The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-30
PASTOR TO PARENTS
AT EMMANUEL REFORMED
S. S. ANNIVERSARY.
Speaks Of Some Things He Hasn't Heard
other Preachers Discussion
"D%utifnlness."

The "thirty-thlrd anniversary Of the En-
manuel Reformed Episcopal Sunday school
was celebrated last night in the church,
Broad street and Fourth avenue. The edi-
fice was festooned with evergreens and
holly. The reports Of the Sunday school
officers showed encouraging results for the
past year,
The Rev. Robert w. Peach delivered a
laractical and valuable talk to the scholars,
end while primarily directed TO the men,
bers of the school, it was also applicable
10 the congregation, especially parents.
THE subject was "D%utifulness Between
Brothers and Sisters" Mr.. Peach said
that he had never heard the subject he
mad selected discussed from a pulpit, and
that 1t never occurred to him to talk on It
until yesterday. although it was one of
the most important questions with which
parents and children have to deal with
today.
The three closest and hottest ties on
earth. the pastor said. are those between
husband and wife. between parents and
children and between children in The
family.
Your parents said Mr.. Peach. have
taught you the duty you owe them, the
duty you owe TO older persons, the duty
YOU Owe 10 luOSe IN authority, TO your
teachers in the school and all the fmda-
mental principles that children should
have engrafted in their minds to fashion
and develop character, with<one great ex-
eeption, and that was teaching you the
duty you Owe to each other. They have
taught You the duty Of obedience and
reverence for them. And they have shown
their duty toward you in properly pro-
ylding for you and in your faithful up
1,I--t-~ Al .--t 49, Il
ciple upon which rests the development of
the boyhood of the coming citizens, the
future officeholders and business men of
the nation and the girlhood of those who
will one day take upon themselves the re
probabilities of ~womanhood, seems to have
been generally neglected, and the duty of
brother toward sister and vice versa.
Parents seem to think a certain sort of
negative instruction Is sufficient for the
child. and that as children grow the more
important or positive duties viii unfold
themselves. Why. it is only ten years
ago since men and women learned to take
their hats off at the playing of "The Star
Spangled Banner" and 1t took a war to
teach this lesson. Lessons that might
profit boys and girls commercially when
they grow up are given so much attention
that the greater and more vital lessons of
dutifulness were subordinated, if not
neglected. dltOgeluef.
The man that gives $1,000" he said, "to
endow a hospital bed aud who is Landed in
the newspapers for his gift and called a
generous man often has a brother who is
poor and whose children are in want, and
vet the generous man will not ever offer
that assistance the ties of blood, the law
of nature and God commands said the
preacher.
The roll OF honor for the year in the
Sunday school was as follows; Regular al
tendance every sunday. Miss Norma Van
Ripper, Sarah PASCAL, Lillian PASCAL, Rich
ard PASCAL; absent one Sunday, Miss
Sarah Reece. A. ]. Walker, Miskel Costen,
Gilbert Costen, Harold Leslie. Helen Will
cox, William PASCAL; highest class records
Of attendance for the year, Miss Simpson,
Dr. f.. l. Walker; William McPeelS, three
new scholars. Tho officers of the Sunday
school are A, J. Walker, superintendent.
fraDls Sawyer, assistant superintendent;
liz S. Reeee, superintendent OF primary
department: r. o. FoXoroft, superiutend-
ent home department.; Miss Helen Hamil-
ton. secrctpry; l.. f. Grimes, treasurer;
teachers, Miss Buchanan, Mrs. Sayre, Miss
n. Van Riper, Miss Barnett. Mrs. A. j.
Walker, Miss Sauerbier, Miss Simpson,
Miss Campbell, Arthur Walker, Frank
Sawyer. DR.. E. l.. Walker; primary de
%partment, Miss Sarah Reece and Mrs.
George Howell; pianist, Miss Lnnn.