Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-20
KNOCK SALOONS OUT,
,nx1srERs UNITE II vo1crxa PRo-
TEST AGAINST THE TRAFFIC.
TOUCH UP THE. CITY COUNCIL U
IN. sermens ON Lee Also Delivered
sunday p,.hop Randolph and
cfb.on nj St. PAUL.. and St. An
4rew,..

Sunday was marked by the delivery OF
pcrhaps a dozen sermons advocating the
cause OF temperance and declaiming
against the saloon These sermons
heralded the approach of the A1ti-saiooh
League convention. which assemblies to-
day.
Al Randclph-Street Baptist church Rev
1. g. Boyles spoke Of what the League
had accomplished in other states. ano
added: When you knock the saloon out
OF the politics Of this old city, you Will
knock not less than IS per cent. OF nell
out as sure as you i've.
In the afternoon DR.. Crawford. OF Rich.
mond and Miss Timing. OF London, e o.
dressed large congregation al Randolph
Street on Temperance.
SALOON POWER CONTROL HERE.
The Anti-Salcon League had an elo-
uuent champion at Trinity Methodist
church Sunday night. in the person OF
Rev. M. Ashby Jones. the pastor OF
Le,ch-strect Baptist church A fine con-
Eregation greeted the minister and was
greatly pleased with his discourse. which
was prcfaced by an exhortauon to
Christian minis;r~.
Els reference to local conditions was
decidedly purgent. The dominant party.
he said. is controlled by men who care not
effcnd the saloon power. The defeat OF
the Minor resolution was causticaliy
criticised as was also the threat made
against Mr.. Crenshaw. on account of
his high-license measure. Christian citi-
xens. he said should rally against the
saloon power In poiitiosr and against the
pitfalls for their sons.
REV. w. b. BEAUCHAMP'S SERMON.
Rev W. 3. Beauchamp. at Broad-Street
Methodist church Sunday night. spoke In
the interest Of the Anti-Saloon League.
Mr.. Beauchamp said In part:
1.-THE church of God-and ] mean to be
understood to include all of Its branches
is not without a spot or blemish. 1t is
not perfect or what we would wish II to
be, yet whatever faults II may have. and
we will admit them all. 1t still is the best
thing in the world.
''The church represents the best that Is,
and the saloon the worst The saloon is
the most effective organization the devil
has ever placed among men for their de-
Btruction.
Saloon men have no respect for the
laws of God and snap their fingers of de-.
dance In the eyes Of the laws of men
every day In the week and all day OH
Sunday.
'.The Anti-Saloon League is not poll
tica1 organization. but an organization of
Christians 1t has 1t in Its power to
srlve the liquor q, estion and believe
Ak VIII SUlNe II LIS SAOlSu Vi
G ie working In it,
At the Seventh-Street Christian church
Sunday morning the Rev. DR.. w. w.
Lear. pastor Of Centenary Methodist
preached strong sermon on temperance.
In which he took occasion to criticise
the Council DR.. Lear referred to the
screen ordinance. and Indicated plainly
his belief that the saloon Is controlling
the actions OF some iof the municipal
legislators.
TWO SERMONS ON LEE
The Rev. DR.. Russell Cecil. pastor OF
the Second Presbyterian church. preach
ed special sermon to the veterans OF
LIE and Pickett camps and the inmates
of the Soldiers Home Sunday after
noon at 4 O. clock In commemoration OF
Robert E. Lees birthday.
Nearly every member Of the two
camps. attired in their gray uniforms,
together with the old soldiers from the
home. filled the center of the church.
Bishop CRANBERRY. OF the Methodist
Church, assisted DR.. Cecil. and Miss
Belle Powell sang Face to Face
The Rev. DR.. John William Jones de
Hvered an address Sunday at Leigh
Street Baptist church on the life and
character Of General Lee The
theme is an old and dear one
TO DR.. Jones, and no man was e..r
"
than was General Lee by the speaker.
BISHOP AT ST. PAUL's.
The Right Rev. Alfred NJ. Randolph.
bishop of the Diocese of Southern VIZ
Utnia. In his sermon Sunday night at ST.
Paurs Episcopal church. paid a glowing
tribute to the Rev. DR.. Minnegerode and
the Rev. Or. Carmichael. former rectors
Of st. Pauls. He spoke In affectionate
terms II both as men. Christians and
faithful workers.
Bishop Randolph showed the necessity
~ the church as fulfilling need In So
ciety. which the law could not fill.
The church was filled and after the
sermon many crowded around the bishop
to shake his hand. While here he was
the guest OF James B. Pace. He left
yesterday morning at 9 o'clock for his
home. 23S Freemason street, Norfolk.
BISHOP GIBSON's SERMON.
''The Unwisdom OF Prccipitate zeal''
vas the lesson OF Bisnop R. A. Gibson's
sern. at ST Andrews Sunday night,
before a congregation which taxed the
capacity of the auditorium. The bishops
sermon was based on the SD verse Of
Me second chapter OF ST Luke which