Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-10

@ attending the services on Sunday. At several of the churches there were bapusms and the special collections taken were for the Rock Nook home, an annual custom carried out by most of the Sunday schools.
 At Broadway Church.
 At Broadway Congregational church the Sunday school exercises were held in the church, taking the place of the regular morning service The attrac- tive decorations in green and white upon the platform were in charge of Miss Susan Spicer's and Miss Julia Woods classes. A responsive and musical programme especially adapted to the day was conducted, entitled The Children and the Church The process sional hymn was Brightly Cleans Our Banner, and Supt. H. B. Cary presided for the exercises. The sermon for the day was by the pastor Rev. E. S. Wor- ceSter, and was listened to with close attention by the congregation.
 There were eight persons baptized and the collection for the Rock Nook home amounted to $35
 At Church of the Good Shepherd.
 At the Church of the Good Shepherd (UniversalisD the auditorium was well filled at the time of the morning ser vice when the Childrens day exercises by the Sunday school were held. Upon the pulpit and in the windows of the church were particularly well arranged floral decorations. Two children were baptized during the ser vice. and the sermon by the pastor, Rev. Joseph F. Cobb, was upon The Right View of Life, from the text ! Ephesians 4 32, Be ye kind one to xl other, even as God also through Christ 1 forgave you. The collection taken for the Rock Nook home was $2104 The following was the programme given: Organ prelude; professional, ! Give Thanks to God; address, by Supt ! E. A. Tracy; scripture reading super lntendent and school; Gloria Patria, choir; invocation. pastor; carol, Iris 1 Children's Day. school: exercise, Be- | hold the Lilies, Pauline Culver and school; song, God is Love- school: recitation. While Lifes Summer Days | io By. Miss Fowler; anthem, choir recitation. In the Garden of the Heart | Villa Bussey; recitation, The Flower S ! Mission, Leotta Oat; solo, The Sweet 1 est Story Ever Told, Elizabeth Fill ! more; recitation, Sweetness in the l Heart, Mrs. C. A. Keppler's class: re- ! sponsive reading, superintendent and school; song. Apple Blossoms, Mar jorie Hall of the infant class: recita- l tion, Choice of Birds, c. A. Keppler's s class; song, We Dare Not Idle Stand school; recitation, Giving, J. Harold l Cobb; mission song, Here Am | | school; scripture reading pastor and school; baptism of children: closing song, Put On the Whole Armor. school: i benediction.
 At Second Church.
 For the services at the Second Con- | gregational church, the hours for morning service were used and the ! regular Sunday school session was 1 omitted There were pretty and ap- ! propriate floral decorations about the ] pulpit, with the members of the schoo ! seated in the pews along the center ! aisle The Children's day service. en- ! titled The Children and the Church ] was nicely carried out, and the spe- i clal sermon by the pastor, Rev. II. J ! Wyckor, was upon the topic, The | Workers, from the text, Nehemiah iv: 6 ] For the people had mind to work. One baby was baptized, William Av- | cry Sandford, the son of Mir. and Mrs i William H. Sandford, Jr. The collec 1 ton usually taken for the Rock NooL home was deferred until a later date i the offering at the service being turned ! over to the Congregational Home Mis- ] snonary association.
 At First Baptist Church.
 Sunday evening at the First Baptis ! church, Children's day was observed l by a Sunday school concert in plac, of the regular service. The platform was lovely in it's green and white dec. orations. branches of cedar and birch with syringas, giving a woodsy back ground, an appropriate setting for tn, l programme, which was an echo of thu 1 true Children's day.
 From beginning to end of the pro gramme the young people perfoTmei , their part with enthusiasm and credit showing the training of Mrs. F. c Cunningham, who had full care of tn
 evening. The school met in the schoc looms, marching to the auditorium preceded by Clifford Oat with the ma
 tional flag, Roswell Batty with tn
 Sunday school banner and Merwil
 I'efwin Lefingwell an emblem banner ali singing Marching at the King Command. The following was the pro
 gramme;
 ! Professional, Marching at the King Command, school; recitation. Greeting Lloyd Jones; exercise, We Are a Par
 Roswald Batty, Fannie Brown, Lucind
 Brown, Edna Jones: recitation, w
 Rally for Captain Jesus, Merkin Lef
 lnsWelI; singing. Our Captain an
 King, school: Scripture reading, twen
 ty-fourth psalm; chant, His HOl
 -emple; prayer, superintendent; sing
 ine, Onward, Christian Soldiers. con
 gregaton; singing, duet The Heart
 summer Time, Grace Mitchell. Ohv
 Linton; exercise. The Browning Q
 Summer (al recitation, Summer
 psWning, Miss Gladys Weir (b) sing
 ing, Misses Lucile Howard Grac
 Mitchell. Marjory Phillips. Olive Lin
 ton, Gladys Weir. Althea Church, (c ! singing, Welcome to Summer, schoo
 td) musical monologue, Summer, Mis-
 Olive Linton; singing, Welcome, Thi
 Happy Day, semi chorus; singing, Ol
 Worship the King, congregation; reef
 tation. A Dream of Summer, Miss Mai zie Stamm: singing, Praise to Got
 semi-chOrus; recitation, One by On,
 Helen Higgins: exercise. Little Sun beams, Helen Higgins, Mary Higgin
 Marion Royce, Lucille Tracy, Lawrenc
 Browning, Blanche Armstrong. Laur
 Peckham, Ida Leffingwell, Amy Mod,
 Lester Peckham, Lloyd Jones, Lloy
 Rathbun, Florence Pitts; singing, ri r sunshine, school; address by the pas tor; offertory, Giving Day by Day recitation, The Flower of Liberty, Yer Stetson, assisted by Clifford Oat, Grac | Mitchell, Alice Lefffngwell, MarjoT { Phillips, Afthea Church; solo and chs rus, Building, Daily Building, Miss Lu
 clle Howard and school; singing, Sin f to the Flag, school; bened!ction.
 Mary Higgins, Laura Peckham, Id
 ] efingwell, Amy Mondeau, .FlorenC l Eitts, Helen Higgins, six little girl
 collected the offering of the eveninI
 which was presented the Rock Noo , home.
 Rev. Mr Cunningham spoke to tf 7 young people especially upon the da and the lesson that may be draw from it's teachings The evening close
 With a benediction by the pastor, Re
 r. o. Cunningham.
 At Park Church.
 1 The whole morning service was glV