Route to Dallas Proposed Via Richmond and Danville
The Danville Va convention notes the cheapest quickest route to Dallas is Richmond and Danville via Birmingham. Round trip fare around thirty five dollars. Tickets sleepers and information available from Captain Parker, railroad agent, Danville. The route passes through Atlanta with fast, safe service and superb accommodations.
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Gregory
Dallas
Richmond
Danville
Birmingham
Parker
Atlanta
Wharton Meetings Postponed to April Second
After careful deliberation the meetings with the First Church Danville are postponed to April 2. They will be held in the Tabernacle and friends in the country are invited to attend and pray for a great blessing to the surrounding region.
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Danville
Tabernacle
New Vice President Named for Woman's Missionary Society
The paper announces the selection of Mrs. Frank S. Woodson as vice president of the Woman's Missionary Society and invites her to contribute regularly. It praises her gifts and asks readers to welcome her and review her forthcoming communication in the columns.
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Frank S. Woodson
Local Democrats Reject Miller Bill To Amend Option Law
The local Democratic party chose not to pass the Miller bill amending the local option law. The paper praises the decision as wise and principled, cites speeches by earnest Democrats with strong temperance sentiment, and urges temperance advocates to stay temperate and tenacious for quicker reform.
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Democratic Party
Earnest appeal to Texas churches for convention delegation
The writer urges Southern Baptist pastors in Dal- BAPTIST Texas to attend the May convention in Dallas. He notes local pastors rarely attend, asks four churches to combine to send their leaders at low cost, and appeals to church members, especially women, to support the effort.
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Southerr
Dal- Baptistas
Texas
Dallas
Census of Rochester University religious opinions
A Prof Gilmore survey of University of Rochester students lists Baptists 78, Presbyterians 42, Catholics 7, Jews 5, Unitarians 1, agnostic 1 and other faiths totaling more than Baptists. Forty two study for the ministry and five intend missionary service abroad.
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University of Rochester
Gilmore
Eager couple celebrated crystal wedding at First Baptist
The Montgomery Advertiser reports Dr. and Mrs. George B. Eager celebrated their crystal wedding at home on Wilkinson street. The event drew many friends from church and community, praising Dr Eager’s pastorate and devotion. Also noted are church notices, meetings, and local clergy movements across Virginia and North Carolina.
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Montgomery
George B. Eager
Wilkinson Street
First Baptist Church
Eager
Advertiser
Geo. B. Eager
Easter Sunday and church news in brief
Easter Sunday falls on March 25 this year. The Pope marked his 84th birthday on March 6. Reports note 400 conversions from Petersburg meetings. Various ministers including Rev L G Broughton Rev George E Truett Rev Dr Felix Rev W C Tyree Rev Dr Wm Sydnor Penick Rev P P Bliss are active or new calls in Raleigh Lynchburg Durham New Orleans and Richmond.
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United States
L. G. Broughton
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Raleigh
George E. Truett
College Hill Church
Lynchburg
Felix
First
Petersburg
Brutus
Cassius
Wm. Sydnor Penick
Shreveport
Colliseum Church
New Orleans
Laymen's Union meeting at County Line Baptist April 1894
Laymen's Union to meet with County Line Baptist church on the fifth Sunday in April 1894 at 10:30 am with devotional exercises led by A A Greenwood. Sessions cover church members in Sunday schools, church discipline of absentees, finances and neighborhood prayer meetings. Committee delays due to weather.
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Our Church
Bethlehem
Union
Mason
First Baptist Church of
Danville
JJ. T. Haley
Richmond College
LL. Martin
Elect
County Line Baptist Church
A. A. Greenwood
B. P. Franklin
A. W. Sparrow
P. OC. Keesee
Rev John Robertson Joins London Tabernacle After Moody Campaign
The Presbyterian minister Rev John Robertson of Scotland joins Spur geon's Tabernacle in London after aiding Mr Moody during the World's Fair campaign. He contributed a sermon to Dr Wharton's "A Month with Moody" and is described as a fine preacher and earnest worker by The Baptist.
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Christ
D. W. Shanks
Presbyterian
Potter
John Robertson
Scotland
Mr. Moody
Spurgeon
Tabernacle
London
Robertson
Dr. Wharton
Moody
the Baptist
Union Subscription Offer
A brief ad urges readers to subscribe to the Union at a rate of 25 cents per year. The notice emphasizes low cost and easy access to the paper’s reporting.
Walking by Present Light in a Faithful Journey
A reader shares a parable from the Sunday School Journal about Abram and a young boy walking by a small light. The father assures that continuing to walk will let the light reach the journey’s end, echoing the idea that faith provides enough light for the next step and will not go out.
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Abram
Old Santa Fe church built of adobe among U S oldest
The Church of San Miguel in Santa Fe New Mexico stands as one of the nation’s oldest churches. It is built with adobe, sun dried mud bricks. The excerpt quotes critics and novelist remarks about warmth and appetite in cold days.
Nannie L Smith Died At 20 After Illness Near Maseville
Mrs. Nannie L. Smith aged in her 20s passed away at her home near Maseville on February 13 after a long illness. She was born 5 1873 daughter of Capt. John R Yeatts and Abitha. She married Jimmie Smith in her 16th year and leaves a husband and three children, plus six sisters and two brothers. Buried at the family cemetery with Methodist faith and funeral conducted by James Anderson and Alfred Bennett.
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Bro
Geo. R. Haley
Crouch
Nancy Good
Bro. Crouch
C.J. W
Maseville
Nannie L. Smith
John R
Abitha Yeatts
Jimmie Smith
Methodist Church
Jordan
James Anderson
Alfred Bennett
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