Passaic City record., 1892-06-18
Children's Day at Calvary.

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recalled by scenes which l wit
messed last Sunday in that beauti-
full house of worship, Calvary M. E.
Church, New York. TWAS Child
ren's Day, and those who were
fortunate enough to secure seats
will not dispute the appropriate
ness of the title. Children were
everywhere. AT an early hour
the the streets and avenues lead
ing to the church were thronged
with children dressed in white and
as group after group reached the
corner of 12oth street and 9TH ave-
nue., they disappeared through the
many doors by which entrance is
made to Calvary Church. Pleasure
seekers along the beautiful avenue
stopped and wondered .how so
manv children of all ages and size
could be cared for under one roof,
but they forgot that the arms of
the church are always outstretched
and whatsoever will may come
My children were among the num-
Der, each little heart as happy as
a bird on a summer morning.
I took seat in the middle of the
great horseshoe gallery where |
had full view of the platform and
its immediate surroundings. Music,
soft and sweet soon fell upon
our ears; sweet voices began sing
ing in the distance and procession
of little tots gradually assembled
the stairways leading from the
Sunday School rooms below. The
chorus kept swelling louder and
louder until the aisles were swarm
ing with children of all ages sing
ing as they marched. The school
was divided into divisions and each
division was assigned to certain
section of the church. The march
ing was beautifully done without
confusion.
The Primary School number
ing goo little ones occupied the
centre section of the church and
presented most beautiful sight.
Their movements under the efici-
ent training of their superintend-
ent, Mrs. E. T. Westerfeld, were as
regular as clock work.
The programme was a most
interesting one but its length pro-
hibits detailed description.
Mr.. VIM. Baldwin of the Meth
odist Book Concern, is the able
Superintendent of this grand army
of children, which I believe num-
| bers over 1900 souls. Of course
every body knows that the beloved
Rev. DIR. ]. R. Day is the genial
pastor and shepherd of this great
church with its hundreds of lambs,
and it is needless to say that he
was the happiest man in the church
that morning.
The exercises consisted of sing
ing and recitations and music; all
of which were of an exceedingly
high order of excellence and spoke
well for those who had given their
time to training the little ones.
There were many pleasing features
of the exercises, but l will mention
only a couple. The one which
especially reminded me of our
boyhood was the cornet duets by
the Misses George and Ada Park.
Many times you and / have
stood together before similar
audience, though perhaps not so
large, and added life and ''pitch"
| to the singing with the inspiring
tones of the cornet.
The Misses Park did splendidly
and their Duo with organ accom-
paniment was the chief musical
treat of the day,
| Another interesting feature and
a more solemn one also, was the
baptism tof twenty five little
children; and DR.. Day struck the
! right chord when he said that no
greater honor could man have than
| to perform that sacred ceremony
on a little child-"For of such is
the Kingdom of Heaven. ;"
Another reference which DR..
Day made in his brief address
was the effect the sight of so many
beautiful children ought to have
on the croaker and sore head, who
is always annoyed by the presence
of child.
Some of our wealthy Landlords
II, - ~of,,co 70 ropt fh oir hO11coc to