The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-08
For fhe Port Gibson Rcrcihe
American Sunday-School Union.

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American Sunday-School Union.
The American Sunday-Sehool Union has
from its commencement been engaged in the
missionary work. For number Of years
rast it has commissioned young men from our
Seminaries aud Colleges, to 90 during the
summer vacation as temporary missionaries
into destitute neighborhoods, and organize
Sunday-schools.
I During the past year, this plan has been
carried out in the Eastern and Middle States
upon larger and more systematic scale, and
with very gratifying results. The young men
entered upon their labors with the full appro-
val Of their instructors, and after receiving
instructions from the Secretary Of this depart
ment who has had long experience in the
work
Not only have the blessings Of the Sunday.
school and healthful Christian literature
thus been extended to portion Of the six
millions neglected children Of our land, but
candidates for the ministry have received a
training Of great value, and one adapted to
make them practical workmen in that high
Office During the summer.
2l4 young men were engaged in this
service, from
26 institutsons, (three other laborers)
Of various denominations. Pres
byterian, Episcopal, Baptist,
Lutheran, Congregationalists. U.
Brethren and Methodist. They
performed in the aggregate more
than
is years service organized and set
in motion
COS schools, in places where they did
not previously exist, induced
4,41s persons to undertake the Office Of
teachers in these
COS new schools into which were
gathered
24,203 children not previously receiving
Sunday-school instruction. They
also visited
1920 schools. in which we're
1925 teachers, and
65,975 scholars supplying them with
books when needed. They thus
put in circulation BY sale and
grant more than
100000 volumes Of moral and religious
teaching.
Il is doubtful whether as large an amount
Of zeal and piety and intelligence could be
secured at as small cost from any class Of
the community. or 50 greatly to the advantage
Of our country, and the interests Of true re-
ligion. The whole expense Of this great and
good work to the benevolent department Of
the American Suuday-school Union, inctu-
ding the slavery Of the superintendent, the
pay aud outfit of the missionaries and the
books given, was but SIS, 5,453 Sc.
More than one hundred Missionaries were
employed for various periods Of time during
the past year. They established l7O4 new
schools, and visited and revived 1898 other
schools
They distributed by sale and donation 39O,-
900 religious books, chiefly for children aud
youth.
One Of these was employed for four months
in this State. During that time he formed
% new schools aud visited
16 other schools, embracing alto
300 gether teachers and
2,760 scholars, and put into circulation
several thousand volumes Of In
structive religious books.
The friends Of Sunday schools will find in
the above statistics, motives for increased lib
erality.
There are now in our State many thousand
children who would gladly attend Sunday
school, aud several thousand parents who
would willingly send their children, were there
some one to visit and assist them in starting
schools. May the time soon arrive when all
the children Of our land shall be taught of
the Lord" Then great viii the peace Of
The children. great the prosperity Of our
country, great the jubilee Of humanity, and
loud the chorus of praises to God aud the
Lamb forever
Subordinate to that missionary work, is
he publication Of Books for teachers and
Scholars.
For the former, Bible Dictionaries, Anti
quities, Geography, Maps, Gazeieers &c. &c (