The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-15

children present. They were out in numbers,
| and filed the front seats of the chapel. The
floral decorations, a handsome cross on a bed of
roses, were the offeIinls of the Little. Clean
ers,n the class of Mrs. George Carter.
THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN sUNDAYscHooL.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church has set apart q Sabbath for Children's
Day, but it is not as yet generally observed. The
day observed by the Second Church children has
heretofore been Easter Sunday, and it is the in
tention to have another day at that school very
soon. The day set apart by the assembly is also
the second Sunday in June, and the collection of
the dayis to go to missionary purposes. The Sab
bath school yesterday was large for the season.
The general school is under the superintendent
of Mr.. Coffin, Miss Kirby being in charge of the in
FAINT department and Mr.. Binford of the Chinese
school, which has twenty-cne members, each
Chinaman having his own special teacher.
Rev. DR.. Mcleod favors a children's day such
as is had once a year in Brooklyn. N. Y, where
the children Of all the Sunday-schools may come
together and have a procession and a good time.
He is of the opinion that such a celebration
would nave a healthful influence upon the COM
munity. Such a demonstration should be held
either the last week in May or the first week in
June, before the excessively warm weather ar
rives.
H FIRST BAPTIST sUNDAY-soHooL.
Children's day was appropriately celebrated at
the First Baptist Church yesterday morning. The
main room of the church, in which the children,
teachers, parents and friends gathered, was
beautifully decorated with flowers and plants,
and Rev. DR.. Broadus, of Louisville, delivered
an address. The special exercises prepared for
the children consisted of singing. addresses, etc.
IN address of welcome was made by Master
Henry Coburn; Miss Belle Closer spoke of 'Our
Floral Day" and the primary class of Flowers"
There was also a recitation in four
voices, by Marion Cress, Miss Emma
Atkins, George Swing and Charley Thurber:
Yesterday was the second annual observance of
Children's Day in the First Baptist Church of
this city. Last year on this day the Baptist
schools Of the United States collected $40, 00O.
These collections are to be used for the extension
of Sunday-schools in the West and South-home
mission work.
The collection taken up yesterday from the
scholars amounted to over $50. When the con-
tributions were read by classes it was discovered
that the Chinese class on this single days
collection had contributed 3d. 70. There
Fong. Chan Chez, Chan Sing, Joe Wah, Yee
Que and zee Hee. The reporter inquired how
it was that these heather had given SO literally.
The treasurer explained: "They insisted upon
giving So each, their teachers giving the remain
der. When they first came to the Sunday
school, a few weeks ago, when we took up the
collection each one insisted on giving at least 80
cents. We demonstrated with them, showing
how much money that would amount to in the
course of a year, and that they could not
afford such iberality. We told them that
8 or 10 cents a Sunday was enough, and
that we did Tot desire more. They thought
they might give at last twenty-five cents each,
but we managed, not without some difficulty and
against their strenuous protests, in restraining
them. One of them, in explanation, said, in badly
broken English, that he bought neither beer
nor tobacco, and had no person to care for but
himself, and felt that he was able to- give even
the large amounts we refused. They are quiet,
orderly and attentive, and exceedingly anxious
to learn. But their liberality was a great sur
prise to me. 1t was a phase of character l had
never heard attributed to them"