American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28
The Spndsy-s chcoi Celebration a
souis Chapel.

thCA OV~ OOY wy
The Sundsy- schooi Celebration q
Souls Chapel.
Mr. EDITOR: Thinking that a short
notice 6f the Sunday School cele
hratiou at Soale Chapel on the 18th
inst. might be a source Of pleasure
to some of your readers. I Submit
this for publication.
The Sabbath School, under the
Of Capt. e. G. Postell as
Superi ltendent. has reached quite
a high degree Of prosperity, and is
largely and regularly attended.
During the past wlnter it was the
intention Of the superintendent to
secure BISbop Kavallaueh to deliver
an address to.the Sunday School.
bat about that time the horse epi-
demie swept over the country and
prevehted anything like general
So things moved along
til, onAthe 18Th. our expectations
culn,iusted III one of those delight
full epis6des that vary the tedious
nlenotsisy of the seasoa, and render
quite pleasant even the hafedl 6ies
c1at wicres. The exercises opened
with a beautiful sabbath sclipol
by mn, the young aud accomplished
Airs. Dudley performing on the or
gan. The Rev. A. Z. Stnait then
led in praycE Rev. III. L. Johnson
President of WIitwortll Females
College, then addressed TIE scholars.
and little fciss. The President
was lust the man for the occasion.
delivering .precept, after precepts
with anecdote a,alexss
perience, in a happy style, eminent
~ adapted to the tender minds of
the children.
The house was crowded an,l1ex-
pectation was on riptue as Capt.
introduced Bishop Kaysi
naugh. We had heard the veberss-
bic bishop, on more than one occa
sion during his visits to the Viz
ginia Conferences, aud expected
equal to Munsey's +" Gre.
alton of Man, H. began by speak.
ing of the parents responsibility
for the child; the duties of the pa
rent and the vast importancs of
fully understanding che value Of
every individnsi soul that God en-
trusts to heads of families as casto-
dians; that mothers and fathers
should regard 1t as the highest favor
Of Coda holy privilege-to have
entrusted to their keeping beings
gifted with immortal sOuls-beings
a little lower than the angels, and
in the image of GOd-and having
an undying principle so intimately
connected with the spiritual uni
verse as ito keep two worlds at
strifeo nfcrtunately for the audi
ence, at this stage of the Bishops
address, threatening cloud came
up and it rained heavily, compelling
many to leave the church aud at
tend TO the baskets on the grounds,
Personally, we were grieved at this,
for We regard the sold man eloquent
as one OF the most chan ming speak
lers it has ever been orr pleasure to
hear. After the Bishops address
there was a. recess OF a few. minutes
and dinner being announced, the
assembly adjourned to the tables.
Nor was the feast which was scrvet.
up for the body less sumptuOus
than that which had just refreshed
our minds. The abundance and
superior quality Of the dinner was
remarked by all present.
The day passed off pleasantly,
and every one returned delighted
with the Sunday School celebration
May much prosperity ever attend
Soule Chapel Sunday School. as ii
undoubtedly VIII while conducted
as ut present We trust that the
Bishop aud President johnson will
come again ere long and add fc the
of other such occasions
among us IN the future.
Many strangers from YaZOo and
Holmes counties attended, and all
expressed themselves amply repaid
for their long rides. IL fact, %e
never attended anything that pass
81 or more pleasantly or more to
the satisfaction Of all present.
SPECTATOR.