Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-27
Sunday School Mass Meeting.

FOCR THOUSAND CHILDREN ASSEMBLED.
The mass meeting of Sunday school children at
the Congregational Church yesterday AFTERNOON
was grand demonstration, upwards of four
thousand children being present, and a large
number Of spectators. Sunday schools were rep
resented as follows:-Foundry, A. NJ Smith
superintendent; Assembly Presbyterian, +. H.
Cobb Calvary Baptist, William Stickney; Metro
pOl1tan NJ. E., A. p. Lacey; Metropolitan Presby-
terrain, II. X. Simpson; First Presby terian, j. b.
Wight; Fourth Baptist, Charles B. Bailey; 18TH
street Baptist, J. B. Anderson; Waugh Chapel,
Union Mission, j. B. Johnson; Protestant Orphan
Asylum, j. Z. Kellogg; 13th-street Baptist, II. c.
Fox; E-street Baptist, N. c. Richards; North
ii. Peel; Ephphatha, Kendall Green, E. NJ. Gal
laudet-Prof f. A. Fay, Interpreter; New York
Avenue, Mr.. Quatffe; North Baptist, Mr.. Foster;
j. B. Dunckiee; Mount Zion ". <. Beaman:
Bethlehem Baptist HiIlsdale, c. w. Davis Zion
Baptist, b. K. Manning, and Israel Bethel, j. T.
Cornish.
The church was crowded to its utmost extent,
and an overflow meeting was opened at the Cal
vary Baptist church, and that edtfice was like
wise crowded. The exercises at the Congrega-
uonal church commenced by singing ''Holy
Holy, Holy" After reading OF the Scriptures by
DR.. Rankin, the schools sang In concert, 90 Won
derful Words OF Life" After prayer by Rev. DR..
Lanahan, the congregation sang, THE half has
never been told" Mr.. F. II. Cobb, president OF the
Sunday School Union, made brief address, in
which he said that there are 1000 scholars In
OhC llC dJttuuduUS vi jill Uue SCHOOLS
number 5000, Of whom one-fourth are adults
This leaves 1900 scholars. There are 10000
persons in the District between the ages of five
and twenty years. AS near as can be estimated
there are about 10 900 OF these in the Catholic
schools, leaving balance OF II, 900 who do not
attend any school These can be found in all
classes OF society. Not one-third OF the Sunday
school scholars receive any instruction at home,
In few years these II 900 outsiders will repre-
sent II 900 families who will know nothing about
Sunday schools. He asked whether they should
SIT idly by and make no effort to save these
1000? II the $4,000 scholars would work, they
could bring all these II 900 into the Sunday
school II every scholar would bring in one, the
II 600 would all be gathered in in one year. The
schools sang, Onward, Christian Soldiers" An
eloquent address on 'Children's Work in the
Sunday-schOol," was then delivered by William
St1ckney. my Redeemern was then sung, after
which Rev. DIR. Paxton delivered an address on
United Efforts" The hymn, "We're Marching
to Zion" followed, and the closing hymn, ssTrf.
umph BY and By" came next, and the exercises
closed with the benediCtion. The President and
Mrs. Hayes were present in the audience Pro-
lessor BlSchon presided at the organ and Pro-
lessor Wilson, OF the Foundry church, led the
singing.
The services at the Calvary church were pre-
sided over by Mr.. S. L. Crissey. Prof HAYDEN
was at the organ, and Mr.. .DeLand conducte1
the singing. Addresses were delivered by Rev
S. II. Mirick, Gen. E. Whittlesey, S. L. Crissey.
and c. n. Richards.