HE year 1815 was the beginning of a notable period in the life of western civilization.

The Napoleonic wars in Europe had just ended and all countries involved hoped for a long period of peace. The struggle between Great Britain and America had come to a close, establishing a happy, helpful MRS. MARTHA W. DLN WILLIAM BsON relationship that has existed Teacher of the First Boys' ever since. The people now turned their thoughts to better things, such as the education of the youth, and especially such training as would fit them for the highest and best kind of citizenship. The Sunday-school htI Movement begun by Robert Raikes only a few years before, among the street boys of Gloucester, England, was growing so rapidly in popular favor that its influence was beginning to be felt M. tl\Rh lR.\ I Il\ in America. Here in Frankford, then a country village The First Class of the Fronkford Presbyterian Sunday School with possibly less than three hundred inhabitants, was started, in the Spring of 1815 and in a very modest way, one of the very first organized efforts upon the part of the Christian Church in America to teach the children the Scriptures. The church was then forty-five years old, having been founded in 1770.. A few years previous to the organization of the Sunday school, the building had been enlarged. At the beginning, the school was composed only of one class of seven little girls; three years later a class of boys was added. Thus began the work which has been so faithfully conducted by this church during the last century. We do well today to. gratefully recall the names of George Castor, Martha Dungan, Mrs. Patterson, William Gibson and John Deal, the pioneer workers in this Sunday school.

;-

tEuiiiiiL

Thtniicrsarp
*erbicr 1 1 z

unbap, JUap

2, 1915

~ "I", , - m

F I *

10.30 o'ctorI

ORGAN: Fantasia DOXOLOGY

on "Duke Street"

Kinder

INVOCATION, Closing with the Lord's Prayer

CHORUS: "Rejoice in the Lord" HYMN 304: "The Church's One Foundation" RESPONSIVE READING, Selection Seven GLORIA IN ExcELSIS PRAYER OFFERTORY: "Andante" CHORUS: "By the Waters of Babylon" HYMN 122: "A Mighty Fortress" Rev. SERMON: "One Hundred Years" CHORUS: "My Defense is of God" HYMN 300: "I Love Thy Kingdom" BE NEDICTION SILENT PRAYER
. . . . . . . . . . . .

Kotzschmar

Beethoven Coleridge Taylor

.

John B. Laird, D. D. Bruno Huhn

.

POSTLUDE: "Processional March"

Rogers

tuentp ear of

atorat 'crtitte

T is noteworthy that this Anniages, and to provide more efficiently versary season marks not only , for their instruction. the consummation of one hunA large number of the Sundaydred years of Sunday-school work school pupils have united with the and one hundred and forty-live years church during his ministry; and the of effective service as a church, but contributions of the Sunday school also the completion of twenty years have grown from $448.33 in 1895 to of the faithful ministry of the Rev. $1401.38, the amount reported for John Baker Laird, D. D. the year just closedan increase REV. JOHN BA KER LAIRD, D.D. It is appropriate that special recof 300 per cent. ognition should be given to this feature of our SundayThe church membership has increased from 396 school Centennial Anniversary, because of the active to 697, the gross number of additions being 842 for part which Doctor Laird has taken in every depart- the twenty years. Besides this, large amounts ment of the Sunday school since the very beginning of have been expended upon improvements to the his ministry among us. He has been the pastor of the church and manse property; the contributions to Sunday school, sustaining a close personal relation to missionary causes last year exceeded those of any every pupil. His presence in the school has been a help previous year, the total sum for the support of the and an inspiration at all times, and never more so than local church and missionary work at home and abroad at this present. being $15,360.90. The church has no debts and its During the past twenty years, Doctor Laird has work is being carried on efficiently and with enthusiseen the Sunday school grow from 339 to 733 members. asm, placing it in a position to minister more effectuDuring this period it has been thoroughly graded, adding ally to the needs of the community than at any previous new departments to accommodate the pupils of all time in its history.

The Sunday school congratulates Doctor Laird today upon the occasion of his Twentieth Anniversary, and on this, its One Hundredth Anniversary, records its appreciation of the large contribution of devotion and service which he has made, and is making, toward its success.

jformtr 6uperintenbents

JOSIPlI L. KINKERTEK

1tcrnoon
One 3unbrebtfj nnibuSarp Qgxertise5 of the 'unba' 'cjoot

'erbite

'nnbap, 5flap 2, 1915 2 o'clock

ROBERT DAWES, Superintendent Elected, January, 1 907

Anniversary Greeting by the Superintendent Special Musical Program by the Entire School Special Exercises by the Beginners, Primary and Junior Departments Annual Promotions Announced and Presentation of Certificates Anniversary Address by the REV. R. P. D. BENNETT, Minister
Summit Presbyterian Church, Germantown, Philadelphia

Remarks by the Minister, REV. JOHN BAKER LAIRD, D. D.

(gbtntng
unbap, Map 2, 1915 7.45 o'tlotk

raise Oerbire

The Church as It Appeared in 1815

ORGAN: "Pastoral" DOXOLOGY INVOCATION SOPRANO SOLO: "Hear

Rogers

RESPONSIVE READING, GLORIA IN EXCELSIS PRAYER OFFERTORY: "Reverie" HYMN 637: "Jerusalem the Golden" CANTATA: "The Ninety-fifth Psalm" REMARKS: By the Minister of the Church HYMN 25: "This Night, 0 Lord, We Bless BENEDICTION SILENT PRAYER POSTLUDE: "Festival"

Ye, Israel" (from Elijah) Mrs. Emily Stokes Hagar Selection Eight

. .

. .

