The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-26
CHILDREN.
Annual Sunday School
Parade Postponed on Ac-
count Of Rain.

This is one of the two great days in the
lives of Sunday school children. 1t is
Anniversary Day, a festival which is
looked forward to with fully as much
If not more anticipation than even the
celebration of Christmas Day For the
past forty-four years 1t has been the
custom of the Sunday schools of this city
to gather on this anniversary day in their
respective churches, sing their songs of
praise listen to addresses by their officers
and then start out on their annual May
walk. Everything was carried out this
afternoon except the latter feature and
its omission caused much disappointment
among the children. To them the march
ing with flying banners is the most en-
jjoyable part of anniversary. AT two
O'Clock those in charge of the exercises
concluded that the weather was too in
clement to take the children out and
there was no parade At the conclusion
of the exercises the children were fur
nished with ice cream, cake and fruit.
The Sunday School of the Bergen Mis-
sion marched to the Bergen Baptist
Church and took part in the exercises
there There were addresses in the Ber-
gen Baptist Church by the Rev. Charles
E. Little, of the West Side NJ. e. Church,
and a patriotic address by Thomas Mil
Ter, senior deacon of the church Ma
tional anthems were. sung by the chill
dren and an excellent programme. was
carried out by them. AT the conclusion
of the exercises in the church the chill
dren marched into Madison and Clinton
avenues and witnessed the unfurling of
a large flag from a pole which had been
put from a small window in the top of
the church steeple, over leo feet from the
ground. The Bergen Baptist is the first
church in the city to fly The flag from its
steeple in recognition of the war. 1t will
not be taken down until peace is declared
The West Side Reformed Sunday School
will parade with the Bergen division. The
exercises in Emory M. E. Church were
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prayer by the Rev. Warren Hoagland:
s.Gloria;" singing by school. Onward
Christian soldiers!', recitation. Apple
cats a9ss Explanation. sIs Isabel Cherry; reci-
tation, "A Riddle" Laura Kuhn; recita-
tion, .Who Knows the Most?" Belle
Howe; singing Ing by the school my Cow. W.
Plant Tree For" David Tippitt; reci-
tation, mo Surrender" Katie Kuhn;
recitation, Colonial Danes, Ella Bulen;
recitation, Natures Voice" Mabel Tip
pitt
Dr.. a. B. Richardson Of Hoboken.
Trinity NJ. E. and Hedding M. E. unit
Church. The address was delivered by
of the exercises was as follows.
Song, America, school,; recitation,
Flag Herbert Wilson; solo, La Rue
Taylor; recitation, May Day" Gertie
Neary; solo, George Mulry; recitation,
Studies in IN Hasrra ara5d History aarold
of Decoration Day Helen Bowers, Myr-
tie Small and Leah Piercy; Visit from
Cinderella. 'Bo-Peep," " Jack the Giant
Locks our Flag Alberta Ludlu1n,
Belle Ovens, Ada Millets and Estelle Mil
ler; selections from Trinity Sunday
School; Star spangled Banner" school.
Street Reformed Church: Star spangled
it WICK; recltation, t .reaehing the kitty is
aesysbarg sgays wma TGsssn ssR SGs RaisS
Columbia school, Colonial grandpas and
grandmas and Three Cheers for the Red
Light, Gladys Totten. Harry selnow,
Evelyn Totten, William Oakley, Lucy
F'lad, Frank Selnow. Ida Ritchie Walter
s[a Nan u fharaster unee Wab Sam Wilma lima
Nicholas Eighott as cadet boys.
At the Parmly Memorial Church the
children marched around the church sew
eral times carrying banners and singing
patriotic songs, after which the following
exercises were heidi
Hymn, Holy, Holy Holy; opening
Ing; hymn, children; address, by. Rev. w.
E.. Chalmers; hymn, Flag Song; recits-
tion, "Queemi North.
Mercer street the following programme
was given:-Recitations by Christiana An
derson, Ned McCarty, Carry Perry and
Laura Grath. Patriotic songs were sung
by the scholars, after which the pastor
made short address. Refreshments
were then served.
The scholars at the Tabernacle on York
street marched around the church. sew
eral times carrying banners and singing
all the patriotic songs they could think of.
After nlarcing for about fifteen minutes
the following interesting programme was
given:-Fife solo, by Harry Trent; reci-
tations, by Laura Stewart, Charles Jelly,
Lizzie Parks, Eethel Steele Anna
Blacker. Daisy Miller, Nellie Brocker-
bush and Estelle Lillenthal; doll drill by
the infant class and exercises by the chill
dren of the Home of the Homeless. Pas
tor Scudder then made an address.