The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-07-10
SUNDAY At THE LAKE.
A Delightful Day Of Quiet Worship
Social Concert in the Evening
Notes and Comments.
SATURDAY.
SMturMay.
THE SUDDEN ANNOUNCEMENT

saturday.
THE SUDDEN ANNOUNCEMENT
at the auditorium Saturday afternoon
that a boy had been drowned and that
his mother wal wanted had q disinteg-
rating effect upon the audience. The
Sunday school part came quickly to a
close, and though there were many
nervous mothers and fdgety children
left the eloquent Col. Balm did not have
the audience he deserved. However,
his words Of council for parents and en-
couragement for children were given in
q happy as we'll as an earnest vein.
THE BAND coNcERT
Saturday evening, met the popular ex-
p~ectation and as usual drew the crowd
ed house. Mr.. G. L. Robinson in his
Euphoni1m solo, Rocked in the Cradle
OF the Deep" and the descriptive piece
g A Trip to Coney Island" carried the
house by storm. Later in the evening
the bell ringers led out with a repetition,
by request, OF the Turkish Patrol"
Mrs. Murray sang 1.-THE DID,, Old Story"
as il she felt it's power, as certainly the
audience did, and the hearty encore
brought forth "Genevieve." Mrs. Mel
ville's recitation OF the leap Year
Party" provoked much merriment and
she was twice encored. The bell ringers
repeated the imitation Of Cathedral
Bells" bnt the sweetest and most
praised piece of their performance that
evening was the BLUE Bells of Scot
land" Prof. Lee G.. Kratz also sang in
fine voice "a Mountain Life for Me-"
sunday.
sUNDAY ON THE GROUNDS
was an ideal day-clear sky, light breeze
and delightfully."- refreshing atmosphere.
No boat left the dock, no place OF bust
ness was open, all was quiet, and pleas
ant like a Sabbath day.
At 8 a. m. the assembly Sunday school
convened IN the auditorium. r. N. Kratz
was selected as superintendent; Henry
Neill, secretary; Prot. Moody, chorister;
Prof. Lee G. Kratz, pianist. The study
of the lesson in Acts l6:19-34, was taken
up in five classes with teachers and
number of scholars as follows:
Rev. j. P. Jenkins, Is; DIR. Parks, "a;
A. NJ. Wight, %; Mrs. Parks, AZ; Miss
Dunbar, SO; total scholars 1856; officers,
5; teachers, 5; visitors, 10; total, 175.
Supt. Kratz summed up the lesson
points and IN every respect it was a
model Sunday school.
THE SERMON
of the day vas preached by Rev. DR..
Jennings, OF Red Wing, MINI, from the
text, Gen. 1:31, "And God saw every
thing he made and behold it was very
good" The Introductory singing was
led by Prof. Moody and his chorus and
after the annou ncements Mrs. Murray
sang a selection from that masterpiece
OF all musical composition-the Oratorio
of the Messiah-'He was rejected oil
men," 1t was grandly sung and was
rendered by Mrs Murray nee Brush, not
long since in John Wesley's church,
London. The Doctors discourse was a
plain, practical, powerful appeal to be
charitable and helpful to humanity in
every condition of life. He contrasted
the narrow religious ideas of a century
ago with the more liberal spirit OF the
present age and saw a vast improvement
over the "good old times" SO much
boosted OF. He saw religion being
carried unto every department of life
more than it ever was before and even
to the lengthening of life by the giving
Of greater happiness, and knowledge in
the care IT. the body. He believed in
the redemption of the body as well as
the soul. Conservation of lines in daily
practice is what is needed, and as in the
beginning God sees everything and what
is done in the spirit OF sacrafice, no
matter how small, He pronounces it
good and will reward it.
col. GEO. W. BALM.
At 3 p. m. q large audience had gath
cred to hear the man of silvery speech,
Col. Balm. He changed his subject from
that announced to a plea for young men
to lead a life OF sobriety. The colonel
favors total abstinence with an earnest
ness and power truly eloquent, and dur
ing the hour OF his fervid appeal to all
that is dear in this life or in that which
is to come, he stirred his hearers to the
depths OF their innermost consciousness
with q conviction of the enormity Of the
liquor crime. He laid down the
premise that in the use Of things hurt
full and wrong total abstinence is neces-
sary; in the use OF things useful and
right, moderation is necessary. In the
present movement for the driving out Of
the liquor traffic he saw ultimate
triumph, for on the one side was arrayed
numbers, money and wrong; but on the
other, right, God and the women. The
latter would prevail. Our supreme and
state court decisions were against the