The Portland daily press., 1899-06-12
WEST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

The West Congregational church sun
day school observed Childreu'a Sunday
IN most fitting manner and there was
% ptofusion OF ferns, plants and flowers
to decorate the pulnic, tables. etc. The
programme includsd: Singing by the
school; Scripture reading by tho super.
intendcnt; prayer by the pastor, singing
by quartette, Me s1s. Evans and Eaton,
Misses Milliken aud Shaw; and recita-
tions by Mamie kenney, Charlie Hun
toon, Dorothy Hounhton, Charlotte
Strout, Carrie small, kdith Milliken,
BENZ. True, Mildred Rumery. Msreue-
rtto ErerFon, Cora Rumerv, Eddie
Holmes, Olive Cook, Fred hyde, james
ana Bernard Muitin; tongs by primary
department., Florence Thompson, Mar.
guerite Emerson, Miss shaw. Ida Cum
miugs, sunbeam band by six girls and
bird messages by six girls. with clari-
onette notes.
ST. LAWRENCE.
At the St Lawrence church the exer.
cises occurred in the afternoon instead OF
the evening. There was q lurge congre-
cation and the church was prettlly deco
ratei with ferns and flowers. The follow
ing programme was carried out:
Professional
Responsive Reading.
Prayer, Rev. A. III. Wright
Anthem, Choir
fsecitation-LittIe Ones for Jesus,
Ruth Merrill. Clara Thompson, Ruth
Cooling. Marion Hutchins.
Recitation, Ethel McConkey
Recltation-.God Wants the Boys,
Wallace Manning
Chorus OF Young Ladies
Recitation-God Has Many Ways,
Roy hsnnaford
Recitation-The Primrose,
Lillian Gillespie
observation-disclosures Thompson, kdna
Martin.
Song-Giving Thanks,
Intermediate DepaI tment
Chorus-Little Fest Be Careful,
Primary Department
Dtaiouge. -Four Little Girls
Recitation, Bessie Kennedy
Song-The Violet.
Belle Macintosh, Margaret Elger.
Georgia Mahoney, Vernon Crockett,
Elmer Jones, hamilton Mitchell
Alfred Hall
Singing by School.
Recitation, John Jains Ida HannfSrd
Duet. Dina Huckins ami Edith Jennings
Collection.
Remarks. Mr.. Wright
singing. School
Benediction.
SECOND PARISH.
At the Second Parish church a sermon
appropriated to the day was preached BY
the pastor. Rev. Rollin 4. Hack. Bibles
were present TO those children OF the
Sunday school over seven years old and
two children were christened. The mu-
sic was especially arranged for the chill
dren and was very fine
CONGRESS STREET METHODIST.
The following programme was carried
out at the Congress- street Methodist
church.
Voluntary.
Anthem by choir.
Scripture Reading. Supt. q. NJ. Donham
Prayer, Pastor, Rev. W. s. Bovard
Song-The Children's Prayer
Opening Address, Eugene Shaw
Singing-Cbildren's Day, School
Recitation. Nellie Leayitt
Greeting song, Arlena Morton
Recitation, Ruth Snowman
Song, Ethel Blake
Exercise Follow Me, Eight Bows
Song, Children in the Kindergarten
Ladder Exercise, len Girls
Collection.
Exeroise-Kind Words,
Edith Jennings, Primary Department
Motion song-What the Birds Teach
Us. -Four Girls
Exerciss-The Flowers,
Jennie Vickerson and Sadie Lord
Solo-Open Fair Lily, Mildred Richards
Recitation-A Young Traveller,
Roy Falls
Exercises-Some Wonderful Days,
Matte Estle. Annie Rowe, Mildred Cobb
Solo-Happy and Blessed, Nellie Leayitt
Dialogue-The Masters Garden,
Three Young Ladies
Recitatio n-The Chiidren's Day,
Sadie Lord
Exercise, Eight Girls
Recitation, Etta Laiten
Singing-Smils and Sing, School
Remarks by the Pastor.
Benediction.
Memorial pieces were placed in front of
the chanoel for Mrs. George Erskine
and Harold W. Ryan.
WOoDFORDS CHURCHES.
Children's Sunday was observed Sun
day evening at the Woodfords Congrega-
ttonal church with an appropria te pro-
gramme. The platform of the pulpit
was appropriately decorated with wild
and CUT flowera and potted plants.
At the Clark Memorial Methodist
church a special programme entitled
Pence and War; was carried out by the
children in the evening in recognition of
Children's Sunday. The churcn was ap-
propriately decorated with flags and
bunting for the occasion