The Portland daily press., 1898-06-20

White, principal of the Montgomery
(Alabama) Industrial school, who spoke
in charming manner of her experience in
the South. Her twelve years of faithful
and efficient service have made her in
tensely interested in Goods wild flowers
of the Southland,' and she greatly in
terested her hearers in the recital of
various stories showing what great good
this noble school Is doing. The children
will remember her story of little Viola
and of the old cololed man who thought
| that education "a mighty good one"
which enabled his little girl to sew
patch on his pants and darn his stock
ipgs. Several of the congregation showed
their interest by bestowing gifts.
In the evening the Y. P. G. q. held a
special service and was assisted by the in
FAINT class of the Sunday school.
CHURCH OF TIE MESSIAH.
Yesterday was observed by the Church
of the Messiah( U niversalist) as Children s
Day. The church was prettily decorated
with ferns, wild flowers, etc., and birds
blended their voices with those of the
children. In the morning the pastor,
Rev. ". NJ. Klmmell, preached a strong
and inspiring sermon on Fidelity in
Little Things The sermon, although
especially prepared for the children, was
equally helpful to the older people. His
text was taken from the parable of the
talents, from the words of communication
expressed to the faithful servant who had
showed his fidelity in little things. He
first spoke Of the error we all commit in
considering anything that we do as a
little thing. We cannot estimate the far
reaching effects of even our smallest
| actions.
"The longer I live the more hesitate
to say of anything we ever do that it is
a little thing. More and more I realize
that what we In our ignorance call the
lesser things may be truly the greater
things of life because of what issues from
them. We know not what may come from
| what seem to be the smallest things that
are done by you. From them may spring
the strength, the honor the gladness and
glory OF your life, and from them may
spring the weakness, the shame and sor-
row of your life. There may come time
by and by when great deal win depend
| upon your doing well these very things
you now do negligently.
son the other hand, things that you
| are now doing carefully and faithfully,
even though they may appear to be the
merest trifles, may in the future bring
you far more good than any of us can
imagine.
| while you are doing little things
people round about you are watching you,
wondering what kind Of boys and girls
you are, and what sort of men and women
you are likely to become; and if in the
smallest of your deeds they see manifested
some good quality or trait that is in you,
those are the deeds that even for you their
friendship, their confidence and help,
and that open the door for you into a
larger and happier life.
| Another reason why the little things
of the days now passing should be faith
| fully done is that you are now starting
in life, and it is of the utmost Importance
that you start Alright. If one starts in his
childhood toward what is true, pure,
kind, brave. CHEEKY and noble, and starts
toward them in strong and earnest way,
ne is almost certain to go on in the right
direction as long as he lives.
| 1t you do not start right you cannot
easily change your life by and by, for as
the days and years are passing you are
forming habits of life. Many and ma ny
person through all the years of his life
goes on doing what he knows he should
not do and what he really does not want
TO DO, because he is impelled, driven to it
by the habit that he formed in his child.
hood and youth.
Inc little things of your life may be
tribes tribes apparently. but they make dispo-
sitlon, they make habit, they make a
character, and disposition. habit, a
character certainly is no trife. So do the
little things Of your childhood faithfully.
ana the result will be right disposition.
right habit, right character. of inf
nltely more worth than any statue that
was ever wrought out by the hand of
genius; DO them faithfully, and it will
be with you as it was with the faithful
servant in the old story told by Christ.
you too will be exalted, YOUR life will
gather dignity, responsibility. beauty,
glory and you will become rulers in the
| kingdom Of God. -
Each point was aptly illus rated by
some truth from nature, or story or in
oident OF some well known person or
event At the close of the sermon four
children were christened.
In the evening the Sunday school gave
one of its usu ally pleasing concerts, The
programme Of which WAS printed in Sat
urday's PRESS.
PINE STREET METHODIST.
The children's day programme was car
ried out at the Pine street Methodist
| church, though the storm hrhtanad the