The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-06
LOCAL N Il w s.

RrpoRr AID FnESps-Hoping that many who
have not have found time to read former
ports will take sufficient interest in abors to read
sketch deem proper give brief outline Of the work
from its Two years have elapsed since
this part Of field explored. Many families were
found who neither attended public worship sent their
children to Sunday schoo Efforts made to convince
them of the duties and benefits of attending both, leaving
them to their choice among the churches and schools
Such people, like Others have their preferences and preu
dces and attempt to control either would, doubtless
have raised suspicion OF desire to proscyte and rendered
labor uitles These efforts successful to
couragng extent but many left who could not be per-
suaded to attend church, send their children church
to Sunday school, Some plead that they could not dress
themselves and their children well enough go amongst
those who finely dressed they in the churches
and Sunday schools plead inconvenient distance
and most of them although not having heard Of
unmistakable evidence of feeling its influence. Often have
felt constrained to urge the favored parents TO send
children church and Sunday school plainly dressed
and instruct them to treat poor children with kind and
couraging familiarity Most poor people willing sond
to schools established for the and for such live at
nconyenen distance from other schools and from
duty have established schools able to OBJ
tain suitable and teachers till their number has in
creased eleven. Two Of these have merged in one
because at Of the localities have not and
the children Of another have acquired sufficient seespec
founded their Improvement to cheerny into other
schools We have had three weekday schools but dis
continued them could get their pupils into the
district schools We have had evening school Of the
tme chiefly for boys who work through the day. Some
schools attended by adult pupils, also and into
the neghbos attracted by the interest they feel in them
In all have religious worship Besides opening with sing
ing and prayer have preaching in most OF them and
hortaons and remarks in the ohersall calculated
courage the hearers in the improvement of their minds and
hearts, Contrasts between them and others Who
of learning their Creator and His holy Sab
bath, and treating each other with respectful kindness,
and qualifying themselves for usefulness happiness arc
profanng His holy and Sabbath often quarrelng and
sometimes fighting with each other becoming burden
society and fitting Themselves for destruction have
elevate and give them proper serepect and lead
them due observance of their obligations to God and
their fellow beings. OF 1913 who have united with church
in Massachusetts, so from the Sunday school and 20 from
the Mission school, and the proportion has been great in
accesops to other churches Massachusetts, takes the lead Of
all the States in Sunday schools but Of 81 900 children in
capital only 10000 schools Of Evangelical churches
better 10 New York aud other large cities But
and half millions of the children Of the United States
in Sunday schools and -four millions out. Many
the books easily led away and attend
but very irreguary In all many
ing influences and in this the boys often attracted away
gangs the Sabbath by martial music Many of them
been long accustomed to having their
controlled by their parents and too long accustomed to
choosing perverse way easily led good The
habit Of "beng late makes them lazy and in
different Sabbath In the frequent visits which have
necessary for persuasion and have
acquainted with much Of the desuton moral and
spiritual well temporal among the poor the ignorant
and city Desiring aid such Of them
will improve, have found good homes and employ
ent considerable number who destitute Thein
mates Of the and work house have been visited
three times for the last eight months with
encouraging Of success and Sunday school,