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

P1kvVn VI 4vE VctVtTS feV muon VI our
space thh week to giving an account Of the
"Childsen day',< a. It was Observed at sa-
lem church last Sabbath. During the early
morning, ne clouds began to break away and
the gen4efpys Of the sun fell upon the land
rcapc like Tmoonbeams upon the boundless
ocean. Tho long looked for "Children's
day. 10 arrived. The wbacking scissors,
thSlwhy ~ msehine and the smoking stove
had their work in readiness. Mothers,
whosd( Herts never faint,and fingers never
tire, h Xlrsiged the modest apparel Of
their ctildren and had them in readiness
when tha heu for. the service had arrived.
Upon tho church grounds was q sea Of hu-
manity. The octogenarian and the infant
were present. Youth, manhood, womanhood
and old aSc had come to witness and take
part In Naf scenes now to be enacted. The
Superints dent, J. i. Strain, called the
house to order and asked oil the children to
come forward to front seats. The bright
eyed little boys>end girls, singly or in groups,
marched up the aisles 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 it the
large church building was crowded almost
to suffocation. TheSSuperintenden requested
the children to rise to their feet and repeat
Prayer" at the conclusion Of which the
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds,
In believers ear, &c.
Rev. s. D. F. Gault in fervent prayer
invoked Gods blessing upon the occasion.
The exercises we're announced by the Super
drel eeageetesS& gle the speakers, sas well
as tue whole Pfncs siipea- -.ahsir kind .atten.
ton. ss-, - ~ s7>,sl -
Prof. w. F. Macarthur, Of Gaffney City
Male and Female Seminary, was introduced
as the first speaker. We regret our inability
to properly describe his, as well 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 q synonym Of leary ing,
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. E. Church was introduced.
As pulpit orator, profound reasoner, and
zealous christian he has no superior. Com
bining all these agencies the reader can i'm
agine what we heard from him. His idea
that S&mmie Strain was only the clay tene-
ment Of an immortal soul that was the ideal
Sammie Strain who is to live beyoud the
endless ages of eternity, was sublime
thought.
Capt. ]. r. Jefferies was next called. At
the outset Of his remarks he throttled the
old fogy idea that the Sabbath School is not
IN institution based upon scriptural author
ity, and cited his hearers to Deuteronomy,
9th chap. 6 and Z; 3lst chap: IL and 13,
Prov. 22nd chap. 6; Eph. 9th chap: 4;
John 21st chap 10, 16, and II; Matt. 28th
chap: 10, Mark 10th chap: Is. His statis-
teal 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 Of the heather. Out of popula-
tion Of over sixty million American people
there are only twelve million Evangelical
christians, and that fve-sevenths of the en-
tire population Of the globe are yet in outer
darkness. His was o scathing review of
our neglect Of the one thing needful. Bro.
lotteries. as our readers are well aware, has
dli his life been hard bible student, and
we'll did he maintain that reputation in the
masterly style in which he dealt with his
subjectton "Children's day"
Rev. j. w. Schell was next called. He
spoke only few minutes. The speakers
who preceded him had gone over the ground
and given it thorough working up and he
wOufdnot trespass upon his hearers patience
by long speech He wanted the children
to know that it was their day and not the
speakers nor old folks day. Brother Schclrs
whole time is given to the Sabbath School
work. Had motion been made to press
him in for half hours speech not man,
woman or child in the house would have
failed to vote for it, although they had been
seated for q or hours in a denscly crow
ded house.
This was his first visit to Salem, and he
made q, fine impression upon our people
especially the ladies'.
Theihour for adjournment having arrived
the choir and congregation sung, Sweet bye
anll-bys.s
The ni,isicswas.su as the thoughts were
sublime Rev. Mr.. Query pronounced the
benediction, and thus Sabbath day we'll
spent was consigned to an Eternity Of the
past.
The ladies, who are the motive power in
every good work, were determined that the
occasion should be a success, now took the
congregation in hand and from the mex
haustible fountain of their hospitality spread
before them such feast Of edibles as one
seldom sees in a 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.
TIL Salem Sabbath School, through your
humble correspondent, extends to all, old and
young who took part with us either in per-
son or spirit its best wishes for their future
happiness, prosperity and usefulness, and
trusts that the day spent together on earth is
only foretaste of that joy, bliss and happi-
ness that awaits ms beyond the river under
the superintending care Of the King of
Heaysn. Vox.
RoADro GLENN SPRIN ds. -CoIumbia, e.
c. July l6.--The stockholders Of the Co.
lumbis, Nswbsrry & Laursns Railroad met
to-day and instructed the Directors to build