The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-04


Book Bindery; service conducted
by Rev. III. r. stevens and Singer
". T., Rodgers.
1880 =. N-SpcCial eyangeiistic
service at the Smithdeal Business
College.
4 r. M.---TNvo mass meetings
for cofored people: At the First 4
Church, corner Broad and Four
teenth. T.. c. Wolfe. preacher; AT
f1fth-strcet Church. Rev. Henry
Miller.
sP M.--Revivai services In
twenty -four white and colored
CHURCHES. DIR. Weston Brrincr at
Richmond College.
Tlhs people Of this city are contin.
unE 10 enjoy what has been termed
by some "a rich feast in sermon and
song from the lips and hearts OF the
thirty special workers who are en-
gagged In the great simultaneous evan
selistic campaign being conducted by
the white and colored Baptist churches
of Richmond and surrounding terri
tory,
The meetings apparently suffered
no reaction from the strenuous ser
vices on Sunday. for the results show
an increasing number of accessions to
the churches and larger audiences
than were witnessed last week.
At the union inspirational service
in the First Church yesterday a splen
did congregation gathered TO hear the
special lecture of Evangelist Lamb at
the nine-thirty period. the singing OF
the male quartet. special vocal duet
by Messrs. Rabbit and Rodgers, and
the reports from the different
churches at the 10 o'clock hour ana
the masterful sermon of DR. L. Nj.
Roper at haif-past ten.
Sevcnty-Nine additions.
The reports showed seventy nine ad
ditional new members received, twenty
being added to the Pine-Street Church.
IA which meeting the pastor. DR.. Hut
son, is being ably assisted by the Rev
+. u, King, of Charlotte. n, c. A
junior chorus OF more than one hum
dred voices Is leading In the evening
services OF song in a most happy and
and effective manner. The total num-
Der of accessions TO all of the coop
Grating churches through the meetings
held last night Is very nearly six hun
dred.
DR.. Weston Bruner, of Atlanta, who
is directing the campaign here, and
who is preaching to the students at
Richmond College each day, was call
ed from a prominent pastorate in San
Antonio, Texas, to become the secre-
tary OF evangelism of the Southern
Baptist Home Mission Board. Gifted
with spirit of comradeship and help
IGi kindness, always considerable OF his
associate workers, he has bound to
him the strong group OF souE-winners
who are rarely balanced, sane and eff
fective.
a genuine revival is in progress in
the Rantiolph-Street Church, there
having been more than fifty new mem
bers received for baptism since the
beginning OF the meeting. AT this
church Evangelist s. w. kendrick. OF
Nashville, Tenn, is assisting Pastor
Robertson.
Demand of Itedeeming Love.
A feature of the central service at
the First Church yesterday was the
magnificent and powerful address of
DIR l.. NJ Roper, of Petersburg, who
spoke from the text, Present your
selves unto God" He claimed that
the words of his text were the unde-
niable demand of redeeming love and
that the whole. personality of Chris
tian should be surrendered to Gods
control. In this surrender he includ
ed all native endowments. acquired
traits, and life with all its accumula-
tive energy God is not calling for
y .
but demands self-that you come to
the place where your viii is not mani
tested above His viii, and where you
allow Him to do your choosing in ali
matters" declared the preacher, who
further asserted that II is a supreme
and gigantic achievement OF the hu-
man soul to be able to do this. He
made a strong plea for the presenting
of the body to Christi living sacri-
~, Il. H.. u
and trained to the highest possible
efficiency, every member to be kept
under perfect cofitEoi. This surren-
der. he stated, opens the door of
much greater possibility and useful
ness in our lives. as he illustrated
by the mplishments Of the world
famed evangelist ID. L. Moody. the
leader of the marvellous revival in
Wales; Evan Roberts, the gypsy
evangelist. Rodney Smith, and the
now popular baseball preacher, Billy"
Sunday.
The Shop Meetings.
In connection with the many shop
and factory services being held at
noon each day by the Baptist workers.
Two additional meetings were conduct
ed yesterday at the r., +. & p. shops
by j, G.. Owen and /. II. Reynolds. and
at the G, Il o. shops. Seventeenth
Street. by Evangeiists Scott and Bah
bitt
Rev, Henry Miller breaches to the
mass meeting for colored people At
the Fifth Street Church nj 4 +. NJ,
while Evangelist l.. C.. Wolfe speaks
TO the colored people at the First
Church at the same hour today.
Rev. Ray Palmer will be heard at
the inspirationai hour gathering this
morning at 1890. A large audience
ia expected to be present