McFarlane Mendelssohn

Thee"

Seifert

rttntatton of tu a rb
F'

*1ap 5, 1915 8 o'clock

N connection with this Centennial Anniversary, special recognition and rewards were offered to individual pupils, and to classes, for meritorious effort as follows: To each pupil having perfect Sunday-school attendance (excepting illness). To each pupil attending at least one church service every Sunday. To each pupil bringing one or more new pupils. To the pupil bringing the largest number of new pupils. To the pupil bringing the second largest number of new pupils. To the class, whose enrolment exceeds five members, having the highest percentage of attendance. To the class having the highest percentage of increase in offerings over the previous year.
Refreshments and social hour for members of the Sunday school, parents and friends, as guests of the Sunday-school Association

LIje unbap 'djoot Tobap

HAT it is possible for an institution to attain to the distinction of great age and at the same time to keep abreast with the times, is evidenced by the fact that our Sunday school today, in its organization and methods of work, occupies front rank with the best. Not only is our school progressive in the sense that we keep in touch with the Sunday-school movements and developments of this generation, but we take pride in the fact that in all phases of the work we are in full agreement with the standard of Sundayschool efficiency which has been set up as the ideal for Sunday schools of all denominations. The school is thoroughly graded, and is using graded courses of study in the elementary departments. The membership of the Sunday school today is 733, distributed as follows: Officers .......................12 Teachers ........................31 Cradle Roll (from birth to three years of age) ...........67 Beginners Department (three to six years) ............73 Primary Department (six to nine years) .............70 Junior Department (nine to twelve years) ............93 Senior Department (twelve years and upwards) including Adult Bible Classes 287 Home Department ...................100 Total ....................733 During the year 1914-1915 the Sunday school reached the highest point in membership in its entire history. In attendance, at a regular session, the highest record was four hundred and thirty-nine, exceeding the highest figure ever reached in any previous year. The number added to the roll during the year 19141915 is 111. The church looks upon the Sunday school as an integral part of its work, and as such all its expenses are paid out of funds administered by the Trustees of the church. All the contributions of the Sunday school are appropriated to the various missionary and benevolent causes of the Presbyterian Church, TJ- S. A. The sum contributed last year was $1401.38, every one of our Church Boards sharing in the distribution. Our Sunday school has always kept in view the primary aim of all religious teaching, namely, to bring the pupils to a public profession of their faith in Jesus Christ. Each year has seen an encouraging number taking their places as active members of the church, and we record with gratitude to God the fact that nearly all the members of the Sunday school beyond the age of twelve years are members of the church. As we contrast the Sunday school of today with that of 1815, we are encouraged to note the progress that has been made not only in our own School but in the development of Sunday-school work throughout the world, and we are glad to feel that we were among the pioneers in this great movement. As we look over the school today and consider the number of lives and homes that are being influenced towards righteousness through the work of its faithful officers and teachers, our hearts are filled with gratitude. Our hope for the future is that God may continue to use and honor us in the work of building up His Kingdom. "And of Zion, it shall be said, This and that man was born in her, and the highest himself shall establish her."

effireng of the &unbap tIjoot

'entor Jepattment
REV. JOHN B. LAIRD, D. D., Minister ROBERT DAWES, Superintendent HENRY S. BORNEMAN, Assistant Superintendent JOHN W. LIBERTON, Assistant Superintendent GEORGE HALE, M. D., Chorister ANDREW S. HAINES Assistant Chorister D. M. LOVETr, Pianist H. J. TOMLINSON, Financial Secretary N. H. STEWART, Attendance Secretary

1untor IlDtpartmtnt
Miss EDITH W. B0RIE, Superintendent

itant in 3funior 3epathnent

Miss ELSIE ALLEN Miss RAY G. HALSTEAD MRS. WILLIAM B. O'HARA Miss MARGARET R. THOMAS Miss MABEL RAYNOR Miss LOUISA MAY GEISSLER

Miss ANNIE K. HOLDEN MISS ELLA MABEL ROOK

Miss JANET STUART EWING

rimarp ;Department
MRS. D. M. LOVErF, Superintendent Miss MAE HOFMANN, Assistant Superintendent

Crabte Moft
MRS. JAMES S. MCMASTER, Superintendent

3otne ;Department
Miss ANNA MARKEL, Superintendent VisitorsMiss Margaret Murdock, Mrs. J. S. Warnick, Miss Annie Raphael, Miss Sarah Gaskill, Miss Annie Foulds, Miss Mary Harper, Miss Edith M. Yonker, Mrs. John M. Craig, Mrs. Samuel Wescoat.

eInnCt Claysis
MRS. WM. A. WILGUS, Superintendent Miss MABEL CaRSON, Assistant Superintendent Miss ELLEN H. IRvIN

Cfticero of the Teacbero Zaotiation

JOHN W. LIBERTON, President

D. M. LOVErr, Secretary

Miss LINDA CHORLTON, Treasurer William B. O'Hara Miss Sarah Pugh John M. Somerndike Miss Henrietta H. Thompson Miss Grace Yerkes Miss Harriet E. Yonker

Teacbero in tije senior]Department

Miss Margaret Agnew Henry S. Borneman Miss Linda Choriton Charles C. Davis Miss Kate Dawes Miss Annie Foulds Miss Sarah Gaskill Miss Ellen Gill Miss Adelaide Gill Mrs. C. H. Hett George Hale, M. D. Miss Antonio Holden Mrs. J. L. Kinkerter Rev. John B. Laird, D. D. Wm. G. Lawson Miss Harriet T. Lewis Mrs. John W. Liberton Miss Sarah McMenamin