The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-19
News from North Pacolet.

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"Children's day as it was observed at sa-
lem church last Sabbath. During the early
| morning the clouds began to break away and
the genue,rays Of the sun fell upon the land
| scape like moonbeams upon the boundless
| ocean. The long looked for "Childrens
day. he arrived The whackiDg scissors,
the whisking machine and the smoking stove
had their work in readiness. Mothers,
whoses{<arts never faint, and fingers never
tire, haa afrahged the modest apparel Of
their children and had them in readiness
when the hour for the service had arrived.
| Upon the church grounds was q sea of hu-
manity. The octogenarian and the infant
| were present Youth manhood, womanhood
and old age had come TO witness and take
part in t(e scenes now to be enacted. The
Superinti& &dent, J. L. Strain, called the
house to order and asked all the children to
come forward to front seats. The bright
| eyed little boys and girls, singly or in groups,
marched up the ,isles and took their places
in the front rank, while the choir, led by
Prof Vaughn, sang Ring the bells Of
| Heaven"
In less time than it takes us to tell il the
! large church building was crowded almost
to suffocaton. The Superintendent requested
the children TO rise to their feet and repeat
the Apostles creed and "The Lords
Prayer" at the conclusion Of which the
choir sang,
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds,
In believers 'ar, &C.
Rev. s. d. F. Gault in fervent prayer
invoked Gods bles ling upon the occasion.
| The exercises were announced by the Super
intendent as formally opened, and the chill
J IlreI tenpeste5st6 gle the speakers, rs well
as the whole Poo. a.lines their kind atten.
ton. .-
Prof w. F. Macarthur, of Gaffney City
Male and Female Seminary, was introduced
ns the first speaker. We regret our inability
| to properly describe his, rs we'll rs the other
| speeches. Suffice it to say that he tri-
umphantly redeemed our promise that his
hearers would hear something brilliant from
him. Parental responsibility and filial duty
was his theme. He divided society into two
classes-the governing and the governed, and
dealt with each in its proper sphere. AL
though his name is a synonym of learning,
purity and christian fidelity, yet his COM
manding appearance his manly form and
his brainy speech won for him new and
warm friends in our community. His re-
marks were pointed plain and practical. As
an educator he is second to none.
After music by the choir, Rev. a. A. Gill
bert of the NJ. L. Church was introduced.
AS pulpit orator, profound reasoner, and
jealous christian he has no superior. Com
bining all these agencies the reader can i'm
agine what we heard from him. His idea
that Sammie Strain was only the clay tene-
mcnt of On immortal soul that was the ideal
Sammie Strain who is to live bcyoud the
endless ages Of eternity, was sublime
thought.
Capt. J. r. Jefferics was next called. At
the outset of his remarks he !hro;tled the
old fogy idea that the Sabbath School is not
an institution based upon scriptural author
ity, and cited his hearers to Deuteronomy,
9th chap: and Z; 3lst chap: II and l3,
Prov. 22nd chap. 6; Eph. 9th chap: 4;
John 2lst chap: 10, IL, and Il: Matt. 2Sth
chap: 49, Mark 10th chap Il. His statis-
tical quotations from the church and Sabbath
School reports were interesting and showed
an alarming indifference even on the part of
our American people, to the cause of Christ,
to say nothing ofthc heather. Out ofa popula-
ton Of over sixty million American people
there are only twelve million Evangelical
christians, and that five-sevcnths of the en-
tire population of the globe arc yet in outer
darkness. His was scathing review of
our neglect of the one thing needful. Bro.
lotteries as our readers are well aware, has
an his life been hard bible student, and
well did he maintain that reputation in the
mastery style in which he dealt with his
subject on "Chldren's day.
Rev. j. w. Schcll was next called. He
spoke only a few minutes. The speakers
who preceded him had gone over the ground
| and given il thorough working up and he
would not trcspass upon his hearers nn1inree-
| by Il Long sreccir.- lie wanted the children
to know that it was their day and not the
speakers nor old folks day. Brother Schclls
whole time is given to the Sabbath School
work. Had motion been made To press
him in for n half hours speech not man.
woman or child in the house would have
failed to vote for it, although they had been
seated for y or , hours in dcnscly crow
dcd house
This was his first visit to Salem and he
made fine impression upon our people
especially the ladies'
Thchour for adjournment having arrived
the choir and congregation sung, Sweet bye
and-bye.
The music was superb as the thoughts were
sublime. Rev. Mr.. Query pronounced the
bencdictiOn, and thus a Sabbath day well
spent was consigned to an Eternity of the
past.
The ladies. who are the motive power III
every good work, were determined that the
occasion should he Il success, now took the
congregation in hand and from the mex
haustiblc fountain of their hospitality spread
before them such feast of cdhlcS as one
seldom sees in lifetime. At this point we
were more than ever impressed with the fact
that when we take the child by the hand we
take the mother by the heart. Those who
had no children of their own were none the
less interested in those of others.
Tn Salem Sabbath School, through your
humble correspondent extends to all. old and
young who took part with us either in per
son spirit its best wishes for their future
happiness. prosperity and usefulness, and
trusts that the day spent together on earth is
only II foretastc of that joy, bliss and happi-
ness that awaits MS beyond the river under
the experimenting care Of the King Of
Heaven. NoX.
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