The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-28
A RIPE old AGE
REACHED By TRINITY AND FIRST
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
TRINITY EIGHTY YEARS OLD.
THE FIRST BAPTIST SCHOOL But
FIVE YEARS ITS JUNIOR.

Annual Reports, Special Music ana
REGULATIONS and Songs the Feat
of Each PrOgrnmme-Trinity
Church Decorated, Among the
Floral Pieces Being Memorials o.
Two Members Who Have Died in
Past Year-BOth schools in Pros
porous ConditiOn-Their Present
Officers.
over three hundred pupils of Trim
ity Sunday-school celebrated its eight
ieth anniversary last night in the pres
ence of a congregation that not only
filled every available seat in the audi
torium and galleries, but took up all
the standing room as we'll.
In honor of so happy and suspicious
an occasion the altar of the church was
beautifully decorated with greenery
and flowers, while palms were placed
about the pulpit. These bright floral
pieces were not all in honor OF the
cheerful occasion, however, for one, a
pillow of white roses, was in memory
of the late Col. r. d. Walker, at the
time of his death, short time ago,
most loved of Trinity's members. An
other floral emblem commemorating
the passing away of another of the
Church's flock, was harp of white
roses, placed among it's bright sur
roundings in memory of little Ada Lee
tones, who had been a member of the
primary department of the Sunday
school.
Besides the decorations the music
was also unusually good, the regular
choir being reinforced with an orches-
ira. The occasion was the more en-
joyable to the officers of the Sunday
school and the others interested in it's
welfare because of the fact that all
reports showed nothing but the most
satisfactory progress in each of the
departments and an outlook that prom
ises even more satisfactory things next
year.
Rev. Bascom Anthony, in his ad-
dress, congratulated the school. 1T
is written" he said, 1.-The days of our
years are three score and ten; and
if by reason of strength they be four
score years, yet is their strength. Ia
Dor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off
and we fly away. This is true of men,
but not true of institutions, for we
come to our fourscore years tonight
in strength, not labor nor sorrow, and
certainly Trinity school seems to be
in no immediate prospect of being cut
off.
Trinity Sunday-school may have
seen better days than the present. but
not within the last twelve or fifteen
years while in vigor and grade of the
work, l don't believe has ever been
surpassed.
The first Sunday School ever held
in America and one of the first of mod
ern ones in the world, was held within
a short distance of Trinity, on Ogle-
thorpe avenue, near Barnard street,
where Delamotte taught school during
the week and Wesley taught Sunday
school on Sunday. Methodism in Sa-
Vannah is only SO years old and Trinity
lacks but nine years of being as old
as Methodism..
Men get old and decay. but institu-
tons go on forever. God has said that
he has established his church at work
and that all the powers of hell shall
not prevail against it. That is one rea-
son l believe in standing up for good
things"
In closing the speaker congratulated
his hearers that their school had come
to its eightieth birthday so young, so
hopeful so prosperous and with so
beautiful a future before it,
The complete programme of exer-
cises was as follows:
The complete programme was as fol-
lows:
Processiona1- Hail! Glorious Army
Presentations of banners.
Song Let Us Away"
Greed. Prayer.
Scripture lesson, Rev. Bascom An
thony.
Exercise and song, Let Us Crown
Him." infant class.
Recitation, "Sunbeams," five little
girls.
Recitation. Remember, Boys Make
Men," George Waters.
Song, Heavenly Sunlight
Recitation, Flowers From the Heart
Garden" Miss Eva McWilliams.
Song Praise Him, Praise Him."
Superintendent's report
Address by, the pastor.
Song, "The|Good Ship of Zion"
Exercise, Our School for Christ"
eighteen girls.
Song It'll We Meet Again"
Benediction.
The officers of the Sunday school are:
Pastor-Rev. >Bascom Anthony
Superintendent A. Varnedoe, f.
H. Marshall.
superintendent Primary Department
Mrs. H. E. Wilson.
Secretary-Felton B. Ivey.
Assistant Secretary-R. F. Ingram.
Treasurer-S. Hardy.
Acting Musical Director-W. r. L.
Roberts.