The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-10
CHlLDREN'S DAY.
Sunday School Scholars at the Various
Churches Are Happy.

Butte. June 9.-The beautiful custom
of observing children's day made n
pleasing change in the churches of
Butte to-day. The churches which OBJ
served the custom were beautifully
decorated with cut flowers and ported
plants. while singing birds in the
churches added to the peculiar charm
of the exercises. Delightful pro-
grammes by the Sunday school chill
dren were rendered.
The day was appropriately observed
at the Congregational church this
morning, by the Sunday school and
its friends. The programme was read
by c. S. Bostwick, superintendent. and
consisted of pleasing selections by the
children and others as follows:
Singing ..................B BY the School
Responsive Reading
Prayer by the Pastor.
...............Re Rev. II. T. Shepard
Song .,................... the Choir
Misses Ella Spaford. Katie Bostwick,
Addie Sutton, Mrs. Burgess and Mr..
May
Recitation ......... Mabel Steinborn
Recitation Mamie Williams
Song ......Vera and Eveline Lonerman
Recitation ............. Helen Bostwick
Song .................Ch Choir and School
Recitation ............. BESSIE Nllnams
Song ...................Bes Bessie Bostwich
Song ..................Ch Choir and School
Recitation .............Albert Williams
Recltdtlon ...-........... May loilhll
Solo. Katie Bostwick
Remarks by the Pastor.
PenedictiOn. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
At the Second Presbyterian church.
services were held in Union hall in or
der to accommodate the larger number
of people desiring to see the children's
services. There was a beautiful song
service entitled THE Cross, the Flag,
the Child" interspersed with recita-
lions and declamations. In the even
ing there was another song service by
the older scholars. entitled, THE Cross,
the Country, the Child" A number
Of very creditable recitations were
given.
Children's day was observed in the
Meaderville NJ. +. church in the even
ing There was a service of song en-
titled THE Golden Gate" at the Cen
terville NJ +. church. Children's day
exercises were conducted by Superin-
tendent William Bartle in the evening.
At the Mountain View NJ. L. church,
in the evening. a splendid children 5
concert was given. The church was
beautifully decorated and the pro-
gramme by the children, assisted by
the choir was very creditable.
Largely attended children's day ex-
ercises, which consisted of songs by
b
an address by the pastor were also held
at the First Presbyterian church this
forenoon. The programme was enti-
tied: THE cross, the country and the
child" and was of a thoroughly patri-
otto nature. Mr.. Groeneveld's address
was resume of the work of the Pres.
byterian Sabbath school missions. Last
year the Presbyterian church had one
hundred Sabbath school missionaries
+ in the field and they organized more
/ than 1000 Sunday schools. with 400
| officers and teachers and $4,000 schol
i airs. Within the last seven years the
Sunday school missionaries have or
ganized 6.s40 schools. with nearly 81 900
teachers and more than 2S9,000 schol'
. airs. In four years 277 Presbyterian
I churches have grown out of the new
Sunday schools 1t was stated that
there are 100000 children i'm tho
United States outside of the Sunday
! schools The collection amounted t.
$40. which will be devoted to further
ing the Sunday school missionary work