The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-24
FROM me SOUTHWESTERN f5es5yt -
A. SABRATgIlINf NEIVc ORLEANS

1.fh ffAfdSSBfA1iif1 I'm fNEffc QRtHANS
Mr.. EdTk0r:-A stranger, sojourning in
your city, I visited one of your Sabbath
schools, yesterday Sunday j. morning at
ilalf2Past nine. O'clock found the door
closed, a number of boys and girls wait
ing, and card on the door written-late
1--"sPlease wait. until the opening services
close" AS soon as they closed, oiiie of the
Larger boys opened the door AID Invited
me to walk ii. which I did, and found the
school room w3oll filled with teachers and
pupils earnestly engaged on, the Interna-
tional lessons. 9 All seemed earnest and
happy / After the lessons were said, the
superinten dent engaged the attention of
the whole school to the Black board, on the
books in the Bible and heself0ol mani
Tested the fine training Of its teachers.
At eleven O'Clock, L listened to an un.
usually instructive, entertaining and COM
forting sermon from your eloquent and
able divine, pr P57Tz ION the words of
the Prophet: Nv therefore do.rye spend
money for that which IS not breade" Us.
~, 2. J It was a feast Of fat thing and the
large congregation tu&uriated "a the -rich
viands. y, The gospel of Christ. was held
out as sufficient to satisfy all the wants of
our spiritual nature; but l must hold my
pen. 1aE3o snoF1e .gniWoI0s Cd
Atihalf- past three O'clock the eighteen
Presbyterian Sabbath-schools of New
Orleans were fast filling UP the First Pies
byterian church; before four; everyseat on
the floor and in the galleries, and all the
aisles and all the ostanding4room were
crowded III More than two thousand chill.
dren, with their teachers andfmany hon
ored parents and interested, spectators,
were preseht-+a sight Inever saw before.
Over twoi thousand; happy children
lambs of the hocke=sw aiting tosbe fed. o!
how my heart went out for themt And
they were welb fed, and ate. to, the full,
and went AWAY satibfed.sBesides the sing
ing and praying and Ireafling the Scrip
lures, DIR Palmer gave the parents very
earnestladdress, and told how God estab-
llshed His Church in the family before the
flood, when the father was the priest and
the mother the ipriestesss and they offered
sacrifices land prayers to God; and after
the flood, when Noah-and, his three sons
and their wives -went~eat-of the ark, He
again established His Church in the fam
ily;fand then again, in the fullness of time,
IN the days of our Saviour, the promise
was still to the parents and their Children;
and the speaker rejoiced that the Church
was still composed ofjthe parents and
their children and urged upon parents
that, however excellent their Sabbath
schools, however competent and faithful
the teachers, however earnest and able
their ministers, none oflthem could come
in the place ofthe parenta but let the pa
rent say, Some. children, LET US study
our Sunday school lessons and with
many other words did he Sexhort and en-
courage the parents and children. ,5sa
After singing and reading the report,
Rev. A. n. Wycof preached the sermon
to the children. He gained their attention,
and interested and instructed them am
told the Methodist and Episcopal, and
perhaps other churches, Have many lambs
of the HocKa Plat they may all be we'll
fed is the prayerpfa . q STRANGER.