The morning call., 1891-05-04
The Opera House TlTOIgSi with Children
Quaint Greetings to The President and Mrs
HariS0R-Tha First Lady Of The Land
Makes a SD89h-B Brilliant Address TO The
Methodist Congregation Splendid Church
Decorations.

a good view Of Mrs. President Harrison ana
heard her make a speech-a very little one,
as it only consisted Of three words.
The occasion was union meeting Of the
Presbyterian Sabbath-SchOOls al the Grand
Opera House. Admission was strictly by
ticket and so the scholars and their teach
ers and friends all procured seats. Hun
dreds unprGyided with tickets tried TO OBJ
tain admission, but were turned back. A
large force Of police in full uniform, under
Sergeant Coles, had charge Of the yeSubule
and the entrances to the different floors.
and paid particular attention to the little
ones, saw tnat there was no confusion and
that the smallest got the seats in front. 1t
was estimated that nearly 5000 people were
present.
On the stage about 800 chairs had been
placed. and here were seated the clergy
(neaTly every denomination being repre-
sentedl, people prominent in Sunday-sch0ul
work and other invited guests and tile choir.
The only attempt ut enumeration IN the
building was two large American flags that
hung ID graceful folds from the proScenium.
The singing was all congregational except
one hymn that was sung by the male choir
Of the !. N. Z. a. Professor GuStaye A.
Scott, organist OF Calvary Church, acted as
pianist and Miss Jennie Dunn as Organist;
Miss Pearl Noble, AlfTedP i. Black and a9n
Quimby played cprheIs Miss Maud Noble
the trombone and-A. 1lGGaSdd The violin. d.
NJ 55iTce welded the baton.
OPENING EXERCISES.
Shortly after 2 o'clock, the hour arranged
for the exercises TO commence, James
HorSburgh JT., Superintendent Of Calvary
Sunday-schOOl, who acted as Chairman,
Postmaster General NaBamakeT, Mayor
Sanders0u and Rev. DR.. L. Chalmers Eas-
ton entered from the wings and took seats
in front of the stage. Their arrival was
greeted with q burst Of applause, which was
checked by Mr.. HOTSbuTgh, who arose and
said While We are IN a theateT you must
remember that this IS a church service and l
must ask that there be no applause"
The exercises opened with the singing Of
the hymn, "All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name,H after which the Rev. ii. n. Gibson
read the Twenty-thITd Psalm. DR.. Easton
followed with prayer IN which he asked
God blessing on the Sabbath-SchOols and
the little ones assembled and a special bless
ing Tor the Pres dent, the Postmaster-Gen-
eTal and his Honor the Mayor.
A the conclusion of the prayer the Mayor
stepped forward and said: Ladies', gentle
men and children 1t is great pleasure to
me to-day to accompany 10 this place q
great friend Of children, one whose reputa-
ton is world wlde-aye, world wide. Next
to his God he loves children; children of
every sex and color Allow me to introduce
10 you Postmaster-GeneraI Wanamaker."
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tie front Of the stage hal1-stified cheer III
voluntarily broke forth from the audience,
but Mr. HorSburgh's warning finger was at
once raised. The POstmaster-G General made
quite a lengthy address, which was listened
to with Tapt attention throughout. W hat
be said was substantially as follows:
MR.. IANAMAKER's ADDRESS.
''I am almost afraid of that introduction
by your Mayor l think it will raise up
wall between. you and me. When | 20 into
a SuGday-schoOl ! look upon myself as a
big boy. In the Sunday-sehOol we are all
boys and girls together.
L am not going to look at the old folks at
all to-day; l am going to speak to the little
ones, whom | was invited to meet / think
you are a little disappointed that the Presi-
dent is not here. lie has been Sunday
school attendant all his life. He is weary
you can see it in his face He was at church
this morning, according to his usual custom.
Last Sunday at Calvary Church we
greeted each other in very nice manner.
Now, suppose you send a greeting to the
President double up your programmes hold
them up as high as you can in your right
hand, now greet.
As he spoke Mr.. Wanamaker waved his
programme, every one in the vast audience
did the same and from the. orchestra 20 the
top Of ''nigger heaven" could be seen a mass
Of waving, fiGttering white paper. The
effect was unique and very pretty. Now,
Mr.. President" continued the speaker,
''you have got our good wishes"
At this JunctuTe four ladies, escorted by
Colonel c. +. Croker, walked on the stage
and occupied some seats in the front row
that had been reserved for them. So inter-
ested was every one IN the novel greeting
mentioned that the arrival Of the party was
90 scarcely noted, and perhaps not twenty
people IN the whole building were aware Of
the fact that Mrs. President Harrison was
IN the house The four ladies who entered
Mrs. all
Harrison, Mrs. Mckee and Mrs. W. Croker
As soon as the rustic OF the programmes
had subsidized Mr. Wanamaker continued
"A boy IS proud Of his father and as for his
mother he knows there is no one in the
world just quite as good as she Is. But we
have relations in the Sunday-schoOl Some
say the Sunday-sehoOl is a little thing
they are mistaken. l wish we could see
behind the scenes, see beyond the clouds.
LONDON EXPERIENCES.
81 wish you could see what l saw 10 Lon
don. 1t was at Lambeth Palace. the resi-
denee Of the Archbishop Of Canterbury.
There were 10000 Sunday-schoOl children
and their teachers there. On platform sat
the Prince and Princess Of Wales and on
either side OF them sat dukes, duchesses
and bishops. 1t was a great sight The
little ones marched by the platform. As the
ragged schools came by. who do you think
descended from the platform and took her
place with her class? Mrs. Gladstone
wife of the Premier Of England She did
not think it beneath her TO teach ragged
school class.
"Old John Bright said the Sabbath-school
was good thing, aad Earl Shaftesbury
sat down and taught ragged urehins the
way to God. Judge Story Of the Supreme
Court and Judge Harlan, as prominent men
as any I'm the country teach Sunday-school
regularly. The best people know that moth
ing Is so good as TO try and get the big man
out OF that little boy down there. What
possibilities there arel He may have in his
thOught-boX a locomotive or a ship. When
Faraday, the great chemist was asked what
was the greatest discovery he ever made g
ToiBted to boy and said, That is the great
est discovery / ever made The boy was
his errand-boy; ne studied in his leisure
hours, be was rersevering, and in after life
was known as Sir Humphrey DaYy.
"Boys become one of the life-forces of the
CITY The San Francisco Of twenty years
. from now will be what the boys Of to-day
make it. The city is not made of big build
ings, but of people of big hearts. | wish
could strike the keynote, let US keep the
bour Of worship / trust that GOD will
speak to-day, for we need not 20 TO a lofty
cathedral to worship. | knew boy who
worked in livery stable and after his days
toll was done he would crawl into carriage
with his testament and say his prayers; he
had church all TO himself. We need a
church when Gods minister comes to give
the message, but we can pray anywhere. l
would to God that to-day could plant IN
boys hearts how near we can be to God
Listen and you can hear his voice.
A LESSON.
"Pll see if / can't give you a lesson. Since
last Sunday I've received some nice notices.
and a number of people have spoken about
The -Four S. I'll give you lesson about
a ship for all boys like kites and ships"
After telling the boys how to make Chris
tian clock with prayer for each hour on