The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-29
RALLY DAY.
At TRINITY
Interesting Services In
Sunday School.-Rev.
Herbruck'sSermon

Children of all sizes and ages
crowded the Trinity Reformed church
Sunday morning. when >ths annual
Rally Day" Of the Sunday school de-
Fartment was held. With over 1.100
members. this department is one Of
the largest IN the city. 1t requires
the services CT So teachers and 26 Of
foers to take care of the work. which
is divided into seven branches, begin
ring with-the "craile roll"
In short address Superintendent
Homer J. M. Miller outlined the pur-
pose CT Rally Day." which, according
to him. II to bring the members of the
school together annually, that what
has been done during thu year may
lie more easily seen j&s'i "a ~
Miss Carrie Dumont spoke of the
methods Of instruction used in the
normal department, and Of the success
which this department has met
]. M. Cogan, superintendent of the
United Brethren Sunday school, gave
a general talk on that branch OF church
work, telling how it had increased in
Importance in the past few years.
"The Home Department" was
touched upon by the Rev. e. P
Herbruck. Members or this depart
ment of the Sundar school are those
who are unable to attend the school
on Sunday. This is of recent institu-
tion, but already has a large number
of members. Rev. Herbruck spoke en-
couragingly OF this work.
Music was rendered by the girls
chorus, under the direction Of Mrs
Horace Dueble and the choir.
At the regular morning service the
pastor, Rev. e. P. Herbruck. preached
on the intensely interesting subject
"The Effect of Memory on Character
ana Destiny" His text was from the
parable of "The Rich Man and Laz-
arus," Luke 1925, "Son, Remember
With one stroke the Savior here de-
lineates q character so that 1t stands
before us in boldest outline. There is
q rich man clothed in purple" that
is. with all that high position can give
but at his feet unnoticed, lies poor
hungry beggar. You know that man
the man with means at his disposal
and opportunity at his door, but who
forgets the suffering world around
him, the man who loves himself, but
not his neighbor. But here the curtain
that shuts out the great future world
is drawn aside, just q. little corner OF
Il. and we get a glance into the here
after.
The scene Is transferred from this
sidc to the other side of the dark
river. The man who was hungry here
Is at q feast yonder, and he sits at the
place Of honor by the side Of Abra-
ham, the father Of his people. But
yonder on the other side of the great
gulf which only character can make. q
gulf as impossible as eternity itself
there is the man who indulged himself
here and forgot all others. And con.
Meeting these two is the ono word
Remember" 1t is memory that bind
these two worlds together. It is mem
ory that makes character and character
h destiny.
All things of the past are held by
memory. A fact once recorded by II Il
indelible and immortal. It may be OBJ
secured by other facts. but II u there
nevertheless. You may not always bs
abls to recall it at viii. but at other
times and without conscioua effort n
comes back to you.
Memory is related to destiny through
personal identity. II II . strange
thing that you To-Day have Z conscious
nesa thak you ars the same person thai
di0 'eortain tz1pEy . ysoFg aIS or q
g "a