New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-07
THE ANNIVERSARIES.
NEw-YORK sUNDAY-sCHOot. TN

The anniversary of this Union took placa 80.
day. Inc Sunday Schools connected with the ins,;
tuition were distributed into eighteen diyisoa.' y:
five TO ten schools each, which assembled n ys,oU.
churches throughout the city. The Union emb,s.ss.
more than two hundred schools over thrtv thon.sNs
scholars, and several thousand teachers man, ~
them being mission schools in destitute part. ~
the city.
Our space forbids report Of the proceed,r,, =.
all these divisions, but their character may be sss
from the following:
Al Irving Hall, the Mission Schools, Nos. "a %
l57, ls6, lSS and 209, numbering about 1000 pnr:
and teachers, assembled and were addressed 6y N.
Rev. Mr.. Chidlaw, thu well-known Sunday.ShoIi
nan Of the West and Army Chaplain, the Rev. N,
Heston of Brooklyn, the Rev. Stephen II. Type. i,
and the Rev. Mr. Zabriskie; j. w. c. Leyefdgs
Chairman. -
At Mercer street, the Rev. Alexander R. Tbouo.
son, Of the Twenty-frst street Reformed Dutch
Church, and - Robinson, esq, Of Brooklyn, wer
the speakers. Schools Nos. 49, 30, 81, LAG. 2O3 9H
22l, were present; Thomas Bond, Chairman.
At Broome-street Central Presbyterian Church
Nos. 90 GO, 50, and I49 colored) were present-93
teachers and pupils Addresses by the Rev. Charles
Parker of Irving, Kansas s. NJ. Ostrander esq., Of
this city, and the Rev. I. N. Spragus Of Caldwell
N. 1.-THE Rev. DR.. Newell of Allen street, and The
Rev. Mr.. Tay lor Of New-Rochelle assisting Be.
side the programme the children sang with much en-
thusiasm "The Dear Old Flag" "Boys and Qrk
are all for Union," and "The S,ar.Spanglsd Ban.
ncr.' Mr.. VIM. GLAND Bourne, Chairman.
The exercises were interesting in all the divisions
from which our reports reach u.s. and the line wealth.
cr Of tho day. and the general close Of the meetng1
with the refreshments distributed among the ctn.
dren made the anniversary OF moro than usual In.
crest.
EVENING SESSION.
TIE session was continued last evening. Tho spa.
cious edice was filled with deeply interested aud.
ence. The services were commenced by singing,
under the leadership Of Mr. Lucius Hart. Prayer
was offered by tho Rev. VIM. Parker when an
other hymn was sung, and the Rev. DIR. Ferris,
President OF the Society," read patriotic eppropr.
ate, and fervid address. DR.. McElligott, the Cor.
responding Secretary, read very able report, stat.
ing that the n. Y. 8. S. Union embraced 20 schools,
Elk having been added during the past year, Re.
turns show that 900 pupils belong to these schools
and that 4S,OCO Of that number have their names
registered on the books Of the Society.
Although number Of the teachers have Joined
the navy and the army, $500 remain in the field Of
Sunday-School labor. In the infant classes under
the supervision of this Society are 1900 children
and the various Bible classes contain 800 mem.
bers 200 children Of color belong TO this institution
The library embraces %, 600 volumes Contributions
for missionary and charitable purposes placed at tho
disposal OF this Society during the year, make up
the generous sum of $ls,000. In l6 Of tho schools
about 200 cases of conversion are reported.
Capital adirt sses were delivered by the Rev. Mr..
Snilloy. the Rev. Mr.. Heston, the Rev. Mr.. Child
law, ard the Rev. Mr.. Trumbull.
The following 10 a list Of tue officers elected fot
the present year:
Prcdden.-The Rev Isaac FerriI D. D. yeePresi1sn.s
William Forrest John n, Hurd N. C. Morgan Al6er. Wood
ruff j. w, c. Leyeridge, b. B. Attebury. Tressuret-
George ). seohed, Corresponding secretsIy-Janes n
McEliso,t. Recort.D: SecretaTy-Ssmusl H0LnsA