Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-13
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One Of the luEqt yuaieucsSpVel assembled
In wesley ohApel Rrtsisd ibs Anhit9rsAry Of
the misstonAfy tociSty Of that church on
Sunday evening, Long bstors the hour for
the exercises TO commence every seat wa,
occupied, and benches and chairs were
brought In to accommodate the people. AT
7;45 O'Clock the president Of the society (Mr.
Z. l. BoorNem) Announced as the opening
hymn, seek the little Wanderers" which
was sung BY the school, Rev. B. Peyton
Brown then led In prayer; after which the
school sang "The Last Commission"
The president stated to the audience that
In presenting the offerings Of the year, the
allegory OF Faith, Hope aud Charity
would be represented; aud while the charac.
Ger OF the exercises might appear to some AZ
an attempt at display, he would remind them
that L was customary to close the year with
exercises OF this kind, and that the design OF
this effort was TO crafty and please the chill.
dron for their earnest efforts during the year,
and 10 glorify and give expressions Of Joy aud
praise 70 Him who had so faithfully led them
and crowned their labors with such signal
success. ...a.HrlI Z tse-f
In order to carry out the allegory ths plat
form was arranged In the following manner
Across aud In the centre OF Il was projected
an arch OF gas Jets forming the words, Faith,
Hope, Charity." Immediately. behind this
arch vas another Of framework. covered In
Initiation of marble, twelve feet high and
nine feet wide. Upon Che. bow Of this arch
were fopud 10 large gilt letters the words
'Chriat the light OF the world" On either
side Of the base was inscribed In blue letters,
The Home and Foreign Mission Fields Of
the Methodist Church. zoe a.i 10
In front Of these two arches and on tho
right Of tho platform, WA placed eroas four
feet high, covered with Kilt pepper, aud t,Sined
with Ivy. At tho bottom were arranged
stones and NOES for . base; on the left an
anchor, and In the centre q small table, upon
which waA placed an eyerg-ee crown. =. -
Inc y :s0ry w va. ss1g ss ~ ,sTsS S t.
Miss Florence Ball; Hope, nine classes, was
represented by Mlas Gerry Truman; Charity,
nine classes, was represented by Mlss Emma
Rowe. The dress Of Faith was crimson
tarletan, with sash Of crimson elk, fastened
70 the shoulder and at the side with q star,
upon her head was bandeau Of crimson aud
gold, with the word Faith upon the front
Of Il. Hope was dressed In blue and white;
her sash and bandeau TO match, with tho
| word Hope" arranged As In Faith. Charity
was dressed In pure white, her sash and ban
deau TO match, with the word Charity" a.
| IN the olucT tWOt ucf tuhu, IN h0QltlOO, nuu
q number Of gold stars tasteiully arranged
from the waist down, with the word Char
ny" across the breast AZ each section was
called the representative took her position
upon the platform. Faith, coming first, re-
dted the following introductory "From the
rising OF the SUI to the going down OF the
faith In aSd.N She then received q scholar
IRON each class 10 her division, who spoke Of
the difficulties they had experienced 1 the
missionary work, and Of the evil In the world
which they had encountered, and which seem
70 almost destroy their faith. To these Vari-
Qua experiences Faith replied, breathing
words OF encouragement giving them assuf-
ance that II they labored faithfully their
efforts would be crowned with success fUr
God was not unrghteous 10 forget their labor
Of love. Receiving the emblens, Gala llllei
and japonlcas, and the contributions OF the
various classes, she announced the name and
the amount and placed the emblem upon the
pposs Cd. e.. 90.
sung BY Miss Emma Gross, entitled ave
Maria"
Hope was then called when she stepped
forward, and taking her place beside the
anchor, reclted the following introductory
Let US not be weary In we'll doing, for In
Hope thou In God"
As In the flrst division, Hope received her
Glasses. Here the questions referred tOdoubts
aud mlsgiylngs as W the spread OF the gospel,
aud ~ TO the duty each should perform, de-
string TO know where aud how TO labor,
Hope replied, pointing out the defects In their
mode OF working aud showed them tho
field Of labor, assuring them that the fields
were already white to the harvest; to go aud
wsrk, for the Lord viii exalt all who call
upon His name. The enblems In this d.
vision were wreaths OF eyegreeus, which
were hung upon the anchor.
