The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-21
CHURCH NOTES,
SUNDAY SERVICES /: |. !. C|:'|E|:s'|
REVEALS in Richmond Churches
Attracting Large Con-
gregations.
CLAY STREET DEBT |:.''' PAID II:
Rev. Mr.. Atwill, Of D'an,villc,
Visits Richmond and breaches
Two Sermons.
CLAY STREET DEBT PAID.

Rev. w. II. Atwill. one OF the leading
ministers Of tho Virginia Conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church, spent
Sunday and yesterday in the city and
leaves this morning for Newport News,
where tonight he will deliver a lecture
in the Grace Methodist Church Of that
city.
Mr.. Atwill is now pastor Of the Calvary
Methodist Church OF Danville and Is
serving the fourth and last year Of a
most successful pastorate. He was for
four years the much beloved pastor of
the Clay Street Methodist Church of this
city, ending his four-yenr term there In
the fall of 1Sel.
Mr.. Atwill cnmes from Danville to pay
a visit to his old congrega ton and 70
assist the pastor of Clay Street IN rnts-
ing sum of money near to 5000, to
pay OFF IL church debt. He preached to
large congregations Sunday morning and
Sunday night. At the morning services
the money necessary to pay off the
church debt above alluded to was raised.
Last night Mr.. Atwill visited the West
END Methodist Church in Manchester.
ucllNSiSu AIS PSpaAtA~
lecture on .'The 1tinerant Wheel. ,iFs
At the Methodist ministers meeting.
held at the Centenary NJ. F. Church
Yesterday morning. the principal subject
under discussion was the Preachers In
Gstitute, proposed to he held at Randolph
Macon College at Ashland during the
coming summer. A large number OF the,
younger ministers OF the Virginia Confer
ence. have expressed an Intention OF at
tending the institute. Some of the ablest
ministers In Virginia of various denomi-
nations will be engaged to lecture on NOM
iletics before the proposed institute
Rev. James Cannon, D. D., left last
night for Winchester to attend the Ra1-
the pastor Of. Trinity NJ F. Church, will
also attend this years session of the
Baltimore Conference. s5t
AT the meeting Of the Baptist Minis
ters' Conference, held yesterday morn
ing at the Baptist Nelghborhood House.
the most interesting matters reported
were corcel ming the revival services IN
various Baptist churches At the Pine
street Chur CHI the reviyll under the lead
ership Of Rev. DR.. Barron. of North
Carolina, Is still going on. and will con-
%tinue through this week. So far there
have been about fifty conversions.
The revival services which have been
in progress for two weeks at the East
End Baptist Church were closed Sunday
night. The pastor was assisted in these
services by Rev. w. Il. Ball, Of Balti-
more. There were during the meetings
between forty and fifty conversions.
1t was announced at the Ministers Con-
ference that a series of meetings will be
commenced at the Bainbrldge Street Bap-
itist Church next Sunday. The pastor,
Rev. E. W Badly. will be assisted by
Rev. w. C.aTyree. Of Durham, n c.
Revival services were begun at the
First Baptist Church Sunday. The pas
tor Rev. George w. Mcdaniel. will do
the preaching. Large congregations at
tended these services Sunday morning,
Sunday night and last night. At the
/ Sunday night services there were four
professions of faith and there were sew
eral last night. These revival services
will consist Of meetings at P. NJ and
p. NJ. daily.
The Venable Street Baptist Sunday
school touched its high water mark Sun
day morning in attendance, 616 members.
including officers, teachers and scholars.
At the Broadus Memorial Baptist
Church Sunday night there were five
baptlsms.
Rev e. E. Gillespie, of North Carolina.
who is taking a post graduate course at
the Union Theological Seminary, preached
Sunday morning at the Westminster
Presbyterian Church. Grove Avenue. DR..
English, the pastor. was in Norfolk to
fill an appointment at the First Presby-
terian Church OF that city.
AT night Mr.. Gillespie preached to q
large congregation at the Mission Chapel,
on Brook Avenue
On Sunday morning Rev. DR.. ]. G. Stew
art filled the pulpit OF the Grace Street
Presbyterian Church. and presented the
cause of the Church OF the Covenant.
Rev. Mr. McAllister, Of the Seminary,
preached in DR.. Stewards church.
Rev. DR.. Richard NcIlwaine is tenn
porarily supplying in the pulpit Of Pres
byterian Church of Manchester. Ss
Rev. DIR. j. H. Lacy. OF Clarksvilie.
Tenn. was visitor at the Presbyterian
Ministers Association yesterday morning.
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