Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-06-09
Cn1LDnEN,s DAY osssnvANoKs.

CHILDRENsS DAY GRIEVANCES. |
Exercises OF an Appropriate Character
Held Yesterday In Many OF sho
Churches-The children arc Ad.
dressed and Make Speeches Them
selves - Handsome Floral Decora.
tions-The BeautIfal Day APpre.
clated By Both Parents and Chill. |
Aren.
Childrsns day services were held In q |
number of the churches yesterday. The |
weather being so fine throngs were present,
and the services were very interesting and
attractive. g.
At.ColIegs street Uhureh-Addrsss By
she Rast1fs ~
Children's day ssrvice9 were conducted
yesterday morning In q atting manner at
College strsst church by the pastor, Rev. DR..
AoLane. Two of the children were baptized
and elk received Bibles according to the GUS
tom Of the church to make suoh a presenta-
to all those that have reached the age OF
seven. The sermon was brief and contained
words of advice and interest to both parents
and children. The text was taken from
Matthew xix, verses IS and IA:
Then there we're brought unto him little chill.
drsn, that h. should put his hands on them and
But Jesus said: Suffer little children and forbid
them not to come unite me, for Of such is the king
| dom OF Heaven.
| The pastors words in brief were as follows:
| Marvellous Is the nature of material in
stinot. Everywhere In the animal world in
stinct prompts to tho thing that is best to be
done. There Is evidence that there Is q
| religious instinct of feeling which prompts
parents to believe that their children are
under the care of a higher power. This is
i In mo hall nf kho
planets under which . child was born, or the
belief in guardian angels, or the invocation
of protection of q patron saint. Il was this
feeling, doubtless enlightened by their knowl-
| edge of Jesus, which led them to bring their
children to him. How much people feel the
need Of having their children shielded in q
higher love. protected by mightier power
and guarded by a superior wisdom than their
own. The best one can do ia to bring chill
dren to Jesus. They have their individual
life to lead. Lot them learn Of him; to believe
that God Is their father; to submit unto his
will and to consecrate themselves unto his
service; and thus let their natural powers
and talents, 50 far as possible, find full play
and they will fill the place for which by
lesson here in the text, also, for
children. These little ones were brought
to Jesus. You have been carried
to Jesus in parental arms and coneeorated to
him by parental love. Jesus says that yours
is the kingdom Of heaven. He means that
the kingdom of heaven is open to you and
that it is easy for you to enter. Faith, love,
obedience and hope are the elements of the
Christian life. These are strong in childhood.
1t is easier for children to become Christians
! now than it will be later in life. Jesus placed
! his hands on the heads Of little children and
blessed them. If his hands. which always
did good, guide you you will never injare
others, but will benefit, and you will be
blessed and saved by him.
, AZ the First Methodist church.
The services at the First Methodist church
! yesterday morning were very pretty and
2 effective. The seats in the center of the
Q house were filed with the Sunday school
children. The exercises were chiefly singing,
. responses, and individual speaking by the
scholars. The pulpit was prsttily decorated
: with baskets of daisies and bouquets of
! roses, peonies and wild honey-suckle. The
) pastor made few appropriate remarks.
Al trinity M. Il. Chureh-singlng and
Recltasions-A Large sunday school.
: Trinity NJ. E. church, corner of George
and Dwight streets, was filed yesterday
4 morning at the children's service, by an
! audience as large as the seating capacity OF
! tho church. The members of the Sunday
(: school were present In Glasses, accompanied
= by their teachers. The school, which ia
either the largest or one of the largest in the
!, city, has forty -four Glasses and more than 6OC
scholars, q majority of whom marched into
: the church at the opening of the exercises
. yesterday morning After prayer by John
~ Morse, the superintendent, the scripture les
. son was read and responded to by the sohol'
q ars.
% The singing by the primary scholars wa,
- excellent and very creditabls for such little
"a ones. After repeating the ten command.
e ments and singing, the ordinance of baptism
NJ was administered BY The pastor, Rev. 8. Mo
~ Chesney, to seven persons who were present
70 The address of the pastor was substantially
as follows: zone year ago to-day was pas
y, tor of the Broad street church of Columbus
7 o., and was present at the ohildrsns day ex
eroises of that church. Among the man,
y Jones-who asked his mother If he could b.
" baptised on that day. His request was no
!, complied with at that time but was granted
Il later, when the little fellow lay on his deatl
!. bed.
ID The baptism and death of the boy causet
the conversion of the father.
o. The pastor gave hint that he was pleased
with large congregations. when he stated tina
st he hoped there were no persons present who
at the close of the service would say to eacl
d, other, good by-I'll see you at church mex
Christmas.
e, After singing the following scholars CAV
a recitation, entitled Little Pilgrims Seek
st ing the King" Minnie Kraft, Minnie Good
!. win, Lille Everhart, Sophia Bouden, Jessi
10 Weir, Ruby Bates, Bessie Mix.
e. 1.-THE Little Dairy" was nicely rendered b.
Mics Ada Down. Mr.. William Bissell le
w. the singing and Professor Ensigu presided a
Id the organ.
AZ Dwight Place Church.
~ There were Ave bsptisms at the mornin
Up services In Dwight place church yesterday
p; The children's exercises were held at Ii
evening service. About $50 of the Sunda
r. school occupied the middle seats of the houa
v. and rendered pretty program of recitation
Ut singing and responses. The recitations
's- little Mabel Austin, Willie Todd Allie Youpi
y; Nellie SCOTT, Edna Highly, Bertha Herrick an
TX Lena Norton were not an uninteresting po
r. ton. The floral decorations about the pulp
o. were plentiful and tastefully arranged. tt
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