The sun., 1889-03-18

aisS .hat s Of eshtTte and 6ants spirit TiR gum
comfort Iion" This, was broken up into parts. arts
the Nit sSGs ali hrd Ss aHi wfG on1 the IN
comfort Zion, He will comfort her waste places
and make q her Ike Eden, ike the garden Of the
IHs over listened with, a, Iapt, look and
him until soa oSe NH Then RS Smiled Ipe All ovSr
his his face and pretty Young woman ian back in
nodk sa e ss ns Gs s "atR K
in her chair with relieved look and smiled
SSS Sot The LYLE ones 5eSs sssnF i,om her smile
mspda!ion. The posimasteriG iGensrsii.. who Who
tR%Hiht they were smiling at hin. D'I"; and he
smiled more and rubbed his hands, wherea,
smiled. too SO that the whole situation ton was was
very appropriate to the words of the song,
nHnS tossed to- saf6 Sv and forth be-
prano gallery OF girls:
10y and g a,lness Joy and g!adness
Thanksgiving ami the voice OF melody
"0n whom dost thou trust? 2" was the excla.
nation with which the Postmaster General
runctuatsd tho stiffness that followed this
song, and it was the girls who answered;
The Lord also will be refuge, for the op.
that know thy, name, will put their trust in
thee for thou, Lord. hast not forsaken them
tllut SICK tDet.
=, 1t was the girls. too. who sang with Mr..
Swesnsys Ssn iqlI band the next song. Art Thou
And Who is He that will harm YOU If ye be
followers Of that which is good !" cried the
lostm aster- General when the girls voices had
died away Two classes In one oil tho galleries
Bcenuso n, I'll thou hast mado the Lord. which is
y Ss we I .S9 thy neher s
any plague come nigh thy dwelling,
What must do 10 be, saved 7" called out the
trpu af., In alrir rla in, tba
70 each verse: that began, Come with me, the
listened and smiled. and the young woman at
the infant organ seemed weighed down with
sing an answer too, and then several different
classes in various parts of the building chanted
different apnroprlate verses.
conversational tone after this. First he asked
the school, one, gallery. and section 1T a time.
fair show OF hands followed the question each
time it was repeated he seemed pleased and
All, a great many. a great many: that's
good. Sunday school don't take the place of
Then he asked each section in turn who had
brought Bibles with them. Livery one who
had one held up the book and the POSTMASTER,
ieries; and it held up,a book, too,
GTfn ho tSs ana ade
:, Bless its little heart" whereat the mother
hnshed rosily; 4 and pet petted the infant and
The place OF the days lesson was then given
BY the school and its subject, :" Christs Love
Christ's love" repeated the Postmaster-
General :" Tor the old,no; He loves US all. but
Then iho golden text. Suffer little chill
erai exclamel: That our teat. Once doesn,t
seem to be enough for such q good one; say 1t
again. and tho school said it again.
;, The school then; rising at 5he tap Of the
f sfesn hi iar @ aWay Wien IL IL was S done Z The
krfSsa Began thou hast put
down N Ty hook about little children and
ThSe Look Ho a US WEE have SaS
to Thee. a great number Of us-lttle children.
young children, old men and old womenr;hut ;r
responses. and now We come to Thee
out Thy hand to save us, to help us, to lead US
along toward that 9pen gate that brings us to
msds tho ss child i'd smile and the lSeF mohsr
happy come to MS now. that there may be q
the resn offE hamSs in !' city tonight
The whole prayer was IA slmple and stra ght-
forward as this, and was spoken in a slow
What amount was given last Sabbath. and
what iorY asked the Postmaster General when
that 1861 had been contributed for the relief
We'll. don't see how many poor people are
the Postmaster General. and asked what to-
days collection WAS for.
i" For the tent mission replied tho Secretary. |
We'll. now. ] don't want the collection for |
the tent mission 10 be less than $780, said the |
Postmaster-GenerAl, as the collection started
TO the Jingle Of dimes and pennies the Post
ma ter General read m l"t OF notices OF meet
stopped suddenly and clapped his hands twice.
Tho school was silent.
Some houseke keepors cant bear a speck of
dirt about" ho said. and cant bear speck
Then he went on. A notice OF sale for
the benefit of a seaside home was unusually
'oAE Th@re. h, ut9 DON'T say didn't give that good
notice, sad the Postmaster as he
When he had finished the notices he tapped
his bell. the curtains Of the stage fell together.
curt aims dropped before class rooms sliding |
partitions siipped into place: and before the
to go the classes were at their work. Even |
sooner the Postn aster- General had slipped ont |
Several hundred people were there |
awaiting him. and hundreds more followed him.
Of :a tho Sup@erIntendents @rf % Bible oiassa Flist
matte OF coal buying for next winter was al
who wanted to suve money on coal he ex-
plained; could come TO tho church each Mon
day night from 10 o. Twenty second stree! en-
trance, down three steps, side aisle TO he right. |
and deposit whateyer sum he liked for coal.
Then it is all bought mt once at reduced rates
and each gets whnt he has paid for. Last year.
tho Postmaster General said. 3G3 tons hat
thought it would take n thousand tons. He
was about to drop coal and take up religion.
when he noticed number of people standing
near the door.
I'm afraid I'm MS uncomfortable as my
friends here, seeing hem stand h" said.
An usher explained that they were people
who did not want TO 20 to seats because they
were going away early and would disturb the
meeting.
BRING them chairs, them, exclaimed the
PostmusteI-l ieneral sharply. We have loads
OF chairs, We cant expect every one to he able
to stay all through our meeting. Every one is
free to come, and-wcll, not quite as free, but
free enough TO go II they wish. but nobody
shall have to stand here ii We can find seats tor
them"
The collection was taken mp W bile the people
were being seated, and theimaIe quartet. led
ny sweeney. that did all the singing for the
class was heard from. The Postmaster Gen
eral prayed briefly and simply, and the quar-
tct sang again.
We are Very much obliged to you." said the
Post maStcr-General at the end, and then start
ed 10 talk
think ona nj tha ilanSnpf thipoS hat b,a