The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-03
NEWS FROM EAST SIDE CITIES.
ANNUAL SERMON At
SHURTlEFF C0lLEeE,
All Churches of Upper Alton Take
Part in First Exercises of
Anniversary Week.

The Shurtlen College anniversaries began
yesterday morning with the delivery of the
baccalaureate sermon by President Stanley
A Mckay in First Baptist Church at Up
per Alton The service wa participated in
by all the congregations OF Upper Alton.
The students of Shurtlen attended in a
body, as well as the cadets OF Western Mil
itary Academy under command Of Colonel
A. NJ. jackson.
Miss Elisse Leverett, who will be grad
uated in the shurtlef School Of Music this
year. played the organ. After the reading
of the scripture lesson by the Reverend
Doctor W. H. Bradley. pastor Of First
Presbyterian Church. and q prayer by the
Reverend NJ. L. Cole. pastor Of First NJ. L
Church, President Mckay DUN his
theme. The Vision of the Dreamer" talk
ing as his text. Genesis XVII. II: And they
SAID one to another. behold the dreamer
cometh."
In part he aid
ALI ages nave demanded tha. = dreamer
be relegated to the rear. Towa[d what:
however. does the age trend! In what
lisht must We view the future! The thouhgt3
OF men are widened with the processes OF
toward that which u better. With these
processes of science there are pictures as
yet unreal. never yet looked upon, but by
they will be developed into that which y
not only new, but a vital entity. Behind
every great movement. there Is the dawn
Ing, the dreaming. and then the noontide
vision"
Last evening Professor Ransom Harvey
of the Shurtlen School OF Divinity. deltv-
cred a sermon before The ne Telisions o0cas-
Farewell Services In OLD Church.
Farewell services were held In First Con-
gregational Church at Alton yesterday I'M
0.r the dtroCffon of the nA8tOr. the HeVef>
end =. II. J. Rice. This morning the work
men will m the work OF disman-
thing the building han1 p IFep MarssiS' 70 %h; s5se1 VIII
cost approximately $4,000. Tho work VIII
take nve months. and In the interim the
SssSoaiss Church. Maa :sI ans special &c { .Hi Invitation
OF the latter congregation
Alton Notes and Personals.
Miss Georgia T. First Of uppsr Alton has
envy at owstanns. Ninn- Mis- yint az present
I, s,. s., sssaSi principal OF the White HAIL. liz
--Fif,een Of the crew Of the steamer Sidney
ISsi: up a' tie Ssi.sissiS1l. But shl:s Or tesr
er procseded. The Alton police took post Of
the men In custody. and. after holding them 2
Alton wharf within the last ten days
a. nDs. a. k RosI spsins: f g A, sSis :s.a,a ss'
The funeral Of Mrs.. Margaret Rcse q Alton
was held yesterday afternoon at . o'clock from
the German Evangelical Church. the pastor. the
Reverend Theodore Oeerhellmann. ofne1adnG.
The burial was In the City Cemetary.
Tho Alton Lodge No. IS. OF tho Order OF
Harugan gave . picnic At wasntnstoa Garden.
Alton. yesterday.
Tho Retail Clerks Association at Alton has
voted In favor OF closing the places Of business
where their member work At 8 O'Clock every
evening except Saturday and Monday evenings.
when the limit has been nxed At 10 O'Clock. No
definite date has been nxed At which the order
shall 60 into eject
-BagYaseman r. l. Stanton Of the Union
Station at Alton has gone to Battle Creek. Mich,
in response TO . telegram announcing the serious
illness Of his mother.
The congregational ministers and the fsmilies
picnic at the Piasa ChautauQua to-day. The
the party will make tho trip to the ChAutAu-
qua grounds In . special car attached to the
morning train over the Chicago. Peoria and St
Louis Railroad.
Tho Reverend Georgs R. 0ebauer. pastor q
First Unitarian Church at Alton. delivered an
interesting d~iscpurss to his eongregation res
terday morning on The Prophet Of Praofical
Christianity. James Russell Lowell"
Robert c. Stuart Of Peoria. to Misc Lncy James
Of Monganneid. KY. has been made. the cere-
TO take place on Tuesday. June 4 Mr..
Stuart was formerly engaged in business In
Alton