Year: 1874

Celebration OF Children's Sunday


Christening, Baptism, and Sermon to


Children by Rev. j. NJ. Pullman.


The exercises In this new church of the Uni.
versaist faIth Fifty-seventh street. near Eighth
avenue, yesterday morning, were OF varied and
pleasing character. 1t being the occasion OF the
baptism Of about thirty children and eighteen
young people, the altar and fount were tastefully
decorated with flowers. Each child. when it had
received the baptismal rites was presented with
a neat little bouquet. Meanwhile the organ dis
coursed some very sweet music. They have as yet
no choir and all the singing is congre-
gational. Rev. ]. NJ. Pullman, the regular
pastor, preached the sermon, taking for
his text Psalm xxxiv, ii, 13 and 14-"Come, ye
children, hearken unto me; will teach you the
fear Of the Lord" "Keep thy tongue from evil
and thy hps from speaking guile" depart from
evil and do good; seek lear and pursue it," AS I
gave notice last Sunday, the reverend gentleman
commenced, this is a sermon for children, and
will, or course, not be very interesting to the
short, deep and wise. / have taken text that
expresses just what want to say. do not wish
Y you All ea the oss pu N
sometimes put upon the fences to warn
people from trespassing upon the premises, and
saying that dog Will be sure to bite them II they
do. You are now IN the field Of the Lord, but DO
not wish you to fear the Lord as you did the dog
IL you are put upon Luc cars WITHOUT money JUe
conductor will tell you to pay your fare or get OF
But do not wish you to fear the Lord as you did
the conductor. Fear does not mean now what it
there are many mansions" This world is that
house. Suppose you should find yourself in a tine,
large residence; you would wander around from
library, dining and sleeping rooms, and In none
could ina the master He must be in some room
In that house, but you cannot find him.


FEAR GOD


as you would the owner of that large house. He
built and oeautlned 1t FOR you, and you are AFRAID
want you to lear to do wrong. Boys, be brave /;
and girls, be true. Be afraid OF doing wrong or
S you must have no


her. Tell her all that is in your heart. Iiyou
begin to hide little things 1t will not be long be-
fore you Will hide big ones too Boys, tell your
father oil he asks. II he wishes to know what you
did in school, or how you got your coat torn, tell
HIM the truth and the whole OF IL. You cannot be
very lar astray when you tell father all. You are
living III little new world OF brothers, sisters and
friends. You are too apt TO think that you know
more than those In the older world You have not
been very long in this world, and some older heads
know more about Things than you do. You can go
father and mother and never do mean action TO
piaymates. As ] was coming out Of my study this
morning saw abig boy and little boy who had
hold OF each others collars, preparatory to Begin
ming fight. The man object OF the big boy
seemed TO be the trial of hls strength upon the
little one. but ne gave excuse that brother
OF the little 10y had struck hlm the day before.
Boys, do not fight. You must not try to night


h py who OF weaker r than yo
but when he was llttle, weak pale faced boy at
school, he saw big, rough BOY hit
bully replied that II was OF his business, and
II he had anything lurther say the subject ne
would receive similar whipping. For the first
and only time In his lie he went IN the fight and
did handsomely. 1t Is right Tor you to


FIGHT BIG FELLOW


when he abuses you. Tell mother and father all,
and do no mean action to companions. ''rnls fear
OF the Lord Is the beginning OF WISDOM says the
Bible. He Illustrated TINS by several pleasing
stories calculated to fassen upon the minds OF The
children the great truth embodied IN the text.
Succeeding the discourse was the communion SER
vice, winch closed the exercises OF the day.