The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-29

At the Presbyterian Church il
Elkt0n on Sunday Last.

ElktOn Oh Sunday Last.
/ Last Sabbath was celebrated as Chi
Y dren's Day at the Elkton Presb yteria
, Church. The chaucel of the church wa
. profusely aud tastefully decorated wit
flowers.
, At the morning services the pastor
, the Rev. X. W. Beers, preached a ser
mon suitable for the occasion. IN th
, evening the church was crowded to it
utmost capacity. This was partly ow in!
to the fact that there We're no services il
the NJ. f. Church.
Besides being Chillren's Day, it wa
also the fifty thild anniversary Of til,
founding of the school The service.
were opened by the school singing I'VE
Come with a Shout" after which the
opening responsive readings were read
The pastor then pronounced the invoca
tion. Then the school sang "LaLG
Above, which was followed by respor.
sive Scripture readings on can Exhorta-
tion to Praise" " The school sang "Praise
the Lord" after which there were respon.
sive reading on "Floral Day" 4 bass
solo, THE Lost Landmark, by William
| NJ. Terrell, was remarkably well rem
dered. The chorus given by James II.
| Frazer, Charles b. Finley and \. A..
| Scott was very fine. After more respon
sive readings the younger scholars sang
"Rest at the Fountain" PRAYER was
offered by the Rev. J. p. Otis, pastor of
the NJ. +. Church, after which VIM. J..
Jones, Esq, was introduced to the audi
ence. Mr. Jones stated that Children 5
Day had its origin in the effort of one
branch OF the Christian Church in this
country to increase the effectiveness OF
It's educational interests, but that the re-
suits had been more far-reaching than
the originators of the day anticipated.
First, the decoration of the churches bad
done much to break down the pIeiudices
which in Protestant Churches had looked
upor flowers as desecration rather than
decoration. Second, the setting apart of
day exclusively for children had given
children q greater importance than was
formerly conceded to them. People were
beginning to learn that children have
rights which parents We're bound to re-
spect; that while the injunction 20 honor.
father and mother was still enforced,
there was clear recognition of the other
commandment, equally DiYine-that
fathers should not provoke their children
to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture
and admoniton Of the Lord, who is slow
to anger and plentious in mercy. Third
that children having the day set apart
for them, were being taught that they
were expected to do some good works,
and that.th lesson was being more and
more impressed on them that even in the
every day life of home and school, there
were opportunities of doing good by
kindness and love. Fourth, that the day
should also be taken advantage Of to
teach people everywhere that in this |
country there was no seculity for the |
perpetuation of our free government ex-
cept by the recognition cf Gods justice |
and truth III all measures adopted for the |
public welfare. Abiding to the recent |
troubles in Chicago and other large |
cities, Mr.. Jones said that unless there |
was more acknowledgment of God il the |
government then we would be compclle |
n fprnn apl to
and when that happens, altF ough |
the government might be maintained, it |
would not be the free American Repub-
lie. Its security and its perpetuity, as
such, must rest in the enlightened con-
science of the people. As was said bT I
the prophet in regard to the kingdc,,
Judah, wisdom aud knowledge
the stability of our times. 1,,
At the conclusion u W. -"
dress. Miss LGt--o bowers sang Solo
Rock ., Ages''-with admirable effect
The report of the home school was
then read by the superintendent, Charles
B. Finley. 1t was short and pointed:
Whereas las, year there were IS names
on the rob there are now 10i; a gain of
1G. Lat year there were l3 teachers
anu -ow there are II. The average at
tendance is 80. Ora Brown had not
missed singe session during the year,
and only one Turing two years. There
were no deaths of scholars during the
year; three d them were admitted to
church membership during that time.
Reuben f. lamar, superintendent of
the Pieson's Glove School, read report.
The sessions Of the school had been well
attended, and the interest of the teachers
and scholars are in no way leSsentd.
There were Al scholars during the year,
with an average attendance OF 35. The
school has a library of 800 volumes. Two
sad deaths of persons interested in the
work of the school had occurred during
the year, the trst being that of Mr.. Goo
2. Jackson, Who died several months
since, and the other Miss Jennie Gilpin,
who died but recently.
\ select choir, consisting OF Misses
Lessie Bowers and Amy Finley, Mrs.
George \ Bake and Messrs. \. \. |
Scott, w. NJ. Foulk and William VI. Ter
rell, rendered 'On to the Work." The |
pastor then delivered an entertaining ad- |
dress to the Children. After the singing |
Of the CLOSING Praise Song the bene-
diction was pronounced by the Rev. J.
p. Otis.
George A. Blake, f e., presided at the
organ, and Mr. John Dunbar accompanied
with the cornet.