The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19
Children's day services at the congre.

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church was beautifully decorated with
flowers, both morning and evening. In
the evening, they were rearranged with
high sArch of Character" in the center
of the rear platform. The music was ex-
cellent and appropriate to the day. The
pastor preached from Psalms XXXVII,
81, ssMark the perfect man. He said
that men are wont to pattern their lives
after their ideal man. Their ideal is Of
ten imperfect. We should have before
us always the perfect man. A perfect
man was one perfectly developed in body,
mind and spiritual life, special emphasis
being given to spiritual development, as
most likely to be neglected and as most
important. The youth were urged to
place thems elves under the influence of
Christian companions, teachers and lead
ers; to be present at all religious exer-
cises of the church and to enter heartily
into all worship as the best means to that
end. All were urged to take Christ's life
as a living example of''the perfect man.
The evening was given to children's
concert. The exercises were admirably
rendered and helped to produce the feel
ing of joyous worship befitting the day.
In several instances, there>was prominent
rare natural gifts, which give promise of
a bright future for those so fortunate as
to possess them. The Christian Endeav-
or society met at the close of the concert
for 20 minutes. The spirit of the former
meetings was not wanting here. Scarce
ly could 90 minutes have been better used
than these. Prayer and practical thought
were offered briefly and to the point. The
church was nearly filled both morning
and evening. A new feature in the morn
ing service was the distribution of
church calendar, prepared and printed by
home talent. 1t is expected that these
calendars will be published for general
distribution and will contain invitations
to all services, order of services, notices,
practical suggestions, etc. 1t is designed
i, also to be brief history of the church
!, and may be filed away as such.
All looked forward with pleasure to
} the cantata, Thursday evecing. 1t is de-
scriptive of the journey of the Children
. of Israel. Not only did it promise a rare
, musical treat, highly instructive to all.
, If stormy, it will be held, Friday even
t ing.
7 On account of the cantata, the prayer
= meeting at Chestnut Hill was held on
Tuesday evening, this week.
! About $50 listened to the eloquent SER
mon by the pastor, Rev w. +. White, of
, the Congrega tional church, last Sunday
morning. The words of his sermon were
earnest, warm and loving to the children
in behalf of the life to come and not only
, the children, but the whole congregation,
could take it TO themselves and the whole
tone of it showed the earnest Christian
worker. The church was handsomely
trimmed with laurel, roses and potted
plants, contributed by Mrs French, Mrs
j., Lynch, Mrs Hawley, Mrs Arthur Plumb,
; Mrs BoutOn, Mrs William TAFT and Mrs
G. B. Nichols. Three little boys were
baptized, Emmons Eaton, son of the pas
tor; also Charles and Robert Nelson,
sons of MIR and Mrs f. B. Finch, In the
: afternoon, he baptized Alice, only daugh-
: ter of Mr. and Mrs E. Il. Nichols, who
= was very sick. In the evening, a concert
was held, with an attendance of 175 or
2 more The exercises consisted of solos,
quartets, Rotations, etc. A solo by
, Mile Burton was finely rendered; she
has a sweet voice for one so young-only
5. Miss Eloise White and Master Char
lie Finch did nicely, the cute little tots.
E. S. Fairchild's class exercise, 1.-THE
Arch of Character the arch six feet
. high and four feet wide, handsomely
r trimmed with greens, on which were the
words, add to your Faith, Virtue,
knowledge, Temperance, Patience, Cod
illness, Brotherly Kindness and last OF al
Charity 10 kavStopp - each Yi1rt helm o.
taken by different members of the class,
of which Mr. Fairchild seems very proud.
= More flowers were added in the evening
and that part of the church nearest the
organ looked like an immense flower gar
J den. They were arranged by Mrs w. N.
French, Mrs l.. A. Hawley and Miss Hat
tie French. The program:
Singing by the school, praise Him." pray
er, Rev Mr. White; singing by quartet, Miss
Alice Burton, Miss Mary Tat, G. A. Wheeler III lie
day Miss Eloise White solo, I'm Little it
Boy Can Do" Otto Riling;" quartet, Mrs WIS.
Plumb, Mrs w. F. TAFT, Q. Z. Burton, W. n.
French; The Legend of the e. Rose Bl90 M
May Wills; duet by Mr. and Mrs o. B. Burton
"Children's Day Miss Edna Clongh; Arion
: French, A. E. TAFT, G. a. wheeler; s'The arch
of Character" Erwin S Fairchilds class, eight
!, Burton, Irene Wakeley, Elsie Nichols, Nellie
Brinsmade, May Wills, Mary TAFT, Aida Haw-
ley; singing by sehooln"0niy Beam G OF sun,
Finch; solo, Miss Aida Hawley; 1.-THE Chimes
of the Clock" Miss Nettie Plumb; remarks,
Rev Mr. White; coronation"
Mr. and Mrs Stephen G. Beach, D. G.
Beach, B. F. Beach and sister Cora E.
left here, Tuesday, to spend several days
with friends in Newark, n. j.
, Miss Mary F. TAFT led the Y. S. c. E.,
last Sunday evening,
Station Agent Beach is assistant libra
!; rian of the Congregational Sunday
school.
The farmers have stopped selling old
hay in anticipation of a short crop
Miss Wentworth of Lawnfield is enter
tanning her schoolmate and chum, Miss
Louie Vidal of New York.
We missed our accustomed drink from
the told oaken bucket" at Lawnfeld,
this week; in its place, we found a new
rubber bucket pump; no more fishing
for buckets in the well.
Farmer Noyes wants to know how
soon he will be getting eggs from his
young stock. He thinks he will be able
to give us pointer" soon.
j. Ell. Williams and son began haying,
, Monday. June 10, with the thermometer
up to 9S in the shade. They are also
, supplying customers in the Park City
with early vegetables from the home
farm.
C. F. Plumb of South Norwalk has
been here.
EASTON.
Nehemiah Candee will come home, Sat-
urday from Yale.