The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-06-11
LATEST FAIR HAYEN NEWS
OVERWHELMING CHILDREN'S
DAY SERVICES

At the First Embellishments to Pupils
AT Pilgrim Church-HOse Company
at Services-At the Baptist Church
Other Notes.
The perfect June weather was condu-
Give to the assembling of large congre-
cations in the churches at the chill
dren's day services yesterday. About 500
people assembled at the Grand avenue
Congregational church at 1880, the
children of the Sunday school occupy
ing the front pews. Rev. DR. Sheath
preached a sermon to the children on
my Cups" AS he spoke Of the differ-
ent Cups for the children and when
they enjoyed-health, home, provisions,
schools country, friends, church-he
turned up each cup containing water,
into a jar. The last cup, The cup OF
salvation" colored red, when turned,
overlooked the jar, illustrating the
text 'tMy cup runneth over" 1t was
very interesting service, and was inter-
spersed with exercises by the children,
the programme of which has been
printed in this paper. DR.. Sneth bap-
tized the following children: cara
Rhodes Leavenworth, Carrie May
Wicks, Frances Hopkins, Anna Chris
tina NELSON. Award was made to the
following pupils who had attained the
age of seven years during the year OF
Bibles: Esther Christine DelGrgo,
George H. Gendall, Gilbert Seeley
Brousso, Earl Kenneth Wilson, Freder-
ick Elmer Crook, Beatrice Lysandria
Ray, Howard Walter Lane, Lena Es-
tella Deloy, Hazel Estelle Rexroth, Van
Buren, Lamb jr, Helen Charlotte Hall
Doris Winchell Hemingway, and Nor
man Eugene Carr. In the evening a
fine sacred concert was given by the
quartette Of the church. The floral dis
play was very fine, consisting of a
mass of flowers about the platform
while canary birds furnished song,
At the East Pearl street M. E
church the pastor, Rev. E. c. Tullar
preached sermon to the children II
the morning on the topic Remember
Jesus Christ" The pastor baptized the
following named children: tBeatric'
Marguerite Smith, Frederick Eugen,
Smith, Walter H. Cochrane, Wesley w
Sloane, Marjorie Ruth Newton, Dor
othy Maria Youngs, Emily Clark Gros.
nenor, Evelyne Fairchild Grosvenor
Winnifred Crandall Lennon, John Her.
Der Clogston, Winnifred, Crandal
Clogston, Louis Germaine Clongston
Georgianna Emily Way, Elsie Ma.
Bishop. In the evening Sunda,
school concert was held under the di
rection of the superintendent, F.
Mansfield. The floral display was yer.
handsome large array of flower
having been banked upon the plat
form, and around the church hung {
number of cages of canaries. The dec
orations were prepared by Hugh Crow
and George Denison.
The childrens exercises at Pilgrim
church in the evening at o'clock I'M
der the direction of the superinten
dent, C. G.. Keller The floral display
was very pretty. The programme wa
as follows: Singing, ''Hail Festal Day,
school; song, "As We March Along,
school; responsive reading; prayer
song, "Enlist for Cod" recitation
"SmaIl Beginnings" Grace Morse
Edna Rose; recitation and song, 9TH
Ways Of the Daisies" Margare
Margaret Gertsch, Ida Council, Jenni
Benson and Alberta Kartzmark; son
by the primary department; sons
"Rally for Service" school; recitation
and legend, Miss Marion Rhodes; SONG
Beyond the Gates of Paradise" Mis-
Helen Gessles; exercise by seven girls
song, 'Children of the Kingdom;" son
by four girls; exercise, Battle of tn
Books" by eight pupils; graduatin
exercises Of eighteen pupils Of tn
primary department; song, "All Prais
to God" school; collection and solo b
Carl A. Mears; song, Go Forth y
Valiant Soldiers" school; address, Rev
r. e. Brown; closing hymn, "Beaut
and Song Everywhere;" benediction.
There were large congregations at tn
Grand avenue Baptist church bot
morning and evening. In the mornin
the pastor, Rev. Charles G.. Smitl
preached a fine sermon on parents
Responsibility" The singing was b
the Sunday school child, led by job
w. Phillips and with Miss Bessi
Smith, pianist There was very hand
some floral display. In front Of II
pulpit was an edging of white flower
while banked high up back of the pu