The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-14
SUNDAY At CHURCH.
ChiIdrens' Day Services of
Edenton Street.
Sermon to Junior Order. A Missionary breaches
Warning to Young People. Dr.. Vann
and Prof. Skies Speak.


who preached most interesting SER
mon.
At night there was held in the church
! the Children's Day exercises. A very
large congregation was present and
this overflowed into the galleries of the
! church. The children of the Sunday
school were present in a body in the
front seats, and the music they rem
dered to the accompaniment of violin
and piano was very sweet.
After the opening song. my Faith
Looks Up To Thee" prayer by Rev.
Gee. f. Smith, responsive reading on
Faith Hope and Love, and another
song, 'I'll Go Where You Want Me To
| Co. the superintendent IF the Sunday
school, Mr.. Joseph G. Brown addressed
the congregation and in a short but in
teresting talk told of the work being
done in the Sunday school, In the
course of his remarks he gave the fol-
lowing facts:
During the last fiscal year the school
raised and expended for various pur-
poses, the sum of 1854. Its membership
roll shows twelve officers, thirty teach
ers, four hundred and ninety scholars
in main schools thirty-five in interme-
diate and two hundred and six in the
primary department, making total
of seven hundred and seventy-three.
The regular attendances ranges
around 400, but frequently approx
mates 500. There were present Sunday
morning May 9Th, by actual county 466
the Sunday before that 433 and the
Sunday proceeding 459. The highest
number present at any regular service
has been 1856. The average attendance
for the last year was 46 more than for
the year before. Fifty new chairs have
been bought to accommodate the in
creasing attendance.
The schools has recently built two
handsome rooms, one for it's infant
class the other for its library The
latter has been supplied with many
excellent volumes More books are uc
be bought, and eventually the best
magazines are to be supplied and the
library kept open every evening dur
ing the week.
Plans are being made for the arrange
ment Of several special class rooms.
The intermediate Glass is taught by
Miss Daisy Young, while Misses Mat
tie Reese Bessie Brown end Mrs. Lena
Brown have charge of the Infant Glass.
Both of these departments are well
managed and are doing excellent work.
Following this most enjoyable Sc
ries of songs and recitations were rem
dered by the children of the school. 1t
began with a song, well rendered, Let
in the Sunlight and was continued as
follows: Song, Let Us Crown Him.
Responsive reading. giving information
on the progress of the church, by the
school. Song up From the Tomb,
class. Recitation, "Children's Day"
Jennie Congleton. Recitation THE
Lords Work" Mary Bobbitt, Sam
Smith, Helen Brown Sam Sanders.
Myrtle King Neil Ivey. Temperance
Exercise, ten little children with the
letters forming Temperance in their
hands Solo, Katie Smith, sweet lit
tie song by sweet little girl Recita-
ton, THE Christian Soldier" Burkhead
Bobbitt Rufus Faison, Leonard Hur-
ley, Eugene Jones Recitation, God
Loveth the Children Best" Maud Hur-
ley. Song, Precious Golden GRAIN by
the school Recitation, Three Les
sons Bessie King. Recitation, "A Lit
tic Pilgrim" Mary Evans.
Then came the offerings from the
congregation followed by congratulate
CRY remarks by the pastor The exer-
cises, which were a source of pleasure
to all who attended were closed by
the singing of Meet Me In the City,
and the benediction pronounced by Rev.
b. b. Culbreth.
At the Central Methodist church the
morning service was conducted by the
pastor, Rev. G. T. Adams. whose theme
was THE Characteristics of True Con-
onstrated that these were shown in the |
elevation of the soul, in the development |
of character and in the mental concep-
ton by the converted of the true ideal
of God, of man and of himself.
At night he preached a special sermon |
to the Junior Order U. A. NJ the Capital |
City Lodge of that order being present in |
body. His subject was Soul Rest his |
text being from Genesis eighth chapter |
and ninth verse, and the import of his |
sermon being that the soul was made for |
God and that its final resting place was |
with God, its creator and its maker
At both services there were large con-
gregations present The Sunday School |
services at $50 were well attended and |
much interest was shown in the lesson |
of the day.
DIR. r. T. Vann, President of the |
Baptist Female University, conducted |
the morning service at the First Bap- |
fist Church con Sunday. and preached |
q sermon of much interest, his subject |
being: Things Not Seen" The even
ing service was conducted by Prof. f. |
w. Skies, of Wake Forest College who i
made a most instructive talk on the |
advances made in the centuries past, |
with especial reference to the progress
of the nineteenth century. That which |
had made its greatest imprint on the 1
past 100 years he declared to be uni |
versal education. and cited many cases
and events to prove the cogency of his
argument.
There were in attendance at the Sun
day school on Sunday morning Ais PIT. /
pills, and collection being taken, $1,000 |
was gathered to aid the library fund
The series of revival services at the |
Epworth Chapel have closed; sixteen
professcd conversion and were added
tc the church On Sunday the paste.