The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-16

through the week.
A special service for medical stu
dents and trained nurses will be held
on Sunday afternoon at O'clock In
| the Monumental Episcopal Church
The rector, DR.. Morris. will preach
| the sermon, and special musical
| program rendered by the choir.
! The Seventh Street Christian Church
| choir has been strengthened by the
addition of Mrs Hamilton Smith. con-
! tralto. and Miss 10 Hord Frank so
! prano. Miss Frank is young singer
of much promise. who sang last year
in one of the metropolitan churches
! in New York. and Mrs. Hamilton
| Smith is acknowledged to BIO one OF
! the most talented contraltos in the
/ city. She wNl be remembered as
| the lady chosen to sing over the wires
! to Governor Stuart when the new
transcontinental line was opened
| from Richmond to San Francisco Mr..
Hugh B. Bugg. tenor, is at present
I, on the sick leave, but will return
about the beginning OF the year The
choir Is ably led by Professor J. Nc
Combie Murray. associate of the Lon
| don College OF Music, London, Eng
! land and who is widely known in
! Philadelphia and New York as vocal
/ teacher. He located here about two
| years ago to follow up his profession.
| and Is now we'll and favorably known
as teacher and director of music
in this city.
Rev, Luther B. Bridges. OF Georgia,
! will open an evangelistic meeting in
the West End Methodist Church Sun
day morning. Mr.. Bridges will con-
duct both services Sunday. preaching
| both morning and evening He is a
we'll known evangelist throughout the
South, and has conducted many sue
cessful meetings in the South during
the year. At some of his meetings
there were as many as 400 CONVEX
| sions. He will be in South Richmond
at least two weeks preaching daily.
Mr.. Bridges has very rare tenor
voice and sings at each service.
Beginning on Monday afternoon at
4 O'Clock and continuing through
/! Wednesday next an interdenomina-
| tional missionary institute will be held
lin the Grace Street Baptist Church.
This institute will be a school Of meth
DDS for education in missions. its
| prime object being to help train lead
ers to give definite help in the &C
tivties OF the local churches The
institute Is under the direct auspices
of the Blue Ridge Fellowship Group
of Richmond. which Is composed II
former delegates from Richmond 10
the missionary education movement
summer conferences. held at Blue
Ridge. N c. Mr.. Harry 8. Myers
one of the secretaries Of the mission
ary education movement, Of New
York city, will be here for addresses
! on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Quite a number Of local ministers and
! layworkers will take part in each days
! program.
Beginning on Sunday. October 81,
! a series Of evangelistic services will
! be held In the Pine Street Baptist
Church. in which the pastor. Rev J,
B. Hutson. will be assisted by the
Rev w. A. Ayres.
Secrets OF Power will be the sub
ject OF Rev. b. II. Melton Sunday
afternoon In an address before the
/ IN enfbers of the Railroad Young
Mems Christian Association. Music
will be furnished by special orches-
ira under the direction of Professor
H. s Renner. and a feature will be
the rendition Of several solos. These
meetings are growing rapidly In popu-
| larity, as are those of the Tuesday
Club, whose next speaker Will be DR..
e. c. Caldwell In the third OF his
series OF lecture on "A Study Of the
Book of James" Other speakers en-
gagged for the Tuesday Club during
the winter are Or. s. A. Smith, OF the
University of Virginia: Professor 8. d.
Gordon. Gypsie, Smith. Jr.. Rev.
Thomas A. Smoot. DR.. Edward l..
Mack. Rev. w. Russell Bowie and Rev.
II. f. Hutcheson.
1 The congregation Of the Denny
street Methodist Church will begin a
[ser1ea Of evangelistic services tomor-
lrop utght The pastor. Rev. J. w.