The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-11
CHILDREN's SUNDAY.
One Of the Most Beautiful Days of
the Christian Year.

mons Appropriate OF the Occasion.
1t was happy idea that selected
June, the loveliest month of the New
England year, for the devotion of its
Sundays to the children. 1t is in June
that the most beautiful of the wild
flowers can be obtained to decorate the
churches, while the out door world is
seen in its loveliest robes. Such was the
case yesterday when several of the
churches dedicated their services to the
children; day that may properly be
called the real summer Is day of the
season.
WILLISTON.
Williston's chancel was bright with
flowers. The beautifully carved screen
at the rear was entwined with snow
balls-so called-while vases Of beauti-
full flowers decorated the communion
table. and were gracefully arranged on
either hand. Large vases of flowers
stood in the windows. The services, in
the morning, consisted Of the sacrament
of baptism-the children of Messrs.
Barnes and Tolman having the rite ad-
ministered to them-the presentation of
five Bibles, recit ations entitled @Chil-
dren's Welcome" by MildredJ Johnson and
Arthur Cam; "Three Children's Days.
by Alice Pennell, Henry Cooling and
Florence Burrowes; My Little Text"
by Willard Gooding; a recitation by
Beaumont Pennell; song "Children's
Day" by Edith Nash and Marion Pratt;
an exercise by the infant department,
singing by the school, and an address
by Rev. Mr.. Pratt, peculiarly adapted to
the day. The singing by the choir, DR..
Nickerson, Mr.. Macy, Miss Ida Tarbox
and Florence Stinchfield was excellent,
and Miss Tarbox's solo was especially
enjoyable.
STATE STREET.
There was large attendance at State
Street church yesterday morning The
chief floral decorations of the chancel
and pulpit, were snow balls, wild flow
ers, and tropical plants. At the right of
the pulpit stood alarge, graceful design
of wild flowers, and at the left a tall,
slender glass vase filed with deep, GRIM
son peonies set off by the glossy, green
leaves of rare tropical plant that stood
beside it. Potted plants adorned the
chancel and stands and vases of flowers
the front OF the reading desk and the
base of the font There was singing
by the children, "What the Little
Things Said" and Jesus Bid us Shine,n
being especially noteworthy. Rev. DR..
Jenkins, the pastor, gave an address
that was interesting for the young peo-
pie, and baptized children of Messrs.
John S. Russell and Edwin L. Cooling
There were twelve Bibles presented. A
great deal of the music was by the chill
dren, but the selections by the organist,
Mr.. Harvey Murray, and choir, were
beautifully given and thoroughly enjoy
able.
FIRST PARISH.
At the First Parish the decorations
were ferns and field daisies, the front of
the pulpit and the communion table be-
ing dressed with them. Rev. Mr.. Perk-
mss address was upon Flower Sunday,
in which he spoke of the important part
flowers have held in all religious obser-
vances back to the days of Buddha. He
read portions of poems by Longfellow.
Emerson and the late Rev. DIR. Hill.
CHESTNUT STREET.
Chestnut Street church, Rev. Matt S.
Hughes, pastor, was crowded afternoon
and evening. The platfrom had been
built out farther than ever into the
church and transformed into floral
tower with superb hydraugras, peonies
lilies, plants, and wild flowers A num-
Der of canary birds added their sweet
notes to those of the youthful singers.
Superintendent Warren Cole had charge
of the exercises Mr.. Pinkham lately
of Lynn, but now of Portland. had
charge of the choruses, which were fine,
and Mr.. M. T. Doten of Deering, superin-
tended the decorations The memorial
emblems were for H. Emma Horn, Mrs.
Mary L. Scott, johnnie F. Chase, Mrs.
Carrie Willard, Eva Lillian Lombard,
Mrs. Knight, and Henry R. Chase. At
the back of the platform was large
clock made of evergreen the numbers
forming the words Happy Days" the
name of the concert exercises given in
the evening The recitations and singing
were all excellent
FREE STREET.
AT Free Street Baptist church, the
decorations of garden and wild flowers
were simple and pretty. The children
were much admired in their songs and
rectations The infant department was
a marked feature of the evening. Rev.
Mr.. Samson made an excellent address
There were no programmes,
WOODFORDS CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH.
Childrens' Day was made much of at
Woodfords Congregational church yes
terday, Rev. E. P Wilson, the pastor,
preaching an appropriate sermon in the
forenoon, and the church uniting..with,the
Sunday school in the evening, when an
attractive programme consisting of rec
itations and singing by the children was
given. The work of the Sunday school