Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-10-11

blessrs God that he had such mother,
and that she made him get tis lesson
before he was allowed to play. Each one
Of those verses learned was like a seed.
The seed is coarse and apparently dead
thing, but when II Is sown II becomes the
the beautiful Hover, or the corn and wheat
for food. A gentleman once showed him,
a piece of glass, about 2 Inches long and
an inch wide, and asked him, If he saw
the black speck In the middle of the
glass. At first he saw nothing, but at
length espied the little spot. Looking at
this spot through a compound microscope
he saw a likeness Of the Queen of Eng
land, the Prince COnsort, and the
children of the Royal family. A text of
scripture might app ar to be hard, and of
no meaning, until by the aid Of the mi
croscope Of meditation, accompanied with
prayer, II was full of beauty, wisdom and
consolation.
Chiliren may not understand the texts
they learn now, but when those children
become men and women then their mean.
ing will he known, and, as good seed In
good ground, may il bring forth the beau
tiiui flower or the ripened fruit OF chris
tian life. He referred to the countries he
had visited where they have no Bible, but
worship gods of wood aud stone, some
not larger than his thumb, others 81
large that this church (St. JOhn's) could
not hold them. While IN one Of the mis-
sion schools in heather country, the
missionary pointed ont to Tim little girl
about IL years Of age, and said, there is
story connected with that child. One
day the missionary heard the cries OF a
child as If in great distress walking in
D l.. al NIL ha
ceeded, he came TO a deep hole IN the
ground, and In the hole was small
child, CRYING bitterly. The missionary
psked the parents, who stood by, what
they were going to DOT Tley replied,
they were going to bury her. ~hy3
said the missionary. ION she's Of IL
use TO us. we do not wapt her." Aud at
the request of the missionary The parents
al ON ed him to pull her ont Of the hole,
aud take her to the mission school, WHEN
size learned the word OF GOD AMI became
a Christian giil.
After this exceedingly Interesting ad-
dress of the Bishop and tire singing Of
the hymn Saviour, like Shepherd lead
us" Blshop Lee introduced that gr at
man, in more respect than one, the Rev.
A. T. living, d. D., Secretary and Cen
eral Agent Of the Board Of Missions, also
one Of the Executive Committee of the
/ Indian Commission of the Episcopal
/ Church. He commenced by saying be
did not wonder at the Bishops remark,
| that he never saw a more Interesting
sight. He was going TO have a photo
graph of this meeting, all these ministers
and these teachers and scholars, and
their friends, he was going to carry away
photograph of this beautiful picture
in his mind. The world cannot get along
without the children. He mentioned u
place, concerning which he said. # all
the children IN that town under II years
Of aye were to be taken ii and could
not work, 1t would ruin .hat place, all it'
factories would be closed and ills vasi
amount of Merchandise would CONT
to naught. He told Of Ger
tain boy, out West who has
sent for sixty mite chests, and raised {
large amount of money by their mean
for the great work of spreading the gos
pei of Christ in destitute portions of GU
Land. The boy had himself earned
large amount by cleaning his father
bouts--and often the iOUls were SO tul
Of thick OuiU mud that il WIS hard worl
aud poor piy-yet he was willing thus Il
work for ten cents IL week In order u
gain something to give.
A little Southern glrl also received 81
much a week for washing the faces of he
younger brothers and sisters. She had
hard time of 1t, too, when the sugar au
molasses would be en- thick around thei
mouths, but she persevered In her work
until fhe sent large amount through he
mite chest to the great cause. The Res
Doctor invited all the children TO com
and SEE him in New York they need uC
be afraid of such large man and tol
/, an amusing instance of some boys, /
: New York city who came to his otlic
: with their mite chests, but when the
saw him, they ran away, aud not nut
much coaxing they came, and had
pleasant talk and found him
: be their friend. He also spok
: of the Holy Child mentioned in the lesso
: for the evening. The Rev. T.. Gardin'
, l.itteu, Rector of st. Johns then said III
object of the collection which was abol
. to be taken up, was in aid OF the Buildin
=, Fund of Grace Church, BraudywiLe HUI
: dred. under the change of the Rev. San
!, uel n. Hotchkin. After singing the par
~ ing hymn "Savior, again to thy dei
, name we raise" Bishop Lee again co.
|. graduated the entire congregation on u
= Interesting services, and great success
= the occasion, and thanked the childrt
= for their remarkably good order and a
:, tention, and trusted they should all r
y member what had been SAID. to the
, profit. Then, after prayer and the ben
=, diction, the great congregation gradual
7 dis lersed, amidst many congratu.ation
=, The following clergymen and abo
~ fifteen hundred persons were present
IN the congregation, including the childrel
,e The RI. Rev. Alfred Lee, d. D., the Il
:; Rev. WIN. Bacon Stevens, ID, the Rev
- A. j. Irving, d. d., j Is Clemson, d.
> Joshua Morsell, d. d WIN. j. Frost,
y d., T. Gardiner Littell, William Murph
a Samuel P. Hotchkin, Chas. +. Fessende
~ Joseph A. Stone, Charles E. Mcllvair
d Charles s. Spencer. William X. Eli
. James n. B. Brooks, kensy j. Stewa
e CT lrles Logan, - Bird, Henry Brow
Ct G. A. Laumer, J.E. Arnold aud Villa
~ II. Gallagher.
IA We shall look with great interest
. the fourth annual gathering of the Ep
70 copal Sunday schsOl children Of this eli
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!. Edq!e says; The automatic car coupll
= invented by John La haye, Of TINS eli
~ having been tried on tue Wilmi' gton Il
I1e Reading Railroad for some time, a
~ having given complete satisfaction, Sup
90 iutendent Stolz, few days ago, order