Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Religious Societies are Busy.

New York, 1895

The first two weeks in June will be busy with religious societies. Three important conventions having been announced to be held during that time. The first is the convention of the North Side Sunday school association of Suffolk county, which will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 4 and 5, at Northport. The following week, on Thursday, the convention of the North Brooklyn district Epworth league will be held at Riverhead. The third event is the twenty-fifth convention of the Queens County Sunday school association, in the Presbyterian church at Newtown, Wednesday, June 5.


Episcopal Convention.

The twenty-eighth annual convention of the Episcopal diocese of Long Island began Tuesday at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, and continued yesterday. One hundred and thirty clergymen and laymen from Brooklyn and Long Island towns and villages are present. The Bishop presided.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 31, 1895, p. 8.

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