congregation
of Newport News. Contributions are
now being solicited, and it is expected
that the actual work will begin before
very long.
In an appeal Just issued by the pastor.
the Rev. Lundy r. Wright, who is well
known here, the following statement is
made:
October, 1899, our church, the Lafay-
ette-Avenue Baptist. was organizeu W1s.l
only twenty-four members, and we sat
up housekeeping in one of the best resi-.
Dental sections of the city, corner OF
Forty-seventh Street and Lafayette ave
nue.. In a building seating about two
hundred people, but by reason of the
great crowds attending our services we
were forced to build, so we erected a
large tabernacle To-day we hno that
we have reached that point IN our MS
tory where again we are forced 10 Dullo'
and being sadly in need of money, Tor
we are all poor, we have adopted TINS
method of reaching our tltenos.
A unique feature of the great Presby-
terrain Sunday school excursion which
will be run to Buckroe Beach to-day will
he q; service of praise and THANKSGIVING,
which will be held promptly at u CLOCK
in front Of the Buckroe Beach Hotei. !
A buglc call will give the signal for the
thousands of children to assem- pie. ne
exercises will be conducted by the min
listers present. ao,,n
IN a similar excursion and TINS
time a. many, if not more. Will
20. In addition to the Richmond, Man
chester. Barton Heights and Chestnut
HjlI schools, those of Bon Air, Gran
tie warwick and Fairfield will be along.
n will be the largest marshallng OF sun
day-school forces ever known IN the
city. A.,
erst leaving the Main-Street Station Of
+ha c,hesapeake and Ohio about o'clock
and the others following at stated inter-
vals All the trains will be in line and
raa6v and each will be marked with
harner. showing which schools IT is TO
carry. Two experienced conductors WIZ
% with each train to collect tickets and
look after the comfort of all.
The great probability is. that the Fey.
T.. S. McElroy, D. D., of Lexington ny,
Will accept the position of secretary OF
the Presbyterian Committee on Minis
teria1 Relief which has its headquarters
here. and will in a few weeks transfer
his residence to this city.
III a letter to the committee just re-
ceived, Dr. McEIroy asks for further
time in which to reach some final de-
cision and indicates that the committee
will be able to make some definite
announcement in about Week he
saws that if he comes he will probably
be able to get to work about August
list, though he shall not be able to bring
his family here until after that date
He will at once enter upon the duties
outlined for him and will probably open
an office in this city.
Many important and attractive improve
ments are in contemplation for the I'M
provement of Union Station Methodist
Church during the present summer
At a meeting of committee appointed
for the purpose Tuesday night fine new
two-manual pipe organ was contracted
for with the firm of NJ. P Moller and Co..
of Hagerstown, Md, who recently placed
one of the instruments in the new Grove
Avenue Baptist Church.
The Ladies' Aid Society is engaged in
raising the necessary funds for new
carpet for the church and are about ready
to contract for it's purchase.
New singing books are to be furnished
to the Sunday-school in a few weeks.
The Sunday-school excursions out Of
the CITY yesterday carried over thousand
persons to Buckroe Beach and West
Point.
The excursion over the Chesapeake and
Ohio to Buckroe carried the Venable-
Street Baptist Church sunday-school,
about 500 strong. occupying a special
train of eight coaches.
A train of eleven couche= carried
the union picnic of Park-Place Methodist
and Grove Avenue Baptist Churches over
the Southern to West Point.
The secretary Of the Virginia Confer
ence Brotherhood is sending out circu-
lars asking contributions to the fund for
the widow of the Rev. II. c. Cheatham.
The brotherhood wishes to make this
fund sucient to buy little home for Mrs.
Cheatham and her daughters.