The Saint Paul globe., 1898-06-13

BreeZes Blowing" The Rev. George E.
Soper, pastor of the church, offered
prayer, after which the choir sang
Come, Ye Happy Children" The in
then Ef1e Belcher sang Rejoice, Ye
Happy Children" Shining for Jesus
was rendered by Stassfell Forbes Jas
per Sprague, Nal. Mcmillan, Angus
Nichol, Raymond Bayless and Stan
Ringald. -Four girls of Mrs. Taylor's
class recited Yesterday and Today
and then the children sang "All Bright
ers Say" was the title Of very pretty
recitation by Lucia Warner, Lucy
sprague, Oliver Campbell, Lama Blom-
quist, Bertha Balzer and Mabel Smith.
Ethel Myron followed with a solo,
Song of Praise" and then Harold
Smith recited Make Somebody Glad
Katie Hanson sang THE Rose,' and
the children then sang IN chorus I'VE
Praise the Lord. Cannot Smile in
Vain was recited by Mabel Smith.
Olive Campbell sang the Song of the
Stars" and Malcolm Mcmillan recited
Ofering." Leonard Gates recited DIR
Sunshine" and the children then sang
I'VE Lift to Thee Our Songs of Praise
In Daisy Time" was: recited by Ethel
Robinson, and "A Great Army on the
Way" by George Bredemire. ';The
Childrens Service" was next rendered
psy Leata Mcmillan, Marion Joslin Lii
lian Crowthers, Edna Jackson, Helen
Nichols, Isabel Hislap and Alice Smith.
All the children then sang I'VE Give
to Thee All Glory" after which a short
address was delivered by the Rev
CnaEies =. Trcka, pastor of.sthe Bohe-
mian branch Of Plymouth. church. The.
children then Sang with Verdure
cad" and Our Gracious Lord"
Rev. George E. Soper then spoke a.
few words to the children regarding
the anniversary which they were cele-
brating, and he was followed by J. C.
Myron and the choir, who sang Hail
Starry Banner" The exercises closed
with the singing of America" by the
children and congregation. The bene-
Hail. ~
The Sunday school celebration was
held In the evening. The congrega-
ton was mainly composed of women
many OF whom have been for years
connected with that branch of church
work. An interesting paper, reciting
the growth and development of the
Sunday school during the past forty
years, was read by Miss Carrie Pond
This was followed by letters from
several persons formerly connected
with the Sunday school. J. B. Powers
wrote of the difficulties encountered in
building up the Sunday school thirtv
years ago. 1t was hard work, he wrote,
70 nnd ana mold pupils in those days,
ana all Kinds of inducements had to
De held out to secure them. A letter
IN similar strain from S.. C. Williams
VINO was superintendent of the SIN.
DAY school in 1882, was read Mr.. vii
mans told of the manner in which tho
present church edifice was erected and
short letter from H. H. Hart. who
int
school, followed.
Mr. Soper said that Plymouth church
had taken ITO members from Other
churches, and other churches had also
taken number from Plymouth and
ne thought it appropriate that several
members of those churches who for
merly belonged to Plymouth were nres-
ent: lie called upon w. H. Howard.
or the Park Congregational church to
speak. Mp. Howard was superintenf1o
ent OF the Sunday school in 1871 and
1913. He also taught the Bible ella sc
at that time. He said he considered
the Sunday school the most Important
pranch or church work, and said ra-
suits achieved in that field were more
enqurIng tnan any material success.
j.. w. l.. Corning, who was s,1nerin-
tendent of the Sunday school in 1S75
1877 and 1879, was the next sneaker
ca!led upon, but his remarks were very
brief very
The last speech was delivered by
Supt. s. S. Crooks. who exnressed
pleasure that he is still a member Of
the Sunday school and hoped thai the
church and school would grow and be-
come the largest in the city.
A feature of the services last night
was the singing Of Miss Pearl Benham
The celebration will be Continued
FRIDAY evening, and on Saturday the
members of the church will hold an
outing with Mr.. and Mrs. .. A Wa
rem, at Arcadia, Bald Eagle. The final
religious services Of the Celebration
will be held next Sunday.