Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-05-31
Children's Day at New Bethel

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Last Sunday wus Children's Day at
! New Bethel and no children ever had
brighter, prettier day for the occasion.
and as ! drove along through the we'll
cultivated fields of corn and cotton with
my children and grandchildren, my
heart was filled with gladness in antici-
patton of spending the day at this
sacred spot with the friends of the long
/ ago and their lovely children. call
| this church a sacred spot, and 1t Isl
sscred to me and mine, for | am proud
of the fact that I helped to build 1t. My
wife and ! were church members, and
some of the happiest moments of my
] life were spent in and around this place
! When we reached the church a good
ly number of the good people had al
ready arrived and every few minutes
the crowd was added to by the arrival
of others in fine eQuipages, all dyked
out in their Sunday best. Soon the eX-
ercises we're opened by the choir with
song and after very appropriate talk
by the pastor, Rev. Dixie Brown, the
children entertained us delightfully."- for
an hour or so, with the following ap-
propriate programme:
Chorus
Responsive Reading
Prayer ....... ...........- !; ~ AsToR
Address OF " elcome.'.'''' Erie '"'l'Sou
soIhg, no. 80 PASTOR
P ISu.tsf, .'''''''''' Camilla Jamison
Recltation Kitty Belle Myrick F..
Quartettc
Bo.itottop - cad is oyap Glass ]
Recitation Matte D. 1ui,,nS
S S1 anna -'O-'
2Vns T Xuaii3T rir,orios Frie 1omson Thos
~ INV Henly, Mary Henly
Recitation. ,,.'.......... DAISY Morehead
Song, 4s9 .........,... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Recitation Camilla Jamison, AMI Henley
Recitation, Beacon LshIss t, oasS
Sglo, "a - E Na' Jamison
P PSojtnti us Charlie Mullins
RscitStion Miss Haiti Hambrlck !
Collection
Closing speech ..........H Harvey Myrick
Song, Till We Meet
BsnedictIon
All the children did we'll and 1t made
me feel proud to see the children OF
those loved so well rejecting honor up .
on their parents, and instructors, |
Misses Jamison and Hambrlck, to
whom, ! understand, the credit IS due
for their training for this occasion. !
could not, if | would, and would not
if | could, particularize and say that
one excelled, for my old friend, Or, /
Gresham, told me that, IN an unguarueu
moment he consented to act at baby
show at one Of the county fairs, ana he !
has never been brave enough to come
back to Macon yet,
1t delighted me to sit and watch the
children and trace the likeness IN their
little faces to their parents, and no
county has finer body OF children than
those OF New Bethel, and 1t made me
prouder than ever OF my citizenship
Brooksyille, Deerbrook and Memphis
were all well represented, but tx
Prairie with their loved superintendent
at their head turned out IN mass ana
knowing that chickens were hardly
ripe and fat pigs scarce began toI
trembe for my old nelghbors and
thought for. once they would be caught
mapping and would, for the first time,
| be little scarce Of dinner, but when
| was called to the table | found my
fears were groundless and that they had
we'll sustained their old reputation for
superb and bountiful dinners. And
the table fairly groaned with all Of the
substantials and delicaCies Of the land
and there was enough left to have fed
as many more.
Miss Jamison delighted us all with
her singing and we were chained with
the rymth of her voice, and all enjoyed
it very much, but know she will not
believe we were wanting in apple Cia
| ton when | say we all missed Miss
Addie, for had we had an Angelic choir
we wauld have missed our own sweet
voiced organist, the wife of the loved
superintendent. Mrs. Addie Dantzler
and many an eye was dimed and every
heart was saddened when we knew why
she was not with us. We pray God she
may be well enough to be with us at
Elk Prairie on the 10Th, and you. too,
Mr.. Editor, and all who love God and
| His little children are cordially invited
to be there. Hon. Walter Price an.
nounced it and gave all pressing in
vitation to come Walter said he was
not on the program but Emmet put him
on just the same, by calling on him to
close with prayer, which he did in his
usual Impressive manner.
After few hours intermission spent
in agreeable conversation we were
again called in the house to listen to
good sermon from Bro, Brown He is
a good man and has won warm place
| in the hearts Of our people already, but