The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-12
LITTLE ONES
CELEBRATED
A FESTIVAL
ChiIdren's Day. at
the Churches.
FINE PROGRAMMES RENDERED
FLORAL SHIP CONSTRUCTED AT
CENTRAL M. E. CHURCH.
Large Offerings Were Made in Many
Congregations for the Advance
ment of Christian
Study.

A day on which offerings may be made
to the cause Of Christian enlightenment
named yearly by the various Sunday
school organizations of the United States.
! 1t generally falls upon the second Sun
| day in June, and yesterday was fittingly
| celebrate in many of the churches of
this city by the little ones. Throughout
the East services of a character most be-
fitting such a day are conducted in nearly
every church, and the West is rapidly
spending to the efforts of making the OBJ
servance of the day universal.
1t is called "Children's day" and from
the appearance of many of the churches
| yesterday it has been well named. The
! youths who receive the benefit of the at
! tention to their spiritual welfare conduct
| the exercises themselves, Offering up
thanks for what they have received.
| Many of the churches made the cere-
! rlonies patriotic, and the edifces were
handsomely adorned with national colors.
| In every house of worship so celebrating
! there was a profuson of flowers and the
! programmes were exceeding interesting.
| AT the Central Methodist Church the
! ceremonies were most unique. A large
! floral ship was constructed by the chill
dren of the Sunday-school and was term
&c the Ship of State 1t was placed to-
! gether by boys and girls, each represent
| ing q different State of the Union, and
| each decked with flowers and bunting.
! The exercises commenced with the read
! ing of LongfeloW's poem, The Building
| OF the Ship" and was concluded by bene
/ diction and address by Rev DR.. Locke.
A number of pupils from each class of the
! SCEday-school represented some section of
the United States, and one of their num-
! Der read poem at which some portion of
/ the ship was placed in position. The fol-
/ lowing was the programme
Organ voluntary; Gloria Patrl''; Creed;
I dONOlOgy. anthem. RESPONSIVE Scripture read
/ ing; prayer singing, Come the Wings of
/ the Morning; selection from Longfellow,
! dress to the builders. Arthur Perry as master
builder; laying the keel, builders; frame
| builder; response for New England States,
Miss Lille Barlow; response for Eastern States.
Miss Mary Johnston; response for Southern
States Miss jessie Haskens; response for
Western States, Miss Florence Porter response
for PACING states. Miss Nellie McCray response
! for District of Columbia, Miss Anna Edwards;
! singing, The American Hymn; masts and
! rigging, builders; anchor and chart, interme-
! diate: selection Charles H. Marks launching
! and raising colors. kindergarten; crew, inter
mediate; The Ship of State. master builder;
singing, Rise, Christian Children; address,
Rev. DR.. c. f. Locke children's day offering;
benediction.
The idea of the construction of a ship
Watt, Sunday-school superintendent, by
the close proximity of this celebration to
the anniversary of the destruction of
Spanish ships off Santiago
At the Bethany Congregational Church,
Bartlett street, exercises were also held
and an address TO children given by Rev.
w. c. Pond. The programme was as fol-
lows:
reading scripture exercise rectations-'Wel
come to Chidrens Day.. Ethel Casson; The
try" George Middleton; Little Boys Make
Men Howard are, SGhE9eder The. The Little Ms,
| Children Do?" Ethel Wiggin, Angelina Desa-
mound. Pearl Upper and Gladys Curtis; Five
Wants the Young" Marion Crosset; The
Children's Offering Blanche Doolittle";
Freely Ye . Have Received Freely Give" Meta
The Lord Child Gladys Curtis; The c. S.
s. and p Society and Its Four Sisters" by six
children Offering.
Children's day was observed by special
! services at the Memorial Presbyterian
Church last night. The church, at the
corner of Eighteenth avenue and Latona
street, was tastefully decorated with
bunting and flowers. The Sabbath school,
which numbers about one hundred and
fifty young people. conducted the serv-
| ices, entitled "A Call to Praise" which
is especially prepared for Childrens day
| by the Presbyterian board of Sabbath
! school work. The responsive readings,
dialogues, recitations and choruses, which
! form the services, were rendered earnest
| " by the school, and in manner highly
creditable to their pastor and teachers.
! special feature of the programme was
! the formation of a camp, with flags and
! banners and white paper tents. The
tents contained the contributions of the
children to the Mission Sabbath school
| fund.
After an eloquent address by the Rev.
! II. n Bevier on the significance of the
exercises of the day the services closed
with the singing of he hymn America"
! handsome banner will be presented to
that class of the Sunday school which has
! the best record in attendance and in
! knowledge of the catechism.
Yesterday was a red-letter day for the
First Baptist Sunday school of this city.
Both morning and evening services were
given to exercises celebrating the fiftieth
anniversary of the school. The church
was beautifully decorated with flowers
DR.. A. A. Whitney, the superintendent,
! presided The music was led by the
church choir, and the large orchestra Of
! by the primary class, readings and recIta-
tons by scholars' P "reminiscences eas,s of nifty
| Shuck. read by Miss A. E. White; vio-
lin solo by Miss Johnston, and chill
drens sermon on What the Flowers
| Say" by DR.. Woods
The reports of the officers showed that