Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-12
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

or the CHufcneS-SPecldl SeI"OnS-
 Exercises by the Children and
 Handsome Decorations.
 At the Grand avenue Baptist church yesterday morning the pastor, Rev. Dr.
 Sage, In the course of his sermon spoke of
 the recent national Baptist anniversaries,
 the convention of the northern section
 having been held at Denver and of the
 southern Bsptists at Nashville, Tenn.
 From this city there were present Rev. Dr. Phelps, Rev. MT. Poteat and several others. The statistics gathered from these anniversaries include the following: Bsp- tiss churches in the United States, 36, 793; members, 3,3S3, 160; additions by baptism the past year, 166, ,322: number of Sunday schools, 19, ,930; teachers and officers, 143,- 607; pupils, 1890. .601. The gain for one year has been as follows: Churches, 9O3; ministers, 998; members, 113, 1854; total The meeting of the Educational society was held this year at Nashville. For this work of education the Baptists of the coun- try have given over SIC, in five
 years and the investments in those schools is about $30,000,00 There are seven theological sem;naries, thirty five uni
 versailles and colleges, thirty-six seminaries for ladies, fifty one semtnaries and -acad emies, twenty-two institutions for colored and Indians. The Home Missionary soci- ety reports baptisms fer the year of 5,743 the largest in any year for twenty years. By the aid of this society 5000 churches have been established. The past year hay ing marked the centennial of foreign mis- sions the Baptists of the United States set to work to raise $1 ,O00, 900 for foreign mis- sions and as result the contributions reached the sum of $1, 1,000.000.
 In most of the churches yesterday, Childrens' day services were held and there was 8 large attendance. The weather was we'll nigh perfect. At the Grand Avenue Congregational church the arrangement o1 flowers, chiefly in white, upon and around | the platform, was very effective and wat ! prepared under the direction of Miss Hattie Denison. The exercises consisted of sing
 ing and recitations by the Sunday school
 selections by the choir and 8 short sermon to the children by Rev. J. Lee Mitchell There were also interesting exercises by the infant class, song by little Miss Isa. dora Goldberg and recitation, "The Dew | of Parnassus," by Mhlie McDermott. Bap | tism was administered to four infants. Teina O'Brien received a special prize of a handsome book for securing the largest number of new scholars for the Sunday school. Children who had attained the age of eight years during the last year rs- Kenneth Fowler, Lillie Kneringer, Freddie Smith, Marion Wilton. and Louis Heming- way.
 In front of the choir gallery at the East Pearl street M. E. church, in large blue letters on 8 white ground, was this in- soription: "Our Glad Children's Day." The border was made up of wide ground of laurel. Other decorations included potted plants and cut flowers very prettily arranged. The pastor, Rev. J. H. Hand, preached an excellent sermon in the morn ! ing and in the evening the service was specially for the children, and included music, recitations, etc. There was music by the chorus choir, led by Mrs. Preston. ! ond Congregational church in the after noon, at 4 o'clock, including interesting parts taken by members of the Sunday school, and special music. The church was prettily decorated with flowers in rec
 ognition of Children's day. The pastor, Rev. D. M. James; preached in the morn-
 ing on "Co-opsrative Agencies in the
 Christian Culture of Children"
 "Liviug Pictures" was the topic of the
 service at the Grand avenue Baptist church last evening. The opening chorus, "Our
 Jubilee," was by the school, followed by
 the scripture lesson, s'Exhortation to
 praise," read responsively. The other se- lections follow: Introductory address,
 "Hail Happy Day." Oracle Underwood; duet, Beautiful Birds Sing On," Mrs. E.
 B. Warren, Miss DuelI; recitation, Little Enquirers," Bertha and Kittie Sherman and May Hauselpacker; exercises by the
 primary department; song, "The Beautiful ohor Go," Miss Ida Waters; duet and chorus. ''Song of Hope" Mrs. French Mrs. Sage, Harry Ssntry, Clarence Kilbourn;
 recitation, "Walking by Faith," Nora Sage; music, "A Song of Faith" school; recita- tion, ''The Waters of the Fountain" Edith Fowler; song, "We'n Be Right" Mrs.
 Sage's class of boys; music, "A Song of Joy," solo by Miss Carrie Ives; song by
 school; recitation, ''The Power of Love-"
 Miss Mamie Kanahan; music, "A Song of Love-" school; recitation, 'I Trust Paps," Charley Derby; quartet, 'Innocence," Car
 rie Ives, Nora Sage, Harry Santry and Mark
 Hare; music, "Be First in the Fisld,"
 school; address by the pastof, Rev. Sage; quartette 'Laying up Treasures" Harry Santry, Mark Hore, Eugene Jeffers, and
 Bertie French; closing hymn, Farewell" During the service each class presented It's offering contained in an envelope placed in . basket of fowera The concert com mittee consisted of Mrs. Charles French, Mrs. John Santry and Charles Manwar- ring. The decorations, which were pro fuss and tasteful were arranged by Mrs. N., AZ Beebe, Miss Atala Smith, Miss Jessie Kay and Oracle Huntley.