Show i sober on a new subject I 1 14 i the sabbath school Festi festival valand and christ i I 1 aai tree at independence hull hall on christmas te tc cwi wwi afi i an occasion worthy of more than a ia I 1 lasting asi i ng notice or the brief mention of a news aper paragraph at an early hour the large tall wak waa thronged thron ged with little ones all eager I 1 or r the he handsome display their teachers and I 1 P fiends ends had bad provided to cheer their young arts nor were they disappointed whon P hen at j given signal the large flags which had bad the tree from view were drawn to J lit fie side bide and aad as if by magic tho the enchanting ene eme was presented to view there wasa ge cedar tree not less than twelve feet ja whose where wide vide spreading branches were cavil atil laden mith ith choice gifts and beautiful feena j 9 and nd onside it apparently perched the boughs stood tho the veritable santa laus alnus himself him belf grotesquely and i eerily jingling bit h sleigh bell the exer ns n s opened with fino fine singing by the entile hool and the merry voices tang rang high and i itar clr with sabbath melody then camo he fhe distribution of the presents plucked one by I 1 iff e from tho T tree cc which wits was handsomely f animated ted by a hundred wai tapers such I 1 profusion of gifts gift iq if rarely seen even at i gatherings dol dolls Is wago wagons guns vordi horses horsen knives trinkets toys of ery cry name a and it of no name not to omit e 0 bound volumes and multitud multitude I 1 0 us sacks of bon boef and candies for eh ch ti cholar from the grown up miss to tho the fort findt prattling the thoughtful care 0 of f tho the IR chers had provided a lutat and in not a w instances costly present all appropriate t the time the mcew occasion gion and the recipients i i tho the joyous little ones camo form forward aid when air ir namey names m eio called parents and friends f t the school who aho there in goodly num smila angly on the scene at t the close of the many presentations and ll 11 itu ion alie bountiful tree had been becu stripped of gifts judge titus s in one of his neatest eicheh prison led to the superintendent on half of the school and bible class tm two 0 cry gifts which were appropriately re ived by tho donee the latter then in a cef ef adderei urged upon prients and the tends lends of the school the importance of bo be awing more attention on this enterprise nd id it IJ is to hill part of the exercises we ive dere e now dow more particularly to call cah atten attell in ibn amid difficult ie which must be en cn to be fully appreciated this sab tah q le two ears 11 from he im til gatli cred together by tho the rev bev X norman orman ic Cloud the school prospered and boon num i upwards of two hundred lat irly aly there had been a great falling off in the f teli dance occasioned as the superintend ait i it remarked mainly by the want of teach and the lack of interest inte sest manifested b by irenta the school numbers now ilow about ono one hun red od and twenty fai ahe t but there ar are ara a but six or vrn teachers regularly in attendance others me but their presence is spasmodic rather I 1 an continuous tho consequence y ix in that the little ones onea arc frequently in in cir places without ith out anybody an body to look 1 or amuse thew them the superintendent 11 billed on n parents ta and the 3 oung men and dies of the city to come forward and engage the good N work ork we unite our cau call to his tt this lute late day it is needless to rehearse or bell ell upon the importance of sustaining and I 1 biering sabbath schools specially herein hero in ab with the intelligent class of gentiles gentil ho reside here bere with mith their families and little IM P agronin growing up there arc few if indeed there 3 tiny my who do not recognize the sabbath hool us one of the most potent and import it influences in the work of society ight and laying broad and deep the dounda I 1 an u of after life and character but tho ceiaa 0 to bej be that while perhaps they do not aider der rato the importance of tho the enterprise ey neglect the good wok aik oik and thus tily illy withhold thor count countenance enaW from it they think that there ore are enough laborer abor erts in the vineyard but wo we assure km em they are arc sadly mistaken and ana the little nes aw are growing up without the needed care aies a rt rl trailing hither aud and thither and want hup I 1 W ax understand that the Sa blath school sch aich meets aery ry sunday afternoon at two lock clock at independence hall is iu ill no inspect J sectarian institution no peculiar doctrines doctrin cf re e taught or enforced save only tho the simple lory of beaus and those agn at moral truth cognized alike by all sects and d m bica lio lie at ie foundation of civilized society throughout lie ie Chrit christian tian world has ha beon P I 1 ud d will continue to lo te be k e ai me reassured e las assured care uly illy avoided lu lit this thih view tho the friends of the hool think they ara anro entitled to the counte anco and aid or of every friend of morall morality jy very patent and christian man SUA I 1 J anian onlan in ill the community the question is is pal ill they hey receive the neth e aW stanco abid sup ort of those ft ho he have the timo time mid and tho opportunity P port A u unity of doing b great ire at good just now the want of tile the school is on an indrea increased sed num er cr of tach Mf lot let nut not the little ones who 1 ill soon come on tho the of action to take for the wint want of ur r places place lang languish proper liture and training which mill ran so well be had t i the sabbath school 1 vvo famo etly unite willi tho 1 I 1 his hib call for this wit of aid so easily given en i ud d tk our readers to think thinh beriou seriously sly 0 of f it 10 q it is the Sabbat bl school ia ay an honor to ose who instituted and liao hao it ad f bo be by el M cay in m the 6 i acied d wio IQ and fy of every persuasion or cioe win mil volunteer in be good ft aik oik k aw w many i i he 6 little army amy dont 0 w o much wint vant ii r 7 they need deed ca captains I 1 |