Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-05
LOYALTY AND RELIGION.
Interesting Exercises on Children's Day II
Hamline Church.

Interesting Exercise. on Children's Day II
Hamline Church.
Religious belief and patriotic utterance we're
cleveriy combined in the celebration OF
childrens day at Hamline NJ. e. Church yester-
day morning. The little folks arc especially
plentiful in that congregation, which Ia the
largest and has the reputation Of being the
hveliest aggregation Of Methodism in the Dis
trict Of Columbia, and they turned out in
great, force to celebrate the occasion in which
there is such deep general interest. With them
were fathers and mothers and sisters and
brothers, to say nothing of the grandparents.
uncles. aunts, cousins and other more remote
relatives
AN IMMENSE rHRONo.
They crowded the spacious structure long
before IL was time for service to commence, and
when the opening hymn was sung there was no
better accommodation for the late corners than
standing room, and very little OF that The
lower floor Of the big audience chamber was
temporarily sacred to the Sunday school, aud
as Hamline Sunday school has nearly thousand
young people on Its rolls, there were bat few
pews for the older folk, most Of them won't
upstairs and occupied seats or vacant spaces in
the galleries. The decorations were less
eAoOOkbtC tAhu IL BOmo ycolB past, Dub " was
more significant, for they indicated that tho
Methodist Episcopal Church - always q
staunchly patriotic Observation-Disclosures to 50
blend loyalty to God and country that separa-
ton Of the two will not be easy f6r any Of its
scholars- From the ceiling to the gallery fronts
streamers Of starred and striped bunting swung
gracefully, at their lower ends efecting har-
monious junction with artisttcally draped
samples of the national colors. The platform,
fronted with the red. white and blue, was
fringed with flowers and elsewhere made
beautiful by the use OF potted plants.
THE ExERcrsEs.
After preliminary hymn and prayer and An
announcement by Superintendent. B. Towner
proceeded to administer the rite Of baptism to
fourteen little ones-a smaller crop than is
common at Hamline. ALI the babies behaved
most decorously, receiving without protest
names that in later years they may most
warmly dislike. '.Columbia's Defenses" was
the title Of the exercises that followed the
wholesale christening. Columbia was repre-
sented by Miss Belle Mckenzie, whose costume
was Ieasing and appropriate. Mr.. N. A.
Watson made the Introductory address, after
which the six guards, each wearing on their
left arms the national shield, suitably inscribed
also gave expression to piously patriotic ssnti-
ment that in each instance evoked from Co
were Ray Moulton, Just Laws" Fred
saxty, Worthy Rulers,'' Maynard Tvitchell,
"Good Citizens;" Miss Elsie Belt, christian
Schools" Miss Jennie May Mickle, "a Sacred
Sabbath" Miss Maud Tracy, "Pure Religion"
chorus Of fifteen little boys and girls-Evs
Seitz, Bessie Dolsn, Marie Seitz- Maggie Bell,
Violet Dolan, Virginia Andrews, Ozella Ballard,
Jessie Holden, Sadie Weaver, Eddie Thomas,
Stanley Hursey, Riffard Mickle, Annie Kneesi,
Gertie Gotwells and Frank Moulton-each car
rying flag, sang very cleverly, and then, as
individuals. recited verses of Scripture "My
Country It's Of Thee by the congregation,
and the benediction by DR.. Todd brought the
service to an end The music throughout was
especially good. Mrs. ]. r. Mickle was con-
ductor, Mr.. II. L. Amiss organist; the piano
accomplishments were by Miss Fannie Bischoff
and Mr.. Raymond Moulton: the orchestral
work was by Messrs. W. E. Diefendeyfer, A
Shepherd, Andrew Lewis, NJ. P. Mundel, T. G.
Youngs, Samuel Ingley, W. A. Saunders and
". /. Saunders.
In the evening Pastor Todd spoke most en-
tertaiuingly of the Columbian exposition and
its greatness. A chorus Of fifty voices pre-
sented several choice musical features.