New-York tribune., 1896-11-23
HONORED BY CHILDREN.
A GRACEFUL TRIBUTE TO DR. sTORhS
FROM SUNDAY-SCHOOL PUPILS
THE VENERABLE PASTOR MAKES ToO0hi'o
,nnprss TO TIE LITTLE ONES WHO
ARE TO COMPOSE TIE CHURCH
OLE THE FUTURE.

different kind and the multitude an" N"e'S
these tributes fttnsly Illustrate ue many ,D
nature OF this remarkable man lie mas "'''
honorod In different ways b. church meinpe's'
,oreo,al criends clubircn and citizens: ana yes
,erdav came perhaps the prettiest trpu'e o. ""'
for he was honored by children Chu'cn"'n nav
held services to testify their reverence lot mn. "
a Christian leader: clubnen have chte't w
10 show their esteem for him as man anu ?,S
,erdav the children trooping TO greer MIN
as a father.
more beautiful sight than that OF the o'd man
standing at the foot Of the pulpit In MS hlsto'V
church while scores of little ONES T'ppen up ~
him each lovingly handing him ho"''' can
hardly be imagined. And. great as has pee" '''
felicity of DR.. S,orrS's responses to all the vary
ing kinds of tributes that have been given hh''
few of his many speeches in the jubilee week nav
been moro graceful beautiful than MS iespo"H"
10 the Sunday-school tribute He greeted me c"''-
drcn rs the church OF the future, "ho' '''Ous'
there was almost touch OF melanchoN a"ou' NJ
references the funeral drums when "ouu,
sooner or later beat as loudly as the tfumpe's OF
welcome were blowing in the jubilee week ana 10
his memories of the church of the past ana MS
hopes for the church of the future tne ho'e "a'
lost in the joyous confident ionc with whicn ne
spoke Of the happiness which comes at 'ne o"o
Of life.
The Sunday-school Of Pilgrim Chapel unhed
with the home school 10 carry out the programme.
Charles G. IiGll presided After the singing ol ihe
foot of the pupit and fifty little children came
I'D to him. each carrying Chrysanthemum. As
each passed Dr. Storrs the chrysanthemum was
lifted into the venerable clergymans mana. Inc
oldest of these little was not over elsht years
and every one of them was baptized by DIR. Siorrs
'I wish" said DR. Storrs with pleasant smile
''that could kiss every one of you. but as there
are too MANY YOU will all consider yourselves
kssed-and blessed
The jubilee hymn composed for the occasion
was then sung and Simeon b. Ch'tenden was
introduced as the superintendent of the Pilgrim
Chapel He said that his father was one OF the
founders OF the church who called Dr. Storrs to
the rastorate. He himself was in the infant class
and when he grew older he became assistant su-
perntendent Of the home school, and then super
1ntendent of the Pilgrim Chapel school The sun
day-schoo was the garden spot OF a true ana
living church. in which the young and tender
plants and sweet flowers are reared. and trained
TO grow into the strong and widespreading trees
which sustain and keep the church in It's hour OF
need. ...'.
DIR. sTORRs TO THE CHILDREN.
The Rev Edwin II. Byington. pastor Of the
chapel made a short address. and introduced Or.
Storrs. who said:
be a meeting of the Sunday schools connected with
the church. that might have the pleasure OF see,
them | did it because wanted. first of all to eX-
press my sense of personal Indebtedness and Off,
ofhcers in these schools-to those who contribute
fnnai aafe enargeen a'i It Would be Of comparatvey
small avail that should stand in the pr pulpit pit @ here
gregation, if through you l could not reach out
a ana Hes with ns @yss Of tho
gospel of peace into which do not come with in
ways felt"never more so than at this hour-how
widely the influence that goes from This church is
Perity; its advance. and It's large reach II is in
| supplied. "A | could
the instructions and the Incentives. accepting and
Christ for this church to those wnom certainly
have never been able directly 10 reach. And
ana eonua Of 9h og
for S rd seyGf Il M 6th PGHe ard rnfg service
And then wanted to see the church of the
Of the past and Of the present for this half cent
ury OF years. and rejoice in my recollections Of
Sdualiy composed i, ard Of It in is 'as corpdrsSe rate
;oan life and t. IT'S large and generous activities Ama
the church church Of Of the past rejoice TO con'emPaie
represented before me to-day And / pray God
that the same spirit OF love for Him. of loyalty to
always characterized the church. viii be with it
and upon II as power and a blessing in all the
PLEASURE IN LOOKING FORWARD
know perfectly well that. beyond all this tu-
bilee OF the days that passing We cannot bu.
think of the days that are 10 come sooner or
later Under all the sound of the trumpcts one
hears the roll of the funeral drums Under all the
tones or triumph one hears the minor strains that
will alone be heard by-and-by. Every man | SID
pose. likes TO look forward and what is COM
ing afterward and love look forward and see
what the church is 10 be here when / Shall have
gone and when those who are prominent
able. active and useful in 1t will. by one have
departed And take courage from the sight. and
i rejoice 10 think that the old church which has
so long manifested itself here with vgor and
power is TO go on In the time 10 come
Ana now want 10 say n word two to those
VINO are In the morning Of life. One is that they
are never 10 believe what is sometimes said. tha,
childhood is the best and happiest time in life II
IS not true. had happy a childhood as falls TO
the lot OF most children and many a time il has
peen salu 10 me Dy those who were visiting at nv
fathers house: This is the happiest time in uf.
!or you. did not believe it then. did not believe
1t as grew older and know that it was not
true. The happest time In your l.fe is TO come
hereafer II you try to do tha; which is right and
useiui 10 Others that which Is honorable TO your
SELF and that which is for the glory and praise of
than tina; which went before it. So do % not feeI
that yor are entering an oppressive. grinding ha
as ono goes on in 1t! and what you are 10 do is to
try TO make success of that life each one OF you.
riches. /, does not imply necessarily the finest cir
cumstances that can be gathered around you. but
mat you are trying 70 do the duty which God has
sssigneG 10 you in His providence, and that you
are trying to grow in the knowledge OF Him and in
fellowship with Him. That is success in life. and
Sf e s %
and who by Gods Kindness and providence is TO be
maintained IN the experience OF life
APPLICATION OF AN OLD SERMON
And then remember another thing | think one
Of the very first sermons ever wrote was from the
text. And 1t shall come to pass that at evening
time 1t shall be light" 1 remember perfectly the
suggestion OF the sermon, which came 10 me as
was walking in Andover when. after a
cloudy and obscure day. the sun came out in sud
den glory; and this was one OF the most beautiful
sunsets that had ever seen And that text flashed
into my thought; and when a text comes TO your
thought. seize II and dwell upon IT, You may read
a text and commit II TO memory. and perhaps you
Will not find ell the instruction and inspiration I'm
II that Is possible but when IA text seizes YOU
there is the immediate divine instruction | wrote
the sermon. knew very little of what my work
and experience were TO be, and knew that the
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