Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-30
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Celebrated By Cavalry Baptist
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ORDER OF EXERCISES
SECRETARY SHAW DELIVERS
PRINCIPLE ADDRESS.
Uver 1900 Members Respond to Roll
Call-Historical Sketches Read
by Pupils.
SHAW DELIVER
PRINCIPLE ADDRESS.


The second meeting in celebration of the
fortieth anniversary of the formation OF
Calvary Baptist Sunday school was held
yesterday morning in the auditorium o.
Calvary Church. and was attended by about
1880 people OF all ages. The program OIL
exercises included addresses, historical
sketches and musical selections. Among
the speakers were Secretary Leslie M.
Shaw, Rev. DR.. Samuel H. Greene, pastor
of the church; Mr.. w. 8. Shallenberger,
second assistant postmaster general and
superintendent of the school; Mr.. w. 5.
Woodward and others.
The members of the primary department.,
several hundred small children. occupied
seats Immediately in front of the pulpit
and were interested listeners. during the
service Of the morning. Just behind the
little tots sat the young people, while the
older members of the school occupied seats
In the rear. Across the front of the pulpit
In large letters were the dates '1S6S-1SO3.
One of the features of the exercises was
the annual roll CALL and of the 1900 MEM
bers of the school 1 ,6S1 responded to their
names at the roll call yesterday morning.
Secretary Shaw's Address.
Secretary Shaw spoke "a Word of Cheer
to the members Of the school. In the be-
ginning of his address he related an incl
dent of the civil war, which was recalled
by the fact that the Sunday school had
been organized in 1863 while the conflict
was in progress During the forty years
existence of the school, said the speaker,
its members have doubtless gone out into
every state in the Union and have entered
every profession. In the future he said
the range of experience of the different
mem bers will be even greater than former
ly. He stated that he wished to impress
upon them all that they were going out to
a battle, and that they were even now
fighting battle. He did not know whether
these members were going to be men or
not; he did not ask that God would make
life easy for them or that He would ITEM
per the wind to the shorn lamb but he
trusted that God would temper the lamb tc
the wind: that each person would prove
man in his fight.
Valuable Intellectual Training.
Secretary Shaw spoke Interestingly to the
small children for few moments, and
then told of the value obtained from at
tendance at the Sunday school in intellec-
tual training for both old and young. He
declared that people, as rule, do not have
enough mental go; they learn their work
and then make it matter of routine, and
live in rut, which. in the end, proves TO
be their bane. But If the department clerk
will lay aside the thought Of his work for
a day; If the mother will rest from the
cares of the household; if the business
man leaves the cares of his business and
comes to Sunday school, he will secure
valuable mental training, because it calls
him to thoughts out of the groove. Re
CARELESS of the moral or religious benefit,
each would get aff@educationa1 training in
the study of the lessons each week through
out the years that would give him
power of thought equal to that of the
educated man. -
The exercises opened with responsive
reading of the Scriptures, led by s. w.
Woodward, followed by a PRAYER by Mr.
Miles M. Shand. The choir sang selec-
tion after which Superintendent Shallen-
berger spoke briefly on "Why We Are
Here" He mentioned the purpose of the
celebration and read greetings from num-
Der Of former superintendent of the school,
There were letters from Mr.. HI. H. Ken
dali, Mr.. r. w. Prentiss, Mr.. B. B. Johnson
and Mrs. J. X. Sticknev. wife of the first
superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr..
Shallenberger explained that each former
superintendent who is still living either
took part in the exercises or sent greetings.
Histories Of Departments.
The school then sang the anniversary
hymn, dedicated to the school by Mr. p H
Bristow, a former superintendent, after
which the histories of the several depart
ments of the school were read The
sketches contained an outline of the work
resentatives of the various divisions of the
school, as follows: Mr. Clarence Evans
Mr. John Palmer, Miss Edith Hammond
Mr.. j. III. Price, Miss Flora Moler Mr.
John Wolf and Mrs. E. F.. Richardson.
The address by DR.. Greene was of a retro
spective nature, as the title; Through the
Years." suggests. thinking over the in
spring history of the past forty years" he
said. 81 feel that there was no fairer field
in the world for Christian work than in
Washington; nowhere did the people re-
spond more readily, and earnestly to the
efforts along religious lines than here in the
capital" He said certainly no
mistake had been made in the organization
present prosperity. he said, showed the re-
suit of patient. unceasing prayer for help
to do work In common places. No school
had prayed more earnestly. and the answer
to this petition was the present school and
its work.
Results of Earnest Work.
Dr. Greene referred to the struggles of
the school, to its great debt in 1893, and
showed how the membership had grown
and how the burden had been lifted by
earnest and arduous work. If out of such
struggles and such poverty have come such
success and such Opportunities for good
work in the future. 1t was certainly an oc-
casion for congratulation.
A song, "The Children's Praise" was rem
dered by the primary. intermediate and
junior departments. while the tots of the
department sang praise Him,
Robin" i.fa Z slnt Csss.Is
Following the call of the roll reports were
read from mission Sunday schools. and
also from schools ithatsilave been started by
members of the Calvary organization, and
which have now. become self sustaining.
The exercises closed With singing of hymns
by the congregation 81
The closing event IN the celebration of