El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-10
FOR CAPT. PHILIP.
Sunday School Children All Over
The State will Contribute Next
Sunday to Buy a Bible and a
Sword For The Commander of
The Texas.

The suggestion was made some time
ago that all the Sunday school child
rem in the state contribute toward a
fund for the purpose of presenting q
bible and q sword to { spt. Philip of
the battleship Texas, IN recognition of
his heraism and his Christian act in
calling upon his men to return thanks
to Almighty God after the battle OF
July third. The suggestion has been
enthusiastically received all over the
ttate, and the success of the scheme is
assured.
DR.. Palmer, state secretary of the
Young Mems Christian association, b. as
consented to become the custodian of
the fund, and all remittances should be
addressed to Rev. Judson c. Palmer.
state sc cretary Young Mems Christian
association, Galveston, Tex They
will be acknowledged through the
news papers.
DR.. Palmer suggests that the collec-
tion be taken next Sunday, Aug. IA, in
all the Sunday schools of the state: as
it is desired to order the sword and
Bible and arrange for the presentation
as soon as possible, says the Dallas News.
Let it be understood that this is to
be q popular subscription by the Sun
day school children of Texas. No
large contribution from any one per-
son is desired. What DR.. Palmer
would like to see is q mite from each
and every Sunday school pupil in the
state, so that each of the little fellows
may feel that he has part in the
gifts, and that he may afterward feel
person lal interest in OUR own Capt.
Philip-a brave soldier and q Chris
tian gen tleman, worthy of their emula-
ton.
Wherl the matter was first suggested
something was said about nickel subs
criptioias. Mr.. Palmer thinks that
cents hould be the top limit, and he
believes that L cent subscriptions would
be bett er. Five cents, especially where
there i 8 a large family of little ones,
would posi- bly, be too much for many of
the children, but most of them can give
cent. If all the little fellows will
hunt up copper during this week and
take it to this Sunday scho oil next Sun
day morning to put it in the Philip
fund, there will be plenty to get
Capt. Philip beautifully bound Bible
and the nj cest sort of u sword. 1t
would be IN, Ich nicer to have 5000 or
so, 900 childi en- give the necessary funds
than to hav bnt 5000 or 1000 give the
whole amol int.
Says the Galveston CORE spondent OF
the Dallas News:
Most ever y child in Texas who is big
enough to 20 to Sunday school knows
dOOuJ Sapb-s NC was ECTC III
last Februslr y on his ship-the battle
ship Texas. On the very night he
reached here the battl, .ship Maine was
blown up at Havana Shortly after
that the United States went to war
with Spain because Spa in wasn't treat
ing the Cubans right. Capt. Philip
went down there with hi q ship, and he
took part in much of the fighting. The
Texas did nobly, just as re all believed
wOnld a N
and glad that she bears .he name OF
the Lone Star state.
On July 3 the Texas b eiped destroy
the Spanish fleet of nav al vessels at
Santiago. After she can lie out of that
terrible battle, in which she had done
such fine lighting, Capt. p hilip called
his men on deck and asked them to join
in thanking Almighty God for bring
ing them safely through the battle.
Texas boys and girls admire brave
men; they admire Capt. Philip because
he is a good, Christian soldier. And
because they are proud of him they are
goi to give him Bible and sword
purchased, then we are going to invite
Capt. Philip, through the secretary Of
the navy, to bring the Texas down
here. The Sunday sc hool children of
Texas will present the ir gift, and they
will have the opportunity Of sh aking
the hand of the braves, :, iolliesb good
n club, mum bering am Oug its mem-