The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-15 00:00:00

SUNDAY SCHOOLSOCIETY FOICIRELAND.

ktneetitig of the Liverpool Associ.ition, RUXiliary.to the above
.2?.6et.Y. via§ held at the Music Hall, on Tuesday evening last.
I itomns SaNps Esq., in the chair. .
Thelte•:.. F. Out.u.opened the business of the meeting with
ah appropriate prayer. After which,,
jThe Cu A I f;NtaiXaddressed afew preliminary observations to the
meeting, tithe course of which he expatiated on the objects of
the society, which' were of a character to merit the individual exer-
tions of every one.presentin its favour. The chairmanconcluded
"Y calling on the ltev.. Mr. O'Neille to read the repot t of the
association-for the preSent year.
The rev: gentleman then read the subjoined

The committee' of. the- Liverpool Society, auxiliary to the
"Sunday School .Soeiety forlreiand," iu presenting an annual
report of their institution, feel a sincere-pleasure in returning to
this gratifying duty. ;They are thankful to the Author of all good
that he has spared mid supported them another year: but, above
all, that the work- of scriptural instruction in the sister country
Continues to make happy-and steady progress.
Before entering on a brief review of the state of, your auxiliary
"ciety,•it ma `nut be deemed amiss, or-out of place, to offer a
few rentarksliq the cceisideratiou of their friends, connected with
the instruCtion,afforded in the Sunday schools of Ireland. Re,
ligious instruction, based-on the pure and untnutilated word of
God, is the prime object of the parent institution ; and the •end
at which it aims iS—THE §Ar.vATIoN Ql."11-1E IMMORTA L SOUL
When the circumstances of the people of any country are inves-
tigated with a view to their spiritual and temporal amelioration,
alas, be.foundlhat too many live regardless of the public
worship, of God, ignorant of-divine truth, and indifferent to the
salvation of their iitunin•tal souls. To ieniedv such evils as these,
the attention of fallen man toust be directed-to the source of life
and light—thos'e holy,scriptures ich have God for their author,
sailvation for their end, aua truth wituout any mixture of error
for their matter,. Let Christ,. God manifest in the flesh—the
salvation of souls,-arid the benefit of-our fellow creatures be the
three supreme objects of our existence. The pure unadulterated
wised of,,fiod
,will guide Ile -to the first—the careful use of the
means of grace prescribed therein secure -to us the second
—the lessons of holy wisdom will inspire us with a love of the
third. The religion of the Bible opens springs of consolation
all along the path .of•the vale of tears, whose waters, adapted to
every condition shall never fail. Chosen in youth as our guide,
companion,_audfriend; she will attend us through all the journey
of life; will go with us where-we go, and dwell with us where
we dwell. • In seasons of perplexity she will guide us to the
fountain of life : when oppressed with care, will, place us nu the
rock of. ages; -the storms of affliction will cast forth for us
the anchor' of hope;, and in time of dreary desolation will enable
us, by faith, to see the land which is afar off--even the land of
promise and rest. , •
Our deaOtedeetner has said. "feed ritylambe."—The commit-
tee of the parent stithetv, in obedience to this precept, have
laboured for. 28 years, and the innumerable, advantages that
have resulted from the operations of the society, prove that they
have not labouredon vain. A-brief extract from the last report
of,the,institution, read at the annual meeting, held in Dublin on
the 25th' of last April, will tot doubt be satisfactory to the friends
of scriptural education. iii Liverpool,-as affording unequivocal
evidence that God has blessed the work,-y.ea, and will bless it
to his own glory, and the eXtensiorrof his 'Son's-kined om on
theearth, • •

, .
Yuur committee now present the following recapitulation of
the number of schools, scholars ~and gratuitous teacherS in con-
nexion with your society, in each province, on the ISt January,
1838.

PROVINCES,

NO. of
Schools,

No. of rz N"iof
Scholars
Teachers.
158,814 15,485
32 270 3,100
7319, G 52
15;761 1,728
• -
214,164 20.8R5

Provrace of uLsTEit 2 037
LEINSTER 457
CONNAUGHT.— 169
' MUNSTER 276
Total

ISSUE Vi? l 5) a. -- ,
_ The number' of LoakS granted gratuitously, and sold at re-
clueed. prices, during the past year, has therefore been-
-5784 Bibles, 3081 Fteeman't; Cards for Adults
20,519 T I 'Testaments. 217 of the Book of Hints for
18;317 Spelling-books, No. I.
12,881 s cebnindv. Sunday Schools
Minute Books
. .
14'1141g-books, Nu 2. 406"ituodlul
6i399 Alphabets, - 3661 Class Books.

