Daily Republican., 1889-12-26

The Sunday school of silverbrook N
X. Church held their Christmas enter
tainment lsst evening. The church wa
handsomely decorated with evergreens
| with two handsome trees, ons each sid,
OF the pull Il, reaching from floor to cell
ing. heavily laden with good things fol
the children.
A beautiful arch stood between thu
trees, neatly trimmed with eyerprsens
"Merry Christmas" appearing IN large
gilt ietters over lis top. The singing, led
by Bro. J. W. CJley, assisted by choir
Of well-trained voices, with Mrs Eta
Brileley as organist, WAS excellent and
reflected credit upon themselves and the
school. All the scholars acted their parts
so we'll that II would te hard to des gn ate
any by name as excelliug the other.
The programme consisted OF recitat.ons
and singing as follows: Singing by
school, Joy to the world; prayer by Bro
Joseph Pyle;reeitation, Christmas cblmes,
by Charlie Simmons; recitation, the
| Christmas secret, by Y. Ratledge; reciia-
tion, how they made up, by Edna Bar
RAFT; recitation Santa Claus, Lulu LAVE;
recitation, only boy, Willie Morris; re-
citation, Lady Jane, by Emma Yates; re-
citation, my iather's field, by Annie Wal
ton; singing by school. sing halleluiahs;
recitation, underneath the Christmas
tree, by Scott Morris; recitation, Chrlst-
mas voices, by Edith Scott; recitation.
Bessie's story, by Anpa Jones; recitation,
Christmas, by Sadie Hitler; recitation,
suffer them to come, by Katie Schafer:
recitation, by Hattie Repch; recitation,
grand-ra's spectacles, by Rebecca Jami.
hon; singing by the school, what the glad
bells say; rec tation, 4 track In the ashes,
by Annie Jones; recitation, by Gazella
HestinR; recitation, by Lsslle Vandyke;
Brother Pyle then 10 Q neat little speech,
presented Mrs. Hyrons with q beautiful
dressing case, as present from her clAss;
singing by clsss; recitation, Christmas
Carol, Bessie Jones; recitation, Christmas
Eve, by Lille Laws; recitation, Christmas
Carol, by John Hitler; recitation, DAISIES
and Buttercups, by Nephi I.indsey;
singing by the school, Come to Bethle-
hem; recitation, The Night Before Christ
mas, by sAllie Ratledge; recitation, Love
one another, by Edna Selby; recitation,
A Fellows Mother, by Eddie Moore;
hesitation, God Been In Nature, by
Nab Walton; recitation, Christ mas
Ev', by Hattie Smith; recitation, Christ
mas Times, by Maggie wigglesworth;
recitation, Kosa's Resolution, by Mabel
Leach; recitation, The Old hymn Book,
by Bertha Selby; recitation, by Harry
Selbyi recitation, Little Foxes, by Matte
parr; recitation. A Child's Mistake, by
Elsie Colt; recitation, by Lulu Manner
ing; singing by the school, Hail the King.
The pastor then presented Bro. J. W.
hyrons and wife with memor al and
resolutions of respect on the death OF
Their beloved daughter Helen, who died
on the lith Of November, 1889. He next
presented Bro. A. w. Briefly, on beh,lf
OF the Sunday school, with q very hand.
some revolving chair as token of their
esteem. Bro. Pyle next presented Sister
hrilely, ON behalf of the church and
sunday school, with q beautiful case
containing a set OF silver spoons, as a
token OF their appreciation Of her ser
vices rs ofgsnist. The bell Was then
rang for oil kriss, who was soon heard
coming down the tt with iingling Of
BELLS
When be entered the door all the lite
ones were on tip toe TO get sight OF him
as be passed up the aisle with his snowy
locks and Christmas robes to the front OF
the chaucel raj, where, as the trees were
unloadcd, he passed the baskets OF good
things 10 the children as their names
were called BY the superintendent.
Having made them all happy by his dis
tribu;ion oi good things, they babe him
goodnight, with q request that he
return GU next Christmas. The school
then sang tue closing piece, "CArroliug
niofy, aud tile pastor pronounced the
bsnoiiction