The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL PARADE.

TIE HEARTS-eCENEs IN PROSPECT PARK AND
ALONG THE LINE OF MARCH
The great event OF the year Brooklyn is the par
ade Of the thousands oil bright-eyed Sunday school
children, out former occasion has there been
larger handsome display than that which took
place yesterday. The grass green. the deep blue
OF the sky hecked with fcecy clouds, tho atmosphere
cool and invgoratiug, and nothing indeed, was want
ing to make tine scene enjoyable. 'Chdren's Day"
the river is always anticipated with an enthusi-
that Is only known 10 tho little ones. They look
forward TO Il for weeks and make their preparations
to crowd maximum Of pleasure into minimum OF
time with disregard Of consequences 10 their mater
nal relatives that Is utterly reckless Between the
schools there Is less OF rivalry as to which
shall make the best and largest appearance, and be.
tween the boys and girls themselves the ambition is
equally strong TO look very best and make in
their small way a sensation Tho little world was
therefore awake at an early hour yesterday and IN
all the glory white dresses blue sashes, kid shoes
and auntest OF hats and roundabouts they gath
erod among the flowers and flags At their respective
Sunday schools each play his microscopic part 10
celebration OF tho day II seemed as II they were
all there from the little toddlers who had to be helped
along by some loving hand to the young ladies ana
gentlemen just passing through the bread and butter
stage OF life
given at eleven O'Clock, when the City Hall bell was
tolled for Ave minutes. The schools then formed in
line and marched TO their respective rendezvous where
they paradcd in review before the people,
HEIGHTS DIVISION.
The Heghts' DIVISION was led by Marshal Abiah B.
Thorn. The schools in line follows:-
Church OF the Pilgrims $50 children, 40 teachers;
Pilgrim Chapel. 450 children, 40 teachers; German
Evangelical ss5 children, As teachers; st. Matthew's
Evangelical Lutheran. 2l1 children II teachers Augs
bury Chapel 1877 Children 20 teacners Moravian, III
children, % teachers Presbyterian 450 children, 80
teachers; First Reformed Church. 40 children, 10
teachers; Centennial Mission $50 children. SO teach
ers Central Baptist 25S children, IS teachers;
on the e Heisnss. 500 children. 80 teachers
St Peters,, Protestant Episcopal, $50 children 70
teachers; Union Congregational, 205 children, 39
teachers; Reformed Church. on tho Heights, ia
children Y teachers 81 Peters Mission, lSS chi-
drcu, 81 teachers; Bethany Chapel, ASS children, IS
teachers Johnson Street Methods. Episcopal Church
RAN 1853 children, Fl teachers; Bridge street Metho
dist Episcopal $50 children, 81 teachers City Park
Chapel 779 children 90 teachers: sands street Me.ho-
byteran, 226 charcn, IS teachers; FIRST Baptist. $50
children, 81 teachers; First Baptist Mission. 1l6
DIST Episcopal, 3C2 children, 80 teachers;
Concord Street Baptist, III children Is teachers;
mouth Mission, 100 children, Is teachers: Maynower
MISSION $40 children, 10 teachers; Bethel Mission,
faxs $50 c ~ The route Of
march along Henry Clinton Pierrepont, Montague
and Joralemon strests
This division, which led by Marshal William
Adams paraded Gates avenue, from Bedford avenue
ST. James place. The Sabbath schools IN line were
central gat,onal, 1o3s children, 81 teachers;
Clason Avenue Presbyterian lsa ondron on 90 eaoers
teacnors; Van Burcn street Mission, ~ children,
teachers; Bedford Avenue Protestant Dutch
OF tho Reformation, 245 children, 81 teachers;
Grace Pres teran, 200 children, SO teachers Park
Avenue Methodist Episcopal $40 chdren 20 teachors
Bedford Reformed Protestant Dutch, 1J0 children, 70
teachers; reformed Church Protestant episcopal %
Church. AGA children, o. teachers; Frankiin Avenue
Presby Church. All children, 81 teachers; Bed
trand Aycnue Methodist, 1924 children, as teachers
Bedford Avenue Congregational, 257 children, ~
CARROLL PARK DIVISION.
