The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-07
THE NEW CHURCH
WILL Be DEDICATED |
Or. B. [. Whitman to Preach
Sermon at Broadus-
Memorial.

The handsome new BroaouS-1e-
mortal Baptist Church will be dedicated
tomorrow with appropriate exercises
Services will be held morning and after
noon and it is expected that on the latter
occasion the other Baptist congregations
of the city will unite in the celebration.
At the regular morning services the
Rev. 3. /. Whitman, D. D., LII. D., OF
Philadelphia. will preach and DR.. w. II.
Whtsitt, OF Richmond College, will take
par. in the service. Special exercises will
will be held at $3.50 o'clock in the after
noon DR.. Whitman will preach the
dedicatory sermon and several local pas
tors will participate in the exercises
The orchestra of the Railroad 7. NJ. c. A.
will furnish music and other special
musical features will be provided. MI
Haddon S. Watkins will sing a solo.
The field of the Broadus-Memorial
Church is one of the most promising in
the city. The church is not quite seven
years old and up to the present has been
poorly equipped, but a large congrega-
ton has been gathered and a f1ourishing
Bible school with an attendance of near
ly three hundred maintained. and now
that a good equipment has been secured
the outlook for the future is very bright.
The new building was begun just about
a year ago and is now practically COM
plete and one of the best arranged in the
city.
Rev. c. P. .stealey. the pastor. has
done a great work during the time that
he has been in charge of the church.
Great interest is felt here in the APP
poiEtment by the American Anti-Saloon
League of a committee to look into the
matter Of establishing temperance sa-
looms which will take the place of the
whisky joints which the League is work
ing to close up. 1t is stated that the
committee. whose report is AWAITED eager
w. will render decision shortly and
will express itself in favor of the scheme.
The Rev c. H. Crawford. superintend-
en- CO the Virginia lnagus,
said yesterday morning that
the action of the nationa! organization
in interesting itself in the matter means
that there will be a great movement to-
ward establishing these saloons IN all
parts of the country. He thought that
in time this feature would grow into one
of the most important departments OF
the work of the league.
Within the next few days. 1T is under
stood, there will be some step taken TO-
ward securing a new building Tor the
Westminster Presbyterian School. or at
least charging the accommodations of
the present quarters. Which OF these
plans will be adopted has not yet been
decided hut 1T is probable that the former
will be finally settled upon.
Miss Elite Barney, of Fredericksburg,
who. up to this time, has been teaching
in Miss Cosby's school at Lyncnburg,
has reached the city, and is staying at
the residence of Mrs. Campbell. No. Sl9
West Grace Street. She will have charge
of the kindergarten Department of the
Westminster school next year.
The St. Cecilia Society, of st. Patrick g
Catholic Church, Which was leccctly or
ganized is doing much good work among
tn. yorug people of Church Fill.
Ire society is to give an eNcurslon.
down James River on the Pocahontas to
Dutch Gap next Tuesday night.
Tt. {. nmittee VINO hav change of the
annual excursion Of the Leigh-Street
Baptist Sunday-school have completed.
their arrangement and will leave for,
BucIroe Friday, June 9th, at 1880 A.
NJ, from the Main-Street Depot, c. and
O.
Childrens Day services will be held at
Union Station Methodist Church tomorrow
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. A programme
suitable to the occasion will be render
ed by the children, besides an address
by a prominent speaker will be deliver
ed. The public is cordially invited.
The Rev. A. r. Shaw. pastor Of the
First Presbyterian Church Of Portsmouth,
was in the city yesterday.