Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-09-03

was fearful that,
There may be some who ave forgot,
To keep the Sabbath day,
On excursions gone by RAILROAD train,
Or steamer down.the:bay.
81 cannot think teacher would
This law Of God forget,
And thus before the scholars such
A bad example set"
The poet then passed on and congratu
lated all upon the happy occasion OF
meeting again, and Sin faith, and hope,
and song, and prayer to commence
Sunday school work again. In review
ing the work to be done, and the neces-
sity for being active, the poet says:
For steamers and the railway trains
Run every Sabbath day,
And thousands take to ocean shore,
Or down the Delaware Bay.
On all these steamers you will see,
A bar fixed neat and fine,
With lager beer. brandy and rum,
And whisky. gin and wine.
And oft the bacchanalian song,
Sometimes the murder0us fray.
With obscene Joke, or wicked Jest.
The Sabbath pass away.
Amid such scenes all good III en- weep,
And angels veil their face,
While devils laugh an tiendd rejoice,
10 meet In such place.
After reviewing the organizing Of the
school forty years ago, the difference be-
tween then and now, its growth ana
success, the poet Superintendent ex-
tended the following welcome to his co.
laborers:
Here's Brother Zeblcy, well welcome e
first,
Then ida Davis meet,
And Sister Williams, Joseph France
And HOrtense keables greet
Now }. II. Jones, our cnorlster,
With powers of singing blest,
And James J. wyatt close by him,
And also Brother West.
Now L. +. Morrow W. will find,
Then Alice Rinker see,
And Samuel SOuders, with those two
Greet Joel l.. Lacey.
And Now our Pastor, teacher too,
Who asks no vacation,
Then 5. +. Baynard, President
Uf our Association.
To Joseph Coley l will say,
His b0ys are tried and true,
Then q. W. Williams kindly greet,
And Matte kimble too.
Now Eva Crouch, our organist,
with music ia employed,
Then welcome Brother BENJAMIN
And Clara MurgatrOyd.
Now sister Mary and Sue Staats,
(SiStur in blood and grace),
And Mary Crouch If she Is we'll,
Is always III her place.
Then J. W Williams Well now see,
Back on the mrtbcSt seat,
Then Phnhs Guthrie, Emma France.
Aud Brother Lombard greet.
Now A. X. Lewis, We'll now call
And Brother Edward Grieves,
Then l.. H. Foulk whose duty is
To buy our lesson leaves.
Now Brother Swiggett we all know,
His duties keenly feel,
Well greet the teacher Postmaster,
Then go to Clarence Neal.
Next Ella Provost we must call,
Then cross to norther n aisle,
A welcome give John l.. douley,
Aud also Katie Pyle.
Now Caspar Kendall is close by,
And sister Renbles too,
And James G. Morrow who still leads
ThU morning school work through.
Now siRter Stanticl will call
Then welcome Mary Todd,
And hope each teacher may ENJOY
A closer walk with God.
"Stand up for Jesus y was then sung
by the school, when ten minutes ad-
dress was made by Rev. q. w. Pretty.
man, on "prltty people. He believed
in the old adage that 'pretty is that
pretty does. A great many boys and
girls that were called pretty had aw.
ful ugly thoughts. A little girl of this
kind told her mother that while she
was called pretty by everybody, she
had au awful bad think. Being pressed
for an explanation she said that when
she was refused ride she wished the
horses would run away and upset the
carriage, ,and then they would wish they
had taken her along. TIL" only way to
get pretty and get clear Of bad thoughts
was to 60 to Christ and get the heart
right. A little chestnu! girl gong
along the street askel II gentleman to
buy some chestnuts.
The gentleman who understood char
acter looked down into the child'S heart
and bought no chestnuts but gave her
shilling The child ran off with it
to her afflicted mother. In after years
want notice appeared for a clerk in a
banking house. The gentleman an
swered the advertisement. A lady In
the office whispered to the banker to
take him, and he was told that he would
he notified If he was wanted. The lady,
who was the wife of the banker told her
husband about the shilling and that
evening letter was received by the gem
tleman stating that he was accepted as
clerk, and rs he opened the letter $50
note dropped out, as reward for q pref
ty character and kind action when 1t
was most needed.
After the singing of " There is Joy, "
by a select guartette, composed of
Misses Crouch and Cowan, and Messrs.
Jones and Coley, Hon. Chas. B. Lore
made an appropriate ten minute speech.
He approved the ten minute plan, for
preachers and lawyers were apt to be
long g-winded, especially lawyers. He
had no faith In the doctrine that we are
the creatures of fate. Every boy and
girl make themselves what they are.-