Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-04-24
ST. ANNE'S SUNDAY SCHOOL
CHILDREN HOLD ANNUAL
COMMENCEMENT.
Receive Their Awards For Good
Conduct And Punctuality
Address of Super
intendent.

held in St Anne's Church at half
past three O'Clock yesterday and was
largely sattended by the scholars of
st. Anne's Sunday school and their
parents. At this service the prizes
we're distributed and the scholars made
their Easter class offerings.
One young girl, Ida Taylor. who
for three years (175 Sundays) had
been perfect in conduct and lessons,
was presented with a handsomely
bound copy of Thomas A. Kempis'
"Imitationsof Christ. For perfection
in everything for one Iyear, four small
silver crosses were given to Wallace
Hambruck, Helen Howard, Frances
Hall and Lola Baker. Margaret and
Katie Campbell had also been perfect
an entire year, lacking only the frac-
tion of mark, and for this they were
given Bible and a prayer book and
hymnal. respectively.
Evelyn Martin, Elizabeth Steele,
Edith Woodward and Marie Linthi-
cum received honorable mention. Ger
tificates were awarded to twenty five
children who had been perfect more
than seven months and less than
twelve. In all, 40 paper crosses were
given TO scholars who had been on the
roll of honor one or more times during
the year. The singing was led by
the vested choir of boys. assisted by
the members of the school choir, and
the music was unusually good. The
superintendent, Mr.. Eugene w. lyle
hart, made the address, after which
the prizes were awarded by the rector.
the Rev. Joseph p. McComas. Mr.
IgIehart's address follows:
"There are many feasts and fasts in
the course of the Christian year, which
the church enjoins us TO observe.
None, however, approach in import
ance or significance the two great fes
tivals of Christmas aud Easter, mark
ing, as they do, the beginning and al
most the end of our Lords earthly
career, wherein day by day like us
He grew, tempted in all things like
as we, and in the other we celebrate
His victory and triumph over the
grave and the powers of sin and dark
ness.
"And so we are gathered this bright
Easter, my dears.friends, to celebrate
the most wonderful miracle in the his
tory of the world-the resurrection of
Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the
world, from sthe dead. No event in
profane history is better authenticated
than the story of that first Easter
morning; no event, before or since.
has aroused such vital interest and en-
thusiasm in people of every cult and
creed, and no event is so fraught with
blessings of such promise and hope as
that of our Redeemer's triumph over
the grave--the victory of life over
death. Easter triumph. Easter JOY
Few there are who realize the power
of the resurrection. 1t is the very
foundation stone of the Christian
faith. Upon it all else depends. 1t
is, therefore, right and proper that
we should commemorate this, the
greatest of all miracles, with an ap-
propriate service, and with songs of
gladness and of rejoicing and of vic
tory. Christ the Lord Is Risen To-
day. > 'Christ Is Risen Ind eed = Let
us rejoice and be glad for a risen
Lord, as we tell the sequel of the
Christmas story in the light of the
Easter dawn.
1T has long been the custom to
hold our annual commencement which
practically marks the completion of
our school year, at Easter. Our COM
mencement differs from that of other
schools in that we do not interrupt
our studies. but keep right along, Sun
day after Sunday, throughout the
year. Ii any scholars are wondering
why we do not have recess aud give
them vacation, we answer that it is
because we cannot spare the time.
You devote but one hour a week to
religious training, which is little
enough. In the public school you
put in more work in a single day than
you do here in a month. Time is pre-
cious and we must make the most OF
it. You ought not TO miss one day.
ITO those among you who have been
faithful in your duties we are about
to award appropriate tokens. We know
full we'll that to learn them has not
been easy. You have been very pune
tual; You have had perfect lessons, and
your conduct has been most exemplary
each sand every Sunday in as many
months as YOU are credited with. A
minute late, one question missed, a
careless remark, would have rendered
imperfect an entire months record.
In making up your averages. unavoid-
able absence, or even serious illness,
were not considered. Nothing would
have excused you. And therefore the
large number among you who have
earned rewards this year is most graf
flying. We congratulate you, one and
all, upon your success. which you
most richly have deserved.
sBut, | beseech You, do not rest
upon your laurels. Do not be satisfied
with what YOU have done. Let the
rayvards Won have earned but insnirp
and inspire you to greater efforts.
See that each Sunday, that each
month, and that each year are better
than those preceding. Make up your
minds to say l will where your Sun
day- school is concerned, and stick to
it. Learn to say no. when insidious
temptations would lure you from your
duty. Be faithful. Let no petty trials
or trifiing excuses keep You away
Your first duty is to God The thing
TO try for is not for a certificate; is
not for a paper cross; not for a silver
cross; not for a gold cross; not for
anything that money can buy. But
the thing to work and to strive for
with all your might and main is for
the approval of your own conscience
for the approval of your God As
Emerson says: The reward of a
thing we'll done is to have done it
Whether thy work be fine or coarse,
planting corn or writing epics, so
only il be done in thine own appro-
baton, thou caust not escape thy re-