The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-08
f |NE SERVICES
At BROAD Street
Doors Of Church Rc-opened and
Bishop Galloway breaches
Two Sermons.
BIG CONGREGATIONS ATTEND
Standing Room in Demand.
Splendid Musical Programme
Rendered.

Broad Street NJ u. Church. The upper
portion of which has been undergoing
repairs for tile past six months, was for
maliy reopened yesterday morning In the
presence OF q congregation which filed
all the seats and nearly all the space
where standing room could be found
Fsishop C. y. Galloway, of Jackson,
Miss. preached the dcdicatory sermon.
ana IL was one of the most powerful and
eloquent heard in Richmond in years.
Bishop Galloway Is considered one of the
most brilliant pulpit orators In the Metho-
ss., Church, and he fully sustained his
record yesterday. He preached In the
evening to another crowded house, and
was equally as eloquent and convincing
US nj the morning service The new Or
gan was used for the first time, and there
was n special musical programme. ono of
Tho striking features OF which was n
Gi,ct by Mcndelssohn sung by Mr.. and
Mrs l.. II. Cloves. 1t WAS entitled THY
VIII Be Done" and WIS beautifully rem
dcred.
hy tie pastor Rev. George II. Spooncr.
WHO introduced Bishop Galloway and
commended him warmly to the splendid
congregation Some of tile prominent
men present We're Corporation Commits
eioncr Henry c. Stuart, Hon. James AL
ston Cabcl commemorative Attorney
Ainetrec Folkcs. General Charles j. An
derson, Colonel A. S. Buford. DR.. George
Ross Attorney General William a. An
derscn Major L. r. Christian, Council
man Julius a. Hobson. Treasurer James
r. Pace, Major William II. Sands, Inter-
nal Revenue Collector w. X. Lowry
Nlderman w. r. pabney Mr.. Fl. selden
Taylor, Mr.. f. II. Cloves, Auditor Il. j.
Warren and MIR. Franklin Pierce Brent.
A Powerful Sermon.
Bishop Galloway found his text in the
.ighth verse OF the twenty-sIx Psalm,
which reads:
Lord. have loved the habitatlon of
Thy house. and the place where thine
honour dwellcth.''
The eminent divine drew some beautiful
and timely lessons from his subject high
~ appropriate TO the occasion. and mt
lines he rose to brilliant flights of rhotor-
c which touched tho hearts of all his
hearers. lie spoke of how David had
seen concerned for the pure worship OF
sod, and OF his bitter disappointment
when he was forbidden TO erect a temple
unto the Lord which he had designed
Following up this thought. Bishop Gallo
way declared that the cleanest money
that can be given to God is that with
which TO build Him 4 house, If He needs
one He referred to the consuming love
entertained by the Jews for the temple,
and declaring thatiit had a distinct So
cal civil, commercial and Industrial
value. lie asserted that what was true of
he temple in the olden days, is true of
The church of to-day
There is u vital connection between
the political and religious faiths of all
nations he continued.
The Gods They Worship.
After all. it is the character of citizen
snip that makes a nation strong and
great
1t is not the mountains underlaid with
untold wealth. nor the rivers floating the
commerce of the world. nor beautiful
cities, nor prosperous fields that make a
nation great; but it is in the end the
Gods the people worship"
Bishop Galloway told of reviewing the
moving SHIPS in one of tho great harbors
of the World,' where nearly all nations
narrative he said:
Every vesse! in that harbor save one
was flying Christian flag. and It is a
fact that the bottoms that carry the
commerce of the world sail beneath such
colors, and the nations that control civil
fzation subscribe to the doctrine of the
Man OF Galllee. ] am glad to put en-
phasis on this fact In this age of CONNER
ciaism. when everything seems to be
measured by coin.
What would become of this country if
we should abandon the churches, unfrock
these ministers and put them to secular
employment?
That which buttresses the very foun-
dations of our government is the moral
character OF our people. the direct result
OF the influence of the church.
His Lies Mission.
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