Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-06-10
CHlDREKS DAY SERVICES.
IDEAL sUHDAYFoR THELITTLE
ONES.
Beantifna Pfoxfzm AZ TWo ChsrIhes-
Impressive Exercises 80 Tae Pres
byferisn and First Methodist
chUrches.

If vas = wise superfnterdeuS w1o
postponed the exercises - fhGIdrs1 >
Day which - usually celebrated the
6rst SUNDAY fn June. anfiI YESTERDAY.
the second SUNDAY. TIE lay waS
IDEAL. and the Weafher eouId net have
been better bal ft been male 60 ox.4er-
The churches were al welI Sled an4
At the First Methodist Episcopal
church and ~ the PrssoyreTia1
church the exercises were very oeau-
tifui and impressive
At the FIRST Presbyterian ehurenr
the Rev. George = Bell pastor Nr-
". q. G0tf. superintendent q tne ~un-
day-sebOol. the ChiIdreB's Day exer-
cises we're held a. II o'elocx in the
morning. THE program carried eut
was Tine GhiidreB's Hos4nnas -
the PRESBYTERIAN Board ~ pubiieati0n-
The church was heaufifulIy decorated
with roses and daisies. ard ali The
children wore white 4 large eongre-
CATION was present, including Mrs
WarheId y lie - the Governor and
her little daughter.
In the absence of the organist. Slr-
Harry Schreyer. = member 90 the
Naval Academy band. who - AZ
jamestown with the band on the
cruise 81 midshipmen- Mrs Arthur
Montgomery Jones presided at tne
organ. The services opened with sing
ing by the school All Glory. Laud
and Honor. followed by prayer. and
responsive Scripture reading n rec.
itation. This FIRST Cbildren's Day,
was well rendered BY Dorothy RawI-
ings. after which the sehGot sang
THE Earth Is FILLED With song
A very bsautiTuf exercise. The Ten
commandments by twenty chill
dren, was an interesting feature q
the program. followed BY singing BY
the primary class "a Little Light
Responsive Scripture reading BY
the superintendent of the school was
next on the program. after which
uciIe Thomas sang a beautiful solo
entitled "Of such shall the Kingdom
BE. - The primary class sang sing
Children. Sing" and Louise Heintz
recited Help Somebody" which
was followed by another song BY
the primary class. '-Cbirp. ChirP,
Chirp.'
One OF the most impressive features
Of the program was an exercise ~
sixteen children Building the Lad
der There were eight rounds in the
ladder, such ..as Love, Self-Denial.
Courage, Truth. Purity. Patienee.
Meekuess. Grace. To each Of which
there was recited two verses by two
little girls, respectively. bearing
upon the subjects that formed the
rounds in the ladder, reminding the
congregation of J. g. Hollands e.
nous poem ''Gradatim,
Heaven is not reached by a single
bound,
But We build the ladder BY which
we rise.
From the lowIy earth TO the vauIted
skies,
And we mount to the summit round
by round.
Another impressive number on the
program was pantomime in which
the organ played softly My Faith
Looks Up TO Thee which Was beau-
tifuIIy sung by Miss Norma Br0tz-
man, while little Ethel Jickling,
with her sweet childish face. gentle
manners and graceful movements
made the gestures appropriate TO the
hymn. The effect was 50 pleasing and
impressive that there was scarcely a
dry eye in the congregation The
pastor made a brief address lie said
the children in their exercises had
preached sermon TO him. 4 brief adj
dress was also made BY the superin-
tendent. The collection was the lar
gest on any Children's Day for years
The exercises closed With the beue-
dictiOn by the pastor.