The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-29
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octETY will throng st. Paurs
Church this afternoon to witness
the marriage of Miss Martha Pat
teson Bowie. daughter OF Mrs.
sabeth Halstead Bowie. TO Melville
npbell Branch. which Will be one
the most brilliant and fashionable
nts OF the society year In Richmond.
the beautiful old church will be
ID with a most distinguished gath
lg from all parts OF the State. The
ir Will be decorated in Easter lilies
h q grouping OF palms about the
noel. The ceremony. which viii
med by the Rev. Walter Russell
Rle, brother of the bride. and Rev.
BERT Forsyth, rector of ST. PauIs.
he bridesmaids will be Misses Ger
de Hume. Edith Van Santwoord.
'trude Lowell. Martha Fleming. Mary
Ike Branch. Miriam III. Raymond
.othy Clark and Marie Lobby. or
irleston. S. e. They VIII wear gowns
yellow chiffon cloth, trimmed with
net and gold lace. and their flow
Will be jonauils and miRnonette
IS Mary Richardson Babbott VIII at
4 the bride as maid OF honor. and
be gowned in pals green chiffon
III. butt over green satin, and viii
~ d, shower bouauet of English
lets.
Ienry Steiner Branch will be the
,oni's best man. Little Misses Louise
inch and Elisabeth Scott Will be
yer girls, and will wear dainty
~ French baskets of yellow flow
The Eroomsmen Will include.
asanton Conquest. Jr. Austin
inch. Frederick Campbell. Frank
Carthy. John Akin Branch. Jonathan
IAN. Leigh Page and DR.. stuart Nc
Ire.
he bride. who viii enter the church
the arm OF her uncle. Beverly b.
nford. BY whom sho will be given
ay, will wear an exquisite gown OF
tie meteor crepe. trimmed with
hess lace, and VIII carry a bouquet
white orchids With pendant lilies
Immediately after the ceremony a
liant reception will follow at the
ne OF the brides uncle and aunt.
and Mrs. 3. b. Murford. shady
rst." Hermitage Rc ad. The house
u be beautifully arranged with
sses OF pink lowers.
dr. Branch and his bride Will spend
lir honeymoon abroad.
iuests from distance include:
hnls L.. Babbott, of Brooklyn. y. Y:
and Mrs. w L. Adams. OF Pitts
d.. Mass; Miss Mary Sanford and
IS SANFORD, of New York: Miss Mi
IN Raymond. OF Buffalo Miss Ger
lde Hume, of New Haven. Conn:
SIS Marie Lobby. OF Charleston. S. c.;
is Mary Babbott. of BROOKLYN: Miss
3th Van Santwoord. of Troy. y. ":
rs Dorothy Clark, of Boston. Mass:
IS Gertrude Lowell. of Scranton. Pa:
j: Austin Branch, of Augusta, Ga.
nlry 5. Branch. Of Bergeiia. Ga: MIR.
Il Mrs. John Kerr Branch and Miss
uise Branch. of New York.
! the Womnn's Club.
Rev. II. D. c. MaclachIan addressed
E Woman's Club yesterday afternoon
on the subject of the religion Of
bert Browning. 1t was a discussion
a masterful subject by a masters
nd, and one upon which critics have
greed to disagree"
Mr.. Maclachlan, with series of IL
STATIONS from Browning's own poems
d those OF his contemporaries of the
ctorian era, gave his audience ex
tly his conception of the poets God.
not being abstract, but concrete
Id vital. He calls Him the known
known" which to the poet was God.
believed in evolution and the Oar
nian theory that great things We're
ade of little things. and the little
ings could not be explained. He
ows Gods relation to man and iden-
les His oneness with humanity. and
fines the creative principle as the
cal, ana that ldeai-G0d.
For Mr.. Browning, the, Deity was a
lowable being, no absentee creator.
some time set forth by other poets
the eighteenth century. who. having
lrted the great mechanism of the
,rld like some great clock, left it to
velop and run itself. but God that
rs In the world always, In every star,
cry worm-the creative power in ma
re.
Spenser didn't abolish gods. but put
EN- away in some charming SPOT with
enty of nectar to drink. Mr.. Mac
ehlan quoted from a number of crit
!, concerning the belief or disbelief
this. sometimes called. greatest of
ristian poets. and COMPARED the
eat thinkers and minds of his era
is age of doubt--when the battle
rs for the very existence of God and
e soul. Browning believed God to be
rpetually inoarnated in man. and
@ best in man is love-the divine
ark from Gods altar-and God is
re." Profit by it or abuse it as we
ny. the sum remains the same. thus
9 inevitable conclusion. lie is an