The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-03
CHILDREN 10 PARADE.
How the Sunday Schools
Will Appear at Their
Annual May Walk.
PASTOR HOUSTON sERENADED
Fife and Drum Corps Shows Its
Appreciation Of the Pastors
Seryices-Church Notes.

MThe annual parade and review or the
Sunday schools OF lower Jersey City will
tuke place next Thursday. afternoon,
June s. as previously announced. This
event has been known as the May
Walk' for years past. regardless OF the
fact that IL generally takes place in June,
owing TO the uncertain character OF the
Jersey spring. sf.
The Sunday schools to parade will in
clude the Tabernacle, Scotch Presby-
teriau, with which the John KNOX Pres
byterian will unite, Second Presbyterian.
Free, Park aud Wayne Street Reformed;
Centenary. Hedding and 81. Paul's Meth
odist Episcopal. First Baptist, North
Baptist, St. Johns German Evangelical
Lutheran, St. Matthew's German
Church; in short, all the Sunday school
in the lower section of the city. with the
exception of those connected with iona
Catholic and Protestant Episcopal
churches. This will bring the numoer
OF children up in the thousands.
Each Sunday school will assemble IN
its W building ut two o'clock on Thurs
day afternoon, when a programme OIL
songs. recitations and snort addresses
will be carried out. These vary with tue
various schools, the u point In common
being the choruses- These were ssiecteu
several weeks ago, printed. aud sent TO
the schools to be prscticed and sung by
all. They are all set 30 martial tunes.
easy to sing and effective when sung.
THE ROUTE OF THE PROCESSION.
AT three o'clock the schools VIII act out
for Van Worst Park. Each class is To be
accompanied by its teacher, and each
school headed ny its officers. There will
be any umne OF banners, May poles
and floral devices. each school competing
with the others in the beauty and origin-
ality of its designs. The procession will
be formed at Van Worst PARK, proceeding
MP Jersey avenue u Hamilton Park and
return. They VIII be reyie wed by Mayor
Wanser, the pastors of the city 8 churcnes
aud other prominent citizs lis. AT the
conclusion of these exercises, they will go
back 60 their schools, where they VIII be
served with straw berries anu cream Oh
some such refreshment after their long
tramp.
The infant classes will be, as usual, the
most prominent feature OF the parade.
The Tabernacle class. one OF b largest
in the city, will be out IN full force. The
North Baptist School will bs one OF the
largest III line. The Centenary Church
viii send an infant class that competes
with the Tabernacle in poiut OF size.
Uk. dOO6lO& SEREH ARbO.
The John Knox Presbyterian Church
will unite with the Scotch Presbyterian.
on Mercer street, for this occasion.
The John knox Drum aud Fife Corps
visited the home of its president, the
Rev. Thomas Houston, Pastor of the
church, aud spent a very pleasant even
ing with the blind preacher. who was just
as much aboy as any OF the
1t marched from the Johu Knox Pre- shy
terrain Church, up Grand street to Com
muuipaw venue to Park street, TO YER
non place. Before entering The house
il played several tunes. anon Them
1.-The Girl I Left Behind Me-" aud Ring
The Bells" There were tweuty-six OF
the boys out aud they presented a fine
appearance. Two of the drums broke on
account OF the rain.
During the evening Mr.. ". Furgerson.
drum instructor of the corps. entertained
these present with seieotions upon the
piano. He was accompanied by Mr.. A.
Charles. the1uIe instructor, upon the lutte.
Miss Endora Earle played several violin
slio-,and was greeted with loud applause.
The corps sung. .'CoIumbia, Gem of the
Ocean," aud endea the chorus with,
.srhree cheers for Furger5on and
Charles" Miss Rebecca Mckenzie
Houston sang a solo aud was loudly
cheered.
After the musical entertainment ice
cream and cake vas served to tue boys,
who did justice to i.
They spent a very eujoyable evening.
and went away voting Mr.. Houston one
of the best fellows Imaginable. The boys
vii! march with tie Sunday school In the
Anniversary parade on tho Sch.
The corps was 0aiy started in March,
and il already has q membership OF 300.
Pastor Houston Is very proud OF his boys.
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