Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1877-05-17
For the Advertiser.
Our Sunday School Festival.

Our Sunday ScnooA cesIisa'
1of.such is the Kingdom of Heaven
We have. always been fond OF little
children. They love truth. They are
ever sweet, graceful, confding and ingenu,,
Gus, q You, may teach them how 70 feau
'fhea Bible, hut they can teach you a lesson
Of love and faith. You may tell them. hem
about Heaven and eternal joys, but they
show what, sort of 'oreatures lnhaoit Tue
Paradise of God. You may'lexplaln TO
them the doctrines Of the New Testament,
hnt thew were, chosen To- illustrate the
sincere followers 81 the meek and lowiy
Jesus 9-ffl.7S5 5-.f ..i,lsi :. .,;+a
Well, we took up ourpeneI! 10 Write
about the Eagsfsllas Ids sppfd6fsS Wealth Weather was
fine. 1.-The morning aras bright, balmy ana
beautiful and. the rest. of the day was
true to its, early promise. I'm short, itwas
one of those soft, pleasant May days when
we can almost, imagine that the horizon
has been all lit up and glorifed by the
elitterine hills Of the distant Beulah ]! We
| Joined e the lengthy procession at the Metho-
dist Church and marched: topthe Baptist
Church 10 hear the reading of the Scrip
tures. PRAYERS, speeches, singing and mu-
sic. Before. reaching the church however,
it occurred to us, that the true soldiers OF
the GROSS are. ,,calms mild and peaceful
and why q Because their Commander Is
the "Prince of Peace" and because he
:alone,is omnipotent,; somniscient and om-
niiipresenti ;sathe King eternal, immortal.
invisible the only wise God. - The Sultan
Of Turkey, we we thought. is an Ginhdel, and
he NAV be a bad man; hut that does not
furnish the Gear Of, Russia with a warrant
from The Bible to propagate christianity
lat The point Of the sword. 49, .a.sg.-
Arrived at the church, Mr,sA. J: Norris,
the Superintendent Of the Baptist Sunday
| School. read the one hundred and third
Psalm, which Is one of the most touching
and remarkable pieces of composition on
record indeed it is. nothing less s@thAn
divine inspiration. rsAs . ploussi oussir5 t3ssss# 3ss#
35eeffusaIssm7 3ef once remarked to her father
who had been. reading the Psalmist to
her: WhySdo mensin modern times fail
to write in that Sublime strain ?" I" Be-
cause, answered the agonized parent, they
are no longer inspired"
We were pleased with all the hymns
sungIon this happy occasion. No sound
on earth can be more enhancing than the
voices of little children singing praises to
tie name Of our Heavenly Father This
kind of vocal music is. peculiar for its
sweetness and pathos, its freshness and
beauty, its .smopthness and cadence. Mrs.
Robert H. Minis presided at the organ,
and dealt out sweet sounds and appropriate
airs for the delectation of the refined as
sembly. And we are much indebt to
this lady for The most enjoyable part Of the
entire programme Without music, the
Church on Earth and the Saintsin Heaven,
would find an intolerable void in their
spiritual beatitudes. ~
7. After q feryent prayer by the Rev. Mr.
IIeard, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Mr.. a. w. Lynch, Of the Johnston High
School, was introduced to;the audience as
the orator of the day.. And right well did
he yperform his difficult task. He has
quite youtlfuf face, but his. discourse
s5vinced an old head and pious heart
May he live long enough to persuade every
child in South Carolina to attend the
Sunday School. One of this young gen
tleman's points, called by him the bee
hive, we copy for the benefit of our little
friends who love 10 read the 44drcrttser :
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