The Evansville daily journal., 1859-11-26
Local and Miscellaneous.


Thanksgiving day was not observed III
lsour=eity as we would like to have seen-it..
But tew stores were closed, and as much
business seemed TO be going on as a gloomy,
/, IAN ). day would permit We do not think
any money is lostin paying proper respect
to National holy days, and Thanksgiving is
soon to be recognized as the day peculiarly
sacred to the American people-a day sim
liar, in that respect. to the Fourth OF July
There were some things, however, connect
ed with the observance of theday, that were
unusually interesting, and among the num-
Der, the festival of the Mission Sunday
! School, which took place in the afternoon
| in Crescent City Hall. 1,' - & ga
! The School should be--and we believe is
Ia source of pride to our city, and an hon
or to its founders and its present superin-
tendents and teachers. Some two or three
hundred children of all nations, and the
circumstances of whose parents are as va
ried as their nationalities, are gathered in
this school every Sabbath, and taught those
lessons, both in singing and in scripture,
keep them in virtpe,s path through life
None are too poor to have place in this
school. If any unable to attend from
want of suitable clothing, their wants are
first relieved, and then they are introduced
to the school. If ever we beheld a great
leyeling institution, it is the Mission Sab
bath Schoolsof Evansville. - 2. eset .
I
~ We judge there were about 300 children
present in the Hall ON Thanksgiving AFTER
noon, who, with a large number of adults,
filed the large room to its utmost capacity
The bright eyes and joyous countenances of
the children gave unmistakable evidence
that with them there was something more
| than mere semblance of Thanksgiving
| stirring their young hearts. The exercises
of the hour consisted in singing, two or three
addresses by ministers present, and serving
the children to the good things beneath
which couple of side-tables seemed groan-
ing, and from which they were anxious to
be relieved.
| Prior, however, to handing around the
eatables, prizes were awarded to the schol-
ars who had proved the best missionaries,
in making accessions to the school, during
the past year. Nearly every one of the
prizes were taken by German children
When we observed this fact, we became
fully convinced that not only was the
school great leveling it was also a
great Matchmaking Institution. IL would
be impossible to gather such an assemblage
of children, made up of representatives of
the various nations of the earth, have them
read out, of the same Bible, sing the
same songs, and listen to the same
prayers, without their growing up to be one
people. The prejudlces and antipathies pc
| culiar to every nation, are knocked off by
| thus coming in contact, and a new people is
| formed, made up of the best elements of the
various nations from which it derived its
existenee. e.
| Very good order was maintained by the
scholars while the cakes and apples were
being distributed, and they all gave indi-
.l..ons that they felt it good to be there.
We are convinced that the young men
who have this school in charge felt amply
repaid, in witnessing the happiness of the
children at the festival, for all their sacri-
fees and trouble. We felt proud of the
school, and doubly proud of the association
under whose auspices the school was organ
ized, and through whose patience and zeal
it has been brought to its present useful po-
| sition. -oU 1883 af f-Faa ~7s-.ssE