The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-26

christian duty to IBID US all farewell" We
may, however, haye misconstrued the
meaning Of that final sentence Gas We
have on our credit sheet much lmagina-
tion) and it may not have been given for .
final leave taking. But it struck us SO,
and in the name of the uplifting of the
brotherhood of man we beg it may be 9th
erswise.
Returning our thoughts to the meeting,
others followed Friend Hillborn in his SER
mon, the verbal illustrations Of which
were intensely interesting. We are loath
to say how much we missed Matilda Jan
ney from this, her home meeting. whose
presence is always proof that she will give
utterance to teachings which the Father
would desire given to His children, so in
terested is she in the best happiness Of her
people, and so faithful is she to the ~calliugs
of His voice. But, in glancing over the
large audience gathered. we note her alb
sence and feel that we have missed that
toward which we had been looking. Here
in it is that Friends teach US we should
not look too expectantly to outward in
huences, but that we should be content to
sit in silence and list unto the teachings
that come of the Father, made manifest
through the Christ spirit unto our
souls, and sitting thus in silence, praising
Him and having our hearts rendered INC
tho cords thereof brought into harmony
with His Love, then any ministration
given finds the prepared soil in a suitable
condition to accept the seed
f.
Far better in It's place the iowliest bird
should sing arfghtto Him the lowliest song,
Than that a seraph strayed should take the
word
And sing His glory wrong
JEAN INGELow.
Four p. NJ, on the date above mention
ed finds us seated in the vast auditorium
of the music pavilion at Lemon Hill. list
ening to a wonderfully entertaining pro-
gram which must be heard to be appreciat-
ed. And though we may not have been
carried into paradise Gas we have heard
said) through our listening, yet we are
sure we were carried away up in &C" and
to say we enjoyed it would be conveying
to your readers but a slight idea OF how
our ears drank in its charms. Now some
OF you may accuse us CT having ~desecrated
the Sabbath, or Of having attended a place
OF DIVERSION, since there is very little of
sacred music in these Sabbath afternoon
concerts held during the summer months
at Paramount Park. But when we rem
ember what a source of pleasure these are
SO the busy middle classes of PHILADELPHIA
ans who's weeks are filled with business
pursuits, we are thankful that these op-
portunities, their weekly breathing spells,
are favored with the symphony of some of
the best musical talent. We must remember
that what prayers and psalms are to some.
music and songs may be to many in this
world. Therefore we say again we are
thankful the city Of 'sBrotherly Love-
thinks enough of its working classes to
provide for them such outings as these af-
lord. for the experienced eye readily OBJ
serves it is this class that forms the bulk
OF those in attendance, that they are neat
~ dressed and their faces show, to a salts
factory degree, their endeavors to lead
rightful lives. This music pavilion, which
was fully described in the daily papers of
a year or more ago, is built after the style
of the old Roman a~mphitheatres, and is a
piece of architecture in which every Phil
adelphian should feel pride, and in which
every one who has seen the views of the
ssRuins of Pompeii'' which used to be on
exhibition in a building especially erected
for that purpose, near Green street ent-
rance to the Park, but which ave been re-
moved to Memorial Hall, should naturally
be interested.
As we sat in this modern amphitheatre
allowing our thoughts to revert to the his
tory of that ancient buried city and con-
meet it with one of the scenes of the above
mentioned collection where the a%nticipat-
ed battle betweenth the gladiator and the en-
ragged lion was interrupted by the eruption
of Mt. Nesuvius, of how the spectators
were thrown into alarm and confusion,
running for their lives, in a twinkling this
imaginary scene is served an illustration,
for scores of the large audience herein
gathered are hurrying, running out
through the entrances, and though there
is no visible eruption, no mysterious feel
ing of danger, we, with steadier (?) heads,
retain cur seats and we afterwards learned
all lis confusion was the caused by the
eruption of the ire Of two bootblacks who
had come into unpleasant juxtaposition.
Being interrupted, we abruptly say very
truly, RUTH.
Woodstown, 9th mo. 24th, 1890.