Show S S celebration johnsons grove teeming with happy Call dren A FINE PRO GRAMME K music 17 speeches erces dancing songs anal Airth the days outing taken by the seventh ward sunday school on wednesday was a success from commence commencement ment to finish at about 10 the procession turned the corner of slain main and second streets on their way to the grove at the head bead of the procession rodo the marshal of the day followed by the silver cornet band riding in a i hack next came a nicely decorated wagon occupied by beven little girls representing the sunday school following this vehicle came carriages containing the sunday school ward w ard authorities members 1 of the ward and visitors A short time after reaching the grove the delivery of the pro gramme commenced the band furnished some very good music not only during the forenoon but also in the afternoon mr J A hendricksen was chaplain of the day and opened the exercises by prayer the sunday school then sang the day dai dawn is breaking accompanied by miss mary ila han M ren pen the S S organist mr C E T Thorh 11 Or stensen made a few a ap pp I 1 D bemiss ella crockett wha delivered a tempera temperance nee reel recitation t aaion in in a very affective manner mr J C wahlen played a fine baritone solo to which the band played a soft ac compan iamont mr T A then gave a short consile and interesting te synopsis of the history of gf the seventh ward S S which has made great progress C during its eight ye years ars of existence and has been fortunate in its selection of officers mrs J A hendrick sell and miss annie lloyd san sang a sacred song son F in their usual cliar charming liling style E each ach lady is the possessor of a sweet voice and they blend together harmoniously making mal sweet music stake superintendent ormsby mado made a brief speech ile he commended the zeal that had been shown by the superintendent arid and officers of the seventh ward S S to which he be attributed the rapid growth of the school and the phenomenal advancement made by the pupils ile he suggested 0 that the labor of training the children should not devolve entirely on tile sunday school teachers that parents should bestow a great deal of time to tile the careful moral training in of their own children arid and should sli also assist other parents in in checking the wayward tendencies cles of their children feeling at all times an interest in all of zions youth afif this practice pra clico became universal the duties of teachers in sabbath schools would be much less arduous oue and the children would I 1 bo 0 greatly bene fitted president dent orson smith addressed the school next ile he felt pleased that the children bad been brought brou a bt out for a days pleasure thought that such little treats created an additional interest in and love for the school ile he was glad to see so 60 many of tho the parents present it showed him that the parents of the seventh ward took an all interest in the sabbath school which would to a great de deree degree 0 ree account for its prosperity president smith praised the work that had been done exhorted the teachers to continue the good work and the var parents to render them aalthe all the acain aid in their power apostle moses thatcher thatch er was asked to speak on arising lie said that it was not advisable that lie he should make a long speech in the open air air 1 but that lie he would speak for a sll short rt time and as the majority of the children were amusing themselves selves elsewhere ha be would address himself to the adult portion of the congregation there was a subject that hat recent occurrences had im pressed very strongly etron gly on his mind it t was the suc suicidal idalo mania that was becoming coniing ic bo prevalent throughout the he territory ile he referred among among ther other cases to that of george 0 A Alec mccans arsand and depicted in movin moving 0 cri terms the anguish of his wife well when he found her husbands bod body y lm immediately after after tile the rash act had been committed that scene would frequently arise before her eyes in after life even in the midst of gny gay assemblies and renew her 17 arief rief A man had no right to take the life that god had given ivan him no train of circumstances could befall him th eliat at would justify such an act it was not only the act of a coward but was also murder the speaker said that the tend tendency ency among speakers at the funeral services of suicides was to assume always that tho the person was insane and therefore irresponsible for his acts they painted in glowing colors all of his virtues and said nothing of tho the great crime he hall had committed that was spoken of as the result of insanity produced by a series of misfortunes acting upon the supersensitive super sensitive na nature ture of the deceased these sermons were having their legitimate effect arid and when financial financial or other trouble came the thoughts of the individual turned toward suicide as a legitimate natural means of relief this was all wrong the suicide s should boul 1 I b be e buried quietly in tho the potters field not by the side of those who battled bravely against adverse circumstances and died with the harness on it was time to quit placing a premium on S suicide ui it was wrong in in the sight of ol 01 god broar thatchers remarks were f 1 r fc 0 soon be forgotten fer gotten by those who heard them at the conclusion of the morning pro gramme picnic was partaken partaker par taken of arid and the ell children ildren amused themselves playing various games until two when the spelling match and races occurred for prizes that had been generously donated by Z C ia M I 1 J A hend fiend rick ric kien ken it II K thomas L R martineau Martin cau C INI andreas peterson riter dros bros drug co city drug store J II 11 anderson U M co 0 B robbins J W wilkinson P A nielsen and fred nielsen Niels cn two giants and a couple of clowns added to tho the alnus amusement eme 11 t of the children cli ildren they performed their parts well at five the dance commenced and continued for a little more than two hours the silver cornet band make the ver very y best music for out door dances the last number on tho the gramme program pro n ine they called the peanut ma march ach as that was the taken to present each child with a sach of peanuts and candy the of tile the seventh ward sunday school deserve P great credit for the care exercised ci sed in in arranging C the programmer pro 0 gramme grammo arid and the manner in which it was car carried out the members of tile the ward contributed arid and those who gratuitously furnished colv conveyances should also lie bo remembered it was the greatest turnout of children and the finest affair of the kind that ever took posse possession S ion of the grove and will lot long bo be remembered by the children as the most pleasant lay day they ever spent |