Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-08-05
For The Lutheraa saJbath school Journal.

Before taxing my leave of your Sabbath
Schooi and rs many pleasant associations,
DeiieVe promised TO drop an occasional line
TOR the Journal" And now, if fail to in
terest you in this, | shall at all events have
redeemed my promise thus far. Although it
gives me great pleasure to thus address YOU,
and while | cannot be grateful enough to the
"Giver Of all good" for the enjoyment of this
privilege, yet / would a thousand times rather
spend these few moments in your midst, and
enjoy once more the smiles Of so many happy
countenances.
Since | have been in this city have visited
several Sabbath Schools, but in order that
my letters may not be too long, so rs TO weary
you, | shall speak Of but one in each letter
and as visited the Baptist first, their school
will form the subject of my first letter. Du-
ring my first visit to this school, while was
carefully scrutinizing the general arrangement
Of the room, the maps furniture, bookcase,
desk, &c, ] was reminded very much of the
many pleasant hours had spent as teacher
in the Lutheran Sabbath School in Lewistown.
Old and new thoughts came rushing upon me,
and | almost forgot that | was more than a
thousand miles from my little class in the
corner of your room. | looked around me
and l saw books, classes, teachers supern-
tendent, girls and boys bat in the superin-
tendent, teachers and scholars. did not see
my old friends Hamilton, Willis, Dr. Martin.
Hoover, Blymyers, Hostetler, Alter. Warner
and others,-not mentioning the pleasant Ia.
dies aud smiling, rosy checked girls and boys
OF Lewistown Sabbath Schools. The Baptists
appear to be the most numerous here, conse-
quently they have large and splendid church;
yet their school is not so large, numbering
not more than two hundred pupils The su-
Shc hot I
approached~me, and after numerous observa.
tions and remarks, inquired among other
things whether had been teacher, or in any
way connected with a Sabbath School, to
which | felt proud to reply that had been
teacher for some time in the Lutheran Sab
bath School of Lewistown, Pa. On asking
him the cause of so many vacant seats, he re-
piled, thatmany of the parents were Indifferent
about sending their children, or they might
have more than three hundred present every
Sabbath On Saturday, the day previous to
this visit the school had been enjoying
MAY day picnic" They met in grove FIVE
miles south of the city. A free pass was Civ
en- to all parties in attendance by the managers
of the Pensacola Railroad, which led by the
grove. All seemed happy and delighted with
the excursion. The superintendent cOngrat-
ulated all ON having such pleasant time, and
returned his thanks to the pupils In behalf
of their teachers, for their good conduct in
the grove. He told them they all behaved like
perfect little ladies and gentlemen" The
school was closed by repeating the Lords
Prayer Some negro children were sitting on
the steps and on a low bench by the door. |
supposed them to be servants who had charge
of some of the Sabbath School children.
They dared not participate in the exercises,
though while singing ! observed they joined
the school in carrying the tune, while they
did not know one acord from another. Yet
they seemed happy enough to be allowed the
privilege of assisting in the music without the
aoords. The thought occurred to me that if
their skin had been white instead of black,
they might also have been allowed to say