Smyrna times., 1880-06-16


GUArDING THE YoUNG.-The editor of
the Dtlao0arG Republican, who was on the e
excursion with the Union M. E. Sunday a
School last Thursday to Woodland Beach,
in his favorable reflections on the place .
closes with the following, which would be :,
as appropriate perhaps to every other water g
ing place on the coast: "There is only one =
thing the proprietors will have to restrain
and that is the sale Of liquor. 1t took the
combined influence of the excursion COM {
mittec and Mr.. Reybold, the President of {
the company which own the grounds, to {
stop tho sale of beer and other liquors.
However it was stopped and no more was
sold until after the excursion left. If the
proprietors want Sunday Schools and chur-
ches to patronize Woodland Beach, they
must adopt stringent measures against the
sale of intoxeants whi'o excursions are
there
WIND AND RAIN.-On Saturday afternoon
between and o'clock thunder shower
came from the North with great rapidity
and burst upon the town the tempest filling
every place with clouds of dust. 4 drench.
ing rain speedily followed, which brought
| gladncss everywhere as it was badly needed.
! Tho force Of the wind was in advance Of
the dash of the rain, and beyond the break
! ing of few boughs, there was very little
damage. On Sunday afternoon, however,
it was different. The two came together
and with such violence rs to be quite des-
tructive to shade and fruit trees, dozen
or more being twisted off or split to pieces. |
Early corn suffered considerable by being |
broken off at the ground where it was
jointing. In many peach orchards the |
trees were badly broken, one farmer near
town estimating his loss at near 1000
baskets.
REV. 7. X. PETERSON, Of Philadelphia,
visited this town on Saturday remaining
until Monday. lie was the guest Of Rev.
j, A. Brindlc, preaching for him at Bethel
and Seversons on Sunday morning and
afternoon and for the Rev. Mr.. Haynes at
night. Mr.. I. is a son Of the late John
Peterson for many years one Of the pro
prIetOrs Of the tannery here. Mr. Peter
son has been a successful business man in
the city but is more widely known there as
a local preacher ready to help and ready to
give wherever he can be Of service to
others. He is now in charge of a Mission
at Jenkntown in the suburbs Of the city
| which he serves without compensation,
and contributes the larger part to all their
} enterprises. lie has thus been the means
of originating, commencing with Taberna-
Gle Church, perhaps dozen congregations
, that have grown up TO be strongly estab-
! lishcd churches, helping each Of them to
{ the amount of thousands of dollars.
5 SAD CAsE.-One Of the victims of tile i'll.
/ fated NuraganscH, which was run into and
burned on Friday night at midnight on
| Long Island Sound, was Rev Charles f.
Peak, son.in.law Of Rev. DR.. Hayward, Of
T Dover, we'll known as a forcible temper
I ance orator and preacher III this COM
munity. Mr.. Peak was prominent minis
! ter of the denomination known as the
Christian Brethren. lie had recently bought
q a farm near Dover. Some two weeks ago
o he received preliminary "call' from the
: church at Westerly, r. l., and was on his
way to ill an engagement iOr Sunday when
Overtaken with the fatal disaster. On
F. Monday morning, not knowing anything
g Of the terrible catastrophe (the telegraph
2, poles having been prostrated by the storm
st of the day before) his wife and daughter,
y young lady Of II years, took the train for
rs this town at Dover and thence by the
k steamer j. +. T4gct for Philadelphia.
ss After they had left home a telegram was
received by DR.. Hayward notifying him OF
N the death of Mr.. Peak, and Fastening to
n this town 10y carriage he found them at the
"a Delaware House. When he broke to them
le the sad intelligence, there was scene that
ElduS luS SlOUiC6t nedIlo 'luall HCII
n, grief was overwhelming and the shock a
IS severe strain that they could scarcely beal
q. up under. When sufficiently recovered
they got into the carriage and rode back tc
~ Dover, from which place they intended tC
e take the o'clock train for Stonington
:" ~ Connecticut, whittier the body had beer
- carried from the wrecked steamer. Mr.
~ Peak was 43 years old.
e, CnLDEES's DAY-Sunday last was prop
IN erly observed as "Childrens Day" at the
h. NJ E. Church in this town. The churcl
he was very tastfully decorated with vines ant
flowers, the rose predomnating. In from
of of the pulpit was a stand of most beautiful
oe pot flowers, the chancel rails and gallery
,es supports were entwined with ivy, honey
10 suckle &C., and from each lamp bracke
d. was suspended a rustic hanging basket
ot the whole presenting pleasing aspect, anC
ID. throwing out rich fragrance from th
or fowers-emblemati Of youth love, beaut,
IT, and the resurrection. The choir led off il
10. a voluntary "Wake the songs of Jubilee
which was beautifully rendered. Rev. Nj
Haincs selected for his discourse the sui
W ject of " music" taking for his text til
ii passage containing the narrative Of tn
~ ~ singing of the angels at the Annunciatior
y" lie said that words were wonderful, bu
ne music was more so, made up of melodie
~ and harmonies that no selfwill could vic
us 4I' late without producing discord, and wa
~ governed by laws that were beyond tn
ca creation of man, dating back to the tim
"s when the morning stars sang together.
iet In elucidating his subject lie carried tn
parallelism between the harmonics of musi
lay and that of the christian life through tim
nd to eternity in a very thoughtful discourse
ana The Sunday School in the afternoon
Ap- shortly after assembling assembled to tn
zen upper room and were entertained wit
zen very pleasant exercises of speaking an
an singing. They were first. however, aftC
Tm the opening prayer by Mr.. A. P. Griffith
tai reviewed on the lesson OF the day by til
OF Superintendent. Jas. c. Lassell. Rev. J. '
5ht Smith was the first speaker and was folio,
ed by Miss Mary V. Spearman, a sele,
aen reading by Mr.. o. B. Voshell the "Eag
ler- Rock" and the closing address by NJ
ion Herman Roe. These exercises were inte
va spersed with singing under the direction
his w. o. IIoffecker and that Of the Infar
in School under Miss Elya c. Carrow TT