The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-22
THE COMING ANNIVERSARIES

within few days or weeks the annual pilgrimage
of saints and societies will be made and other
Cities when the merits dement's Of the several
stitutions represented will be euogzed denounced.
The first OF these, the National Reform Association,
whose object to maintain the Bible In tho public
schools, 10 uphold the sabbath laws and an
amendment to the national constitution recognizing
God and religion, have already had their say on
these thugs in Chicago. Following them, next
Wednesday and Thursday the woman's Presbyterian
Board OF Missions OF the Northwest Will hold Its annual
meeting also in Chicago On Thursday and Friday OF
this also similar society OF Presbyterian women
will hold Its annual meeting In Philadelphia. These
female missionary societies are multiplying through
out the Church and are DONG good work for their
own sex in the missions at home and abroad On May
2 the bishops OF The Methodist Episcopal Church Will
meet in semi.annua session IN Nashville, Tom, and
on May the Book Committee OF that Church and
May the Board OF Missions will meet IN the same
place their respective Church interests ana
work.
The National Temperance Society and Publication
House will It's twelfth anniversary the
Church Of the Covenant Park avenue and Thirty nth
Drs. Henry 9. Potter, William ". TAYLOR and Hon.
William Il. Dodge and others will deliver addresses
On May Is this society will hold similar meeting in
Association Hall, Philadelphia On the latter dale also
local anniversaries will be held in the Pilgrim
Baptist Church in the evening, when s. $ Constant
presdcn. Of the Baptiss City Mission Society. viii pre-.
sido, and addresses will be delivered BY Rev. Emory
Haynes OF Washington Avenue Church, Brooklyn, and
city, In DR.. Hcpworths Church of the Disciples the
Sunday schools Of tho First. Madison Avenue, Fifth
thcsda Mission and Second German Baptist churches
will gather and be addressed by DIR. Hcpworth and
Rev. Henry NJ. Saunders. OF Yonkers. The schools Of
the Bcrcan First Mission, Abyssinian, Zion and Mac
d0ugal Street churches viii gather the house OF the
latter; the North. Calvary. sixteenth and Sixteenth
Mission schools will assemble in tho Sixteenth
Street Church; the South, Central and Pilgrim
IN the latter church; the First Mariners
East, Second Mission. Stanton Street, Sixth street,
Tabernacle First German Colgate and German mission
schools in Cooper Institute North New York, Melrose
Mount Hope aud First Melrosc schools will gather IN
the church OF the latter, and tho schools OF Mount
New koc, Incl r. GnSs H9g and
The exercises are TO commence NJ two 7. NJ and are
to be uniform throughout The music for the occasion
committee deserve honorable mention and quiet re-
tircmcnt for the next year.
On May a Methodist sunday School Congress VIII
be held AZ Francisco and on May $3.50 another at
Dcs Moincs Iowa The National sunday School Con-
vention OF the Baptist Church will meet IN Boston NAY
IL 10 20 and good and attractive programme 10 be
presented and warm welcome given 10 all who snail
attend The other Baptist national anniversaries Will
be held In Providence, r. l., the week following THIS
| convention May 222a The General ASSEM- "
| OF the Presbyterian Cnurcn in the United states
| OF Amcrica--as tho Northern Presbyterian Church
styles itscii-wIl meet In annual Chicago,
May H. DR.. Henry J. Van Dyke, OF Brooklyn, NJ r.,
is Tho moderator apd will preach the annual sermon.
The southern Assembly. with name just ms long as It's
sister, Will meet at the Same time IN Nov Orleans La,
when DR.. 3. NJ smith, the moderator OF the last US
| scmbly, will preach the annual sermon. The over
lures Tor fraternity year by both OF these
bodies have made much progress during the year.
| Indeed they have been either ignored altogether OF
| denounced quite earnestly. Practical fraternity must
grow slowly rather than be resolved into being ON
| paper.
The twenty second nual International Convention
OF Young Mems Christian Associations will ASSEMBLY
in Louisville KY, June 6. and continue in session
Eve days. The general secretaries will meet there FOL
| conference q few days previous June ~ THIS Con
ference will be composed OF about eighty general secre
tares and the Convention proper OF about Ave hundred
| del Associations
! United states aud British Provinces Visiting dele
gates will also be present from Europe The Genera
/ Convention OF the Protestant Episcopal Church vii
| meet also In May in the West Tn, Brooklyn sunda,
School Union Will have their annual parade and ann
| yersarics on May 20. the programme Tor which vii
| shortly be sgued. These but part OF the ami
/ ycrsarics 10 como on this and the ncxt month