New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-05

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Christ are rect.s, sIplAined and illustrated by the
T. acber .sd scholars, and seldom indeed is more than
the plsnest general principles Of Christianity reie9f~.
20 by the teacher.
Beyond the school proper there are as1sly attached
Bible or adult classes or two Of young men ana
another or two Of young women worrying IN age from
1910 Is OF 90 and numbering from 10 70 30, and ooca-
yopay 100 in class and these classes have able and
erperienced teacher, who conduct them through
similar but more thorough grade Of study adapted to
store their minds with grea, truths. The SuPerin-
T. pdent a, the Close CALI attention 10 the important
points Of the day lesson touches on the occurrences
Of the week and this rOwed by another Of the chill
dr,n's ,opgs, closes the exercises.
The afternoon exercise sOme;imee consists in re-
touchDe or eoAsrletng the morning lesson or in IN
vestigating some appropriate subject, or making
addresses. i.Yerspersed with slngag, 0i which the
children ore particularly fond. This singIng very
inports1I feature OF our Sunday Schools, and the
force q xte oft-euOted remark Of winter " LIT me
"y write the ballads Of the children, and will govern
the nation" is most amply illustrated by the past
ard present history Of Sunday Schools. One simple
fac we may here state in evidence OF ths: Some few
vars ago little beggsr boy in the streets OF London
attracted the attention Of the passers-by to has singing
Of tlst beautiful hymn Of DIR. Wattss, Come we
"yho love the Lord and let our joys BE- known 1t
WAS 50 unusual TO hear such songs IN the crowded
street. Of the great Metropolis that numbers speedily
gathered around him. On being asked why he did
not sing the loose songs 50 universally sung by those
of his class in that city, he meekly replied that he
" was brought up in the Sunday-School and knew no
other This simple reply brought tears into the
eyes of the spectators and spoke volumes for the boy
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another point too important TO escape notice. We
refer TO the Library. Each school has from 100 to
Q 600 volumes Of choice selected Christian books pre-
pared expressly for Children and adapted 10 illustrate
all the great duties Of temperance, humanity, and
hgion. Every child is permitted 10 ENJOY free access
10 these Libraries and draw the book Of bis choice
each recurring Sabbath. The Sunday Libra
res Of this city contain at the present time up
ward Of 10000 volumes, sufficient TO sup
rly erery family in this city, from this gra-
tuitous circulating library, with one volume every
week Herein lies an agency Of immense power
for good to the masses, and it is one, would pre-
mise that il by no generally appreciated. Some
OF the greatest and best minds of age have been
listed IN the preparation of this important incipent
reading material. -Four Of our Sunday School Soci-
etes radiating from New-York Philadelphia and Bos-
ton have together issued aggregate of 2,5j4 bound
volumes of this juvenile Christian literature; all differ
ent works, and written by almost as many winters. II
may be truthully said that parents and other members
OF the families and sometimes whole districts, well
a. the children and youth, share argtly as benehci-
aries in this one of the literary wonders Of the present
age
One Sabbath afternoon in each month is devoted in
most ofthe schools to what called Youths Mission
airy Meetings or Monthly Concerts. A. these Mission
ary Meetings letters are read from corresponding
Missionary at the Wet or South or in other lands;
from some interested friend Sunday School worker
elsewhere. Remarks are also made, adapted to inter-
est the youthful minds in Others and call out and cult
vate thus early in life the principles of benevoence as
opposed TO selfish spirit Much feeling is thus elicit
ed on the part Of the children in behalf the very poor
and neglected children at home and abroad; and
voluntary penny contribution together with the usual
singing and prayer close the meeting Care every
where taken that the Offering shall be entirely volun
tary no child soblged reproached because he does
not contribute and yet these little rills quietly
opened and set running reached aggregate in this
city last year OF more than s0 O0O and assisted in or
gaming more than thousand new Sunday Schools.
The Roman Catholic Sunday Schools of our city are,
afw of tLem very largely attended, and their gen
eral system of instruction embraces the smaller Cate
chism of their Church. then Buffers Catechism, fol-
lowed by the Catechism of perseverance,. The Bible
or New Testament is not permitted in any of their Sun
day Schools their libraries are usually quite small and
imperfect and they have less singing variety inther
exercises than other schools, while their teachers are
usually Of younger grade.
In cur next we shall look at the position, character
ard services Of Sunday School Teachers.