The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-06
ITS 18TH ANNIVERSARY.
Celebrated by Trinity sunday School
with Appropriate Exercises.

The seventy ninth anniversary of the
sunday-school of Trinity Church was eel
ebrated last night in the presence of an
unusually large congregation. The church
was beautifully decorated. the altar be-
ing covered with handsome palms and
many floral tributes, memorials to those
of the Sunday-school members that have
died since the last anniversary
The classes formed in the Sundays hool
room and marched into the church. and
to their places. singing the professional
we are Singing on the Way" After
they were seated the presentation of ban
ners took place. Each banner was taste
fully decorated with wreaths and other
designs of roses. and, grouped on the altar
added to its beauty
The remainder of the programme was
as follows:
Worthy Is the Lamb" quartette ana
chorus, Miss Armand, Mrs. j. S. Sims
w. E. Swanson and ]. S. Sims.
The Greed. repeated by the school
Prayer, by Rev. Bascom Anthony.
Responsive Scriptural reading by super
intendent and school.
Song, Little Feet be Careful" infant
class.
Recitation, The Christian Soldier"
four little boys.
Hymn, VIII You Let the Saviour In?"
school.
Recitation, THE Lords Work" by six
little girls
The Beautiful Land" solo and chorus
Miss Ham, and school.
Superintendent's report
Hymn, 20 Blessed Hope" school.
Address, Rev Bascom Anthony.
Hymn, Twilight Shadows" school.
Doxology and benediction.
The report of Supt j. A. Varnedoe
showed that the school has a total mem
bership of 249. there being officers, 20
teachers and 220 pupils. The average at
tendance for the past year was ia and
the collections amount I'D to s257s4. The
childrens offerings for domestic mis-
sions amounted to $50.
Mr.. Varnedoe made touching reference
to the floral memorials placed on the altar
in memory of the Sunday-school dead
Miss May Rogers, Miss Lillian Jones and
Lester f, Kelley. Hetreferred also to the
recent death of DR.. S. A. White. to whose
life and work in the Sunday-school he
paid a sympathetic tribute.
Rev. Anthony. by request, spoke to
parents relative to the attendance of their
children at Sunday school. 1T is a fact, e"
he said. that in all Sunday there
is a scarcity of boys between the ages OF
Il and lS years. That such is a fact is
proved by the records of the 1900 Meth
odist Sunday-schools in the South, and
as well by the records of Sunday-schools
of other denominations" ..-t
One reason for this, he said, is because
boys are given a greater amount of lib
erty than are girls, and therefore are not
made to come to Sunday-school; but the
real and chief reason Is that the parents
themselves, particularly the fathers, do
not come to the Sunday-sc1ool them
selves nor show in it the interest that
they should Boys" said Mr.. Anthony
are shrewd and sharp, if nothing else,
and seeing this indifference on the part
of the older and masculine
members of the family quick
ly reach the conclusion that the
Sunday-school is the place for women.
girls and very small boys and that it is
beneath the dignity of large boys and
men, Both men and women should come
to Sunday school, concluded Mr.. An
thony. for they cannot get too old to be
benefited"
The officers of the Sunday-school are:
Rev. Bascom Anthony, pastor; ]. A. Var
nedoe, superintendent. F. H. Marshall,
assistant; F. B. Ivey1 secretary; r. In
gram, assistant; s. Hardy. treasurer: Ed
Rogers. librarian; C. P. Miller musical
director; Mrs. D. G. Heidi. organist