Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-03-07

CELEBRATION or THk MISSIONARY ANN
vKRsARr MONDAY EvErIra-INrRIsT

vKRsARI MONDAY EvENIrd-INrRIsT- |
ING AND Attractive rsRFoRMAspn.
The Sunday schools Of Grace Methodist |
Episcopal Church celebrated their dghth |
missionary anniversary Monday ewnlng |
at the church, In the presence OF alarge |
and highly Interested audience.
George W. Sparks, ESQ.,, presided over |
the exercises, Mr.. II. Y. Pickles diraed |
the music and Miss Anna @. Pickett was
organlst.
The exercises opened with the sirglng |
by the schools of the anthem, TheLord |
Is In His Holy Temple" after Which
brief opening prayer was made by Rlv. ].
b. Qulgg. The schools then sang The
chorus, "Armor Of Light" after which
the Secretary's annual report was rad
by Mr.. @. W. Haddock, and was In sub
stance az followsi-
During the past year there has been at
the school an average attendance OF 100
teachers aud $50 pupils. Being organ zed
as missionary society their work has
not only been one Of studying and teach
ing, but Of also contributing weekly 10
the missionary cause, and the sum thus
contributed the present year has teen
Sl426 20. Of which s7l3 10 will be for
warded 10 the General Missionary 1fea-
surer at New York, and the remainder
will be appropriated by their Home Sun
day School Union to the support OF
Epworth and Madley Chapels.
In this way the Sunday school has q
threefold action. direct action as a iur-
serv for the Christian church, an indirect
action upon home missionary work. md
a remote action upol the general missbn-
AIRY cause. They have during these
tah nAufrtkulaA 40 90 h..
general missionary treasury aud the result
OF their contributions to domestic missions
10 cooperation with volunteer laborer In
the mission schools, has been the erection
of two chapels worth at least $4,000,
and the establishment OF two church or
ganizations with a membership of le7,
and two Sunday schools with $50 scholars
and teachers. The report closed With an
| expression OF regret that there had not
been larger number of conversions In
Grace school Itself.
| The contributions In the several classes
though not given In the secretarv's re-
port, were given on the printed pro-
gramnes and were rs follows
AFTERNOON SCHOOL.
W. A. Reynolds, $40 "a Miss SaBle
II. Bates, 1888 Miss Emma Yates,
10 So Miss Annie Pickles, 800 Miss
Lucy Askew, s3.37 Mrs. II. q. Jones,
262s; Mrs. Thomas Darlington, 1883
Mrs. r. II. Jones, 50 Miss Clara 1eas,
1904 Miss Sadie Weldln, 4 37i Miss
Anna Hare, ia; Miss Ella Lowe, o.
Mrs. j. p. DoughteR, 22.45; Mrs.
Stevens, IA 7oi Mrs. Fogg, 657i
Mrs. W. r. Cause, $500; Mrs.
Edward Moore, 23.1li Miss Fanni,
kf.nuna,,uh W II. nlfI.r.,
41.56; Mrs. W. II. Curry, 1905; NM
Miss NJ E. COuntiss, 14.04; Miss Emma
Young, Q 20; Miss Fanale Stevens, 1851
Mrs. e. 4. r. Butler, 100; W. II
Blllany 25.11 Mrs. c. Y. Rudolph, 90 90
VIM. d. Pyle, 200; Mrs. Primrose
2.52; Mrs. f. Mcluall. Jr., 1888
Mrs. Mcpherson, 554; f. 8. r. Butler
IS so; j. NJ. williamson, 2454 Mis-
Mary Lamb, 3.79; w. p. Noahell, "a
Mrs. John A. Wilson, SO W. r. Cause
, 26.47 Mrs. j. 4. Cause, 1875; W
Hastings, Al SO II. P. Weaver, 20 IS
s. !. Cause, 1869; II. q. Conrad, 14.75
X. X. Robinson, 3s17; Miss Mary Lindsay
6.47iJ. P. Posties, 1880 Isaac Pyle, Ass
John G. Baker, 5000 Miss Ella Merri
hew, 5.1S Edward Moore, 20 so Mrs
Charles Robb. 8 81 Hon. ID. NJ. Bates
1897 Mrs. Edmund Jones, SOS; Davll
Nield, 6.45: Miss Aunie Z. Cause, | ~
Miss Emma X. Cam, 62 Mrs. Author,
Finn, 14.69 John E. Torbert, LOS q
W. Weldin, S.97. Infant school, 81. 81
Total, 81, 177.S6.
