. The Church in a Southern Mill Town . the church was secured for aparish house. One room was fitted up for a lecture room to seat about fortypersons. Here the minister gathered the children of the neighborhood in theevenings. Another night there would be a magic lantern exhibition or someother form of entertainment. The second room of the house was convertedinto a reading and game room in which were placed magazines, picture books,and various indoor games. The young people flocked to this place and goodeffects were seen almost immediately. Many boys and girls were kept offthe streets by havin
. The Church in a Southern Mill Town . the church was secured for aparish house. One room was fitted up for a lecture room to seat about fortypersons. Here the minister gathered the children of the neighborhood in theevenings. Another night there would be a magic lantern exhibition or someother form of entertainment. The second room of the house was convertedinto a reading and game room in which were placed magazines, picture books,and various indoor games. The young people flocked to this place and goodeffects were seen almost immediately. Many boys and girls were kept offthe streets by having a comfortalle place in which to spend their eveningsin recreation and social enjoyment after having worked in the factory all day. We soon out grew our first quarters and with the help of friends wereable to buy a good two-story house with five rooms on a large lot adjoiningthe church property. This furnished quarters for the minister and his as-sistant, a meeting place for the clubs and societies and also for the night PAEISH HOUSE. SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDING AND AUDITORIUM school. One room is used for a public library and reading room. It containsabout five hundred miscellaneous books, donated chiefly by the Church Peri-odical Club, and largely used by the young people of the town. The efficiency )Of the work has been further enhanced by the erection of alarge auditorium in the rear of the church and Parish-House. Besides afford-ing a place of meeting for the Sunday-school this building is used for enter-tainments and other public gatherings not distinctively religious. Before itwas built there was no such place in town and the church buildings werefrequently used for such purposes. The is our pride and joy. It has grown steadily and duringthe past year has had an enrollment of over two hundred, about one-fifth ofthe total population of the town. The Sunday-school affords the only reli-gious instruction that many receive. We have been amazed t,o find how littlema
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