The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-06-19
PULPIT AND PLAFFeRM.
HIGH STREET SUNDAY SCHOOL.

| The fftieth anniversary of High Street Sun
day School was celebrated last evening. The
| Superintendent, Mr.. VIM. M. Marks, in his re-
port, stated there were four oficers,27 teachers
and 23S scholars in the school, which has held
a sessions the past year.No deaths have occur
red and several of the school have Joined the
church. The school has given $25 for
room for Miss A. G. Chandler at Will
mington N. c.; $25 for the Protestant Mission
at Florence; American Board $40; DR.. Chick
| ering ST. school, New Sweden S.; Mi ssion
| work, Portland, S.. The Young Ladies Circle
has nearly established free bed at the Hos
! pital and probably will succeed in the autumn.
| The Mission Circle has sent flag to Armenia
College, Turkey. The mite-boxes have yielded
| $6S.47 The children's sale realized 500 for
| Miss Agnes Lord at Constantinople. The
| school has raised $15820 for the Womans
| Board of Foreign Missions, Of which Mrs
Fenn's class gave 1920. Mr.. Thurston S class
| gave $25 for support of a pupil at Hampton
| Normal School, Miss Scales's two classes con-
| tributed for for the school Freedmen at Boyd
| town, Va; Miss Thompson's Tor the Maine
| Missionary Society, and Mr.. Staples's class
| communion service for the Burlington, Me-,
| church.
Mr.. c. B. Thurston, the efficient librarian
| for nine years, resigned, and Mr.. u. IL. Snow
| was promoted with Mr.. f. P. Marsh as Assis-
| tant The library COMMITTEES are Miss Q. M.
Scales Miss Mary Thompson, and Mrs. w. M.
Marks. There are 432 volumes; added last
year.
Mr.. r.. P. Scales, Treasurer, reports receipts,
$651.42; disbursements, S430.40; balance $221.-
OF. OF the above $14902 was balance from
last year.
Mr.. Brown Thurston gave an interesting his
tory of the school from its inception to the
present time From it we learn that It was
decided to form a school Dec. 18th, 1881 and
John D. Kinsman, o. B. Dorranee, and Isaac
Smith were appointed a committee for that
purpose. Feb I'd, 1882, the committee report
ed constitution, and Feb. 7th the school was
organized. John d. Kinsman was elected Su-
uerintendent Royal W. Lincoln, Secretary,
Librarian and Treasurer; and Luther Dana,
with Misses Mary Smith and Harriet Pope
Advisory Committee. Among the historical
items we find vigilance committee was APP
pointed JAN 9th, 1910, but no explanation is
given of it. W. G. Mitchell, Superintendent
in 1889, kept the first systematic school record.
During that year there were 81 classes and 343
scholars. The school rules of that date are
given. Mrs. III. 7. Park was teacher 81 years
ago in the little brick school house on Spring
street. which was the nucleus of High street
school. Great efforts were then made to help
the poor and neglected. In 1857 mission
school Of 63 scholars, and teachers was sus-
tanned on Bracket street by this school, and
teachers furnished for other mission schools.
The average attendance for 90 years has
been 100, though in 1867 it numbered 2l0. In
1914 there were Ala scholars and an average at
tendanceAof pol. Deacon Smith did much for
the school by his wise rules. 1t has been i'm
possible to obtain the number Of conversions, |
but as far as can be learned they amount to ll3.
In 1856, when Mr.. Thurston was Superinteh-
dent, Scripture subjects were given out by a !
committee appointed for six months, and con- |
tinued until the system of national lessons, eS |
tablished ten years ago. The first arrange |
ment of the lecture room was church slips |
from the back of the room extending to the |
desk; these gave way to square pews with the |
desk In the CENTRE and these, in turn. in 1850, |
to light settees and a carpeted floor. The fol- |
lowing is list of Superintendent and Assis- |
tants:
Royal W. Lincoln Assistant and Secretary, Feb. z,
1882, to some time in 1888.
Isaac Smith. Nov 1888, to Nov, 1885.
William Hyde, Nov. 1885, to October 20, 1887. |
VIM. G. Mitchell, Oct. 30, 1887, to Nov. 5, 1889.
isaac Smith, Nov. 8, 1889, to Nsv. 81, l84l; |
James B. f oaSoo sse Nova q 1884,
Francis Z. Pray, Assistant, 1S41 and 1912; Danl |
Evans, Assistant, 1843.
