The Washington times., 1902-05-12
Interesting Services for
Little Folks Held at the
Church of Covenant.
MR.. 3. B. F. MCFARLAND PRESIDES
Combined Sunday Schools of Church of
the Covenant and Peck Memorial
Chapel Participate-Program of Organ
Music and Song.

The annual Children's ray exercises OF
the combined Sunday schools of the
Church of the Covenant and the Peck
Memorial Chapel, in Georgetown, were
held at 3:45 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
in the former house of worship. The en-
tire program was particularly adapted to
the young folks, who were there about 500
strong. and to many of the children it was
one of the greatest events in their lives.
Commissioner Henry d. F. Macfarland,
who is the superintendent o: the Chapel
Sunday school. presided.
The school at the Church of the Cove
nant comprises about 300 scholars, and
these. with their parents. were seated on
The right OF the center aisle. The chapel
school brought over fully 500 OF its sehol-
ars. and these were seated on the left OF
the church. completely filling every scat
on that side OF the edifice.
Floral Decorations
The front Of the altar was banked with
flowers in small pots. particularly geran-
iums and heliotropes, which at the close
OF the exercises were distributed among
the children. Behind the flowers and at
each side of the altar a number of large
palms were massed, their dark green set
ting off the bright color OF the flowers.
The whole interior CT the church looked
beautiful, and amid such at
tractive surroundings the scholars were
in the seventh heaven OF delight
ba osr al, i,, r.,
church an organ voluntary was played 4
by Miss johnson. The exercises were
opened by the singing OF the hymn,
Stand Up For Jesus" by the children of
both schools. This was followed by the
'eadlng of the Scripture lesson by the
Rev. Charles Alvin Smith, pastor of Peck
Memorial Chapel. Rev. Teunis S. Han
in. pastor Of the Church of the Covenant,
hen offered up a prayer. closing his in
'ocation with the Lords Prayer, In which
III Joined.
Commissioner Macfarland then took
harge of the exercises, and the primary
apartment of his own school at the
hapel sang. The primary class at the
covenant school then recited number of
verses and sang special
ymn. Special singing was also rendered
y The Junior department Of the chapel
chool. and recitations were given by the
class of the Covenant school,
his was followed by the singing Of Lift
D Your Heads" by the entire Covenant
,hool. The senior department OF the !
lapel school also took a brief part in ]
he exercises. after Thich the entire as ;
Joined in singing Love Divine. i,
II Love Excelling.'
Rev. Mr.. Worden Addresses Children.
Rev. James A. worden, superintendent
the Presbyterian Sunday school board
Philadelphia, spoke briefly tc the
holars. expressing his great pleasure at
ing present. =
special Children's Day Offering was A
ken. II is expected that quite a large /,
m VIII be realized from this offering.
the classes vie with each other In rails
g the largest amount Five-twelfths OF a
G amount donated by the children Will +,
turned over 10 the use Of the various 4,
me missionary societies. while the re- T
Under will be devoted 20 the work of o,
e foreign missionaries.
When all the offerings had been re- - -
Ived the children passed in line before Ia
altar. where each was handed one of
! dninty pots Of flowers which had been
nked there.
inging by the entire congregation and n
reelection by DR.. Hamlin brought the a.
.rcises TO a close. NJ
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