The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-21
PRESENTED WITH A NEW BANNER
Interesting Exercises az Bergen Rap
tfst Sunday school.


tist sunday school.
The Sunday school of the Bergen Baptist
Church held special services yesterday after
noon, and considering the inclemency of the
weather, the attendance was fair. The prin-
cipal feature Of the services was the presen-
tation to the school Of o banner, which con-
sisted of a blue field fringed with gold, and
bearing in the centre a kneoling child, With
the text, 'Speak, Thy Servant Heareth,' "
and the date OF the organization OF the
school, July Is, 1858.
The church was beautifully decorated with
roses, lilies and palms, IA the bright, smil-
ing faces Of the little ones filed fhs place
with sunshine, which was emphasized by
the storm and gloom without. The exer-
cises began with singing by the achool, under
the direction of Superintendent Apple
gate.
MR., CoRFIELD's GOOD WORK.
Mr.. George Ell. CoTfeld, the teacher of the
infant class, has made a marked reputation
with his successful work Mas Edith May
Wakefield, one Of his little pupils, sweetly
sang "Anywhere With Jesus" and While
B. Wclverton delivered an GRAFTON on the
banncY.
Ettie M. Higgins and Julia and EveIand
The Rev. d. z. Lowide. DID,, of Emory
ME-. Church, delivered an address, in which
he said;-
~ am glad to be with you this sfternoon,
/ and / was just thinking II this is the attend
ance on a stormy day, what is the attend
ance on a clear daya All you teachers are
going to Sunday school for fifty years, and
my hair has not grown gray yet. II I live
| until / am one hundred years old | will
never be tired of going to Sunday school.
Why should / love aud reverence childhoodg
First, because Of what 1t Is, and second. be-
cause of what it is going to be-
NR. YIEK'B ADDRESS.
Mr.. Fink Of the First Baptist Church Of
Hoboken next spoke. Among other things
he said
ssTaey used to say in olden days, Can any
| good thing coIna out OF NanaYethq They
ask now Can any good thing come out OF
Hobokeng The worlds future Is in the
tell me what is meant by Band Of Hopeg
Did 1t begin In this country where all the
bad things beginl No, it began In France
about a century ago when . number Of boys
gathered together in trying tunes under the
motto Of 'tremble tyrauts. for we shall vote.
Let the boys of today be brave and Americas
| future, like the worlds future, win rest in
| tho Sunday school Of today.
Il want to say just one thing more to you
dear teachers, and that is, don't vRcate
your post. Don't give up your class. Your
work ia vastly greater than any work you
can do. And want to say one thing about
your teacher Of the infant class. Any body
can teach a Bible class. or else the class vii
teach them, but 1t Is not everybody who car
teach an infant class. II there Is anything
yonr banner ought to represent. it u the
work you are doing for the blesssd God
May God bless your parents to make little
missionaries of you ali, to bring them to
Him who said Suffer little enes to come untf
Me, and deny them not for of such Is the
Kingdom Of Heaven.iv
DEACo MILLER TALKS.
Deacon Miller presented the banner to the
school. Among other things he Said
1T has always been q JOY and pleasure tx