The Portland daily press., 1891-06-15
cHILpREN's SUNDAY.
How 1t Was Observed in Some of the
Churches.

The first in the series of Childrens' Sun
days was held yesterday and it was observed
by the Williston, Plymouth Free Baptist,
Free street Baptist, Chestnut street, Second
Parish, st. Lawrence street aud Congress
street Methodist churches. The children
were very prettily dressed, the churches
were redolent Of the perfumes of the flowers
and the sermons were devoted to the young
people.
SECOND PARISH.
At the morning service the communion ia
BILE bore large vase of daisies and another of
fleur-de-lis. On the desk stood a vase of
deep red peOnies. Pots of flowers stood on
little tables and on the pulpit platform. The
programme Included presentation of Bibles
to seven year old baptized children; a bap-
tlsm OF several children; an address to bap-
tized children under Is years of age; respon-
sive readings and hymns, and y very inter
esting sermon by Rev. DR.. Merrill, "The
Cross and the Children" The organ play
Ing was feature and included SpObr's hRo.
nance" as prelude. and postludium by
Whiting.
STATE STREET.
At State street large pots of hydrangeas, a
perfect wealth of bloom, were placed at
either end of the platform, and the front was
banked with flowers and tropical foliage.
yersary exercises Of the Sunday scheol.
There was the usual responsive reading
music and solo addresses. Mr.. Marr, secre-
tary and treasurer, announced the number
OF pupils 277, five less than last year, but the
average attendance was 149. against 1872 last
bursements $130.04. There are 750 books In
the library, 80 having been added, and 80
given to the Deer Isle school. Two have
died the past year, Miss Anna W. Milliken,
told the children If they would be Christ's
disciples to learn of Jesus, love Jesus, obey
Jesus ana trust Jesus. The bass solo "Thy
win Be Done" was finely rendered.
FREE STREET
AT this church the exercises were very in
teresting. The music included "The Chill
dren's Day." Hours of Sunshine" SIN
Gods Clear Sunlight" beautiful Sun
shine" Flowers Of Summer" "Chiidren's
Day Anthem" and "The Universal Song"
tions "Our oblations." Gods Message in
the Flowers" THE Old Flower Beds. !"
Song Of the Lilies" Nell and Joe." SThe
Child's Message" and "The Church Spider"
An address was delivered on "The Work of
the American Baptist Publication Society"
Inc floral offerings were very pretty.
PLYMOUTH.
Plymouth Free Baptist church was beauti-
fully decorated. There were handsome me-
MORALS to Grace Allen, Sewall Kilborp. Hat
tie Mortensen, Martin Mortensen, Nellie
Fullam, Miss Falkins, Miss Watson and
others. There were recitatons by Ralph
Thompson, Ethel Hanson, Abbie Hutchin-
son, Katie Aageson. Woodie Osborn, Haiti q
Smith. Miriam Getchell and Connie Hutch.
inson, Lester Kneeland, Edith Blake. Flora
Skillings, and singing by Willie Fullam and
Beatrice Orr, Nellie Allen. Ara Brown and
Marian Getchell, three little girls, and the
chorus. -Four boys gave dialogue.
WILLISToN.
There wasa pleasing floral display at this
church. Rev. Mr.. Pratt's sermon in the
morning to the children was on "Love of
Nature, or Solomon and his study of Flow
ers." There were several children baptized
and number also received Bibles from the
church, each being given by the pastor In ap-
prOpriate words, The music was fine