The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-03
NINETY-THREE YEARS OLD.
INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN sun
DAY SCHOOLS BIRTHDAY.

Rich FIOrnI Decorations In Honor Of
the Anniversary Rev. DIR. e. J..
ScOGeId's Address - ''From Green
lands ley Mountains to India's
Coral Strand" the Hymn of the
Evening, Was Sung for the First
Time In the Independent Church.
Supt. Cunningbam's Report.
The ninety-third anniversary Of the In
dependent Presbyterian Sunday school
was celebrated last night. The church
was filed by the large congregation that
had gathered. An interesting anniversary
programme was rendered in a manner that
won the superintendent, Mr.. Malcolm Gun
bingham, the teachers and the children,
many compliments.
The pulpit was beautifully decorated.
The design was selected as an illustra-
ton Of the mandates of missions, the quo
tation Go We into all the world and preach
the gospel unto all nations occupying
the central place. The lettering was in
salt and evergreen, and the words preach"
gospel were in pansies. About this in
scription were decorations in evergreen,
and above were unfurled the flags of the
nations in honor of Christianity. At the
base of the design stood a cross made of
white flowers, and around it were the
flags furled, indicative of peace The SYM
bols Of all other religions were to be laid
in submission before the cross and covered
over with flowers by the children.
The programme began with the chill
dren's entrance into the church, singing
the professional hymn. Four of the small
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stools, and marked the positions to be
taken in the march. The school occupied
the pews in the center of the church. The
singing was excellent, the fresh young
voices lending a sweet harmony to the
hymns, all of which, with one exception,
had never been sung before in the church.
The children had been drilled in the songs
by Mr. w. d. Thomas, who was compli-
mented in the superintendent's report for
the excellence of the service he had rem
dered the school. Mr.. Thomas directed
the music and Mrs. Louisa B.
Harrison played the accomplishments.
The hymns sung were Hear Our Pray
err" Gather in the Sheaves," Tell 1t
Again" Let Us Sing Again." LET the
Sunshine In" HE Saves Me-" Saved by
Grace" and From Greenland's Icy
Mountains" the last having been sung
as peculiarly appropriate to the occasion,
as it was first sung in the Independent
CnuICH' II was written especially Tor
the Independent church, and the compos-
err Mr.. Lowell Mason, was then the
church's organist. The hymn has since
attained great popularity
Among other features Of the programme
were the responsive readings, the Scrip
ture lesson from the sixty-seventh Psalm
and the superintendent report. Prayers
were offered by Mr.. d. R. Thomas and by
Rev. w. A. Nisbet of the Second Presby-
terrain church.
The superintendent report for the year
showed an average attendance of l24 chill
dren, against 100 the year before The
best attendance the year before was dur
ing the months of January, February
March and April during which period the
average, including the orphan pupils, was
19l Last year for the same time the aver
age was POS. The largest attendance was
on the last Sunday in April, which was 26O
or forty-six more than the year before at
the same time.
The report dealt with the con-
duct and condition of the Sunday
school, changes that have been made
or which are contemplated and included
the treasurer's report, which was more
favorable than that of last year.
The address was delivered by Rev C. l.
Scoheld of Mortified, Mass. DR.. Scofeld
spoke from the text of the inscription,
GO We into all the world and preach the
gospel unto all creatures" He called
attention to the mood in which the verb
is cast, and said that the command is
addressed to all. The injunction is not an
exhortation, but is addressed to each
Christian individually, he said, and the
go does not mean send"
DR.. Scofeld spoke of the great DISPARITY
existing between the Christian Influences
at work in this country and in South
America, showing that here there is an
average of one preacher or teacher of the
religion of Christ to every 200 inhabitants
While in South America the proportion
is one to 100000.
DR.. Scofeld preached in the morning to
a large congregation. His sermon was
from the text Exodus 81, Now Moses
kept the flock of Jether, his father-in-law
the priest of INDIAN; and he led the flock
to the back side of the desert and came
to the mountain of God, even unto Horeb. ="
The Sunday school exercises were closed
by the pronunciation of the benediction