II'CONIE OF THE SOCIETY.
The receipts 'during the past }ear
and
`beene. received for the saliier:ii a
Of this sum, £596 13a. 4d.ar amount to L 3057 I, sd.
delivery of books issued blia:'
yif subscriptions and dona 1
our suciety—leavimz
£2160 Bs. 2d. as the ainoont i titoeti's
"' ry were enabled, in
con-
tributed by the public.
The
Liver
Po"lAridathe credit of the pa-
The committee (A.:.
year;
t o forward i
tttoucting the expenses of
the course of the p "
of £ll2 s'' after deducting
of subscriptions and
rent society the so:it.
mission
mi
t. .
nd, however, that was coo-
Printing, and th le bni.„, in mind,
..
,18?6 To
tern thatj remitted in the previous _, . uts-
Itthan
not toirace it to any want of in-
terestsiderably less than
for this, we
have are
supported the society in former
account fairo
~,(1,7,,,h0
.. .
in those tro7, to he attributed to a otioutiun of income Is
but the . ,
it':tainiut, churches forcollectious, owing to the
}'ears,
failure in the °nds of a local and piessin., 11
• o• ature. This view
numerous le!r„,u-r fonds will, it is hoped, prove a further sit-
of. the stall- of
and increasing- efforts on the part of the
mulcts to •
le to come to the help•of a society which has for its
Lord's 1
-;ii( 1?moral and religious improvement of the long-ueg-
object habitants of Ireland; that by Toplus or the Sunday lecced lu .
tablished there - be instructed and en-
seho„
_es • . -
~, the poor may .
which
d'for'theinselves to search those set-mimes reveal to
ttbi - and th • to drink or
world the nf•God in-Christ, us
a usually • •'vino stream of life, it flours through an; human.
the re" ^
channel, but as it gushes pure and fresh from.the fountain-bead
of the waters of salvation. '
your citinthittee have much pleasure in recording the recent
formation of a ladies' branch, society, in-connexion with. your
auxiliary, andahrotarh the ht r
stuutiess of the respected ministerof
Sr, Andrew's, Mr. i
"n"s, the benevolent individuals. who Hint,
the Counnitteeoire permitted to meet periodically ip the school-
measures
room, for tashe purpose of dev ~
isin, and c ff,
e arrving into ecl, such
""a ellculmed, under the Divine blessing, to -at-
tain the objct: they. vi
other in view by affording
information:
and.
encouraging each otuer in th. • : Rorkof and labour of love.
this wor faith '
In conclusion, fur dering their grateful • emionit tee take this opportunity.
of ten-
hitherto helped the 'icknowled2me"!' to
1 hose friends who have
l'''''h.e measure ,:f w with the silver and tin. gold, - and to others
wearied zeal in r,wisdom, and un-
Per'"nal co-operation and „ , ,
cuininittee to
kr"r•dinV. the objects of your auxiliary. • i our.
therefore, humbly- but cafnefitly ' hope-'that
many others, front a deep and constraining sense of what they
owe to the Saviour, will 'mutt fotwatil and assist in this work Of
mercy; for the sake
of liim who loved them and gave hitiiself
for them, to whotn with the Father and the_ holy Spirit, be
everlasting praise and glory aseribed, both by
the church aboce
nd- the e"reh helge world without end. Amen.
The Ist resolution., '.• That the report be adopted," was then
ninved by the Ite.v. F. C i: A iVrl) RD. in an able speech, in the
.
course of Which ' he feelluely alluded to the ignorant and de-
•,gra.a6d state of the o•reat 'ho:iv of the Irish nation, in conse-
quQnce of the want of spiritual instruction :with the exception.
of such as. was proffered by the litonish Church, which might
justly be denounced .as "
a c,:orch without a religioo•
The Rev. ALEXANDER .1:F„ rector of Bagnoment Ireland,
EQChildull 'the reSolOtion. The- rev. oentleman dwelt upon the
ocom proinisi up; character of the society. in refusing to acknow-
- ldge any system of education as safe; vvhi.th was not bayed on
"'e "mutilated word -of God. Ile represented the extreme
• "Verness with which the Irish peasantry availed themselves of
!ittpotunities of scriptural instruction, and gave many striking
Otgfances or the immediate benefits resultilig from the esta-
iiti .
.I
,shi uent of Sunday' schools in the rural districts of Ireland.
ri" fey': gentleman sat down amidst tremendous applause.
The report havintr'been adopted unanimously.
Mlle itvV. ROBERT DAVIES in moving the Fecund resolution,
tore teitianonv to the great benefits which had arisen to Wales,
1.1*" the establishmenfof Sunday schools. We regret we can-
not, from want of space, give either his, or the speeches of the
-other Rev. Gentlemen at length. The resolution was as fol-
lows.:t_.-
' .
•
"'I hat this meeting view tritl-, gratitude and thanksgiving to
the:Lord, exertiutig which have been made in Ireland, by means
'('f, /LP" w, le kre, to an acquaintance with the untuutilated wind of
.--tne only titre snwee of Al rehgth to the yeeng, and comfort
to the•old; ant-i Which alone reveals 'Jesus, as the way, the truth,
And the life."
It isaa seconded hp hits Ifev, TIII/MAS. DItEW, who in a 1)0-
Li, t
, .‘IY r.•rpv-nt address, Still with an honest. fervour of manner,
voien elicited' the deepest ;Me tit 'oft from his auditory, dwelt
:it!'" 111 P great eiiiciencv,cf f.,11 oda ..1 schools in Ireland, wherever
V had been e,,t,,t,;;;lteri, and entered I•- ly into their . •.ru „e
de-
tails A.
.. t00n...r. )11%e'r interest ing part ii.'uiars, unit some graphic
hnecTues, he mentioned fhat the small sin of 3d. per head per
V num wat "ilirietit iii n•cet the expen Os of edtication at the
.-trib' ziA;:phy m. 14 ,i,b3. ni.: alluded in pathetic terms to the e:s-

Irvine sufferings, whi.lt so4of the Itish clergy had under one.
OH °ugh the iniquitious cohspiracy to deprive them -of their
tithes; and to the ,enerous conduct of the English nation, in af-
fording them relief in such a inauuer as to situ me the govern-
ment Into treasures fur the recovery of their Just rights. The
rev. Gentleman was.. greeted with rapturous applause.
The CHAIRMAN thought the hest way in Which they could
follow.up the motion, .would be to maJte a collection.
• After the collecting plates bad been carried round and brought
to the chairman,
The .Rev. RICHARD DAVIES proposed the third resolution, in
a short but impressive speech:—
" That the following.be the ollicerS of the Liverpool Associa-
tion, auxiliary to the Sunday School... Society for Ireland :