The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-15
sUNDAY-scHooL CELEBRATIONS.
St. Johns Lutheran sunday-school.

1 cn8QC6l Was UCoutilutJ NSSNSN
of roses and fresh spring flowers. Besides IN
pupils of the Sunday.school, who occupied tn
central part of the church, a large congrega
ton had assembled long before four o'clock
and every seat In the body of the church AM
the galleries were filed. Among those pres
ent were the pastor, Rev. T. W. Dosh, the Rev
DIR. Honour, and In his accustomed place wa
seen the venerable Rev. DR.. John Bachman
The bright spring afternoon, the happy face
of the children, and the beautiful dressing o
the church, made up a lovely and inspiring
picture.
The exercises were opened with the beautl
hl chant ssBenedic ANNA Mea," after which
the Rev. Dr.. Honour read The fifth chapter Of
lst Peter. The children of the school ther
Joined In singing the hymn To-day we come
with singing.n This and several other hymns
atinteryals were sung by the children with 6
feryor and sweetness which formed an attrac
tive feature of the exercises. The Rev. Mr.
Dosh then offered up a prayer, and afterwards
delivered a simple and touching address on
the subject, Thou, God, seest me-"
Mr.. R. G.. Chisolm, for twenty years the
suuerintendent of the sunday-school, next
read his annual report, containing a most In
terestlng exhibit Of the prospects and work
ipgs of tie school, and a complete resume OF
its history tor the past year. On the roll OF
the school there are now (said the report, }
six officers, niue male and thirty-two female
teachers, seventy-hve boys and one hundred
and ten girls. Some three months since the
hour for holding. the Sabbath exercises was
changed, and they commenced after the
morning service. This fact alone diminished
the number of pupils by fully one hundred.
During the year ten teachers had ieit tne CITY.
They could now rejoice in the completion Oh
The new Sunday-school building, Wnicn coulo
seat fnlly two hundred persons In Its large
| hall. and seventy.fve in the classroom ad-
Joining 1t. This building had cost four thous-
and dollars, and would require one thousand
dollars more to flush 1t properly. One half
of this sum had already been donated by the
congregation, and by the Lutheran and
Ivan Bora" Societies. The dedication OF the
new building had been postponed, and would
take place at the annual meeting OF the Synod
in May mex. The regular attendance among
the pupils was marked during the most trying
seasons. Prizes had been awarded to twenty
pupils, and the limit admits OF an absence Of
only two Sabbaths during the year.
The following are the m of the pupils TO
whom the prizes were awarded:
Present every Sabbath during the year:
Willie johnson, Eleanor Mahoney, Julia
Smith, Amelia Pundt, HenryR Pundt, Francis
N. DuGuercler.
Absent but one Sabbath: Henry Lucas, Jr.,
VIM. TidemanD, Esther Horlbeck, Marie
Horlbeck, Annie Rooster. Maggie Mahoney,
Elvia Jungbluth.
Absent two Sabbatbs: G. G. TidemanD,
Mary Small, Bertha Johnson. Caroline john
son, Annie Thole, Geo. Bahntge, Charles F.
Bshntge and Emma Beckman.
The following addresses were then deliver
ed by the pupils: "a bit Of a sermon" by
Master 7. L. johnson. ITO whom shall. we
give Thanks By Master D. N. Hunter. "The
boy sculptor" by Master Philip Johnson. ITO
the grown and old folks Of the congregation"
by Master Julian Smith.
Trinity Church Sunday School.
This school held Its anniversary celebration
Yesterday at the church in Hasel strees. In
the morning the assembled school AID con-
erega,ion were addressed BY the pastor, Rev.
Whitefoord Smith, D. D., who preached an In
s~tructlve sermon upon the proper parental
training of youth. At the close of the sermon
Mr.. Samuel A. Nelson, the superintendent of
the school, submitted bis annual report. 1t
showed that the schoolhad been opened every
SABBATH during the past year, and the average
attendance have been twenty-six officers and
teachers, and one hundred and twenty one pu-
pills. Total one hundred and iorty-seven. Fifteen
ofthe pupils had joined the church since the last
anniversary, and the roll now embraced, OIL
GERS and teachers, male seventeen and female
tweniy-seven; and scholars, male one hun.
dred and female one hundred and ~thirty.hVe.
Total two hundred and seventy. nine. The
school lost two of it's teachers and seven
scholars by death. The congregation and
children were afterwards dismissed until
evening. when the exercises were resumed.
These were of a most interesting nature,
and long before the hour the church was
crowded. The pupils and teachers occupied
the pews in the middle of the church, while
the congregation flowed into those along the
side aisles. The galleries were also soon
denssly crowded, and lastly, every available
place In the aisles or within the open doors
were filed with persons, standing or sitting
In chairs. The church was handsomely deck.
ed for the occasion. Around the whole length
of the spacious galleries hung festoons of ever.
greens and floating moss, Topped up at each
pillar by q beautiful bunch of parti-colored
natural flowers. IN the inverted arches Of
the festoons lovely wTeaths Of green and flow
ers depended from the ceiling OF the galleries,
and from each brilliant gas burner draped
hangiugs of hoary moss. The pulpit had
been removed from the altar, which was trim
med with chaplets and green leaves around
the edge, and these were graced at intervals
with vases of beautiful spring flowers. On
each corner stood large fower-decked urns,
and at the back of the altar. against the wall,
q large cross reared its emblematic form from
q mound of flowers. The fresh evergreens,
the varied coloring Of the flowers, their soft
fragrance, and the tasteful manner in which
the decorations had been disposed, added not
a little to the beauty OF the scene, to which
hundreds of smiling, youthful faces lent an ami