The sun., 1900-12-31
LAST DAY
OF CENTURY
Advent Of the New One Celebrated
in Grace Church.
SOME ELOQUENT ADDRESSES
An Interesting Platform Meeting
Held Last Evening. Watch
Night Services in Many
Churches Tonight.
SOME ELOQUENT ADDRESSES

The advent of the New Century was
celebrated in Grace Nj. II. church yester-
day in an appropriate manner with what
was designated as the twentieth Century
Services. The church was beautifully
decorated and special programs had been
arranged for the afternoon and even
ing.
The Sunday School held it's Christmas
anniversary and twentieth century well
come at o'clock in the afternoon. The
program included special music by the
Sunday School orchestra, Christmas
music by the main school and primary
department, recitations, readings and
special solos.
Among the special musical TEXTURES
was a solo, Il think when | read that
sweet story of old" by Lamert Guyer of
St Johns Episcopal Church choir; a
:ontralto solo, Just for Today" by Miss
yandersloot and a duet, 1.-THE Lord is
my Shepherd" by Miss Vandersloot and
Miss johnson, of st. Pauls M. b.
ehoir. An appropriate address was made
Dy Rev.. William Writ King pastor Of
the church.
In the evening a Twentieth Century
platform meeting was held at which
Chief Justice Charles b. Lore presided
Rev. King, pastor of the church, was
assisted i'll the opening and closing ser
vices by Rev. w. O. johnson, Rev A. Il.
Scott and Rev. A. A. Wilmot.
Addresses were made by Henry @.
Conrad, Esq, Francis w. Heisler, Esq,
Mrs. William M. Fields and Prof. George
w. Twitmyer.
Mr.. Conrad was the first speaker and
had for his subject, Wilmington Method
.sm for Hundred Years" Mr.. Con-
rad gave a general outline of Methodism
since it was first brought into Delaware
Dy Captain Webb in 1868. He said: 1T
was in 1889 twenty years afterwards that
Asbury Church, the first Methodist
Church in Wilmington was built. For
j6 years Asbury was the only Methodist
church in Wilmington except Ezion,
which was for the colored people only"
Mr.. Conrad referred to an expression
used by Bishop Francis Asbury at the
opening exercises of Asbury M. Il.
Church in 1888. The Bishop said, "Thus
far have we come after twenty years of
.abor.e
"There are now," said Mr.. Conrad "six-
" eight Protestant churches in the vicin-
,ty of Wilmington. There are 5000 mem
oers of these churches and 1000 members
Of the Sunday Schools. Thus far my
friends have we come after Ill years.
In conclusion he said, We are living in
| The closing days of the greatest cen
| curry ever known. Our salvation for the
| future is by keeping in minu the heroic
accomplishments of the past"
Francis w. Heisier, Esq, had for his
| subject, "a Glance at he Nineteenth
| Century" Mr.. Heisler spoke principal-
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United States during the nineteenth cen
Jury. During his aodress Mr.. Heisler
said: 'The nineteenth century measures
no longer in time than any preceding
century but in deeds done, discoveries
and inventions it measures more than all
the proceeding centuries. What the
| United States did in the Spanish -Ameri-
can war caused the world to wonder and
the Paris treaty caused the world to re-
| spect."
Mrs. William M. Fields was the next
speaker and her subject was, ''The
| Work of Women in the last Century, 2
Mrs. Fields talked of the work done by
the women of this country during the
past century and especially of the grand
work which has been done by the mis-
sionary societies.
Prof. Twitmyer made an address on,
Progress in Educational Work in the
Nineteenth Century" Prof Twitmyer
thinks that the progress in public schools
has been great and that they are much
better.
He said, "IThe most important thing in
the school is to study the child. There
is no such thing as patent method
for teaching chndren and there never will
be Until God makes all children alike
Watch night services will be held in
many churches tonight. Union services
will be held in the First Presbyterian
Church.
In Grace Church the services will be.
gin at 10 o'clock.
: At the watch night services tonight~a1
Union M. e. Church Rev. Mr.. Sunfiell
will preach at 7.3O. The sermon will b
followed by revival services to o'clocl
when there will be an intermission fo
an hour and a half for social inter course
From 1890 to IL transactions which oc
l cured during the last century that are t,
,, be regretted will be talked of. Fron
IL to 11.S0 the hope of the future cen
tury will be considered. Commencin,
at 11.S0 and continuing little after /
the meeting will close with song an,
prayer for the closing of the old centur-
i and the beginning of the) now q