The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-06-21
SUNDAYS SERVICES.
How Children's Day was Observed
at the Churches.
The Little Ones Turn Out in Large
Numbers For Their Annual Cele-
Observation-Disclosures from Sermon
Preached Yesterday.

III ~ ~ - NAN@ SO
China, India, and countries all over the
world. The regular time for holding
it is usually on the second Sunday in
June, but it was deferred this year for
one week on account of the quarterly
meeting.
Decorations at First Methodist church
were elegant and tasteful. Hanging
baskets were suspended from the sides
of the church. On the pulpit platform
a beautiful design representing a throne
was placed. The organ was festooned
with evergreen and roses, and banks OF
flowers filed the choir gallery. In
the chancel splendid designs of Harp,
Anchor, Baptismal font, &c, were ar
ranged. Immense congregations were
present morning and evening. In the
morning l.. l.. Miller, the Superin-
tendent, directed the exercises-these
following the program already pub
Ished by the DEMOCRAT. The leading
features of the day were the r~ecitations
in Bible geography, history, &c, of the
Look Up Legion, directed by their
teacher, Miss Carrie Mackenzie. Sixty
two children were given badges and
tiny baskets Of flowers at night in tOk-
en- of their successful examination in
the studies named. AT the morning
session twenty-siX persons were bap-
TIED, and eight receiyedin the church
membership. In the evening the eXer-
cises were directed by DR.. Muller, and
reached a climax in the presentation to
Miss Mackenzie and Mrs. Jacob Miller
of beautiful baskets of flowers and gold
badges. by Misses MOrCea Cox and Alice
Jac0by. Each member of the Look Up
Legion was then given a tiny basket
of flowers and a gold badge marked
IL. L." 1883. Mrs. Jacob Miller was
elected by the Look Up Legion an hon
Orary member. The organist, %janitOr,
clOrister-the oldest man and youngest
person were each voted a little basket
of flowers by the class. Mr.. Robert
Miller stepped forward at the close of
the exercises and said he had thought
they were indebted to DR.. Muller for
the program and enjoyment of the day,
and proposed that the audience give the
DR.. a Chautauqua salute, which was
made by the waving of white handker-
chiefs, and in a second a thousand
white Cambrics were waving in the air,
The exercises were regarded al the fin
est ever given in the church, and eXhib-
tied the solid educational work being
done among the children.
AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The children's services of the Presby-
terrain church were held at the Bucking-
ham chapel, corner of High and Navarro
streets. 1t was nicely decorated and
the services consisted of responsive
readings, %recitations by the children,
presentation of rewards and short adj
dresses by superintendent c. F. KObel,
J. +. Clark and Rev. ID. E. Platter.
There has been a great interest taken
in these services, for the report shows a
years ago the attendance on Children'S
Day was but Al, a year ago it was l5O,
and yesterday POS. The average attend
auCe is about 175 and the enrolment
240. The chapel, which was built over
a year ago, is crowded to its utmost
capacity, and there is some talk of en-
laTging 1t. In pleasant days there is
usually an attendance OF 23O.
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
4 delighted congregation which filed
the large audience room of the Baptist
church, gathered together yesterday
morning to listen to the exercises of the
Children's Day anniversary. The SUI
D~erintendent of the Sunday School, Da-
Yid collars, conducted the services, and
the efficient manner in which this was
done gave evidence Of his entire fitness
for this position, which he has held for
fifteen consecutive years. The recita-
lions were well delivered, and the sing
ing of the children and that of the choir
suggested the careful training of Choir
lister Ballard. Beautiful solos by Miss
Nellie Goodman and Miss Carrie Bal
lard were rendered in a manner to give
delight to all present. Near the close
of the service an able address, aspropri-
ate to the occasion was delivered by the
pastor, Rev. j. f. RapsOn. The decora-
tiOns were superb. The organ loft on the
south side was almost covered with
ferns and shrubbery and a mass of i'm
itation rOckery. Close to this was a
model of a grist mill with an old-fash-
Toned Overshot wheel in full operation.
On the north side, surrounding a play
ing fountain was a beautiful display of
towering plants and cut flowers in bO-
uuets, baskets and emblematic designs.
Taken all together the decorations were
unusually fine and reflect great credit
upon those who had the matter in
charge,
ABSTRACT OF REV. PLATTER's SERMON
TExr--"In the Beginning God Created Gene
SIS IL Theme: God the Creator"
l.. OF the Material World: Christian
position is God created it. This posi-
ton simple, sublime, sufficient. Sci
ENC has taught nothing that conflicts
with this p~Ostulate, or how he made it.
We will wait for science to determine
that; but whenever and however made,
He made it.
IL OF Life: Life a new potency
diVinely introduced in creational pro-
cess. Spontaneous generation, an x
plOded hypothesis. Life only from pre-
existent life. The fatal chasm that
materialistic evolution cannot BRIDGE
Evolution true within limits, but its
limitations fatal to its claims for the
exclusion of divine intervention in Gre
ational process. Evolution is aesthetic
only when God is excluded from the
process.
III. OF Man: God made man. He
made his material naLule out of ma
terial elements. How he made mans
body, the Bible does not tell us, and we
do not know. We prefer to believe in
the present state of knowledge on the
subject, that he made it by immediate
creation. Not only are there no facts
which necessitate our believing other
wise, but none that warrant it. We will
await further light from science. If
science can bridge the chasms, and
show conclusively that mans body was
created by the divine process of eyolu-
tion, very well. 1t was Gods process,
aud Gods creation. But there is still
the problem of mans spiritual life.
Man became a living soul, by the in