Smyrna times., 1900-06-06
METHODIST CHILDREN'S DAY.
SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE IN CHARGE
OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Entertaining Program Rendered Amid Song,
Flowers and Gladness Orchestra
of Ten Pieces Assist.


Asbury NJ. E. Sunday School held
its Children's Day Exercises on Sun
day morning last before a large and
appreciative audience. The day was
a most charming one III every respect.
The shower of Saturday evening laid
the dust nicely, and Sunday morning a
bright, beautiful and clear day, gave
new life to the flowers and plenty of
zeal and enthusiasm to the Sunday
School scholars who had gathered
there to make the day joyous one. In
it's decorative attire, the auditorium
of Asbury NJ. E. Church looked beau
tiful. There were beautiful punches
of peOnies, rOes and daises arranged in
and .abOut the chancel railing, and
these pleasing blooms were tastefully
supplemented with large number of
miniature flags, placed in the organ, and
on the chandeliers. A conspicuous
feature of the chancel decorating was a
collection of golden elder and roses on
the marble table.
The pulpit desk was taken away and
on the platform seats were provided
for the Primary Department. Back of
them an orchestra of ten pieces were
stationed. They were Mrs. Marion
COverdale, Organist; Messrs. William
Norris, Clifton Turner, Albert Jester,
Gilbert Gearheart, violins; Mr.. Frank
Hynson, flute; Mr.. Walter Hynson,
clariOnet; Messrs. George Sylvester
and Andrew Collision, cornets; Mr..
George NJ. Rose, Trombone.
Mrs. Marion Coverdale played the
organ voluntary, and while she was
doing so, the Sunday School scholars
marched up from their rooms in the
basement to the auditorium and took
the seats allotted to them in the church,
the little tots taking their seats on the
platform.
The exercises were presided over by
Mr.. L. NJ. Price, superintendent of the
school, and Mr.. Walter o. Hoffecker
was the chOrister. The program was
given as follows.
Chorus" Marching on to Crowns of
| GlOry"-SchoOl
| Apostles Creed-School
Prayer-PastOr G. A. Hill
Chorus" Thanks be to GOd'-School.
Responsive Scriptural Reading.
| Church Collection.
Chorus-"Song of Praise"-Primary De-
! partment.
Recitation Story of Summer"-Master
John Postles.
Recitation-Miss Katherine Hudson.
Chorus Roses are Blooming'-School
Reading-"The Bishops Call and APP
peal' Nina Wells.
SOng-"Flowers, Beautiful Flowers''-
Primary Department
Recitation-"Our Heroes'-Master Nor
man Taylor.
Chorus Welcome o Summer School.
MottOes-"Be Truthful" Margaret Pos
ties; BE Kind" Mabel Appleton; "Be
Cheerful - Margaret Walls; ''Be Helpful" :"
Helen Shrieve.
Chorus Sing Unto Him"-School.
Recitation-"Our Fathers"-AIiss Helen
Start
Chorus Buds of Promise''-Primary
| Department.
Power of Little Things"-ROv Tucker
Frank Hynson, Tom Hill, Carleton Walls
=, Recitation-"A June Rose"-Miss Helen
| OnrleNeS.
! Address-Pastor G. A. Hill.
Offering for Children's Day Fund.
! Announcements
Closing Chorus-"God is Everywhere"-
| School
Doxology
! Benediction.
In his address to the scholars, Pas
tor Hill took as his text, the 25th and
Goth verses of the Both chapter of Pro-
verbs: ''The ants are a people not
sirong, yet they prepare their meat in
the summer; the comics are but fee
BILE folk, yet make they their houses in
the rocks" After alluding to the life,
habits and characteristics of the ants
and comics, he drew a happy applica-
tion to the youth, now in the summer
time of life, like the ant, to prepare for
the winter by giving their hearts to
God, and like the feeble comics, to
seek safety in Christ Jesus, the rock of
salvation. The address occupied about
fifteen minutes and was highly en-
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