The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-29
BROOKLYN SUNDAY SCHOOL PARADE.
The Forty-fourth Anniversary OF the
Sabbath School Union-About Forty

sabbath school UniOn-About Forty
Thousand Children I'm Line OF March.
The Brooklyn Sunday School Unicn celebrated its
forty-fourth anniversary yesterday. The Union,
which numbers 1873 Sabbath schools, has MEMBER
ship OF about forty thousand scholars. The denonl-
nations represented were:-Methodist, Protestant
Episcopal, Presbyterian, Congregational Baptist,
Lutheran, Friends and Moravan. For months past
the pretty teachers OF the female departments
and the gallant Deaux OF the male classes, to
whose and instruction ntrusted the teach
iDgs Of the Scriptures. have been most earnestly
engaged in encouraging their pupils to industry,
that they might share with credit and profit to
their schools in the great annual parade. AS the
day drew nigh new banners were prepared.
hymns were rehearsed and Summer-hued dresses
were procured, that the general appearance OF the
Army OF the Lord" might compare favorably with,
II not surpass, any former effort on the part OF
the schools to impress the spectators on anniver-
sary day; and certainly the preparations were a
success as the turnout was acceeded upon all
sides to have been the finest ever witnessed, even
in the City OF Churches, which has always exceed
in these displays. The schools were divided into
five divisions, designated respectively the Pros
pect Park Division, Washington Park Division,
Heights Division, Carroll PARK Division and Bed
lord Avenue Division.
THE PROSPECT PARK DIVISION
numbering about $4,000 children, hearing costly
banners and flags. and nterspersed by bands OF
music certainly bore of the pain for beauty OF To-
cation. The lawn never presented a more beauti.
fu aspect than between the hours or two and
three O'Clock. when its velvety carpet was trodden
by the thousands OF little feet just starting out
upon the .'rugged path OF lie.o The Mayor and
several other prominent officials, who were seated
upon platform, reviewed the rising generation OF
Brooklyn-the coming men and wonderland
tally TO the long past period when they.
too, were guileess and innocent, and basked
beneath the nag OF the SUNDAY school. The Grand
Marshal OF this division was J. J. Henpyl The
churches were as tolows:-Tabernacle Presbyte-
rian st. Matthew'S English Lutheran; Elm place
congregation; Our Mission; Hanson place. Method.
Memorial Mission; Strong place. Baptist; South,
PresoyerIan; Iabernace' baptist mabernaele
street, Re0rmed Eighteenth street, Methodist
Episcopal; Church OF the Atonement; Classon
Congregational; Bedford congregational Church
OF the Covenants Embury. Methodist Epis-
copa; Sixth avenue Baptist Seventh ave ave
byterian; Home Industrial; Johnson Street.
Methodist Episcopal; Central. Baptist; Border Mis-
sion; Greenwood, Baptist; Park congregational
All Saints, Protestant Episcopal; German Prot
estant
WASHINGTON PARK DIVISION
paraded on Clinton avenue Fulton street to
Myrtle avenue, Lafayette avenue to Vanderbilt
avenue. to Hamilton street. The churches, which
were marshaed by William Edsall, were repre-
sented as follows Clinton avenue Congrega-
tional, Atlantic avenue. Mission, Clinton avenue
Baptist, Friends First Day school, Church OF the
Messiah, st. Marks Protestant Episcopal, Fleet
street Methodist Episcopal Lafayette avenue Pres
byterian Bethlehem Mission, Hanson place Baptist,
Simpson Methodist Episcopal, Fort Green Presley
st. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran, st. James Pro-
testant Episcopal, s.: Barnaoas, summeraeld
Methodist Episcopal, washington avenue Baptist.
THE HEIGHTS DIVISION,
under Marshal d. W. Talmadge, paraded on Clin-
Henry ~ Montague and 1oraemon
manufactured OF the Pilgrims, Bethany chapel,
German Evangelical, State street Congregational.
First Presbyterian, Second Presbyterian, st. AIMS
on the Heights st. Peters, First Reformed Pierre
pont street Baptist, First Reformed, Primitive Me-
thOdists Bridge street Methodist Episcopal church
(colored) Reformed church. City Park Mission,
Washington street Methodist Episcopal, York street
Methodist Episcopal, Second United Presbyterian,
byterian, First Reformed Presbyterian, Sloan,
First Baptist, Sands street Methodist Episcopal,
Sands street Baptist Plymouth church, Bethel Mis-
sion. Plymouth MissiOn Plymouth Sunday school.
CARROLL PARK DIVISION.
This section OF the parade, under direction OF
Daniel Wadswortn. appeared TO fine advantage.
The police OF the Third precinct under Captain
Ferry, maintained excellent order. The churches
represented were as folows:-Westminster Pres
bytcrian, First place Methodist Episcopal, William
street Methodist Episcopal Carroll Park Methodist
Episcopal. Mariners Methodist Episcopal -. Pauls
(German), ST. AIMS Mission. Christ church. Church
Of our savior Middle Reformed, Pacific street
Methodist Episcopal, South Congregational West
Minister PRESBYTERIAN, Christ church Mission, War
rem street Methodist Episcopal, German Methodist
Episcopal. Middle Reformed church. South Congre-
gatonal, Warren street Mission, German Mission,
Fourth street Mission. The line Of march was
Clinton street between Sackett street and Second
place, and First place, between Court ana Henry
streets.
BEDFORD AVENUE DIVISION
led by James :. Stearns. paraded on Bedford ave-
nue., from Madison street TO Wiloughby avenue.
The congregations represented were SUBJ
joined Central congregational church. Marcy
avenue Baptist, Lincoln Mission, Nostrand avenue
Methodist Episcopal, Eastern Congregational,
Church Of the Reformation, Genevan Presbyterian,
Puritan, Van Buren, street Mission, Rochester ave.
nue. Mission, Grace chapel East Reformed Church,
Tompkins avenue PRESBYTERIAN, Orphan Asylum.
East Reformed, Ciasson avenue Presbyterian
church, DeKalb avenue Methodist Episcopal
FRANKLIN avenue Presbyterian, st. Andrews Prot
estant Episcopal, Herkimer street Baptist. n
Bangs Methodist Episcopal, Bedford avenue Bap-
tisJ church, st. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal
Green avenue Methodist Episcopal, Guion Memo
rial Protestant Episcopal, Wesley Methodist Episco-
pal DeKalb avenue Methodist church, Park Ave-
nue. Mission, Bedford avenue Baptist, Lefert's Park
Baptist, Throop avenue Presbyterian, Franklin
avenue Presbyterian church, Throop avenue Mis-
sion. German Mission, German Lutheran.
The children were RECALLED upon conclusion Of
the parade. In their respective class rooms upon
ices jellies cakes and fruit.