The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-30

Forty-third Parade Of the Sabbath scholars Il
tho Western District-About Thirty
Thousand Children Turn Out.

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about thirty Thousand, were out on parade in thai
city yesterday. The occasion was the fortv.th,rd
anniversary OF the Sunday School children or thu
various Protestant churches For weeks and
months previous to this great event the little ons.
who frequent the Sunday schools have been on tho
Qd vice for the affair, and have been indulgin0 in
sold fashioned talkr as to what they should wear
how they should look walk and sing, on the coming
merry May Day. 81 hope the day will DO aneW
was the ejaculation uttered by thousands Of young
ones, and many earnest prayers were offered
Tor this wIshed-for result, The prayer
was heard. 1t would appear, for certainly
never has a clearer. brighter or moro
genial day dawned upon the plous city than
greeted the expectant innocents upon their peeripg
OUT upon the sky in the early morn. And the
dawn was endorsed by the day throughout There
were no Iears or doubts produced In tho happy
hearts py passing lowering clouds; no scOrchin9
sun rays, no clustering winds filling the bright
eyes with dust-n0thing, in fact occurred IN cast
the least damper upon the ardent anticiparions
which were so fully realized In the elimination of
the anniversary. But all the enjoyabilty was not
confined to the children; far from IT. ssOldsters,
as wen as youngsters were gaddened. The
pretty ''marms" of the class and the beaux
of 'the school on the Sabbath" were blush
ingly smiling at one another in gay
spring attire-in Dolly varden-like simplcity-and
congratuating each other upon the success pro-
missed by the glorious weather. Many pretty COM
pllments were exchanged among children OF a.
larger GROWTH and everything went just ~
though it had been bespoken.
The order OF exercises In the churches were az
follows singing, reading the Scriptures; singing,
prayer; singing, address; SINGING, benediction.
Each school repaired to the place assigned be-
tween one and two O'Clock in the afternoon. Tho
joined :-Israel A. Baker, H. O. Whitmarsh Richard
Bunce, Henry d. Peck, James s. Stearns, Carroll a.
Post. The divisions were composed of the follow.
ing churches
PROSPECT PARK DIVISION
Marshall BENJAMIN II: Bayss-Tabernacle Pres
lish Lutheran, Elm place congregational, Our Mis-
sion, Wyckoff street German Methodist, Hanson
place Gscop Bthene Mission ss1
enth avenue Methodist Episcopal, Memorial Pres
byterian. Sixth avenue Baptist Home Industrial.
Tabernacle Baptist, Strong place Baptist, Carr0u
Park Mission, South Presbyterian, Eighteenth street
Methodist Episcopal, Greenwood Baptist, Twelfth
street Reformed, Church of the Atonemcnt, German
Presbyterian, Grand avenue Missionary Embury
Methodist Episcopal Church OF the Covenant, B0r-
der Mission, Casson avenue Presbyterian, Duryea
Episcopal, German Protestant.
This division had decidedly the pick Of the parade
grounds, as they were reviewed on the beautiful
meadow ut Prospect Park.
WASHINGTON PARK DIVISION.
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ran corner of Oxford street), Hanson place Baptist,
Lafayette avenue Presbyterian Bethany Chapel First
Reformed Presbyt terrain, Hanson place Baptist (cOr.
ner of Portland avenue), Central Baptist Summer
field Methodist Episcopal, st. Peters Protestant
Episcopal, Hanson place Methodist Episcopal cor,
Episcopal, orphan Asylum, Central Baptist Mission,
Fleet street African Methodist Episcopal Church Of
the Messiah corner OF Greene and Clermont ave-
nues) Washington avenue Baptist North Reform
ed, St Marks Protestant Episcopal, Clinton avenue
Methodist Episcopal, Church Of the Messiah, Allan.
tic avenue Congregational Clinton avenue Baptist.
st. James Protestant Episcopal !st. James place.
Episcopal, Simpson Methodist Episcopal (Cleremont.
corner Of Wlo9ghby ayenue, Clinton avenue Con
St. Lukes Evangelical Lutheran.
The parade route lay through Washington Park
Will0ughby avenues.
HEIGHTS DIVISION.
Marshal, F. M. Edgerton-Church Of Pilgrims
Henry street. corner OF Remsen), German Evan
gelicai Reformed Church on the Heights, Sands
street Methodist Episcopal Church, First Relormed
Navy Mission, Bethel Mission, Plymouth church,
First Baptist church (Nassau street. near Fulton.
Sands street Baptist. Church of the Mediator, Con.
cord street Baptist, First Baptist, York street
Methodist Episcopal; Second Presbyterian church
Clinton street. near Futon street
terrain; First Reformed church, state street Con.
tregatlonal, Primitive Methodist, Johnson street
on-the-Heights, Pacific street Chapel First Presby.
terrain, Washington street Methodist Episcopal,
Perrepont street Baptist, Second presbyterian
pont, Montague and Joralemoh streets. A large
number Of flags was displayed from the houses
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chiefs and applauding the little ones
Marshal Daniel ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Pres.
byterian church Clinton, corner Of First place.,
Middle Reformed church, Christ church Mission,
church Degraw, corner Of Strong place., South
congregational Church Of Our Saviour, Fourth
corner Of President street,, Westminster IN PTesby
Street Methoa Episcopal MarIners sGMR Mission, Md
klns place., Pacific street Methodist Episcopal,
Warren street Mission Warren street Methodist
Episcopal, Columbia street Mission.
This division, like the others, was headed by q
full band OF music. The line OF march was through
Clinton street and First place.
ToMPKINs SQUARE DIVISION.
Marshal, Richard Malor-Franklin avenue PresbyA
terlan ST. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal, Bedford
pal, Puritan Congregational Park avenue Mission,
Wesley Methodist Episcopal, Lefierts Park Baptist
Mission Throop avenue Presby terrain, Throop ave-
Episcopal ST. Thomas Protestant Episcopal East
ern Congregation, Throop avenue Mission.
The route of the division was from Bedford ave-
nue., from Lafayette to Myrtle avenue.
BEDFORD DIVISION.
This corps OF little ones paraded on Gates and
Bedford avenues under the marshalship of James
S. Stearns-Central Congregational church (Ormond
place, corner of Jefferson street,, Herkimer street
Baptist, Nathan Bangs Methodist Episcopal, Van
Buren, street Mission, East Reformed, Bedford Con-
gregational Classon avenue Presbyterian church
lClasson avenue, corner Monroe street., Nostrand
avenue Methodist Episcopal, Central Congrega-
tional, st. Andrews Protestant Episcopal, Roches.
ter avenue Mission, TompKns avenue Presbyterian,
James Methodist Episcopal, Church Of the Reforma-
ton Gates avenue near Pranklin), Marcy avenue
Congregational, Church OF the Reformation.
About hafpast four O'Clock the children weary
from the exercise OF walking and with appetites
sharpened, were marched back to their respective
Sunday school rooms, where great quantities Of
sweet Havana oranges, Almonds raisns, sugar
plums, lollypops lozenges, pound cake, ice cream,
strawberries and cream, bananas, cool lemonade,
and other things "toothsomer and tickling to the
Juvenile palate, were demolished by the gleeful
celebrants of the day. After singing and prayer
the youngsters separated and wendell their way
homeward to dream OF the delights OF the forty
third Sabbath school anniversary.
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