The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-16
"THE CHILDREN's DAY"
An Interesting Address to the Chill
tlren of the baptist Sunday School
at Troy, by Mr. Il. ]. Griffin.-.PrO.
Eramme Of the Exercises.


Gramme of the Exercises.
The "Children's Day." the fifth Sunday II
May, under the supervision of the pastor Re,
Fl. {. Smart, aided by the superintendent Nj
Joel Lites, was complete success. by l
o'clock, \. NJ. the Baptist church was wei
filled with people, some from Bradley, som
from Mccormick, and others from Troy ant
the surrounding country. Below VIC give In
interesting
Programme.
Organ voluntary-Organist.
| Observation-Disclosures.
Singing-L. NJ. Doxology-School.
Scriptural selection, John Ill, Is; l4-M-
| Assistant Superintendent.
Reading letter from DR.. Griffith-Miss Min
ME Taggart.
Singing-"Come to the Saviour''-School.
Reading-"Glimpses of the Fleld."-Maste
| George Napier.
Prayer-Tne "Lord's Prayer'-Led by th'
Pastor.
singing-"Jesus Savior Pity Me"-school.
Recitation n-"our Children's Day Mis-
Recitation-"O. Painter OF the Fruits ant
Flowers"-Mss Manila Smith.
: Singing-"Gathcring Home"-School.
| DiaIogue-"God is in Heaven"-Miss Add1'
Sibert and Miss Daisy Jay.
Recltation-"Little Temples Miss Mary
Rodgers.
si5ging and chorus-"Jesus Loves Me"-In
singins-"In Happy Eden"Ssehool;;, School, >,,s
Marie Chiles
RecltationS"Flower Object Lesson"-NIis
Rosabell Smart.
Address-Mr. Thomas J. Griffin.
Singing-"To the Work"TSchooGl;, S,7 Sch. G,uo. ,,,,
MKes mat Mss Mana M s%S s9a Miss Iea
villa Smith. Miss Lalla Chiles, Miss Lena
Rodgers and Miss Sarah Sibert.
Recitation-"Our Privileges Miss Laurs
Dyer. noo., NJ, 1ror
ley"-Mss Cleo. McCaslan.
Closing Hymn.
Below we give you Mr.. Thomas !. Griffin.
address. While we consider the address good
and appropriate. IL is perhaps due TO s1r
Griffin 10 state that this address was very hur
riedly gotten up. because Of short notice.
Mir. Griffin's Address.
have been assigned the pleasant duty. In
your interesting programme, of making you
dear children, O short address TO give you
some idea or what the American Baptist Pub
lication Society Is doing for the Baptist chill
dren Of our land. This Society was organized
City, February II, 1924, with membership Of
eighteen men ana seven women. It's firsl
Depository was in corner OF small print
ing office. After two years 1t was moved to
Philadelphia. The total receipts for all pur
y
now has an Income Of 500, 100000. >,
For great organizations to do great work II
Is generally necessary TO have large p9,lulnes
The principal building Is located on Chestnut
the best streets in the city. 1t fronts 46 feet
contains s stories and basement 1t has O
depth OF 230 feet. Its floor surface Is nearly
equal to an acre and q half. 1t Is considered
on of the finest stores in the world. This
building was erected in 1875. 1t, together
with the lot on which IT stands, cost over
S35O,O00,00. Besides the principal building, II
has branch offices In New York, Boston, Chi
20 and st. Louis.
The Society has q permanent fund Of over
S2SD, ,OOO.UO, which in q few years will be in
creased to over S35O0OO.Oo. The income alone
can he used. 1t has plates and cuts worth
$1,000 10000. Under Its auspices about $500
Sunday Schools have been organized. Put.
ting the average OH the rolls ut ., and VIC
have an aggregate OF over l5OOO who to-day
were it not for the untirIng efforts OF those
who are doing the Socicty's work. 1t has aid
cd over 5000 other schools. The number ol
schools which 1t has organized and aided
Baptist Sunday Schools in the United States.
1t Is now working to put into each state and
Territory first class missionary fitted espe-
cially for this work. They aim. under God,
lie ull the Baptist Sunday School forces of the
State for efficient work. Second, to form u
new school wherever one is needed, and can
be sustained. Third, to improve the instrnc-
tion now given in all the existing schools.
Last year there were thirty of these mission.
aries in the field. they have held more than
I,lUO Sunday School Institutes and Conven-
tiOns / trust the day may. not be distant
when we shall have one of these consecrated
men sent to our State. The Young Reaper
WAS the first Sunday-school paper issued by
the Society, coinHeucing 1857, the first Pdi.
tion being 25.UO0 copies monthly. 1t now pub
III
icals, with circulation Of 23.O00. .OOOench year.
These periodicals consume over $4,000 reams
of paper, weighing more than 2IO tons AS
late as 1853 one clerk ut salary OF s. per
week attended TO all the periodical business,
while now 1t reQuire1 thirteen clerks at u cost
of over 5000 annually. In the several depart
ments Mt Philadelphia head quarters log per-
sons are employed. 1t Is doing great work
In the way of furnishing Sunday school IL
braries at such u small cost-so cheap that
none OF our Sunday.sohoos should be with
out one, and these arc the best kind. No
book is published without being closely scru.
tinized by a committee of both nIinistcrs
and Iaymen. The "Lesson Helps are, I
guess, familiar to all rs they have been
adopted by most OF our Sunday Schools.
How pleasant TO know that SD many boys
and girls, young ladies-yes, and older men
and women are eagerly searching out every
that we are, aided by the same instrum entail
tiles. 1t Is TO this time-honored institution
you are due for much Of the pleasures of the
present occasion. May this Jay be ever as
sociated with hallowed memories and may
you 60 away resolved TO do more for the Mas
ters cause than you have ever done before.
Men are apt to think of large publishing
houses rs enterprises gotten up for the eN-
press purpose OF accumulating wealth-to
make men who are already rich, richer. Not
so with the Society OF which we have been
telling you. It's mission is higher, purer,
holer one. IT is striving to arrest the course
of the openly wicked by laundering into
their ears the solemn warning of sin-Offend-
ed God. II is working tenderly, earnestly,
faithfully, to gather the Christian by the
hand and lead him along life'S rugged path
way. 1t Is hopefully, joyfully. successfully
endeavoring especially tu instil into young
minds love for the beautiful, the true and
the good. AS Sabbath after Sabbath you
gather here under the guidance OF loving, de-
voted Christian workers, open your young
and tender hearts for the reception Of those
teachings which under tho blessing of God
will make you useful men and women and
will tit YOU for IAN inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled, ard that fadeth not away"
When the morning exercises were conclud-
ed a splendid dinner was served. About 2
O'clock p: NJ the crowd reasscmbled In the
church, and after listening to an interesting
address by the pastor, was dismissed. more
than satisfied with what they had seen and
heard during the day.
Death Of Hon. John Wilson.
anderson Journal.
Hon. John Wilson, generally known dis
tinctively among the Older citizens as Scotch
John Wilson, died at his residence in this
l,rt ,JxI,t offn nfr0n fn1 Ho