The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-31

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on teachers at the beginning Of the life
10. the Sunday school was fl1rae males,
to-wit, Mr.. Il. A. WILEY. Mr. A. f.
Bryan and Mr. r. ii. Battle. There
were about six lady teachers at the
opening. Mr.. Nat L. Brown, though a
Methodist himself, but his wife being an
Episcopaian at that Time consented to
| serve as secretary and librarian. Mr..
Battle spoke in the highest terms of Mr..
Brown personally and of the efficiency
with which he performed the duties he
had assumed. Never have the records
since been kept in so perfect manner,
he said. Mr. Battle regretted chat Mr..
Brown was not here now to near the
tribute he wished to pay to his memory,
and TO express his appreciation of his
faithful services, but that a short time
ago he with other friends of Mr.. Brown,
mostly like himself ex4Confederate sol
dicfs, had laid llim to his rest.
Mr.. Battle called the roll of the Sunday
school as it was during the first month
Of it's existence, and proceeded to speak
of the life Of some teachers and scholars
VINO have passed away. and also of some
of the teachers still living, bart whose
service in the first years of the Sunday
school was very efficient. lie spoke
with especial praise OF the late Mrs.
Kosa H. Ashe, Cousin Rosa as he de-
lighted to call her, ONE of the best wo-
men and most faithful Christian teach
e1-s he had ever known. Having lost her
husband when she was still young, and
ner only son having long ago passed
away, she was without family cares of
her OWN at the time and devoted her
lite to the good Of others. Her pupils
of nearly twenty years, from 1876 until
not long before her death, are many of
them now matronS themselves here and
in other parts Of the State. But wn0-
ever and wherever they are they have
cause to rise and call her blessed. lie
also spoke in high terms Of praise of the
services OF Miss Gertrude Haywood,
now Mrs. Trapier, and Mrs. A. L. Bryan,
| during the first few years i'll the history
of the Sunday school. Their classes,
made up largely not of those whose
parents compelled them to attend Sun
day school but such as were drawn into
the school largely by the personal infiu-
| ence and attractiyeness of these teach
ers These constituted nearly one
fourth of the whole number of pupils
during the year 1874.
He also spoke OF the several Organ
lists who had served the school faithfully.
Miss Gertrude Haywood being the first
and Mrs. Adele Slater being the second.
| She was succeeded in turn by Miss Lucy
Battle, Miss lula Holden and Miss
Alma Ashley.
| he spoke in the highest terms of Mrs.
| Slater, VINO long since has passed to her
| rest. She not only served the Sunday
| school in all weathers and often when
almost too sick to attend, but in prepar-
! ing for exhibitions given by the Sunday
school, Christmas festivals etc, she was
| very faithful and efficient. With a
family of her own to support and in fee
! Bile health and narrow circumstances at
| home, her services could not be too highly
! praised Mr. Battle said further that he
could not probably give the full list
Lof the Sunday school children who had
llpassed away while members of the
school. Int he mentioned from memory
| Miss Alice Woollcott II. III. Battle, Jr.,
| his own son and naneSake. Phil Taylor,
| Irene Young, Kenneth Young and Ralph
! McMacllin. The little girls were very
| pretty and interesting and the two little
| boys, Kenneth Young and Ralph Me
| Macllin, members of the infant class,
were children of uncommon beauty. MIR.
Battle spoke specially OF the face of lit
| tie Ralph McMackin. who used to sit
/ just in front OF him when he had any
/ thing to say to the children of the
! school, as the most angelic, i'm his opin-
| ion, that he had ever seen. In all of
| these children death seemed to single out
| the most promising. Mr. Battle alluded
to three members of the same family,
/ who were original members of the Sun
| day school who had passed away, and
spoke with especial praise Of one who
died few months ago, successful ply
sician i'm a great city, and said. that while
/ he had never claimed that his influence
] had much weight IN directing the life of
| Dr.. Kemp B, Bachelor. he took some
pride in remembering that besides the
tie of blood relationship which hound him
to DIR. Batchelor, he had BEEN a member
Of his Bible class in this little Sunday
school; and he recalled with great pleas
lre his last conversation with DIR. Bat
chelor after the meeting of ST Andrew S
| brotherhood in Baltimore, in which DIR.
Batchelor expressed a very great interest
in the Good Shepherd Sunday school.
1t was a surprise to the speaker, that
one whose profession demanded of him
from % to so visits to patients in a day
should find time to follow the proceed
| ings Of this convention of the Brother