The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-09
HOLIDAY ATTIRE.
Five Thousand Children
Celebrate Sunday
School Day.

Five thousand bright-ayel and neatly
arrayed children yesterday. following
teachers and marslals, marched and
cnuntermarched with silken banners that
glittered with gilded inscriptions oetoken-
lug their love aud fealty to the Master.
under the green boughed arcade of Jer-
sey venue from Van Worst to Hamilton
Park, The scene was impressive. The
stone stoops of the many brown stone n
red brick edifices along the thoroughfare
were crowded with admirlng and inter-
estsd spectators, while the pavements
below were packed to the curo
with thousands OF the curious as well as
IN ensely interested relatives who eagerly
gazec especially for come tiny body or
bodies i'll chat coucourse. Wherever the
eye would turn the gaze was met through
the openings Of the gently swaylnR
bougbs of green, with a glimpse OF the
protecting folds OF the national stars aud
stripes That decorated the front OF even
the less as we'll as the more p~retenti5Ls
buildings along that pretty thoroushfare.
BANNERS TO TUE BREEZE.
The silken stream of the. ,lnyriads OF
golden inscribed banners that glinted
merrily in the mellow afternoon sunlight
as the column countermarched ITSELF, the
music Of the bands that added musical
harmony 10 tue Sceues buo slkuo VI oo
many thousand sweet aud animated faces.
the array of national colors THAT Haunted
from the windows OF the houdes OF SO
many prominent citizens, all combined to
make up aud add to a scene, the insDlra-
tion of which is partially lost 10 the great
thought, What does it all mean?"
1t was the thirty-nin.h anniversary OF
the organization of The Sunday ScnOoi
Association. The parade passed in re-
visw before Governor aud Mrs. Werts.
Mayor Wanser, and a numDer OF distin-
guished officials and c~ttizsns. Such
familiar faces as that OF the venerable
Dr. Parmley, Of the First Baptist Church.
were noticed 10 the tnrong.
The JERSEY CITY NEWS of yesterday
gave the story of how the parade was
formed, and who were the marshals. At
noon the children had peen gathered iu
the churches adjacent to the parks. The
First Baptist, Lafayette aud Bat
tisr, and Bethesda Baptist Sunday
schools assembled In the First
Baptist Church, and exercises were
conducted by Supt. William NJ. Laws.
There were gatherings also in the
Wayne Street Reformed, tue Hedd.ng M.
E.. where the Rev. Charlesl +. Little al
dressed the children, and at the Taber-
uacie, where over one Thousand call tren
were addressed BY Pastor Sotdder. Oyer
on. lie North SIDE of the Psnnsytvaiila
Railroad all had gathered in their re-
spective schools, and marched to po-
sitiou assigned them until the order was
gwen TO fall In. - Az 49,
One of the most effective features as
witnesse | from the grand stand swas the
marching aud MAJ &c Lvres Of the infant
class Of the Wayne street Reformed SUI
day school, composed Of thirty little tots
in waite, VINO followed Q coinely young
woman carrying u pole from the crest OF
which had ftuttered many ribbons OF
vari-colored tints. The children had
caught the ends of them all. and cliug-
ing TO tlem thus marched past
the reviewing stand. Soe.s Of the scho.ls
sang such patriotic airS as "Au,erica"
and .Ibe Star Spangled Banner as the
pupils marched in reyieys, directed by
that whiteaalrsd musical SAINT, George
Garfield, who. ever since ne graduated
from the Snntay school. has welded a
baton for the direction OF music designed
for the worship Of his Master.
The pupils we're all eEteitslsed at the
various Sunday schools and refreshments
were served after the parade was over.