Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05
BANQUET HELD
OFFICERS AND TEACHERS OF
CALVARY SUNDAY SCHOOL.
to Toasts-Concerning the
Bib1e-Presentation to Superin-
tendent Bristow.

At the Sunday School House last evening
was held the fifteenth annual banquet OF
the officers and teachers Of the Sunday
school of Calvary Baptist Church. More
than 200 guests sat down to the tables.
Preceding the banquet was an hour Of So
cial intercourse. which was aptly expr essed
In quotation from Lowell.
The company proceeded to the banquet
room at o'clock. The tables. in addition
to their natural settings. bore a profusion of
flowers, principally roses.
The theme of the evening concerned the
Bible and the carrying OF it into all the
world. After grace by Associate Superin-
tendent H. H. Kimball the dinner was
served Immediately following this the pro-
gram of the evening was begun. Just as
the superintendent, Mr.. p. II. Bristow.
arose to introduce the first speaker he was
interrupted by the pastor, Rev. DR.. Greene,
who. on behalf of the officers and teachers
Of the school, presented him with the two
volumes of James J. Tissots illustrated
"Old Testament"
Ocean Voyage Described.
Miss Harriet S. Ellis. associate superin-
tendent of the intermediate department of
the school. was introduced. and responded
to the toast Sailing ORDERS" The speaker
graphically described the beginning of an
ocean voyage. following it out to mid ocean,
where she described the passing of the ships
and spoke of the natural question to all,
Whittier are you sailing? She then turned
to the thought of the sailing of the human
craft, and the responsibility OF living and Of
teaching.
The Lyric Quartet-Edith D. Bayly, Mar
garet e. Folln. Florence r. Keene and A
Salome Wingate. under the direction of
Prof. Theo. l. King-sang "Old Kentucky
Home" and responded to an encore. During
the evening Mrs. Bayly sang Hearts De-
nght. and the quartet rendered Crossing
the Bar
The second toast Our compass" was re-
sponded to by Mrs. Geo. Otis Smith The
value Of the compass to the mariner and to
the traveller in the wilderness was dwelt
upon by the speaker, showing how fmnos-
sfble 1t is to find ones way without n TIL.
compass was then likened to the Book file
Word of God. which was eloouently de-
Scrlbed as the only safe guide to travellers in
life. The speaker closed with a beautifui
poem, Sail On! Sail On, and Onl''
Address by Rev. DR.. Dodd.
Rev Charles H. Dodd. D. D., of Baltimore
responded to the toast, "Our Difficulties. {"
taking for his illustration in its highest
sense st. Pauls two years of disputatton
IN the School Tyranus at Ephesus. The
acdress was an earnest appeal to steadfast
ness IN the great cause of leading the world
Godward
The last toast. "Our Pilot" was respond
eo 10 by the pastor, Rev. DR. Greene He
reminded his workers that there may be
sailing orders, good ship, a compass and
all that goes with a long voyage, but there
must above everything else be the pilot
the man to whom all passengers look as
the one to guide safely through the storm
and to bring them safely into the harbor
F1tungly, the program closed with the
singing Of the hymn. Jesus, Savior. Pilot
Me-, led by Mr.. George II. Judd, and the
closing prayer was made by Rev. TiIeston
Chambers of Saratoga Springs. N. Y.