The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-21

| Children's day exercises were held
last evening at Grace Reformed
| church, corner of Mulberry street and
| Madison avenue.
The decorations were very pretty,
consisting of daisies and green's. At
ter an organ voluntary the pastor,
| Rev. Foster u. Gift, led responsive
reading. The programme thereafter
| was most beautifully arranged by
| Laura Wade Rice, of the Lutheran
church. The hymns were finely rem
dered by the members of the Sunday
| school, Part second of the programme
consisted of the reading of ten para
| graphs concerning the Tressler Luth-
| eran Orphans Home at Toysville by
| ten classes of the Sunday school. Rev.
| Mr.. Gift also gave an interesting ad-
dress.
There were celebrations yesterday at
the Welsh Congregational church,
West Market street. In the afternoon
| the exercises were in charge of chill
dren of the Dutch Gap mission and
in the evening the Sunday school of
the church had charge. The pro-
gramme consisted of chorus singing,
by the school; an address by John
Guyther, address by Sadie Jones; rec
itation, Miss Hattie Moses duet, the
Misses POWELL recitation, Phoebe Ev-
ans; song and recitation, by the Rose
class; recitations, Mary A. Williams,
Margaret Brown. Frank Hope, Jen-
ME Price; song and recitation by
eight little girls, led by Miss Anna
Price; trio, Eliza Jones, Anna Price,
and William Lewis; address by the
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PRIMITIVE NJ. E. CHURCH.
Children's day exercises at the
Primitive M. L. church, Providence,
yesterday afternoon consisted of reci-
tations by Lizzie Appleby, Maud Saun-
ders, Esther Bright, Jenny Marketable,
Maggie Chilvers, NJ. Bright, l..
Spring, j. Hartranft, ]. Stevens, l..
Watres, Elsie Jenkins, r. Nesbtt, j.
Barr, w. Harvey. M. Smith, S. Watres,
c. Bright; addresses by Jenny Kelly,
Harry Hartshorn; songs by the school
and a number of dialogues. In the
evening there was service of song
and the presentation of a pulpit bible
TO the trustees by A. Hartshorns
Sunday school class.
AT the Evangelical Church of Peace
on the South Side at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning an interesting programme
of children's day services were car
ried out. There was special music by
the choir and special sermon by the
pastor. Appropriate childrens day SER
vices were also held in the Hickory
street Baptist church.
Although many of the churches I'm
our city have gone far ahead Of "All
in ho- aIal u
they celebrate children's day, the lit
tie church on Pine street takes the
humble place with some grace and is
glad OF the attention given the beauti-
full festival. One reason is that at
All Souls the festival was first OBJ
served in Scranton. So that Uniyer-
salism is in way responsible for the
local observance, as it is indeed re-
sponsible for the observance at
large.
MORNING SERMON.
The sermon at the morning service
yesterday was preached to the boys
and girls. From the text: And he
shall be like tree planted by the
rivers of water" Psalms 1-3. The
preacher pointed out things that the
tree needs to make it grow, soil, air,
neat and light. and then presented
things suggested by these that make
souls grow. Thes first was work, in
school, in the home by being obedient
to parents. The second was play.
judicious, wholesome, refreshing. The
third was the touch of God, the in
huence from on high, the bounty and
benediction Of our Father in heaven.
AT the close Of the sermon three
children were dedicated to the Lord by
baptism. The exercises of the Sum
day school followed with remarks by
f. A. Branda, the superintendent.
This short programme was rendered:
Singing ,......."The Children May Come"
Recitation, Tho Flowers as Preachers"
Edith Gamewen
Singing .'',:,,. , '.,;.,..,...." "Cheerfulness"
Helen Cornish
and the Yet to Be-. Leonard Whippcn
Recitation, 'June Wealth."
Charlie Smith
Singing ''.;.''..,,...,"L Love Is Sunshine"
oolo .....'.......,,......,,.. Young Church
Hecltatlon III Concert, Daisies"
Tiny Gameweu and Elsie Whippen
slhsihS ''''...,.,,.....,."Gathe Home"
THE DECORATIONS,
The chapel was beautifully decorated
with ferns and flowers from the fields
ana NILS and garden, and each of the
ch'hren was presented with a bouquet
as token Of the hour and the day.
The sabbath school of the Simpson
Methodist church observed Children's
DAY yesterday morning. The regular
morning services of the church and
sabbath school We're merged into this
Observance, and the excellent pro-
gramme was carried out under the su-
pervision OF Superintendent George L.
Peck.
The decorations were beautiful. The
altar ratings and pulpit platform were
hluden IN a mass OF flowers and inside
tne ;nllihg IN the centre of this inclos-
ed space miniature fountain sur
rounded py moss, green leaves, plants
ana llowf!s was in full play. On
either side We're placed two tables.
completely lined beneath a mass of
fragrant flowers, Swinging from the
dropping ends of some streamers was a
wreath in which was suspended a cage
and from the cage almost continuously
hoated the sweet noted caroling OF a
canary. On each window sill around
the auditorium We're placed ferns and
towering plants. and as IL to finish off
the bright faces and pretty costumes
of the interested children fully COM
pleted an inspiring scene.
The decorations were due TO the ef-
forts of a committee. of which Miss
Carrie Darling was chairman.
The exercises opened with singing by
the school, assisted by the church choir
AFTER prayer the choir rendered a Sc
lection and then the little ones Of the