The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-28
SUNDAY-SCH00L STARTED
FOR WEST SAVANNAH.

Rally Day at Duffy street Church
with Five Services.
Yesterday was Rally Day. at the
Duffy Street Baptist Church and in
addition to holding a number of ap-
propriate exercises at the church. a
new mission sunday-school was organ
lied in West Savannah There were
five services al the church during the
day.
At 70 O'Clock In the morning the Bap-
fist Young Peoples Union held its an
nual rally service and the majority Of
the members of the union we're in al
tendance. The meeting opened with
song service after which a number OF
pa pers were read by the young people.
The papers all dealt with subjects OF
interest to the work of the union and
with the best methods Of carrying on
the work.
At IL o'clock the regular morning
service was held and a sermon de-
livered BY the pastor. Rev. Van Deven-
ter. The annual message 10 the con-
grega ton was also distributed. The
message was printed on four-leat
folder and its motto was from Reveal
tons 30. Strengthen the things
which remain" The message called
attention to the fact that during the
past year s.. 900 had been paid on the
church debt and that more was IN the
hands of the committee for the same
purpose. The church had also been
painted and presents a better appear
ance.
In a spiritual way the growth was
also good and much was accomp ished
A plea was then made TO strengthen
the church attendance ard to oend
special effort TO making more OF the
weekly prayer meeting. The sunday
school was also compiimented upon
its work and the teachers ana scnol-
ars urged TO increase and strengthen
the school A plea was also made 70
work throughout the coming year for
better equipment
The message closed with plea 10
strengthen the work IN the mission
line from which so much has been
gained in the past year and where 80
much good has been done. The new
field in West Savannah also offers ex-
cellent opportunities for worA. An
appeaf vas also made TO strengthen the
auxiliaries and the church in general
At O'Clock a Junior Rally was held
More than 100 Of the juniors were IN
attendance, and organized.
Al the same hour a new sunday
nah. 4 large number of the children
living in that suburb. and their par
ents as well. were in attendance Ihere
is no church in West Savannah at
present. but a suitable hall has been
secured for meeting purposes and the
work will be pushed. The scholars VINO
we're present were orga uiZed into
classes and the announcement OF SUI
perintendent will be made within rev
da=s. The residents of West Sa-
vannah have donated a lot for the
purpose of erecting a new church and
already the committees are at work
looking toward raising the necessary
funds for erecting a building. The or
ganization Of the Sunday-school was
the first move toward the establish
ing of the mission there.
At o'clock the annual sunday
school rally was held at the Duffy
Street Church. The programme con-
sisted of recitations by several OF the
scholars and of the rendering Of appro-
pirate musical selections. Responsive
readings also formed an interesting
part of the exercises.
At $50 O'Clock the regular evening
service was held. Mr.. Van Deventer
used as the subject of his sermon The
Power of the Cross.