The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-17
SUNDAY school Anniversary.


the Trinity NJ. E. Sunday School, was
celebrated in tie main audience
room of the church. Oh Sunday, most
appropriately. The exercises COM
menced at % O'clock, and lasted till
noon. The church was well filed
ADD the audience seemed very much
pleased with the manner in which the
rather lengthy programme was dis
posed of.
The exercises, after two or three
voluntary hymns sung by the school.
were opened by the reading of the
91st Psalm, the Superintendent and
scholars reading verses alternately,
and prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Written,
who, many years ago, was Presiding
Elder, on the Evansville District.
Then followed, in order. the Infant
Glass exercises, led by Mr.. William
Barbour, which consisted of ques-
tons on the second chapter of Mat
thew and answers, closing with an APP
propriate song. The little folks went
through their part without confusion
or hesitation. A Recitation: The
Better Land, Miss Helen Ehrman and
Master John Hale, was very well
done, though the distance between
the two-one occupying the platform
and the other position in the body
Of the Fundamentally married
its effect. The Seoretary's report was
comprehensive and even eloquent,
which is not often the case with sta
tistical papers. Mr.. Stokes Bennett
makes a model Secretary.
A defamation by Master Hiram
Read. Jr., elected very general inter
est. The young orator was self-pos
sessed, fluent, had his speech thor
oughly committed, and delivered it
with earnestness. A recitation in
unison, followed by beautiful ssng,
by Mrs. Asa Iglehart's class, was
beautifully rendered. 1t touched ev-
cry heart and filed many eyes with
tears. Mr.. Philip Bakers ex-
cellent essay, in which the propriety
of State or city authorities licensing
the sale of liquors was sharply
criticised was read we'll and seemed
to be we'll written. Mr.. H. A. Matti
son followed the essay with an adj
dress, which evidently attracted the
undivided attention of the schol-
ars present, as well as their
visiting friends. The burden of
his short address was Progress
in opposition to "Old Fogyism." A
song by a juvenile choir, with Prof.
Genung at the organ, thrilled the
hearts Of all present. Next came a
most interesting address by Mr.. T.W.
Turner, of the Walnut Street Presby-
terrain Sunday School He gave a
very interesting account of some hea-
then idol, which was once brought to
the front in time Of great battle,
and illus trated the degradation of an
army SO Influenced, by supposiug the
ridiculous effect which would have
been produced In the Union army, at
the battle Of Charlottesville, had
Gen. Hooker, in the crisis of the bat
tie, directed an orderly to go to his
tent, get some hideous idol of stone
or wood, and carry it down the lines,
as the God of Battle, for the purpose
of inspiring his soldiers. The Cues
ton Drawer was then opened, and a
series of questions read, which
the school answered very readily
and correctly, Notwithstanding the fact
that to a great majority of the school
all the questions were new. The
promptness with which the questions
we're answered showed that the schol-
ars remember the lessons taught them
during the year. The Superintendent
then read a most interesting report of
the operations of the school during
the year, and containing suggestions
for the future. DR.. Andrus made
some announcements, and introduced
Mr.. oseph P. Elliott, who said "he
was, so far as he knew, the only one
present who participated in the or.
ganization of the school thirty three
years ago, on a morning very similar
to the present.
interpreted with these exercises
was some excellent singing led by
Prof Genung, with Prof Matthias a.
the large church organ.
The benediction was pronounced
by DIR. Andrus, and the audience dis
persed, we'll pleased with the enni
versary exercises and hopeful of the
future efficiency of the school.
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