Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-12-04
SUNDAY SCHOOL. UNION SOCIETY OF
ALEXANDRIA.

SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION SOCIETY oF
ALEXANDRIA.
The Sixth Anniversary Meeting OF the Sunday
School Union Society Of Alexandra, was held In
g.. Paul's Church. on Thursday evening, NOV.
a5th, 1S50-the Rev. WILLIAM JACKSON IN the
chair.
The meetin. wa, opened with prayer; after
which. the minutes of the last annual meeting were
read.
The Report of the Board of Managers was then
read bv the Chairman; when, on motion oil MIR.
6oRNELIUs, it was
Resoiced. That the Report which has been
read be accepted and adopted
On motion of Mr.. WoaRr, it was
Rcsoired, That the Government of this country
has every thing to hope, and nothing to fear from
the we'll directed influence of Sabbath Schools.
On motion of Mr. II,RRIsoN, it was
Resalred, That the Superintendents and Teach
ers of Sabbath Schools deserve the thanks OF this
Union. and of the whole community, for their
seIf,ienvine and persevcring endeavonrs to I'M
,roye the intellectual and moral character of the
rising generation.
On motion of Mr.. CORNELIUS, 1t was
Resoiced, That the determination of the Amer
lean Sunday School Union to cndeavour the es-
Establishment of Sunday Schools in the Valley of
the Mississippi. was conceived IN wisdom 4 ben
evo.ence; that it demands the appreciation and
assistance of every Patriot and of every Chris
tian; aud that this society will aid the accomplish
nene of this noble purpose BY every means IN ITS
power.
On motion of Mr.. RiDoELY, it was
Re,oired, That the character Of the books pub
iished by the American Sunday School Union is
increasingly deserving of the public appreciation,
and iustifies the most pleasing anticpations with
regard TO the intellectual and moral Improvement
Of the rising generation.
On motion Of MIR. JOHN DOUGLASS, it was
Resolced. That this Union pledges itself to
raise one hundred dollars to aid in establishing
Sunday Schools in the Valley of the Mississippi.
The Society thea went into an election for
Board Of Managers, when the following appoint
ments were made:
The Rev. ELIAS HARRIsoN, President.
Mr.. DAVID MARTIN. Corresponding Secretary.
WILLIAM PAoK. Recording Secretary.
JAMES ENTwIsLE, Treasurer.
MANAGERS.
Rec. Samuei Cornelius.
:. Hiitiam Jackson,
HiNiam Hai'9n,
d" Mann,
4Hr. Daniel Ca,cood,
IRGmas Mount,
High Charles Smith,
George ". u. Ramsay,
g James Coleman,
UIlimn H. Mcknight,
Cossius Flee,
.4aron ID. Harmon.
On motion. it was
Resolred, That the Report and proceedings Of
this meeting be published in the PheniA Gazette.
On motion, the Society then adjourned.
WILLIAM JACKSON.
President Pro TEN.
WILLIAM PAGE, Rec. Sec.
Sirih Annual Report ofthe 4lerandria Sanddy
School Union.
Another year in the annals of our Society has
passed away and closed its accounts OF the man
ne in which our Officers. Managers. and Teach
ers have discharged the various duties assigned
Them As overseers Of this Institution andhts seve
raj branches, your Board OF Managers are called
upon to report as far they able, on the past,
and TO direct the ewes of the Union to the future.
We have to regret, that from the general manner
in which the Superintendent Reports are drawn
up, our materials for the present document are
very scanty. We could wish that they were
more abundant; and we deem it proper, here, to
susyest to our successors in office the propriety.
previous to another anniversary. of prOpounding
to each school series of questions en- bracng all
the points on which it is desirable to obtain nfor
nation.
Tn the NnOie. we DetleNc we nave MUCH cause
for gratitude and encouragement. If so much
positive good has not been effected as broad and
pure Christian phianthrophy might prompt us to
desire, or a sansune mind lead US to expect. we
have. at least. the consolation to know that a
large amountp evil, natural and moral, has been
prevented. When we remember that the viola
tibn of the Sabbath is the open food gate of all
wickedness-that Sabbath-brcakers are usually |
dissolute and disobedient to parental and masters
that the most notorious culprits that have ever |
been brought to the bar Of Justice. have traced
their downward career to the PROCLAMATION of the
Sacred day in their youth;--when We think, |
again, of the amount of life lost IN Sunday parties
of pleasure. amusement and dissipation, even /
among the young,-more, perhaps. than during
the whole Of the week beside. eve feel that ours |
is the consoing reflection that through the instru-
mentality of Sunday Schools many parent has I
been saved from bleeding heart; many cha .
racter from i'retrievable ruin, and manv youth I
from ~ un6u,ely end. But when We reeollest /