Daily Republican., 1879-10-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL GATHERING
Annual Gathering OF the sunday
Schools 3n st. Johns r. +. Church
Last Evening - Exercises OF an
Interesting Character.

Interesting Character.
The st. Johns Protestant Episeopa
church, in Brandywine village, was wei
attended last evening, upon the occasion
Of the annual gathering of the Sabbath
Schools. The exercises We're conducted
in a faultless manner. Mrs. BrintoI
presided at the organ. A noticeable
and commendabls feature was the lack
of a restless manifestation upon the
part of the congregation, which is gen.
orally prevalent upon such occasions,
when lengthy and tedious addresses are
made.
The exercises commenced by singing
'Hark Hark, my soul ! Angelic songs
are swelling" ETC., which was followed
by the recital of the Lords prayer,
when the leader said, so Lord, open
Thou our eyes" In response the
schools said, "And our mouths shall
show forth thy praiss:"
Here, all standing up, the minister
said: "Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son and to the Holy Ghost"
Answer-As it was in the beginning
is now, and ever shall be, world with.
out end. Amen.
Minister-Praise ye the Lord.
Answer-The Lords name be praised
Psalm 81 1-22 was read, the leader
and children reading alternately every
other verse, which was followed by
singing "Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son and to the Holy Ghost" St.
Luke 2: 4l-52 was chosen as the les
son. The Cantate Domino, go sing
unto the Lord a new song" was nicely
sung.
The Apostles Creed was quoted
when Rev. Mr.. Ware offered prayer
Minister-The Lord be with you.
Answer-And with thy spirit.
Minister-O Lord, show Thy mercy
upon us.
Answer-And grant us Thy saliva
tion.
Minister-O God, make clean oul
hearts within US.
Answer-And take not Thy Holy
Spirit from us.
The schools sang "Saviour, who Thy
Flock art feeding" An address was
to have been made by visiting min.
lister, but on account of sickness he
failed to be present. The address ther
was to have been delivered by west
ern bishop, but owing to call to re-
turn to his field Of labor, he was alb
sent, and this portion of the pro-
gramme had to be omitted.
The schools prettily sang " Holy,
Holy, Holy Lord, God of Hosts, Eternal
King" Rev. John Bolton, of West
Chester, gave very interesting talk to
the children, of which adults would do
we'll to take heed. The course of his
remarks was as follows: Children, you
all have been baptized, and when you
were baptized and received in Christ's
FAMILY, you were signed with His cross,
therefore continue faithful soldiers un-
til the end. Religion is the most prac'
tical thing in the world.
The speaker had drawn the outlines
OF a man ON a blackboard, and with
crayon in his hand, as a minister read
passage of scripture, he would plain
ly illustrate it. Paul was the most
practical man that ever lived. During
his life he had been guarded by SOL
diers, and at one time he had been
chained to one, and when he lay down
to sleep the soleier would have to lie
down alongside of him also. Therefore
in writing to mis- friends when he re.
ferred to soldiers he perfectly under
stood to what he had reference.
The figure which Mr.. B had drawn
represented q soldier clad in armor.
He girt this man about with a girdle in
order to illustrate the apostles words,
"Having thy loins girt about with
truth" If a man is christian he will
speak the truth at all times. The
apostle says we must have on the breast
plate of righteousness. By reference
to the picture the breastplate covers
the heart. and he who has on the
breastplate of righteousness will have
his heart covered with righteousness.
That is what christianity means. A
portion of the armor worn by soldiers
was composed of material resembling
fish scales this was made in this man
ner so that the wearer would not be
retarded when wishing to move about.
SO he who has the holy armor on can
move about easily in Gods service.
We are to take the shield of faith in
order to quench the fiery darts of the
wicked. The Romans had an eagle
upon their shields, the christians
a cross, and thus when We baptize
you We sign you with a cross so that
you will not be ashamed of Christ.
When you hear minister talking
about faith he wants you to have a
shisld-a living faith. We should
brighten up our shield every morning,
not have it merely for Sunday use. A
soldier generally brightens his shield
each day.
The apostle enjoineth us to have our
Feet sho1 with the preparation OF the
gospel of peace. The feet leave prints
IN the sand, and he who has his feet
,hod in this manner will leave marks
If goodness wherever he goes.
The apostle also advises lis to take
he helmet of salvation, which is placed
lpon the head, here is where the good
hings are stored. All the good things
re not in persons pocket. Religion
leals with the body, head, hands and
set. Some people think it deals merely
With the hands and feet, but Paul
hought differently. He thought the
ead should know what religion is.-
therefore it bebooves us to have knowl-
dge. The devil goes about like roar
ng lion, we may have doubts, then we
hould have on the helmet and be able
, know what God says relative to the
natter.
Referring to the picture, Mr.. B. said, s