The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-01
VETERANS attend
ANNUAL SERVICE
Sermon Before Hollywood Nc
mortal Association Preached at
Second Baptist Church.
CELEBRATION OF CENTENNIAL

In view of the celebration OH We'd
nesday or tie centennial of the birth
OF President jefferson Davis. memo
rial exercises IN Hollywood. usually
held on May 30tli, were postponed to
ttiat date, and will follow the cere.
monies at tile Davis Monument. Last
1iigllt the annual sermon before the
HOLLY wood Association was delivered
lily the Rev. w. II. l.. Smith, D. D.. in
the Second Baptist Church large
gathering of Confederate and military
organizations being present.
The exercises in Richmond in cele-
sbration of the one-hundredth anniver
ssry of the birth of Mr.. Davis will
begin at p. NJ. with a memorial SET
vice at st. paul's Episcopal Church
where the Rev w. NJ. Dame, D. D., OF
Baltimore. will be the principal
speaker.
Forming in parade Immediately at
Ter the church service the military of
ia city. including the SEVENTEEN Reg
iment. the Blues and the Howitzers,
With bands of music, the two Confed-
crate camps of the city, and several
Visiting camps, with the ladies of the
Jefferson Davis Monument Association,
and of the Hollywood Memorial Asso-
citation. VIII move to the monument
which will be formally turned over to
lhc CITY OF IlCNmOnQ.
Reforming the parade. the march
Will be taken to Hollywood Cemetery
where the usual Memorial Day exer-
cises will be held
Annual Sermon.
Ladies of the Hollywood Associa-
ton and members of Lee and Pickett
Camps were present in large numbers
at the CHURCH last night. Special in
.terest was added to the occasion by
the presence of the full battery of the
Richmond Howitzers, 100 strong, under
command of Captain William M. Myers.
In the pulpit with Dr. Smith were the
Rev. j. William Jones. D. D., and the
Rev. James P. Smith. D. D. The music.
which was made an appropriate part
of the service, included a solo by Mrs.
Maude Porter Gum, and an anthem
By the quartet choir.
DR.. Smith spoke. on christian Char
ity,'' the idea running through his
address being that the service of God
was synonymous with the service of
man. Praising the work done by the
Hollywood Association in keeping
green the memory of the fallen and
assisting to care for the old and feeble
still living DR.. Smith declared that
practical Christianity and true char
ity is that which works for the real
idea that the kingdom Of God is only
spiritual necessity. the speaker held
that religion is a practical and physical
need.
Not by preaching alone is the king
dom to be spread. We must make the
environment Of the poor better before
they are in condition to hear the
preached word. Some settlement work
ers think they should not preach. lest
some take offense.
This is as much mistake as 1t is
to preach to the poor without minister
ing 10 their necessities. The work
should be a dual one, relieving both
tile physical and the spiritual needs.
Christ, in His ministry. did not teach
the separation OF the spiritual and the
physical. He joined them in His work.
we cannot neglect one and do great
gonl to the other"
Or. Smith Illustrated his point from
the work of missionaries in foreign
countries, where the physician ana
nurse accompany the Preacher, supply
ing all the needs Of the people with
whom they come in Contact.