The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-04
DIVINE SERVICES
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Sunday Was Pretty Day and
Worshippers Were Very,
Numerous.
MOVEMENTS Of PASTORS '!:''1 9 r.;
Interesting Conferences Held
Yesterday Morning.
vivals 20 be Held.
MOVEMENTS OF PASTORS '!:''l' 9 RS

vivals 60 be Held. &, 7 Ii
1enten sarvioes at ali tho Episcopal
churches Sunday were Interesting and
were attended by large congrogatlon a
ST. Paul's Church.. Rev. Mr.. Barnwell
preached morning and night to large CON
grcgationa
Very large congregations attended the
usual services at the Monumental Church.
Tho lectures by DR.. Evans on the makers
OF church history being delivered every
Friday night during the Lenten season
at tho Monumental Church are very ~
teresting and are being heard by large
congregations These lectures will be
continued every Friday evening through
the Lenten tide 3f5 s. &
The Methodist ministers meeting held
yesterday morning at the Centenary
Church was attended by nearly ell of
tho Methodist pastors OF Richmond and
Manchester, and was q most interesting
meeting, one Of the most interesting IN
many respects, held this year All Of .ae
pa stors reported good congregations for
Sunday and Increased interest in church
work. Many of them reported additions
to the church membership and very era IL
flying features of the meeting was tho
testimony OF the preachers concerning M
creased Interest in the Sunday school
work, Rev ]. Sydney Peters, who has
been attending the sessions Of the Baltl-
more conference held Mt Winchester
gave an interesting running account OF
his trip to that historic town and OF the
doinEs OF the conference. He said he
went early and stayed latc, finding the
interest SO great he could not easily get
away He gave a glowing account Of the
way the Methodist folk of that territory
are carrying forward the good work COM
mitted to their charge. 8
Rev. DR.. T. Nc. n. Simson presided
over the deliberat lions of the meeting.
Tenth Anniversary.
a most interesting service was held 3at
the Second Presbyterian Church Sunday
morning. 1t was a service In celebration
OF the tenth anniversary of the organi- a
cation in. Richmond of tho Covenanters
I Society for Boys. Fully two hundred boys!
from! the various Presbyterian churches
OF the city took part in the service, and
were in the line that marched Into 4thof
church under their blue banners and;
wearing the blue badges that marked
them as servants Of the Most High. "a
choir Of twenty-eight boys made theFi
spring music for the occasion. The adj
dress OF the occasion was made by Rev.
James ]. Vance, Of Newark. N. j. His.
subject was Christ and Boyhood. Ks
At the night service at the First Pres
byterian Church. DR.. Vance = addressed
a large gathering of the students OF the
medical collegcs--Richmond College and
the Union Theological Seminary and other
educational institutions.
Sunday night at the Second Presbyte-
rian Church, DR.. Cecil. the pastor began
series of services which will continue
Through the week services beginning;
promptly at o'clock every night.
Baptist Ministers.
The attendance yesterday morning at
the weekly meeting of the Baptist Min
church the annual collection for foreign
pastor Of the city and vicinity being
present.
All tho ministers made encouraging re-
ports concerning Sunday services. Atten-5
dance of worshippers was large and Inter.
esting services were held both morning
and night in all the churches
At the yenable Street Baptist Church
Sunday night, Professor r. Z. Gaines.
Of Richmond College,. delivered IAN in
tensely interesting address on missions,
the occasion being the anniversary of the
Woman's Missionary Society Of the
church.
The revival services at the First Bap-
list Church came to a. conclusion Sunday
night Very large congregations attend
ed the final services Sunday morning and
Sunday night. So fl. thirty-seven per-
sons have been received into the church
ms a result of these meetings, and there
| have been sixty conversions. At this
church the annual collection for foreign
! missions was taken and something over
So 900 was ia Used. This doubles last years
contribution for this cause, and is be-
| lievcd to be the largest Of any one church
| in the South
Emmanuel Baptist Church retoiced sun
day morning that it had the largest Sun
| day school attendance In Its history. At
tho morning service two persons were
! baptized, and there were two other adj
| ditions to the church,
| Revival services are in progress Mt the
| Fulton Baptist Church and tho pastor
Rev. Mr.. Hepburn reports very great in
| terest.
At the Calvary Baptist Church Sun
day there were two baptisns and four
| other persons were received for future
baptisms.
! Rev. Il. w. Stone, OF the Emmanuel Bap-
list Church, read n very interesting paper
before tho Baptist Ministers Conference
yesterday morning. his subject being
Prayer" 5S
Rev. DR.. Kerr Taffes. OF Philadelphia,
was a visitor at the Baptist Minister'S
Conference yesterday morning and mndn
q short talk. IIo was on his way to