The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-13
THE NEW CHURCH
IS DEDICATED.
Splendid House Of Worship Of
Cabcll Street Congregation Set
Apart AS Sanctuary.
BISHOP GRANBERY's SERMON
Splendid Discourse On tile
Prc-cnnincncc Of Christ
Other Services.

DANV1LLE, VA, Nov. IA lovclicr
fall day never daWned than this has been,
and all Danville and much of the sur
rounding country turned out TO hear the
methodist ministers OF the Virginia Con-
ference preach. There we're Overlooking
city both morning and night. OF course,
the largest crowd went to Main Street
M. 70. Church, the seat OF conference, TO
rear tho eloquent presiding bishop.
Hundreds were unable TO get seats, and
rad to go to other churches. Bishop
GrahDery. who preached at the Epiphany
Episcopal Church In the morning, had an
Overlooking congregation also In the az
ternoon Bishop Galloway preached tho
sermon ut the dedication Of the new
Cabell Street Memorial Church. This s
ono OF the largest, Methodist congrega-
lions In the State. The church Is
comparatively new one, having been or
Eanizcd little lcss than ten years ago.
The congregation otitgrcw It's large
church building on Cabeli street and
they have just completed n splendid and
commodlous edificc on Coquhoun Street
The building WIS completed before the
cornerstone was laid, a hole in the wall
being left for that purpose. The corner
stone was laid. or rather Inserted last
Friday. Bishop Granbery delivering the
address and this afternoon the completed
building was dedicated to the service OF
God, Bishop Galloway preaching the dedi-
catory sermon.
Dedicatory Exercises.
lirYst. kr~
character. and the service was attended By
nearly every member OF conference and
fully 1900 other people. Rev. Or. John
Harmon Is the present pastor in charge
OF this nourishing church. Bishop Gal.
lowny's sermon ut Main Street Church
this morning was declared by the large
congregation who heard 1t to have been
one of the ablest and most eloquent evei
delivered in that church.
Pre-eminence of Christ.
His text was a clause OF the eighteenth
verse OF the first chapter OF Collossians:
THAT in all things he might be pre-
eminent" The theme so ably presented
bv the able divine was the pre-emincnce
OF Christ-pre-eminent in nature. pre-
eminent as Il man, MS citizen. as
teacher, and in his nearncss TO God
Such Drc.enlnence was necessary In or
der flat He might bring God TO man
and man TO God. He was pre-emincnt
also in that He was a teacher and leader
for all conditions and all ages His pre-
cninence was and is universal and eter-a
nal. Looking down the ages. He became
the teacher OF generations unborn. and
His word and His pre-eminence is az
tangible a thing to-day as It was nine
teen centuries ago, and as adaptable
| 10 the conditions and the men of to.
day as to tho conditions and the men
as they existed then, and this will be
| true as long as there are men and con-
| ditidns. This Is true and had to be true.
| in order that salvation might be ever
| lasting and universal. At the close OF
the morning sermon the following class
were ordained clders E. ]. Nicholson,
| J. j. Gregory. Kenneth NJ. Mears and
C. O. futile.
After tho night sermon by DR.. Latham
at the Calvary NJ. r. Church at the
Northsde, the following were ordained
elders: J. +. Mccartney. II. ]. Paylor.
n. r. Smith. II, c. Gregory, J. J. Brad
| ford, T. J.8C. Heath. j. f. Carey, f. l..
Peerman, ]. L. Brooks, S. O. Wright
and w. Fl. Keyser.
1t Is now almost settled fact that
Conference Will adjourn Tuesday night.