The morning news., 1889-05-16
ONE MORE TEAM a SCORE
wesley Nonum entail sunday School
Cpie ehrataa rs AnnivarserY.

wesley Nonum entail sunday School
| Cslebrates It's Anniversary.
Five hundred people attended the ami
versary exercises of he Wesley Monu-
mental Sunday School last night. The
school is twenty-one years old Ths ami
Versary was one Of the most largely at
tended in the history Of the Sunday school,
ana as many people wers present as could
| crowd into the caurci. The dec Jraulons
we're an thst they coul have teen. The
cnaBcel railing was covered with moss and
/ roses and in the rear # the clAnce! was q
large cross Of white lilies tast sfully ar
ranged. Tie walls we're hung with wrea hs
OF ergrsen, and inside the al ar rail "ere
vases OF flowers a u4ique floral designs
arranged in retty manner.
| AT o'clock the school Of 275 scholars as
semDled IN the lee ure room OF tine First
+ ssbytorlan church AID marched to the
| ne.Iey Monumental church to the stral IS
OF an organ march played by Organis Miss
Weskes, with cornet accompaniment. Ihe
infant class Of over rty little ones led the
| procession, and mar hing in tnsy were
seated on raised benches at one side Of the
pulpit. The other schol rs we e seated on
the froat benches TIE school "a z Praise
the Lord, and Rev. A. N. Wynn, the pas
tor, offered prayer, after whic the scholars
sang another song and recited tina crssd
scholAr evinc1d a great deal OF training.
IEe pastor read a Sc ipture lesson, after
which Mas, er Joseph Carr delivered tie
address OF welcome. He said:
To my lot has fallen the pleasant duty of wei
coming you, dear parents and friends, TO our
Scnool room on this festa! &C sslOn. 1y words
OF gree ing shall be few, but l trust you will
Feel they ara sincere. Il ri eS US pleasure to
see you all bore, and We hope you will fad
pleasure In thus spending an hour with US We
OIlF eaVg Vg-Fq
singing with all the care We could,
hoping TO make them pleasant to your
sources flow, and great lives from snAl be-
glnnings grow" SO may our youthful ohs:ts
Uinpretendng 50 they seem to be- be the germs
OF future works whicd shall exert vide inhu-
encs for culture throughout the community in
which we live.
The infant class sang Come Little Sol
disr" and Jesus Loves tae Lan6s" in
sweet manner. The school sang The
Lerd is Ny LigAt." and Morning, Neon
and Evening Pra Sc, " IN N st satisfactsry
maauer, ald Mss Ruby George reci cd
"Suffer Little Children to Cons Unto Me-"
in swee style In his anRual rs9ort Su-
perintende t S. B. Adams said, What we
somew lat iaaccuratsly term our 21sE ami
vsrsary finds our S inday schoolin fairly
prosperous condition We desire to say,
however, by way O. psrenshssls that this is
rather the 2lst anniversary of the recon-
the close Of ths late civil war Ours was
an old school at the begianing Of the
war and had enjoyed a long period
of life and usefulucssn The report shows
total msTR s-s ip of215. or tn<ss twelve
are officers and tWenty-six are teachers,
showing net gain of about twssJy-fve
si ce last year. he attendance has been
good Tse superintendent said that the
school needed immediately several moro
teachers. Thanks were tendsred Musical
Director Thomas, Organist Miss W0skss.
CornetI5t Mr.. Gerber and the faithful
scholars.
TIE h0ol sang "Jubilate Deo," and a
dialogue, Bring F,ows $" was rscited by
Mastrrs Rave eI Gigu!llat, Wylly DOty aad
ii lrvin Mingledo~f
The instrumental quaTtette-F. w. Ger
Der first co net; Gslrge Augur, second
cOrnet; E. p. Brandt, alto; George Gerber,
baritone-piaYed most 81 satisfactorily.
The dialogue, "Bs Hunble," by the fol-
lowing eight girls, was probably the feature
Of The evening: May Barnwell, Rsby
Porter, Annie Carr, Lila Wright, Lottie
Sassnst5, Lula Ward, Ada Gnaua, Josie
Collins. Each schClar carried letter which
she placed in poslti after reci ing her
verse. When the las one had recitsd, the
letters formed the motto, BE Hu lsn
After a recitation, "Child's Mission" by
Lottis P ck, tss scholars sang the follow
ing songs: swell the No,e OF Rapt re-"
"SAout tAs Glad Tidiaxs,n and ''Eor ward
Lst Us g - and the bsnsdiction was pro-
nounced by Rev. J. w. Simmons Of the
New Heust0a street cau -ch. The pro-
gramme was one OF the M st extended ever
givsn. The music, under ths direction of
M. w. B. Thomas, was = special feature
of the programme, and the manner in
which the scholars acquitted themselves re-
hscted credit on both themselves and the
director. TIE addition of the instrumental
quartstts was ovel, and took well. Chill
drsa's day will be celebrated at Wesley
church next SUNDAY.