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Newspaper
Roanoke Baptist Union
Location
Roanoke, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1894
Page
2
The Danville Register calls attention to excessive church announcements by city pastors and proposes relief by publishing only notices about public services. It suggests relegating other notices to daily and weekly papers and using postal facilities to meet needs.
Our issue marks the completion of five years in these columns with hopeful signs for a sixth. We note the pleasure of editorial work, the fraternal aid of ministers, and the publisher’s efficient support. Readers are invited to join the celebration by sending arreatages to Brother Waddill as figures move upward.
The article invites reader opinions on changing the name of the Association and of the paper. It notes concerns about mail misdirection, especially from Roanoke, and mentions the Union as the sole paper reporting Central Committee and Woman's Mission Societies meetings in Alexandria. The Herald allegedly omits that coverage.
A plea to pastors of the Roanoke Association to collect money in each church for purchasing a horse for the Salem Virginia Orphanage. Kentuck, Mt Hermon and Chatham churches will hold collections soon, with clerks or deacons to ensure funds reach F. H. Jones at Chatham.
The best authorities state rheumatism stems from a morbid blood condition caused by the decomposition of gelatine luminous tissues, leading to rtic acid buildup. This explanation attributes the ailment to internal bodily chemistry and tissue decay rather than external factors.
A delayed church notes column reports gradual growth across multiple congregations. Elba praises weekly praise meetings and monthly preaching with a thriving Sunday school. Mt Vernon and Mt Hermon share accounts of modest as well as notable additions, awakenings, and building efforts, highlighting community support and missionary oversight.
Mrs. G. C. Durmid writes from Virginia describing leaving her old neighborhood church and friends yet finding God's people everywhere. She aims to form a subscriber club, has promises for names, praises missionary work, recalls a sermon at College Hill chapel Lynchburg, hopes Mrs. Woodson’s societies prosper, and notes two months without the Union due to moving and unresolved post office changes.
A fragment from an editor discusses confusion over Roanoke identity as Alexandria work and local Roanoke Association consider changing name to preserve geographic identity. Includes stray ad blurbs for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills.
J Santtiel Benliett born October 21 1844 died March 27 1894 a Confederate Army veteran with four years service He was twice married to Nannie H Brightwell and Pattie B Collie and left six children and a wife He suffered from a cancerous tumor for about three years with eight weeks bed rest and died peacefully amid Christian faith and family at home near Kentuck Pittsylvania VA.
The December 7 1894 minutes of the Main Street church prayer meeting report the removal to heaven of Brother James Wood Jr a devoted husband and father known for his familiar face and voice in the meeting. The note marks him as a cherished member carried from earth to heaven by divine wisdom.
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