Middletown transcript., 1878-03-16


ting prelude to the songs of praise which were
soon to follow from human hearts.
At 7.30 O'Clock the classes, under the lead
ership of their several teachers, filed quietly
into the room and occupied seats reserved for
them, which was indeed a very large portion
Of the main floor Of the church. When all
were seated and the shush of silence reigned
supreme the Superintendent tapped his bell
which was signal for the opening chorus,
30 Praise the Lord" sung by the school in
excellent time
A short prayer by the pastor then followed,
after which, the primary department sang the
chorus. "Let them come unto Me-" Mrs.
Massey, MIS- Luton and Miss Lille Lingo, at
the head of this department, deserve great
credit for the manner in which those little
'buds of promise acquitted themselves in this
exercise, during which Miss Lingo presided at
the organ.
Sad Tidinqs," dialogue between the
superintendent and school, on the fall Of man,
was next on the programme, and was followed
by duartette, Saviour, Comfort me, = which
was beautifully rendered by Misses Pennington,
Jump and Leatherbury and Messrs. Price and
STYLES. Next, was 'Glad Tidings," dia-
logue between the pastor and superintendent
in reference to the birth of a Redeemer. This
was followed by solo and chorus, 'The An
gelic Choir, beautifully rendered by the
choir. "Redemptive Tidings" followed, which
was another dialogue giving an account Of the
redemption Of man. after which came the
chorus, "Joyously Sing, by the school.
"Sending the Tidings' came nex., and was a
most important part Of the exercises. Each
class. upon being called by the superintendent,
arose repeating passage from the Scriptures,
and sent messenger forward with a tribute,
in the shape of the contribution of the class, en-
closed in an envelope.
At the conclusion of this exercise, the quar-
tette tAs a shepherd was sung by the
choir. followed by the beautiful chorus, ''The
Wonderful River" sung by the school.
Now came the most beautiful and impressive
part of the exercises The little girls of the
primary department had withdrawn to the
lecture room after the exercise of Sending the
Tidings," and when this part Of the pro-
gramme was reached they re-entered the
room. each wearing sash On which was
printed in gilt letters the name Of the country
represented, and each bearing a small sheaf
of wheat Filing up the aisle, the little girls
took their places in line upon the platform,
and each representative, upon being called up
on by the superintendent, stepped forward
with greeting and placed her little sheat at
the foot of the cross. The replies from the
different representatives were as follows: In
dia For jesus China "China welcomes
the Gospel :" Japan, THE isles wait for thy
law . Bulgaria, 1.-THE crescent bows to the
Cross;'' Germany, Germany remembers
Luther !" Scandinavia, Norway, Denmark
and Sweden send christian greetings" AT
rica, "Africa stretches out her hands to
God = Italy, ''Italy turns from priestcraft to
Christi Mexico, Mexico is eager for the
Gospel" South America, "Welcomes the
truth" Home Missions, ENLISTED under the
Cross" As the last sheaf was deposited at
the foot of the cross, golden crown descended
from the evergreen arch to the top ofit, while
the sheaves were bound to the foot of it with
the girdle Of faith, 7 after which, that grand
chorus, ''All hail the power of Jesus name,
was sung by the school. y
Next followed quartette, "Jubiiate,
neatly rendered by the choir, at the close Of
which, the Rev Mr. Martindale, pastor Of the
church, informed the assembly that the most
interesting part Of the programme had been
reached. THE word indicating the part" be
said, ''you will perceive is in plain English
and not in Latin or Greek. The word is col
lection, and we take it up not because we
need any more money for this cause at present,
but because it is customary, and because we
have some expenses in the preparation for the
Anniversary" The collection was then taken,
after which the school joined in the singing Of
the chorus ';Who will reply?"
The Secretary's report was next in order
and gave very flattering account Of the con-
dition of Bethesda NJ. E. Sabbath School
and good showing for its efforts in fnan-
cial way towards the support of both Foreign
and Home Missions Mr. G. E. Hukill, the
! Secretary, read the report from which we have
space to give only few extracts. The school
numbers 81 officers and teachers and 224
scholars Highest attendance during the year,
2ll; lowest attendance 60. Highest amount
raised for the Missionary cause by any class,
was rs follows: Missions, S45 76; Home
support, 50 80 total, $50 %. The next
highest class on the list, contributed
for Missions, $4l 90; Home support,
Sl4 &C.; total, $50 O6. The contribution Of
the Primary department amounted 70 Sl4 70.
The lowest contribution by any class was
| 81 IS. The aggregate amount raised was, for
Missions, S2n6 40; Home support, Sl52 ~
total, S358 CT; which, in these hard times, is
certainly goodly amount for Sabbath
School 10 raise for the Missionary cause. w
understand this is the highest amount evel
raised by this Sabbath School.
At the conclusion of the reading of the re
port by the Secretary, the chorus, "The King
dom Coming" was sung, after which the sup
erintendent called upon Mr.. Martindale for al
address. He responded by saying he woult
repeat an address which he gave on forme
occasion Of the kind, which was as follows
parents, teachers, scholars and friends jus
consider yourselves addressed /" This woui'
be his address tonight, but there was ON
thing he desired to call attention to. He wa
well aware that many persons who did no
look favorably upon the Missionary eaus
were under the impression, or expressed
the idea that it cost the greater portion OF thl
money to send it 10 the missionary fields, or
in other words, that it cost ninety-nine cent
to send the olher cent to the field. This wa
altogether mistaken idea. for he had reliabl
informrtion that the whole expense of sending
this money was but three per cent, or thre
cents out of each dollar. In conclusion, Mr.
Nartindale called attention TO the fact tina