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

The various Sunday Schools Of this city meet in the
morning, at o'clock and at o'clock in the afternoon;
and the ust time allotted to each session is hour
ard quarter to one hour and half. few sch pols
however hold but one session day. The place of
meeting is commonly in the Lecture or Sunday School
room in tie rear OF basement of whatever church;
and in some instances, public schoorooms, public
halls upper chambers, stOIe-rOOms on the avenues
and even private dwellings, used for the purpose.
citizen living ON Murray Hill lately opened his large
basement l'nrgrcom and kitchen as IA Sunday School
room to IL ragged, dirty children who thronged the
streets had the satisfaction of seeing seventy
Of the mott needy Of them from the avenues west
assembled his family and neighbors acting as in
structoIs. simple example, this of caring for the
lowly worthy Of extended imitation; for these child
ron wanting the moral and mental culture Of we'll
prov a LONE will rpen into adult vice and crime
without such religious supervision.
The average number Of pupils at these schools is
about eco, they vary from IS to 100, according TO
the enterprise and labor bestowed. Most Of the
rooms are arranged with circular seats, msde express
" e. accommodate the class, with chair for the
achcr in the center; FIVE eight or ten pupils being
{, ted in the circle around him. The general drec-
on is committed by vote of the teachers to one Of
their number called superntt ndenti the records
der charge OF librarian.
AT the hour Of nine the superintendent rises and
touches q small bell which calls to order, and each
teacher and scholar is at once in his seat and silent.
The superintendent announces and reads one of tbs
many hymns fitted for such occasions and adapted
10 interest and instruct the children for instance
"ITl awake at dawn tn, S.b6sth day,
For us wrong 70 coze body tune away,
With ny lesson learut this shall be rule,
Never 10 be lse at the Sabbath School
Binds awake betiHes every morn they siug;
None tady there, while the woods DO ring
Never 10 be lAte at the sabbath School.
An the week we spend full Of childish bli.-,
livery etarsng scene bTiugs lis happiness
But would not be fall
had " not the sabbath Schosl."
Two or three verses ore sung with life and spirit
by the teachers an children in music familiar to ALL
after which either the superintendent or one of the
teachers leads in short prayer touching the school,
the teachers, the children, their parents, the neshbor
h,od, saJ so forth, other schools, and sometimes
simply the beautiful prayer Christ taught HIS disci
pies is offercl ~ after which each teacher turns TO
instruct his or her class.
About one third of the school, comprising
all the younger children, from four TO siI
yoors Of a6t ia drawn of into another room,
AID called L.. Iulaa. Class TO these little
on,s, short, sp " and instructive remarks and qaes
tons ar put, and after fve TO ten miSues occu-
ped IN TINS way, the children rrse Cnd all sing a
or two ofcDe Il their Gnilisr hymns then other
oXocise cGicGgtCd to combine nteres; aud ms rucJn
IS Introduced al,er'atr= with frequent singing until
the se, whco they - home feeling that they have
ali Lad sd COED time
Ia tie ,ch.?l popa 9 u,ifrm lesson gwen from |