The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-09
LAYING ! TIL
CORNER STONE
Old Howard's- Grove Church Will
Be Turned Into a School
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Building,

The cornerstone OF the paramount bttp y.
fist Church, of which the Rev. G. c. Cox
is the pastor, will be laid tomorrow at
ternoon at O'Clock with impressive ex-
crcises, Masonic and religious. US
The address for the occasion Will be
delivered by Dr.. W. r. L.. Smith, pastor
of the Second Baptist Church, and the
dedication prayer will be offered by DR..
George Cooper, of the First Church. R1ch-,
mond Randolph Lodge, No. 10, "A. +. and
a. AZ, will conduct the Masonic part Of
the services, and other Masons, all Of
whom have been invited to attend, VIII
be present A procession will be formed
at the Masonic Hall, on Franklin street,
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth, and
will march to the church. The line will pc
headed by the marshal, Mr.. Louis Wright.
and will be brought up in the rear by 1t.
Cooper, the chaplain of the lodge.
The new Fairmount Baptist Church will
be one of the handsomest in the East
End: the alecture-room, it is hoped, Will
be completed by the 1st Of July. The
church will be occupied by the congre-
cation of the old Towards EGrovesBap-
list Church, which building has just been
sold for $1,000 to the Fairfield School
Board of Henrico county. The Fairfield
High School is overcrowded, and after
next September the church building will
be used for the accommodation of some
of the classes.
Plans are being made to relieve the
Southwest Virginia Institute. at Bristol,
Va, OF its Indebtedness. Ten thousand dol
lars will be raised at once: and then, q
friendly sale Of the Institute will be held
DR.. w. E. Hatcher, OF Richmond Col
lege, is being urged to spend the next
two or three months in raising, the S1O,OOo,
and he will probably agree to do so. If.
however he should be unable to engage
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On account of continued i'll health DR..
L. b. Turnbul. late Of Durham, N. c.,
but more recently of this place, has been
forced to give up his work here as tenn
porary pastor Of the Presbyterian Church
in Manchester. He and his wife, who is
also in very bad health, we've expected to
leave the city yesterday and after a short
visit to Durham to go to DR.. Turnbull s
farm in Albemarle county.
News, who will be married to-day in
Hampton to Miss Mamie Bartlett, will
start Immediately for China, where he
will engage in missionary work under the
Foreign Mission Board of the Southern
Baptist Convention. He will go first
however, to NIoultrie, Ca, as the Bap-
fist Church at that place has agreed to
pay his salary, and is very anxious to
meet him before he goes.
The Board Of Visitors of the Methodist
Institution for Christian Work will meet
this morning at II o'clock at the
institute building. on East Main Streetfl
The president, Mrs. Nicbaels, desires a
full attendance, as matters of decided i'm
portancc are to be considered.
The Rev. I. S. Boyles field editor of the
Religious Herald, returned to the city last
night from the Northern Neck, where he
has been at work in company with the
Rev. c. J. Thompson, of the State Mis-
sion Board.
The Rev. P. A. Cave prea ched Sunday;
in Martinsburg. w. Va, at the dedication
of the new Christian Church at that
place.