MORNING SCHOOL.
Miss Clara Teas, s3.O2; Miss Irene Haw
kins, 8 80; Miss Mary Lamb, 2 SO Mis-
Ella Wlttenherg, il 90; j. NJ. William
son, 3 10; Miss Helen Cause, $50 Mrs
Alex. Chandler, 1895 Miss Mary X
Torbert, 7.52 Mrs. Bowling, 6.3s; W
Beadenkopf, 504i John Lang, Is
} John E. Torbert, 1906 E. 8. L
! Miss Emma X. Cam, 11.46; Miss Clar
Ormsby, 10 "a; G. NJ. Carey, 1918
Miss Anna Hare, So 90; W. +. stlmmel
? s24 DR.. E. shelp, 4.79i Miss Sue silnI
T son, 100; Isaac Pyle, 713; Z. W
r jackson. 8 90; Henry Evans, 10 90
l Emmet Robinson, 2 62 total, PAS 81.
4 Total for AFTERNOON school, SlOS5 80
-. - e,, sj.., .os'
D The offerings In previous years were a
d follows; For year ending March 1856
d 1860 %; March 1865, 13O6.54 Marc
o 1869, 126l.35; March 1870, l7ls 6s
a March 1871, 1s22.60; March 1872, 2O82. "A
n March 1873, 1889 95.
!, After the reading OF the Secretary's II
IS port cold water song was sung by lit
l. fllie Pickles, a child Of years, daught,
of Mr.. VIM. ID. Pickles, and II was
truly remarkable musical Performance
"A and was received by the audience wit
manifestations Of the heaitlest delight.
, The Epworth School then sung
oh IA Lat IL q
- which the flag was presented to Il
\. banner class by Rev. Or. Matlack, past
~ Of Grace Church. The lag was gu
's rendered by Mr.. j. II. Lewis on behalf
Mr.. Harrlngton's class, which held
last year, and received by NJ
Lindsay, on behalf of the Aflerno,
t. School, ard three little girls on beha
z. Of Miss Annie Hare's class Of the Nor
as ing school. By reference to the tai
III above it will he seen that the contrib
IN tons Of Mrs. Causes class amounted
" $ls545, and those Of Mrs. Hare's ella
w to S35.
lg The schools then Joined IN choir
Vn 80, We are Youthful Soldiers, " follow
vol by chorus entitled Little Students
AT by the Iniant School.
he The Rev. NJ. l.. Banerjea, a Hind
from Calcutta, now studying TO prepa
himself for the Christian ministry
Drew Theological Seminary, was tn
lr' introduced, appearing In the native e.
10 tune, which differs so little from o
OF own costume, however, that il Is scare,
x noticeable at a distance, though a neal
10 examination shows 1t to be decided
W. peculiar. Mr.. Baneuea expressed era
re- ncatlon at the opportunity TO address
ne large andhnte ligent Christian audienl
re- He spoke Of his own country OF so mu
as smaller extent than ours, but contaipi
10 population Of 100000, 900. This VI
population is divided reigiously With II
IL docs and Mahomedans, the latter fer
~, intOlelant race, while the HiudOus .
=, people Of strong caste prejudicps. Boz
H. however, unite 10 looking on a Christi
lae as an inhdsl and an outcast, and Hind
M who should accidentally touch or
III touched by Christian would not en-
sss his own house again until be had cleanl
Of himself of the pollution by bat hing In
~ sacred Gauges. With such prcludlces
ny overcome, it was, Of course, difficult
- Introduce Christianity, but despite Il I
H. remarkable progress had been made, a
~ there we're now in India over $50. {
ain Christians aud a few native Christi
80 churches selfsupporting and under
az charge of native preachers. To emhri
mi Christianity In India was TO take VI
os, cross indeed, as it compelled the Civ
ia up Of father, mother, brothers and sist,
~, aud even wife and children If the lat
'N did not share the conversion. Asan III
NE tratiou of the difficulties encountered b
law convert to Christianity, he /
ew briefly the story of his faith,
IL conversion. His grandfather was
IN rich Brahinln Of Calcutta, OF
pad nlshes. caste, aa9 us son, the speak'
on la'nel,Mus hluuoo priest, Out was 8
one " mission school conducted by X