Daily Republican., 1890-06-09
ch,ldrs.'s nay .. Central.

At Central rrssbytsriau Church At
sraetivs childrsn's day exercises ysstsr.
day evening couprised:
Day Of 0!adnsss;" =. Invocation by Rev.
William Z. owAstss pastor; y. NHaii tho
CroIs Of Jssusys & Responsive readine
BY supsrintsndsnt w. K. Crosby and the
school; .. Singing By the primary school:
.. keeitstions BY class Of ten children; ;
y Singing By pfimary school; 9. Re-
sponetve reading ~ superInterd dent and
school; 9. ''Childrsn Of Jerusalem; 1" 10,
spesch BY Hsrry 1mmons, attorney-at
Isw. sunday tehool worker from the
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church; II.
HAPPY are We, Gods own Little
FLOCK: euperiptsndent Crosby stated
tao SCHOOLS had faistd = special ofYerIug
OF one hundred dollars, which was
20 20 70 Tue y. 3. extension fund Of the
rresbyteriAn Church, which In one rear
b ad organized !, l39 new Sunday sehools.
embracing 43, 200 members, lts 800
are given to organize more new schooIs.
IL. Rev. Geo. N. Hickman. pastor al
the First Piesbyterian Church. made a
serring and brief speech compact with
children . stories, aud one Of tho kind
tnat makes Sunday schools lively and
Our Way ksjoicisg;" il. Bsnsdictiop, "
me snging wss thoroughly rehearscd
oy ~. Z. II. Gsyiey. Prof Fuilmer
presided o. the organ. The maia audi
toriam Of the ohufch Was well filed.
Ino novel and nnusual feAture Of the
celebration was Ne speech from LAWYER
Ammons. He was glad to bs with them
In these interesting exercises. His mInd
WAS Hooded with memories OF the ps,t,
When invited 70 sddress them bis mind
reverted to little Bible which he openeJ
iindiDg bis nsms written and below IL
,he name OF bis teacher 10 Central Sun.
day school, now deceased, who had pre-
sented It to him January /, 1879. while
tory would havo 70 consider him a s'lost
sheep" Ia remark which created a quiet
sensation among the children he wu
With them 10 precious memories Of Cen.
tral Sunday school teachers, ex-Superin.
STUDENT !, y. Y. Taylor, ex.Pastor George
+. Wswell, u. D. aud ackk ow led ged 10
expressible gratitude for the good this
Sunday school had done him.
THE Bible in lie relation to the train
ing OF the young b more than q senti-
ment. 1t d a lamp Martin Luther
and his refcrms zion arc sunni az z,l,
But Luther Calvir and others were only
iLstrumens; thspower was In the b be.
he thought the Bible should be iaith.
fully read and taught 10 children 10
their homes and read without sectarian
comment in all schools throughout the
whole country. BE thought Gods con-
stitutions And laws, the foundation and
bul wark Of good character alike in the
Individual, and the people OF tile ma
tion.
The Bible 10 the only universal book,
adapted to all ages and all times. that
the world has ever had. No one man or
set oil men can aggregate to themselves 4
monopoly Of the Word Of God, All |
people are entitled to study 1t according
10 the dictates OF thoir own conseIences.
The earliest impr ssions ou the minds of
children and youth should be made by
the Bible. The common version of the
gospel Is marvelously adapted to the
minds OF children. They can under
stand II the better because their lives
are pure aud innoecbt The teaching OF
the Bible Ia more precious and beneficial
to children than wealth and social POSI-
ton. The home. should precele aud
txcel the Sunday school In the teach
ing oi the Bibls to children. The Sunday
school 10 next 70 the pulpit In its work
Of teaching the Bible.
1t anor.ls opportunity as q voluntary
organization for discussion, for inter-
change OF views and for liberalizing the
ideas. He would have the Billie IN every
poor house and every prison ocll. He
,iied tue cor version of the noted evapge-
list, Jerry McCaulley, who WAS converted
,y Bible be found ina coll In Sing Slug,
n. r., State Prison, and was Instrument.
al in the salvation OF 40 many souls In
New York City. The best men are Bib.e
men. We are impressed on every hand
u the need OF moral character that will
tAnd the test OF experience. Let ~ have
he Bible read iu tho public schools; let
Is he a Bible land; let US BIS u Bible read
ng, u Biblo loving aud Bible obeying
'sople.