Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-09
cHILDRENS' DAY AT THE PRESENTER
Ian CAuRCE

cHILDRENs' DAY AT THE PRESENTER
IAN CHURCH
A very appropriate, beautiful and inter
esting programme was executed at the Pres
byterian church Sabbath evening, in OBJ
servance of Childrens' Day.
The auditorium and pulpit were tastefully
and profusely decorated with flowers and
evergreens, intermingled with mottos of
scriptural sentiment. At an early hour, not
withstanding the threatening weather,
large and appreeiative audience Of children
and adults gathered for the evenings enter
tainment, which consisted Of selected songs,
Rotations, prayers and addresses. The
children did admirably, although but two
, evenings had been devoted to rehearsal.
Those rendering Rotations were Mary Gar
yer and Maudie Bruce, and both acquitted
themselves with credit and TO the interest of
the audience. The representation of the ten
virgins WIS also novel and impressive.
Taken in It's entirety, the evenings pro-
gramne was interesting. instructive, beauti-
ful and appreciated and much praised by
those in attendance.
On Sunday morning Rev. Hodgson chose
the same text for his discourse from which
We had preached AT an earlier hour. People
generally no doubt accounted for the coin
cidence from the fact that great minds are
apt to run in the same channel. but our OBJ
servation is that the principle holds equally
good as TO great piety. The regularly or
dained man divided up his flock also, but
instead Of many finely feathered birds he
had sheep and goats with possibly Il single
lamb. Whether Joe Allen or ourself was
that lamb he didn't stop TO say but he
looked hard in our direction. The preacher
started out with flowing tribute TO nature
and natures God. God is, and God is
good That fact is written upon every
leaf, bushes in every flower and is
whispered by every breeze. Rob
the Almighty of the single attribute
good" and you might have left but an ON
nipotent demon. The discourse throughout
was Of catholic spirit, but the reverend
I gentlemen scored bigotry and sectarianisn
more numerically than did we the pelicans
and peacocks, landing some of our congre-
CATION in paradise and leaving the members
of some others in doubtful attitudes. Ii
was ;lornl service and the platform was
redolent with beautiful designs, among them
! L. =. r. I 1.
and cross of flowers Of the same height.
| From tine inspiration afforded by these trail
but beautiful embems of Immortality the
speaker strengthened the hopes and made
| happy the hearts Of his hearers
SUNDAY EVENING, june !.
/ To the Editor of the Eagle.
| Wandering listlessly around / happened
! 10 pass the Catholic church; noticing that
| services were going on, concluded TO step in.
On entering was shown to Il seat by the
gentlemanlv usher, found the alter profuse-
" decorated with natural flowers and illum
mated with many lights. Vespers were be-
ing sung, after which Rev. Y. l.. Cadet, of
St. Louis, who has charge of the Wichit,
flock during the absence of the regular pas
tor, Rev NJ Kelly, ascended the altar steps
and took for his text. This is by body and
this is nv blood of the New Testament.
which shall be shed for you to the remission
of sin,' John iii chapter. On this chapter
the reverend gentleman based bis sermon,
on the real presence of our Lord in the
blessed eucharist. He proved therefrom
that Christ meant his own body and blood,
not symbolically but verify, truly and sub
st.niially, and furthermore asserted hat
where that body and blood WAS not really
present and offered up daily there was no
religion. because the first and most necessary
act Of religion is a sacrifice, The true church
alone continues 10 offer that sacrifice spoken
o. in the Bible, ~ pure obigIt ion shall be
offered up from the risn. If the sun to the
going down of the samc' The r:ver,n
made mention of the great trunk of the tree
still standing notwithstanding the mtny
great branches that had been severed.
Father Gadal is a fine speaker and proves
50 clearly all his assertions that one could
SCARCELY fail to be convinced. His manner
and and address are very pleasing and voice
clear and distinct. One does not grow tired.
He preached thrce-quarters of an hour and
it seemed but few minutes. At the conclu-
sion Of the sermon bcnediction was sung by
the full choir. rs the congregation dis
persed many remarked that they were much
pleased and would return again TO hear the
reverend father ere be left Wichita. Nil.
MR.. Sarah Choatc. of San Diego, Gala,
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. I. Mciritl. on
Mater street The sisters have not seen
each other for thrty-sevcn years. The
meeting was most happy and pleasurable
one. recolections Of which will long be re-
membered Mrs. Choatc has been a resident
of California for thirty-seyen years. and can
tell many pleasant and gratifying things
in connection with California, but She says
she never expected TO see such a place as
Wichita She had heard and read the de-
scription Of Wichita, but she was asto nished
at its rapid growth. She expected TO find
plenty of land and small houses in Kansas,
but she finds fine churches, fine residence.
with their well-kept lawns and cool arbors.
and the streets lined with beautiful shade
trees which have attained such IA growth as
to give it the appearance of an eastern city.
After spending few weeks with her sister
she will visit relations in Ohio. Indiana and
Maine. We hope she may have both pleas
ure aud profit and safe return to her West
ern home.
Sunday morning c. l.. kloos. the restsur-
ant man, was threatened with death by an
inebriated individual who came in on the
train and who had a saloon in his pocket.
In company with two friends he went into
the restaurant, the intention Of the three be-
ing TO take BREAKFAST. but the man with the
bottle changed his mind, didn't want any
breakfast, wanted to use the dining room
for smoking car and place TO exhibit his
vocal musical powers. kloos objected and
ordered him out. Wher. he became wrothy
and told the restaurant man if he would
come out on the sidewalk he would do him
up in fine shape. 1t was perhaps well for