The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-02
GLORIOUS OCCASION
THE GREAT MASS MEETING OF
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Attendance Estimated from Seven to
Ten Thousand-An Imposing Pro-
cession-Servicc of fSong-Time-
ly and Interesting Addresses.


ly and Interesting Addresses.
A grand, glorious, bright and hapI y
occasion il was.
To this you may add any other
words descriptive of highly suc:e ss-
full event and not miss tn: marx.
Everybody whose good fortune it
was To be in Winston last THURSDAY
knows, of couise, that we are talking
about the great mass NEE ing OF the
Sunday S;b0u,s Of Forsyth cruaty,
held this N ruine, and VII C takes :
place in history a. to" graudest and
greatest Sunday : chUoi event Of the
county
The nights storm gave rise to
fears that tue picasautly antlci pate,t
Ucca sion W 1uld Ue marred by lnclen :
ent weather, but the clouds rolled by
during the night and the morning
dawned bright and beautiful and all
nature seemed to sm lie CDDn the day
set apart for the gathering OF the
hosts Of the Sunday School army OF
the Lord
At an early hour friends from the
country, with banners and badges, be
gan To pour into the city from every
direction and the stream continued at
Intervals until tie time for forming
the columns OF the procession From
time TO time, the numbers were in-
creased bv The hundreds from the
schools of the city.
How many were in the procession
and at the meeting cannot be definite
ly stated, but the average OF the esti-
mates places the number between
seven and eight thousand Seine put
the figures as high as ten Thousand.
At 10 O'Clock the four divisions
moved from their respective stations
and proceeded to the court house
square, when all joined and made a
circuit OF the square, and then
marched to Browns Warehouse, where
the mass meeting was held
The procession was, indeed, an in
spring and cheering scene, with the
thousands'of Sunday ch iol representa-
tives, with flying banners and badges,
marching by the sacred music dis
pensed by the hands-a scene that will
EVER linger with those who were so
fortunate as to look upon il.
THE MASS MEETING.
Arriving at Browns Warehouse,
every available seat was soon occupied
aud hundreds were left with standing
room only
The exercises opened with a song
service, which was skillfuliy- con-
Quoted by Rev. A. d. Tha'er
An earnest prayer was offered by
Rev l.. w. Crawford. of Greens boro
This was followed by the song,
"Bringing in the Sheayes."
President E A Ebert, of the Coun-
ty Sunday School Association, who
presided over the mass meeting, ex-
tended m ]st cnrial welcome to all in
attendance and said he felt like sit
ting still and thanking God for this
bright and auspicous occasion, which
surpassed anything he had ever at
tended.
An address up n "Child Life" was
then delivered bY Mr.. Fl FL. Horne. OF
OF the sweetness of child life. He
God and His nUoiest gift, save that Of
His own son "UatO you child is
born" was d d, c.aration that brought
hope out OF despair Only within I'll e
last century has childhot d receiv, d
proper recognition WHAT does child
hood demand? What can we do to
meet the demand ? Tue speaker
closed with the exhort ition: Cor :
tinue to study this field uutil We shall
bring them all to a saving knowledge
Of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ "
The audience sang, am Thine, o
Lord"
Mr.. Frank Thompson, of O slow
county, was the next speaker, and in
dulged in practical expressions upon
Tine Plac-, Purpose and A ms OF sun
day Schools" He said the State ought
TO take an interest in this work, De-
cause it tended To save taxes and rem
der jails useless The purpose Of The
n l.. tf,f riSr
| and Him cruc fled. The message
Shonld be carried u every household
| in North Carolina. He believed in
| Christianity, rather than Cnurcbani
| ty. We must prepare our children
| for the life beyond. He had rather
| ne a Christian than Rockefeller
with all his mi!lirnI,nr Gld rs'e.
with all his learning. and he d wickrf
man. We can save the Stite by saw
ing the children
| THE Growing Day is Coming" Wa:
then sung.
The next and last speaker was Mr.
Pierson II. Bristow, of Washington
City, whose subject was, "Suff-r tn
Children to Gone" Sometimes W.
think Christ only should say that, bu
every father aud mother sh 'uld say it
The speaker briefly narrated the lii
OF three babies Of the Bible-Samuel
| Moses ana Jesus. Ine record OF Jesu
was that He went about doing good
Children can do the same thing W
want the children to learn TO hel
bring the world back to God Chi
dren and young people are the hope @
the world.
Two or three verses OF ''Alas an
Did my Saviour Bleed" we're the
sung
After which, Mr.. Bristow called al
tention to the banner displayed in tn
audience of the first Sunday Scho(
organized in North Carolina, that {
Hopewell, Lutheran, which date
from 1907.
Prayer was offered by Rev. w.
Harker.
The audience gave the cbatauqu
!. salute to the delegates to the Stat
Conven.
/, Coronation was then supg ant
: after the benediction by Rev. j.
+ Hall, the mass meeting adjourned
D the Reservation, where picnic dinner
r we're served.
q If you eat VIII 1T you ike and difest it. "
I will surely be strong and fealthy.
: But if you don't digest it, you might
most as wei lnot eat, for what goo can "
food do you If it does not nourish you?
If you find that you can't digest it, the