The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-26
NO SCHOOL, FAILED
TO SEND ITS QUOTA OF CHILDREN
,.,.s .To-aTHE CHRIST CHURCH
FESTIVAL.
TRULY A FERvENT SERVICE,
IN WHICH roo. EPISCOPAL SCHOL-
'- AIRS PARTICIPATED YESTER-
DAY AFTERNOON.
RECToRs j. }. FAUDE AND e. DAY
Address the Young Folks on the
Lessons of the Gospel of
Christ.

Fully 700 children attended the an
rual Sunday school rally of the Epis-
Copal Sabbath schools L I'D at Christ
church, West Fourth and Franklin
streets, yesterday, afternoon. The per-
feet weather conditions of the day
made it possible for tf'a children to
attend the services in large numbers
and they were present, full of that
youthful enthusiasm and ardor which
binds them together as young church
workers. The service was not pro-
found, as it was arranged especially
for the children, but 1t served to in
spire each juvenile heat TO an earnest
participation in the exercises, which
was viewed as worthy of emulation
by the Sunday school teachers and
large number of older church mem
ters present. Delegations from the
following parishes took part in the
observance: Good Shepherd, st. Boni-
facius', st. Stephens, st. Mary's,
Church of the Messiah, ST. Johns, st.
Peters Mission, St. Clements, st. Phil
ip's, st. James, st. Peters, st. Marks.
Trinity, st. Matthews, st. PauPs,
church.
The children from the differed
schools assembled about the church
previous to their entrance to the edi-
fee. Zach delegation bore silkep
Tanner described with Il a. name Of the
parish which was pr ,l;1ly carried by
some chosen member. Shorty before
3 O'Clock the youthful host marched
rto the church, where eacn school
VAS seated in a di yisicn reserved for
rs accommodation. When no chill
dren ha4 quoted themselves, the choir
of Christ church entered from, the yes
tIy singing the professional, hymn,
stand Up, Stand Up f'tr Jesus" Eager
faces tDlloWed the singers, and the
srArit in which over half a thousand
childish voices took Up the words o.
the hymn rendered the I2usic One grant
chorus If rejoicing.
The Scripture lesson was taken from
that Pc ton of the life Of Jesus which
CCncernt i the visit Of Joseph md Mary
to Jerusalem to observe the feast of
the Passover, when tLeiT son was lost
ard afterward found discoursing with
the learned men in tbt temple. 1t
was a lesson of child life illustrating
how CarIst had early begun the WORK
OF the Father and WIS portrayed to
he CHI idren as an example whicG
they Sl0uld follow il. the service Oe
their heavenly Father.
The first address Of the occasion was
delivered by Rev. j. ]. Faude, rector
OF .GetnSemane church, of Minneapo-
lis. He drew comprercnsiva parallel
etween the aTmor woro by I'll: knights
IF old e s a physical protection in war
fare AMI the armor VIII CHI the Chris
tan so Tiers should put On when fight
ii g in The cause of tn: Master The
rmoT Of the knights warded off the
blow Of the battle ak and turned aside
me thruSts of spears, and so would the
armOr of God worn by the soldiers Of
his army protect ag st the on
slaughte of sin and ter patton. The
incident of David's refusal to don the
armor of Saul in his battle with Co
Hath served to illustrate that a false
armor must not be worn. David did
right in refusing to wear the armor
of another and to appear other than
he was. So it should be with the chill
Gren, The speaker said. I :ey mus
not fight under false coiors. OF pretend
to be What they were OF. SauPs ar
NOR was too large ard cum bersome
Tor David, and SO it would be with
those who made false assumptions
They night fall through the agency
of Whit they imagined was their pre-
lection
The armor was composed of different
pieces each designed for some especial
protection. There was the breast plate,
the mailed coat and the metal incase-
ments for the feet. All of these found
their counterpart in the armor Of God.
His was the breast plate of righteous
ness, which secured from unconfessed
OF unrepented sin. The feet of the
soldier of God must be shod with the
preparation of the Gospel Of peace
DerelictiOn in church work meant that
the soldiers had not put on the prepa-
ration of the Gospel of peace. Chris
tian environment represented the
shield. 1t was held by some that an
upright life could be lived without at
tendance upon church and Sunday
school. This was part of the Christian
faith; it was honoring the Father, and
in performing this duty, figuratively a
Pa shield was carried which would ward
off the temptations of the world.
In closing his remarks Mr.. Faude ap-
pealed to both Sunday school teachers
and scholars to concentrate themselves
upon church work during the coming
year in order that the next annual
rally should be even more successful
than that of yesterday.
Rev E. Dray, rector of ST. Clements
church, talked to the children upon the
significance Of the first line of the
familiar hymn. Onward Christian
Soldiers" He dwelt upon charging
the scope Of the Sunday school, saying
that every Sunday school scholar was
a soldier, essentially a Christian soldier
and that it was his duty to go onward
There was already a vast army of &c.
10000 Sunday school scholars enlisted
la Gods army, but the work should be
prosecuted until all had entered the
service. This task was easy of ac-
cCmplishment if each one would do his
individual part. Christian soldiers
must be brave; they must fight Their
battle was against se1fishness and
meanness in every day life and the
fortitude acquired in this struggle gave
strength and courage to carry on the
Masters battle against sin. i
Following the benediction by Rev. c.
D. Andrews, of Christ church, the con-
+ gregation Joined in the singing of the
by mn, and the volume put into the
music was an indication that the les