The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-06-27
GORGEOUS DAY At sAlA oAlrro


I Editor Ga.eac;--
The usual cold, religions for
mnl,ties ut Thu, fine church ON
SUNDAY were largely improved hv
the fact that SUNDAY WAS "Chil-
i dren Day, and alsu thar with
out any previous arrangement, ii
was self-made Candidate Day
There WAS large eathe,i iug nj
the church house. which, with it's
new seats and new ceiling with
its gorgeous ornamrn'ation, set
the house alllme with glory I
] do nat mean by this that Religion
was there prominent Will ANY Of
her sweet. superior manifesto
tons, aud the word glory Is used
TO indicate more the glorles ~
time ana sense, than those which
pertain TO the spiritual feeling,
OF mankind, though these may
have been present, aul trust
were.
The house was nagmhccutly
decorated with flowers and last
behind The pulpit wa u large
motto executed with great TASTE,
winch read, "God Bless the Chill
dren, aad around winch large
festoon Of eyergr,ens was hung,
covered with rare flowers. There
were no fewer than twelve Large
fesloon exhibitions among them,
two large crosses lad 10 ever
greens aud covered with flowers,
/ among which were many rare
specimens Of gcrHneuins, glad!-
olas, vcrbeuas and wealth OF
+ white -ssdmine, whIue that queer
/ of .Sluthern flowers, the mdguo.
lia grandatlord, shone conspicu
, oualy forth.
rne services were lntorestin.
and qpet, nj 4 lilltrl % th,
) whole assembly . provoke any
B one 10 laughter Ii seemed L
! the writer to be white dte,, day
Il ~ there was quite Il para ie oi
I white muslin ul hand
3 After service there was grant
Il Pike County table sT read, arouaC
n which he thousand candidate
,s whom motives OF extreme piet,
il nad probably drawn together
Il were found, each telling his yer,
: best Jokes wijh his vriY best look
/ ln front, while visions Of comm.
honors danced before hi, eyes
!, Why candidates @ 10 church e
!, exhibit themselves. Is i, strangt
/. mystery rs to tell way fcigIou
Il OF church going people ugve
/. talk about religion. lt Is sau
/. that religion is 50 dear % Oh
J. heart and 90 pure 10 the soal
il that its claimants can neYe
If speak uf 1t to their fellows. Thi
does not agree wl.h the scrp'uH
Dt assertion that out Of he fullnes
j. If the heart the month ,peukrih
Il, After bllsstul iutermis-ion o
+, one and a half hours, The congre
IS cation got hack INTO the house T.
Il. witness Chlldreu's Day services
l.. This seemed to consist Of a col
e, lection and great lumber o
4 reciiatlons from q large let o
Y, very nice glrls 10 white, who a
d. did their parts very satisfactorily
81 Tie pastor also mld. very shor
talk upon the ise and progress d
the American Baptist Publlcatio
society aud several 50 q wer
sung.
a One striking feature If the SCI
j wee was the almost entire nbscnc
l. of ed rt IN the rrci0atiuns frof
= he male portion Of the communi
a ty. Although hos. ui girls cam
g forward il re, itatIye offerings
!, there we've but two boys, boi
i small, who participated Wher
le are the boys: What are lhe'
= 'earnng?
e, The most painful circumstanc
A. that we now have TO confront,
< the carelrssness and backward
5 ness Of our boys il matters 0
ID moral and religious advancement
le How are intellectual girls 10 en-
!, joy life. when mated with voun
P nIen who in boyhoud are wastin
a their precnus hours, learnIu
nothing profitable? Woman ca
le do nothing much without the a
ID sistanfe of an elevated paanel
> Sis lust SAX teS,ce TO the lry'
swIte <sassOciatr
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