~ tAs close OF the division tho ol,oir, under
the leadership Of Prof. L. Rosenbaun, sang
"HaTk, the Song" Alter whlchCharity wa
called, who came forward, aud taking her
place beside the crown, received the cOntrl-
buttons, reoltations, aud emblems Of her d.
Vision. Here the questions related 10 tho
love Of the world; the hatred Of Coda cause.
aud utter dlsregard Of truth by the world,
In reply, Charity spake words Of love, and
told them II they were faithful over the work
they had been given TO do, aud would erer'
clse charity for the faults Of Others, there
would DO no work that Christ would call
them 10 perform that thoy would not be able
10 do; for after a little while We shall oil
come together In one place; We shall know
then even az We are known; for thus abideth
faith, hope, and charity. The emblems Of
thla division were stars, which were placed
upon the crown. The last class called being
tue infant class, their emblem a small cross
OF pure white flowers, was placed upon the
top Of g crown. The choir then sang 4
sentence" entitled Faith, Hope, and Char.
lty,' at the same time the Jets were lighted,
thus completing the Allegory.
The effect produced WAs beautiful, and the
completion OF this portion Of the exercises
created very pleasing scene and marked
At the close Of the chlldren's offerings, the
secretary announced the amount Contributed
to be S6Si SO. - p
The president thon turned over the re-
malnder Of the exercises To the pastor who
asked Of the congregation sufficient amount
to make the grand total eSOO, In response
TO this appeal 900 was given In propositions
making the following persons llie-membera
OF the misslonery society Mrs. A. NJ. Lin
Vile, Mr.. Paige Milburn, Mr.. Robert Ball,
Mr.. J.. Rosenbaum.
| A basket collection was taken up amount
Ing 10 SO 90, thus reaching tho amount
called for-ss0i 10. Adding TO this amount
the collection Ia the congregation 10 the
morping-ell6-made the whole amount for
the day e9l7l6.
| Tho following list comprises the various
classes OF the school, with tho amount con
trlbuted by eachi Glass No. l, Rev. b. Pey-
Tilley, teacher, sl00.05i No. g. Mr.. W. ID.
Blackford teacher, el2.S3; No. 4 Miss Beth
alttings teacher, % 10; No. o, Mr.. j. Walter
DuVall teacher, sl6.5S; No. o. Mr.. J, J, Jet
teacher, 4S!Oo; No. z, Mlsa La Trultte teacher,
s6.Os; No. 8, NJ. A. Dennison teacher. Sc;
No. ., Mlss II. z. Rowe teacher, s9O 90; No.
10, Mr.. W. r. Woodward teacher, eco; No.
II, Mr.. l.. Roseubaum teacher, 90 81; No. IL.
Miss Emma Walker teacher, tll.Sli No. ID,
Mr.. r. 8. Lawrenson teacher, 90 23; No, II,
Mrs. 3. A. Rolllngs teacher, sl7i No. ID, Mr..
W. N. Rowe teacher SlS; No, 10, Miss 0ccri
Israel teacher, S6l,ll; No. II, Mr.. W. A.
Farlee teacher, e3i.40; No. IS, Mr.. b. K.
Glttlngs teacher, els; No. 10, Mrs. NJ. A.
Walter teacher, $3.50; No. 20, Mr.. Theodore
Y. Gatchell teacher, s266; No. 81, Mlss Mol.
lie Walker teacher, t53; No. ~, Mrs. 3. V. u.
White teacher, siS.30; No. 20, Mr.. J. A. Llui-
erick teacher, IS; No. 81, Mr.. L. |. Booraem
teacher, sl2 No. ", Miss Ida Rowe teacher,
s25; No. 20, Mr.. Clarence Reid teacher,
s19.le; No. "a, Mr.. @. y. Ferris teacher, Sl. IS;
No. ~, Mrs. A, N, Llnyllle and Misc X. o.
Moore teachers, tl37s2, ... f.
Much Of the success OF the anniversary was
due 70 the admirable manner In which the
Misses Ball, Truman aud Rowe performed
their part 10 their respective divisions OF
Faith, Hope and Charity,
| Exercises nj RJIand Chapel
The regular missionary exercises of the
Ryland chapel IN. Il. church, took place on
Sunday last, Al II o'clock the Rev. Wesley
X. Davis, of Baltimore, preached an elegant