The daily gazette., 1875-11-08
EDITION
anniversaries.

H'"rrp,AN CHURCH SUNDAY schooLs
81 h.,,'~rpEsTING sERvICEs-ANNlVER-
nr Ar EpwoRTH CHAPEL.
.,rdav afternoon the seventh
!rsysary ,ss, of West Presbyterian
.nalanr nav Schools was celebrated IN the
5nrci, ,rr corner Eighth ana washington
.;-Ge.s' 'oburch was well filled and the
Inc l.,;ons were very fine. Around
lccola,tnit extended a double archway,
he pup one bearing the motto: 81
ne aVp Trust and not be Afraid, in large
si,' ~ letters; and the lower one THAT
faacE y, Ii is Christ" in large blue letters.
aUSH .dor this arch was mound putt up
Dae, ata nnlpit in the shape OF rocks,
~ sno a miniature church on top, made
ai.n i.anresent "a house that was built
non rock. o.oo, ,u ,ho
..hool mol singing BLESS the Lord . my
suJ" ss.,J" followed with prayer by the
Ns,, ,or Rev. J. M. ?. OTIS.
1I, The Infant School then sang, II am
;,ns Little Lamb"
'"T1 The annual report of the Superin-
luu i,ut Charles Baird, was read,
t.. tt..ring the condition of the school at
as % nresent time, and its progress
i",ipg n the past year. The present
"mher .. of teachers and scholars
u..nl,ed is 500 with an average atten-
,..ce of 2j0; infant scholars 133 with
'auvU Droraoe of So. This small average
~ ~.s caused by so much sickness during
a '.a vear. During the year they have
.aS os two scholars by death, May Stod-
Isrt aged six years, died January,
is s-5 An older scholar of the pastors
sibo i class departed this life October
~, Memorials to both of these were
.aresented, a, consisting of wreath and
After the reading of the report the
.rbOol sung "The new Over There.
Torcert exercises were the rext fea-
.r,o of the programme and were very
nierpstinr. They consisted of rcspon-
.iys .r Rotations all relating to the
Rock of Ages"
These exercises consisted of severa!
classes Of young ladies reciting, in or
DER der various passages of scripture rela-
inc snc IN the following subjects: "The
SSsie S Foundation;" "The Fountain of
living WATERS" 1.-THE Sure Defence"
1The Lord our Righteousness" "The
lord our Deliverer;" "The Lord our
comforter" After each scriptural
recitation, a hymn was sung by the
school, in the following order; "Stand
opthe Rock" Glowing Rock" "The
Rock of Salvation;" "The Everlasting
Rock" "The Rock that's Higher than
/" "The Shcltering Rock. AT the
close the choir sang Crock of Ages, "
with appropriate effect.
Rev. DR.. Otis then made brief ad
lress, in which he referred to the deatE
Of two of their number, and to the re-
cent floating debt Of the church, which
he said was all cancelled. He thanked
he school and all others who alceC
hem, for their kind assistance. II,
aid that last Sunday the school took {
pecial collection for that purpose anC
ncceeded in raising over $500 which
vas remarkably we'll for a Sunda,
school.
During his remarks he spoke of th'
cur successful young ladies who wcr
abe to answer every question giver
% them at the at the Catechism Bee
leld in the church week or two ago
md presented them with their prizes
Is follows
Miss Matte Wales, Bunyan's Pill
Tim's Progress.
Miss Sallie Jones, Bunyan's Phi
gim's Progress.
Miss Ella Walker, Bunyan's PiI
grim's Progress.
Miss Addie Belts, Church Hymnal
The closing hymn 1.-The Ninety an
Ni1e," the favorite hymn of Mood
and Sankey, was then sung by tn
school, and the benediction pronounC
ed by the pastor, and thus ended on
u the most pleasant anniversaries c
This Sunday School. +. II.
THE Anniversary AT EPwoRTH.
The anniversary of Epworth NJ. l
sunday School, yesterday afternoon
was attended by an audience whic
eIowded the chapel in every par
Miss Estella Davis presided at the o
gan, and the scholars rendered a num
Der Othymns very finely, The schoC
9eport showed six officers, 2l teacher
and liz scholars infant school
scholars One teacher and seve
scholars have died during the year
Two Of the latter were Amelia an
serbia {. Long, aged and ) year
VINO died last winter, of scarlet feve
within few days of each other !
"a reference TO their deaths Henry {
5onrad, Esq, read touching obitua
y Mr. Conrad also recitcd "A stol
mat Touches the Heart" in exeelle
@yie, Appropriate addresses we
made by Rev, Joseph L. Smith,
trace Church. Rev. A. ID. Davis, pa
'or OF Epwsrth, and John White, 81
2erlntendent OF the Sunday School, '
d. Billany and Job jackson, form
olperintendents, gave interesting r
minissences Of the organization of Il
-Four persons did the work, ono r
naming in the school while the 9th
.afee went out after scholars. Eat
VI me three brought in one schols
ana thus the school commenced. Ol
u these original scholars, Jerry Scot
was present at the anniversary. r.
.aeicises, throughout, were very i
tfesting, and were much enjoy
Wall present.