The sun., 1889-03-18
WANAMAKER AT CHURCH.
NOW HE SPENT HIS SUNDAY IN THE
QUAKER CTTT YESTERDAY.
Preceding at a Sunday school ard Bible
Class. and Taking Active Part in n sort
Experience" Meetine-He IL Equally
impressive In Prayer and ES hortatlop.

Class. and Taking Active Part In n Sort
Of Experience" Meetine-He IL Equally
Impressive In Prayer and Esh shortation.
PHILADELPHIA. March 17.-You must go
early to get seat at Postmast or q neral Wan
amaker's Sunday school nowadays. 1t begins
at $3.50 =. NJ, and at 80 to- day people began
TO gather in the cold and drlzzlo about tho
doors. At 2 o'clock tho doors we're opened and
within five min all tho seats, except those
reserved for scholars and teachers, were filled.
and the crowd was still pouring in. 1t was like
circus for the neighborhood and all the poo-
pie living near stuck their heads out Of the
windows, as though 10 see the parade 60 by.
That doesn't signify much, however. in Phil
adelphia- whore people habltualy stick their
heads out OF the windows at the slightest pro-
vocation. and keep triangular arrangements Of
mirrors outside their second story windows 80
as to be able 10 sec everything that goes UP and
down the streets. even whom their heads are
Kept inside. Bethany Sunday school has been
. great Institution In Philadelphia for many
years. 1t ranks second to Mr. Wanamakcr's 8
big store and the women who never go
down town week days without stopping at
Wanamaker's shop. or "Wanny's." as they
afrectionateiy term IL, hayo been almost
as careful that on Sundays their children
should not miss n visit TO Wananiakor's Sun
day school. There is n Bethany Church.with
PASTOR anu al mo OtHcT dttucHncutS, Coll-
nected with the Sunday school, but tho public
never hears OF them. and few know oven to
what denomination the church belongs. So
far as the Sunday school Is concerned. nobody
cares. Mothers send their children to John
W8namakers Sunday school TO get any sort Of
religion they want. Just as they go themselves
10 JOHNNY Wanamaker's shop for anything from
paper of pins to q cook stove As for Mr..
Wanamaker himself IL called upon to choose
between his shop and his Sunday school. he
would probably be in az great auandary as
the rich young man be taught about to-day, 10
whom Jesus said: abandon all and follow me,
ifyou would be saved" Both the shop and tho
sunday school have grown up about MI, Wana--
along without either and neither could get
along without him.
One thing the sunday school lacks that tho
shop has-a good location. The odd aGErega-
tion OF low brown stone buildings with a short
clock tower and tiny spire; that constitute?
Twenty-second street BaInbridce street is on
s4G rsh side 81 Market be
two and three story ones. instead Of tall tene
ments. cambridge street is like the great east
Inhabited as most east side streets. Just about
Bethany there is sort OF an oasis Of poor re-
sPe but thu sress Gs
nnclean and III smelling the cutters ioul. and
the whole hborhood mnsavory. Postmaster
of his store architccturally. in that It seems to
have been peced togethe TO meet the ncreaS-
walls are filled with odd angles ana there is a
door at very angle. separate doors for all the
nsns the sDs doE o
with lot OF extra galleries and boxes put in
%h " i 1 f"fs sns If e td4e "n1 at s
Casino. There are several hundred seats on
the 1enn stage and I,,2. smaI! gallery running
of gas lamps, instead Of foot lamps, are mo
benches, ike the letter Z. cut in hall, placed
There is chair to every bench. 4 class occu-
pies each bench and q teacher each chair. A
.s is In Tine L spous ns
each. each sds Of the DaTnpst are laTEs
there hro more class rooms, at the
sSShsd ssSk Thf ssy T Il D 9rGSd Ss snh
itors. At the back it extends into fifteen or
twenty yaulted inches, each Of which is class
leries. and two little galleries up under the roof
no Ht e9Gh M SIDE b; hGId more ,o sc3ars y @
The place 10, day was as ful as 1t could hold.
Ths Wh Esdnsy bs hh and M
calling Out" Hush EN- BACK, chsss ,sm BACK
chase" retorted the third, inpatientIy,
You'll have to get out OF there: those arc
seats for class" called out another to patty
But we were told to come here" protested
Cant, help It; you can't have ON. YouM
have to leave EN-" he retorted loudly. 10 the
modification of the ladies'
A few minutes later the same usher brought
them back to the very ,sents from which he had
SO ,S,da GeMHsiV%sy elected them 1t would havs
been 10 the gallery and heard such things as
this Tor ho himself caters Tor the publc good
VIII as much IN his sunday rs in his Weekday
business His week .lny uSnerS better
trained than his Sunday ones. Nothing like
today rIdenssS n ,y Would occur in his shop ,s
buzzing with chatter like hive Of giant bees
the orchestr4 came upon the stage and began
Shestra, consisting OF bass viol a trombone, II
French d, bern, clar9net eornet, and hali a
theatre orchestra in sitting on the edge instead
MGoa Sns th f bss bsasG dar in sy TS aos At
trouble that he had in getting his instrument
'9 go right iat ma man With bald 4 head looking
small chin % beard 5 10 era ,hc dcak WIS His
name is Sweeney. and he has won fame. music
ally BY leadlpE the Ocean GTNye mpsc in sum
sighed and said:
AnI, / taS %y INF Ma wanamAker amt coming
second later. when the orchestra was lust in
rattIinr % sSse rs t. Mr. %anamaksr a os Stepped
upon the stage. The people in tho visitors
saery eraned thfr esST ana s ss
no sign OF interest. and the nddIers, never
Spavered a note in their operatl. selection;
tapped little bell iwifs, and stood a.. stII look
tures Of Thomas A. Ellison. He wore an old
fashioned frock suit Of plain blnek,
black tic. His, straight dark hair, with
its irregular shading OF gray. was licked down
fat to his head. but tho heavy front lock had
broken loose from the rest and fallen over his
forehead. leaving white gap between itself
and tho rest of the hair After be had swept |
one OF his grim ciances over the school, no
little overture. MIR Sweeney and the full band
Joined in, Mr. Sweeney IeadinG With ta f9dSd ,,1i
pamphlet containing the order OF exercises for
the day. and from IL they began to sing TO the |
acoompaniment Of the orchestra. All together
they sang:
Onward onward onward. Christian soldier,
Marching marching. marching, AS Iowar
Then gallery full OF girls on tho right sang
sweetiy. with the Cross OF Jesus ana the IN
fant class under the gallery camo In with II |
queer little " With the Cross of Jesus. Alto |
Rether they shouted. With the Cross OF Jesus |
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