The line of this division as tolows:-
Middle Reformed Church, az children. 81 teachers;
South Congregational 36 Children AZ teachers; Fourth
Street Sunday School, l25 children, q teachers; War
Street Methodist Episcopal 1928 children IS teach
crs FIRST German Methodist Episcopal l20 children,
"a teachers Christ Church, 200 children, so teachers
Christ Chapel 800 chdrcn, % teachers Church Of Our
Saviour 442 chiidren, 81 teachers; First Place Meth
odlst Episcopal, $50 children, 40 teachers; Strong
Place Baptist, 5Ss children, 81 teachers; Chm
carroll Park MISSION. 200 child 50 tescnersi
Street Methodist Episcopal 2o2 chldren Is teachsrs
William Street Methodist Episcopal, 10 children 10
teachers; Mariners Methodist Episcopal, 100 children
~ teachers Westminster Presuy terrain, Zl0 ch dreA
80 teachers Tabernacle Baptist, G2o chdrcn, 4s each
crs Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal, $50 children, rs
teahcrs Columbia Mission, 26O children, "a teachers
! CLINTON AVENUE DIVISION
Robert J. Kimball was marshal OF this DIVISION,
which was posed as ioliows-St James Protestant
| Episcopal, 93l children, 81 teachers; Orphans, o!
Church Charity founast'on 300 children teachers;
teachers; Friends Bible School, 30 children, teach
ers Grand Mission, 40s children, "a teachers
Washington Avenue BAPTIST, AL children, 50 teachers
Duryea Mission, 275 children. 30 teachers Church Of
the Messiah, PAS children, IL teachers; Atlantic
SON Methods, Episcopal, 500 children, Is
/ teachers; St. Marks Protestant Episcopal, l4o
children 10 teachers; North Reformed, 25o children,
dren ~ eachors Hanson Place Baptist. 3ve children,
Al teachers; first Independent Methodist ELisco pal,
terrain, 957 children, liz teachers; Hanson Place
Methodist Episcopal 800 children, Al teachers Naza.
rene Mission, 45 children, IL teachers; Centennial
Baptist 3o6 children, 35 teschers Fleet Street Method
ISL $50 children "a teachers; ST Luke's Evangelical
Lutheran go children 20 teachers For, Greene Pres
Isl Episcopal Park aveauc III children. "a teachcrs
African Methodist church. 70 children, teachers.
| The parade OF this division took place on Clinton
| avenue, from Gates to WilloughDy avenues
| ToMPKiSs AVENUE DIVISION
| Robert Henderson was marshal OF TINS division,
which embraced tho churches named below Wesley
Methodist Episcopal, 276 Children - tea hers rhroop
Avenue prosoyteran, 400 children 8, leachers Puritan
thcw's Protestant Episcopal, 100 children. 20 teach
ers; Green Avenue Methodist Episcopal, 2l6 children,
d teachers; 81 Georges Protestant Episcopal, 1877
! children, - teachers; ST. Peters Evangelical Lu-
| theran, $50 children, 80 teachers.
| Tho parade took place in Tompkns Avenue Park.
| AVENUE DIVISION.
| The marshal oil tho DIVISION was william A. Cook,
! and the schools were oilows:-Tompk Ips Avenue
Congregational 1861 children, 3S teachers; Rochester
Avenue Congregational, 67s children, % teachers;
Hcrkmer street Baptist, 1876 cuildren, 70 teachers
| EmDury Methodist Episcopal, $40 children. 20 teach.
ers; New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal, l65 chill
drcn, 30 teachers; German Reformed Protestant, s3
children, 0teachers Good Shepherd Protestant Epis
copal 2g5 children, 20 Teachers ST. Stephens, 1l5
| children. 20 teachers
The line OF march Macon street, Lewis avenue,
| Marlborough street and Stuyves avenue
PROSPECT PARK DIVISION
This divisioD OF wnicn A. j. u. Hodenpy was mar
shal, was organized as follows
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian, 057 children, ia
tcnrLcra EeInlchcm MISSION BIG children rs