The sun., 1898-12-26
XMAS At THE CHURCHES
Rev. T. Harry Chelsey Delivers
An Interesting Talk to
the Children.
EDIFlCES PRETTILY DECORATED
First Anniversary Of the German
Lutheran Sunday School Held and
Gifts Given Pupils..Specill
Music Rendered by
the Choirs.
EDIFICESPRETTILY DECORATED

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Harry Chelsey delivered short but in
teresting and instructive address.
After little pleasantly at the expens
of the rector of the church for limitin!
him to ten minutes time in which tt
make his address, the speaker went int
his subject which was christian Educa
ton"
He told the children that in talking
to them it was necessary ior him to bt
careful what he said f9r children as
rule were much smarter than growr
persons.
Mr.. Chelsey said it was much easier
to fool person of 40 years of age than il
was to fool boy of Is or l6 years of age
In proving his assertion he related
several anecdotes which plainly showed
that young people are much quicker tt
detect fraud than older ones.
In speaking of Christian education the
speaker said more people were beginning
to realize that in sending their children
to school it was necessary to make
them something else besides men and
women. "They require" said the
speaker, christian Education to make
them gentlemen and ladies'"
In speaking of the terms gentlemen
and ladies he said that he knew that
some writers considered it bad form to
use the words and that they recommend
the use man and woman. He said there
was no better term than gentleman and
lady and that Jesus was spoken of in the
divine history as the Gentleman
Jesus"
As another illustration of the fitness of
the word he told an anecdote of George
Washington while he was president.
A meeting was held in one OF the public
buildings in Philadelphia, which he at
tended. A man who was going to the
meeting and who had never seen George
Washington, asked how he could dis
tirguish the President from others pres
ent. The answer he received was 'tthe
gentleman who kneels down to pray is
George Washington"
After giving those persons who merely
stoop over in prayer rub, Mr. Chelsey
again confined himself to the children on
christianity. He told them that no
Christmas talk was perfect without ref
erence to star and then he told them
how to make five pointed star, after
which he divided the catechism into five
parts, telling the children to hang the
five points OF the teachings to the points
of the star and follow that stars direc-
tion. that it would lead them like the
star did the shepherds to the side of
their Saviour.
With few more appeals in the behalf
of Christian education Mr.. Chelsey
closed his address.
The Christmas exercises of the school
we're as follows:
Professional hymn, Lords prayer and
versicles, carol, awake" reading efthe
Scriptures. carol, "The Magi;'' apostles
creed, versicles and collects, carol,
"Glory to God in the Highest" address,
Rev. T. Harry Chelsey; carol, "Ring the
Bells;" collects and blessing and reces-
sional hymn.
The chancel OF the church was hand.
somely decorated with evergreens and
flowers. Above the chancel was large
cross of electric lights which made
pleasing and novel decoration, while
testoons OF evergreen were draped from
the ceiling above the pulpit in bell shape
curves.
AhC AIoV OuIloUlIldS anniversary Ol Ullc
Sunday school of the Zion German
Lutheran Church was celebrated last
evening.
The exercises consisted of carols, solos,
quartets, recitations and reading.
The church was decorated with two
large Christmas trees handsomely
and sparkling with small in
lamps.
The children were all given a treat of
candy and fruit.
Rev. Paul Isenschmidt preached the
sermon and the church was packed with
people.
The services at the churches through
out the city were we'll attended at all
the services yesterday, and special SER
vices were held at all of them and their
own pastors in most cases presided.
Evergreen and flowers were used in
great quantities for decorating.
Some unique and pleasing designs
we're wrought by clever hands, and the
lay in this city was success.