The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-07
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE
American SUNDAY .cAo.I Ur,..

4 rsSsm sunday @cboel tnian.
A meeting in behalf of the Missionary opera
tons Of this Society was held In DIR. Adams,
Church on "Wednesday evening, I4lh inssau,.
Rev DIR. Ferris presided. Rev. Mr.. cana6eld
read report from Mr.. Corey, general agent Of
the society for Missouri, Iowa, and ulinoi. and
who reports to the schools Of this city because
ne Is mainly supported by iew Of them, and
rom them receives most Of the books which he
distributes. He says.
"Ths number Of new schools crgan,saa .i,c.
February, 1873, h 342, EMBRACING . 5l4 $500
ers, and IL, sos scholars. - other schools 49,.
been visited or aided, OF both. Thee 70 schools
embrace s4l teachers. and $3.50 scholars. ma-
King atotal of4l4 schools, 3 455 teachers, y go
sehoiass' among whom principally but not sE-
efH1oefy, books TO the amount Of 81 .2S1 10
have been distributed, TO wit: 2,4s5 50 In AZ
nations and s4,395 80 by sales. Two sg-n,.
IN central and western Illinois, since Aprii'ia,
have organised So new schools, embraefne al
teachers, and 1867 scholars, among whan' ~
eiPally, they have distributed books 10 m.
amount Of 81 .2l7 80, which added TO the abovs
show the result Of the year at this agency 70 be
az schools visited or aided, Of which 4O5 are
new organisations.
or the sol schools reported during ths tbrs-
last yearsb me. have no evidence, neither DO 1
oelisye, that twenty Of them have become ex-
tnct. This 10 not a hap-hazard cOnelusian
bat one have come to after dilligent inouirv .
Besides Mr.. Corey, the Union has some tw-n-
ty-hve or thirty missionaries in the Valley Of
the Mississippi One in Ohio reports thar an
ring the past year he has assisted IO6 schools
numbering 5000 children and Goo ,saeher,-
Among these have been distributed 900 RIAL.
orTestaments, and about 10, 900 volumes Ofeood
books.
Rev. DR.. Hutton first addressed the n,eatfno
atlength. Speaking Of the value Of the SUNDAY
school, he alluded TO the formation Of Supdsv
school missionary societies, and tho operafioas
Of those schools in the West; ole Of which start
ed there becomes an influence for good which
often results in the formation Of church and
produces other benefits.
Rev. Mr. Gibson followed, briefly setting
forth the greatness Of the west as a field Of uIs.
sionary effort, its rapid increase in pOpulatisu-
its moral and intellectual wants, ana its claims
upon the east for aid, inasmueh as the east Is
reaPing the benefits Of lis increasing trade and
commerce.
de was followed by Rev. j. r. Stone. who
alluded to the fact that every word and every
act, Of every man and child, Is sxerting an in
fuence for good or evil; and then proceeded 20
speak Of some Of the various forms Of influence.
and Of the power Of the Sunday School Library
book. Each good book Is a germ or seed Of d.
vine truth; and IL bad books are being scattered
carrying the malaria Of death with them. the
Bible and the Sabbath school book are also being
scattered, and these will root out and destroy
the effect Of the other. Aftsr dwelling on these
points, Mr. StOnespoke Of the manner In which
these books were distributed, and Of the duty Of
praying to God for his blessing 10 favor the
effort
We learn that about I25 ten dollar libraries
were given BY the various schools represented
at the meeting.
GERMAN MIssIoxs.-In this department Of
labor, the Methodists seem 20 be succeedinS 70
most encouraging degree in every Dart Of thi.
country. We understand, that, in .ddItiOn 10
their churches in ID street, near Pitt. and in
36th street, between 9Th and 9th avenue thew
have during this week, taken a room in VISA
ington street, near Liberty, in the midst Of the
emigrant boarding houses, designing to trans
fer their services from the Bethel ship, where
they now have but al hour, from two 10 three,
on Sabbath and "Wednesday evenings. Their
purpose Is, TO have three services on the Sab
bath, and sSunday school, with evening ser
vices during the week. We have heard doubt
expressed in relation to the policy Of combining
the services Of congregations in this country,
to afOreiga tongue exclusively. We favor suGh
doubts, in view Of the experiment among the
Germans OF Pennsylvania; for. il our infOrma-
ton be well founded. they have not shown equal
advancement with those Of their counrymen
who have settled In other States, and 6eceme
at once one with our citizens in secular snd re-
ligiOus pursuits and assOciations.-N- Y. Eu.
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