The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-04
anniversary At
SEVENTH Street.
Large Congregations Present at
Celebration of Interesting
Event Yesterday.
RECORD OF ORGANIZATION
Pastor Outlines Work Done Dur
ing Long History-Evangelist
Speaks at Night.


Thc Sevcnth street christian church
A., ..,. ..,... 1,,o,,,,
s..S pt'N W " ss''''''' e'o W ~ 80 ~,
of Christ in Virginia celebrated Us
seventy fifth anniversary yesterday
with annronri,tn oxcrcises
~,
Anc iiioi "i'S oiNi'e ""'
by an audience that entirely filled the
building, the address being by the pas
49, 1,oy \ /, 1t,,e, who ,.,ve 81 sketch
80 '' - 1870 !" ~ 81 60 '''~
OIL tue history OIL inc congregation ana
of it's distinctive principles. A solo by
Mr. L. Al ST John the singing evan
selist was greatly onioyed.
Address of Pastor
Mr. Halo, stot,,l II, tho he.in,;rg of
,,is a,,dras. +hnt ~ h., noon innoss,blo
IN secure ,den,,,to. dnto RAJ, a dnt,iIsi
40 aoa,,r,tn nistoru If ~. nb,,rnJl,
nsneciai,,, IN t,,n es,iic, ncrinds of III
ufa Ray IL n ,r,lcr nasior Of thS
ch,rc, from 1879 IN 1SSs pntherea the
f,,iiast ana most historic account vel
.,iycn Of The first Forty Years witch
Inflammation emhoa,ad in an .ddrnss
aali,nraa ~ thn fiftioti o,niversarv
ns ,hn chnrch,s organiyation 4 sun
seonent na,nnhlet written nv Nh
,r,,inr' On ihis 'Ri,.h,nonI ,ninistrv hrine.
tHe history nearly IN IN date TSe
onlv historic material available for the
diamnna rolehrntion 10 rontainnd IN
these two mammals
,rhomas camnhell father of the inus.
..il,', Soya,a,n ,,,,,,,, ~ ~, o.
1aichmond IN tha 5th ~ Ian,.rv lisa,
ana de,ivorna a fcw snr,nnns ~ in,,.
1ation fof tho nastor NJ tbn J-,rst 1san.
.i.t' t,bnrch ,rLo nontrn,ors,, ,a+,,aa,,
no ,.ori,lar u. ntis+s q, IA thoso ,,.hn 'han
adontod tro >,.inu.s - h,nxnmdo, 70 ,,,,,. |
,,at, haa 10 ,,aa ~ a,,, 80. M
fa,nnheIi Nv 1Serr M nas+or ,raan,,
10 .o,. ~, "a ,"e pua.1r'
fsring q resoi,,t,on .s,.ins tboss Who
s,.,,,,,t,i yad wiz No ,,ins,,s IFS of AL, NY
andnr Camnhall n ,vithdraw f,on, ~
nburcb Arrordirey,v sixt,,la,uht 49, ~,
hnrs came ont nd ,vo,s ortra,inod ''' ITO
. ch,Irch Mr. camnhalI rcmainnd VIII
+hnn, fnr sa,,a,..I ,,,nnrs I'll ti..t 80,
mar m stnr ,ras ~, In,,, 'T,a,,oS, -
s tnrwards nf lshr;stadn,ni,ian fo,,a
In 1888 the new church erected a
huilaint ~, = T,,o,,o,.l So, ,,et,,.l. q
I,road and Marshail ,snou,n as +6n
Svcamorn C,h,,rch 90 na,,,aa e., ~
large sycamore trne hat stood ia f,ont
nf If They cont;nnnd ~ ,"orsl,ir oi ~
iris hnild;nr IN, 1sTo ,rbon ti,o e, W. ~
~ , ~. euiiioe. vi tiie corner OF
ed During the intervening forty
years, many eminent men preached for
Z
G Gan s, , oo IN, Ihomas, James Hen
e enaii, ~. =. Noieiiiah' W. D. IettlsreW'
NJ ~. r., -. a1opsoii' - ~ Nrhold, y. y.
~ NJ ,o7, ~,
,,,a niniistr, ~ - ~ nes .'aniiis y,
longest and PERTAINS most nrosnaro,,s
ministry in tho hIstorv or the ch,,rn,,
~ the present home OF the church was
dedicated The mcmbershin ~ tbnt
time was $50. In 1882. at the time nr
it's Jubilee. it numbered GIL. AT the
present time it's roll Sums UP the re-
& spectacle total OF 140.
Four or five congregations have
aN..peen formed out of Seventh Street,
ahH many huhdreds brought into the
cnuIch mere nave gone to other parts
u, ~ uouii.iy y NUMBER or able and
,l., lous .','histeIs' nave lollo"ed Mr..
Iahn ,, ~ 'is LAS, ,nst twenty-five years
Cary u Mor,an So .7 e ana
knoyp citiyans n;L y. ~ VIII
mast have bren n,.n,hars ~ ~ .t'l'es
sreEation and ARC sill Tha No ~
which the church was constitutrd wa.
the unity OF Christendom ana a rctmr,
to the fundamental principles q,
apostolic Christianity as the only nos
sible basis on which the church cal
unite
EVENING Service
AT the ovenin,, ser,,,co -, ae,,,.,,.
audicncft tyns rr..ant - - 10y .,is l"i
evanrelist. 10 Ia,,,.s ~ Sc, ,,e ne . i.ote
being ",The Rea,,t, Of ~ -. n,s 'op'
small said IN nert NJ
"If we take H. ursa ~. ~,
world we have dead world" Here II
went into great many fields for Illus
lrations "The flower Is thought mater
,al2ed. 1t is the unseen that makes Il,
song, the book the picture. What Ii
song without SOUL or book or a pic
ture? II is soul that makes sons
The anguish, we say of the SINCE
makes the sweetness of the strait
s Even diamond has an unseen side.
The evangelist pictured scene in
mothers life over casket of
Rainted mother he asked why do "
say, Mother, Oh mother, come back
II the form lying there and the featur
arc mother. why ask for mother? N
the long-sufferlng tenderness, The il
effable sweetness and kindness al
Hhectlon OF mother Is not seen; the be
and the enduring and glorious in thin
are not seen, The life then. that leay
out the unseen the life that is u
s spiritual, is narrow life.