Woodbury. S. Dana, Oct. "a, 1874, to Feb. "a,
1545; Daniel Evans, Assistant.
Daniel Evans, Feb %, 1915, to Jan. 1851; N. o.
Cram Assistant part of the time; Francis e. Pray
Assistant the rest.
sewall q. Chase, Jan. 1851 to Nov. II, 1855;
Francis E. Pray, Assistant
Brown Thurston, Nov. IL, 1855, to Jan. 1860; |
Alexander Tyler, Assistant during the term.
Llewellyn Deane, Jan. /, 1860 to Jan. l. 1862;
Thomas e. Twitchell, Assistant 1860; Alexander
Alexander Tyler, Jan L, 1852, to Jan. Is, 1862
George H. Cook, Jan 10, 1862, to Feb n, 1866;
Brown Thurston, Feb 27, 1865, to Jan, 1925
VIM. NJ, Marks, Assistant 1865, '66, '67, ,6S; Ho-
f. Thurston, Assistant, from Aug4 1870, and 1871.
Richard Abbott, Jan.7, 1872, to JAN 1, 1873; S.
Colman Allen, Assistant ISIS 1872, ,7S, =; Charles
sstant, 1877.
Horace W. shaylor, Jan. 1, 1873, to Jan. /,
Evans, Assistant, 1879, to Feb. 20, 1880.
VIM. M. Marks. jim. L, 1886; Richmond P.
Scales, Assistant, March Z, 1880.
Addresses were made by the pastor, Rev.
VIM. H. Fem, and by the former Superinten-
DENTS Brown Thurston and Richard Abbott
The church was beautifully decorated with
floral offerings.
WILIsIoN CHURCH.
Yesterday was "Children's Sunday at this
church and, according to CUSTOM was also the
anniversary of the Sunday school.
The display of flowers in baskets and wreaths
was very profuse A beautiful feature of the
decorations was broken colua,n trimmed
with flowers and evergreen in memory of the
members of the Sabbath school VINO have died
during the year.
In the morning the pastor, Rev. f. E. Clark,
the text found in John, stThere is lad here |
with five barley loaves and two small fishes"
After describing the scene of the miracle OF
feeding the five thousand, the preacher said |
there were many boys and girls before him like
the little boy of old, who had something that |
the Lord Jesus wantea and something that |
they could give Him. They had ready hands |
and feet, warm hearts, quick minds, and great |
possibilities of future usefulness. These Christ |
could multiply and distribute until they had
blessed all the world.
He then urged all the children to bring what |
they had to Christie bring it all, not keeping |
back one of the fishes or part of the loaves; |
to bring it, however small and trivial it seemed |
to them, and the Saviour would accept what |
they brought and make it very useful. MIR. |
Clark illustrated his points by various anec- |
dotes from the lives OF Jonathan Edwards, |
Robert Hail. David Livingston and others
At the close of the sermon two children were |
baptized; and nine children who had been bap- |
tized in infancy, and had now reached the age |
of years, were presented by the pastor with |
copy of the revised new testament, after few |
appropriate words.
In the evening large audience gathered to |
observe the sixteenth anniversary of the Sab |
bath school,
From the Superintendent's report we gather
the following:
Total membership. ....420
Average attendance.
Largest oOS
Smallest. ........,,...-..,-......... %
Total receipts. % az
During the year one teacher, Miss O'Donnell |
and one scholar, Willie Tolman, have died, |
and during the year 80 have been admitted to |
the church from the Sunday school.
During the 4 years in which Mr.. j. f. JEFF |
ferds has been Superintendent the school has |
more than doubled in membership. The school |
meets every Sunday in the year, not taking a |
vacation as is the custom in some Churches |
This last fact will account for the apparently |
small average attendance. Much praise is due |
Mr. Jefferds for his untiring labors in behalf of
the school, and although his labors are hard |
they are faithfully performed and are thor |
oughly appreciated by pastor and people.
The anniversary exercises were very inter- |
esting and the solos and Rotations were finely |
rendered.
Interesting remarks were made by Rev. c. |
A. Dickinson and the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Clark. |
Mr.. Dickinson's remarks were very interest
ing. His subject christian growth" gave
tall h.