The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-06
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 c. A. R. Day Yesterday-Various Posts Ate tended - Fine Decorations - Missionary Day To-Day-Other Details.
 Camp Ground, PlainWllle, Aug, 5,- To-day is flag day, or G, A, R, day, and all the exercises are patriotic. From early morning the people have been busy decorating their houses and tents with flags and bunting and at the pres ent writing the grove with it's red, white and blue decorations presents a most patriotic appearance.
 Last Saturday afternoon a temporary flagpole was raised for use during the assembly days and especially for the flag raising this morning. It rises fifty feet above the trees and Is visible for miles around the encampment.
 To-day's program consisted of flag raising services at 10:S0 this morning. Then there was an address by Rev, Crandall J. North, presenting the flag to the trustees of the Camp Ground as- sociation. Charles A. Baldwin of New Haven accepted the flag In behalf of the
  singing America" and three cheers.
 At 2:SO D. m. Rev. H. P. Wing of An sonia delivered an oration.
 A Grand Army camp fire conducted by Rev. C. J. North will be held at 8 o'clock this evening. Personal experi- ences of old soldiers and Grand Army songs will be given. The grounds will be illuminated by Chinese lanterns, etc. Many G. A. R. posts have voted to at tend in body. The preachers stan1 has been already decorated with bunt- dng and flags and in the rear are the banners of N. S. Manross post, G. A. R., of Forestville, Conn.
 MISSIONARY DAY.
 The part of the assembly program that varies with the daily topic has been made up with great care and will command great interest. Lectures, ad- dresses, etc, will be given by parties eminent in the special line of work un- der consideration. Tomorrow will be Hhe Woman's Home and Foreign Mis- sionary day. At il a. m. Mrs. Mary B. Welch of Los Angeles, Cal, will make an address under the, auspices of the Womans Home Missionary society n dts work. Miss Clara M. Cushman will speak at 2 p. m. and at o'clock in the evening at union meeting of the Wo- mans Home and Foreign Mission so- cieties, at which an address will be made by Miss Cushman and also by Mrs J. o. Maynard of Brooklyn; sub- feet, "Womans Home Missions and Deaconess Work"
 DETAILS OF EACH DAY.
 Beginning at a. m. the first hour of each day will be a normal hour and will be devoted to Sunday school work. w. H Hall, secretary of the Connecticut Sunday School association, will conduct the studies. The period win be a most profitable one for Sunday school work CTS. and pencil and note book will be needed. The theme of this mornings s study was, "The Sunday School as a Recruiting Agency" To-morrow's sub ject will be 'The Sunday School a Church Service"
 At g a. m. different divines will con duct, during the assembly meeting, out- line studies of the different books of the Bible, one book being taken up at each period This morning Rev. W. T. Hill took up the gospel of Matthew. To-mor- row Rev. W. H. Barton of Birmingham will outline the gospel of Mark at the same hour.
 At the same time with the Bible hour Miss Margaret Burns of Meriden will give a Bible lesson for the young peo- pie These lessons will be illustrated with the magic lantern and will prove very interesting feature of the assem- ply for the young people. In continual ton of the ddightful series of young peoples meetings that were held during the regular camp meeting young peo- pIe's hour will be held regularly at 5 D. m. Rev. s. w. To1les, Ph. D., will have charge of the meeting this even ing. "Plan and Plod" is the topic. To- morrow evening the hour will be in charge of Rev. J. F. Wagner of Higga- mum, with the subject Christian Work its Own Reward"