, 1876-07-23
LAKE BLUFF.
What the Sunday-School ASSEM-
bly, Did Yesterday.
The School Of the Present and of tha
Future,

Yesterday closed the first week Of The wast
ern Interstate sunday-school Assemb,v s. ~
Lake blun. It was comparatively quiet daY.
Inc session began Tuesday and led gradually to
Inc chna1 OF Thursday and Friday, when Tai
mage and the Centennial celebration impaired
the cro"n1ng Interest to the same. Friday saw
5,NO people at the Bluff, and the hotel and
lunch-stand did thriving business, while hun
drcds brought their lunches with them and plc-
nicked on the Bluff. Friday evening, the great
influx OF population returned to their homes.
and the Bluff was left to the quiet aud undis-
turbed possession Of the tenters and rcen1ar
guests Of the hotel. a few OF these returned to
their homes yesterday, but the regular stand
bys will remain till Tuesday night, when the
Assembly will adjourn.
| THE EXERCISES YESTERDAY MORNING
began at S O'Clock, with Gen. s. Lockwood
Brown as Chairman, and included worship and
Bble-reading, conducted BY the Rev. II. ~
Pa1Shurst; Sunday~school In full operation,
Mrs. Partridge, Of St. Louis, and Mrs. V. ].
Kent; and Bib1e-reading By Mr. B. F. Jacobs.
Shortly after O'Clock a heavy breeze sprang
up, tho skywas overcast with clouds, and all
things portendcd glorious wcttng for the
Buffers. The one Chicago policeman on
the grounds busted himself with giving
directions to the workmen at the Bluff about
securing tent ropes and tent poles, and al
| though the breeze WAS q "lifter," no damage
was done to the Temporary habitations. A hard
| rain set in and lasted about one hour, the wind
| keeping up good, strong, steady blow all the
time. The air was delightfully."- cool, and n,nst
of the rusticators, during the rain, remained in
| their canvas-cove1ed bahitations, or at the
| hotel, variously eugaged-some reading OF
| smoking, or doing both, and others holding
| prayer and praise meetings in tho smaller church
| tents. About 3 o'clock an attempt was made to
hold a meeting in the Tabernacle, hut, as tire
! place was somewhat damp, an adjournment WIS
made to the Evanston tent. where the Rev. Mr..
Williamson, Of the Wabash Arcneue Methodist
| Church, delivered an address on Babylon.
| 4 children's meeting in the same tent took
the place Of lecture by the Rev. G. c. McCabe,
| who, fo- some unknown reason, did not arrive
at the Bluff. This closed the afternoons excr-
cises, and the Buffers by this time we're very
much inclined to huddle together in the tents,
cover themselves with all the available he'd
| clothing at hand, and enjoy comfortable dozc
until suppcI-timc: Many carried out this pro-
grammc to the letter.
ATS o'clock in the evening, the Rev. H. c.
Tilton, Of Whitewater, Wis.,, delivered an ad-
dress on
ssTnE suxpAT-scHooL OF TIE FUTURE
Indicated by the Past" He traced the origin
of the Sunday-school from the earliest Christian
times when the young were gathered on the
Lords Day and Taught Christian doctrines and
duties. It was noticeable, too, that Fagan adults
shared in these Instructions Preparatory to
baptism and church membership These schools
continued for long period, subject to {aria-
tions and classifcations as the changing condi-
tions .and opinions Of society seemed to de-
mand. But, during the dark periods Of the
1921 Luther organized several schools in Ger
many, and in the last half Of the sixteenth cen
turv Cardinal Borromeo organized school In
the Cathedral Of Milan, and soon extended
them throughout his Diocese. Nevertheless,
principal object OF these schools seemed
to have been secular education.
During the seventeenth century the
Sunday-schoo1 grew up in England, Paris,
Ronre, aud Vienna. One was said to have been
multiplied during the eighteenth century under
the leadership OF such men as Raikes, Fox,
Wesley, Asbury, and Bishop White. Gradual
~ volunteer tcachers were replaced by hired
teachers, and, as the gvatuitous instruction Of
Sunday schools obtained, the religious element
prevailed. The constantly increasing facilities
Tor secular education at public expense had
much to do with this change. Since the begin
ming of the present century Sunday
s. fSh0Gs {se 9sa saaaTS6yd segSy Rsa mtpea ee&e ua
be one Of the most gigantic religious institu-
tions in the world. From this Centennial Sum
day-schooi milestone, as it were, the. speaker
surveyed the past in search Of the prophecy Of
the future.
Ono great fact was clear: the work Of one
period was preparation for the next The
childhood Of the world should be
pRE-EMPTED FOR CHRIST.
It should not only be taught truth, but It
should learn to love truth. It should revere
Christ, while it also had personal faith in Him.
It should not only know the ten command
ments and the beatitudes, but it should have
them inwrought with every fibre Of thought and
feeling. All history proved the necessity Of
f,r1trh 1{eoirffna in rhi1Hh1nH