The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-04-21

place has. hen furnished with ennd
supply OF Sunday SehUt1 hooks 1t cheap
/ rate.
/ TIE Board have purchased hnnks 10 thr
amount al So 81. and have sod IN the
am"tnt Of $40 -. tthry ha,e nov IN
hand s3j % worth. Aner SUMMING the
schools IN tins tom"ai cost, tue, have sold
tn other schoois in the county. II a small
advance. The profits arising lrom those
sales are SO 7.
! There are twu schonlS connected with
tins Union; one IS styled the " Union
Sunday sehool of Lyuchbnrg,n and The
other the" Preshy toiian Sunday School Of
Lynchhurgn
The union Sunday School commenced
It's operations in June, 1922 with mali
ana female teachers, aud 90 scholars, 60
OF whom were males, and 80 females. Thu
greatest part of the Whole number were
destitute of any oNlrdgc of letters.
THIS school has continued without any
Iotcrmissl"n 10 the present time. Since
the school VAS lir.t established, about ~
! children have heen advanced from their
letters 10 correct reading ia the Bible, aud
"A much greater number are able u spell
words nj two and three sy IlabIes. Al pre-
sent there are 6 male and 4 female TIA, hers,
aud about 10 scholars, 40 of whom are
boys, aud 80 girls but from various eau,
cs not more than So OF 10 attend regularly
The Presbyterian Sunday School senl
INTO operation IN The spring Of 1872, vi h
the most cheering prospects. There "err
at that tune 40 scholars and 10 teachers,
who we're regular IN their Attendance
During tue rast ear Narlous e rcnmstnncts
have Diminished the school aomc, but IL
number is -, respectable. There are now
2J scholars: ID are females aud ) males
! These are undef the instruction Of 70 tea
cheers. Some OF The children have been
regular in their attendance, aud have made
great progress.
! Although these schools have not done all
that similar institutions have IN some other
! places, YET the board feel confident in say
ln5 that enough has been effected 10 DE-
mpnstrate that the Sunday School institu
lion is worthy IF universal patronage.
| The poor, for whose sake, principally
the s"hool, IN this town haze been formed,
| have been much benefited. Many of their
children have been both clothed aud III
stluctt I, and in many instance. II is beli.y
ed that the seed which have been sown
w'li in some future day, sprng up aud re
ward both the teacher and the scholar.
! The boaid can bot view the Sunday
School institution of radical Importance Ia
! the world. Ii holds conspicuous place III
! that system of means by which thousands
have been tufnrd from darkness Ia light,
and from the power of Satan unto Gud,'
This cause, lostered as il is by great part
of the christian world, and particularly by
the smiles ufheaven, ~ widening ITS bcne6
clal operations every year. To say nothing
of the Sunday Schools in foreign countries,
in the United States alone, IN 1873, the,e
were 5l3 Sunday Schools, in winch there
wee 5,0l2 teachers aud 81, 1898 seholals.-
Since that Time the number has greatly
increased. The good already done Is IN
calculablr.
Many Of the b 5htest ornaments of The
christian chorchrecc'"d their irstftlglous
impressions in Sunday Schools.
This growing institution has had hcnef
cial effect in producing IA respect t1r the
Lords da, aud for the holy scriptures, in
restraint j., tie vicious and e0Iig htenus tbe
ignorant
The Board ,iewisg the subject in that
favorable n. which every circumstance
,unnrctta lib the institution Is calt ulattd
to impress. are constraiu,d 10 ask, Why do
Sunday schools receive 50 limited patron
aye ia thu town ? Although the schools
ave re@l"cf Die, and in some respects o-e
fI', they Ar, much less numerous than the
nrc"~suits f - uniUpr",cd require, and
the magoitul,. - the oh Get demands -
And II i, painful. To-. toscr that those IA
iuaule nurseries ii l"-'tut" youth, "liob
have always het.n to, t'il arc suffered IA
dtmini,h f,r the taot OF Dnr lostrr'ng baud
Of the pubic. A. th"v caa.pt asclibe LIS
neglect either 10 wgut pf principle 10 "a
tronize IandaLie ehjncts, or ~ interest in
the welfare ol tie ll,InF g,strftIau. lbrS
feel cOhhdeat that nothng i, nafdmg bit
a more general excitement 10 easnIe IA
extensive ralronasr.
H. corcludug tdiS report, the board caa
hHt express lis ardent wish that nra AM
cont urd Efforts may be made IL extend
the benefits Of this useful Institution, unlli,
no only the poor ofthIa town, bot The y"l'tl,
Of every class may BIZ embraced ~ithia lis
illuminating Influence.
After reading the above rcpnr', il WAS
!. E.toired, That the It"pod be accrp
ted ard printed With the doings oil thf
meeting.
Rese'rsd That tho ruard o. Direct
Those 3i2 tickets which shall have on them
10 of the drawn Nos and those Two the 2d
III 3D., or 2d aud 4th, will each be entitled 10