The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-21

Interesting Departure to Be In
troducedEMr. Mckee's
Subject.

+ the first Ot#neXt &OCtODeF-v Al
The work will be under the auspices
of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tiono, and it will be designed to meet a:
.long-felt need i'll the community. 1t
has been found impossible through the
churches to reach certain element of
the population, and these shop services
are Instituted with a view Of getting
at this class Of the people
It is understood that the man
agemeut of a number Of the fac
tories have agreed to permit the
services TO be held in their buildings.
There will probably be each Week
in each different establishment. They
will be held during the dinner hour and
vii, conosst possibly of prayer, song,
Bible reading. and short talk An 81
fort will be made to have some OF the
business men of the city conoucl tneni.
Ar the conversational bible class to be
held Sunday afternoon next at the Y.
Ar C. A. Secretary S.. K. Mckee VIII
have a few words to say on the partlcu-
larly interesting subject: "A City ON
cial Caught Mapping. Just what line
of discussion he will pursue is not known
but the subject itself is sumcient to at
tract big attendance
The bible classes continue in greau
popularity.
The Greater Mems Meeting and the
night educational classes will begin
again on October 1st
Yesterdays meetings at the Alliance
Convention continued the high order OF
preceding days.
DR.. Wilson and Mr.. Philpott gave very
Interesting Bible studies in the morning.
In the afternoon DR.. Robertson became
Intensely practical in his talk. continuing
<yi1-i ypr
his series on the miracles, giving soiiie
pointed suggestions as to the means OF
sustaining Christian life. He was fol-
lowed by Rev. Earl Erickson, from the
Alliance Mission in India. He gave many
sad pictures from the recent awful fam
inc He said: You who read OF these
things at home do not half realize what
it means We have seen many a dead
mother by the roadside with her baby
clutcting her cold breast just where she
fell over after giving her little one its
last meal, They have come to US again
and again and died eating the food we
gave them. They fell dead all along the
streets and roads, and the carts ware con-
tinually employed in gathering them UP
and dumping them upon the fires con-
tiually burning in the pits. The a,wfu!
crium traffic is one OF the fearful curses
CT India Many a heather mother gives
her little one a dose of opium in the
morning and goes off for her days work.
When she returns at night it is just Wan
ing up. When demonstrated with, she
asks: What can I do? I have to work
hard all day and carry heavy burdens to
earn the pittance Of life, and what can
do with the child?' We of the various
missions of India have twenty-five thous-
and orphans left us as a famine legacy.
They will be the future Bible women and
preachers to evangelize India. 1t costs
only s15 year to care for one Of these.
lo,, je hoo l,,,%
He is working. Oh, that we may realize
our privileges and responsibilities.
Rev. Mr.. Meminger spoke on the subject
CT Praying in the Holy Ghost to a very
appreciative audience.
To-day's meetings will be largely mis-
SiOnary.
Rev. L. 5. Betty. pastor If Clay-street
Methodist Church. left the city yesterday
morning for a two weeks vacation in
Amherst county. He will be joined by
his wife, who preceded him, and together
they will seek quiet rest till early in
September, at which time he will return
and push forward the repairs now in
progress upon his church.
It is hoped that by early fall the church
will be completed. A committee Is now
understood that they contemplate having
Bishop A. Coke Smith with them for two
sermons on this occasion.
In its current issue the Religious Her
aid takes up and replies to statements
made in certain Of the Southern denomi-
national weeklies to the effect that the
course Of the Richmond paper has inn
peded the growth of the Baptist people
in Virginia. The Herald says in part:
Sometimes Virginia Baptists are COM
pared. in point Of numbers, with Bap-
lists of other States, to the disadvantage
of the former, and we are gravely told
that, because the Religious Herald has
stood for all these years for the old
faith, without any Of the new frills and
ornaments (D, the Virginia Baptists
have Jagged behind
III the matter were serious enough
to justify extended treatment, we might
we'll afford to look into it. Any just
comparison Of the numerical strength Of
Virginia Baptists with those of sister
States must take account of West Vir-
GINA. Let that fact be remembered.
Moreover. We suspect that, II We are
to go into these tests, wa shall come
upon two interesting and significant
facts-first. that In some of our States,