Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-24

good old camp-meeting style. Sometimes
the services of ono or two professional
singers Will be engaged leaders and
there may be solo. In fact. there may
be almost anything in the way OF music
AT these meetings. for tho unexpected
Is apt TO be attractive. In some outdoor
meetings there is piano, and perhaps
the singing will be accompanied by
cornefist or il may be that a banjo or
mandolin club will be allowed 10 con-
tribute its services.
At one of these tent services one Sum
day evening the music was furnished by
a band composed of boys from the re-
form schools Their repertoire consisted
chiefly OF national airs and old-time pop
ular music. but the minister i'm charge
arranged this feature of the service be-
cause he believed that IL would have 4
good influence upon the boys themselves
10 contribute their music to religious
meeting under the auspices of one OF
the more important churches.
Even in the conservative churches
where open-air meetings. illustrated lee
lures. dra-
Making Churches MATES and
Attractive in Summer. ,,a,,d no,
be countenanced. there is much consid
Grafton given TO making the church at
tractive during the summer. The serv-
ices are notably shorter especially in the
Episcopal churches. where as much 81
the ritual as possible is likely TO be omit
ted. The choir is smaller and the hymns
or cantcles may simply be read respon-
sively instead of being cheated. as usual
The music will be much simpler, al
though perhaps if an especially fine voice
is included in the choir there may he an
offertory solo that viii give real pleas
ure to the listeners even on hot day.
Where all the services are held I'm
the church during the summer special
pains are taken TO render IL comfort
able. Where the upholstered pews are
In use IT now Is the custom to provide
them with linen covers during the
summer which make them much cooler
TO sit upon. One wealthy church re-
Gently has called into service A skilled
ventilatfng engineer with orders to
eXpend as much money in cooling the
air in summer as would be consumed
by the supply of coal in the winter.
He has arranged system of drafts
and the Introduction of fce-cooled air
which have lowered the temperature 10
q. comfortable degree As this arrange
ment is now general in theaters there
is no reason why il should not become
more frequent in churches
The Sunday school work OF church
becomes complicated during the summer
because of the
Sunday School great falling or
Work Complicated. 1rD,s = esnsn,al.
ly true of the older girls and boys. who.
when they drop off in warm weather.
are often unlikely to attend again I'm the
fall. For this reason additional pains
must be taken to interest them. Some
teachers have found IL possible 10 hold
their classes in the open air, perhaps
under a shady tree. and possibly in ad
dition to the regular lesson 10 introduce
develop an active interest without con
ficting with the real purpose of the
class.
Volumes might be written about the
neglected children of the rich so far as
religious instruction goes, and one Sun
day school at Narragansett Pier has
given attention to this subject The
teachers make an effort to gather in tine
little folks from nurses and goverenesses.
who usually are only too glad to be re-
Eeved for hour two. Last year
some of these classes We're held out OF
doors and some inside of the church
building, which was comfortably cool.
Many of these little folks had every
luxury that money can pay for. Yet had
never been inside OF a Sunday school and
had practically no religious instruction.
To them the Bible stories. as told by
these teachers. possessed a fascination
they would not have held for the poorer
child who perhaps might have heard
them first at his mothers knee. This
sort of missionary work to the rich chill
dren Of the country has brought NOR
than one embryo millionair into
tendance upon the city Sunday school
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