The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-12-28
Old School Presbyterian Church

so uoftNNs sntV,sS u'S0oSUsC0 ~
any OF Seda!ia's church ed,6css ihxD was
piesen, at the Old School Presbyterian
Christmas eve. At seven O'Clock nesrl,
every seat was occupied by SCHOLARS of the
Sunday school and memb- n Of the congo.
CATION. The Chris'ma Tree, some fourteen
ieet high, {. /. ended from the fosf 10 the ce,l.
ing, and was beautifully deco. a'ed with
variega;ed articles for d'siTiuu ON, the
sane lighted up with wax ispe,- p:ent'-
fully in,ersr~rsed There a,e about LIS
scholars t-eiousing To the school, aud Oh The
tree wss present for each, b"si6es a NUM-
Der tina, wsie lett BY lovirs ..ienJ.
or relatives to lie .iv.n 10 some
particular person. Those were. OF conise,
outside of the rcbooi's donaiis.n, and IN
presenting them Mr.. Heard ,esasrksd that
Il vas the first time aEctning al the ird
bad ben p-Tmi ,-J by the Old School Pr -
i,vier.sn-, ~ some schoisss weIe thus gwen
more man other, which should tot be ihe
case in a di-. ,nGiion of thi- character.
Tie even.n.. service wss "lened wIth n
sorg by tine school. wiih Ms. d.. Roger.
i,,esidiIg at the o;yas. At the CONCLUSION,
,le pasior, Rev. p. %. Stephenson, read a
lev verses ron the second cbspier ii Luke.
A PRAYER by the pastor followed, alter
which 4 song. "Je~eis, Gas sung lay eli
present.
M. g. G. Heard, superintendent OF the
school, then srose, aud after Calling alien
ion 10 the handsome tree, said that num-
Der OF little 2 r;s would amu-e Tie consre-
CATION for o lev minute. with songs, reci.
siions, etc aId s-Sei the hi,ie ones keep
a. -.i!i a. possible. as the prese,is sruid he
distributed ut the conclusion of The e.e.-
c.ses.
Title Hathaway, a miss Ut twelve or
.birieen years, appeared in front of he
On ance, and Ieciied ''Chgistms, Tree" in a
.;y.- ,bst WAS really sdmirable, aud ado ded
not little amusement o nef hea.er-
Abou. "a cue aud apr orIIa,e AN Offering
as the fepo, 'er Ienemuer % hsve he~;d OF
az OCCASION Of tbs t'n,i Was the recits ION
IT IL Diiu'i K.ow What 4, Meant" by
little Jeunis Weabei, only i've or elk yeas
Old. A. lady remarked, '-he was jus;
70 cute ior anything"
A song nv three little g;.!., ranging in
years IRON tive 10 seven, Was appropriate
and we'll rendered, NJ Mss the concluding
recitation by Nelis Hester, = miss Of seven
years.
TIE exercises weie indeed credilable, con-
-idef;ss that the little ones had only had
weeks lime in which 10 prepare them
selves.
A cong, Fling the Bells Of Heaven" by
the entire school, wss the last exercise pre-
psrs;ory To the distribution Of presents.
For tins nu' pose four little gir:--Bisnche
Gauss, Katie Arnold, NJ: ME Dsvid and
Eeriie DoweTs-Wefe selected. As they
came 10 the front, dressed in . handsome
Chris; MSS COSTUME, with \ prciueion OF
bells j,ncling iron ound their necks,
,hes presented a charming appearance.
Rev. Stephenson, Mr.. Eeard, M. kumm
aid Mrs. Stephenson and Mrs. Rogers then
piucsed the presents from The tree, on each
of which Wa the name OF the party for
whom j, Was intended, and they we're pre-.
-enied 70 the four little g'rls, Who de!iv-
cred them u the owners. Ii took come
thirty minutes TO perform the task, bat il
was accomplished TO the satisfaction of all,
TO one being neglected, and al showing BY
their happy faces thas il was indeed
Merry Christmas for all.
The exercises we're concluded BY the
singing Of hymn and the pronouocing OF
a beaesiiciion, after which tie entire a..
.enbiy adjourned 10 their homes, rejoicing
in the thought thst 40 many bad been
made really happy.