The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-14
rRTN1TY,s SUNDAY soHooL.
Its 72nd Anniversary Prettily and
Appropriately Celebrated.


Appropriately Celebrated.
The exercises commemorative of the
72nd anniversary of the Sunday school OF
Trinity church were held at the church.
/ The exercises were attended perhaps by
the largest audience the church
( has ever had within its doors,
; and the attendance was not
/ confined alone to the children Of the
| Sunday school, but their parents and
! large numbers of their friends were
/ present The aisles were filed and all
/ the standing room in the corridor Of the
/ church was taken. It is estimated that
the audience mum bered nearlys700.
The decorations of the altar, pulpit
I and surrounding ratings were among the
/ handsOmest that have been seen any
where. The columns supporting the gal
/ leries, too, were wreathed about with gar
lands Of evergreens, as were the ratings
around the altar. The decorations con
sisted Of various designs in roses, easter
lilies. ferns and evergreens. On either
side Of the pulpit were large and graceful
palms
The exercises were opened by the sing
( ing Of the professional hymn, "RejOice,
Rejoice. after which each of the classes
presented its banner at the altar. The
banners were beautifully decorated, and
NLACoN IL dulAEA AliuGu " VIC dIblSL VIC
effect Of the decorations. The scripture
lesson was read by the pastor. Rev. J. o.
A. Cook. The singing by the infant class
was exceptionally good. Among the other
songs were open the Door for the Chill
dren,n Scatter Sunshine ''Seeds of
Promise" Fair Evening Hour" Re
deeming Love" and Evening Praise"
The recitation, Now Lay Me" by.
Carrie Smith was very prettily rendered.
Nav Malta q fneffafi ct Your
Light Shine" was excellent. Little
Marie Cheatham, from Wesley Sunday
school, recited will They Let Me In"
in a very pretty and captivating manner.
Eddie Thomas reCited THE Blessed
Story with much effect The
recitations mo Cross, No Crown"
by Miss Clara Dixon, and ''An Angel
in a Child" by Miss Sallie Cler,
were among the brightest and prettiest
Of the evening. The talk by the pastor
was brief, and was addressed TO the chill
dren Of the Sunday school, congratulat-
ing them on their work for the past year
and encouraging them to do their best in
the future.
The report Of the secretary. Mr.. w. L.
Grayson, showed an enrolment of 81 Of
ficers, teachers and pupils. OF this num-
Der IL are officers and % are teachers. He
stated that l0l members had been added
to the school during the year. The
largest attendance on any Sunday was
300, within eight of the total enroll
ment. The smallest attendance on any
Sunday was 7, the afternoon of
the August "a storm. The first Sunday
in the year the girls of the Savannah Fee
male Orphan Asylum were taken away
from Trinity and transferred to the Luth-
eran Sunday school. They have been at
tending Trinity Sunday school for the
period of two years, to which they limit
themselves at any Sunday school.
The singing was one of the prettiest
and strongest features of the evenings
programme. II was ably conducted by
the musical director, Mr. c. 2. Miller
DR. S. A. White. superintendent of the
Sunday school, read an interesting re-
port on the years work, stating that as
an organized Sunday school, Trinity's was
the oldest in the city. A Sunday school
was formed, he said, 80 years ago, COM
posed of the Baptists, the Methodists,
and the Presbyterians. This Sunday
school hourished eighteen years. Seventy
one years ago, Trinity Sunday school
withdrew, and established a separate
school. A few years later the other
churches did the same thing.
He spoke of the losses of the Sunday
school during the year by deaths which
were three, each of which was commem-
GRATED by a beautifully designed me-
mortal. They were Mr. n. B. Roberts.
who died Dec. 6, 1898, and who was for
many years teacher, Miss Marie Green,
of Miss Messick's class, and little Frank
Exley, of Miss Harrison's class, who died
May 6, Of this year.
Trinity Sunday schools annual picnic
will be held at Warsaw May % in charge
of the committee, Messrs. E, L. Neid-
linger, W. L. Grayson and R. H. Bach
lott