Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-11-21

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At73O O'Clock tho church choir, 9
very large and excellont one, struck or
. voluntary, and this Was followed By
singing hymn 4l3: Jesus, lover OF m ?
soul." A ,arRt choir OF children ooou
pied the gallery aud Joined in the sing
ing.
RsV. G. Il, Williams, OF Upland, Pa
was then introduced, and delivered q
20 Minute address on the SUNDAY
51hool." Nj. Willlams was q reads
-h-hAnd speaker, aud gave his rem arkt
faoetious tufn, which WsB much en-
! dyed. he shid thLt during the late
var 9 numbsT OF Our iedsrate offioerl
we're mating TemGrks dero2atory 10 the
character OF Geseral Grgnt 10 tie pTes
enos Of tSs Confederate General, SimoD
3. Buokuar, now Governor OF Ken
!ucfy. General Buckner said there
wa one thing 10 General Granite char
| aotsr that very deepsy Impressed him
What was that liked his comrades?
WhyI u was hts neAinsss, replied
SuckneT. What DO you moan By THAR
It'll qusrTled the orIics of Grant.
Why, l mean, said G3nersl BuckpeF,
that he always made out TO be near 5
toby. Ha was so rear 10 General Penn
oerton down At VlcksbuFR, that he re.
osived his sword personally in . sur
! render, and he was 80 near me ct Fort
Donaldson that he received my sword
personally. To the Gurprlle OF those
iiItlng In the back Of ihS church, MI.
Williams applied the illustration 70
them, AID asked them TO come up near
or, al Invitation that WAS generally Ac-
copied.
Mr.. Williams then made an amusir z
comparison bstNeeu . man and q cheer
aud In favor OF the sheep. A. two waeks
old the sh0ep was ffiaking and playing
Arouni every Whsre; 81 the same age the
man didn't know anything, but there
was In the man the germ Of what The
true mAn shCpll be,
Tbs indian prisoner, Black Hawk,
Rhsu brought before his cApioFs IL
chhins, said: II am 3 prisoner 10 chains
but am = man" He Aludei TO the
mAn IN his help'eas state, bat God didn't
want him 10 be 20 dspondent and help
iess IS be made himself. He did not be
lave man believed h9 WAS q DOOR
miserable worm Of tbs earth when he
went before God In pray or and suppl.oa
tloa and told Him he was worm.
II any body else had told him be WAS
a worm he would have resented the In
suit. A aen was much better than any
worm, and God meant thst he should
be . man and not &. Wo.m Every man,
be said, was q unit In his Individuality,
Out be was q related unit. Thla wss
illuStEAtsd by tGJ men carrying o log
OF wood; one man could not carry Lis
end II the other let bis end drop. They
had " work together. When You break
colt you harness him up aad hitoh
him toA Wsgon be0ide s:Aid and steady
Old horse. You take the F6ins and start.
The old horse IL for going right straight
along In the old beaten track, bat the
colt gets up on hiB hlrd feet and Insists
on paving bis way straight up to the
stars. rs gslB tired Of this after awhile
and concludes to tros along beside the
old horle. The only effect the colts
paving in the cir had was to quicken
tae pace Of ths old horse, and they both
got along faster. A number OF other
oompAriSons were made by Mr.. Will
llams TO shoW " that the young and the
old could work to1e her In the chuich
sn1 help aud quicken each other In tho
work. AS an illustration OF unseen
aork in ths church, he said put 3 lump
OF loaf Bugsr into 3 glass OF water; you
see !. there but ss long as you see It
you Do not taste it.
II Is only when It discover aud IS
rimilaIes with the water that you fe, SO
10 taste Its SeelneBs II "a lost 70 eight,
but II is SILL there aud making iIseli
more felt than when seen. Ne Williams
never JnGe mentioned Sunday school,
b1s the tenor Of his address was to bring
the young irto thu church.
"rhe Sunday Gchoo! a1d the nation"
vas the t3PiO Of twenty miputss sd
dress By lhe Hon. Charles B Lore.
hr. Lore was very happy in his re-
nRrks, sad was heartily Applauded As
be finished He said he had big sub
ieot The Sunday Echool was 3 grand
organization OF men. women and chll
dTen, Oonpo'5d of $4,000 officers and
teachers and 0 000, 900 scholars. He
traced the connection OF the Sen 1By
school with the nXtlon, both oommeno
lng about 100 yeArs $40 Robert 4 likes
started Sunday schools in London in
opposition to British protests, and cur
American fathers started this great
nation about tho hsme time AID threw
of BTlhsh tyranny. The Sunday
shools hAd grown from the littlo gath.
ering Of children By 3 colored WemAn to I
teach on Sunday in New York over 100 |
yeaER ago 10 S36. COO officers and teachers
aud 600 COO scholars, and the nation |
hAs grown from IS States With 3 COO 900 !
Of people to 3S States with 60, 900, 600
As q nation We were wonderfully !
strong, not In area, nor IN wealth, nor |
in q standing army, bat IN the love Of |
the people for her moral and religious |
He referred In strong
terms Of praise to the splendid muLio OF |
the Sunday school. Let me have the |
mBkluR Of the music Of the nation and |
1 would have no trouble In making its |
lIwP, was the rent N snt Of . philoso |
phsr that 10 his time must have seen |
through . vista Of years to the present |
era.
"The Young People wGs the rexl
ssntlment, and was ably replied TO by
Raw. II. B. Harper, Of South Chester.
Mr.. Harper made = vigorous address. |
Some people he said did not look for !
much from the young people, yet upon |
them our moral exlstsDce depsnds II |
does mot depend upon the hoodiums, |
not upon politicians. not upon those |
vho are shAmeiuiiy profane In oAths; |
IL depends upon the young people who |
gRthsr into our Sunday schools. He |
cave n very fAcslious account OF The |
Cld-time gal cry Whsrs the boys col |
lected. He stil had . great love fer |
tie tll gallery. WhAt Possibilities there |
are in a gallery boy. rs only RiFl, Q |
factory girl. The fa,tOrY clole1 down |
and handle's were thrown ont Of work !
With no money to live on. What woult |
tbey Fks tie general iEqulry. The
ts0;n, irl AilVasu 10 WAS . Sunday
..banl scholar, and MAS calm and /
co1'7 Rpd getting to an eleyatst
n,..,.o, ~ in he crowd 0Weetly tAnR:
II fearful saints, fresh courage take
To al.u3s ye 60 much drrnd
Afo b1g Flih mercy and shall break
10 bfe.tiess on your hsAd,
tIpfl, g=.,. A.igst fa anna N err