Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-11-17
Island Sabbath Sct96l SAzinite, sIrv.-92I'he

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l4rgest audience ever assembled at the Athsnel
un congrcgated there last evening to- witness
the exercises of the children of the Island Sab
bath School, The dress circle and sparo uctte
were crowded with ladies and gentlemen atyan
early hour aud with the exception of a few,
occupants of the gallery ta Best order prevailed
The srciscs commence twithian appropriate
hymn by number of the scholars and older.
persons interested in tbs school, after which
little Harry B.:'tel mai an address, by which
he won much ad:,,irat,,,tl for his excellent man.
ner Of delivery. Ln.lns Mcneil then read an
essay, and acquitted herself crsditsblY, She,
thought when Christ SAID, Suffer little children
to unto me, he rneantttIe girlsas we'll as little
boys. The essay proceeded in a pleasant,
childish way, and was well received.
The next was the Temperance Alphabet
in which as many little boys and girls particia
pated as there are letters in the Alphabet Each
pupil appeared from the left entrance of the
stage and walking to the middle held up card
with letter upon it and repeated what the let
Ter STOOD for" in the numerous evils of yintem-
perance. For instance, :.
MIS- for Monkey, much smarter than men,
II you make him drink once you can't do It again.
G-Is for Gin, which makes people lazy, .e-i.s,.ti
Ill to their wives, and hnally, crazy.
The consequential struts aud curious curtsies
of the children as they appeared upon the stage,
came very near overturning the gravity of the
audience, at times, but the performances were
interesting and altogether successful. Aftor this
several small children, mere infants in fact, came
forward and said something in rhyme, their
I>oS, koo Il.
Then there was beautiful hmyn and chorus of
young voices, after which Miss Lizzie Burton,
read an essay.
Rev. ]. 4. Wilson then made a brief but high.
~ entertaining address of a statistical and off
hand character. He said he might quote from
Shakespeare, as it had often been done.bcfor
from that stage. He quoted from "the seven
ages" something about the school boy with
satchel and shining morning face creeping un-
willingly to school, and made that a text for a
few remarks upon tho importance of Sunday
School education. Tits trite truth, said the
Rev. gentleman, that the infant. mind. is more
easily impressed than the adult. Now was tho
time to mould the infant heart and impress it
with never-to be-forBotten gospel truths. This.
is the anniversary of the Island Sabbath School.
Some people say that thesIsand will wash away
inabout fifty years. What do you think of that
children. Even now the river is rapidly en-
croaching. But children, when your dwellings
are all gone and you houses destroyed, whether,
you are living or dead the lessons of morality.
now being inculcated, will live forever above
They will never wash away. The painter Of
old said he painted for posterity. I'VE are now
painting for eternity. s.
We are sorry we have not time to give a
heightened report of the address, which was
listened 10 withgreat attentioniby the fifteen
hundred persons present The exercises were
varied, all well rendered and edifying to an iun.
usual degree. During the evening couple off
interesting little girls, about ten or twelve years
of age, played upon the piano and sung with
exquisite grace and beauty making themselves
prominent feature in the exercises. al
The Rev, Wilson pronounced n benedicti6n
upon the audience, after which DR., Logan, Sup.
erintendent of the school, announced that a
number of ladies, and gentieinea present had
consented to sing a few pieees>of music! This
was fulfilled to the pleasure of the audience and
the credit, the singers, when the crowd har6,.
PLY dispersed with feelings of sauslaction at
the evenings entertainment 81
That Wdiss1s Again.-The powerful beIch!l
ings forth of that patent steam whistle at Dill.
Ions, operated as a universal alarm clock, YES.
terday morning, frightening sieep,frona- many a
lazy eyelid, In the confusion. Of a, a sudden
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